Odile Ruijs
@odileruijs.bsky.social
International education - Southeast Asia - Adelaide... While work @Flinders International & personal may cross paths here, the views are my own.
Vrolijk word ik hier niet van, maar/en het verdiept wel mijn inzicht
Cas Mudde: ‘Mensen worden opgesloten in detentiekampen. Daar ben ik panisch voor’
Populisme: Zijn hele leven schreef politicoloog Cas Mudde, die al zeventien jaar in de VS woont en werkt, over radicaal-rechts populisme. Maar nu dat om hem heen de realiteit is, is hij stilgevallen. ...
www.nrc.nl
December 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Vrolijk word ik hier niet van, maar/en het verdiept wel mijn inzicht
Could not agree more jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
jewishcouncil.good.do
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Could not agree more jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
Quite.
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Quite.
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I didn’t vote for the social media ban; the real issue has always been tech companies allowing harmful behaviour to run rampant on their platforms. But with the ban in place, the Govt mustn’t forget to ensure social media platforms also clean up their act. #auspol #politas
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Yes and Yes (potential and need for regulation to protect genuine e-bikes)
Conquering hills, commuting without a sweat and carrying cargo – e-bikes encourage more people get out of their cars.
E-bikes could slash our reliance on cars – but overpowered illegal models on the roads make us all less safe
theconversation.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Yes and Yes (potential and need for regulation to protect genuine e-bikes)
♥️ this thread! Thanks so much. Great advice, even for ‘micro advocates’ (who do this extremely part-time 😎)
The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵
August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
♥️ this thread! Thanks so much. Great advice, even for ‘micro advocates’ (who do this extremely part-time 😎)
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Abier—
"To all TV hosts and reporters: thinking of interviewing Francesca Albanese without doing your homework? Good luck, she doesn’t leave crumbs 💀"
"To all TV hosts and reporters: thinking of interviewing Francesca Albanese without doing your homework? Good luck, she doesn’t leave crumbs 💀"
August 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Abier—
"To all TV hosts and reporters: thinking of interviewing Francesca Albanese without doing your homework? Good luck, she doesn’t leave crumbs 💀"
"To all TV hosts and reporters: thinking of interviewing Francesca Albanese without doing your homework? Good luck, she doesn’t leave crumbs 💀"
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The ICJ has ruled countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change.
This decision backs the concerns of Pacific nations like Tuvalu that are at the forefront of the climate crisis.
Will major fossil fuel exporters like Australia step up?
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol
This decision backs the concerns of Pacific nations like Tuvalu that are at the forefront of the climate crisis.
Will major fossil fuel exporters like Australia step up?
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol
July 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The ICJ has ruled countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change.
This decision backs the concerns of Pacific nations like Tuvalu that are at the forefront of the climate crisis.
Will major fossil fuel exporters like Australia step up?
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol
This decision backs the concerns of Pacific nations like Tuvalu that are at the forefront of the climate crisis.
Will major fossil fuel exporters like Australia step up?
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol
This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry.
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
#TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
May 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Erickson's next task is to help it win history, moving from reactive centrism to structural purpose; from electoral maintenance to democratic transformation. If he succeeds, he will be remembered as the strategist who helped remake Australia’s political possibilities. @ ...
From campaign genius to nation-builder? Paul Erickson and Labor’s long game
Paul Erickson is a name rarely heard outside political circles, yet his influence runs deep.
johnmenadue.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Erickson's next task is to help it win history, moving from reactive centrism to structural purpose; from electoral maintenance to democratic transformation. If he succeeds, he will be remembered as the strategist who helped remake Australia’s political possibilities. @ ...
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'“If we’re going for going to mobilize, it’s going to be the most prominent, the most well-endowed, the most privileged and protected of us in civil society who have to take the lead,” Levitsky said.'
This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
Harvard professor Steve Levitsky has spent decades studying democracies and how they fail. He's now raising alarm bells over what he sees as a slide toward autocracy under President Trump.
www.latimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
'“If we’re going for going to mobilize, it’s going to be the most prominent, the most well-endowed, the most privileged and protected of us in civil society who have to take the lead,” Levitsky said.'
