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Will Fertman
@willfertman.com
Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available for pre-order now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z

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They're fun; it's hard to say how useful they are, though. Still experimenting.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Had an incredible time playing it at @rzemach.bsky.social's place the other week.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Winning playground. Suck it, raisin people.
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Godspeed.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is solid.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You're doing valuable work documenting the UK's profound lack-of-class system.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's hard because there's no right time, and no right method, but it always means making resources available more than once and in more than one format.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I'd have to go back to re-read, but I feel like the Icelandic epics take an interesting approach to this by having a third-person community perspective: "everyone thought he was crazy to open a fishing business..." "people gossiped that his new scar was ugly, but since he was rich..."
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Who would want to?
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"Early on in the history of SPCA organizations, supporters began to question whether or not children should be included as victims in need of protection.... letters appeared in 1870 calling on the RSPCA to either include children in its work or support a new protective organization..."

History! ☠️
Sage Reference - The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
<p>This four-volume encyclopedia covers a wide range of themes and topics, including: Social Constructions of Childhood Children's Rights Politics/Representatio
sk.sagepub.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@raymondluczak.com recently put out a wonderful (but extremely harrowing for a hearing parent) collection of writing on dinner table syndrome. www.raymondluczak.com/book/ill-tel...
I'LL TELL YOU LATER - Raymond Luczak
“I’ll tell you later.” The most damaging promise a hearing family member can make to a Deaf person. For centuries, Deaf people were expected to sit quietly at the table when their hearing families sha...
www.raymondluczak.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM