Jeff Preston, PhD
@jeffpreston.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Disability Studies @ King’s University College. Combobulating students since 2014.
Interested in | 🎥 media representation | 💻 technoculture | ♿️ accessibility
Interested in | 🎥 media representation | 💻 technoculture | ♿️ accessibility
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With the influx of new folks it’s probably a good time to intro myself again.
Hello! I mostly blather about #disability in #media (pop culture, digital cultures, technoableism), #a11y law and policy (mostly North American), inclusion initiatives and accessible education/pedagogies.
Hello! I mostly blather about #disability in #media (pop culture, digital cultures, technoableism), #a11y law and policy (mostly North American), inclusion initiatives and accessible education/pedagogies.
Well it appears as though I’ve unintentionally conditioned my dog to believe that books mean it’s time to go outside. So, now, whenever I touch a book she loses her marbles, runs around the house and excitedly barks.
I’ve accidentally made a literacy cheerleader… #CorgiLife
I’ve accidentally made a literacy cheerleader… #CorgiLife
July 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Well it appears as though I’ve unintentionally conditioned my dog to believe that books mean it’s time to go outside. So, now, whenever I touch a book she loses her marbles, runs around the house and excitedly barks.
I’ve accidentally made a literacy cheerleader… #CorgiLife
I’ve accidentally made a literacy cheerleader… #CorgiLife
Two of the four major federal political parties have called me this afternoon to poll my voting intention. Will I run the board? Only a few hours left for the PCs and Greens to pick up the phone!
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Two of the four major federal political parties have called me this afternoon to poll my voting intention. Will I run the board? Only a few hours left for the PCs and Greens to pick up the phone!
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Friday Round Table!
@jeffpreston.bsky.social and Jared Zaifman joined me at the Covent Garden Market studio to talk LTC blow up, Ark Aid funding debate and federal election round up!
#ldnont
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
@jeffpreston.bsky.social and Jared Zaifman joined me at the Covent Garden Market studio to talk LTC blow up, Ark Aid funding debate and federal election round up!
#ldnont
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
Craig Needles Podcast Episode 364: Friday Round Table With Jeff Preston And Jared Zaifman
LTC is officially in council’s hands, we have a new plan for battling London’s homelessness crisis (again) and the Liberals seem to be in control of the federal election. Advocate Dr. Jeff Preston and...
classicrock981.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Friday Round Table!
@jeffpreston.bsky.social and Jared Zaifman joined me at the Covent Garden Market studio to talk LTC blow up, Ark Aid funding debate and federal election round up!
#ldnont
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
@jeffpreston.bsky.social and Jared Zaifman joined me at the Covent Garden Market studio to talk LTC blow up, Ark Aid funding debate and federal election round up!
#ldnont
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
Just achieved inbox 0 for the first time since 2023... 😱
a man is screaming with the words " unlimited power " behind him
Alt: Emperor Palpatine screaming "unlimited power" while shooting lightning from his fingers.
media.tenor.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just achieved inbox 0 for the first time since 2023... 😱
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JOIN THE BLUE-vement!
Letter to city council of #LdnOnt Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication>
Letter here: www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-...
City council contacts here: london.ca/government/c...
Big shoutout to @sameervasta.bsky.social. 👏
Letter to city council of #LdnOnt Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication>
Letter here: www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-...
City council contacts here: london.ca/government/c...
Big shoutout to @sameervasta.bsky.social. 👏
Letter to city council of London, Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication - Flashing Palely in the Margins
Sameer Vasta is an epistolarian, anthropologist, urban explorer, and over-user of the discretionary comma.
www.inthemargins.ca
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
JOIN THE BLUE-vement!
Letter to city council of #LdnOnt Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication>
Letter here: www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-...
City council contacts here: london.ca/government/c...
Big shoutout to @sameervasta.bsky.social. 👏
Letter to city council of #LdnOnt Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication>
Letter here: www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-...
City council contacts here: london.ca/government/c...
Big shoutout to @sameervasta.bsky.social. 👏
We really are just going to repeat the 1900s eh?
A natalist conference featuring eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a race-science influencer account, and the founder of a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos, will be held at a hotel and conference venue operated by UT Austin.
US natalist conference to host race-science promoters and eugenicists
Details emerge about Natal conference in Austin later this month, set to feature figures linked to far-right politics
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We really are just going to repeat the 1900s eh?
Is Office down for anyone else or is just me living a blissfully disconnected Monday...?
March 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Is Office down for anyone else or is just me living a blissfully disconnected Monday...?
The toxic trait of saying "no" to an opportunity feeling like cutting off a finger...
March 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The toxic trait of saying "no" to an opportunity feeling like cutting off a finger...
REMINDER: Applications are due TOMORROW (Feb 18th) for the 3-year LTA position in #DisabilityStudies at King's.
Spend your Family Day submitting an app to join our little DS family 🥳
Apply at: kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca/processes/20...
Spend your Family Day submitting an app to join our little DS family 🥳
Apply at: kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca/processes/20...
King's University College
Three-year Limited Term Appointment – Disability Studies
kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
REMINDER: Applications are due TOMORROW (Feb 18th) for the 3-year LTA position in #DisabilityStudies at King's.
Spend your Family Day submitting an app to join our little DS family 🥳
Apply at: kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca/processes/20...
Spend your Family Day submitting an app to join our little DS family 🥳
Apply at: kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca/processes/20...
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Friday Round Table!
@jeffpreston.bsky.social, Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis joined me to talk #ldnont council homelessness plan, rising rents and provincial election campaign!
Good conversations, listen in!
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
@jeffpreston.bsky.social, Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis joined me to talk #ldnont council homelessness plan, rising rents and provincial election campaign!
Good conversations, listen in!
