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Flora Renz

@florarenz.bsky.social
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Academic law person at King’s College London. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also medical ethics. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Getting blocked by the mens wear guy because you keep sending him this picture and asking “thoughts?”
Tidus from Final Fantasy 10
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 4h
There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...
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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde
Explore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 6h
I’m sorry to say that if you’re walking around Holborn at 8:30am on a weekday morning without ever looking up from your phone then I am legally entitled to crush every one of your toes
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 23h
Guys the new autumn/winter 2026 fashion catalogue just dropped
A person wearing a beaked medieval plague mask and hat with a long black overcoat
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Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My book launch is coming up, at Lighthouse Books, on 13 October. For those in the vicinity, please join us as I discuss with my colleague and Chair of Queer Law at the UoE, Sharon Cowan, the anti-trans movement, but also transfeminism, trans culture, and the value of struggle for a better future.
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The magical combination of email notifications on my phone and the outlook email recall feature has now led to me for the second time emailing someone by starting with the sentence 'sorry did I imagine this or have you send me an email'? Love modern technology!
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please enjoy this very normal cottage :) www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...
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Check out this 1 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
1 bedroom detached house for sale in The Wellhouse, 3 Machpelah Yard, Hebden Bridge, HX7 for £250,000. Marketed by EweMove, Covering Yorkshire
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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely to see #Qmul #EastEnd material legal history reproduced in research centre comms The Match Girls expanded their socio-legal power and won material improvements in working conditions through a combo of strike and parliamentary action Read the story as told by a striker’s great grandaugter!
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I really need to start drinking earlier in the day
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is just missing a CK3 “your attempt so sway Pope Leo failed” pop up
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Gonçalo Pina @alvespina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
José Mourinho, your Department Chair
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shock and concern among disabled people’s organisations. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/free-social-...
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Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech
Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shoc…
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nature is healing
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 02/10/2026
NGL, I think I still have mild PTSD from the corporate video years.
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I had no idea this was an option.
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I would just love to understand the thought process of everyone who cheerfully left their ebike on the pedestrian crossing thereby blocking the entirety of the tactile pavement and the dropped kerb. I literally couldn’t cross the road here because it’s entirely blocked to wheelchair users
A pedestrian crossing entirely blocked by abandoned rental e-bikes from forest, lime and colt. The bikes obstruct all the tactile paving and the blocked kerb
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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you know of any veterans or service personnel in Central Devon being chased by the DWP or MOD to repay supposedly overpaid benefits? If so, could you ask them to contact MP, Mel Stride, as he wants to hear from them. #DWP #MOD #overpayments #WPS #AFCS #CentralDevon #MP #MelStride
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Teaching term meal prep but it’s me making sure I freeze enough cake so I have a little treat ready to take to work with me every teaching day.
A grey kitchen counter on it is a cupcake tin with 12 large cupcakes topped with hazelnuts, there are also two marbled vanilla and chocolate sponge cakes
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just a delightful stall to have on campus in the middle of Welcome Week
A gazebo with a Union Jack roof on the back wall is a sign saying “abortion should be completely banned” with a person sat behind a table that has a banned saying “we need to deport millions, change my mind”
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · 22/09/2026
My latest for @lbc.co.uk: If politicians want to reduce the PIP and wider benefits bill, they should make basic investments in accessible infrastructure and services ⬇️
Screenshot of an LBC opinion article with headline “PIP would cost less if politicians invested in making life easier for people like me,” subtitle “If Government wants to spend less on disability benefits over time, it has to remove the daily barriers that create these costs, writes disability campaigner Anna Landre,” and photo of Anna, a young white woman using a wheelchair.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ah yes - Live Love List Sideways
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A lack of knowledge about reasonable adjustments – among both employers and employees – is causing problems for a “significant minority” of disabled workers, a government study has concluded. #ReasonableAdjustments #Discrimination www.disabilitynewsservice.com/lack-of-know...
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Lack of knowledge on ‘reasonable adjustments’ affects significant minority of disabled workers, says study
A lack of knowledge about reasonable adjustments – among both employers and employees – is causing problems for a “significant minority” of disabled workers, a government study has concluded. The s…
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Dr Lucie Fremlova 🍉🌻🦋 @inclusivelucie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hard to believe it’s been nine years since I submitted my doctoral thesis and five years since my book “Queer Roma” came out. Wondering about the connection between privacy and the lived experiences of Queer Roma? Have a read! www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-l...
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dr Williams comes closest to landing on what I think is the real purpose of Tilly Norwood, and why they’re getting so many news orgs to “interview” “her”. I think the endgame for this is that the backers want to position “her” to replace news anchors.
