Fiona Robertson
@fionaswriting.bsky.social
She/her, Disability Justice, feminist, equalities consultant, writer, performance poet. Zines, physics, poetry, politics, cats, accessibility, landscape, Scotland, complexity 🏴❤️🦕
https://linktr.ee/FionaRobertson
https://linktr.ee/FionaRobertson
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New followers: I make zines about disability!
All are free online as well as for sale as physical copies. The information shouldn't be paywallled.
-'Your Life Is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them'
-'Become Unbutterable'
-'Who Counts As Disabled?'
Here's what they're about:
All are free online as well as for sale as physical copies. The information shouldn't be paywallled.
-'Your Life Is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them'
-'Become Unbutterable'
-'Who Counts As Disabled?'
Here's what they're about:
I think this is a message from the gods that what the US really needs to heal is a visit from is the Tartan Army ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think this is a message from the gods that what the US really needs to heal is a visit from is the Tartan Army ❤️
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REFERENDUM THE MORRA 😭❤️🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
REFERENDUM THE MORRA 😭❤️🏴
Quick note on my personal activism plans:
This has been one of the worst years I can remember. Besides being consumed by grief, what little energy I have has gone on immediate response to local fascism in the last few months.
This has been one of the worst years I can remember. Besides being consumed by grief, what little energy I have has gone on immediate response to local fascism in the last few months.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Quick note on my personal activism plans:
This has been one of the worst years I can remember. Besides being consumed by grief, what little energy I have has gone on immediate response to local fascism in the last few months.
This has been one of the worst years I can remember. Besides being consumed by grief, what little energy I have has gone on immediate response to local fascism in the last few months.
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To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
Why We’re Running a Series About Access
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
God, remember when you could search for a tech tool and find actual reviews and suggestions instead of pages of fake lists and AI nonsense?
I miss that so much.
I miss that so much.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
God, remember when you could search for a tech tool and find actual reviews and suggestions instead of pages of fake lists and AI nonsense?
I miss that so much.
I miss that so much.
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When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
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Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
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In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
Destitute by design: trapped in the immigration system
Migration policy is not only failing people forced to arrive in Britain by
boats. In an extract from a new edited volume, Daniel Trilling reports on t...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
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Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
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Alice Wong was one of the few who actually left the world better than when she entered it. A lot of the obituaries are leaving out her work on Covid, her advocacy around masking, and her work on eSims for Gaza. I tried to capture some of that in a post on IG.
www.instagram.com/p/DRIN0Fnkuz...
www.instagram.com/p/DRIN0Fnkuz...
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Alice Wong was one of the few who actually left the world better than when she entered it. A lot of the obituaries are leaving out her work on Covid, her advocacy around masking, and her work on eSims for Gaza. I tried to capture some of that in a post on IG.
www.instagram.com/p/DRIN0Fnkuz...
www.instagram.com/p/DRIN0Fnkuz...
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May her memory be for a revolution that lights all of our way home. ❤️🔥
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
May her memory be for a revolution that lights all of our way home. ❤️🔥
Has anyone got a recommendation for cream to soothe the corners of eyes which are dry and cracked? Not from infection, just crying. So many creams say not to use near eyes but eye creams aren't helping much.
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Has anyone got a recommendation for cream to soothe the corners of eyes which are dry and cracked? Not from infection, just crying. So many creams say not to use near eyes but eye creams aren't helping much.
I can't breathe. Alice. No.
on Alice's account over on twitter posted by Sandy Ho
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I can't breathe. Alice. No.
I have so many videos to make and I cannot be fucked putting on makeup and doing my hair. Sigh.
I also need to go through the last few fash videos to get clips but they're HOURS of loud noise and dickheads.
I also need to go through the last few fash videos to get clips but they're HOURS of loud noise and dickheads.
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have so many videos to make and I cannot be fucked putting on makeup and doing my hair. Sigh.
I also need to go through the last few fash videos to get clips but they're HOURS of loud noise and dickheads.
I also need to go through the last few fash videos to get clips but they're HOURS of loud noise and dickheads.
I do not know how I'm going to survive the next few months.
Experience tells me I will. I just don't know how.
Experience tells me I will. I just don't know how.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I do not know how I'm going to survive the next few months.
Experience tells me I will. I just don't know how.
