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· Nov 13
Great to see that so many people are joining bsky. A little hard to sort the people I know from followers via starter pack so if you joined recently and know me (IRL or thru the old place/other networks) pls like, comment or dm so I don't miss you!
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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
just wild how still, almost 20 years into researching what I've been researching, a friend is like "have you seen this masters thesis from 1985" and i click 2 links and have it on my computer, and I've never seen it before. I am thinking AI cannot do this but I do appreciate that regular search can.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
just wild how still, almost 20 years into researching what I've been researching, a friend is like "have you seen this masters thesis from 1985" and i click 2 links and have it on my computer, and I've never seen it before. I am thinking AI cannot do this but I do appreciate that regular search can.
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Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies.
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies.
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
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I just wanna point out that this online No Kings protest organized by disabled folks is offering more opportunities for follow-up and additional action than I’ve seen for any of the in-person events.
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I just wanna point out that this online No Kings protest organized by disabled folks is offering more opportunities for follow-up and additional action than I’ve seen for any of the in-person events.
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Wow a bracing interview on NPR 's Here & now about birth control misinfo on Tiktok, particularly aligned with claims from the likes of Charlie Kirk that birth control has a detrimental effect on women's patches/personalities so they need to get off it to know their true selves
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wow a bracing interview on NPR 's Here & now about birth control misinfo on Tiktok, particularly aligned with claims from the likes of Charlie Kirk that birth control has a detrimental effect on women's patches/personalities so they need to get off it to know their true selves
Great to see this new bio of Ed Roberts, one of the key figures in the US Disability Rights Mvmt. Looks like great detail on the legislative and politics work he did beyond what he's best known for in Berkeley.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The radical life of the father of independent living
A new book explores disabled activist Ed Roberts' revolutionary career.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Great to see this new bio of Ed Roberts, one of the key figures in the US Disability Rights Mvmt. Looks like great detail on the legislative and politics work he did beyond what he's best known for in Berkeley.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Following this thread!
Do you have a favorite academic book cover?
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Following this thread!
Am a fan of the Vibe Check podcast just to get to listen to these 3 great friends who are super smart, caring, knowledgeable, and love dogs and music and poetry.
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
An Abundance of White Mediocrity
pca.st
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Am a fan of the Vibe Check podcast just to get to listen to these 3 great friends who are super smart, caring, knowledgeable, and love dogs and music and poetry.
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
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I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..
THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
September 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..
fascinated by the fine print of this
The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'
The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'
A statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been reinstalled in the National Mall after being taken down by the National Park Service a little over a week ago.
www.latimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
fascinated by the fine print of this
People will say the younger generations aren't tough but I'm at an outdoor concert where it's upward of 80 F and people are wearing sweatshirts and tweed jackets.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
People will say the younger generations aren't tough but I'm at an outdoor concert where it's upward of 80 F and people are wearing sweatshirts and tweed jackets.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
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I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
The Adjusted PhD: What Accommodations Work(ed) For You?
Today I initiated conversations with my new institutional home’s Disability Support Services. As a disabled postgraduate researcher returning to PhD study after a previous unsuccessful attem…
phdisabled.wordpress.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
I've gotten so many spam calls lately I've started answering them to see what kind of calls they are. Scary thing is not knowing if this corny sounding dude is just really skilled at trying to turn this conversation around to get my personal info, or if that dude is a bot that is very good at that.
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I've gotten so many spam calls lately I've started answering them to see what kind of calls they are. Scary thing is not knowing if this corny sounding dude is just really skilled at trying to turn this conversation around to get my personal info, or if that dude is a bot that is very good at that.
Oh I didn't know this!
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
September 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Oh I didn't know this!
in my search for more writing that is less AI susceptible and engaging in general, I had a new type of assignment this semester - "week in review," where students look back over class notes, slides, and our online whiteboard to summarize what we discussed and their assessment of what they learned.
September 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
in my search for more writing that is less AI susceptible and engaging in general, I had a new type of assignment this semester - "week in review," where students look back over class notes, slides, and our online whiteboard to summarize what we discussed and their assessment of what they learned.
oh no my favorite fidget provider All Things Sensory makes a fidget toy ADVENT CALENDAR.
I do not need 24 days of fidgets. But maybe I could need 12. For #research
www.allthingssensoryshop.com/product-page...
I do not need 24 days of fidgets. But maybe I could need 12. For #research
www.allthingssensoryshop.com/product-page...
Advent Calendar | All Things Sensory Shop
Sensory Advent Calendar – 12 Day or 24 Day Edition Get ready for the most fidget-filled countdown of the year! My first Advent Calendars are here and packed with best sellers, holiday exclusives, and...
www.allthingssensoryshop.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
oh no my favorite fidget provider All Things Sensory makes a fidget toy ADVENT CALENDAR.
I do not need 24 days of fidgets. But maybe I could need 12. For #research
www.allthingssensoryshop.com/product-page...
I do not need 24 days of fidgets. But maybe I could need 12. For #research
www.allthingssensoryshop.com/product-page...
Way more masks in airports rn (from limited observation). Weird silver lining of recent vaccine discourse is finding out that people actually do remember that COVID exists. Can be hard to tell sometimes.
September 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Way more masks in airports rn (from limited observation). Weird silver lining of recent vaccine discourse is finding out that people actually do remember that COVID exists. Can be hard to tell sometimes.
An even handed overview of what is going on, for people like me who get stressed out by rumor and meme-based news absorption (& bc old fashioned news outlets are completely absent on this beat)
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health
Six questions worth digging into more.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
An even handed overview of what is going on, for people like me who get stressed out by rumor and meme-based news absorption (& bc old fashioned news outlets are completely absent on this beat)
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
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UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️
Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️
I will literally never learn not to leave image permissions to the end of a project. JFC
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I will literally never learn not to leave image permissions to the end of a project. JFC
my pettiest* professor annoyance is with profs who do not wipe off their whiteboards. You can bet I am trying to guess whose class content this is, and judging. Reeks of "my ideas are the most important" not to mention "I expect other people to clean up after me"
*oh I probably have pettier
*oh I probably have pettier
August 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
my pettiest* professor annoyance is with profs who do not wipe off their whiteboards. You can bet I am trying to guess whose class content this is, and judging. Reeks of "my ideas are the most important" not to mention "I expect other people to clean up after me"
*oh I probably have pettier
*oh I probably have pettier
This interview by @annehelen.bsky.social with @hzeavin.bsky.social will slay you if you're a modern parent pca.st/podcast/909a...
Seems like Mother Media could be the next More Work for Mother i.e. helping a whole generation rethink their childhood when they read it in college/grad school
Seems like Mother Media could be the next More Work for Mother i.e. helping a whole generation rethink their childhood when they read it in college/grad school
Culture Study Podcast
A podcast about the culture that surrounds you — with Anne Helen Petersen and a bunch of very smart co-hosts culturestudypod.substack.com
pca.st
August 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This interview by @annehelen.bsky.social with @hzeavin.bsky.social will slay you if you're a modern parent pca.st/podcast/909a...
Seems like Mother Media could be the next More Work for Mother i.e. helping a whole generation rethink their childhood when they read it in college/grad school
Seems like Mother Media could be the next More Work for Mother i.e. helping a whole generation rethink their childhood when they read it in college/grad school