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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 07/09/2025

The space nerd is still strong in me 🌙 ✨ The September 2025 lunar eclipse from Exeter, UK

The lunar eclipse. A crescent moon which is coloured red.

Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 11/05/2025

An early morning walk with the dog led me past the fire in Exeter city centre. Thankfully it was under control pretty quickly, no one was hurt and it didn't make it to St Nicholas Priory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Plume of black smoke coming from behind a church

Firemen watching flames down an alley way.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 08/01/2025

The wettest sloppiest sloshy slappin footsteps you've ever freakin heard 👾 4/5 viewers aged 18-25 yrs use subtitles/closed captions. It helps when distractions & devices compete for attention 📱💻 Stranger Things did this well, understanding audience & context. The Media Act 2024 will give us more

Screenshot of the series Stranger Things. It shows a scary looking monster with lots of tentacles. The closed captions read - The wettest sloppiest sloshy slappin footsteps you've ever freakin heard.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 15/12/2024

Well the 4th verse of 'We three Kings of Orient are' takes a dark turn. Sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb. Great Nativity at Exeter Cathedral though 🌟🦙

Programme showing 4th verse of 'We three kings of orient are'. Which goes as.....

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
O star of wonder....

Printed programme with Exeter Cathedral, the Exeter Nativity, Sunday 15th December 2024, 4pm. Nativity play with carols.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 02/12/2024

It's that time of year when RNID people from across the country travel to meet up for our charity summit. Even as a fully remote org we value meeting up 3 times a year. We're going to share, learn and celebrate....and wear our Christmas jumpers! 🎅🎄

Photo is looking along a train line at a train station. There are people waiting for the imminent arrival of a train. The sky has dark clouds and there is a rainbow spread across the sky.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 21/11/2024

It finally reached down here in Exeter. Snow down by Exeter Quay EX2 8/10 #uksnow

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 20/11/2024

Imagine climbing Mount Everest 🏔️ Now imagine doing it as a deaf mountaineer 🤯 Michael Woods highlights the difficulties of navigation when needing to sign in British Sign Language during foggy conditions or using a headlamp. Shaping Tomorrow Ep 3 is exceptionally inspiring youtu.be/DNT9I1V56Cs

A number of people using ropes to climb up the side of a snowy mountain.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 19/11/2024

Getting lots of photos of snow from my team across the country. This is Exeter.

View out of a window. The outside is blurry and lots of rain is seen on the glass.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 18/11/2024

Start the week the right way. Want to make online meetings more accessible and inclusive for those of us who are deaf or have hearing loss? Here's something to help. Mute when not speaking and only one person speaking at a time are the biggies. More tips here 👇 rnid.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Deaf awareness tips from RNID. They are listed in different groups. Full version is available at the link.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 16/11/2024

A lovely event under the yew trees. A winter festival just as the cold weather comes

Woman making bubbles while children try and catch rhem

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 14/11/2024

Something nice for a Thursday evening. Dame Evelyn Glennie improvising on the Amadinda 🎵🎶

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 14/11/2024

“It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging." Using technology to make sport more accessible and inclusive. Award winning work by Sela, CuteCircuit, and RNID that makes a difference 🏆 www.thedrum.com/news/2024/11...

Scene of Newcastle United fans celebrating in a crowd. The words 'unsilence the crowd' are shown in front.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 13/11/2024

Statement from the President- elect. Not unexpected, but 'one or two' conflicts of interest there I'd say. On a similar note, Winter is coming ❄️

"Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said in a statement

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 10/11/2024

People: Children's plays need to be more accessible English Touring Opera: Hold my apple juice (When touring the country doing opera in theatres the ETO also put on musicals for children in local libraries with captions and British Sign Language) #accessibility

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 06/11/2024

For those who need cat photos today. Here's my cat dressed for Halloween in 2016

Black cat wearing combed off hair on their head like Donald Trump haircut.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 31/10/2024

According to a train company I live in the spookiest place in the country. Not going to ask how they determined that 👻🎃 #exeter www.lner.co.uk/news/lner-re...

