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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Albert Buttigieg condemns deportation of three Ethiopian men after 18 years in Malta
Nationalist Party MP Albert Buttigieg delivered a scathing parliamentary address this week, accusing the Labour government of employing 'two weights and two measures' in its treatment of asylum seeker...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
12 September 1895 | Italian Jew, Oscar Morpurgo, was born in Ancona. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944. He did not survive. t.co/IyvJ4pPIEh
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Trump’s Slavish Stupidity www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Slavish Stupidity
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Angharad Beckett FAcSS, FRSA @angharadbeckett.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
#Malta is introducing a new petsonal autonomy bill with implications for rights of disabled people/persons with #disabilities My colleague & friend at Dept #Disability Studies, Uni of Malta, @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social, has concerns Important intervention/advocacy www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...
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Reflections on the Personal Autonomy Support Bill
By Prof. Anne-Marie Callus from the Department of Disability Studies within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It was a delight to be at the Social History of Learning Disabilities conference! We presented our video CVs project ĊaVetta għall-Futur (Key to the Future). For more info on how video CVs promote achievements of persons with intellectual disabilities visit: www.um.edu.mt/socialwellbe...
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy to share this article on the power of music for persons with intellectual disabilities journals.openedition.org/alterjdr/10381
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Empowering sounds or trivial rhythmic variations?
1. Introduction Art and culture offer humanity creative ways of expression that often transcend normative language. Art holds much potential in providing alternative modes of expression (Gergen & G...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/06/2025
I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles
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I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles
You can keep your ebooks. There is no better way to engage with words than through a paperback
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
We’re still in the ‘consultation’ process about assisted dying in Malta and there’s already talk of widening the criteria 😒 timesofmalta.com/article/euth...
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Euthanasia: Proposed six-month window for terminally ill could be extended
Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg 'doesn't exclude' change
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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
How can we make web design and content more accessible for everyone? #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...
Preview of six posters produced by the UK Home Office which detail 'do's' and 'don'ts' of making web design and content more accessible.
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Gabor Petri @petrigoh.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Join us for the upcoming workshop on 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 – 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 organised by the Inequalities and Democracy Work Group, CEU Democracy Institute. The event will be live streamed. ℹ️ Details and registration: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-30/d...
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DISDEM 1.0 Workshop: Disability and Democracy – Perspectives from diverse political and policy regimes
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
29 April 1935 | A Dutch Jew, Jacques Zeldenrust, was born in Rijswijk. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 March 1944 in a transport of 732 Jews deported from Westerbork. He was among 477 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
A young boy wearing a shirt with big buttons. He has short hair pulled back with a parting. Someone standing next to him embraces him with a hand on his shoulder - and the boy holds that person's hand.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/03/2025
‘We remember as true things that never even happened’: Julian Barnes on memory and changing his mind
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‘We remember as true things that never even happened’: Julian Barnes on memory and changing his mind
The Booker-prize winning novelist reflects on the times in his life when recollection and imagination have intertwined, and wonders whether we can ever rely on our brains to provide us with the truth
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
16 February 1873 | An Italian Jew, Attilio della Torre, was born in Florence. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 April 1944 in a transport of 935 Jews. He was murdered in a gas chamber together with 611 other people.
Black and white photo of an elderly man, with a full beard, holding a pipe.
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 05/02/2025
Elle devait assurer "l'égalité des droits et des chances" aux personnes handicapées. Vingt ans après son adoption, la "loi handicap" a permis des avancées mais reste largement en-deçà de son ambition initiale, selon les associations. ➡️ u.afp.com/S45y
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
1 February 1937 | An Italian Jewish girl, Enrica della Rocca, was born in Rome. In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage sepia-toned photo of a young girl with braided hair, wearing a coat with a collared shirt underneath.
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Alin Piyaya φ 🔻 @alinpiyaya.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Image représentant un énorme poisson composé de milliers de petits poissons prêt à dévorer un requin. La légende dit " le jour où les gens comprendront cette image, tout changera"
Image showing a huge fish made of thousands of small fish, about to eat a shark.
The caption says " the day people understand this image, everything will change"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
Some of those who faced criminal charges after joining the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are expected to attend Donald Trump's inauguration today. Trump has vowed repeatedly to pardon many of those who have been charged, perhaps including even defendants accused of violent crimes.
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Some Jan. 6 Rioters Are Expected to Attend Trump’s Inauguration
At least eight rioters who have faced criminal charges have been granted permission to attend. Most were accused of relatively minor offenses.
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Carmelite Quotes @carmelitequotes.blog · 20/01/2025
"One of the signs of the present time is the idea of participation, the right that all persons have to participate in the construction of their own common good... #StOscarRomero 1/6
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
19 January 1924 | A Jew Anshel Grunberger was born in Gorond. During the war he lived in Munkacs (Mukacevo). In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
Black and white portrait of a man wearing a bowler hat and a formal suit.
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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Opinion | After Chile’s Coup, My Regret Was That I Didn’t Die
I believed my friend died because of me. Fifty years later, I learned the truth.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
31 December 1929 | French Jewish girl, Francine Bejrach, was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 21 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
The girl sits on a cloth-covered table or chair. She has dark longer hair and a sad expression on her face. She is wearing checked clothes, dark leather shoes and knee socks. In her hands she holds a large teddy bear.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/12/2024
The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made | Editorial
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The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made | Editorial
Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at the crisis in western democracy, Donald Trump’s victory and the role played by digital media In November 2020, shortly after Donald Trump’s defeat in the US…
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anne-mariecallus.bsky.social @anne-mariecallus.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Here’s my interview with Shahd Al Shammari regarding her work as an academic with disability www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/...
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The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation @daphne.foundation · 10/12/2024
#HumanRightsDay is a good day to remember that #Malta has still not implemented the recommendations of the public inquiry into #DaphneCaruanaGalizia's assassination. The purpose of the inquiry was for the State to learn how to save the lives of others. #RuleofLaw
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emmagoldberg.bsky.social @emmagoldberg.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I wrote an essay for @nytimes.com Ideas about how people decide where to give away money and how the tech industry's obsession with optimization filtered into so many parts of our culture. Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
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What if Charity Shouldn’t Be Optimized? (Gift Article)
The recent trend in philanthropy has been to look for the most bang for your buck. Maybe you don’t have to.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/12/2024
‘It brings back a sense of belonging’: Bakhmut was destroyed by Russia – but the town lives on through its newspaper
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‘It brings back a sense of belonging’: Bakhmut was destroyed by Russia – but the town lives on through its newspaper
Vpered, saved from destruction by intrepid editor Svitlana Ovcharenko, still gives hope and voice to a community in Ukraine Before Bakhmut became famous internationally as a battleground, it was known inside Ukraine for salt, sparkling wine fermented in…
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