Judith Ridge
@msmisrule.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
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Judith Ridge
@msmisrule.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Reading a friend's thesis for my own PhD research, I came across this quote that seems entirely apposite in the current climate of book-banning. It's by Perry Nodelman, the Canadian Children's Literature academic:
OK, I am sure this is not an original thought, but I haven’t seen/heard anyone in response to the whole “Virginia Giuffre said Drumpf never touched her” thing question what might possibly have motivated her to lie about it if he had? 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
OK, I am sure this is not an original thought, but I haven’t seen/heard anyone in response to the whole “Virginia Giuffre said Drumpf never touched her” thing question what might possibly have motivated her to lie about it if he had? 🤔
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Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
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Hooray! It's #MichaelRosenDay! What a beautiful day!
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hooray! It's #MichaelRosenDay! What a beautiful day!
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.
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BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
FOI documents reveal lead-up to failed Bendigo Writers Festival
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Good morning! It's the second-last day of our Subscriberthon, and the prizes don't stop coming. Head to overland.org.au/shop today to support us and go into the draw to win!
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Good morning! It's the second-last day of our Subscriberthon, and the prizes don't stop coming. Head to overland.org.au/shop today to support us and go into the draw to win!
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Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?
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The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Fellow Aussies, imagine how exhausted poor Antony Green would be feeling if he’s been covering the 5000+ elections happening in the US today! #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fellow Aussies, imagine how exhausted poor Antony Green would be feeling if he’s been covering the 5000+ elections happening in the US today! #auspol
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I wonder why so many people are feeling aggrieved and becoming radicalised.
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Aust universities will cry poor while stealing millions of dollars from precariously employed workers and throwing money at the mass murder industry.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wonder why so many people are feeling aggrieved and becoming radicalised.
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Hi Bluesky. Can anyone please recommend a really great To Do List/personal organiser app! I have a heap of things coming up I need to keep track of and what I suspect is my ADHD brain cannot keep a diary. Halp. Thanks!
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hi Bluesky. Can anyone please recommend a really great To Do List/personal organiser app! I have a heap of things coming up I need to keep track of and what I suspect is my ADHD brain cannot keep a diary. Halp. Thanks!
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Brace for another wave of x refuges
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Brace for another wave of x refuges
Apparently Bluesky doesn’t allow for group chats? Rats!
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Apparently Bluesky doesn’t allow for group chats? Rats!
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Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
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The consensus from our US friends seems to be we should not engage with the US government accounts which have been opened her so here is a link to a handy block list
Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The consensus from our US friends seems to be we should not engage with the US government accounts which have been opened her so here is a link to a handy block list
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
It’s taken me most of this year to write it, but I think I have a finished draft WITH AN ACTUAL CONCLUSION to a pivotal chapter of my thesis. Imma go and lie down now.
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s taken me most of this year to write it, but I think I have a finished draft WITH AN ACTUAL CONCLUSION to a pivotal chapter of my thesis. Imma go and lie down now.
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Washington Post v. Democracy Docket on today's Bolton news.
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Washington Post v. Democracy Docket on today's Bolton news.
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I cannot express how dangerous it is that legacy media is normalizing Trump's targeting of his political opponents. I don't like Bolton. But what is happening here is dangerous and wrong.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
In which the author of the source material and the book she wrote are completely excised:
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
Steven Spielberg Surprises London Film Festival at ‘Hamnet’ Premiere and Praises Director Chloé Zhao: She Captures the ‘Seismic Heartbeat of the Earth’
Steven Spielberg made a surprise appearance at the London Film Festival premiere of Chloe Zhao's "Hamnet" on Saturday night.
variety.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In which the author of the source material and the book she wrote are completely excised:
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
So for the love of all that Jane stood for, stop sharing those shitty AI generated fake funeral posts.
We've heard from many people who are interested in attending memorials in the United Kingdom or the United States – but Dr. Jane's wishes were that people honour her locally.
We're planning an official memorial event, which the public can attend in person and online.
Photo: Vincent Calmel
We're planning an official memorial event, which the public can attend in person and online.
Photo: Vincent Calmel
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
So for the love of all that Jane stood for, stop sharing those shitty AI generated fake funeral posts.
I have no opinion on Taylor Swift.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I have no opinion on Taylor Swift.
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Still struck by a Merriam-Webster IG post I saw on legal doublets: artefacts of the bilingual Norman legal system. The English synonym went first in the pair
law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament
law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament
Legal doublet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Still struck by a Merriam-Webster IG post I saw on legal doublets: artefacts of the bilingual Norman legal system. The English synonym went first in the pair
law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament
law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament
Rick’s one of the good guys. Really happy about this.
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rick’s one of the good guys. Really happy about this.