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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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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Please donate to @deafinitelyw.bsky.social to support trauma-affected D/deaf & HoH women lead a life free from abuse. All donations from 6-13 October will be doubled as part of #WGMF #TheBigGive campaign. #DeafinitelyWomen donation link & more info here - donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Purple poster with @deafinitelywomen logo.  The quote from one of their Trauma Support Service clients says “I don’t really have the words to express how thankful I am. You’ve changed my life with your support and guidance”
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s too common sadly and for these sort of events that are about celebrating inclusion, absolutely disgraceful.. https:lucywebster.substack.com/p/too-disabled-for-the-national-diversity?r=1gwm14&utm_medium=ios
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Too disabled for the National Diversity Awards?
Hello, Last Friday I went to the National Diversity Awards.
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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
ALT: Zootopia Sloth's Happy Smile
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sorry about that - try www.cilip.org.uk/community-ev...
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CILIP Disability Network
The Disability Network has been established to provide support and a platform for library, knowledge and information workers with experience of disability.
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Disabled includes Deaf, deaf, blind, visually impaired, reading disabled, chronic illnesses (including physical, mental, cancer), wheelchair users, invisible disabilities and neurodivergence Disability Network website tinyurl.com/wzxn2rvt Drop a line & I will get back to you asap
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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 · 18/08/2026
That's awful.. so short sighted of them to get rid of so many staff. 😞
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Got culled last year..I remember these sort of sweep-under-the-carpet congratulatory messages. Really teeth-grindingly insensitive Sending sympathy to all those affected
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Im v grateful for free bottle water that was handed out ..
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Part of me still thinks that 1999-born people are still in primary school…
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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
Same here … it got slightly darker and then lighter again. But it was an overcast day so maybe this one will be more dramatic 🌞🌒
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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 · 08/08/2026
£280,000 for a 2-bed flat? No wonder no-one’s buying
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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 · 27/07/2026
Yeah.. because they want to protect their commercial interests and boomer votes
interests.mm
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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 · 08/07/2026
There’s usually a grace period of about 10 -14 days where you can cancel and get refunded if not used. This has saved me a few times from losing a lot of money
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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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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Oh no… worse thing, esp in this heat 😔 Sending speedy recovery vibes & horsefly f* off signals.
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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 · 26/06/2026
They certainly are.. Hope you haven’t been bitten by one.
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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
ALT: Stay Cool: Sweating Under Pressure
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sorry the link doesn’t seem to work
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Groan.. 😂
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Well done on new job 👏😊.. partner similar situation to you.. a relief, but first few weeks are financially tight. Hope things get much easier soon
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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
ALT: Happy Puppy Plays Golf
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Anything about the impact of COVID & those awful arbitrary lockdowns (that were unnecessary IMO after the first one)?
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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
When executive leaders devalue library service, the impact will likely mean the removal of valuable learning & studying resources and experienced dedicated library and archivist staff - not just for students, teaching staff & researchers but also for the local community. 🤬😡
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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
Just in case someone is keeping an unofficial eye on this account
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This was in derby by the way, 10:31am which was delayed
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Catherine Finch @cathyfinch1234.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Just imagine how difficult it is from the perspective of of someone with a disability and so something about making communication clearer 🤬
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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
My RP visual impairment makes it difficult for me to distinguish certain colours… but it could be like an allegorical manifestation of how confused politics is these days…
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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 · 08/05/2026
Same thing here… hopefully it didn’t happen in the middle of a presentation (I cringe with the memory of when it happened to me in the middle of a job interview)
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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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