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Steph Driver

@stephdriver.bsky.social
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Personal profile. A11y specialist working on Janeway at the OLH. #Knitter #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #IAmWriting with guest posts from #AssistanceDog Archer 🦮 was @driver_steph on the other.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 29/09/2026
As a non-fan, this is a fantastic bit of explanation. Hoo-boy. This is one spicy meatball right here.
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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
About 30,000 autistic ppl in the UK have Type 2 Diabetes, aren't on insulin, & use wearable monitors (CGMs). These save lives for those who don't spot low-sugar events / can't cope with endless painful finger prick tests each day etc. The NHS has removed funding. Now, have to pay ~ £1500/yr. /
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
UKRI using AI to triage grant proposals is deeply, deeply insulting. What an enormous lack of respect for the huge amount of work that goes into writing a grant
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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New cartoon: The RNLI
Cartoon titled “The RNLI: Some of the people they help,” showing six scenarios involving people rescued by the RNLI. Including a man caught by the tide, a YouTuber swimming without preparation, a middle-lane driver, a neighbour with different political opinions, a superyacht owner who forgot to refuel, and people crossing the Channel in a small boat. The final caption reads, “All human beings – all deserve saving.”
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As a counterpoint to nomative determinism, I cannot get a driving license. Cycling was my freedom to move faster than walking pace. Then an injury began to take away my ability to walk and it became what stood between me and being house-bound. We need more reseach on non-driving cyclists!
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
E-bikes give low-vision, disabled, and non-driving people the freedom cars can't. But new laws are cropping up requiring a driver's license to ride an e-bike. Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not an Option, on the importance of accessible e-mobility: buff.ly/wqd0lMf @nondriver.bsky.social
When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency by Anna Zivarts. Foreword by Dani Simons. Island Press.
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Equality Act 2010 requires service providers, including the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy to make reasonable adjustments. By refusing to consider relaxing the 100-hour placement rule, the BACP is failing to ensure fair access Please sign and share tinyurl.com/2zj2k9x7
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Amend the BACP's 100 Placement Hours Rule to Accommodate Disabled Students
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TandemKate @tandemkate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hooboy. It’s that time of year where year 13 students need to start applying for courses or jobs. My 2p-worth of experience for anyone that age or their families: Degree apprenticeships! TL:DR - not like applying for degrees…
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Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's all set out quite nicely here, Martin. I think Cycling UK are concerned that the ban could spread to other (or all!) parts of the rail network. Hopefully there is a sensible way forward www.cyclinguk.org/news/cycling...
cyclinguk.org
Cycling UK to challenge Merseyrail e-bike ban
Merseyrail recently announced that it would ban electric bikes from its entire network – a move that will have a devastating impact on e-bike users. Supported by the Cyclists’ Defence Fund, we are set...
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Decision to order level boarding trains is ‘massive victory’ for disabled campaigners #LevelBoarding www.disabilitynewsservice.com/decision-to-...
disabilitynewsservice.com
Decision to order level boarding trains is ‘massive victory’ for disabled campaigners
Disabled campaigners say the government’s decision to lease 29 battery-electric trains that will allow level boarding for disabled passengers at stations across the north of England is a “massive v…
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today I’m at the @rnib.bsky.social for the Accessible Publishing Conference. Making my list of people here to buttonhole to talk technicals with a view to Janeway accessibility and enjoying a fascinating discussion on dyslexia friendly books.
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can they even do that unilaterally? It looks far more complicated on the government website. www.gov.uk/derecognise-...
gov.uk
Derecognise a union
How to apply for a union to be derecognised when an employer or a worker wants union to stop negotiating
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looking beautiful #Wivenhoe
Photo near sunset, along a wide pedestrian path between river and houses with a jogger running in the twilight.Photo along an estuary at lowish tide, sailing boats along the edge if the deeper water channel have just got wet, but are a long way from floating. The water is completely calm, reflecting the delicate masts all in a line.
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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Open Journals Collective's Executive Director Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Research Professional about our $711,900 grant from the Gates Foundation! You can read more at: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
researchprofessionalnews.com
Gates cash ‘vote of confidence’ for diamond open access initiative - Research Professional News
Open Journals Collective receives over £500,000 to accelerate shift towards alternative scholarly publishing
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There really should be fines for this. @colchestercycling.bsky.social
Photo showing dott bike parked in the middle of the pavement, with far too little room to pass on either side.
