Charlotte Hyde
@charlhyde.bsky.social
Museum meme enthusiast & deaf accessibilty advocate.
Personal account, so opinions my own.
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Charlotte Hyde
@charlhyde.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hello everyone! I've gained quite a few followers over the past two days. Some familiar faces; others brand new.
Expect posts about deafness, British Sign Language, museums, art, books, films, TV shows – essentially, whatever I'm thinking about at the time!
Expect posts about deafness, British Sign Language, museums, art, books, films, TV shows – essentially, whatever I'm thinking about at the time!
Watching this final has my hands sweating
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Watching this final has my hands sweating
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I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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It's good practice to lead with what you are doing rather than with what others aren't. Share what you are doing and invite others to join you.
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's good practice to lead with what you are doing rather than with what others aren't. Share what you are doing and invite others to join you.
I had a surprise hearing test this morning, and it made me wonder what a hearing tests sound like to those with perfect hearing. Like do you get a lil gap in between a set of beeps like I do? Or is that just the deafness lol
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I had a surprise hearing test this morning, and it made me wonder what a hearing tests sound like to those with perfect hearing. Like do you get a lil gap in between a set of beeps like I do? Or is that just the deafness lol
I passed my driving test today! It was my first time and I only had one driver fault! 🚘
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I passed my driving test today! It was my first time and I only had one driver fault! 🚘
What a great few days. See you again soon, Cardiff 👋
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What a great few days. See you again soon, Cardiff 👋
All around me are familiar faces @oldenoughtosay.com...
Thanks for a great talk @adamkoszary.bsky.social👏📢
Thanks for a great talk @adamkoszary.bsky.social👏📢
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
All around me are familiar faces @oldenoughtosay.com...
Thanks for a great talk @adamkoszary.bsky.social👏📢
Thanks for a great talk @adamkoszary.bsky.social👏📢
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Twenty years since this...
📍Pride and Prejudice (2005), filmed at Stourhead, Wiltshire
📍Pride and Prejudice (2005), filmed at Stourhead, Wiltshire
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Twenty years since this...
📍Pride and Prejudice (2005), filmed at Stourhead, Wiltshire
📍Pride and Prejudice (2005), filmed at Stourhead, Wiltshire
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once again profoundly exhausted by the framing of autism, and disability in general, as something to fight against, prevent, and scare people about. it is extremely objectifying
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
once again profoundly exhausted by the framing of autism, and disability in general, as something to fight against, prevent, and scare people about. it is extremely objectifying
I randomly had the urge to re-read my MA dissertation tonight. Firstly, how on earth did I write that? Secondly, it occurred to me that due to the death of Twitter, my research can literally never be replicated.
Anyway, did you know that a meme is a unit of cultural transmission?
Anyway, did you know that a meme is a unit of cultural transmission?
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I randomly had the urge to re-read my MA dissertation tonight. Firstly, how on earth did I write that? Secondly, it occurred to me that due to the death of Twitter, my research can literally never be replicated.
Anyway, did you know that a meme is a unit of cultural transmission?
Anyway, did you know that a meme is a unit of cultural transmission?
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We're 300 followers away from 70,000. 300 more would be really nice. But you know what would be even better? 300 plus 30,000.
Bluesky: help a museum out
Bluesky: help a museum out
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We're 300 followers away from 70,000. 300 more would be really nice. But you know what would be even better? 300 plus 30,000.
Bluesky: help a museum out
Bluesky: help a museum out
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My favorite linguist Jon Henner (who followed me on here before he passed!) changed my perspective a lot. If communication is happening, who cares how it's presented? “How you language is beautiful. Don't let anyone tell you your language is wrong. Your languaging is the story of your life.”
As someone who was an English Major and teaches English in real life, I don't understand the point of feeling the need to correct people's grammar on social media. Mistakes happen sometimes on here, why should someone delete and rewrite their whole post for small typos or grammar errors 😭
August 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My favorite linguist Jon Henner (who followed me on here before he passed!) changed my perspective a lot. If communication is happening, who cares how it's presented? “How you language is beautiful. Don't let anyone tell you your language is wrong. Your languaging is the story of your life.”
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
The most easily accessible cinema to me has turned into a Vue, meaning I am treated to one captioned showing per week.
And just to be clear, I don't mean per film. I mean one captioned showing per week full stop.
And just to be clear, I don't mean per film. I mean one captioned showing per week full stop.
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The most easily accessible cinema to me has turned into a Vue, meaning I am treated to one captioned showing per week.
And just to be clear, I don't mean per film. I mean one captioned showing per week full stop.
And just to be clear, I don't mean per film. I mean one captioned showing per week full stop.
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‘We live on a floating rock just get on with it’ 👏 👏 👏
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
‘We live on a floating rock just get on with it’ 👏 👏 👏
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Some of us have been using bananergy to go bananza for years but I guess it’s nice that you’re all catching up now 🤷♂️
July 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Some of us have been using bananergy to go bananza for years but I guess it’s nice that you’re all catching up now 🤷♂️
I deleted Tiktok from my phone, thank goodness. However I've now ended up scrolling more on LinkedIn...
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I deleted Tiktok from my phone, thank goodness. However I've now ended up scrolling more on LinkedIn...
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I see the "we cured deafness" injection is making the rounds in the UK now. Let's discuss 🧵
July 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I see the "we cured deafness" injection is making the rounds in the UK now. Let's discuss 🧵
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I don’t want to ask CoPilot, I am making a Word document. I don’t want to search with Meta AI, I want to search Instagram. Leave me alone
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I don’t want to ask CoPilot, I am making a Word document. I don’t want to search with Meta AI, I want to search Instagram. Leave me alone
Train travel is also incredibly stressful for deaf people. Last minute platform changes announced on a loudspeaker? Not knowing what is happening as everyone starts running? Genuinely awful.
“but if you don’t need that disabled service you shouldn’t use it!”
listen, i have been to 4 different NHS trust audiology departments and not one of them has a screen, every one just calls patients over a speaker. every one.
call this reparations
listen, i have been to 4 different NHS trust audiology departments and not one of them has a screen, every one just calls patients over a speaker. every one.
call this reparations
June 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Train travel is also incredibly stressful for deaf people. Last minute platform changes announced on a loudspeaker? Not knowing what is happening as everyone starts running? Genuinely awful.
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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.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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.
Every day in my job is different
May 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every day in my job is different
I ended up screaming on a Zoom call today because a massive spider crawled down my face
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I ended up screaming on a Zoom call today because a massive spider crawled down my face
As I'm now working from home, I spend much less time wearing my hearing aids. The unintended consequence of this is that I think my ability to process sound is waning.
Thing is, I don't enjoy wearing my HAs at home as I find noises distract me from my work.
What do I do? 😅
Thing is, I don't enjoy wearing my HAs at home as I find noises distract me from my work.
What do I do? 😅
May 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
As I'm now working from home, I spend much less time wearing my hearing aids. The unintended consequence of this is that I think my ability to process sound is waning.
Thing is, I don't enjoy wearing my HAs at home as I find noises distract me from my work.
What do I do? 😅
Thing is, I don't enjoy wearing my HAs at home as I find noises distract me from my work.
What do I do? 😅