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Duncan Ritchie

@duncanritchie.bsky.social
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🇦🇺 | Writer | Author of the forthcoming political thriller, The Truth Chamber, a ‘fascinating, enlightening and brave read.’ Available for pre-order at duncanritchie.com

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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 is just 𝗨𝗦$𝟬.𝟵𝟵 𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲. Concentrated purchases help Amazon find the right readers and recommend it more widely—an excellent week to pick up the book Kirkus described as "𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁" www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2Y8646
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I sat down with Randell Carlton Green at Any Given Runway to talk about my debut novel, The Truth Chamber. Here’s a short clip from the conversation. You can hear the whole episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Mg2... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Check out my Q&A with Deborah Kalb about my debut novel, The Truth Chamber, and the story behind the story.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every novel has a line that tells you something about what lies ahead. This is the epigraph to The Truth Chamber. Four days until publication.
Blood-splattered American flag grappling a gun, with inscription: “When fascism comes to America, he’ll wear a flag pin, brandish a Bible, and call himself a patriot.” (The epigraph to The Truth Chamber).
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...
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Keep Seismic Blasting out of Australian Marine Parks - Save Our Marine Life
Most Australians assume our marine parks are protected from damaging activities like seismic blasting. But the truth might surprise you.  Seismic blasting is still allowed in about half of Australia’s offshore marine parks, including in the offshore marine parks around Lord Howe Island, Coffs Harbour, the Abrolhos Islands and the Kimberley.   Seismic blasting involves vessels firing extremely loud underwater explosions every 10–15 seconds, day and night, to […]
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. The Center for Systemic Peace's Polity Project USA update www.systemicpeace.org: 2016 → “Factional Competition” Jan 2021 → “Attempted coup” July 2024 → “Regime transition” Jan 2025 → “Successful coup” US Polity score: 0 = anocracy. How did this go under the radar?
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A darker road may lie ahead: Trump attempts to distort or prevent the midterms under an asserted emergency—or, if Republicans lose, declares the results invalid. He’s not the kind of guy who goes gentle into that good night. barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/trump-is-g...
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Trump is Going to Eat His Own.
Republicans Should Be Worried.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Join me in supporting Scott Reef and the Great Barrier Reef! Tell the Minister: count the true cost of Browse gas project. wilderness.good.do/truecostofbr...
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Tell the Minister: count the true cost of Browse Campaign!
Join me in supporting the reefs! Share with your friends to help amplify our voices for some of Australia's most iconic reefs.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Big oil. Big gas. Big NO. Protect Australia’s wild places from fossil fuel drilling. Sign the open letter now. wilderness.good.do/bigoil2026/o...
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Big Oil. Big Gas. Big NO.
Fossil fuel giants are pushing to expand drilling across Australia’s oceans - putting whale nurseries, reefs, and fragile ecosystems at risk. Tell the government to put protection over profit. Sign th
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today marks three years since I first put pen to paper on Chapter 1 of The Truth Chamber. Happily, there’s a glimmer of light at the end of the long tunnel. The book release is set for 1 September 2026—Paperback, eBook. Working on an audiobook for simultaneous release. Preorders: duncanritchie.com
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Here it is: the book cover for The Truth Chamber to be released on 1 September 2026. An election marred by violence. The Red Caesar rising. American democracy in peril. Can the truth save America? Pre-order at duncanritchie.com I’m working on options to bring down shipping costs for paperbacks.
Cover reveal (and pre-order prompt) for The Truth Chamber by Duncan Ritchie
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My debut novel: The Truth Chamber. After three years of writing and research, 50+ non-fiction titles consumed, a 6-week research trip to the US over the 2024 presidential election, I’m finally working towards a 1 September release date. Book cover reveal imminent.
The Truth Chamber by Duncan Ritchie Cover Reveal
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Please support this great initiative by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and the team at Sky Defense open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Sky Defense
A New Way to Save Lives in Ukraine
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Words are important following murderous retribution open.substack.com/pub/politics...
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Words are important following murderous retribution
An Independent Commission of Inquiry has now declared the Gaza conflict 'The Palestinian Genocide'
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Support Indie authors in the UK c.org/zNFYN24PcT
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This campaign needs you now
Gardners, please stock print-on-demand books
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Read this (and everything) by @barbarafwalter.com What the Hell, Barb??!! open.substack.com/pub/barbaraf...
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What the Hell, Barb??!!
Think I'm exaggerating? Read this.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
My baby girl, Aletheia, turned one today.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE. What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife? How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer? Share this video & Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121 🧵
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🦋 iPERSiST iRESiST iM @mama-gramma-bear.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Political brothel! That captures this moment in American history. Ushered in by the Supreme Court. Exploited by the the billionaire class. Enabled by feckless politicians, who rode the money train to the illusion of power to find themselves beholden to their masters open.substack.com/pub/politics...
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Thy symbolism is chilling, the outlook may appear daunting, but we're not done yet.
It's no longer about fighting the malign intent of a tyrant; it's about the survival of moral decency, integrity & compassion. We have the power to defeat tyranny in our pocket; it's time to use it.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
America needs to see 'Ask E. Jean,' but may not get the chance open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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America needs to see 'Ask E. Jean,' but may not get the chance
The moving, funny documentary chronicles E. Jean Carroll's legal battles against Donald Trump and does not currently have distribution.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This is amazing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert zeteo.com/p/shame-on-t...
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‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert
Mehdi pays tribute to Gaza's fallen journalists and shames silent colleagues at London’s sold-out, celeb-filled Wembley Arena concert to raise money for Gaza.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza
In an exclusive interview, Mehdi speaks with two of the UN commissioners behind the shocking new report, which lays out the evidence for the crime of crimes.
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Bitch Pudding @bitchpudding314.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Lawless and Disorder President Elect a felon, get crimey. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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The Lawless and Disorder President
He’s even been selling pardons
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥 Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.  That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/08/2025
"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient." – Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars. Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
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Śẻήơɼ Wơƙẻ Ảś Pɦưƈƙ 🇺🇲 ✌️ ❤️ 🚴 🤿 🚣‍♂️ 🌈 🇺🇦 @senorwokeasphuck.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Love this.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza:
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United. Repost if you agree.
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club
The gripes of this bigwig of the tech right don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 11/07/2025
#clearthelist let’s help kids learn!
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
No one is LESS deserving of being awarded of the Nobel Peace Prize than Trump (other than Putin and Netanyahu). open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Nobel Peace Prize
Almost anyone is more deserving than Trump
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:
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Ron Hacker @ronhacker.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A hallmark of a functioning democracy is the independence of the courts. The US's ideological nomination process for Supreme Court justices has undermined US democracy. Highly recommend Lawless by @leahlitman.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP
Read more here.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Duncan Ritchie @duncanritchie.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I don't often find myself aligned with Liz Cheney, but I endorse this remarkable message open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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A remarkable message
You need to read this.
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