Ian Morley
ijmorley.bsky.social
Ian Morley
@ijmorley.bsky.social
Teacher of English, History, Philosophy. AEU rep. Posts on those subjects, but also on Aus sokkah, progressive political hopes & occ. music sub-cultures.

Up the DHUSC Pumpers ⛽
Never rely on cricketers (or people working in corporate environments) to understand what words mean. It'd get in the way of what they believe.
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Has a good eye. Has good bat speed.

Has shown zero ability to play at a rhythm in Aus and hasn't built an innings.

If he can't make runs now, he'll never make runs here.
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
...tortured refugee kids; said he didn't agree with the values being taught in public schools.

The man is a void.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We may not have been blessed with David Berman though.
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Oof...
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Drunk on John Howard's Death Night by Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Humbaba...Enkidu...
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
...with no option to send grown adults back to high-school civics & citizenship/ethics classes.
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The secret sauce is excluding anyone who might drag the cohort's scores down. The money itself doesn't pay for better learning.
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Two Australians, as per G. Megalogenis: www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2024/1...

Needless to say, I'm not that keen on a beer with people that'd vote for Malcolm Roberts or Ralph Babet.
Minority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics
Australian politics is shifting. The two-party system was broken at the last federal election, and another minority government is a real possibility in the future. Politics-as-usual is not enough for ...
www.quarterlyessay.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Hello from Terra Australis/The Antipodes.
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Chance: Every other player must drink toilet water/insert finger into an opponent's anus/defecate into a teammate's shoe/simulate sex with a dog...
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It'd be nice (and surprising) it we *really* tried the latter.
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Underrated.
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM