Matthew Spillane
@spillanemj.bsky.social
Retired Naval Operations Analyst.
Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney
Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney
tbf One in four Australians couldn’t name the PM
The super mistake that could cost you more than $120,000 at retirement
The super mistake that could cost you more than $120,000 at retirement
One in four Australians could not answer a key question about their superannuation, a new survey found, prompting a warning from a peak body.
www.sbs.com.au
February 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
tbf One in four Australians couldn’t name the PM
Good news everyone, Trump Media Group just closed at an all-time low
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Good news everyone, Trump Media Group just closed at an all-time low
Reposted by Matthew Spillane
Big Tobacco's acolytes ramping up "lower tobacco tax" in run-up to budget. If ALL tobacco tax was scrapped, illegal (untaxed) tobacco would still be MUCH cheaper than illegal smokes. Serious enforcement (on-the-spot closures) as in Qld, SA & lately NSW is obvious simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...
Australia takes off the gloves on illegal tobacco while ‘lower the tax’ fantasists plumb new absurdities
Australia’s epidemic of illicit (untaxed) cheap cigarette shops is entering a new phase as Australian Border Force reports record seizures and three states (South Australia, Queensland and New Sout…
simonchapman6.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Big Tobacco's acolytes ramping up "lower tobacco tax" in run-up to budget. If ALL tobacco tax was scrapped, illegal (untaxed) tobacco would still be MUCH cheaper than illegal smokes. Serious enforcement (on-the-spot closures) as in Qld, SA & lately NSW is obvious simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...
“Permanent fencing for the speed hump has been ordered by the council, who said it will be installed as soon as it arrives.”
Can’t just put a pedestrian crossing where people want to cross the road, no that’d be too helpful
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Can’t just put a pedestrian crossing where people want to cross the road, no that’d be too helpful
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Is this Sydney’s worst speed hump?
A suburban speed hump designed to improve pedestrian safety has confused residents who think it’s a crossing.
www.smh.com.au
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
“Permanent fencing for the speed hump has been ordered by the council, who said it will be installed as soon as it arrives.”
Can’t just put a pedestrian crossing where people want to cross the road, no that’d be too helpful
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Can’t just put a pedestrian crossing where people want to cross the road, no that’d be too helpful
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Minns is such an offensive prick www.smh.com.au/national/i-v...
I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video
It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.
www.smh.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Minns is such an offensive prick www.smh.com.au/national/i-v...
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Edit buffoon please.
Edit buffoon please.
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Erratic impulse control.
Erratic impulse control.
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Stuff involving things.
Stuff involving things.
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Edit buffoon please.
Edit buffoon please.
Australian of the year recipients Wikipedia page locked 🙄
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Australian of the year recipients Wikipedia page locked 🙄
Reposted by Matthew Spillane
Reposted by Matthew Spillane
He’s not wrong.
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
He’s not wrong.
Seriously anyone who votes ALP now…
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Seriously anyone who votes ALP now…
Someone should write a song
February 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Someone should write a song
If a million monkeys read random books for a million years what’s the odds one of them will have read Hamlet?
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
If a million monkeys read random books for a million years what’s the odds one of them will have read Hamlet?
And here was me thinking this all had something to do with the Bondi massacre
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
And here was me thinking this all had something to do with the Bondi massacre
Nothing projects community harmony more than a stay-at-home order
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Nothing projects community harmony more than a stay-at-home order
February 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“the Israeli president's visit in the next few days has now not only crystallised the divisions in the community. Very unfortunately, it has …. linked Israel's actions in Gaza to the antisemitic killings in Bondi.”
Unravelling the threads of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment will require both more political courage and more community tolerance than we have seen to date.
Herzog's Australia visit further politicises the Bondi terror attack
Unravelling the threads of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment will require both more political courage and more community tolerance than we have seen to date.
www.abc.net.au
February 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
“the Israeli president's visit in the next few days has now not only crystallised the divisions in the community. Very unfortunately, it has …. linked Israel's actions in Gaza to the antisemitic killings in Bondi.”
Rare to spot crocs this far south
February 5, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Rare to spot crocs this far south
What idiot renewed the Australian Turf Club’s 99 year lease on Randwick racecourse in the late 1990s?
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
High-rise towers housing 3000 people proposed for Royal Randwick in new housing deal
The Australian Turf Club is weighing a multi-million-dollar plan to build 3000 apartments on the southern edge of the racecourse to ease Sydney’s supply crisis.
www.smh.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
What idiot renewed the Australian Turf Club’s 99 year lease on Randwick racecourse in the late 1990s?
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
final paragraph:
“The report was funded by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs”
😂
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
“The report was funded by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs”
😂
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Australia urged to forge closer bonds with Taiwan, even if it angers China
Australia should risk a backlash from Beijing by deepening ties with Taiwan, a group of experts have urged. But one notable voice disagrees.
www.smh.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
final paragraph:
“The report was funded by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs”
😂
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
“The report was funded by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs”
😂
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
ABC730, Seriously who cares what the Nats do, they’re irrelevant?
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
ABC730, Seriously who cares what the Nats do, they’re irrelevant?