Reposted by Cat MacCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Happy Wran's Day! The Wren, or Lá An Dreoilín, is still strong in parts of Ireland (notably Kerry), with elements entwined with nature and the pagan roots of this time of year. "Up with the kettle And down with the pan Give us a penny to bury the wran" Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/... 522870
Reposted by Cat MacBold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law 18912352
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Somewhat surreal to be quoted in the New York Times coverage of our show. Although I must say, we do look a little broader than just disability and the built environment ;) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/a...nytimes.comA Museum Show About Disability Asks: ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ 022
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Sudden influx of targeted ads for ‘Astrocartography’ what where why ?! 011
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Rewatching the Matt Smith finales has me in instant feels the way it’s been lacking for the recent ones because I actually care about the characters. I miss these arcs and development! I don’t mind not having classic Easter eggs and big budgets! ❤️❤️ 🟦 100
Reposted by Cat MacLouise Hickman @louhicky.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I'm giving a new talk on *"Subtitles on Fire"* at the V&A for the Design and Disability show. Featuring a screening of *Captioning and Captioning* — celebrating all things crip authorship with @maramills.bsky.social and Rebecca Sanchez #DesignAndDisability www.vam.ac.uk/event/135rMr...vam.ac.ukCrip Authorship: Disability as a Method for Creativity - Special event at V&A South Kensington · V&AAn afternoon of talks, a screening, and a workshop exploring disability, authorship, and access. 01713
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Thank you @lucywebster.bsky.social We are so proud of our show and so excited for everyone to visit! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comDesign and Disability review – ‘A world-shaping, boundary-breaking joy of a show’From self-tightening shoes to an all-purpose hands-free vibrator, this superb exhibition demonstrates that disability-led culture and design is about so much more than ramps 030
Reposted by Cat MacDarya Noghani (Small Saga now on the Switch!) @sketchylogic.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Using this as a creative writing exercise where, to maximally waste the reader's time, I start with a plausible-sounding story and descend into chaos. 16218
Reposted by Cat MacArthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 24/05/2025There is no separating the art from the artist. If you buy Harry Potter shit, you are funding transphobic campaigning. It’s that simple. 10912406
Reposted by Cat MacArthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Today’s episode of Doctor Who, my god. Juno Dawson, you’ve done it again. 1634
Reposted by Cat MacKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up? A former “friend” explained it ti me & showed me how entrenched ableism is 🧵 12348109
Reposted by Cat MacArthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 26/04/2025A friend who was out as a gay man during Section 28 was telling me the advice he used to give to straight allies asking how they could help back then: stand in solidarity with us so that some of the shit they’re throwing at us sticks to you. If you’re clean, you’re not standing close enough. 2798235
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 03/04/2025If I got £1 every time I was inconvenienced by the king blocking the back road to the museum I’d have £2. Which isn’t much but it’s funny it’s happened twice. 010
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Flow is lovely and wonderful but I feel bad for the crying children 010
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The masterstroke of Adolescence is the one-shot, giving a feeling comparable to being in a piece of promenade theatre. Stunning performances. I’ll be thinking about this for a while. 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Wheel of Time is so sumptuous and it’s making me want to read the books but that is a _commitment_ 030
Reposted by Cat MacSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 14/03/2025Way too many people On Here are using the r slur and it's pissing me off. It doesn't make you edgy. It doesn't make you cool. It makes you a shitty person. Shit posting doesn't include slurs. If you use slurs, I will block you. Slurs hurt people. 261057246
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The tickets for our exhibition are now on sale. Come and enjoy our vibrant defiant show! Opens 7th June. www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...vam.ac.ukDesign and Disability - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&AShowcasing the radical contributors of disabled, Deaf, and neurodiverse people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now 042
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 15/02/2025And all hail The People’s Joker by @veradrew22.bsky.social 🃏💜 020
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is an incredible film. Had me at the first “Marleeeene” 010
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Impactful night of poetry last night at the British Museum curated by Raymond Antrobus, in response to the Hew Locke exhibition. Wanted to share the poets here so folks can check them out! ▫️PA Bitez ▫️Kareem Parkins Brown ▫️Francis-Xavier Mukiibi ▫️Courtney Conrad ▫️Mr Gee 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Petition! Head to the PCC website for more info, but in essence it’s a landlord doing what landlords do. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital... 011
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025If, like me, you were annoyed by who won the Traitors, you too can donate to the charity the person who didn’t win was fundraising for 👇🏻 secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb?_ga=2....secure.mencap.org.ukDonate to MencapYour online donation will help us provide care and support for people with a learning disability and their families 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Nice! Yes our only Burns moment was the address so just a nod really! 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race! Palestinian poetry to accompany our celebration of the bard. Happy Burns Night 🥃🏴📖 120
Reposted by Cat MacBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 24/01/2025You're right, you're not your ancestors, because your ancestors wouldn't be making excuses for this bullshit. 171360185
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Omg nooo a typo in the middle. Can how? How can! Oh well. A lesson in slowing down. 010
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Following on from this, can how can museums operate through the lens of Crip Time? 100
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Finally got around to finishing Laura Raicovich’s Culture Strike from 2021. Struck by nearly every word, but especially resonant with me at this time of spinning plates and competing deadlines was this passage. 100
Reposted by Cat MacMuseum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Why not spend a bit of time today working on your application to join our crew in 2025 Deadline 7.02.25 All jobs at flat equitable pay £34,800 or equivalent Never a dull day Work in a park Fight for justice with Well stocked biscuit tins & therapy budget museumofhomelessness.org/news/mohjobsmuseumofhomelessness.orgWe’re recruiting! — Museum of HomelessnessJobs and freelance contracts for 2025 at Museum of Homelessness 0208
Reposted by Cat MacChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11/01/2025If sign language interpreters bother you, I have an easy solution, it’s called “shut the fuck up” If trans people existing bothers you, I have an easy solution, it’s called “shut the fuck up” If gay people getting married bothers you, I have an easy solution, it’s called “shut the fuck up” 563926964
Reposted by Cat MacKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/01/2025I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️ 317318629158
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 21/12/2024A calm Yule to all, happy solstice. A time for light, and cleaning. 030
Reposted by Cat MacTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024"Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?" 7376127
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 15/12/2024This is very bougie but the rage induced by just trying to login to the English Heritage website is second to none. 020
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Anyway. Always happy to talk careers with folks. My road was weird and winding and full of coincidence and happenstance. There is no one path or simple answer which I know is annoying but the nuance and complexity of backgrounds in my colleagues is what makes them amazing. 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Don’t do something just because you think it’s the right course or route for employment. Everything is precarious, I haven’t seen many permanent roles at all lately. So use your time doing what you love and nourish your soul, have great experiences. 100
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 14/12/20241. It’s hard to be disabled and have a career. 2. You should do the creative thing because when you’re in work you won’t have the time or the energy. 3. Most of what I know I learned on the job. 4. If you can organise an event you can probably organise an exhibition, it’s just a matter of scale. 000
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I’ve helped out at a few careers insights things over the years, but I’ve always felt the need to give the advice I think I “ought to” or am “supposed to” alongside my honest thoughts. Last night I was at a speed mentoring event, and it just clicked that no, tell them everything, so I did. 200
Cat Mac @musebloom.bsky.social · 14/12/2024My partner has. They’ve had a decent experience, getting results and it’s relatively cheap! The staff can be a little inconsistent so you might get a different person every time is the only thing. 010