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Catherine Finch

@cathyfinch1234.bsky.social
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#DeafBlind, #UsherSyndrome with #CochlearImplants, #Disability, #Libraries, #CILIP, #Wales Redundant librarian now working p/t for bsky.app/profile/deafinitelyw.bsky.… Originally from Derbyshire.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wordle 1,911 2/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Zootopia Sloth's Happy Smile
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are you a disabled library information worker or librarian? Want your story to inspire and encourage other deaf, blind, disabled, neurodivergent people into the LIS profession? Then I'd love to interview you for our @cilip.bsky.social 's Disability Network website
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Me now surfing on a non air conditioned train..
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seriously?? What decision maker thinks that self-service checkouts are a good idea? As a deaf blind person, I reallly struggle to use them & they should only be an option for larger shops with more than one check out. If there is only one check-out, it should always be human staffed.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/08/2026
Ahead of Michael Sheen's gripping two-part documentary hitting TV screens, the actor and activist discusses claims of chemical contamination across Wales, and how he helped bring to light a scandal that threatens to leave a catastrophic legacy across the UK
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Interview: Michael Sheen talks the 'scary' process of exploring forever chemicals in new documentary
Nation Cymru staff Ahead of Michael Sheen’s gripping two-part unscripted series hitting TV screens, the actor and activist discusses claims of chemical contamination across Wales, and how he helped br...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2026
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There is a demand for captioned performances so why don’t theatres make it an integral part of the show? www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea... #deaf #access #Stagetext
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Who gets to be in the room? - Arts Professional
Rachel Jele is head of advocacy and engagement at Stagetext, the UK’s leading charity for theatre captioning and live subtitling. Despite encouraging progress, she thinks captioning is still too often...
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Its not a metaphor - Anthropic really are destroying physical books to train AI LLM models.. The cynical exploitation of a ‘fair dealing’ loophole is allowing these corporate parasites to do this in the name of short sighted capitalist greed 😡 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wordle 1,856 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Dwight Schrute's Triumphant 'YES!' Reaction
Alt: Triumphant yes reaction from brown haired man with glasses and suit
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I’m reading Careless Poeple at the moment. It’s a fascinating insight how FB/Meta has grown & how it has ridden roughshod over international laws and ethics to expand, grow & wield enormous power. META have banned her from publicizing her book- demo’d in this clip below.
moment.xn--its-so0a
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A wild guess but I had to look it up afterwards.. 🙄 Wordle 1,842 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Why is Cardiff Uni trying to aggressively muscle into FE / foundation style education when there are already other Welsh HEs nearby providing these sort of courses? nation.cymru/news/staff-e...
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Staff express alarm at Cardiff University's new teaching programmes
Martin Shipton Teaching staff at Cardiff University are concerned about 28 new Domestic Foundation Programmes they fear could compromise academic standards, oversight, quality control and staff worklo...
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Ownership 2.0: A Gamer, a Librarian, and a Random Mum Walk Into a Bar… – information labs informationlabs.org/ownership-2-0-a…
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28/06/2026
A mural celebrating a Welsh village's history has attracted attention online after featuring an unlikely local connection to a much-loved EastEnders character
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From the Ddraig Goch to Dot Cotton: Village unveils new mural
Nation.Cymru Staff A mural celebrating a Welsh village’s history has attracted attention online after featuring an unlikely local connection to a much-loved EastEnders character. The new artwork in Po...
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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We're delighted to be working with MAKES SENSE TO ME as part of our new Reading for Pleasure collection. 📖 The world's first bookshop specialising in #neurodiversity, they champion books created with neurodivergent and/or disabled participation. Learn more👉 ow.ly/gP0S50ZgVfa #IndieBookshop
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MAKES SENSE TO ME | The Neurodivergent Bookshop
Discover the world’s first neurodiversity-specialist bookshop! This disabled-led ND community offers books on ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Tourette’s & Mental Health. Resources for neurodiversity at work, school & home exclusively featuring Neurodivergent & Disabled voices. Find sensory aids, fidget toys & handmade gifts!
