MaryEsther Judy
@fallenstarmary.bsky.social
Childrens books reader, reviewer, blogger & editor; artist; weaver of words & wool; and good human (I hope)
This just broke me...
This comes just after the president publicly demanded that ICE should start showing the public how terrible the people are who they're grabbing and arresting.
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This just broke me...
Hello Bluesky, it's Blue Monday. Take a deep breath & show up. You're a hero! #bluemonday
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Hello Bluesky, it's Blue Monday. Take a deep breath & show up. You're a hero! #bluemonday
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* GREENLAND GOVERNMENT: FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND GREENLAND -- IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ALLIES
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
* GREENLAND GOVERNMENT: FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND GREENLAND -- IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ALLIES
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
World Book Day is coming!!!!
Take a look inside the pages of our brilliant 2026 £1/€1.50 book line-up to help children choose the book they would like to read ✨
Thank you to Nielsen BookData for working with us to provide this exclusive look inside our books.
Discover all our titles here - buff.ly/2ns3bJE
Thank you to Nielsen BookData for working with us to provide this exclusive look inside our books.
Discover all our titles here - buff.ly/2ns3bJE
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
World Book Day is coming!!!!
Some thoughts on the passing of John Quinn.... Rest in Peace, my friend. And thank you for...everything.
#FallenStarStories #TheSummerOfLilyAndEsme
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#FallenStarStories #TheSummerOfLilyAndEsme
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January 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Some thoughts on the passing of John Quinn.... Rest in Peace, my friend. And thank you for...everything.
#FallenStarStories #TheSummerOfLilyAndEsme
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#FallenStarStories #TheSummerOfLilyAndEsme
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Nollaig na mBan Shona Daoibh! Happy Womens' Christmas...or Little Christmas, Old Christmas, Twelfth Night; however you recognise it; Tis a day to rest & reconnect; to slow down. Hoping you ease yourself into this new year & throughout the year are blessed with all the gifts of each season.
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Nollaig na mBan Shona Daoibh! Happy Womens' Christmas...or Little Christmas, Old Christmas, Twelfth Night; however you recognise it; Tis a day to rest & reconnect; to slow down. Hoping you ease yourself into this new year & throughout the year are blessed with all the gifts of each season.
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Invoking Wounded Knee to justify modern military actions is a moral failure. Turning a massacre into political cover and then handing out medals isn’t honoring history or service. It’s exploiting both.
Čaŋkpé Opí (Wounded Knee) Is In My DNA
There’s no honor in genocide, Pete.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Invoking Wounded Knee to justify modern military actions is a moral failure. Turning a massacre into political cover and then handing out medals isn’t honoring history or service. It’s exploiting both.
Happy New Year, folks! May 2026 behave more reasonably for all of us.
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Happy New Year, folks! May 2026 behave more reasonably for all of us.
Santa is on his way.... Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
#NightBeforeChristmas #HappyChristmas2025🎅🌲🎁💖 #JesseWillcoxSmith
#NightBeforeChristmas #HappyChristmas2025🎅🌲🎁💖 #JesseWillcoxSmith
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Santa is on his way.... Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
#NightBeforeChristmas #HappyChristmas2025🎅🌲🎁💖 #JesseWillcoxSmith
#NightBeforeChristmas #HappyChristmas2025🎅🌲🎁💖 #JesseWillcoxSmith
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US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
In these last 2 days of Christmas shopping, SUPPORT SMALL, LOCAL BUSINESSES. They are your family, your friends and your community...and they really need your support. #supportsmallbusiness #BuyLocal #livegalwaylovegalwayshopgalway #SupportADream🌲❄️🎅
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In these last 2 days of Christmas shopping, SUPPORT SMALL, LOCAL BUSINESSES. They are your family, your friends and your community...and they really need your support. #supportsmallbusiness #BuyLocal #livegalwaylovegalwayshopgalway #SupportADream🌲❄️🎅
Blessings for the Winter Solstice. Blessings for Yule.
We have turned the year.
We have turned the year.
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Blessings for the Winter Solstice. Blessings for Yule.
We have turned the year.
We have turned the year.
Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books-Week 4: to take us right up to the big day! As the man himself would say, "Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night." @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @andersenpress.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books-Week 4: to take us right up to the big day! As the man himself would say, "Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night." @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @andersenpress.bsky.social
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LET'S MAKE COMPASSION THE REAL WINNER THIS CHRISTMAS.
BUY IT NOW AND GET LULLABY BY TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE TO NUMBER ONE - EVERY PURCHASE COUNTS.
THANK YOU
togetherforpalestine.org
BUY IT NOW AND GET LULLABY BY TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE TO NUMBER ONE - EVERY PURCHASE COUNTS.
