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Writing a gothic horror for the True Crime podcasting era
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RNIB
5 days ago
Okay, so this year's John Lewis Christmas ad featured beautiful audio description for blind and partially sighted people. And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from
@bagpuss.org
deserves the same treatment. Enjoy?
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I left Twitter a year ago and it's been really nice. My brain is different now
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RNIB
5 days ago
For this thread only, the B in RNIB stands for beavers.
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I don't know if there is an oldest selfie from your phone thing going around but I'm delighted that the oldest selfie in my photos is this, from March 2011. Posing with my poor injured dog and proving once and for all that MySpace is a mindset not a website
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RSPB
11 days ago
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪
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RNIB
11 days ago
Images without alt text 😱
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Rubbish post but does anyone know what this is? A pokemon?? I need it for a work thing and REFUSE to use AI
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weeder
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Early humans were online an hour, maybe two hours, per day
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Perhaps you'd judge these folk for putting their Christmas decs up before Halloween. But I'll follow up with the final result in a few weeks and I promise you will *understand*
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Rick Boo-rin
20 days ago
I am actually glad as a taxpayer to pay for Prince Andrew’s accommodation so long as it’s a prison
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Ran out of tissues so wiped my nose with a soft cloth - thought: "wow! This works just as well and is so much more sustainable! I must tell the others!" then realised I had Invented Handkerchiefs
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I do think we should be able to do English degrees, but also mine had six hours a week of actual teaching time so it's not *not* a rip off
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Friends fear she has joined The Green Party of England and Wales
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Zack Polanski
about 1 month ago
Let's make hope normal again.
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...
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Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
https://youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?si=WMaUSeQMPfJZH9zj
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This is my main thought about Taylor Swift
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Are we absolutely, 100% sure Taylor Swift hasn't made a deal with a vampire? I'm just double checking.
Or: I say something mildly negative about Taylor for attention
https://substack.com/home/post/p-174828208
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Merriam-Webster
about 1 month ago
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Seriously you're missing out some serious Posting if you're not following me on substack
about 2 months ago
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Lads why are we struggling away on Bluesky when there are people Posting, yes, really Posting, on Substack?
about 2 months ago
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Karen Attiah
about 2 months ago
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
https://substack.com/@karenattiah/note/p-173531760?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2bz6j
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Tom Usher
2 months ago
Political violence is bad but me and my mates need to set fire to this hotel because it contains people I don’t know personally but don’t like the idea of. Political violence is bad but I support the right of a country to kill hundreds of thousands of civilians because I’ve deemed them terrorists
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How lovely are these notes from mine and
@lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social
's talk at
@accessgiven.bsky.social
?
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2 months ago
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Lisa Riemers
2 months ago
£274bn is the spending power of disabled people in the UK. The difference between accommodations for disabled people and non disabled people is ableism.
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Wedge 🍁
2 months ago
At
#AccessGiven25
inaugural conference in Newcastle. First new thing for me is audio descriptions of yourself (gender, race / colouring, hair style and clothes!) Up first,
@lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social
and Helen Dutson. “We want you here too.” 🖤 Meaning, accessibility efforts are a love note.
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One thing the government needs to consider is that when the emergency alerts go off some of us are watching Sean Lock compilations and thus immediately dismiss it without registering
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Not a lot of people know that Gary is actually short for Garold
2 months ago
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Saw an older gent arrive home at his cottage with a dozen red roses in the crook of his arm (romantic) before I realised it was actually a multipack of KitKats (swoon)
2 months ago
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Access:Given
2 months ago
@heldutson.bsky.social
and
@lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social
share their genius about making accessibility creative ...and
@ettiebaileyking.bsky.social
discuss how to cut through the overwhelm and communicate in a way that’s clear, simple, and (nearly) impossible to misunderstand.
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You heard them come and hear our genius 🥲
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Access:Given
2 months ago
You read that right. We've only got a handful of tickets left for Access:Given next Wednesday at Newcastle Helix. So, if you want to hear...
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Feel like pure shit just want the mini crossword back
2 months ago
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Fantastic moment in town yesterday with a default Manc lad wearing a bucket hat: Lad: 'Ere-ya, mate, what's that film your Foxcatcher t-shirt is off? Tom: ... Lad: Ah, yeh! Foxcatcher, innit! AhahahHAHAHA. Good film.
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Rose Schmits
3 months ago
God just this image really gets me. Like all we get to see of these two men is their skin colour. And there being two of them shows how its systematised. And the technology to show efficiency and security. Its so simple but horrifying and the pm thinks its brilliant promotion
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I got about 20 new followers off the back of this, which is literally 10% of my total follower base. Got stage fright now
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Rick Boo-rin
3 months ago
You should probably follow Helen, who was one of the funniest people on twitter and wrote a whole book using a vintage typewriter
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For those who weren't aware, I am indeed On Here
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3 months ago
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Sara Gibbs
3 months ago
“I’m sorry” - Ancient autistic proverb
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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻
3 months ago
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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Slightly diminish a band: Tools
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3 months ago
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Ray Newman
3 months ago
I've written about deceptive patterns in my latest article on LinkedIn. It's a bit of a primer that I originally wrote for a non-technical audience.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/decept...
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Deceptive design patterns damage your credibility and compromise customer trust
A deceptive pattern is a design that tricks or befuddles customers into doing something they don’t want to do, or that isn’t in their best interests. They used to be known as ‘dark patterns’, reflecti...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/deceptive-design-patterns-damage-your-credibility-customer-ray-newman-8r97e/
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Avery
3 months ago
It happened again
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I have a conspiracy theory about social media algorithms. They say: "you're all seeing less organic reach because we made X and Y change to the algorithm." My theory: they're covering for the fact that people have become disillusioned with social and are using it less, so it's quieter
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My friend: [coming over for one (1) cup of tea] My brain: "well, we'll obviously need to rinse any hair off the shampoo bottles in case she wants a shower."
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Tom Usher
3 months ago
Hi guys, Joe Media let me go, I know the job market in the UK is totally fucked right now but just putting myself out there again, I can write, present, sing, dance (I can't sing or dance actually). Happy to accept any side missions also x
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RNIB
3 months ago
📣 We’d like to hear from you! Bluesky is rolling out age verification as part of the Online Safety Act, which aims to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content. We’ve heard that blind and partially sighted folks are unable to verify their age because it’s inaccessible. Have you tried?
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I just verified my age by showing off the 'under construction' GIF on my piczo website
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This prob isn't a Bluesky thing but I've set up a lil venture hawking accessibility training for money. Give it a share or a look if it sounds relevant I guess?
calendly.com/helen-dutson...
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Love this time of year when nature is like "oi, want any fruit, nob'ead?!"
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I was once said: "Isn't it funny how British people like Mr. Brightside more than Americans do!" and someone commented along the lines of: "typical from a genocidal coloniser"
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Finally went viral on Bluesky!! (15 likes)
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