Photo of old building on cathedral cloae

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 27/09/2024

Go to the south of France in September they said. It'll be lovely they said

Picture of a woman walking on a rainy beach with a child on their shoulders. There is a bolt of lightning in the background

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 12/09/2024

📢 Aurora Borealis Alert !! 💫 The Northern Lights will be visible across the UK tonight! Lots of clear skies as well. Get out there & take that rubbish photo with your phone

Map showing where the aurora borealis can be seen. It is red over parts of the UK.

Chart showing an extreme spike in solar activity and that the aurora is very likely tonight.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 10/09/2024

Great for a geo-nerd like me. Brought to you courtesy of the glaciers, rock formations and deltas in USA, Iceland, Argentina, Italy and New Zealand.

Satellite images where the natural geography spells out the word T E R R Y

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 06/09/2024

Solar activity is the strongest for 23 years. This means continuing increased chance of seeing the Northern Lights for the foreseeable future. Every night could be an Aurora Borealis night.....if the rain ever stops! 🌧️☔

Graph showing increase in solar activity from 2012 to 2024

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 02/09/2024

Fact: More than 30% of men are too embarrassed to wear a hearing aid. Chris Packham (fellow Menieres sufferer) on the BBC One Show earlier talking about the perceived stigma of wearing hearing aids. Vanity certainly kept me in silence for many years #deafness #inclusion

A screenshot of Chris Packham with the subtitles "in the early 1990s I began to suffer from a condition known..."

A screenshot of Chris Packham's ear, with the subtitles "as Menieres syndrome which led to a loss of hearing"

A screenshot of Chris Packham with the subtitles "But over 30% of men say they are too embarrassed to wear a hearing aid"

A screenshot of Chris Packham with the subtitles "But I don't take my hearing for granted".

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 30/08/2024

A dedicated special zone for the deaf community and Chris Martin signing the first part of 'Something Just Like This'. Whether you like them or not, Coldplay have to be lauded for their inclusivity. Can't imagine the Gallagher brothers doing this.

Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, on stage with an alien head on. He is signing the words to the song. Croke Park, Dublin.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 26/08/2024

Not much excitement here from this scuffy lurcher on #internationaldogday

A shaggy beige lurcher lies asleep on a sofa.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 24/08/2024

The squirrel and the pigeon 🐿️🐦

A squirrel meeting a wood pigeon on a telegraph pole.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 22/08/2024

Tree of the Year? There for it www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...

Skipinnish Oak in Achnacarry, Highlands. Image shows a large tree looming through the wood

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 19/08/2024

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Welsh poet and deaf community activist Dorothy Miles, who is widely considered to be a pioneer of British Sign Language (BSL) poetry🧏‍♀️ 5 of her poems can be seen here www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/dot-mi...

Image with the words 'Google' surrounded by flowers. There is a butterfly in the air. There is the top half of a woman behind the word Google.

Image showing initial sketches of the Google Doodle

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 16/08/2024

Says Cornish writer for Cornish news site That's not how we do it in Devon

Screenshot of Cornwall live website showing headline of 'cornwall has emerged victorious in the scone wars'.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 15/08/2024

For those in need of a cat photo today. Here's Bill Clinton's cat (Socks) in 1992.

5 photographers crowd around a cat which sits on a sidewalk.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 13/08/2024

Team meeting yesterday and talked about kids TV shows from 80/90s. The Round the Twist episode with the scarecrow ! 👨🏻‍🌾🌾🧟 How was this a kid's show? How are we not in therapy? youtu.be/5P5D9enYUpo

Scarecrow sticking out their tongue in a strange and weird way

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 10/08/2024

Twitter/X deactivated Not been on it since December Easier than I thought it would be

Screenshot of deactivation screen from Twitter.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 09/08/2024

❓How to spot a fake/spam text The EVRI team would never wish me a wonderful day 🤔

Screenshot of a text with the following message: During transportation, the EVRI mail package was unable to be delivered due to damage to the outer packaging and loss of address information. Please update the delivery address information in the link within 24 hours, and we will deliver to you again.
The EVRI team wishes you a wonderful day!