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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Spotted on an afternoon walk. Reader, I waited till I got home to have a pee.
This is a photograph of an office doorway. It's down a few steps off of a reasonably busy street. It's a blue door with a big glass panel, and there's some text printed on the glass which reads: "By urinating here, you irrevocably consent to being filmed, recorded, and, without further notice, published on smalldicks.com."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60th anniversary to the brilliant universe of Star Trek, and all who made it possible. Live long and prosper. 🖖
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We don't use billionaire donors. We're powered by you. We can win in Holborn & St Pancras. But only with your help! 👇🏽
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Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
MAJOR NEWS! @ojcollective.bsky.social has been awarded $711,900 by the Gates Foundation to grow support infrastructure for community-governed journals! So pleased to share this news: it'll help nearly 300 journals in 2026 and brings OJC's fundraising total to £1,974,355 so far this year. #openaccess
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 31/08/2026
[I am currently on a social media break and in hospital. I am still posting about health and/or things I have written.] My thoughts on (not) using AI detectors. eve.gd/2026/08/31/o...
eve.gd
On (not) using AI detectors
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Disability IN-CLUSIVE sustainable & active travel -- Exeter @in-clusive.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Good!
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Tom Staniford @tomstaniford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton. By all accounts one of the very good ones.
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Lovely day out on the South Bank.
Wide angle photo along the Thames with Houses of Parliament in the background.Photo of underside of the London Eye with River Boat pontoon and Houses of Parliament in the background.Photo of Millennium Bridge leading to St Paul’s Cathedral. Photo of three red London buses going over the bridge to Parliament.
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You have to love the Quakers; they’ve stood by the trans community for many years. Their main spaces are inclusive, with some minimal, legally compliant, outlying provision for bigots somewhere else. And you’re going to see this more and more from SPs. Hey, GCs, you got exactly what you asked for.
These include respecting the dignity and lived experience of every person, ensuring compliance with the Equality Act, protecting disabled people's access to accessible facilities, and maintaining robust approaches to tackling harassment or discrimination.
The policy also states that Quakers will not require trans, non-binary or intersex people to disclose or prove their status in circumstances where such evidence is not demanded of others.
Under the arrangements confirmed by trustees, toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience.
Similarly, facilities labelled with a 'male' sign remain available to cisgender men, trans men, and others for whom those facilities best align with
neveo experence
Self-contained single sex facilities, available to all users, are also available across the estate for anyone who is not comfortable in a trans-inclusive segregated space.
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I recommend the daily art game Anthropeum, but if you play it regularly you may want to watch out for my giving away answers once I've played it. I won't make any posts from the game until after noon so people will have a chance to take it without my help. Anthropeum.com
anthropeum.com
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I am happy to announce that I have become a patron of @transactualuk.bsky.social
ROBIN INCE
is the first-ever patron
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Personal Independence Payments should be available to all who genuinely need them... Please consider signing, my friends. Thanks! the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
the.organise.network
Stop PIP reform being decided by budget, not need
Add your name:
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Norwich Cycling Campaign @norwichcycling.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Barriers have now been removed from all eight earmarked locations on the city's Pedalways cycle network, including here on Marston Lane on the Purple Pedalway. All places where the gap has been increased to at least 1.5m to allow non-standard bikes such as cargo bikes to use the network.
Two bollards across a cycle path. There is a wide gap either side.A farm gate across a cycle path. There is a narrow gap on one side.
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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 15/08/2026
I signed because I agree a public inquiry is needed. No just because of the media coverage but because of the lack of institutional duty of care too. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
First attempt to get to London with my new wheelchair+triride. Had a great visit to the Science Museum for #StarTrek60 And a pretty smooth journey, other than the extra miles of rolling to divert around inaccessible stations.
Photo of display of Star Trek delta badges. Wideangle photo showing my knees,  front of triride, Assistance Dog Archer and in the background, Data’s model head from Star Trek TNG.Back n white photo of prop model of the Enterprise.Photo of Triride on the Elizabeth Line
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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public". So I've been backing up all government code. For six years. Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised. github.com/uk-gov-mirro...
Deleted UK Government code repositories

Total deleted repositories: 1526
Organisations affected: 56

See RECENTLY_DELETED.md for the most recently deleted repositories.

