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oh no no no no I have things to do, but the pigs. The pigs they need stacking.

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More echos of the 1930s (eugenics in this case) in modern day America. yorkshirebylines.co....

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Absolutely fantastic cartoon from @stephencollins.bsky.social on AI, Luddism and Keir Starmer

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Liberals used to be believe sharing what the right wing did would "expose them to light" and the centre would shun them. The center did infact not shun them. Nor was it horrified as we got to watch police murders from their POV. Now they speak and act openly and often to applause.

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“They need to know that non-speaking doesn’t mean non-thinking” with Luci Rose (4-Apr-24) #CRAEwebinar #archive www.youtube.com/watc...

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Really loved this lecture by @jldraycott.bsky.social last week on assistive technology in antiquity, and it's now available online! Check it out for a fascinating discussion on how and why prosthetics were used in the past 🏺🦿👨‍🦽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXo...

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Stretchers are 22,000 years old : www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

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We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!

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@ukdishisthub.bsky.social do monthly online disability history events, they are new to Bluesky and are worth following.

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NEW: Dept for Transport drops main public interest duties from Great British Railways, in major step back for equality and climate. Transport Minister, Heidi Alexander, must reinstate GBR's original purpose to "maximise social and economic value" in all decisions. abcommuters.com/2025/02/24/d...

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It’s even important now more than ever that we keep sharing our #LongCovid stories to combat the narrative they are putting forward.

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Schumer and Jeffries sure have gotten comfy.

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Sometimes you sort of forget how bad it was growing up under Section 28 and then you're like...oh yeah, it was This, Everywhere

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At Touretteshero we're trying to better understand how light can be a barrier in theatre, spread the word @richamm.bsky.social @theadhdacademic.bsky.social @buds-disability.bsky.social @stratfordeast.com @floomahony.bsky.social @astrominx.bsky.social @itc-arts.bsky.social @bryonykimmings.bsky.social

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Free philosophy course on death : www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Course materials : oyc.yale.edu/death/phil-176

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@kobanya.bsky.social This might be of use to sensitivity readers, my MSc dissertation was about building a framework to analyse how representations in film of disabled people can reinforce prejudice in the minds of the viewers. I also made it into this zine : files.libcom.org/files/2024-0...

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Labour appears to have dropped the Conservative government’s pledge to place accessibility right at the heart of the new national body that will run the railways.

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The risk of developing ADHD was 3 times higher among children whose mothers used paracetamol during pregnancy. The association was stronger among daughters, showing a 6.16 times higher likelihood. newsroom.uw.edu/news-release...

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"I won't take this sitting down" she says from her comfy couch

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NASA Nappies : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum...

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Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. I hope it reaches some people who aren't already on our side. Gift link: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...

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Free cartoon workshop with the legendary Dave Lupton! Find out more and sign up below. Let us know ifyou want an online session or workshop in your area! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away. Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens. New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org

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anyone can gaze these days

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Also, the US had extensive eugenic sterilisation programmes, it was the Nazi's inspiration for their eugenics programmes. There has been coercive sterilisation in the US right up to present day. It was primarily BIPOC and disabled people being sterilised. bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2020/11/04/a...

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@dhowlett1692.bsky.social We have a zine coming about Disabled Saints soon! The one we did on Disabled Gods might also be of interest : files.libcom.org/files/2024-0...

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❗RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES❗ We're hiring for an ambitious @wellcometrust.bsky.social project exploring brain mechanisms of planning/inference in psychosis 🧠 Tackled at multiple scales: from single neurons to human behaviour/fMRI and neural networks. Opportunities for 1 post-doc 1 clinical fellow 👀

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NEW: HHS launches anti-transgender campaign featuring Riley Gaines. It seeks to ban gender affirming care and require the federal health agencies to eliminate recognition of trans people. womenshealth.gov/protecting-w...

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"The list.. includes words such as underrepresented, underserved, understudied, sex, identity, diverse, women, woman, promote, definition, continuum, ideology, self-assessed, special populations, elderly and disabled. It was not accompanied with an explanation." www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

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But Pagliacci, I am The Doctor!

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A Disabled Peoples Organisation has a survey with 50 questions about their proposals to improve PIP: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90797431/...

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The NHS is to trial ‘comedy on prescription’ in a bid to tackle 9million people on antidepressants. The social prescribing scheme delivered by Craic Health is backed by Labour MP and GP, Dr Simon Opher who has warned against “a pandemic of over-prescription”.

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I've written something about the absolute poverty of left wing analysis and discourse on the pandemic and the failure to defend the broadest expansion of the social safety net in our lives and how that helped created Musk, DOGE, etc substack.com/home/post/p-...

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@disability-history.bsky.social A lot of our zines are about disability history, do you have archives or members what might be interested? libcom.org/tags/disabil...

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🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

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Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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I need abled people to understand that breaking someone's wheelchair is like breaking your legs. Both of them. They want to get away with breaking people's legs.

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Black British Sign Language project PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham (BSL translation of the ad will soon be provided): contact me if you're interested! 😀https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/scholarships-and-funding/postgraduate-scholarships/125-linguistics-communication

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