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Tom Shakespeare

@tomshakespeare.bsky.social

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Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

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Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, is an English sociologist and bioethicist. He has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 10

Please order The Ends: "exit, pursued by a polar bear" - I've even written the headline for your review. Hope you are enjoying the book: it's a laugh, but also about the climate crisis.

Cover of 'The Ends' featuring the hero, Fred, being pursued by a voracious polar bear.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d

"We don't need this fascist groove thong"

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie
#topical

Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Station Zebra-print Leggings
#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

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Some Like It Hotpants #ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d

Younger people may not talk, but older people do.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 1d

+/ I am a prime example of somebody with quite significant mental health/neurodiversity issues who can work with certain adjustments, the right medication and medical support

And I’m sick to the back teeth of seeing people mock others like me because they don’t have a voice or are easy targets

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 1d

+/ Would you know that by looking at me? No

I went to Cambridge, appear on tv on radio, I’m an actor and appear on stage

But the day to day stuff sometimes is absolutely paralysing and I’m not ashamed to admit it - I’m ashamed that colleagues in the media think it’s ok to mock people like me

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 I once got so overwhelmed on a train that a family member had to chase the train and coach me to get off the train because I was paralysed with fear and kept missing my stops

Having a car is freedom for me, taking them away for people with neurodiversity of anxiety benefits no one

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 I don’t know why the right of British commentariat thinks it’s funny to attack motability for mental health or neurodiversity

I have autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression and quite bad social anxiety

Public transport is often overwhelming for me, my car is a lifeline

I can afford one, many can’t

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity

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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the citation for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado - Nobel Peace Prize

for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

www.nobelpeaceprize.org

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 1d

Well done to the Nobel Peace Prize panel for resisting pressure and giving this year’s award to the courageous Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado. She is such a deserving winner

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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paulsinha.bsky.social @paulsinha.bsky.social · 1d

In 2019 I married a man. I won the British quiz championships. I was diagnosed with a degenerative illness. I relentlessly made the news in New Zealand. I fell apart on Taskmaster.

This memoir is the story of how a shy gay Bengali teenager primed for a medical career, changed direction.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 2d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant and depressing piece on how hard it is to transact property

on.ft.com/4nHDf2m

I know some people think housing policy is simple - just build more! And to do that just have less planning! - but most appreciate the more complex tangles in life.

Moving home is maddening — here’s how the system needs to change

A new government consultation promises to speed up the conveyancing process in England and Wales. But will it work?

on.ft.com

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited about tonight - I’ll be talking about the abridged history of football against fascism in London

🗓️    Friday, 10 October

⏰    19.00

📍    Marx Memorial Library, London, EC1R 0DU

🚇    Farringdon

Only NINE spots left at the time of posting!

👉🏼 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 1d

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d

Happy World Mental Health Day - may you be free from stress, stigma or fear.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

“Satire is the most powerful weapon in a democracy because it forces people to laugh at their leaders, and once you make people laugh at authority, you’ve won.” - Lenny Bruce and others @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social

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juux @juux.com · 2d

omg part deux

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d

It's contracted, so I hope soon. Let me check

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Redefining Stammering @redefinestammer.bsky.social · 3d

Very much enjoyed reading writer & filmmaker @celestinefraser.bsky.social’s insightful write up of the picnic & #stammeringpride march in Victoria Park, London this August - a thoughtful tribute to community & #stammeringgain: substack.com/home/post/p-... 🌊🌊🌊

When you stammer with someone

At Stammering Pride, dysfluency creates connection

substack.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience

A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

www.nature.com

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 3d

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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