Andy Bloor FRSA
@ajbloor.bsky.social
Education academic in the broad field of Social Justice. PhD candidate. Gay. Disabled and neurodivergent. All views my own personal.
I say this not just as a Who fan, but Shaban was a brilliant actor who grasped the core of any role he undertook. A great loss.
Doctor Who actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban dies at 72
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/225310/
Jordanian-British actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban, who is best known for playing Sil in the…
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Jordanian-British actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban, who is best known for playing Sil in the…
Doctor Who actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban dies at 72 - United Kingdom News Beep
Jordanian-British actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban, who is best known for playing Sil in the 1985 Doctor Who story Vengeance on
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October 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I say this not just as a Who fan, but Shaban was a brilliant actor who grasped the core of any role he undertook. A great loss.
It’s not: and we need to keep saying that.
That's racism. Plain and simple.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s not: and we need to keep saying that.
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Hey all, I got my 2025-2026 COVID shot and flu shot at Hy-Vee today without difficulty. If you’re planning to get your updated Covid shot, you might want to do it by the 18th when ACIP meets. It’s hard to predict what accessibility will be like after they make recommendations.
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey all, I got my 2025-2026 COVID shot and flu shot at Hy-Vee today without difficulty. If you’re planning to get your updated Covid shot, you might want to do it by the 18th when ACIP meets. It’s hard to predict what accessibility will be like after they make recommendations.
Just watched my friend and colleague @dr-steph-king.bsky.social deliver a blinding presentation at #BERA around her doctoral research on marginalised children. Amazing… catch her if you can and her powerful findings.
September 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just watched my friend and colleague @dr-steph-king.bsky.social deliver a blinding presentation at #BERA around her doctoral research on marginalised children. Amazing… catch her if you can and her powerful findings.
I say it each year… we your lecturers don’t know (or frankly care) if you got your place months ago or days ago by clearing. When you’re in our class you’re here, we’re happy to meet you and look forward to working with you. You’re one of us.
August 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I say it each year… we your lecturers don’t know (or frankly care) if you got your place months ago or days ago by clearing. When you’re in our class you’re here, we’re happy to meet you and look forward to working with you. You’re one of us.
Anyone in London, the V&A museum has a #disability and design exhibition. It costs… unless you are disabled in which case you get a free ticket and a free carer. It’s a damn good exhibition that talks a lot about protest.
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Anyone in London, the V&A museum has a #disability and design exhibition. It costs… unless you are disabled in which case you get a free ticket and a free carer. It’s a damn good exhibition that talks a lot about protest.
Nottingham Pride. Unapologetically proud!
July 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Nottingham Pride. Unapologetically proud!
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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July 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
She’ll never know how grateful I am, but of a whole train that ‘didn’t see’ my TFL ‘Please offer me a seat’ badge, this one woman did. A single act of kindness that made the day easier when I really REALLY needed a seat. It’s simple yet profound. Please look up occasionally. #disability London
June 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
She’ll never know how grateful I am, but of a whole train that ‘didn’t see’ my TFL ‘Please offer me a seat’ badge, this one woman did. A single act of kindness that made the day easier when I really REALLY needed a seat. It’s simple yet profound. Please look up occasionally. #disability London
I wonder if she has any other criteria for neglecting her constituents? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch says she does not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery
Tory leader says there are ‘more insidious’ issues but she asks people who attend her surgery to remove face coverings
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June 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I wonder if she has any other criteria for neglecting her constituents? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Support for SEND children is already hard enough to access as it is, so please consider signing this petition.
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil...
petition.parliament.uk
May 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Support for SEND children is already hard enough to access as it is, so please consider signing this petition.
In the US they are talking about a ‘disability tax’. In the UK it is a cut to disability benefits. Anyway you look at it, when hardship calls, the disabled are the first ‘luxury’ to go.
April 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In the US they are talking about a ‘disability tax’. In the UK it is a cut to disability benefits. Anyway you look at it, when hardship calls, the disabled are the first ‘luxury’ to go.
