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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This time-travelling blogpost (1000 years of English) is fascinating. Not only from a linguistic point of view but as an educational experience in #language #accessibility. I.e. those who can normally read fluently will find it increasingly challenging. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

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How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I just read Song of Spores by @bogiperson.bsky.social. A delight. Highly original. Mixing serious political points and absurdity. And felt immediately at home with collection of weird new space friends. Recommend. www.brokeneyebooks.com/catalog/p/so...

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Song of Spores — BROKEN EYE BOOKS

Weird space opera novel, Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, deals with the everyday challenges of life in intergalactic space, like politics, family, and sentient fungus. Hugo Award-winner Bogi Takács spi...

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thank you to the students on MA Education programmes at @kingsecs.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for their #DisabledCulture links. Enjoy and share! Wishing you an empowering International Day of People with Disabilities #IDPWD #disability 16/16 Start of thread: bsky.app/profile/fine...

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"‘Rewriting the Reel: Telling Our Own Stories’ aimed to “challenge audiences to rethink preconceived notions, and embrace a richer, more nuanced understanding of disability in film and media.” Meg Fozzard in particular left an impression on me. (whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...) #disability 15/

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Rewriting the Reel: Telling Our Own Stories | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Join us for an inspiring and unfiltered panel discussion featuring disabled filmmakers and XR practitioners who are flipping the script on how disability is shown on screen.

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Liu Yan, a renowned Chinese dancer and choreographer who became a wheelchair user after a spinal cord injury. Her inclusive dance projects which integrates sign language, hand gestures, and upper-body movement to create a new aesthetic.” www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PA4... #disability 14/

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Billi Benda, a music group from the Democratic Republic of Congo composed of artists who are polio survivors. Their work provides a powerful lens on disability, resilience, and creative resistance in contexts marked by structural exclusion." www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCU... #disability 13/

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Staff Benda Bilili - "Polio"

YouTube video by CrammedDiscs

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Stevie Wonder, an iconic American musician who has been blind since shortly after birth. The very first time I heard his music was in the Korean drama Reply 1988. Engaging with his music helped me reflect on disability through the social model." greatesthits981.com/2024/03/10/i... #disability 12/

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“I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder (1984)

This week's Great Song comes from the soundtrack of "The Woman in Red," the 1984 film starring Gene Wilder (who also directed), Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner and Kelly LeBrock--but most people don't re...

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"I would like to introduce startup company named "HERALBONY" that supports more than 150 artists who have disability, believing in the possibilities hidden within what society labels as "not normal"." www.heralbony.jp/en #disability 11/

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HERALBONY Co., Ltd | A creative company crafting a new culture and challenging preconceptions of disability through art.

The corporate website of HERALBONY Co., Ltd., which embraces the mission "Radiate Your Colors."

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Lucy Illingworth is a blind pianist with chromosome 16 duplication. Illingworth won a television show called "The Piano" to find the United Kingdom's best amateur pianist when she was only 13, and nominated for Bafta's most memorable moment of 2024." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FSb... #disability 10/

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Blind pianist Lucy stuns Royal Albert Hall with breathtaking Debussy debut | Classic FM Live

YouTube video by Classic FM

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Kate Stanforth is making waves in the ballet sphere, challenging the industry perception of disabled dancers. She founded the Kate Stanforth Academy of Arts, with the core ethos encompassing an inclusive approach to performing arts training." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #disability 9/

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I’m a dancer who sometimes uses a wheelchair – people should just get over it | Kate Stanforth

Some wheelchair users can use their legs in certain circumstances. As my TV appearance proved, not everyone knows that, says Kate Stanforth, dancer and activist

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Hei Deng, a visually impaired stand-up comedian in China, whose performances masterfully blend humour with social commentary, exposing the flaws in accessibility infrastructure that many take for granted." www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR0R... #disability 8/

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Stella Young argues that disabled individuals are merely living their lives and should not be objectified as sources of inspiration for non-disabled people. It made me reflect deeply that in education policy and social attitudes." www.ted.com/talks/stella... #disability 7/

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I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much

Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humani...

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Yu Xiuhua, a contemporary Chinese poet who lives with cerebral palsy. Her poetry is raw, focusing intensely on themes of love, female desire, and freedom of her soul. What I found particularly powerful is how Yu confronts the desexualization of disabled people." youtu.be/YWIstnGwGZY #disability /6

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Christine Sun Kim, a #Deaf sound artist who rethinks what sound can be when it is approached visually rather than through hearing. After a while I realised she wasn’t just “representing” sound—she was questioning who sound belongs to." www.christinesunkim.com #disability 5/

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Christine Sun Kim

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Sahera Khan, a deaf actor and filmmaker, is Muslim and South Asian, and frequently discusses what it is like to be an ethnic minority with a disability, which is rarely spoken about. She serves as a trustee for the Deaf Ethnic Women’s Association (DEWA). sahera1.tumblr.com #disability 4/

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Sahera Khan

Deaf & BSL Artist/Actor (UK)

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Within Nancy Rourke’s artwork, Red refers to empowerment or taking a stand for justice. Yellow communicates hope for the future and liberation of the spirit. Nancy addresses many themes such as social justice and #Deaf solidarity." www.nancyrourke.com/oilpaintings... #disability 3/

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Nancy Rourke Paintings — Painting Years 2015-2001

This is Nancy Rourke's portfolio showing her Expressionism paintings.

