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Matt Karger
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He/him. Interested in Australian and international politics, the climate crisis, COVID prevention and popular culture.
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@lordjuiblex.bsky.social saw this graffiti today and wondered if this person is a relation of yours.
Close up of an Australian speed limit sign - a white rectangle with the number 50 in black letters surrounded by a thick red circle (denoting 50 KMs an hour speed limit). At the bottom of the picture is the steel pole on which it is mounted, in the background the Gray asphalt of the road, the green leaves of deciduous trees on the in the spring, growing from the footpaths. On the sign someone has graffitied the words: "Lord" Ghost.
October 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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An interesting trick of the light:

The shadows of Trump and Putin's lecterns have merged into one, a crude shadowy metaphor for Trump and Putin's shared agenda.
Screenshot of the empty stage in the press room of the Alaska Trump-Putin talks. On the back blue wall the presidential seals of the USA and the words, PURSUING PEACE. Putin's lecterns is to the left of the screen, a short distance away a Russian flag. On the right is Trump's lectern and the US flag. The stage lighting is such that the shadows of both lecterns have combined almost perfectly into one, resting against the back wall. Only the silhouettes of the different microphone heights provide for a hint of visual or symbolic discrepancy. A creepy metaphor for the crossover of Putin and Trump's aims .
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Front page of today's Adelaide Advertiser:

'The police recruitment crisis is so bad the government has dropped a requirement for prospective cadets to pass spelling and numeracy tests. Police Minister Stephen Mullighan said it was to stop so many recruits being "knocked back."
Wedged between its masthead on the top and an ad for furniture and electrical goods store Harvey Norman below, the Adelaide Advertiser's headline story: "Maths and spelling tests dropped for prospective cops. CAN'T SPELL? HAVE A GUN. The police recruitment crisis is so bad the government has dropped a requirement for prospective cadets to pass spelling and numeracy tests. Police Minister Stephen Mullighan said it was to stop so many recruits being "knocked back."
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Morning street fog creates low energy, very slightly dramatic silhouettes of trees and houses on a street in Lobethal, South Australia.
May 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Look at this spooky screenshot from Dutton's recent TikTok- it's like he knew he would lose.

#AusPol #AusVotes
Screenshot of bald Peter Dutton, Liberal party leader, standing on basketball court, saying "I retire."
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Is the policy in or out? Nobody knows.
May 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Average amount of time it takes Dutton to announce and recall a policy:
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I bloody hope so!

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Screenshot from Peter Dutton's latest TikTok, showing him walking from a basketball court saying, "I retire."
April 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Can't believe Channel 7 Political Correspondent Mark Reilly is the new Dr Who.

#auspol
Picture from the channel 7 leaders debate, with albanese on the left behind a glowing red lectern. Dutton is on the right behind a glowing blue lectern. History Mark Reilly stands in the middle behind what looks like the central control panel of Dr Who's TARDIS.
April 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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[Hastily scrawls #auspol election ad idea on napkin]
Election Ad Idea #407: A family - 2 adults, 2 kids - are sitting on a park bench eating lunch. A Peter Dutton-type walks up with a chainsaw and motions them to get up. VO: Cutting public service jobs, means cutting public services. Peter-Dutton type chap chainsaws bench into halves, kids drop their food on ground, horrified. VO: Public services you and your family might need one day. Dutton-type continues gleeful chainsaw massacre of park bench, smile on his face. VO: And when Dutton starts cuttin’.... Peter Dutton-type chap cuts bench into smaller and smaller bits as horrified children look on, then walks away from terrified family, zoom in on piles of wood and what is left of park bench. VO: You don't know where he'll stop.
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Saw this yellow domestic canary on the corner of Vine and Amgove streets, North Perth just now.

Clearly got out of its cage.

Please repost for Maximum Lost Bird Alert Boosting if you live in Perth, Western Australia.
A bright yellow domestic canary sits on a grey tree branch, with the grey rooftop tiles of a house in the background. The bird is a vivid yellow, especially since it is a grey day in Perth, Western Australia.
March 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Reposted with Alt Text to celebrate #AusPol history repeating itself.
Famous picture of Aussie PM Scott Morrison and his wife on holiday in Hawaii, sitting at a table in casual wear whilst Australia suffered its worst bushfires in history. Current LNP Oppositon leader Peter Dutton has been beautifully photoshopped in on the other side of the table, highlighting his own recent lapse of judgement on flying interstate to a fund-raiser whilst his own date and electorate hunker down for the arrival of cyclone Alfred.
March 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Perennial South Australian Xmas Dessert favourite - the Golden North Giant Twin.
Photo of my favourite ice cream, the Goden North Giant Twin, in its signature blue label with gold writing. Illustration on wrapping shows a rectangle of vanilla cream coated in a layer of chocolate.
December 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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Hop-ons.
The Bluth Company stair car from Arrested Development.
August 20, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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Biggest disappointment of the Trump press conference is we didn't find out if the tiny doll's house on the table behind him had a tiny couch inside it .
Screenshot of Trump lectern in the middle, table with food.and dollhouse to the left.
August 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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The Rime of the Ancient Rambler.
A tired looking Trump at at press conference, standing behind a lectern.
August 15, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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In case anyone's wondering, the entire population of Australia is sharing memes about Raygun's Olymlic breakdance shenanigans.
Australian breakdancer Raygun is superimposed over a photo of Australian footballers so it looks like she is leaping for the football in a marking contest - photo taken from Offical AFL memes facebook page.
August 11, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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Donald Trump's hair looks like it cut a secret immunity deal with Jack Smith, and is slowly moving into witness protection, strand by strand.
Donald Trump looking confused and angry, his hair is unconvincing and very sparse.
June 7, 2024 at 2:56 AM