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 11/04/2024

Now this is really cool 😎 On Saturday haptic shirts will allow deaf fans at the Newcastle United vs Spurs match to feel the atmosphere of the crowd. I'm also excited to see the sponsorship of the Newcastle United kit, even as a Spurs fan! ⚽🏟️ #inclusion #accessibility rnid.org.uk/2024/04/rnid...

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 05/03/2024

Love the photo. Reminds me of this recent one from President Higgins at the Áras an Uachtaráin stables

Photo of President Higgins appearing very small next to a horse.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 05/03/2024

Meanwhile.......over in the other place we ask the question of when Spring actually starts #inclusion #a11y #deaf

Screenshot from Twitter/X showing the RNID response to a press conference from the Government but not having a BSL interpreter present.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 01/03/2024

To those who say you can't collaborate remotely. To those who say you need to physically be together. My fully remote team has got synchronous and asynchronous collaboration & workshopping perfected 😊💪

Screenshot showing Miro board with post it notes all over.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 23/02/2024

My alma mater, the V&A museum, is recruiting a number of superfan advisors on topics including Taylor Swift, Crocs & Emojis. Controversial, but IMO it's a great idea to help make collections more relevant & accessible. Sure they could have got people to do it for free though. Especially Swifties 🎶

Screenshot of advertisement page from V&A showing the jobs

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 08/02/2024

Just spent 2 hours at Ivybridge library with the amazing RNID volunteers watching them give people advice and doing hearing checks using the tech we've just rolled out. A 3 minute check that will literally change some people's lives.

Display board showing information about RNID

Sign stating 3 minute hearing check available

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 04/02/2024

Choral Evensong in Exeter cathedral under the imposing presence of Mars, the Bringer of War. All feels very pertinent

View down the inside of Exeter cathedral with a large globe of mars hanging from the roof.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 29/01/2024

In the window of a coffee shop in Clerkenwell saw a poster for the @rnib.bsky.social Pavement Code. A really clever way of making small, but important, change

Front of RNIB pavement code poster. Stuck onto coffee shop window.

Back of RNIB pavement code poster. Stuck onto coffee shop window.

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 28/01/2024

Juggling a toddler between us and doing matinee and evening performances managed to see My Neighbour Tororo at the Barbican this weekend. Absolutely incredible and mesmerising. So glad we made it the second time around

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 17/01/2024

Amazing ice formations on the river Exe earlier this morning. Isobars or map contours?

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 13/01/2024

Guilty pleasure -> Love a bit of Gladiators. Maybe I'm just noticing it more now but they have the first ever deaf gladiator. Jodie Ounsley (aka Fury) was the first deaf woman to play for England’s Rugby Sevens & is a former British jiu-jitsu champion. Just your usual then 😉💪

Fury (Jodie Ounsley) being interviewed on Gladiators

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 11/01/2024

On my way back from a 2 day residential thingy meeting the other senior leaders at RNID. It's so amazing to be joining such a high performing team. We're spread across the whole country, but working remotely doesn't mean you never physically see anyone

View of Taunton train station as train passes through

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 09/01/2024

I wonder how often the weighing scales spread across UK train stations are actually used? This one looks untouched for years. Perhaps there are other reasons for them being there. Hmmmmmmmm

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 07/01/2024

Interesting cloud formations in Devon just now. Despite having previously worked at the Met Office I've no idea what type they are

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 05/12/2023

I'm not sure you do Ticketmaster. I'm not sure you do. 627 'partners'.

Screenshot showing that Ticketmaster share data with 627 partners

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Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com · 01/12/2023

Early morning to try and see the North Lights. The Aurora Borealis is not gracing us down in Devon and Somerset at the moment. The view from the Blackdown hills was amazing though. And I saw a badger, which was pretty cool

View from the Blackdown hills looking north

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