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Professor Euan Ritchie

@euanritchie.bsky.social

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Dad, ecologist & conservation scientist living on unceded Wurundjeri Country in Narrm. He/him.

Research: https://euanritchie.org/
The Conversation: bit.ly/2rjBg9A

Nature, SciComm, Politics, Music, Shodan🥋, 🏀, Carlton FC

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Nov 12

Ok, here’s my starter pack! go.bsky.app/4ASwaLv
Non-exhaustive list!

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 15h

What a talented crew! Have a wonderful festive season, Wendy!

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 1d

Bit of nostalgia ...from 1984, the Gillies Report Twelve days of Christmas ... inc PADDINGTON BEAR!!
Enjoy.

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ABC - Gillies Report "12 Days Of Christmas" (1984)

YouTube video by brilton1

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing this cos this beautiful, affecting essay is a gift...of the best kind

Excerpt from Johanna Winant's essay 'The Claims of Close Reading' in Boston Review

"The years I taught at West Virginia were scarred by despair, but I never despaired about my students, who, when our conditions allowed it, showed me again and again how close reading requires and multiplies both trust and strength. In our work, we assumed -before anything else, before any evidence - that there was meaning, and that we were rational, and we decided that we treat texts, ourselves, and each other this way. This is truly and always radical, in a way not too distant from what Davidson meant. This decision had to come before any evidence to support it, because that crucial step of noticing requires the close reader to point to evidence and identify it as evidence, to make it into evidence, to grant themselves the authority to do so. And this is work to do together, and only together."

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Love you all. Share the love even more this year. youtu.be/fCNvZqpa-7Q?...

White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin

YouTube video by Tim Minchin

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

To all who celebrate youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?...

The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video) [HD Upgrade]

YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Come and work with us! Please share widely!
Applications close 18 January 2026 at 11.55pm.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

@ecolsocaus.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Deakin University hiring Lecturer, Environmental Botany in Burwood, Victoria, Australia | LinkedIn

Posted 2:37:03 AM. Drive innovation with Deakin’s Environmental & Science programs through teaching excellence…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Stunning www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Photographer snaps 'unreal' rainbow of colours of WA salt lakes

For photographer Scott Jon McCook, seeing the unique salt lakes of WA's Wheatbelt from the air was so captivating it started a five-year passion project.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Sussan Ley is an aggressive, unhinged fool. Her behaviour during such a sensitive time is deplorable.

jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 3d

Tfw you’re full-throatedly flushing yourself down the political toilet for the rest of eternity.

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 3d

Tfw you’re full-throatedly flushing yourself down the political toilet for the rest of eternity.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Fifa and Trump are indeed well-matched

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

His rap sheet is long and extremely odious

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Never forget nor forgive that Fifa and Gianni Infantino gave Trump, a convicted felon and war-mongering imbecile, a 'peace prize'.

Infantino indeed...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

World's largest warship looms near Venezuela as US warns of land attacks

The Pentagon moved the USS Gerald R Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, to the Caribbean last month. Now, President Donald Trump is repeating threats of imminent strikes against Venezuelan ter...

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 4d

10/ In particular, the tribunal rejected the polluting industry's tired argument that climate change is a political matter and consequently must not be considered by courts. The tribunal reaffirmed that individuals must also benefit access to remedy in climate matters.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 4d

Where's the drongo on a bongo? Love ya work, Jess.

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 4d

My cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com today ⭐️

Forget elf on the shelf – these Aussie birds are perfect for the festive season | Jess Harwood

Magpie on a mince pie anyone?

www.theguardian.com

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 5d

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How to cook for a BUNCH of people

YouTube video by Nat’s What I Reckon

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 5d

I’m deeply disturbed that the Bondi Beach tragedy is being utilised by dark forces to alter Australia for the worse, twisting words & actions.

I thought it might be useful to own the word “ woke, make it Australian & define it to help defend who most of us are.

Thus #Waussie - a woke Aussie.

#waussie
WOKE AUSSIE
With definitions

PRO: love, fairness,
First Nations, tolerance, multiculturalism, environment, humanity, truthfulness

ANTI:
isms: racism- fascism-colonialism;
intolerance; war & genocide; bs & lies, environmental

And also an illustration of a grumpy kangaroo staring out at the audience holding a flag with both the First Nations flag and the Australian flag

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 5d

Australia retains the #Ashes in 3 tests. How's Bazzball going? Moral victory?

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

"You wouldn't be outlandish in thinking – it's actually not an opinion, it's a fact – it's probably the worst Australian team since 2010 when England last won, and it's the best English team since 2010...it's just a fact" - Stuart Broad, Oct 2025

#Ashes

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 5d

Just went on X and every single Zionist on there , which is all of them, are really ramping up the Australia takeover campaign.
Hope you are ready to stand shoulder with each other because divided, we fall.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5d

“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further

There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like England had a moral victory today

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6d

I will never withdraw from being angry about state sanctioned genocide & our government's ongoing & utterly pathetic response.

This does not mean we can't mourn the victims of a horrific act of terrorism.

Intelligent, caring people & civilised society are entirely capable of doing both.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6d

What's a leap?

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

It's a point being made by many.

Please explain what you mean by 'chill down'? In what way?

It's possible and essential to denounce racism, terrorism, and punish perpetrators accordingly, without destroying democracy and moving even further towards authoritarian regimes.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

Bingo

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

There is no place for antisemitism.
Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent.
Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism.
Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

www.theguardian.com

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d

Opinions and hot takes from Broad matter little, it's the outcome that speaks for itself.

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