Ebony
@ebnewts.bsky.social
MA History grad, specialising in 18&19thC Queer history. Crochet/Floristry/Random hyper-fixations galore. Neurodivergent. She/Her. 🏳️🌈
Substack: https://substack.com/@ebonyln?r=1307ml&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Substack: https://substack.com/@ebonyln?r=1307ml&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
(operation ‘working out how on earth to use bluesky’ is about to commence)
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
(operation ‘working out how on earth to use bluesky’ is about to commence)
“I am learning that resistance can be rooted in small acts. A coffee shared on the picket line; six strangers discussing the disabling effects of late-stage capitalism in the quiet of a closed bookshop; a handful of wildflower seeds thrown haphazardly…”
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Pockets of resistance
I am learning that resistance can be rooted in small acts.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“I am learning that resistance can be rooted in small acts. A coffee shared on the picket line; six strangers discussing the disabling effects of late-stage capitalism in the quiet of a closed bookshop; a handful of wildflower seeds thrown haphazardly…”
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“I have raised cut flowers in the foundation of an old back-to-back house; tended an edible garden squeezed between pavement slabs, gathering cavolo nero as the buses trundled by. As part of the landless, you learn to make space for green wherever you can…”
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The Balcony
As a rough estimate, it is one metre wide by two metres long.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“I have raised cut flowers in the foundation of an old back-to-back house; tended an edible garden squeezed between pavement slabs, gathering cavolo nero as the buses trundled by. As part of the landless, you learn to make space for green wherever you can…”
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Despite her belated diagnosis, Walker has already begun to find autistic community. “She’s been in touch with a group of fellow late-diagnosed women. And a boy who’s nearly 12,” Wilkins said.
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Better late than never, concludes woman’s autism report
A woman approaching her 98th birthday has received a late late diagnosis of autism, reports have confirmed. Julie Walker, 97, from Goole - who received the full copy of her assessment report last Thur...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Despite her belated diagnosis, Walker has already begun to find autistic community. “She’s been in touch with a group of fellow late-diagnosed women. And a boy who’s nearly 12,” Wilkins said.
thedailytism.com/better-late-...
thedailytism.com/better-late-...
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Following on from my last post on Charles Darwin's walking stick, here's a letter he wrote in 1861: "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
Same, Darwin. Same.
Same, Darwin. Same.
November 28, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Following on from my last post on Charles Darwin's walking stick, here's a letter he wrote in 1861: "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
Same, Darwin. Same.
Same, Darwin. Same.
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Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
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November 27, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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And Sussex is now number 80.
EIGHTY.
@timeshighered.bsky.social suggests the number of universities in the UK is 166. So when we hit 83 we throw a mid-way party at Number 10, right? #UKHE
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EIGHTY.
@timeshighered.bsky.social suggests the number of universities in the UK is 166. So when we hit 83 we throw a mid-way party at Number 10, right? #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:01 AM
And Sussex is now number 80.
EIGHTY.
@timeshighered.bsky.social suggests the number of universities in the UK is 166. So when we hit 83 we throw a mid-way party at Number 10, right? #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
EIGHTY.
@timeshighered.bsky.social suggests the number of universities in the UK is 166. So when we hit 83 we throw a mid-way party at Number 10, right? #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
With a breath of relief I can say that I may finally be finished this continuous granny square blanket I started in March this year. 🙈 ‘Finished’ = ‘giving up after I noticed it is now nearly 6ft wide’.
Crochet blanket modelled by Pan.
Crochet blanket modelled by Pan.
November 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
With a breath of relief I can say that I may finally be finished this continuous granny square blanket I started in March this year. 🙈 ‘Finished’ = ‘giving up after I noticed it is now nearly 6ft wide’.
Crochet blanket modelled by Pan.
Crochet blanket modelled by Pan.
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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‘A Gilded Chain is Still a Chain’
I made this in tribute to the medieval Unicorn Tapestries. In the final tapestry the unicorn is imprisoned under a pomegranate tree that is dripping. I imagined if she escaped, she would want to destroy the tree and its fruits!
#unicorn #art #painting #embroidery
I made this in tribute to the medieval Unicorn Tapestries. In the final tapestry the unicorn is imprisoned under a pomegranate tree that is dripping. I imagined if she escaped, she would want to destroy the tree and its fruits!
#unicorn #art #painting #embroidery
November 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM
‘A Gilded Chain is Still a Chain’
I made this in tribute to the medieval Unicorn Tapestries. In the final tapestry the unicorn is imprisoned under a pomegranate tree that is dripping. I imagined if she escaped, she would want to destroy the tree and its fruits!
#unicorn #art #painting #embroidery
I made this in tribute to the medieval Unicorn Tapestries. In the final tapestry the unicorn is imprisoned under a pomegranate tree that is dripping. I imagined if she escaped, she would want to destroy the tree and its fruits!
#unicorn #art #painting #embroidery
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to catch a bus you must think like a bus
May 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM
to catch a bus you must think like a bus
well, this feels nostalgic ✨
November 20, 2024 at 6:26 PM
well, this feels nostalgic ✨