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Ruth Callaghan

@ruthcallaghan.bsky.social
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Australian who talks, writes & thinks (and sometimes gets paid for the privilege). Delighted by shiny things, travel, family and cryptic crosswords.

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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 17h
That’s brilliant - do much more human than the stern glare at camera
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not a children’s book, but if we got Name of the Wind a tv deal, could that tempt Rothfuss to finish the series? 🧐
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It 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?
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
You 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?...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Intro (Full HD)
YouTube video by Bzeager
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Bagthorpes, Bagthorpes, BAGTHORPES
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I 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
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Given almost all tech companies are .ai and .si doesn’t seem to exist, I see a marketing opportunity for someone
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This analogy is growing on me.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m so sorry
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Found it! thesecretbarrister.com/2018/03/04/l...
thesecretbarrister.com
Love In The First Degree: Analysing the legal misconceptions of Bananarama
This 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…
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Was it @barristersecret.bsky.social who did the definitive Twitter thread examining the evidence in that case? Was a brilliant dismissal of the claims.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He’s grown so much
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Dear 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?
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My 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 😕
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I 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...
Gastroenteritis and Arteriosclerosis, two Romans, pause for a chat.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oh that’s a great follow. Love it!
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Good point
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One 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.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As 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’.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Cracker film, too. But also, what a line is ‘the colt from Old Regret had got away’
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The king asked the queen/ and the queen asked the dairymaid/ ‘could we have some butter for the royal slice of bread?’ … a tragedy
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I count an extra four overflow bookcases so I think they are readers
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It’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.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What on earth is in her head? (Yes, I recognise this isn’t the point, but, shower cap?)
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My @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...
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why 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...
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m incorrect. Apparently the dog had to be stabbed BEFORE the voyage. My bad. But also, their bad. royalsociety.org/blog/2022/01...
royalsociety.org
Powders of sympathy | Royal Society
Some curious references to weapon salves and the cure of wounds at a distance are found in the archives of the Royal Society.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Is this like stabbing dogs on ships to determine the time in London? 🤔
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Employ a burly minion best remembered for the line, ‘what, you egg?’
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Side 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…
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I only discovered it from a previous Bluesky thread and it was surprisingly revolutionary in its own way
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Rewatched last week - what a classic of NZ brilliance
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Bits in bits in bits
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I 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
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I 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.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Intent 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.’
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Haven’t enjoyed 24 hours of politics this much in years #GetInTheBin
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Get In … The Bin. Honestly, @countbinface.bsky.social, your campaign writes itself.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What 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.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The 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
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Surely that would be the case #GetInTheBin www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
ofcom.org.uk
Holding broadcasters to account during upcoming elections: what you need to know
Here we set out some of the broadcasting rules and process that we follow during upcoming elections.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If 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.
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Surely, 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…
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The scene where Hepburn breaks a heel on a hill is genius
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The 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
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Altrincham Dry Cleaners @altydrycleaners.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Same here, sad bag of curtains. Same here.
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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
one 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
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I feared for the commentator at the moment his voice started to break ..
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Ruth Callaghan @ruthcallaghan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
He is growing so fast! His whole expression is maturing.
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