Possession 9/10th of the law? Small fry in the grand scheme of things but another example of how wide reaching the chainsaw truly is www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands want their money back from USAID
Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands have contact US officials asking for their unspent contributions to USAID — a program Donald Trump has halted — to be refunded.
www.abc.net.au
March 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Possession 9/10th of the law? Small fry in the grand scheme of things but another example of how wide reaching the chainsaw truly is www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
About time, but great news.
This is huge. HUGE. Oral contraceptive pills to be added to PBS for first time in decades. Funding for IUDs, long lasting contraception, and menopause supports. This is one for the history books. Seriously, BIG.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Labor pledges $573 million for women's health, including long-term contraceptives
The election pitch also includes new measures for women in menopause, including efforts to lift support and care provided by GPs.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
About time, but great news.
Not exactly cheerful reading but essential for those still thinking the USA is still operating within somewhat normal parameters
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Not exactly cheerful reading but essential for those still thinking the USA is still operating within somewhat normal parameters
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Volgens mij is dit geen staatsgreep en moeten we dat woord niet meer gebruiken. Trump zit er gewoon, democratisch verkozen.
Wat is het wel?
Het is Machtergreifung - dmv noodverordeningen - in combinatie met Gleichschaltung - politiek, media, wetenschap, cultuur onder ideologische controle.
Een 🧶
Wat is het wel?
Het is Machtergreifung - dmv noodverordeningen - in combinatie met Gleichschaltung - politiek, media, wetenschap, cultuur onder ideologische controle.
Een 🧶
Mijns inziens is alles wat er nu in de VS gebeurt toch gewoon een staatsgreep in fast motion.
(Door iedere dag slechts een stap te beschrijven missen veel
media het overall verhaal, terwijl het zich voor hun ogen afspeelt).
(Door iedere dag slechts een stap te beschrijven missen veel
media het overall verhaal, terwijl het zich voor hun ogen afspeelt).
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Volgens mij is dit geen staatsgreep en moeten we dat woord niet meer gebruiken. Trump zit er gewoon, democratisch verkozen.
Wat is het wel?
Het is Machtergreifung - dmv noodverordeningen - in combinatie met Gleichschaltung - politiek, media, wetenschap, cultuur onder ideologische controle.
Een 🧶
Wat is het wel?
Het is Machtergreifung - dmv noodverordeningen - in combinatie met Gleichschaltung - politiek, media, wetenschap, cultuur onder ideologische controle.
Een 🧶
This video really clarifies what’s been happening with the whole sorry #SportsRorts saga. Thank you @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social for not letting go despite all the obstruction and Professor Twomey for a super clear video - easy to follow for non-legal people!
👇Prof Anne Twomey on “unlawful government spending and the use of litigation to prevent transparency ”👇. A must watch video on my saga to get access to Christian Porter’s bogus #SportsRorts legal advice to Scott Morrison. #FOI #PorkBarrelling #auspol
"Sports-rorts" and a failure in government transparency
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This video really clarifies what’s been happening with the whole sorry #SportsRorts saga. Thank you @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social for not letting go despite all the obstruction and Professor Twomey for a super clear video - easy to follow for non-legal people!
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
The comments are interesting. While not dismissing them, I think back to growing up in the Netherlands when cycling infra def wasn’t there either (& all the rain!). Took gov investment, increased cycling, more investment, more cycling, etc to where we are now. Positive return on investment now
Why are cycling rates so low in Australia?
And if we want more people to have the choice of active transport options, what can we do?
As @mhharrington.bsky.social explains, the benefits include cleaner and less congested cities, and happier and healthier people. #auspol
And if we want more people to have the choice of active transport options, what can we do?
As @mhharrington.bsky.social explains, the benefits include cleaner and less congested cities, and happier and healthier people. #auspol
How to boosting cycling rates in Australia
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 9:42 PM
The comments are interesting. While not dismissing them, I think back to growing up in the Netherlands when cycling infra def wasn’t there either (& all the rain!). Took gov investment, increased cycling, more investment, more cycling, etc to where we are now. Positive return on investment now