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
Craig Needles Podcast Episode 348: Friday Round Table With Shawn Lewis, Cheryl Miller And Jeff Preston
Council changes direction on homelessness, Londoners can’t afford rising rents and the provincial election continues – with Doug Ford in Washington. Craig is joined in the studio by London Deputy Mayo...
classicrock981.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Friday Round Table!
@jeffpreston.bsky.social, Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis joined me to talk #ldnont council homelessness plan, rising rents and provincial election campaign!
Good conversations, listen in!
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
@jeffpreston.bsky.social, Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis joined me to talk #ldnont council homelessness plan, rising rents and provincial election campaign!
Good conversations, listen in!
classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...
Had a blast recording this with Hollis. A perfect listen for a snowy Thursday afternoon!
BREAKING NEWS! The season THREE premiere episode of Twenty-First Century Disability is out NOW wherever u get your shows! Big thanks 2 @jeffpreston.bsky.social for being a fantastic guest! #21stCenturyDisability #disabilityawareness #podcast #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
February 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Had a blast recording this with Hollis. A perfect listen for a snowy Thursday afternoon!
It's official folks, I have an above the fold level face!
Not included in the article: thoughts on how the current sidewalk clearing in London is an excellent recruitment method for the #disability population 😅
Not included in the article: thoughts on how the current sidewalk clearing in London is an excellent recruitment method for the #disability population 😅
February 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's official folks, I have an above the fold level face!
Not included in the article: thoughts on how the current sidewalk clearing in London is an excellent recruitment method for the #disability population 😅
Not included in the article: thoughts on how the current sidewalk clearing in London is an excellent recruitment method for the #disability population 😅
Does @londonjazzass.bsky.social have the best handle in the skies? Definitely possible.
Do I have the maturity of a pre-teen? Also, definitely possible.
Do I have the maturity of a pre-teen? Also, definitely possible.
a cartoon of lisa simpson sitting in a classroom with the words giggling above her
Alt: Lisa Simpson sitting in a classroom giggling
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Does @londonjazzass.bsky.social have the best handle in the skies? Definitely possible.
Do I have the maturity of a pre-teen? Also, definitely possible.
Do I have the maturity of a pre-teen? Also, definitely possible.
Okay obvious Kanye's most recent antisemitism Nazi/Hitler love meltdown on the other site is deplorable but this one legitimately made me giggle. If I find out this is a fake tweet I'll be so disappointed...
February 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Okay obvious Kanye's most recent antisemitism Nazi/Hitler love meltdown on the other site is deplorable but this one legitimately made me giggle. If I find out this is a fake tweet I'll be so disappointed...
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Free and online: On February 27th I'll be doing a session about the digital #accessibility legal landscape at the Axe-Con Accessibility conference. Session page with link to register: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #a11y #disability
The Digital Accessibility Legal Landscape - axe-con
www.deque.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Free and online: On February 27th I'll be doing a session about the digital #accessibility legal landscape at the Axe-Con Accessibility conference. Session page with link to register: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #a11y #disability
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Doug Ford speaking with supporters about Trump at an event on Monday: “On Election Day was I happy this guy won? 100% I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f**ing yanked it in me”
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Doug Ford speaking with supporters about Trump at an event on Monday: “On Election Day was I happy this guy won? 100% I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f**ing yanked it in me”
Made an absolute rookie mistake today when I left for campus to do some afternoon grading and didn't bring any snacks
a man in a pink shirt and tie sits at a desk with dang it written on the bottom right
Alt: A man in a pink shirt and tie sits at an office desk, sighing to himself, with "dang it!" written along the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Made an absolute rookie mistake today when I left for campus to do some afternoon grading and didn't bring any snacks
I don’t always synchronize my tea mug with my lecture content but today I had no choice but to bust out this custom beauty 🥰 #PissOnPity
January 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t always synchronize my tea mug with my lecture content but today I had no choice but to bust out this custom beauty 🥰 #PissOnPity
Anyone else missing the golden age of video games? youtu.be/ybgMO_nzDsg?...
Video Demo: Guitar Praise
YouTube video by Christianbook.com
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Anyone else missing the golden age of video games? youtu.be/ybgMO_nzDsg?...
Pretty tired of the nanny state smh
My favourite headline of the week, in today's Times.
January 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Pretty tired of the nanny state smh
The bluesky experience:
Oooh I have a new follower 😍
Oh...it's an OF spam account 😮💨
Oooh I have a new follower 😍
Oh...it's an OF spam account 😮💨
January 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The bluesky experience:
Oooh I have a new follower 😍
Oh...it's an OF spam account 😮💨
Oooh I have a new follower 😍
Oh...it's an OF spam account 😮💨
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Well, friends, with today's announcement of the Canadian Parliament being prorogued until late March and the end of Justin Trudeau's Prime Ministership, we can only ask one thing: Can Parliament actually fix the CDB before July 2025 or are disabled people being set last? /1
January 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, friends, with today's announcement of the Canadian Parliament being prorogued until late March and the end of Justin Trudeau's Prime Ministership, we can only ask one thing: Can Parliament actually fix the CDB before July 2025 or are disabled people being set last? /1
My inbox upon realizing it's day 1 of winter term...
Greys Anatomy Amelia Shepherd GIF
Alt: Greys Anatomy Amelia Shepherd saying "I'm..I'm, uh...I'm going to explode."
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My inbox upon realizing it's day 1 of winter term...
Had a great time catching up with Hollis and continuing our convo on media & disability! Check it out when it drops!
What do you think about society’s representation of disability in culture? We cannot wait for your impressions after listening to our episode coming soon. We will be discussing the subject with expert professor of Disability Studies @jeffpreston.bsky.social.
January 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Had a great time catching up with Hollis and continuing our convo on media & disability! Check it out when it drops!