Organisation	Deleted Repos	% Deleted
hmrc	195	9.8%
nhsdigital	169	33.8%
SkillsFundingAgency	154	22.7%
informatics-lab	154	100.0%
UKHomeOffice	101	7.5%
ministryofjustice	74	2.8%
ONSdigital	66	4.3%
moj-analytical-services	65	75.6%
ukwa	47	46.1%
dwp	46	6.7%
UKGovernmentBEIS	43	27.4%
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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I love this, by Pete Wharmby, who gives an analogy that may help us understand Uta Frith's apparent argument that it's not autism if it's not 'severe', because we only identified the 'severe' people a long time ago when she first trained. Therefore that's autism and nothing else is. 🤔
An illustration by Pete Wharmby.
In one corner, some chips ('fries') and in the other, a piece of cheese.

"Imagine that when we first found out about cheese, it was a big plate of chips.  A doctor comes along and says, oooh look, these chips have something on them.  I'll call it cheese.
Then someone sees some cheese on its own, or in a sandwich, or a lovely jacket potato.  They say ooh, look, here's some cheese too.
The doctor is unconvinced.  No, they say.  This is not cheese, for it is not on any chips.  This must be something else, and it has no similarity to the cheese on the cheesy chips over here.
Cheese keeps being found all over the place, but no, the doctor says.  None of this is cheese...you are broadening the concept of cheese too far, it will be meaningless.

This is a metaphor for Uta Frith's argument"
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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 08/08/2026
One typeface chosen for legibility, five accents held at near-uniform lightness, and body text that never fades. The visual language of this collection is itself an argument about access — so here it is, with its numbers and its receipts. starstuff.earth/design
starstuff.earth
The Star Stuff Design System
One typeface chosen for legibility, five accents held at near-uniform lightness, and body text at 18.84:1 — a design system that reads its own values as an argument about access.
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/s/zDwUWi
notinourname.org.uk
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Have cycle, will travel! Off to the seaside for the afternoon. Planning to hand-cycle along the sea-front and admire the wind-farms. #MyCycleMyMobilityAid
photo from inside of train, showing dog lying down between my feet, with wheelchair and hand-cycle add-on in background.
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Holly Casio @hollycasio.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s really starting to grind me down
The Barney/Moe’s Tavern meme

“Default AI features” Barney being kicked out
“Finding how to turn it all off in the settings” -satisfied Moe

Third panel Barney coming in behind “software update”
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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 24/07/2026
We're delighted to announce that the Science Museum Group Journal is joining OLH! 🎉 The journal brings together research and practice on science museums, science communication, curatorial work, archives, and the history and presentation of science. Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/974/
openlibhums.org
OLH partners with the UK's leading group of science museums
We’re delighted to announce that the Science Museum Group Journal will join OLH in Autumn 2026. This engaging publication is the official journal for the five national UK museums in …
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"I know what a pain Andys can be..."
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Fairy @lafeeverte.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is fucking hilarious
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/07… Solar boss reckons challenges are regulatory, not technological
theregister.com
Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains
Solar boss reckons challenges are regulatory, not technological
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 08/07/2026
"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...
bangordailynews.com
These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech
Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If only there’d been some sort of clue…
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 23/06/2026
I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo
Kurt Vonnegut's asshole drawingAnthropic's Claude logo
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 19/06/2026
We were delighted to welcome Cllr Laura Sessions (Active Travel Lead at Lewisham Council) at our Ladywell Inclusive Cycling Hub. She got to try out one of our Side-by-Side tandems and chat with our participants about the joy they experience when accessing the right cycle and the right support.
The photo depicts Councillor Laura Sessions, a white lady with blond hair, cycling on a red, side-by-side handcycle in the carpark at  Ladywell Day Centre alongside Kenneth, one of our instructors. They are both smiling broadly. In the background, you can see the blurred image of several others on tricycles.
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