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I'm a doctoral candidate in Composition and Applied Linguistics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania conducting a study on postsecondary writing instructors’ experiences of state educational reforms at publicly-funded institutions in the U.S.
To learn more and participate: edushare.ing/Bluesky
To learn more and participate: edushare.ing/Bluesky
March 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm a doctoral candidate in Composition and Applied Linguistics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania conducting a study on postsecondary writing instructors’ experiences of state educational reforms at publicly-funded institutions in the U.S.
To learn more and participate: edushare.ing/Bluesky
To learn more and participate: edushare.ing/Bluesky
If Labour say mental health is over/diagnosed and they want(ed?) to cut benefits, what exactly is their use? How are they different from the Tories other than that they gave us hope of being better?
March 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If Labour say mental health is over/diagnosed and they want(ed?) to cut benefits, what exactly is their use? How are they different from the Tories other than that they gave us hope of being better?
I strongly believe that far from moving to the centre right, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social needs to fly its socialist colours with pride. As far as the US is concerned we are a disposable asset; now is the time to work for the UK interests alone. The US is now morally bankrupt.
February 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I strongly believe that far from moving to the centre right, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social needs to fly its socialist colours with pride. As far as the US is concerned we are a disposable asset; now is the time to work for the UK interests alone. The US is now morally bankrupt.
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Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing?
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
February 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing?
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Spread the word. ✊
The French Human Rights League is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X on January 20
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
French movement asks X users to leave platform on US inauguration day
The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20.
www.euronews.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Spread the word. ✊
So I’ve just asked Fortnum and Mason for an update on their next steps after the November paralympian debacle. So let’s see what happened next…
was there an event? Did they do any training? This is a case study in my future classes for sure.
was there an event? Did they do any training? This is a case study in my future classes for sure.
January 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So I’ve just asked Fortnum and Mason for an update on their next steps after the November paralympian debacle. So let’s see what happened next…
was there an event? Did they do any training? This is a case study in my future classes for sure.
was there an event? Did they do any training? This is a case study in my future classes for sure.
Sometimes people refer to having a disability as a ‘superpower’. Beneath this idea is the fact that if you are disabled what others do with ease is takes more energy; more care and precision. Not exactly a superpower but certainly a skill.
December 30, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Sometimes people refer to having a disability as a ‘superpower’. Beneath this idea is the fact that if you are disabled what others do with ease is takes more energy; more care and precision. Not exactly a superpower but certainly a skill.
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What shatters our hearts is not just the Israeli massacres, the genocide tearing through our lives—it is the quiet, insidious ache of being made to feel invisible, unworthy, less than human. It’s the unspoken weight of knowing that, to the world, our suffering is a faint whisper, not a scream.
December 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM
What shatters our hearts is not just the Israeli massacres, the genocide tearing through our lives—it is the quiet, insidious ache of being made to feel invisible, unworthy, less than human. It’s the unspoken weight of knowing that, to the world, our suffering is a faint whisper, not a scream.
This place is magical. They have so much that shifts the dial I hardly know where to begin. IMHO if you’re within 50 miles it’s criminal if you haven’t been to @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social at least once.
Lovely to visit Nottingham's @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social bookshop and get a couple of their new titles. UK/east mids people especially, give them a follow!
December 29, 2024 at 5:38 PM
This place is magical. They have so much that shifts the dial I hardly know where to begin. IMHO if you’re within 50 miles it’s criminal if you haven’t been to @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social at least once.
Bloody hell…
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
December 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Bloody hell…
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New year, new opportunity!
Come join us to explore whole school approaches to physical activity in special education schools
Send me a message or email to find out more information about the research programme or applying!
#PhD #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
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Come join us to explore whole school approaches to physical activity in special education schools
Send me a message or email to find out more information about the research programme or applying!
#PhD #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
December 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
New year, new opportunity!
Come join us to explore whole school approaches to physical activity in special education schools
Send me a message or email to find out more information about the research programme or applying!
#PhD #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
Come join us to explore whole school approaches to physical activity in special education schools
Send me a message or email to find out more information about the research programme or applying!
#PhD #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...