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Emus for Entropy<p>The Absence of "Corflutes" is not the same as the absence of democracy.</p><p>This South Auian does not miss them one bit. Outside is a nice place to be, even, at election times ... </p><p>Stobie Poles remain safe from marketing molestations , and visual NOISE :)</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/democracy-on-display-or-a-public-eyesore-the-case-for-cracking-down-on-election-corflutes-255219" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/democracy-</span><span class="invisible">on-display-or-a-public-eyesore-the-case-for-cracking-down-on-election-corflutes-255219</span></a></p><p>Some people have them in the front yard, which is the only reason I noticed the absence at all.</p><p>No more inane smiling marketing puppets , grinning like over groomed airbrushed airheads. :)</p><p>Or the propaganda / graffiti war tween [far right] zealots.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SouthAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Corflute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corflute</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/StobiePoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StobiePoles</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/VisualNOISE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualNOISE</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 27 cont 🗳️</p><p>“Labor’s Murray Watt has accused the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> of deliberately <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/misleading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misleading</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> in the tightly-contested <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Griffith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Griffith</span></a> by distributing flyers in Liberal party blue that describe <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MaxChandlerMather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxChandlerMather</span></a> as an “independent voice”.</p><p>The flyers, seen by Guardian Australia, are light blue and read: “If you want a strong independent voice, preference Max Chandler-Mather above Labor”.</p><p>Nowhere do they mention that Chandler-Mather is the Greens candidate, though the flyers are authorised by the party’s Queensland state director, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KittyCarra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KittyCarra</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreens</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/corflute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corflute</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/26/greens-accused-of-misleading-voters-griffith-max-chandler-mather-flyer-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/26/greens-accused-of-misleading-voters-griffith-max-chandler-mather-flyer-ntwnfb</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 21 👩‍⚕️ 👩🥊👨‍⚕️</p><p>“A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/surgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surgeon</span></a> has admitted tearing down a Dr Monique Ryan election sign before tutoring men in how to “bury the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/body" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>body</span></a>” in a video that has outraged <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AntiViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiViolence</span></a> campaigners and politicians.</p><p>A video circulating on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> shows <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Professor</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GregMalham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregMalham</span></a> praising US President Donald Trump after tearing down the teal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> MP’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/corflute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corflute</span></a> before bundling it into the boot of a car and addressing “the boys”.”</p><p>How many women have been killed in Aus this year. This will be a Police matter and Professional Standards hearing. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DV</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PoliceMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceMatter</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/55hjq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/55hjq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/chilling-video-captures-surgeon-tearing-down-monique-ryan-corflute-before-stomping-on-it-and-burying-it-20250418-p5lst4.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/victoria/c</span><span class="invisible">hilling-video-captures-surgeon-tearing-down-monique-ryan-corflute-before-stomping-on-it-and-burying-it-20250418-p5lst4.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>