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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Things have been a bit complicated for me lately. New job is amazing. Needing to commute, which means increased interactions with the public, is not.

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in Wisconsin, said he was told the grant was apparently flagged bc of the words "transition" (as in, transitioning from childhood to adulthood) and "privilege" (one parent said it was a privilege to work with the program's staff). ...

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I think it is corrosive on a spiritual level to live in a world where we are so unused to justice that a political assassination feels like cause for celebration. We get to feel conflicted about this, we have been deprived every "appropriate" route to justice And also, this is not justice

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I am having a spectacularly bad day, but I've also encountered lots of very nice people, so there is balance in the universe I suppose!!

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Finished a reread of @scalzi.com Interdependency series, and even though I knew how it ended I still cried.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I've gone from feeling panic and panic only about the move to feeling pretty good. Brighton is fun and I'll be living right by the beach. Still panicking though 😂

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/08/2025

In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.

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No, Dunkin' Cereal Milk is not gluten-free because it contains milk, which is a common allergen, and as a result, it is not suitable for those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
However, coffee drinks, dairy milk, and non-dairy milks like oat, almond, and coconut milk are naturally gluten-free at Dunkin'.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

If you want to know how bad I am at moving house, I bought a box that claimed it would fit my TV, but it was actually way too big. So now I need to buy a smaller box and I still have a massive box that I am not sure what I will use it for.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Sorry that all I do is complain about moving house when it was quite literally my choice. But my god it is awful. I have reached a point where I don't even know what to pack next. Brain empty.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

What an amazing human this guy is. His students must be so lucky to learn from him! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdXjKkJs

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

For someone who was apparently cancelled, John Boyne is bloody everywhere. Why are people holding him up as some great author. This is the guy who wrote the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and then threw a huge tantrum when the Holocaust Memorial Museum said the book should be avoided.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I feel somewhat in control of moving house, except that I still haven't found somewhere to live, and I start my new job in *checks notes* six weeks. Cool cool. I'm fine.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Last week of my current job before packing up to move to a new job, and I just wrote myself an alarmingly long to do list. It's going to be a long five days!

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I have worked so hard to learn so much of the layout of Leeds, and I've been lucky enough to work with the most amazing cane travel instructor who has enabled me to do so. Having to start from scratch in a new place is stressing me out, even though I know it will be great in the end.

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Eric J. Harvey, Ph.D. @blindscholar.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Just 1 more weekend to get my little book for free! This book has everything: - divine labor militancy - AI and automation* - floods sacrifices - banquets - class struggle funny Easter eggs - serious academic analysis? - gardening tinyurl.com/2ahr97an

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Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel

Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel

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West Yorkshire Needs A Tram @wyneedsatram.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

West Yorkshire has a painful history of mass transit projects being cancelled. We won't let it happen again. Sign our petition to deliver a region-wide network in full: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/br...

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My AtW case worker stopped responding to my emails on April in the middle of arranging an assessment after a previous assessor recommended software that didn’t have the functionality they recommended it for - every month or so I prod the complaints team. Now over a year into this application!

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I said hello to a really nice and well behaved dog today and now I want a dog.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Moving house is the worst. Why do I own so much stuff!!

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I've recently accepted a job that means moving all the way from Leeds to Sussex! Any and all advice is appreciated! Slightly overwhelmed by the move, but it is my dream job.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I want to warn blind fans of the Rivers of London series that in the latest book, events that took place in the companion graphic novels are constantly referenced. It won't be long before continuing is pointless, because we essentially can't access half the story.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I'm seeking some geopolitical maps, particularly Israel/Palestine, and Russia/Ukraine. So that I can adapt these into a tactile format to understand the situation better. Any suggestions?

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Our government loves to talk about helping our children to grow up happy and healthy, all while supplying the parts for fighter jets that stop the children of Gaza doing just that. Happiness and health is conditional, I guess.

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Natalya D @natalyad.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We need to stop whitewashing the history of bigots when they die and pretend they didn't cause great harm to others. Current politicians watch out, we're keeping receipts on you and we're not forgiving trans/queerphobia this time. Stand with us, or be on the wrong side of history & we'll remind u

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I'm seeking some geopolitical maps, particularly Israel/Palestine, and Russia/Ukraine. So that I can adapt these into a tactile format to understand the situation better. Any suggestions?

