A video is available of the @southbankcentre.bsky.social launch for @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Rachael Boast was joined by Karthika Naïr, Daniel Sluman, and Lisa Kelly. Starts at 18:22. www.youtube.com/live/Ek9Bu6g...

Oh no, I loved Shirley Valentine! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

happy days

As catastrophic #HurricaneMelissa slams Jamaica, a new climate damages case was just announced against #CarbonMajors, brought by Pakistanis who suffered in the horrific 2022 floods Last week, Survivors of Typhoon Odette in 🇵🇭 announced they plan to sue Shell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you missed the Versus Versus celebration at the Southbank last Saturday, it can be viewed on YouTube until Friday. Great to see it's had over 200 views. Warm thanks again to all our wonderful poets. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9B...

ohhhh i love a day where you meet your internal grant submission deadline and make baby banana pancakes and everyone is happy in that fluffy place

Join Ellie Spirrett as they lead workshop and host open mic exploring how we tackle world news, hold onto own voices & protect ourselves from burnout. ✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon. 📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm 📍Online 🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa

"After all this is over, all that will matter is how we treated each other." ~ #Unknown

Before I forget, which I nearly did. I better do a post for #InsectThursday, so here's a Bee looking for some pollen. Remember to always #Bee-Kind #wildlifephotigraphy #macro #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #ukwildlife #macrophotography #wildlife

“To be a good scientist, I have to take emotions out of work. Still, I would say looking at this data, when I allow myself to connect to it emotionally, then I am afraid. This really scares me” - Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab

#ShallWeDance2025 #MusicChallenge Day 19💃 Prince: "I Would Die 4 U" youtu.be/iGCIdHrRXW0?...

Key hearing happening right now in the @youthvgov.bsky.social climate lawsuit (Lighthiser v. Trump) challenging Trump's pro fossil fuel orders The hearing marks the first time a federal court hears live testimony in a youth constitutional climate case www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RIP Robert Redford…. youtu.be/gJJmDzVXCx8?...

This post reminds me that a few of us (@davidadger.bsky.social, @thelabandfield.bsky.social, @gilespalaeo.bsky.social & @erinma.bsky.social) wrote a letter to @natecoevo.nature.com taking them to task for omitting his sexuality when celebrating the scientist 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Media’s obsession with one story — and its ignoring of the other — highlights the gaps that remain in treating the climate crisis like the cataclysm it has become" @coveringclimatenow.org is spot on there coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

I miss Literature class.

Words are magic

Enjoyed seeing my poem ‘How to Read the Atmosphere’ online @spread-the-word.bsky.social . Check out the shortlisted and winning poems for @disabledpoets.bsky.social www.spreadtheword.org.uk/how-to-read-...

MQT is excited to launch its first Open Questions series, creating space for bold ideas, diverse voices, and interdisciplinary dialogue in quantum materials. Answer our inaugural question from Professor Rachel Oliver and join the conversation! 👉 ow.ly/sot350WIS3x #OpenQuestions #QuantumScience

#medsky youtu.be/GPUTTjjdT4A?...

Clocking off - for a week - hope folks get some summer break.

This will be *brilliant*

Next week, I'm starting a new project called "Algorithmic Kitchen" with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social a project that weaves disability design with health tech. I'm ready to grow new networks with direct engagement with a touring kitchen! wellcome.org/research-fun...

"Does convenience outweigh privacy?">> well, convenience has been outweighing a number of things (worker rights, for example) for a while, so perhaps have a deeper problem than just the tech (which is not excuse the tech-- pay attention to what you feed the machine!)

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

and oh yeh hey i got the funding.

Enjoyed a day of reading poetry

They think they're so smart, but EYE have eaten the contract between the artist and the gallery and now the work is really gone.

Watching the Serena Williams documentary. When she talks about having a mark on her back and other players not wanting her to win. Ooof.

me this week… frog in a flower

i have not seen the world in days. Is it still there?

New Pin the Tale creative writing workshop happening ONE WEEK TODAY, Thursday 3rd July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Café Kino in Bristol. Explore Stokes Croft with us on a summer evening and get inspired to write stories! #Bristol #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writing #prompt

It was good to meet the team and steering committee in person on Monday after working together for two years.

Final call for our Pin the Tale creative writing workshop this Sunday 11am @ Arnolfini Café! Open to all, no experience necessary. Your chance to have a go at doing creative writing inspired by what3words and places on Bristol’s harbourside. Tickets here: hdfst.uk/e131877

A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.

'The Eve of You' – a poem from my Silver Branch feature at @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Grateful to be writer of the month with this special showcase of imagist poems and short prose. Take a read of the full feature here: blackboughpoetry.com/about-1-1 #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity

I presented to a funding panel i was shortlisted for. I politely declined a morning and was given an afternoon slot. i enjoyed it - took baby for a walk before & after & defended my access & inclusive design budget for disabled folks, carers & single parents. I lived my values. Felt like a win.

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

Labs for Liberation are running a great program of learning and engagement this summer!

📣 Bristol writers! 📣 Elinor Lower and I are running a workshop at Arnolfini Café, Sunday 22nd June, on using our environment + what3words as prompts for creative writing. Explore the harbourside with us + get your creative juices flowing! #Bristol #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writing #prompt

It’s powerful when disability takes center stage and speaks out unapologetically. This show goes beyond disability pride—it’s about histories, design and innovation, humour, loss, and joy. Massive congrats to @ndkane.bsky.social

This is TOMORROW. And there's WINE.

I've been researching the histories of BSL. It turned out that I went to the oldest Deaf school (in Edinburgh) in the UK. Opened in 1851 and now houses a selection of luxury apartments.

I am on (very much needed) annual leave this week and spent yesterday making a skirt for my inaugural lecture as it was too rainy to scrape paint off window frames. Yeah, this is how I relax. Sanding the stairs soon. Anyway, you’re all invited to the skirt event: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

At some point the government approved "Access to Work" scheme to enabled disabled people into work and viewed this as a win-win on both sides. Dragging AtW into austerity politics is unjust and doesn't make sense.

Yes, it's another request to sign and share an open letter. These are the times we live in... Disabled people are being cut out of working life, contrary to what the government say they are doing...if you're in the culture sector, please read, sign, share. www.tinyurl.com/AtWLetter

Submission Slot ✍️ We're after stories and poems on the theme 'Blue' for our Issue 107 Showcase. Send up to two stories (up to 2,200 words each) or four poems (up to 40 lines each) on the theme. Deadline: 9 June 2025 mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Book your ticket for an upcoming Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition on Design and Disability in early June! www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...

After hermiting with a new born, i am feeling quirky about doing a five minute talk next week -