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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The 2026 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Current view at the fire tower. Photo credit: Ashley Harris #BM100

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Accidentally had two weeks off the newsletter in a month. Tempted to write about 'raise the flag' this week, but I am not sure if it's old news. Flags, in general, are pretty interesting, as they represent different things to different people.

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The Kavernacle @thekavernacle.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

it really sucks to be old enough, and to be following politics long enough, to see everything get so much worse than it used to be

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

You read that right. We've only got a handful of tickets left for Access:Given next Wednesday at Newcastle Helix. So, if you want to hear...

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Less than a month until we all gather at Newcastle Helix for the first ever Access:Given!

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

MEET THE SPEAKER Ettie Bailey-King is our keynote speaker; she is an inclusive and accessible communication educator.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Keir Starmer: "The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible." 2023:

Israel 'has the right' to withhold power and water from Gaza, says Sir Keir Starmer
11 October 2023, 09:16 | Updated: 11 October 2023, 14:05

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Newsletter on why British people refuse to protest: ellenforster.substack.com/p/why-brits-...

Through a careful manipulation of the narrative from collectivism, i.e. ‘we’re all one’ to individualism, we’ve allowed ourselves, as a nation, to become obsessed with our own interests. For example, turning social housing or water from a human right to a profitable institution, we shift the focus away from creating a better life for all, into creating the very best life for the chosen few.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Really excited to hear @craigabbott.co.uk demystifying AI in the context of accessibility

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I saw Fontaines DC live last night and it was AMAZING but I will never get over how many people are filming entire gigs on their phones? Is this the ultimate form of social proof? Do these people watch the videos back?

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

MEET THE SPEAKERS @rachelanne.bsky.social Rachel Edwards is a senior content designer at @contentdesign.london!

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Newsletter today about what happens when the lynchpin of a family dies, and how childhood can look a little different for the next generation. ellenforster.substack.com/p/we-are-fam...

A photo taken from a film camera with the date stamp: "95/10/15" Ellen, who is a blonde haired toddler, sits at the table, with other children, there is loads of party food, including a cake with lit candles.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Wrote this back in Feb about the Neil Gaiman allegations and it's also true for Gregg Wallace, TV presenter and green grocer, who recently used his autism to excuse abhorrent behaviour.

This attitude also feeds into the narrative that ND people cannot simply exist in normal society. We are bad people, who do bad things. Autistic people do not abuse because they ‘don’t understand the signals’, if they do abuse, it’s because they are abusers— it has nothing to do with autism.

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

MEET THE SPEAKERS Helen Dutson and Holly Tuke will be the first to take the stage on Wednesday 10th September at @newcastlehelix for our first Access:Given event. @heldutson.bsky.social @lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We've got another announcement to make! We're absolutely chuffed to say that @contentdesign.london are the sponsors of our sensory room!

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Content Design London @contentdesign.london · 13/06/2025

We're delighted to be the Sensory Room sponsor at the inaugural Access:Given (A:G) conference this September! We're excited to support a room for escape and respite which welcomes all attendees. Find out more and book your ticket for the 1 day digital accessibility conference:

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Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Talking about the importance of questioning the news cycle in today’s newsletter... ellenforster.substack.com/p/why-now?r=...

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Why now?

Exploring distraction tactics in global news

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Access:Given @accessgiven.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🚨 Three months to go! In three months, on 10th September, Access:Given will be taking place at Newcastle Helix. We've got great speakers @ettiebaileyking.bsky.social , @craigabbott.co.uk, @heldutson.bsky.social , @lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social and @rachelanne.bsky.social of @contentdesign.london/

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Call me Benjamin Button, I'll be a toddler by next week

Photo of Garmin watch and screen says "fitness age decreased 31.5"

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Back from a canny trip to Bucharest with @mocogam.bsky.social. We've announced @ettiebaileyking.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for @accessgiven.bsky.social and I've got two websites going live this weekend, including one for a local disability charity. March is kicking off!

Selfie of Ellie and Michelle in front of a Ryanair plane

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This week's newsletter is about being a control freak. ellenforster.substack.com/p/shes-lost-...

There is so much we can’t control, so, of course, we seek to control other things as a coping mechanism for the uncertainty of our daily lives.

It’s the control freaks who get the washing done, make sure there’s bread for toast in the morning, craft World Book Day costumes, and keep track of bills and savings…

The control freaks often have to control things, because without them, everything will fall apart— that was certainly the case for my own mam.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Finished reading House of My Mother by Shari Franke and it was so good, I really admire her for being able to write about what it was like growing up on YouTube. It's wild to me that she still has such faith but I guess people cope in different ways.

Screenshot of Audible with the book cover of "the house of my mother" by Shari Franke

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This week's newsletter is inspired by @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social and explores how cringe is stopping many of us from pursuing creative projects, and it's forcing false narratives in our head. ellenforster.substack.com/p/thats-cringe

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That's cringe

How I overcome the cringe of sending this newsletter

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Do you know why people who find out they are autistic do this? It’s a request for kindness and understanding before doing or saying something which will be perceived as odd. It’s also a way to understand ourselves, having just received a new word to describe how we’ve been our entire lives

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I like how we are all pretending this is just 2018 Twitter. Who will post a racist joke and face mass cancellation today? Will there be a live stream of a puddle? What colour is the dress????

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

First look at my new documentary. It's an essay about the impact of early medieval Christianity on the Irish writing tradition. This is the closest I've come to bringing the podcast hug to television, I cant wait for ye to see it. Next Thursday RTE 1 10.15PM

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I've deactivated Threads so you better not disappoint, Bluesky.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hilarious that all of the headlines are reporting on his "boring" this fight was - surely the ultimate insult for Paul and the organisers.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The circus around the Tyson Vs Paul fight is drawing so much media discussion, but is this not just a rip-off of what Vince McMahon has done for decades? They're essentially replicated the farce of WWE and playing it out in the boxing world.

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Talking about rage bait in today's newsletter... Read it here: ellenforster.substack.com/p/taking-the...

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Why is John Mulaney suddenly everywhere? I thought we all hated him

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Ellen Kate Boyle @ellenkateboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

I don't think Russell Brand's poxy YouTube channel where he spouted verbal diarrhea and regularly misused words he didn't even understand was really an issue for the "elite." The conspiracy theory that he was "getting too close to the truth" is hilarious.

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