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Today I discovered Jake Gyllenhaal describes himself as legally blind, because he has an eye condition that is resolved by wearing corrective lenses. That's not legally blind. That's every sighted person who wears glasses.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I was just listening to the radio and Israel are describing Iran striking an Israeli Hospital as a war crime. I agree that targeting hospitals is terrible, however how can Israel say this given what they've done in Gaza.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I have a free day in Amsterdam after a conference I'm attending next week. Any suggestions of things to do? I'm likely going to be burnt out after three days of lots of new people.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I just finished a reread of @thetowerofstars.bsky.social Legacy Trilogy, and I am so sad to be leaving these characters once again.

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Harriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#UKHE Please encourage disabled students at your institutions to complete the DSUK annual survey. It is a vital tool in helping to shape disability support in HE, as well as providing invaluable feedback on current issues facing disabled students. It has real impact!

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Now that AI has made some things easier, companies and people are abdicating their part." Ria Andriani on navigating visual access with and without artificial intelligence. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/scra... ht @connorscottgardner.bsky.social @JonathanMosen.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy

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A scrambled breakfast

AI opens up visual access but closes down social change

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Listening to anything without headphones on public transport should be banned. It is so rude!!!

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I used TMAP to generate a tactile map of part of a city, including braille labels. Printed it, ran it through a machine I have that raises the lines on the page, and I have a tactile map that I can use. Technology is really cool sometimes.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I'm rereading Matthew Ward's Legacy Trilogy, and if you're looking for a fantasy series with excellent world building and plenty of political scheming, this is it. Sadly only the first two books are available in audio but I highly recommend it either way.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Do you have connections with journalists or anyone else in the media? Please put them in touch with me, so I can tell them about the campaign to restore the RNIB personal braille transcription service. #SaveOurBraille saveourbraille.wordpress.com

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Save Our Braille Transcription

Literacy for all is a human right

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Over a thousand people have signed an open letter asking the RNIB to #SaveOurBraille! Please consider signing and sharing. We shouldn't even have to ask the UK's leading blindness charity to prioritise braille, but here we are.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Word on the street is that the RNIB have told staff to stop promoting anything braille related after 800 people sign a letter in protest of them scrapping their transcription service. #SaveOurBraille saveourbraille.wordpress.com

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Save Our Braille Transcription

Literacy for all is a human right

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

RNIB has scrapped its free personal braille transcription service, leaving blind people to cover the cost themselves. Large print is still free, this isn't equality! Sign the open letter urging RNIB to reverse this decision #DisabilityRights #Literacy saveourbraille.wordpress.com

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Blind LGBT Pride International @blindlgbtqpride.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

UK folks, please read and sign this letter. #SaveOur Braille

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Sarah Matthews @sarahmatthews.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Please sign & share - this cut to services from the RNIB will impact people like me who rely on #braille to read documents & books that are not available in accessible formats. And in a year where #RNIB are meant to be celebrating 200 years of Braille! #disability #blind #literacy #accessibility

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Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

RNIB is celebrating 200 years of Braille this year, yet simultaneously cutting its free Braille transcription service. Please sign and share the petition.

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

saveourbraille.wordpress.com

Save Our Braille Transcription

Literacy for all is a human right

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

There's been an amazing response to the #SaveOurBraille campaign so far. Please sign and share our open letter asking the RNIB to reinstate the personal braille transcription service that they scrapped this week saveourbraille.wordpress.com

Save Our Braille
RNIB are cutting their braille transcription service, the only free national offering like it.
Sign our open letter and stand with all blind people who require access to braille. #SaveOurBraille
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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I had to check the date because I was convinced this must have been an April fool. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clywdly…

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Connor Scott-Gardner @connorscottgardner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I don't know how anyone can read this without concluding that what Israel is doing is pure evil. Nothing less. Survivor challenges Israeli account of attack on Gaza paramedics www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgere1y7…

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