cass hartblay (she/they)
@chartblay.bsky.social
**revolution is not a one time event**
assoc. prof University of Toronto
https://cassandrahartblay.net/
assoc. prof University of Toronto
https://cassandrahartblay.net/
Long live Fishy Rock Meow.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Long live Fishy Rock Meow.
Subsequent attempts are ignored completely. Child refuses concept of giving a name to another being. The fish simply is.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Subsequent attempts are ignored completely. Child refuses concept of giving a name to another being. The fish simply is.
Ask again later. “What’s the fishy’s name?” “Meow?” (Similar question structure to animal noises). But fish is not a cat, we explain it’s a different question, he’s not convinced.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ask again later. “What’s the fishy’s name?” “Meow?” (Similar question structure to animal noises). But fish is not a cat, we explain it’s a different question, he’s not convinced.
Got our almost-2-yo a betta fish. He’s very excited about Fishy. Tried to explain the concept of a name (his name is ___, dog’s name is Arlo, etc). Seemed fine. What is fish’s name? He tries. “Rock?” (Fish likes/has rocks/gravel). We affirm, but he refuses to validate the choice.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Got our almost-2-yo a betta fish. He’s very excited about Fishy. Tried to explain the concept of a name (his name is ___, dog’s name is Arlo, etc). Seemed fine. What is fish’s name? He tries. “Rock?” (Fish likes/has rocks/gravel). We affirm, but he refuses to validate the choice.
While it’s true one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, I’m wholly enamoured with the cover art for my new book. It looks phenomenal.
Read about the artwork that begat the cover design here: cassandrahartblay.net/2025/10/21/o...
Read about the artwork that begat the cover design here: cassandrahartblay.net/2025/10/21/o...
on cover art
How does one choose an image for an ethnographic monograph? And how did this one come to be? The cover for Access Vernaculars features a painting by artist Andrei Roiter, with text design by Cornel…
cassandrahartblay.net
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
While it’s true one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, I’m wholly enamoured with the cover art for my new book. It looks phenomenal.
Read about the artwork that begat the cover design here: cassandrahartblay.net/2025/10/21/o...
Read about the artwork that begat the cover design here: cassandrahartblay.net/2025/10/21/o...
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Looking forward to the inevitable bombshell report exposing exactly how many university administrators took bribes from edtech AI companies
"Key priorities include embedding artificial intelligence (AI) learning opportunities into the curriculum, cultivating strategic partnerships, strengthening ties with external stakeholders...."
the call still coming from inside the house.
the call still coming from inside the house.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Looking forward to the inevitable bombshell report exposing exactly how many university administrators took bribes from edtech AI companies
In honor of my book coming out next week, I got some new professional photos taken and spiffed up my website. Hard to believe that the previous version, up since 2014, was more than 10 years old!!
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In honor of my book coming out next week, I got some new professional photos taken and spiffed up my website. Hard to believe that the previous version, up since 2014, was more than 10 years old!!
Please note that in an earlier post the date was wrong. It is Tuesday the 14th, NOT Wed the 15th.
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Please note that in an earlier post the date was wrong. It is Tuesday the 14th, NOT Wed the 15th.
Join me next Tuesday for a virtual book launch event for my new book, Access Vernaculars.
Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies.
With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social !
Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social
Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies.
With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social !
Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Join me next Tuesday for a virtual book launch event for my new book, Access Vernaculars.
Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies.
With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social !
Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social
Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies.
With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social !
Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social
Sorry, the 14th. I’m going to delete this post and try again :) thanks for noticing.
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sorry, the 14th. I’m going to delete this post and try again :) thanks for noticing.
And organized by the @mw-m.bsky.social 🙌
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
And organized by the @mw-m.bsky.social 🙌
With Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social as discussants!
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
With Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social as discussants!
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It was the omg of times, it was the Jfc of times
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It was the omg of times, it was the Jfc of times
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Last week at @4sweb, I got the honour of being on a on Disability Access, Infrastructure, & Technoableism panel w/ @chartblay.bsky.social , @ashleyshoo.bsky.social, & Raquel Velho, learning from & speaking w/ them & @disabilitystor1.bsky.social & @besswww.bsky.social, as commenters & interlocutors…
September 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Last week at @4sweb, I got the honour of being on a on Disability Access, Infrastructure, & Technoableism panel w/ @chartblay.bsky.social , @ashleyshoo.bsky.social, & Raquel Velho, learning from & speaking w/ them & @disabilitystor1.bsky.social & @besswww.bsky.social, as commenters & interlocutors…
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Canada treating MAID like a pressure release valve will never not horrify me. The cold cruelties of a system that exists to repeatedly communicate the message to disabled people that they are disposable, and more efficient at dispensing death than it is at care.