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Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk · 17/09/2026
It's great to hear the new trains on TransPennine Express will deliver independent boarding for more passengers. We need step-free access to the platform and level boarding everywhere so disabled passengers can travel with ease and confidence, instead of having to wait for Passenger Assistance.
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey I could engage in some light online bullying for the low, low prize of just £300,000. I take cheque, Amex and book vouchers thanks.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“This isn’t the sort of prejudice that comes with an ableist slur or a violent push. It is the gentle, everyday belief certain kinds of lives – certain kinds of people – come with low expectations.” My column on the growing care abroad scandal and what it says. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances Ryan
This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For those interested in how Meta is exploiting disability to sell its glasses, definitely read the work of Rua Williams. And also! Here’s what I’ll be having my students read on this topic later this semester. Snippet from the syllabus.
WEEK TEN: WHOSE VISION? DISABILITY &
AUGMENTATION
November 10
Read: https://www.clevelandart.org/visual-descriptions-entire-
collection
Read: https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/blind-visually-impaired/
Read: Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight (Random House, 2023), introduction and chapter 5 (camera obscura)
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Read: Victoria Song, "The Strongest Argument for Smart Glasses Is Accessibility," The Verge (September 19, 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/column/781772/optimizer-newsletter-meta-ray-ban-display-smart-glasses-accessibility
Read: Liz Jackson and Rua Williams, "How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War," The New Republic (April 4, 2024)
https://newrepublic.com/article/179391/wheelchair-warfare-
pipeline-disability-technology
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are going to see some great speed records being broken!
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dog is fine, everyone's fine. So it's okay to burst out laughing at "The name of the female dog was withheld for privacy reasons."
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And a special #CookbookCorner shoutout for 'Nights Out In The Kitchen: More Recipes and Stories from a Restaurant Critic’s Life' by @jayrayner1.bsky.social, a wonderful writer and a great eater! I just love this book.
Photograph of 'Nights Out In The Kitchen: More Recipes and Stories from a Restaurant Critic’s Life' by Jay Rayner
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Would love to know the thought process of the woman who tried to get on the tube by standing in front of the middle of the open doors while I with my wheelchair was trying to get off. She looked visibly stunned that I didn’t…levitate sideways? Disappear into thin air? Some secret third option?
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15/09/2026
Behold! Yet another book available for preorder! This one has an aroace protagonist, many oddities, and a Very Good Goat. Also kind of my tribute to McKinley’s Spindle’s End, which you should read while you’re waiting.
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just saw someone describe themselves as a “qualified“ reiki practitioner and oh boy where do you even start
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'Brighton informed its University and College Union (UCU) branch on Monday (14 September) that it intends to terminate its current trade union recognition agreement and all collective agreements on terms and conditions from next June.'
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Brighton looks to redraw trade union agreements and close campus
UCU and UNISON warn changes to trade union agreements could lead to unions being derecognised
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What browser are all the cool kids using now that the chrome app has forced the bloody Gemini feature on everyone in a way that makes the layout really irritating?
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just saw a wheelchair user I know post pro-Reform AI slop on Facebook and mate, I don’t think they will go “oh it’s fine, he’s one of the good ones”
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We may have witnessed the most brazen cartel agreement in history—not negotiated in some back room but right there on social media. Which is: All AI frontier labs agree to constrain growth (ie cut spending on innovation) which reduces capital needs. Next step: "responsible" pricing of tokens?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'Am I really reading a report on universities offering work experience that has managed to involve 30 universities, 200 employers and business groups, a poll of 500 employer senior leaders, but not a single student?' 'I am, I'm afraid.' UUK: universities, but without the faff of students & staff.
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UUK's work experience target forgets that most students already have some
Am I really reading a report on universities offering work experience that has managed to involve 30 universities, 200 employers and business groups, a poll of 500 employer senior leaders, but not a s...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026
I’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...
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‘Airbnb for sheikhs’: The first look inside the Shard’s £50m apartments that won’t sell
Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week
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Accessible Streets @accessiblestreets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🎉🎉SUCCESS🎉🎉 New pavement has been laid along here (bonus points for widening it!) which now means that people who use a wheelchair can cross this entrance way 🙌 #AccessibleStreets 🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦼🧑‍🦯
The whole pavement has been relaid and widened in parts. The road surface at the entrance way is now level with the pavementNew dropped kerbs have been installed which are flush with the road surface of the entrance way. The pavement either side of the entrance way has been relaid and widened in partsNew dropped kerbs have been installed which are flush with the road surface of the entrance way. The pavement either side of the entrance way has been relaid and widened in parts
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My dad spent a really long time in hospice care and it has radicalised me, insofar as I used to be very pro assisted dying policies, and now I think we can’t have a proper discussion about it until hospice care is a universal right
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