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Tom Shakespeare
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Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

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Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, is an English sociologist and bioethicist. He has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 10
Please order The Ends: "exit, pursued by a polar bear" - I've even written the headline for your review. Hope you are enjoying the book: it's a laugh, but also about the climate crisis.
Cover of 'The Ends' featuring the hero, Fred, being pursued by a voracious polar bear.

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 6h
26 years ago, there were no food banks. Now, because of rising food, rent and bills, and our poor social security system there are over 1,400.

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LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social · 8h
🚼 New research by @lshtm.bsky.social researchers and global partners shows how a vaccine could prevent newborn sepsis 💉🌍

@shaunkeegan.bsky.social, @neleshg.bsky.social, @childrensphila.bsky.social, @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social, @kemriwellcome.bsky.social

Read more 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

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katharineq.bsky.social @katharineq.bsky.social · 15h
I'm talking about flooding and climate change, chaired by @tomshakespeare.bsky.social, next Tuesday, following on a journalism project: muckrack.com/katharine-qu.... If you're in South London and want to come along, do join 20 January, free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flooding-a...
Flooding and Climate Change
Katharine Quarmby, award-winning writer, editor and journalist
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mark Barnes @1nc4nu5.co.uk · 17h
Haidt is not an expert.

Here is a review of his book by an expert www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com

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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 1d
MAGA👎

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d
Welcoming iced-lshtm.bsky.social, being the very wonderful International Centre for Evidence in Disability, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Check out our website for hundreds of research papers on disability & development.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d
The Thames.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2d
More seats have been made available at CAMBRIDGE gig - tickets here

www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Cambridge Junction
Book tickets for Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse at J2 at Cambridge Junction. The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts.  Robin...
www.junction.co.uk

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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 2d
Last week, the Health and Social Care Committee questioned Stephen Kinnock on the findings of the report which the committee commissioned into palliative care.

The reports findings were worse than we were expecting.

It is clear that palliative care services are not good enough and must improve.

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Gesine Schulz @gesineschulz.bsky.social · 2d
"Whether you are a fan of the novel or film, here are five of O’Farrell’s best books for Hamnet fans. " www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

#MaggieOFarrell #Hamnet #Buchsky #BookSky
If you loved Hamnet, here are five other great Maggie O’Farrell reads
If Hamnet’s recent success has inspired you to delve deeper into Maggie O’Farrell’s bibliography, then here’s a good guide
www.irishtimes.com

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d
"Heathcliff doesn't seem to have aged well," said Cordelia to her friend Euphemia.
#GirlsOwnCC

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 3d
As Trump threatens more countries, a further reminder
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Fascism arrives as your friend
Michael Rosen’s poem remains a powerful warning not to normalise racism & far right politics Fascism: I sometimes fear… I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress wo…
wp.me

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d
New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 4d
The demented, orange felon “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting.”
UK “You sure about that?”

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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 5d
“Trump has given an honest account of how he sees himself: not so much a national president as a global emperor. Now those who oppose him have to be just as honest.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d
"Elon Musk limits the generation of child sexual abuse material to paying customers"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 5d
'Global investment in low-carbon energy now outstrips that in fossil fuels by two to one. Taking over Venezuela’s basket-case oil industry will make no perceptible difference.'

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US
For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigence
www.theguardian.com

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 6d
A friend has warmed my new kitchen with bowls and mugs from the Bernard Leach Pottery in St Ives. I may expire from an overdose of loveliness.
A mug from the Leach Pottery in green, with a brown rim. A brushed brass mixer tap behind. Undecorated wall at the back.

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*Bratan* @mazov.bsky.social · 6d
Jesse Welles doing that thing he's really good at

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 6d
Great thread about one person's experience of cochlear implants.
eliasjahshan.bsky.social Elias Jahshan @eliasjahshan.bsky.social · 6d
A bit late, but Monday this week (Jan 5) marked two whole years since I had my cochlear implant “activated”. To say it has been life-changing, in all the best ways possible, would be an understatement.

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Elias Jahshan @eliasjahshan.bsky.social · 6d
A bit late, but Monday this week (Jan 5) marked two whole years since I had my cochlear implant “activated”. To say it has been life-changing, in all the best ways possible, would be an understatement.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 6d
Do not bother to write again.

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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 7d
Sunday Jan 4, when we were freaking out over the Venezuela military operstion, the Guardian published an exposé on the 32 people who died in ICE custody in 2025—the agency’s deadliest year in more than two decades

This article has short write-ups on every single one of the 32 people.

No pay wall.
2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody
The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people
www.theguardian.com

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Neon Genesis Ewangelion @ewacat.bsky.social · 7d
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"

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Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · 7d
#MobilityEquipment

Government consultation on reviewing the law on powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters

Consultation ends on 31.03.2026

Link to consultation is here

www.gov.uk/government/c...
Reviewing the law for powered mobility devices
www.gov.uk

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 7d
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your desire to have a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, endless cups of tea, a riveting novel, a plate of freshly-baked emotional support scones, and a bookshelf with a rolling ladder doesn’t make you “too needy."

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 7d
Please help Palestinian kids save their football pitch. Can you sign and help reach FIFA? Time is running out.
↗️ secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Don’t bulldoze our pitch
URGENT: Children in Bethlehem are about to lose the only place where they can play and feel safe. Help them reach FIFA before Israel destroys their pitch. Sign and share.
secure.avaaz.org