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As I doom scroll…
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Stay Cool: Sweating Under Pressure
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
And another Wordle-in-2 strike… Wordle 1,801 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Happy Puppy Plays Golf
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Dan Tappin @oitappin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Timid librarian in plea to save my workplace from making a huge mistake. A whole floor of Cardiff University's main library is under threat of being repurposed to teaching facilities with the removal of 7km of shelving holding valuable books. Pls share x you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the second floor of Cardiff University's Arts and Social Studies Library (ASSL)
Dear current patrons, past patrons, and future patrons of Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASSL) at Cardiff University. On Friday 17th of May, library staff of the ASSL were informed by University Li...
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What the VC and her bunch of executive minions are planning to do to Cardiff Uni’s culturally important ASSL library is moronic and short sighted. nation.cymru/news/fears-f...
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Fears for thousands of rare books as Cardiff University plans 'proof of concept' experiment
Martin Shipton Staff and students at Cardiff University have launched a petition aimed at stopping changes to the Arts and Social Sciences Library they fear could lead to the loss of thousands of rare...
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@crosscountryuk.bsky.social your delayed service to Plymouth this morning was a shambles.. I’m not on Twitter but I am deaf & partially sighted. the whole experience of being manouvered out of the train and then shouted by a panicking train staff wasn’t great.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Thought I’d show off my photo capture of the day.
Red fuschia flowers illuminated by recent rain & sunshine.
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Alan Wylie @alanwy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you’re a Public Library Worker in a Reform council then join a union now and be prepared to oppose book bans etc. it’s going to be a very bumpy ride 😬
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I can’t distinguish between green and blue very well. I certainly can’t tell Plaid Cymru from Reform.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...
Map of Wales showing new party makeup for each constituency
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Voted… apparently the flow of votes in my local polling station was ‘consistent’. *Looks into the sky* ‘Please don’t let it be THAT party’
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Jeremiah Johnson's Iconic Yes Nod
ALT: Jeremiah Johnson's Iconic Yes Nod
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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CILIP Cymru Wales @cilipcymru.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Digwyddiad ar-lein nawr - gyda rhaglen o siaradwyr sy'n ysgogi'r meddwl ac yn ysbrydoledig - archebwch nawr! / Now an online event - with a programme of thought provoking and inspiring speakers - book now! #CILIPCW26 www.cilip.org.uk/event/Cynhad...
Bilingual text reads Cynhadledd CILIP Cymru 2026 / CILIP Wales Conference 2026. Mai / May 9 2026. Ar-lein yn Unig Nawr / Now Online Only. Rhyddid deallusol mewn oes o anhwylder gwybodaeth / Intellectual freedom in an age of information disorder. The CILIP Wales logo is at the bottom of the graphic with the tagline Ar gyfer gweithwyr llyrgell a gwybodaeth / For library and information professionals. The information is illustrated by a person sitting at the foot of a giant laptop.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Joel’s self-deprecating wedding dinner speech was extremely funny.. #mafsau with his mother adding the final ‘glutinous’ teddy-bear laced toast (nail) to the marriage.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
As Israeli-atrocities continue, surely the time is now to cast a critical eye on the Jerusalem- based ExLibris (part of Clarivate) - and why it’s such a dominant player in the uk LMS library world.
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Boycott Ex Libris
June 10, 2024 Dear Dean Bird and Associate Dean Jordan, We, members of SFU Faculty for Palestine, are writing to ask SFU Library to terminate the Library’s contract with Ex Libris. Ex Libris (Clariva...
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 11/02/2026
That these weapons exist, that the US is selling them to Israel, that Israel is using them, and that the rest of the world is doing nothing - so many levels of inhumanity and evil.
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn
Wes Streeting
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
That’s me done with the Labour Party. Unless they change the entire Israeli-infused / Morgan McSweeney rot that we call a Cabinet and boot out that 2-faced insipid snake Starmer, then my vote will go Green. youtu.be/q5K8mURTvPY?...