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Jade Ramos is an #artist who is legally #blind. She uses mixed mediums as a means to promote #disability activism and advocacy, showing the perspective and experience of individuals with visual impairments." mainlineart.org/accessible-a... 2/

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Jade Ramos – Main Line Art Center

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's that time when I set my students the task of engaging with the #Disabled #creative community, and ask them to post comments in our course forum, with links to their favourite musicians, artists, dancers, actors, comedians, activist speakers and more. Selection below! #disability #IDPWD 1/?

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Been asked to give a lecture & seminar on #Disability and #ScienceFiction. Going to be so much fun. Top of reading list is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social's #Disabled People Destroy SF. Pls suggest your fave D/disabled authors to add. Obvs @bogiperson.bsky.social and @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. And...?

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Recently had an unpleasant recurrence of muscle tension #dysphonia. Is cheering me up to do my bubble tube exercises with this attractive bottle. (Don’t worry, had a bad few days but on the mend again.)

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Particularly good episode of In Our Time #podcast on #mathematician Emmy Noether www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Even if Melvyn did seem a little bemused by the levels of #mathematics joy being expressed

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Emmy Noether

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of one of the great 20th-century mathematicians.

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Architectural structures of musical instruments! m.dpreview.com/photography/... #music #photography #art #acoustics (Immediately goes home, tries to stick phone up flute)

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Love seeing a big crowd for #Wimbledon #wheelchairTennis. Men's final on Court 1 and BBC. I've watched some of every tournament since it started! How often does one get to say that? Go Alfie! #disabilitySport #DisabledPride #disability

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Watching TV and conveniently the actors are all different looking enough that I can tell them apart. But then the detective pulls up a photo and gasps in horror. There is ominous music. Oh no. #prosopagnosiaTV #faceBlindness 1/

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 17/05/2025

In this witty and catchy music video, British artist Joshua Idehen takes us on a tour of the world’s ‘isms’ using the relatable analogy of domestic chores. From liberalism to communism, each concept is humorously unpacked, highlighting how societies often overlook the domestic labor of mothers

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A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry | Aeon Videos

The world’s isms – capitalism, socialism, fascism and so on – explored through the analogy of your mum doing the washing

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Saturday afternoon reading. @annleckie.com giving me major thirst for tea. Got the best tea set out in tribute.

A nice teapot, teacup, and a paperback of Ancillary Mercy

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I wrote this bonus, alt-text version but then I forgot to put it in ☹️ Here it is anyway William Carlos Williams voice I have tested the samples that were in the lab and which you were probably planning to analyse Forgive me they were intriguing so significant and so quantifiable

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Come and work in my department? We are currently advertising for a Reader in #MathematicsEducation. NB Part-time academics, do not be put off by the wording stating it is a full time role: PT and jobshare applications are definitely welcome. Closing date Wed 9 Apr. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110048-...

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Reader in Mathematics Education

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter: (1) your haters are trash (2) you’re a baller, a true queen (3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️

Prague, 23 November 1911
Highly esteemed Mrs. Curie,
Do not laugh at me for writing you without having anything sensible to say.
But I am so enraged by the base manner in which the public is presently daring to concern itself with you!? that I absolutely must give vent to this feeling. However, I am convinced that you consistently despise this rabble, whether it obsequiously lavishes respect on you or whether it attempts to satiate its lust for sensationalism!
I am impelled to tell you how much I have come to admire your intellect, your drive, and your honesty, and that I consider myself lucky to have made your personal acquaintance in Brussels. Anyone who does not number among these reptiles is certainly happy, now as before, that we have such personages among us as you, and Langevin(3) too, real people with whom one feels privileged to be in contact. If the rabble continues to occupy itself with you, then simply don't read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom i

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Of course Dromiceiomimus is into 1920s analogue electronica 😁

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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

If you are looking for a little lightness, these finalists for the comedy wildlife photo award have given me a lot of smiles www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...

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These images are for viewing only and must not be copied :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Part 2 of a series for #DisabilityHistoryMonth and #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople - #Disability culture links suggested by my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social MA Education programmes students. Part 1 at bsky.app/profile/fine... #EduSky #AcademicSky #InclusiveEducation #SocialJustice #education 1/?

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hello #EduSky #AcademicSky #HigherEducation. I currently teach in a London university and am posting today on #Disability #InclusiveEducation #SocialJustice #education for #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople. New to Bsky so not much traction yet - likes and forwards welcome :) bsky.app/profile/fine...

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Every year, conveniently around #DisabilityHistoryMonth, I teach some sessions on #Disability, #SEN, #accessibility and #inclusion to postgrads. As prep I set a task of engaging with the creative and/or professional work of D/disabled people, and posting links on their course forum. #DHM2024 1/?

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Have an irrational fear of people hearing me sing that I've been trying to cure. Today in tube tunnel was a busker with guitar playing My Heart Will Go On, conveniently transposed down a fourth for (my) comfort. So sang along as loudly as I could manage while walking past. Amused some tourists.

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Unusual #crochet commission: make a comfortable eye patch for post-surgery recovery. Took the hospital-provided eye shield and free-crocheted a removable cover over it, plus lugs for elastic.

Dark blue crochet eye patch modelled by man in patterned hoodie.

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CF @finesilver.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What's up, you ask? Am at a Benedictine monastery. Went to a service to hear the plainchant. Sang along (which was encouraged, yes!) although I do not read this kind of dots very well.

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