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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 06/05/2025

While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.

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UVA Tried To Shut Down Its Historical Tours Discussing Slavery. These Students Resisted.

A conservative alumni group took issue with the discussion of difficult parts of UVA’s history.

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/04/2025

SCOOP: FEMA employees tell WIRED that a rapid erosion of tools, external partnerships, and practices—as well as the looming threat of staffing cuts—is bad news for the country as it heads into the summer, and the official start of hurricane season.

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FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I’m on my third flight delay for #scms25, but at least I’m sleeping at home and not waking up at 3:30am now?

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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

They can't actually dismantle the ADA. Of course, like all everything else, they're doing it without going through Congress. Just mumbling and pointing to Trump's EO. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses

Multiple pages scrubbed from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website due to a Trump order

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Fascinating example of appropriating access tools to construct misinformation.

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The world is on fire, so who you gonna call? www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/call... A reminder that many of our emergency resources are actually hyperlocal in their funding and operation, meaning that they may not work seamlessly but they are available for our attention and direct activism.

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Call 9-1-1 - With Good Reason

The human obsession with growth has created a planetary emergency. Plus: The darling 9-1-1 is a hyperlocal network of dispatch centers.

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Republicans are going to harm kids who will be future American adults. We can build people up, which helps us all, or tear people down, which hurts us all. Republicans are tearing people down. "Attacks on disabled Americans and the policies we rely on lie at the core of so much of MAGA culture."

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

"How is it possible that so many people in power seem to have such stunted imaginations, so little curiosity for how to build this world to include more of us? I find this particularly repugnant when imagination and curiosity are some of the most defining traits of the very groups at risk."

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A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I've Known My Whole Life

Attorneys general from 17 states have argued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be declared unconstitutional

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025

It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The US Access Board--who creates and maintains access standards for buildings, telecom, transit, web, etc--has a legally-mandated annual meeting. Was supposed to be next week. Now "postponed" with no reason given and no reschedule date. www.access-board.gov/about/meetin...

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U.S. Access Board - Access Board Meetings

The U.S. Access Board is a federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards for ...

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Proud to announce I've joined the newly formed editorial collective of Communication, Culture & Critique. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and call on our colleagues to stand against Israeli apartheid and the effects of genocide in Gaza. doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...

A statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a statement of the Communication, Culture and Critique editorial collective, Jan. 17, 2025

ABSTRACT: Communication, Culture and Critique has been the leading venue for critical approaches to communication and media studies. This issue marks the first guided by a newly formed Editorial Collective, which seeks to rekindle the politically engaged scholarship epitomized by the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University in the 1970s, then under the leadership of Stuart Hall. As we assume our responsibility to guide this journal and impact our fields, we would be remiss to ignore the glaring epicenter of the prevailing global order’s efforts to reproduce itself: the State of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and its gradual expansion into the West Bank. As scholars of communication, media, culture, and technology, we cannot remain silent nor neutral in the face of livestreamed genocidal violence. We invite scholars of conscience to join us in calls for ceasefire and divestment against Israeli apartheid.

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We're wrapping up the week by spotlighting some fresh releases from NYUP! Leading the lineup is "Projecting Desire: Media Architectures and Moviegoing in Urban India" by @tupur.bsky.social, highlighting how multiplex cinemas have reshaped the dynamics of theater space and culture in New Delhi.

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Syllabus time! I'm updating a grad-level Histories of Media Technologies course, and would like 2-3 new readings on game history (ideally, showcasing a diversity of eras, nations, platforms, and/or identities). What's new? What's good?

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 17/12/2024

"Ableism isn’t just about disability. It’s connected to other forms of structural oppression and has always been," James Salanga says. "If newsrooms want to cover that seriously, they must begin analyzing ableism seriously — across journalism’s culture, history, and frames."

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Investing in the disability beat

"Using the right language isn’t the be-all and end-all of better disability reporting."

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/12/2024

I'm at @theverge.com today talking about digital decay, link rot, watching my work slowly being erased from the internet, and how it makes me feel like I am fading away.

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What happens when the internet disappears?

Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I've felt like getting really into zines lately, here's another good excuse to do so!

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accessible.design @assistivetech.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

"Around three out of every four PDF versions of scholarly papers are largely inaccessible to low-vision and blind readers, a study has found." "academic journals rarely provide information about accessibility for scientists with visual impairment" #accessibility #disability #science

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 02/12/2024

We made a zine! Artist Katie Drackert created a printable mini-magazine of our first year’s highlights! We wanted to bring The Sick Times offline and into coffee shops, art fairs, community centers, mask bloc distributions, and anywhere else our readers want to share our work. bit.ly/3AVNltG

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Special edition zine: One year of The Sick Times - The Sick Times

We made a zine! To celebrate our first anniversary, we commissioned artist Katie Drackert to create a printable mini-magazine of our first year’s highlights, as well as top Long COVID and COVID-19 res...

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This issue’s Spotlight introduces the Disability Caucus—origins, leadership, and goals for the future of @scmstudies.bsky.social

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Two years into the AI boom, it's imperative we understand the true power of "AGI"—as a narrative tool useful for winning investment, talent and headlines. My report for AI Now details how OpenAI used the story of a rising AI that will replace humans to replace the need for an actual business model.

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readywriting @readywriting.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

OK, here it is! My zine, Stop Surveilling Your Kids: A Privacy Manifesto is done and scanned and ready to share! drive.google.com/file/d/1sEJV...

A 50's style woman holding a smart phone with a speech bubble that reads in all-caps, Stop Surveilling Your Kids, and underneath it reads, A Privacy Manifesto.

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Essay about the distribution of expanded cinemas using rental archival records from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative?! Count me in! Look forward to reading Josh Guilford’s “Projection Instructions + the Distribution of Expanded Cinema” in new issue of jcmsjournal.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1353/cj.2...

Abstract of essay “Projection Instructions and the Distribution of Expanded Cinema” by Josh Guilford.

This article examines expanded cinema's relationship to distribution by analyzing the rental histories of early works of expanded cinema that are distributed through the Film-Makers' Cooperative (FMC) and which were designed to circulate with written projection instructions. The FMC's archival records demonstrate that projection instructions enabled these works to travel to a range of exhibition venues across the continental United States during expanded cinema's period of emergence. Examining these records reveals new aspects of expanded cinema's history, geography, and politics.

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Really excited about this great resource—available open access!—in the latest @jcmsjournal.bsky.social

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Mimi Khúc @slothprof.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

"Institutions of higher education see productivity as a sign of success and wellness, but that pressure to be productive is actively making students unwell... I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️

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We Need to Talk About Academic Unwellness

Student mental health is precious, and we should be working just as hard to protect our mental health as we work to protect our grades.

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Aswin Punathambekar @aswinp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Please spread the word, and do send us an abstract if you are reflecting on solidarity, worldmaking, media and communication infrastructures, and figures like Bruce Lee, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hello new followers and old! My disabled-led, disability-majority transcription and closed caption company @aat-transcribes.bsky.social is running a sale: Get 10% off all edited and quality controlled services booked by 2 Dec. Email us today for a quote & to book #EthicalAlternativeToAI

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thinking about the state of computing research and related fields at SCMS? The Media, Science & Technology SIG is now 10 years old--and I'll be talking about its past, present and future with Andrew Lison, @kylestine.bsky.social, @hzeavin.bsky.social, and @llamasjr.bsky.social in Chicago. #SCMS25

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just created a starter pack for feminist media studies folks! Let me know if you’d like to be added and feel free to share. 🌟 go.bsky.app/D4mY2um

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors. Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own. It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...

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How John Deere Robs Farmers of $4 Billion a Year

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found. www.propublica.org/article/segr...

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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...

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Amy Woolard @a-woo.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I'm going to talk just to Virginians here for a hot second, but this is far from the last time you'll hear me say this, & it's never too early to talk about it: The Va Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General & the entire Va. House of Delegates are all on the ballot in November 2025.

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I’m gathering a list of #OpenAccess or #freelyaccessible #Film, #Television, #ScreenStudies, #audiovisualmediastudies Publications, Editors and Advocates People at Bluesky. Please let me know if you’d like me to add you. go.bsky.app/NBipNnW

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I published my book 4 years ago at the end of the Trump administration ended. I keep thinking about this warning I included.

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Rumors and conspiracy theories are interfering with the Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina. We got the receipts @bloomberg.com. We also looked at what it alls means for disaster response going forward. (Here's a hint: Not good.) Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Misinformation Is Turning American Disasters Into Toxic Battlegrounds

Rumors and conspiracy theories interfered with recovery efforts in North Carolina. It wasn’t a one-off, experts say.

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Emergency response not only often offers too little in terms of resources for disabled people, it also routinely fails to communicate the specific info that disabled folks need in advance through alerts and warnings.

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JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies @jcmsjournal.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

JCMS is on Bluesky! We're expanding our social media presence to bring more info and updates to the media studies community. Stay tuned 📻📺📽️💻🎮

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Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Black cat energy is all about total dominion.

Rex, a black cat with yellow eyes and white whiskers, looks at the camera accusingly while he snuggles in a cardboard box.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Inclusion of disabled people in education is one of the great triumphs, even if it’s partial and contested form, of modern education. And a certain kind of academic despises this advance.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

The “conservative group” in question is called, by their own choice, and I couldn’t make this up, the “Legal Insurrection Foundation”

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Ha, no worries. So what you want is to identify what is important about the image, what you’re trying to convey. Write that first, then any aesthetic modifiers, then wider context. I’ll do a simple example with this picture of my dog.

A black and white spotted dog [subject] lies despondently [aesthetic] across the photographer’s gray blanketed lap [context].

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