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Why Starmer's Epstein scandal is worse than the media says
YouTube video by Declassified UK
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Use this app to write a letter to your MP asking them to ban hidden power and foreign influence in the UK as it continues to erode and weaken our democracy.. ban-hidden-power.anvil.app
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Ban Hidden Power in the UK
An app to help Ban Hidden Power in the UK
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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I feel this way about the use of X as the main communications route for lots of companies. Transport are particularly bad for this - train going to be cancelled? Find out on X. Lost your bag? Contact us on X. You shouldn't have to sign up to a digital platform to engage with the physical world.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I think it’s time to fire Sir Alan, who is coming across as deeply unpleasant and unnecessarily rude in this dying desperate gasp of sinking flagship show #TheApprentice
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Yes.. 🤞 It’s about time the UK stood up to these poisonous bullies
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The UK should be doing the same. It’s unbelievable how slow organisations are in finding an alternative channel to this sewer and I’m p*d off that I still have to use Twitter for customer service issues.
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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Museum Data Service (UK) - aims to connect and share object records across UK museums, large and small. #GLAMS
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Museum Data Service
A free new service that aims to bring together and share all the object records of all UK museums.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Recognising disabled people in the library workforce is important. This online event - TODAY - promises to celebrate inclusion and review current LIS practice. And what's more.. you DON'T need to be a member of CILIP to register.
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Yasir Haniff @yasirhaniff.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Discover library inclusion efforts Join @cilip.bsky.social Disability Network with @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social, @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social & others to celebrate deaf, disabled & neurodivergent library staff Online: Fri 5 Dec, 3:00-5:15pm Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #IDPwD
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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
To celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities (3/12) @cilip.bsky.social are recognising the achievements of the Lynne Mackie Accessibility Award winners & gaining insights into being more inclusive: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... This is FREE, you do not need to be a CILIP member
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buzz lightyear , rex , and slinky from toy story are standing next to each other on a wooden floor .
ALT: buzz lightyear , rex , and slinky from toy story are standing next to each other on a wooden floor .
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I’m raising money for Cancer Research - by swimming 10 km in November. I’ve just got another 2km to go, so if you feel like making a small donation, here’s the link below. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/catheri...
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A post from Catherine's Giving Page
Many thanks to all those who have donated so generously so far. It is really massively appreciated. My aim was to do 10K / or 400 lengths in my local pool and as we head into the final week of Novem...
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Studio C-anal ‘fun police’ bears down on Spitting Image .. www.comedy.co.uk/online/news/... For what it’s worth, I’m really enjoying this latest revival of the show. Don’t let it be censored.
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Spitting Image episodes removed from YouTube in legal battle - British Comedy Guide
Five episodes of Spitting Image Presents: The Rest Is Bulls*!t have been removed from the internet as the legal battle with the rights holders to Paddington Bear intensifies.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Interesting UK-based site tracking and recording Trump’s increasingly authoritarian actions since Jan 2025.. www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
This is incredibly disappointing.. I was looking forward to seeing the film too. You’d think Penguin would do their research first before publishing it. #TheSaltPath
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I detest AI 1. How it intrusively features in search engine & I can’t seem to switch it off without making an epic journey into settings. DuckDuckGo seems to be the only SE that hasn’t followed the trend.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
For those who care about the future of public libraries in the UK, there will be a Westminster debate on 14 May with @CILIP.Bsky.social among those representing commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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Future of public libraries
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the future of public libraries at 9:30am on 14 May 2025. The debate will be opened by Jonathan Davies MP.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Depressed at the growing tide of garish turquoise spreading across England. I blame an insipid Labour leadership for this mess. Unless they change direction, Labour will lose more votes & Reform will almost certainly take areas in Wales too 😫
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It seems that the historic Llandudno Library is in danger of being relocated to an ‘unpopular’ location…. Sign this petition against the council’s shortsighted plan. www.change.org/p/prevent-th...
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Sign the Petition
Prevent the Relocation of Our Public Library in Llandudno
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