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Emily Barker
@emilythefifth.bsky.social
Children's social policy researcher in UK; interested in all things #histchild; Orig. from CO and still misses the Rockies
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It's #IDPWD & I'm spending it reconstructing the life of Thomas Potter, Dún Laoghaire disability activist. He founded his own school in the 1920s, worked as a journalist, & in view of the stigma they faced, advised disabled people to 'make every effort to become your own employer.'
#DisHist
December 3, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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My experience of education was pretty negative. A few years ago I started making a podcast series for @divideclass.bsky.social to try and understand why school can be transformative for some and very different for others. Here’s the trailer. overcast.fm/+AA_eVK-mgMI
Series teaser — Class Divide
A sneak preview of the upcoming Class Divide podcast series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
overcast.fm
August 20, 2024 at 8:14 AM
One of the great joys of parenthood is watching your newborn grow into a preschooler you begin to fear just might be smarter than you. 😂

These little flashes of genius often express themselves as moments of “compliance” so clever and funny that you can’t even get mad about them.

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November 19, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem.

I went deep into the 122 page report and broke down the key findings and what they mean www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
www.usermag.co
November 18, 2024 at 4:49 PM