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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.

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Cathy N. Davidson, Alessandro Rigolon

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d
UK weather: One hundred flood warnings with weather 'stuck in a rut'
UK weather: One hundred flood warnings with weather 'stuck in a rut'
With more rain in the forecast, BBC Weather presenter Simon King looks at what's been causing the very wet year so far.
www.bbc.com

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Dunlap

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d
On the 9th day of #BlackHistoryMonth2026— a little John Lee Hooker...

Just because.😉

🗣🎸🎹🥁🕺🏾💃🏾

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

#JohnLeeHooker
#TheBlues

youtu.be/QrsOdhK6FGU?...
Rock With Me
YouTube video by John Lee Hooker - Topic
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d
Man who has never been productive in his life & rarely did his job at either the European Parliament or House of Commons.
politicsuk.com Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 1d
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense. They're more productive being with other fellow human beings"

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d
""Some of them were my friends," said Heraskevych, who was Ukraine's flagbearer in the opening ceremony. [] The 26-year-old said the International Olympic Committee had contacted Ukraine's Olympic Committee over the helmet."

The IOC really are a shower of bastards

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Ukraine skeleton racer wears helmet with images of people killed in war
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wears a helmet with images of people killed in the war in his home country during a Winter Olympics training session in Cortina.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Albert Weale, Tom Shakespeare, James Connelly

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 1d
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense. They're more productive being with other fellow human beings"

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

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Dr. Thrasher's The Overseer Class is now available for pre-order @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 1d
For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
theintercept.com

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Robert Black, Christian Fisch

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d
Keep him!

“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 1d
People of Britain! This Wednesday you can catch my R4 special Eleanor & Pals, a character comedy show starring me and Zara Gladman, and featuring everyone's favourite sad man, Craig!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Eleanor & Pals
Comedian Eleanor Morton brings her hilarious online comedy characters and pals to Radio 4.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 1d
Saudi executed a record 356 people in 2025 many were foreign nationals for minor drug offences bit.ly/4aEWNjW Human Rights Watch @hrw is asking UK government to press the Prince in charge to halt them. If only we had a Prince we could send bit.ly/3O5GT9s
Saudi Arabia: Record Number of Executions in 2025
Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of executions in one-year since monitoring began.
bit.ly

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Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social · 1d
Find out more about the exciting programme for the Learning Disability England in-person Conference 2026 📣

Speakers and sessions will share how they are working to make sure people with learning disabilities and their families are seen and heard in communities and policy...

tinyurl.com/bdf748j9

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Alison Phipps

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned. Speaking to the Guardian after the UN hosted a meeting of leading global economists, Guterres said humanity’s future required the urgent overhaul of the world’s “existing accounting systems” he said were driving the planet to the brink of disaster. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, John Foot, Mark Priestley

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 2d
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, and you may find it fun. The Ha-ha plays a key role.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 4d
Hearing about expansion of global gag rule - not just no abortion, but also no DEI (aka "Discriminatory Equity Ideology"] - to any recipents of US Foreign Assistance.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5d
Rivers don't forgive debt.

Glaciers don’t renegotiate.

Wetlands don’t bounce back in election cycles.

Scientists call it water bankruptcy — a world where even wet years can’t heal the damage. This is the future we were warned about, happening right now.
phys.org/news/2026-01...
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report—here's what that means
The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water s...
phys.org

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The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society @stwsociety.bsky.social · 5d
Join the STW Society in London on 29th-30th May for a conference celebrating 100 years of Lolly Willowes. Keynote address by Adam Mars-Jones. Early bird tickets till 31st March. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lolly-will...
Lolly Willowes at 100
An international conference to mark the centenary of the publication of Warner's first and still her best-known novel, Lolly Willowes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 5d
This extended interview from yesterday's Late Show between Stephen Colbert Ian McKellen is sheer delight from beginning to end. And the end will blow you away...
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 7d
Book free places at EcoChamberFood.eventbrite.co.uk
Food Poverty in London: giving hope & dignity to the forgotten
Hear from Mesa Rashid, founder of grassroots initiative, South London Food Drive.
EcoChamberFood.eventbrite.co.uk

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Tom Shakespeare

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.

See the problem here?

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 9d
IMBOLC (or Imbolg!)
Saint Brigid's Day is a Gaelic traditional festival.
1st February is the start of Spring.
Painting of Saint Brigid with a bowl of fire, a spindle, and a cow in St. Patrick's Chapel, Glastonbury.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 10d
Too Much Information!

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 10d
Tomorrow, I'm having bottomless Yum Cha, to celebrate!

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 11d
There was a last minute lot of an illuminated picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The fact that it did not attract a single bid should not be assumed to be of theological significance.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 11d
That would be a Ecumenical matter.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 11d
The knitted hats did make an appearance, at the end of the official lots. I blame the Methodists.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 11d
At least I have plenty of material about a chaotic online charity auction for my next book [sighs].