Emily Goss
@barrowmember.bsky.social
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Love nature, writing, arts & crafts, music, community, books, #SciComm, play & growing. Editor Ciadish.co.uk (for chronically ill and #disabled [CIAD] writers & the readers who love their books). Co-founder CripCoop.co.uk mutual support network #CripCoop
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barrowmember.bsky.social
Need #hope? Come to #Hopefest - from bed, in your PJs, if you want. Joyful #festival #music, #SciComm fun, #crafting with Wombat (a key Arts & Crafts figure), #nature & #book love with @nicwilson.bsky.social, classic films, & a lot more to come... You can join in too groweatgift.com/2025/05/04/h...
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
They have excellent resources to learn many languages, too. This thread lists the other languages and some resources for Spanish.

And they include grammar, vocabulary, videos for "ear training", cultural aspects of the languages, etc. Really impressive.

bsky.app/profile/prop...
propcazhpm.bsky.social
The Center for Open Edu. Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) at UT Austin has so many FREE resources to learn different languages.

I use some of their French videos & audio to "train my ear" for fast spoken French.

www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/mater...

#Language #LanguageLearning #duolingo
Language Learning Materials
Arabic
Bangla
Chinese
Czech
English
French
German
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
K'iche'
Malayalam
Nahuatl
Persian
Portuguese
Russian
Sanskrit
Spanish
Tamil
Turkish
Urdu
Yoruba
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catrambo.bsky.social
A decade later, I still think this is the best video on whether or not to italicize words in non-English languages when writing in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24gC...
Why We Don't Italicize Spanish
YouTube video by Daniel José Older
www.youtube.com
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neuro-observant.bsky.social
One of the hardest things about being disabled is how often people judge that as laziness or you not caring
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Yellow rattle by our tiny pond. But a much bigger pond is on its way and it's possible I'm just a bit excited. 🥳
Yellow flowers by a pond and lots of green vegetation.
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meganshersby.bsky.social
I haven't shared any #embroidery for a while, because I was busy creating some for my wedding!

Each hoop is a table name, and each is based on a holiday and an animal we saw (and photographed) on that holiday. The majority are, of course, #butterflies or #moths.
Embroidery hoop, amongst a wedding table centrepiece arrangement, featuring a green line drawing and text of a Piedmont Anomalous Blue butterfly. Embroidery hoop, amongst a wedding table centrepiece arrangement, featuring a green line drawing and text of a Common Kingfisher Embroidery hoop, amongst a wedding table centrepiece arrangement, featuring a green line drawing and text of a Great Skua.
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tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
had to do a little photoshoot with a finished copy!!!! 🐦‍⬛

Awakened is out on June 10th and available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
Laura, a white woman with cropped auburn hair and wearing a denim jacket and dinosaur-patterned dress stands in a garden smiling at the camera and holding a book with a grey cover, featuring a raven and the text ‘Awakened, Laura Elliott’
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deeruddock.bsky.social
my new favourite story
florencehrscott.bsky.social
'Johnnie secretly asked the hotel staff to scatter 30 assorted packets of crisps on the bed as a surprise while they were away. However, staff misunderstood the request and instead opened the bags and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.'
Blackpool hotel staff botch husband's romantic gesture for wife
'Looking back it really is funny! Like we had some sort of pawn-cocktail crisp fetish'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
is it too late to hijack World Goth Day and say that if you want an existential horror about humanity and monstrosity that will fill you with quiet dread - i have a book for you?!?!?!

pre-orders here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
A book cover with a creepy raven with a blue eye bearing the Tower of London on its back. The book is  Awakened by Laura Elliott and  there are white lines leading to text around it that read: a life without sleep, Greek mythology, end of the world, what makes us human, medical abuse, isolation vs community, love and obsession, and societal and medical disability ☺️
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pennicat.bsky.social
Sucks to be the other 2.95 million disabled people, eh?
jrf-uk.bsky.social
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work 📢

Over 3 million disabled people will see their benefits cut, but the government's plans may help just 45,000-95,000 more disabled people into work. 1/2
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simonguy.bsky.social
Ollie heroically taking on the role of "dog in pub."
A photo of a golden roan working cocker-spaniel on a green carpet by a fire grate.
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untonuggan.bsky.social
I just spent a truly ridiculous amount of time finding fragrance free hypoallergenic sunscreen that my ridiculous immune system will accept

So here's some brands that my body seems to tolerate for the #MCAS crowd

(With fair warning ofc that mast cell triggers vary A Lot between people)

#NEISvoid
untonuggan.bsky.social
I've got a lot of new followers, so fair warning I yell A Lot about my mast cells + mast cell disorders #MCAS

This may seem niche

But COVID infection can trigger mast cell dysfunction

So it is becoming more common, and there are not enough doctors who know how to recognize and manage it
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undertow.bsky.social
Less than 1 week left to get your stories in for consideration. Firm deadline is end of day May 30, EST. As stated several times—this is for fiction published in 2024. Please carefully read the guidelines here:

undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
If you’re struggling right now, please know you’re not alone.

Many of us are isolated due to chronic illness, disability and/or the general messiness of the world.

But we’re not alone. There’s someone somewhere struggling with the same loneliness, and I like to think we’re all separately together
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robinince.bsky.social
My dad’s garden - he may be gone but the flowers he planted still grow and his grandchildren’s swing still swings Robinince.com
A tree turning into a manitou A swing A rabbit in the buttercups An empty doghouse
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge
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caitgauthor.bsky.social
My #ShamelessPromo for #SpoonieAuthChat is made up of three books, which means 50 disabled creatives! Nothing Without Us has 22 stories, Nothing Without Us has 27 stories, and then there’s lil’ ol’ me, the author of the disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
caitgauthor.bsky.social
Hi, #BookSky! I’m an autistic, queer, and disabled award-winning author and anthology editor. Here are three books featuring disabled heroes!

Iris and the Crew (S1):
books2read.com/iatcS1

Nothing Without Us:
books2read.com/nwu

Nothing Without Us Too:
books2read.com/nwutoo

#Disabilty #SFF #CanLit
AWARD-WINNING DISABILITY HOPEPUNK
ADVENTURE!

"Here is a tale that shows when it comes to accessibility, not even the sky is the limit." Amanda Leduc, author of The Centaur's Wife

Book cover: Four crew members of the SS SpoonZ and a robot stand on a planetary surface. The image of them is superimposed over a sky with swirling stars that features a ship whose hull looks like it’s shaped from spoons. AWARD-NOMINATED MULTI-GENRE DISABILITY FICTION!

Nothing Without Us, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson

"I can't describe how refreshing it is as a disabled person to read about fully Fleshed out three-dimensional characters."

Derek Newman-Stille, multi-award-winning host of Speculating Canada
AWARD-WINNING
MULTI-GENRE DISABILITY FICTION!

Book cover of a brick wall with graffiti that says: Nothing Without Us Too, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson

A quote from Heather T from Just Geeking By says: 
"Created during the pandemic, Nothing Without Us Too is unapologetic and bold, and it's exactly what is needed."