David Morgan
@elitism.bsky.social
Bond: 'Yes...considerably.' Chronicler of the history of Sydney (and other things). Consumer and creator of trivia. Won New Yorker Cartoon Caption Competition.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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aware my followers might not know about uk flag politics. basically if a guy flies the union flag (🇬🇧) he has really strong views on anthony eden's handling of the suez crisis. if a guy flies the england flag (🏴) he's saying that he's thrown a can of foster's at somebody's head at 11:30 am*
September 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
aware my followers might not know about uk flag politics. basically if a guy flies the union flag (🇬🇧) he has really strong views on anthony eden's handling of the suez crisis. if a guy flies the england flag (🏴) he's saying that he's thrown a can of foster's at somebody's head at 11:30 am*
Quiz Nations Champions League Trophy has arrived. 💎
August 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Quiz Nations Champions League Trophy has arrived. 💎
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Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
August 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.
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Daguerreotype image of the hand of fishing boat captain and slavery abolitionist Jonathan Walker showing the “SS” (for “Slave Stealer”) that the US Govt branded on his palm after he tried in 1844 to help runaway slaves in Florida find freedom in the West Indies (Massachusetts Historical Society) 🗃
August 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Daguerreotype image of the hand of fishing boat captain and slavery abolitionist Jonathan Walker showing the “SS” (for “Slave Stealer”) that the US Govt branded on his palm after he tried in 1844 to help runaway slaves in Florida find freedom in the West Indies (Massachusetts Historical Society) 🗃
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The weather is very pleasant and I am doing my best to conceal the sadness that is inside me.
July 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The weather is very pleasant and I am doing my best to conceal the sadness that is inside me.
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Which TV series have watched more than once?
May 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Which TV series have watched more than once?
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” Hannah Arendt, 1951
February 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” Hannah Arendt, 1951
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Another way to put this:
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Another way to put this:
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
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Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
February 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
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If you see this, post a fictional musician/band you would love to see live.
January 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you see this, post a fictional musician/band you would love to see live.
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North America if the Howe brothers had got off their arses and did some work.
January 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
North America if the Howe brothers had got off their arses and did some work.
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How the Chicago
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
The Hidden Cause of Food Deserts - The Atlantic
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 AM
How the Chicago
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
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Did you know that the Baron von Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of #WW1, sinking 13 ships? (Poster, 1917, artist unknown, Imperial War Museum) #TheSoundOfMusic #FWW #FWWHist
![Poster printed in brown, grey, red, and blue depicting a U-Boat captain and crew member stand in a conning tower looking to the left. An Austrian flag flies behind them. text: Zeichnet die 6. Kriegsanleihe! Centralbank der deutschen Sparkassen J . N . VERNAY . WIEN , IX [Subscribe to the Sixth War Loan! Central Bank of the German Savings Banks. J. N. Vernay. Vienna, IX.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:krmpsrjtpau5n5uxvs5mcq7k/bafkreie7j3ptxtxm3pcki5cvjw6pfqcjniwdjhbwxfujmwkbjqrd76jffu@jpeg)
August 26, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Did you know that the Baron von Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of #WW1, sinking 13 ships? (Poster, 1917, artist unknown, Imperial War Museum) #TheSoundOfMusic #FWW #FWWHist
You can't buy PR like this.
#TheChaseAus
#TheChaseAus
June 3, 2024 at 2:22 PM
You can't buy PR like this.
#TheChaseAus
#TheChaseAus
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
March 28, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
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Because becoming more conservative as you age was never a result of getting older, it was a function of getting richer. The greedy fucks took all the shit, so we never got richer. It's not fucking rocket science.
February 24, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Because becoming more conservative as you age was never a result of getting older, it was a function of getting richer. The greedy fucks took all the shit, so we never got richer. It's not fucking rocket science.