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Emily Barker

@emilythefifth.bsky.social
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Children's social policy researcher in UK; interested in all things #histchild; Orig. from CO and still misses the Rockies

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's #IDPWD & I'm spending it reconstructing the life of Thomas Potter, Dún Laoghaire disability activist. He founded his own school in the 1920s, worked as a journalist, & in view of the stigma they faced, advised disabled people to 'make every effort to become your own employer.' #DisHist
Four standing young people present a gift to a seated man wearing an academic robe, all smiling.
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Curtis James @oswald808.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
My experience of education was pretty negative. A few years ago I started making a podcast series for @divideclass.bsky.social to try and understand why school can be transformative for some and very different for others. Here’s the trailer. overcast.fm/+AA_eVK-mgMI
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Series teaser — Class Divide
A sneak preview of the upcoming Class Divide podcast series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Emily Barker @emilythefifth.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem. 
I went deep into the 122 page report and broke down the key findings and what they mean www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...
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The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
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