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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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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 29m

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 · 1h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 4h

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 · 13h

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 · 4h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 6h

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

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juux @juux.com · 21h

omg part deux

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 23h

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

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23h

“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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

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 · 1d

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

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

open.substack.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Michael (who you might have spotted recently in #houseofguinness) for doing this.

Michael Hughes Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING

YouTube video by Sagging Meniscus

youtu.be

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 2d

Kicking off our event, Senior Economist @mollybroome.bsky.social says that household wealth peaked on the eve of the crisis, and our new research examines the shape and distribution of that wealth.

Why 'before the fall'?...

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 2d

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 2d

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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drerinpritchard.bsky.social @drerinpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

Why does Amazon think it is acceptable to sell merchandise that includes hate slurs and constructs people with #dwarfism as a novelty? Would any other #disability or #racial slur be acceptable?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

Worth reading. And a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3IYbvaK

The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

www.ft.com

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d

#FoodFavouritesInASongOrMovie

MASH

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 2d

PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.

Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 2d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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