A quadriplegic man named Normand Meunier died via MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) after being neglected for 4 days in ER. He was denied a specialized mattress, wasn’t turned & ended up with terrible bed sores.
His partner says she was threatened with removal from the ER for advocating for him 🧵
His partner says she was threatened with removal from the ER for advocating for him 🧵
'It was horror,' says wife of quadriplegic man who sought assisted death after ER bedsore | CBC News
A public inquiry into the death of a quadriplegic man is underway in Quebec — over a year after he sought medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay that left him with a severe and painful ...
www.cbc.ca
May 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Canada treating MAID like a pressure release valve will never not horrify me. The cold cruelties of a system that exists to repeatedly communicate the message to disabled people that they are disposable, and more efficient at dispensing death than it is at care.
I understand. Apologies for overstepping and thanks for taking the time to explain …
April 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I understand. Apologies for overstepping and thanks for taking the time to explain …
Could be that someone made an error in the calendar software that generated the message? Worth politely checking that wasn’t the case
April 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Could be that someone made an error in the calendar software that generated the message? Worth politely checking that wasn’t the case
My 1.5 yo child pointed at this photo in a coffeeshop and said, “mama!”
So now I know what movie I’m watching next time I can stay awake
So now I know what movie I’m watching next time I can stay awake
April 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My 1.5 yo child pointed at this photo in a coffeeshop and said, “mama!”
So now I know what movie I’m watching next time I can stay awake
So now I know what movie I’m watching next time I can stay awake
It’s slave labor. The goal of the whole tariff grift is a new global chattel slavery order. 🤬
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It’s slave labor. The goal of the whole tariff grift is a new global chattel slavery order. 🤬
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love to get letters from the government asking if i’m jewish
SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
Trump EEOC Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They Were Jewish
“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.
theintercept.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
love to get letters from the government asking if i’m jewish
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Among the most offensive things about technocultic rhetoric around so much (AI, robotics, and more) is how easily (often-abled) techbros of all levels deploy disability and disabled people as a cover for whatever asinine/BS claim they make to investors, journos or VCs.
these motherfuckers are claiming that "FSD" benefits people with disabilities
April 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Among the most offensive things about technocultic rhetoric around so much (AI, robotics, and more) is how easily (often-abled) techbros of all levels deploy disability and disabled people as a cover for whatever asinine/BS claim they make to investors, journos or VCs.
So my guess is that trifold letter envelopes exist because the people who started using envelopes had previously used wax seals.
Signed, someone who uses techniques from past technologies in the present
@dearhankandjohn.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
#envelopes
Signed, someone who uses techniques from past technologies in the present
@dearhankandjohn.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
#envelopes
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So my guess is that trifold letter envelopes exist because the people who started using envelopes had previously used wax seals.
Signed, someone who uses techniques from past technologies in the present
@dearhankandjohn.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
#envelopes
Signed, someone who uses techniques from past technologies in the present
@dearhankandjohn.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
#envelopes
I feel like this is all about the way that people keep doing things one way after the reason for it ends. A vestigial fold, if you will.
Old correspondence was scrolls. Then paper sealed with wax. A trifold makes a lot of sense for a wax seal.
Old correspondence was scrolls. Then paper sealed with wax. A trifold makes a lot of sense for a wax seal.
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I feel like this is all about the way that people keep doing things one way after the reason for it ends. A vestigial fold, if you will.
Old correspondence was scrolls. Then paper sealed with wax. A trifold makes a lot of sense for a wax seal.
Old correspondence was scrolls. Then paper sealed with wax. A trifold makes a lot of sense for a wax seal.
In the latest episode of @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social someone wondered how and why envelopes fit trifolded paper, asking wouldn’t it be easier to just fold the paper in half.
Guesses abounded but I’m still stuck on one that John & Hank missed (and surely a historian on here will set us straight)
Guesses abounded but I’m still stuck on one that John & Hank missed (and surely a historian on here will set us straight)
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In the latest episode of @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social someone wondered how and why envelopes fit trifolded paper, asking wouldn’t it be easier to just fold the paper in half.
Guesses abounded but I’m still stuck on one that John & Hank missed (and surely a historian on here will set us straight)
Guesses abounded but I’m still stuck on one that John & Hank missed (and surely a historian on here will set us straight)
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roses are red
carnations are white
carnations are white
April 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
roses are red
carnations are white
carnations are white