Experience tells me I will. I just don't know how.
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Not only is it "I read books, actually", it's Blinkist, which boils down books into 18 minute audio summaries
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Not only is it "I read books, actually", it's Blinkist, which boils down books into 18 minute audio summaries
Going to have to take a week off from the counterprotests I think - I'm in so much pain and my visible spent most of the afternoon beeping at me.
For reference, I'm not supposed to go over 13 points.
For reference, I'm not supposed to go over 13 points.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Going to have to take a week off from the counterprotests I think - I'm in so much pain and my visible spent most of the afternoon beeping at me.
For reference, I'm not supposed to go over 13 points.
For reference, I'm not supposed to go over 13 points.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in the UK. Today I stood across from a Hitler-loving Nazi and his friends who insisted they're the ones who care about our war dead.
They think poppies and services is what it means to honour them. Fetishising symbols while ignoring the reality of war betrays them.
They think poppies and services is what it means to honour them. Fetishising symbols while ignoring the reality of war betrays them.
The War Poets
This is about the War Poets, the use of poetry, and the purpose of memorials like the Cenotaph and days like Armistice Day. Like many, I was taught the War Poets at school. It was the first time I …
graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in the UK. Today I stood across from a Hitler-loving Nazi and his friends who insisted they're the ones who care about our war dead.
They think poppies and services is what it means to honour them. Fetishising symbols while ignoring the reality of war betrays them.
They think poppies and services is what it means to honour them. Fetishising symbols while ignoring the reality of war betrays them.
People's fundamental inability to comprehend large numbers is killing us all. It's bad enough with millions vs billions, but a trillion is so far beyond understanding. No person should ever control that amount of resources. It is quite literally unthinkable.
Trillionaires shouldn't exist.
Even the idea of it is utterly obscene.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560444...
Even the idea of it is utterly obscene.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560444...
'Utterly obscene': Elon Musk blasted over trillion-dollar pay deal announcement
ELON Musk has been blasted after it was announced the Tesla CEO is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire
www.thenational.scot
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
People's fundamental inability to comprehend large numbers is killing us all. It's bad enough with millions vs billions, but a trillion is so far beyond understanding. No person should ever control that amount of resources. It is quite literally unthinkable.
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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Musk to get a one trillion dollar pay package.
The man who almost single handedly caused the death of 600,000 people will become even richer
He’s killed children & the most vulnerable
He dismantled one of the most successful aid programs in the world
He bought an election & installed a fascist
The man who almost single handedly caused the death of 600,000 people will become even richer
He’s killed children & the most vulnerable
He dismantled one of the most successful aid programs in the world
He bought an election & installed a fascist
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Musk to get a one trillion dollar pay package.
The man who almost single handedly caused the death of 600,000 people will become even richer
He’s killed children & the most vulnerable
He dismantled one of the most successful aid programs in the world
He bought an election & installed a fascist
The man who almost single handedly caused the death of 600,000 people will become even richer
He’s killed children & the most vulnerable
He dismantled one of the most successful aid programs in the world
He bought an election & installed a fascist
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One of the things I love about him is how he speaks plainly & names the problem: “we don’t have any interest from the top.”
In an age of toxic positivity, which is sprayed upon disabled folks like a firehouse, it’s nice to have someone simply state what the issue is: ppl in charge don’t care.
In an age of toxic positivity, which is sprayed upon disabled folks like a firehouse, it’s nice to have someone simply state what the issue is: ppl in charge don’t care.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
One of the things I love about him is how he speaks plainly & names the problem: “we don’t have any interest from the top.”
In an age of toxic positivity, which is sprayed upon disabled folks like a firehouse, it’s nice to have someone simply state what the issue is: ppl in charge don’t care.
In an age of toxic positivity, which is sprayed upon disabled folks like a firehouse, it’s nice to have someone simply state what the issue is: ppl in charge don’t care.
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This is disability visibility.
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is disability visibility.
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Having watched a lot of the Traitors from other countries, the reason this #CelebrityTraitors works so much better is because they are actual celebrities from a range of disciplines rather than being exclusively taken from other reality shows.
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Having watched a lot of the Traitors from other countries, the reason this #CelebrityTraitors works so much better is because they are actual celebrities from a range of disciplines rather than being exclusively taken from other reality shows.