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Vic or Vikki (they/them)

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Deaf, disabled, autistic; agender, panromantic, asexual; navigating the world with my partners, allies, cats and dogs; and trying to be a good ally. https://partner-and-ally.com https://patreon.com/vickelly https://youtube.com/@victorkelly476

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · Jun 25

Learning a sign language? Regardless of which one you're learning, this playlist is full of tips to help you get the most out of your time.

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#LearnSignLanguage #SignLanguages #ASL #LSF #ISL #BSL #AUSLAN #DSL

How to Learn a Sign Language - YouTube

This playlist covers the essentials for learning any sign language, looking at methods, tips, resources and more.

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 58m

Asking for help moving something heavy in Irish Sign Language — you never know when you might need to know it!

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One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 27: I Need To Move Something Heavy

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 4h

How do you sign with a dog on your arm?

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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #Dogs

How Do You Sign When A Dog Is Asleep On Your Arm? #Deaf

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 1d

How do you sign library in Irish Sign Language?

#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage #ISL #Library

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How Do You Sign Library in Irish Sign Language? #Deaf

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 1d

Timeline cleanse: cat outtakes

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Outtakes | Cats Love to Create Outtakes #Cats

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 3d

How do you say "I can't find my..." or "I'm looking for my..." in Irish Sign Language? Note that because the phrase is more complex, I have focused on handwork here — I'll do a second video to show expressions.

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#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage

One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 24: I Can't Find ... Please Help Me Search #Deaf

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 3d

Why are there four ways to say "Yes" in Irish Sign Language? If you're Deaf and not Irish, let me know if this is also true of your own sign language! #ISL #ASL #IrishSignLanguage #AmericanSignLanguage #Deaf

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Four Ways To Sign Yes In Irish Sign Language? #Deaf #IrishSIgnLanguage

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 7d

You're glowing <3 and you look beautifully happy in that photo

Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 7d

John Laverty is desperately reaching for a local angle to justify that column, which itself is his own desperate attempt at seeming relevant. It's absolute garbage and his editor should've killed it as soon as they realised he didn't have a clue what he was talking about.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 9d

"Seriously, I want to understand how you wove a thread that started with my murdered friend, and then went on to one of the most reviled pedophiles this country has ever known. What were you thinking? I want to understand your thought process"

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The Belfast Telegraph Trampled on the Memory of my Murdered Friend for Clicks

John Laverty is a terrible writer and an even worse person.

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 7d

What's for dinner? Here's how to say "Maybe we'll go out, try something new" in Irish Sign Language!

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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage #ISL

One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 20: Maybe We Will Go Out, Try Something New? #deaf

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 8d

Same! I enjoy the movies, but my childhood images are the ones that loom largest in mind when I think of the characters. The only character who looks exactly as I imagined is Gandalf.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9d

"Humans are products to be bought, eaten alive, and discarded in an antisocial libidinal frenzy of self-loathing, insatiable emotional need, and if they refuse to behave that way, we'll make fake people" is the only thing any of these freaks believe

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 9d

My most important video: how do you say "I'll have tea and a biscuit" in Irish Sign Language?

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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage

One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 18: Tea and Biscuits / I'm Not Hungry #Deaf

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 11d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 10d

Here's how to build on the knowledge from the "one phrase every day in Irish Sign Language" series. This video takes the "What's wrong?" material and expands on it, showing more ways to ask and answer the question.

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#deaf #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage

Building on One Phrase Every Day in ISL: Week 1 "What's Wrong?"

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 12d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 20d

New Podcast Episode: Too Sexy For Michigan

In this episode:

Bridget Philipson’s overloaded inbox.

The Liberal Democrat conference and Liberal Voice for Women.

An absolute heroine taking on JPAC and the NHS Blood & Transplant service.

And more!

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🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 12d

when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.

🎃Spooky Emily🎃 @emmy.baby · 12d

Okay, funny bookstore category

Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 11d

It's criminal. Those kids have been failed, utterly failed.

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EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 12d

#UK #TransRights An FOI has just confirmed what all of us have feared: for the Youth gender services, since July 2024, not a single patient has been referred to commence HRT. And 22 have been moved from youth to adult services , also without treatment. This is scandalous.

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 12d

Answering yesterday's question with a lot of people's favourite answer: Pizza! (in Irish Sign Language).

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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage #Pizza #VegetarianPizza

One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 16: Maybe Pizza with Vegetables? #Deaf #ISL

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Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for the detailed answer! I appreciate it.

Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 12d

What's your process for assessing what interviews to do?

Vic or Vikki (they/them) @vicvikki.bsky.social · 13d

"What do you want for dinner?" Here's how to say it in Irish Sign Language.

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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage

One Phrase in Irish Sign Language Every Day. Part 15: What Do You Want For Dinner? #deaf

YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor

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