THANK YOU
togetherforpalestine.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
LET'S MAKE COMPASSION THE REAL WINNER THIS CHRISTMAS.
BUY IT NOW AND GET LULLABY BY TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE TO NUMBER ONE - EVERY PURCHASE COUNTS.
THANK YOU
togetherforpalestine.org
BUY IT NOW AND GET LULLABY BY TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE TO NUMBER ONE - EVERY PURCHASE COUNTS.
THANK YOU
togetherforpalestine.org
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Ireland is the 4th freest country in the world according to the new Human Freedom Index 2025. 🇮🇪👏 Irish residents enjoy exceptionally strong freedom of movement, of religion, of relationships, and of expression. Only the Swiss, Danes and New Zealanders rank higher.
www.cato.org/human-freedo...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Ireland is the 4th freest country in the world according to the new Human Freedom Index 2025. 🇮🇪👏 Irish residents enjoy exceptionally strong freedom of movement, of religion, of relationships, and of expression. Only the Swiss, Danes and New Zealanders rank higher.
www.cato.org/human-freedo...
www.cato.org/human-freedo...
Moving right along in a seasonal fashion, it's...Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books- Week 3. 6 more of the best for holiday season. @andersenpress.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social #ChristmasBooksForKids
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December 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Moving right along in a seasonal fashion, it's...Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books- Week 3. 6 more of the best for holiday season. @andersenpress.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social #ChristmasBooksForKids
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Sunrise 13 December 2025 #itsthesimplethings
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Sunrise 13 December 2025 #itsthesimplethings
The most perfect gift! Cailín Sinséir Bhéal Feirste/The Belfast Gingerbread Girl by Marianne McShane & Mr Ando: captures all the fun, happiness, magic of the season; imaginative, joyous and utterly wondrous! #leabharasgaeilge #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The most perfect gift! Cailín Sinséir Bhéal Feirste/The Belfast Gingerbread Girl by Marianne McShane & Mr Ando: captures all the fun, happiness, magic of the season; imaginative, joyous and utterly wondrous! #leabharasgaeilge #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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Enemies-to-lovers has never tasted so sweet!
@meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social’s debut YA has charmed reviewers all over Ireland and is set to delight many more!
Grab your copy and get reading, you’ll find that one slice just won’t do 🍰
@meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social’s debut YA has charmed reviewers all over Ireland and is set to delight many more!
Grab your copy and get reading, you’ll find that one slice just won’t do 🍰
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Enemies-to-lovers has never tasted so sweet!
@meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social’s debut YA has charmed reviewers all over Ireland and is set to delight many more!
Grab your copy and get reading, you’ll find that one slice just won’t do 🍰
@meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social’s debut YA has charmed reviewers all over Ireland and is set to delight many more!
Grab your copy and get reading, you’ll find that one slice just won’t do 🍰
My dearest friends have returned! Mouse & Mole: Odd Socks by Joyce Dunbar & James Mayhew: wonderful, 3 heartwarming tales; gentle, beautifully illustrated; funny, charming with a very “real-life” touch; perfect! It will lift your heart!
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@graffeg fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/m...
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My dearest friends have returned! Mouse & Mole: Odd Socks by Joyce Dunbar & James Mayhew: wonderful, 3 heartwarming tales; gentle, beautifully illustrated; funny, charming with a very “real-life” touch; perfect! It will lift your heart!
@graffeg fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/m...
@graffeg fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/m...
#bookpost really is the best post! Receiving this gift; The Belfast Gingerbread Girl/Cailìn Sinsèir Bhèal Feirste from An TSnàthhaid Mhòr; Marianne McShane & Andrew Whitson is wonderful! I am completely charmed@ Thankyou!
#FallenStarStories #HappyChristmas🎄🎁🎅 #NollaigShona🎄❄️🎁 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
#FallenStarStories #HappyChristmas🎄🎁🎅 #NollaigShona🎄❄️🎁 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#bookpost really is the best post! Receiving this gift; The Belfast Gingerbread Girl/Cailìn Sinsèir Bhèal Feirste from An TSnàthhaid Mhòr; Marianne McShane & Andrew Whitson is wonderful! I am completely charmed@ Thankyou!
#FallenStarStories #HappyChristmas🎄🎁🎅 #NollaigShona🎄❄️🎁 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
#FallenStarStories #HappyChristmas🎄🎁🎅 #NollaigShona🎄❄️🎁 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
It's time for Week 2 of Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books! Six more fun and festive tales and treasures to add extra joy to the Christmas season.... #FallenStarStories #AdventCalendarofBooks
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December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's time for Week 2 of Marys' Advent Calendar of Kids Books! Six more fun and festive tales and treasures to add extra joy to the Christmas season.... #FallenStarStories #AdventCalendarofBooks
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