IJ Kelly
@ijkelly.bsky.social
Retired journalist and public servant. Refugee from Twitter. I don't want to associate with Nazis.
Pathetic, desperate or stupid...or perhaps all three.
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Pathetic, desperate or stupid...or perhaps all three.
Australia has its own native swans and they are black.
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Australia has its own native swans and they are black.
More to the point, who cares?
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
More to the point, who cares?
Is anyone left? They might have to get Queensland's poet laureat Pauline Hanson.
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Is anyone left? They might have to get Queensland's poet laureat Pauline Hanson.
I hope the RC gives Islamaphobia the attention it deserves.
January 12, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I hope the RC gives Islamaphobia the attention it deserves.
Be there or be square!
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Be there or be square!
Everald, I suspect you'll get your letter from the King before anything happens.
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Everald, I suspect you'll get your letter from the King before anything happens.
And, regrettably, still alive.
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
And, regrettably, still alive.
The incompetence of ABC journalists worsens by the day.
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The incompetence of ABC journalists worsens by the day.
I know you can't be critical of your employers, but let me say today's editorial was craven cowardice. Caving to the Zionist (not Jewish) lobby again.
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 AM
I know you can't be critical of your employers, but let me say today's editorial was craven cowardice. Caving to the Zionist (not Jewish) lobby again.
Hated The Road...so depressing, but a real portent.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Hated The Road...so depressing, but a real portent.
I inury. Always injury.
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
I inury. Always injury.
Well, one of my grandaughters has two fathers and they take her to dance classes.
January 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Well, one of my grandaughters has two fathers and they take her to dance classes.
With Greenland in line to be 52.
January 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
With Greenland in line to be 52.
They will not be held.
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
They will not be held.
The universe is pretty useless. Takes Tatiana and leaves us with her loony cousin and his tangerine boss. Please make it their turn next.
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The universe is pretty useless. Takes Tatiana and leaves us with her loony cousin and his tangerine boss. Please make it their turn next.
I have detected a slight move to the right with the SMH lately - especially since Bondi. Apparently the new editor (Baker) has not taken over yet and a cabal of assistants is in charge.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I have detected a slight move to the right with the SMH lately - especially since Bondi. Apparently the new editor (Baker) has not taken over yet and a cabal of assistants is in charge.
On a pig farm. It was then spread by the million or so US troops committed to WW1, who passed it on to soldiers from other nations who took it home with them at the end of the war.
December 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
On a pig farm. It was then spread by the million or so US troops committed to WW1, who passed it on to soldiers from other nations who took it home with them at the end of the war.
Maybe the batters on both sides should learn to play.
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Maybe the batters on both sides should learn to play.
Vermin! (Australia here).
December 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Vermin! (Australia here).
I think this is the worst game of test cricket I've seen in my seven decades of watching.
December 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I think this is the worst game of test cricket I've seen in my seven decades of watching.