Margaret L Ruwoldt
@emelaarghh.bsky.social
Bibliophibian. Dilettante. Free-range nerd. She/her. Living on unceded Wadawurrung country.
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This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis, writes Katherine Berney.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
Australia knows how to end violence against women. What we lack is the will to pay for it.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis.
womensagenda.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
Four more sleeps to the start of #Whamageddon 🎶
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Four more sleeps to the start of #Whamageddon 🎶
Ixia ‘Elvira’
Carpet rose (madly overgrown)
Carpet rose (madly overgrown)
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Ixia ‘Elvira’
Carpet rose (madly overgrown)
Carpet rose (madly overgrown)
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'Some staff are shocked?' ALL recently forced out staff, & the few experts left, everyone who isn't in the questionable senior management tier knows that the State Library in Melbourne is teetering on the brink of irreparable disaster & the end of this iconic Library as we know it. Inquiry now.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
'Some staff are shocked?' ALL recently forced out staff, & the few experts left, everyone who isn't in the questionable senior management tier knows that the State Library in Melbourne is teetering on the brink of irreparable disaster & the end of this iconic Library as we know it. Inquiry now.
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Ask your depressed friend to help you out with something. I don’t care if it’s helping you try out a new recipe, or helping you choose something good to watch on TV — it’s a way of keeping connected that doesn’t make them feel like the burden they often (wrongly) feel they are.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ask your depressed friend to help you out with something. I don’t care if it’s helping you try out a new recipe, or helping you choose something good to watch on TV — it’s a way of keeping connected that doesn’t make them feel like the burden they often (wrongly) feel they are.
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"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only
kottke.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here on #Wadawurrung country: 5.6 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
Sister’s place across the bay, on #Boonwurrung country: 27 mm.
Sister’s place across the bay, on #Boonwurrung country: 27 mm.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here on #Wadawurrung country: 5.6 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
Sister’s place across the bay, on #Boonwurrung country: 27 mm.
Sister’s place across the bay, on #Boonwurrung country: 27 mm.
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#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We gave up on Covid-19 and now we’re apparently giving up on eradicating the varroa mite that’s killing bees in vast numbers.
No bees = no crops, no food.
No bees = no crops, no food.
We'll miss the bees when they're gone
Varroa mite detected at Salt Creek, South Australia
"Since the national decision to transition to management, we are now focused on managing varroa in a way that minimises its impact, while ensuring business continuity.."
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Varroa mite detected at Salt Creek, South Australia
"Since the national decision to transition to management, we are now focused on managing varroa in a way that minimises its impact, while ensuring business continuity.."
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Varroa mite found at second site in South Australia
The deadly bee parasite has been detected in South Australia again — this time in the state's south-east.
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We gave up on Covid-19 and now we’re apparently giving up on eradicating the varroa mite that’s killing bees in vast numbers.
No bees = no crops, no food.
No bees = no crops, no food.
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Like many places these days, Scotland lets the public name their snow plows. But they take it up a notch and offer a live tracking map so you can follow Thistle Grit Through, Robert Brrrns and Ice Sweeper Willie on their rounds
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Like many places these days, Scotland lets the public name their snow plows. But they take it up a notch and offer a live tracking map so you can follow Thistle Grit Through, Robert Brrrns and Ice Sweeper Willie on their rounds
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Lovely Cathy and her sweet golden staffy rescue Ruby accused me today of being a dog whisperer ☺️
#CafeLife
#TellYourDogISaidHi
#ItWorksOnCatsToo
#CafeLife
#TellYourDogISaidHi
#ItWorksOnCatsToo
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Lovely Cathy and her sweet golden staffy rescue Ruby accused me today of being a dog whisperer ☺️
#CafeLife
#TellYourDogISaidHi
#ItWorksOnCatsToo
#CafeLife
#TellYourDogISaidHi
#ItWorksOnCatsToo
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a polite reminder that surveys, especially customer feedback surveys, are not completed under oath and it is your solemn duty as someone uncomfortable with the trajectory of late capitalism to subvert the dominant paradigm and make your answers unusable, specious and hilarious
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
a polite reminder that surveys, especially customer feedback surveys, are not completed under oath and it is your solemn duty as someone uncomfortable with the trajectory of late capitalism to subvert the dominant paradigm and make your answers unusable, specious and hilarious
Aristotle: Politika
(commenting on the Carthaginians, a nation of traders and merchants)
(commenting on the Carthaginians, a nation of traders and merchants)
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Aristotle: Politika
(commenting on the Carthaginians, a nation of traders and merchants)
(commenting on the Carthaginians, a nation of traders and merchants)
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For those interested in the ritualistic and monumental places of ancestral peoples, I cannot recommend Dr. Kelly's "The Memory Code" highly enough. Its narrative approach to the anthropology of pre-literate memory is filled with a deep respect and affection for humanity and its grand endeavors.
