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snowbeard.bsky.social
Retired BSL interpreter. CODA. Volunteer with DeafUK50+. ToughLiberal Grumpy Old Bloke. Observer of idiocracy. Supporter of evidence-based government, truth, accountability & equality #deaf #chipstead #banstead #surrey #deaf #bsl #coda #bslinterpreting
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submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Watching this 2023 documentary about San Quentin Prison’s programme to accommodate deaf prisoners took me back to the BDA’s Double Sentence project. Are things better in the U.K. now? shorturl.at/MvP1x #deaf #BDA #ASL

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

A fake post supposedly showing Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe calling on the government to “remove” the teaching of sign language was created by a satirical account.

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Only the richest 4% of people pay Inheritance Tax. Only the richest 1.5% of farmers will pay HALF Inheritance Tax spread over 10 years. This is a protest funded by the obscenely wealthy who want to pay no tax at all.

submitted 28 days ago • 38 comments

The Corporate Con. Full version here: youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...

submitted 29 days ago • 9 comments

Learn about the ASL SuperBowl music interpreters in the first of this series of interviews youtube.com/live/kK-m2RY...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Yay!!

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I meant to tidy the house today but I've accidentally just looked at my phone for 8 hours instead. Hate it when that happens.

submitted 81 days ago • 12 comments

The four most popular ideologies in Britain are environmentalism, feminism, liberalism and socialism 🤷 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...

submitted 92 days ago • 9 comments

And yet nobody’s appeared in court over the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. Why not? #UnequalJustice @inews.co.uk

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

If/when Assisted Suicide Bill becomes law, I predict private hospitals will employ tame GPs & compliant judges to do what’s necessary, for a price. Can’t see NHS assisting ordinary folk. Am I wrong?

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Today is the start of the United Nations 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV). This morning I was interviewed by the @bbcscotlandnewsnot.bsky.social Good Morning radio programme about our new @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project starting January 2025

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

2 days to go... You can find us at University of Westminster on 27th November for Healthy Deaf Minds, where Dr. Rose Balázs, will be discussing sexual health and will be happy to answer your questions. Sign up here - deafunity.org/event/health... See you there 📚🙂

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

limpingchicken.com/2024/11/22/s... But how do UK deaf children get the equivalent of the big deaf school experience when schools aren’t viable? We need solutions, not just problems.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Deafinitely Theatre announce new Theatre Makers course aimed at deaf & hoh creatives youtube.com/watch?v=SqBf...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Amidst all the optimism of moving to BlueSky, The Rest is Entertainment podcast pours a dose of realism on us eXTwitter refugees! 20 mins in. Transcript available podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

A good summary to send to your gaslit friends. #farmers #greed #payyourshare

submitted 115 days ago • 14 comments

Worrying analysis of the shift to populist governments and against incumbents. Transcript available podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Gearing up to post about local (Chipstead) & national (UK) issues, Deaf (BSL) stuff, & anything else that amuses or interests me. I shall try to avoid venting or commenting on what I cannot change, e.g. the orange man-baby across the water.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments