New update! I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Victoria. I think & write about disability technologies & medical/scientific authority. Latest book: Echoes of Care (‪@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social‬) www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

Eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours for what you will. Happy May Day.

I would add that they don't actually understand that HE is an industry, that it can actually collapse, that academic jobs are real jobs, that actual people will be unemployed, and will struggle to find alternative employment. That a shuttered uni takes down a city the same as a shuttered factory

Just thinking of all the people I’ve seen targeted by Alabama legislators over the years — undocumented immigrants, transgender Alabamians and their families — who still walked into the Statehouse, looked lawmakers in the face and told them they were wrong.

Dear scholars, scientists, doctors and advocates - we need your voices and expertise more than ever. If there was ever a time to bring the Ivory Tower right into the middle of the Public Square, it's now.

There has been so much devastation, but for my communities this is especially devastating. I cannot overstate how much we owe to the Office of Digital Humanities & the incredible people who have worked there. The work won’t end, but it will be severely curtailed

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving. Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.

I don’t understand how we so quickly forgot the supply shock lessons of Covid. Do people not remember what it was like to just not be able to get ahold of stuff required for daily existence? I am telling you, manufacturers that can’t absorb these tariffs are going to simply stop assembly lines.

This! Research shows that protests 1) raise awareness, 2) empower people (especially the disadvantaged), and 3) exert pressure on elites. Anyone saying they don’t work is unfamiliar with the research and the history of movement building.

“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.” wapo.st/4jdXL8m

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

Absolutely tired of the psychodrama of one country being the problem of the entire planet.

My sweet, precious Bennie boy, my little deafie shadow...always in my arms. I miss you.

We lost our sweet Ben. There are no words to express our heartbreak.

We lost our sweet Ben. There are no words to express our heartbreak.

any author who gets on the side of “libgen is bad” goes on my “i will pirate you even when i have a job” list

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Welcome, sharktopus overlords!

"Americans are often very well aware of activists such as Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony, yet one of the most influential and outspoken activists in the last 150 years is largely relegated to being remembered as a ‘miracle’, and recently even as a hoax."

Uses the word "proudly" in the first sentence. Says it is the "first arrest of many to come" in the second sentence. If you think this ends with "Hamas Students" you are not paying attention

Nice to meet you. I write about the Deaf Church in Norway during WWII. The minister for the deaf was high up in the resistance and some teachers were in the resistance.

Finally able to introduce myself properly to @bsky.app ! Hi all, I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Delaware. I think & write about disability technologies, disabled perspectives, and medical/scientific authority. Hearing aids are my niche topic

Clearly. Same with Seffy.

Lizzie climbed on my lap, forcing me to put my laptop down. Clearly this means no work is allowed, only cuddles.

I got the flu shot in October but the virus circulating now (in northern DE) is a nasty one. Experiencing the worst case of flu in years, 4 days and counting. Be careful out there.

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Folks who have joint issues / frozen shoulder: what bags are you carrying to work? I can't do backpacks (worsens my hip pain) and it's annoying carrying a briefcase in my hand all the time.

From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

Another #book to add to my reading list. Excited to see more #disabled #history being published! #BookSky

I'm a proud member of the hearing impaired unit all through schooling, despite the questionable name, it was a kinship system that mended hearing aids to learning BSL. Looking forward to reading Echoes of Care.

From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

Echoes of Care by Jaipreet Virdi chronicles the historical shift that created complicated interdependences between medical intervention, language, and education to shape deaf people’s experiences in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. Out now! https://buff.ly/3WAD1yu

How to be Disabled in a Pandemic is a collective research effort (w/ @harriskornstein.bsky.social among many others) to document ableism & disability activism in NYC during the first 4 years of COVID-19. Out next month from @nyupress.bsky.social -- a surprise of advance copies in yesterday's mail:

Every morning she brings Lamb from the bedroom, gives me this look, asking for help to carry Lamb to the sofa.

Every morning she brings Lamb from the bedroom, gives me this look, asking for help to carry Lamb to the sofa.

Oh yes I wanna learn more!

My Dad was caught in the last big outbreak in the UK. His childhood was horrendous, and though he has a lived a full life he has gone through a lot of unnecessary suffering. He wore a caliper until he was in his 40s, developed spinal problems due to the asymmetry of his body. /1

Watched the new movie MARIA on Netflix. It's beautifully done -- highly recommend if you're browsing for something to watch tonight !

Gonna say it LOUD: it's ableist if you can't provide paper menus at a restaurant. Fine, have the app and QR code...but you're telling me you can't print a copy of the menu for people who ask for printed one?