Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 17hThat’s brilliant - do much more human than the stern glare at camera 000
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Not a children’s book, but if we got Name of the Wind a tv deal, could that tempt Rothfuss to finish the series? 🧐 000
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It is my great regret that this never got aired in Australia. My kids howled themselves silly when I finally read them the series. How about ‘Something Fishy at McDonald High’ by the brilliant Gordon Korman? 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026You just need a really good, meandering title scene, preferably with ducks. The Beatrix Potter books are about 1500 words max and each one got a half hour on the BBC. youtu.be/jIVG-U8FwWc?...youtu.beThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Intro (Full HD)YouTube video by Bzeager 000
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel like the media is a pr person from corporate HQ who simultaneously insists the coffers are full to favoured stakeholders and all but empty to everyone else 020
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Given almost all tech companies are .ai and .si doesn’t seem to exist, I see a marketing opportunity for someone 130
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Found it! thesecretbarrister.com/2018/03/04/l...thesecretbarrister.comLove In The First Degree: Analysing the legal misconceptions of BananaramaThis weekend’s Twitter thread, which has received a surprisingly warm reception (even from Bananarama themselves), is as below. It is important, it struck me as I sat stationary on a snow-str… 113
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Was it @barristersecret.bsky.social who did the definitive Twitter thread examining the evidence in that case? Was a brilliant dismissal of the claims. 110
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Dear people of Britain, I need to sound insightful tomorrow on radio describing Clacton so can someone pls tell me if the weather is hot enough to make old Reform voters stay home? 230
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My only time speaking to a US Customs officer: oh so you’re Australian, are you sure you aren’t planning to overstay in the US? ME: Hah! We would I? OFFICER (GLARING): … ME (FLUSTERED): Oh, I mean, no offence, I’m sure it’s lovely and lots of people would like to overstay here … um 😕 000
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I think her translations built my love of language. An eight year old suddenly discovering ‘copse and robbers’, ‘wot what?’ and all the punny names - it was like uncovering a secret written just for you. www.pipelinecomics.com/wp-content/u... 030
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026One of your quotes sent me back reading the Witches books again, and it’s been lively. Thank you for occasionally prodding old Pratchett fans back to the shelves. 150
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026As long as there are no consequences for disastrous opinions they will continue writing rage bait, even as their neighbours watch the immolation of their lives and homes. The moment it DOES affect them, it will be ‘why Labour sat on its hands and let the world burn’. 000
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Cracker film, too. But also, what a line is ‘the colt from Old Regret had got away’ 020
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The king asked the queen/ and the queen asked the dairymaid/ ‘could we have some butter for the royal slice of bread?’ … a tragedy 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I count an extra four overflow bookcases so I think they are readers 060
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It’s so lacking in structure! Like someone grabbed baking paper and tied a ribbon around it. I wouldn’t trust that woman to run a bake sale. 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026What on earth is in her head? (Yes, I recognise this isn’t the point, but, shower cap?) 100
Reposted by Ruth Callaghan Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 23/07/2026My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals a network of criminal complicity at heart of Reform UK rooted in identity fraud by George Cottrell - the criminal fraudster secretly funding Farage and Reform - in cahoots with a Reform treasurer and a casino owner 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...bylinetimes.com‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial StructuresWhy did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi... 7296149
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I’m incorrect. Apparently the dog had to be stabbed BEFORE the voyage. My bad. But also, their bad. royalsociety.org/blog/2022/01...royalsociety.orgPowders of sympathy | Royal SocietySome curious references to weapon salves and the cure of wounds at a distance are found in the archives of the Royal Society. 130
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Is this like stabbing dogs on ships to determine the time in London? 🤔 101
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Employ a burly minion best remembered for the line, ‘what, you egg?’ 020
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Side note though, it was in Sweden that I discovered an absolutely mental Christmas movie called The Great Rupert which somehow dropped out of everyone’s consciousness… 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I only discovered it from a previous Bluesky thread and it was surprisingly revolutionary in its own way 110
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Rewatched last week - what a classic of NZ brilliance 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I think he could be superb, he’s smart, witty, and most importantly, not Nigel. Why shouldn’t the left enjoy a genuinely fun alternative candidate for a change? The right has elected bizarre weirdos for years. #GetInTheBin 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I get that people feel the #Binface bid will fail - I just don’t think that matters. Wait for the first Yougov that shows him with double digit support. The media vox popping outraged bigots apoplectic about an actual alien. The Binface cosplay door knocking teams. Content gold. 120
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Intent is one thing, basic media training at the simplest level should have equipped him to say ‘I believe in supporting our allies, just as they have consistently supported us. Next question.’ 100
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Haven’t enjoyed 24 hours of politics this much in years #GetInTheBin 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Get In … The Bin. Honestly, @countbinface.bsky.social, your campaign writes itself. 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026What we have learned from Mamdani and potholes and free screens to watch the basketball is that ‘moving the hand dryer’ is actually not a bad achievable policy. 100
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The comedic potential is huge - Farage can’t sustain the whiny woe is me without explaining WHY he is being hounded. But you can have a Clacton Klaxon Countdown on every red top. #GetInTheBin 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Surely that would be the case #GetInTheBin www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...ofcom.org.ukHolding broadcasters to account during upcoming elections: what you need to knowHere we set out some of the broadcasting rules and process that we follow during upcoming elections. 010
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If it isn’t counted as foreign interference, I’d be delighted to volunteer to support @countbinface.bsky.social in this campaign. Genuinely would love to see him sweep Clacton by storm. 120
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Surely, this is the moment for a national, viral, Back Binface campaign. Call it ‘Get In The Bin’. Channel all Britain’s Boatie McBoatface comic brilliance, commercial radio guffaws, a Binface tracker, a top Binface jingle competition, a Bin-missing you in Clacton T shirt… 190
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The scene where Hepburn breaks a heel on a hill is genius 060
Reposted by Ruth Callaghan Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant 27791972412
Reposted by Ruth Callaghan Altrincham Dry Cleaners @altydrycleaners.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Same here, sad bag of curtains. Same here. 210924
Reposted by Ruth Callaghan Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband 1041701907
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I feared for the commentator at the moment his voice started to break .. 150
Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026He is growing so fast! His whole expression is maturing. 000