The Memory Code
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www.lynnekelly.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For those interested in the ritualistic and monumental places of ancestral peoples, I cannot recommend Dr. Kelly's "The Memory Code" highly enough. Its narrative approach to the anthropology of pre-literate memory is filled with a deep respect and affection for humanity and its grand endeavors.
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This is fabulous -
Communicating online generally and moderating communities specifically, is one of the best leadership development experiences anyone can have.
All teenagers would benefit from it.
Communicating online generally and moderating communities specifically, is one of the best leadership development experiences anyone can have.
All teenagers would benefit from it.
RESEARCH: What happens when teens steward their own digital spaces?
A study of Discord servers run by and for teens found that moderators not only gained valuable skills, but were better at maintaining engaging, healthy spaces for their peers.
The kids will be alright 🥹
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
A study of Discord servers run by and for teens found that moderators not only gained valuable skills, but were better at maintaining engaging, healthy spaces for their peers.
The kids will be alright 🥹
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
![Quote from P4 in italic serif font on white background: "I think that people are most effectively able to moderate if they actually care about the community ... [It's also very important] to be a role model to the community. When you're more invested, the community is going to respect you more and listen to you more than someone who has absolutely no idea how the game works. They're obviously not going to listen to what they have to say."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hheutzl4mxedshsz4yqek5tt/bafkreigmllhfe2hecejbn7aazly5hksvhpowv5zw4hiacz3jw265x7wbvu@jpeg)
![Quote from P2 in italic serif font on white background: "I think that through Discord, there can be meaningful conversations on relationships, teaching people, connections, that aren't found in schools ... [Our Discord community is] providing that space to be able to [talk to others] in a way that's like, a healthy space. If anything goes wrong, there's actually something [that's going to be] done about it instead of just like being like, 'It happens.' ...[The fact] that [disagreements] are communicated about, and the respect, those are key factors to our group."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hheutzl4mxedshsz4yqek5tt/bafkreieybdrvhbw3egx4ugh6mxbbr2fkvrrwqk2y6razhqbdmncveqbgvi@jpeg)
![Quote from P4 in italic serif font on white background: "Moderation has helped me understand a lot about how to deal with people, especially with regards to managing conflicts, resolving them, working with different types of people [from around the world] ... It has basically helped me a lot in terms of the sort of soft skills that you need to run a community smoothly."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hheutzl4mxedshsz4yqek5tt/bafkreifn3ulmdgz32ukb7apwkhwtjcjrhkpt3ukctcsmbjf7qojqtveu7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is fabulous -
Communicating online generally and moderating communities specifically, is one of the best leadership development experiences anyone can have.
All teenagers would benefit from it.
Communicating online generally and moderating communities specifically, is one of the best leadership development experiences anyone can have.
All teenagers would benefit from it.
Mid-century modernism at the Gordon Institute in Geelong, built in the 1950s. The neighboring Lascelles Laboratory building with its classical frills is a little older (1920s).
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Mid-century modernism at the Gordon Institute in Geelong, built in the 1950s. The neighboring Lascelles Laboratory building with its classical frills is a little older (1920s).
Perfect location for a dark academia novel.
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Perfect location for a dark academia novel.
Your public library: so much more than books.
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Your public library: so much more than books.
Older woman in a scarlet wool coat fronts up to the library desk and asks for a copy of today’s newspaper: “I want to check whether I’ve died yet.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Older woman in a scarlet wool coat fronts up to the library desk and asks for a copy of today’s newspaper: “I want to check whether I’ve died yet.”
At the library. Signage is cute, but the cafe staff still can’t spell croissant 🤣
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At the library. Signage is cute, but the cafe staff still can’t spell croissant 🤣
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You’ve grown into someone who would’ve protected you as a child.
And that’s the most powerful decision you’ve made.
And that’s the most powerful decision you’ve made.
July 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You’ve grown into someone who would’ve protected you as a child.
And that’s the most powerful decision you’ve made.
And that’s the most powerful decision you’ve made.
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This. And why the continuing fiasco re executives at the State Library of Victoria?! Why are Australia's cultural boards stuffed to the gunwhales with ex-Liberal Party donors/businessfolk/pensioned-off-mates & other people with no dedication to or understanding of public collections and services?
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This. And why the continuing fiasco re executives at the State Library of Victoria?! Why are Australia's cultural boards stuffed to the gunwhales with ex-Liberal Party donors/businessfolk/pensioned-off-mates & other people with no dedication to or understanding of public collections and services?
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In search of… a good reference for deciphering Wilkinson’s Royal Staffordshire Pottery marks. Any clues…?
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In search of… a good reference for deciphering Wilkinson’s Royal Staffordshire Pottery marks. Any clues…?