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@besswww.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Great to see that so many people are joining bsky. A little hard to sort the people I know from followers via starter pack so if you joined recently and know me (IRL or thru the old place/other networks) pls like, comment or dm so I don't miss you!
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Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
it seems like a fair number of people I know from students to colleagues are starting to write in this way where parts of paragraphs are bolded. I am not a fan. Where does this come from and is it preferred by anyone?
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
it seems like a fair number of people I know from students to colleagues are starting to write in this way where parts of paragraphs are bolded. I am not a fan. Where does this come from and is it preferred by anyone?
<sigh>
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
December 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
<sigh>
love to hear that my university hired a consulting firm to assess our research support - probably spending more than I would earn in research funds in 5 careers. Forgive me for not feeling that marginalized topics, non STEM, and smaller-scale funding are going to be hot topics for them.
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
love to hear that my university hired a consulting firm to assess our research support - probably spending more than I would earn in research funds in 5 careers. Forgive me for not feeling that marginalized topics, non STEM, and smaller-scale funding are going to be hot topics for them.
I realize this isn't the main thing here but isn't Times New Roman no longer even packaged with Microsoft Word? (while Calibri is the default there)
Maybe worth saying there isn't really a single font that is considered most accessible.. but TNR is very poor for readability.
Maybe worth saying there isn't really a single font that is considered most accessible.. but TNR is very poor for readability.
All the problems in the world right now, and the State Department is worried about "woke" fonts.
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I realize this isn't the main thing here but isn't Times New Roman no longer even packaged with Microsoft Word? (while Calibri is the default there)
Maybe worth saying there isn't really a single font that is considered most accessible.. but TNR is very poor for readability.
Maybe worth saying there isn't really a single font that is considered most accessible.. but TNR is very poor for readability.
I'm sorry, but it's just too funny that medical leave is called FML
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm sorry, but it's just too funny that medical leave is called FML
LOL @ this romantic post about the least romantic first date location you could possibly imagine.
15 years ago @besswww.bsky.social sent me a late night okcupid message and I figured since she wasn't free for a month, I'd have our first date at Big Charlie's Saloon. It's been two cities,two kids (my son, and our son), a cat and countless bike rides. Thankful for Big Charlie's in so many ways.
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
LOL @ this romantic post about the least romantic first date location you could possibly imagine.
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Or come for a book talk from David Serlin on his most recent title, "Window Shopping with Helen Keller: Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 5/5
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Or come for a book talk from David Serlin on his most recent title, "Window Shopping with Helen Keller: Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 5/5
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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
just wild how still, almost 20 years into researching what I've been researching, a friend is like "have you seen this masters thesis from 1985" and i click 2 links and have it on my computer, and I've never seen it before. I am thinking AI cannot do this but I do appreciate that regular search can.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
just wild how still, almost 20 years into researching what I've been researching, a friend is like "have you seen this masters thesis from 1985" and i click 2 links and have it on my computer, and I've never seen it before. I am thinking AI cannot do this but I do appreciate that regular search can.
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Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies.
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies.
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
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I just wanna point out that this online No Kings protest organized by disabled folks is offering more opportunities for follow-up and additional action than I’ve seen for any of the in-person events.
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I just wanna point out that this online No Kings protest organized by disabled folks is offering more opportunities for follow-up and additional action than I’ve seen for any of the in-person events.
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽♀️
Wow a bracing interview on NPR 's Here & now about birth control misinfo on Tiktok, particularly aligned with claims from the likes of Charlie Kirk that birth control has a detrimental effect on women's patches/personalities so they need to get off it to know their true selves
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wow a bracing interview on NPR 's Here & now about birth control misinfo on Tiktok, particularly aligned with claims from the likes of Charlie Kirk that birth control has a detrimental effect on women's patches/personalities so they need to get off it to know their true selves
Great to see this new bio of Ed Roberts, one of the key figures in the US Disability Rights Mvmt. Looks like great detail on the legislative and politics work he did beyond what he's best known for in Berkeley.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The radical life of the father of independent living
A new book explores disabled activist Ed Roberts' revolutionary career.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Great to see this new bio of Ed Roberts, one of the key figures in the US Disability Rights Mvmt. Looks like great detail on the legislative and politics work he did beyond what he's best known for in Berkeley.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Following this thread!
Do you have a favorite academic book cover?
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Following this thread!
Am a fan of the Vibe Check podcast just to get to listen to these 3 great friends who are super smart, caring, knowledgeable, and love dogs and music and poetry.
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
An Abundance of White Mediocrity
pca.st
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Am a fan of the Vibe Check podcast just to get to listen to these 3 great friends who are super smart, caring, knowledgeable, and love dogs and music and poetry.
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
And if you need a super cathartic, absolute takedown of Bari Weiss today, go to about 35 min
pca.st/episode/daa5...
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I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..
THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).
September 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..
fascinated by the fine print of this
The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'
The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'
A statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been reinstalled in the National Mall after being taken down by the National Park Service a little over a week ago.
www.latimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
fascinated by the fine print of this
People will say the younger generations aren't tough but I'm at an outdoor concert where it's upward of 80 F and people are wearing sweatshirts and tweed jackets.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
People will say the younger generations aren't tough but I'm at an outdoor concert where it's upward of 80 F and people are wearing sweatshirts and tweed jackets.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
Horrors for my perimenopausal eyes.
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I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
The Adjusted PhD: What Accommodations Work(ed) For You?
Today I initiated conversations with my new institutional home’s Disability Support Services. As a disabled postgraduate researcher returning to PhD study after a previous unsuccessful attem…
phdisabled.wordpress.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
I've gotten so many spam calls lately I've started answering them to see what kind of calls they are. Scary thing is not knowing if this corny sounding dude is just really skilled at trying to turn this conversation around to get my personal info, or if that dude is a bot that is very good at that.
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I've gotten so many spam calls lately I've started answering them to see what kind of calls they are. Scary thing is not knowing if this corny sounding dude is just really skilled at trying to turn this conversation around to get my personal info, or if that dude is a bot that is very good at that.
Oh I didn't know this!
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
September 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Oh I didn't know this!