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Matthew Spillane

@spillanemj.bsky.social

Retired Naval Operations Analyst. Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney

created October 5, 2023

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Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

But everyone knows he’s a fucking idiot

23/9/2025, 11:46:22 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For idiots who don’t understand what a movie studio is

23/9/2025, 11:24:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a metaphor, the leaders of the free world all walking up the stairs and broken escalator while the neighbouring working escalator is empty

23/9/2025, 11:20:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hard to imagine it getting anything other than significantly worse over the next 3 years

23/9/2025, 11:02:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“around 16 Olympic swimming pools worth of soil and rock have been removed over the life of the project” tbh this doesn’t seem very much

23/9/2025, 10:59:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

and they’re Centre Right

23/9/2025, 6:35:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

If this AI bubble crashes while Trump’s POTUS he’s going to want to start using nuclear weapons

23/9/2025, 6:33:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time to move UN headquarters

23/9/2025, 6:24:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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HF waving

23/9/2025, 6:23:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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cut to scene from Hungarian Phrase Book

23/9/2025, 6:08:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

They mean climate predictions as relayed to them by right-wing talkback hosts based on some interpretation of Al Gore’s movie

23/9/2025, 6:04:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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‘far left’ = anyone who isn’t MAGA

23/9/2025, 5:54:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

Trump on Hey Hey It’s Saturday

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23/9/2025, 7:21:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everything is caused by calling people people, apparently

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23/9/2025, 7:16:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m guessing they don’t

23/9/2025, 5:15:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh totally. I was parodying Trump www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

23/9/2025, 2:26:58 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

vaxxed?

23/9/2025, 1:57:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

sure, but what were their feelings?

23/9/2025, 12:39:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Googles “Hitler”

22/9/2025, 11:42:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Editor’s dilemma

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22/9/2025, 10:52:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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here’s hoping

22/9/2025, 10:49:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

Never understood why people claim Masterdon is unusable, it takes zero thought 🤷‍♂️

22/9/2025, 10:46:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

It sounds stupid when you read it, and then you listen to him say it lol

22/9/2025, 10:42:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

We’re all obviously very disappointed that Albo couldn’t get a meeting to negotiate with the guy who just spent an hour rambling on about vaccines, autism and transgender shootings

22/9/2025, 10:41:06 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I assume “it’s like I had 100 beers last night” territory

22/9/2025, 10:23:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Bits of Sth King street, and old Goulds in Newtown. Factories might be in Millers point and Chippendale apparently. Looks like there might also be shots near where current Metters St development is. Old family house probably around there. Feels like it was meant to be 1970s but obvious 90s markers.

22/9/2025, 9:35:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Watched Erskineville Kings last night. Without Jackman it would have been pretty terrible. Bizarre cameo by Roy Billings. Egderton ok but other acting was stilted. Their local Erko pub’s in Surry Hills and Barky walks down Millers Point stairs to get to it.

22/9/2025, 9:28:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/9/2025, 6:36:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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very white

22/9/2025, 6:34:05 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

so you’re an ex-boomer

22/9/2025, 5:38:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

what a fucking idiot lol

22/9/2025, 4:49:57 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

Those complaining have been strangely quiet for the past 22 months about Israel’s massacre of Palestinian woman and children

22/9/2025, 2:04:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

who brought the nails?

22/9/2025, 1:25:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

try parking a push bike in a car spot and watch drivers lose their shit

22/9/2025, 1:24:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

nope

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21/9/2025, 11:54:15 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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solemn

21/9/2025, 11:43:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

Fixed it for you…

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21/9/2025, 11:28:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

socks then shoes

21/9/2025, 10:55:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I wondered about this, is the problem supposedly being solved what children were seeing online or the toxic online social relationships developed amongst ‘friends’?

21/9/2025, 9:27:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Are they saying the back of his neck was steel? Unlucky.

21/9/2025, 9:20:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social)

Imagine writing this piece and not once mentioning household income or school funding?

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21/9/2025, 8:12:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

lol

21/9/2025, 7:35:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

eh? bsky.app/profile/abcn...

21/9/2025, 7:32:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

“I don’t remember eating that!”

21/9/2025, 7:21:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every shit done in the property to be promptly delivered to the landlord’s premises

21/9/2025, 7:53:36 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

By almost all measures the Dems are a centre-right party.

21/9/2025, 5:09:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

120hrs takes a while

21/9/2025, 3:40:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RIP your weekends

21/9/2025, 3:30:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t. I’m stating that Zionists are more concerned about people recognising Palestine than neo-Nazis marching in the streets

21/9/2025, 3:21:49 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They’re FAFO workers

20/9/2025, 11:51:49 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or perhaps his efforts to banish the Liberal party to the wilderness is actually a good thing

20/9/2025, 11:47:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good opportunity to find a new country to live in

20/9/2025, 11:42:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One has to wonder what his voters were expecting

20/9/2025, 11:17:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

“it warned recognition would increase antisemitism in Australia” where antisemitism is defined by Zionists as recognising the existence of Palestine

20/9/2025, 10:56:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

My wife has a brian too

20/9/2025, 10:28:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And here was me thinking crack pipes were bad

20/9/2025, 9:26:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A day out with the KKK

20/9/2025, 9:23:45 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was Mein Kampf political commentary?

20/9/2025, 8:45:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

tbf he doesn’t need any more votes

20/9/2025, 8:42:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But this isn’t underquoting apparently, nothing to see here.

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20/9/2025, 8:38:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is pretty good, and little surprise who complains the loudest in the replies

20/9/2025, 8:15:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Amazing how many boomers really don’t like being called boomers

20/9/2025, 8:14:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

“Reeves could sweeten the pill by imposing taxes on the ultra-rich to add to the sense of fairness. Yet they can prove elusive, meaning only middle-income boomers and their wealth can increase the Treasury’s coffers significantly enough to close the state funding gap.” It’s not just Billionaires

20/9/2025, 8:13:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d go further, if you’re not publishing in peer reviewed journals you’re not ‘doing research’ you’re just learning

20/9/2025, 8:02:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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‘Men don’t know why they became unhappy’: the toxic gender war dividing South Korea

20/9/2025, 3:00:10 PM | 112 39 | View on Bluesky | view

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putting the dog into dogging

20/9/2025, 9:30:05 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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5.3%pa tax free

20/9/2025, 5:49:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Luckily they’ve gun all those guns to prevent govt tyranny…. oh

20/9/2025, 5:46:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Metro train shaking like a bike with a buckled wheel 🤷‍♂️

20/9/2025, 1:19:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

lucky we collected and saved all those royalties

19/9/2025, 11:46:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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buying Trumpcoin probably sufficient

19/9/2025, 11:01:54 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Under Trump I’m assuming it’s for a limp-dick

19/9/2025, 10:56:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump would never have personally paid for toothpaste let alone a WH ballroom

19/9/2025, 10:52:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ted Lasso already had at least 4 episodes too many

19/9/2025, 10:20:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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they’re not controversial

19/9/2025, 9:04:52 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You leave your passport in the overhead locker !?!?

19/9/2025, 9:03:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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19/9/2025, 9:00:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Church’s will lionise anyone who brings them money

19/9/2025, 8:56:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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definitely more famous dead than alive

19/9/2025, 8:33:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

well you can try, that’s true

19/9/2025, 11:43:49 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s perfectly tailored

19/9/2025, 7:26:03 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

tbh every piece I’ve read had done exactly the same

19/9/2025, 7:16:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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US universities should just replace all their courses with Intelligent Design, then the rest of the world can happily ignore them

19/9/2025, 7:10:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

click-bait I assume

19/9/2025, 5:01:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean they even had the Lyles quote in the story, no excuse for not leading with that. Gutter journalism.

19/9/2025, 4:52:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

what could possibly go wrong

19/9/2025, 4:18:45 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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i mean unless he says they’re all corporate shills… oh so that’s not what he’s saying…

19/9/2025, 2:13:42 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Southpark should’ve been the end of it

19/9/2025, 1:23:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Netanyahu has joined the queue

19/9/2025, 12:53:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thankfully all those dark skinned people being rounded up by ICE over the last couple of months was just my imagination

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Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

Joe Hilltodieon

19/9/2025, 12:25:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

I assume to know what you think based on your words, if they misrepresent you that’s your problem. I’ve voted ALP, Green and independent based on policies. Have you ever not voted ALP?

18/9/2025, 11:47:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Plenty of good reasons to not attend the World Cup in USA, and Israel’s genocide is another www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...

18/9/2025, 11:45:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Amazing how ALP rusted ons pretend Gillard’s carbon price never happened

18/9/2025, 11:19:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

we can all remember what a prick he was

18/9/2025, 11:04:05 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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err no, failure to index tax brackets ain’t what’s causing young people to carry a greater burden 🙄

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18/9/2025, 10:13:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

So he clearly didn’t say Kirk was MAGA

18/9/2025, 6:24:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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were they in Windsor Castle?

18/9/2025, 11:01:06 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Spillane (@spillanemj.bsky.social) reply parent

exactly, the hubris

18/9/2025, 10:33:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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yes ALP failure again

18/9/2025, 10:30:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view