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Cat Mac
@musebloom.bsky.social
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Exhibitions Manager in London, UK
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musebloom.bsky.social
Somewhat surreal to be quoted in the New York Times coverage of our show. Although I must say, we do look a little broader than just disability and the built environment ;)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/a...
A Museum Show About Disability Asks: ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Sudden influx of targeted ads for ‘Astrocartography’ what where why ?!
August 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Rewatching the Matt Smith finales has me in instant feels the way it’s been lacking for the recent ones because I actually care about the characters. I miss these arcs and development! I don’t mind not having classic Easter eggs and big budgets! ❤️❤️ 🟦
June 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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louhicky.bsky.social
I'm giving a new talk on *"Subtitles on Fire"* at the V&A for the Design and Disability show. Featuring a screening of *Captioning and Captioning* — celebrating all things crip authorship with @maramills.bsky.social and Rebecca Sanchez
#DesignAndDisability www.vam.ac.uk/event/135rMr...
Crip Authorship: Disability as a Method for Creativity - Special event at V&A South Kensington · V&A
An afternoon of talks, a screening, and a workshop exploring disability, authorship, and access.
www.vam.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Thank you @lucywebster.bsky.social
We are so proud of our show and so excited for everyone to visit!

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Design and Disability review – ‘A world-shaping, boundary-breaking joy of a show’
From self-tightening shoes to an all-purpose hands-free vibrator, this superb exhibition demonstrates that disability-led culture and design is about so much more than ramps
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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sketchylogic.bsky.social
Using this as a creative writing exercise where, to maximally waste the reader's time, I start with a plausible-sounding story and descend into chaos.
An online form. 4. Please provide details of the action or complaints procedure taken to date including, if relevant, your employer’s disciplinary procedures. In early May, I informally broached the subject with my manager and was ignored. On the 20th of May, I wrote a formal email to Susy from HR (and CC'd my manager and the company CEO) outlining my concerns. That's when the proverbial feces hit the proverbial fan. The CEO summoned me into his office, called me an "impudent worm who needs to respect the trans agenda", and threatened my immediate removal from the company. 5. Please outline the current status of your case. The current status is that I am in the middle of a tense fight with the CEO. Over the course of last week, pointed words transitioned into shouted threats, and the shouting soon erupted into bloody, gendered violence. "Looks like I'll have to get serious," muttered the CEO, as he drew his phallic revolver. 6. Please provide details to date of losses sustained or harms caused as a result of the case. I sustained three bullet wounds from the ensuing gunfight. 7. Have you previously approached any other organisations or professional bodies for funding or support? I have received no support. The light is fading. All hope is lost. But wait. Who's that gallant silhouette upon the horizon? Could it be... Wes Streeting?
May 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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bernietranders.bsky.social
There is no separating the art from the artist. If you buy Harry Potter shit, you are funding transphobic campaigning. It’s that simple.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · May 24
JK Rowling has emerged from the shadows as a funder of the anti-feminist biology is destiny movement.
May 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
musebloom.bsky.social
New skill unlocked 🌸🌼🌷
ndkane.bsky.social Natalie D Kane @ndkane.bsky.social · May 19
Day one of Design and Disability install and I’m impressed by the range of skills in our team, flower pressing by @musebloom.bsky.social is now a trade for hire. Also, early advance copies of our book are in the building!
A book stacked on top of another on a table. The book cover is predominantly white. In the top right hand corner is the main title text in bold sans serif black font, reading Design and Disability. At the bottom left it reads in capitals, 10 Tales of Accessible Design. Across the front cover on a white background, from left to right is a series of long stripes of differing widths that go from top to bottom that go from each edge, with staggered gaps in between. They are in a colour spectrum starting from turquoise, to blue, to mauve, to purple to pink.
May 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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bernietranders.bsky.social
Today’s episode of Doctor Who, my god. Juno Dawson, you’ve done it again.
May 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up?

A former “friend” explained it ti me & showed me how entrenched ableism is 🧵
May 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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bernietranders.bsky.social
A friend who was out as a gay man during Section 28 was telling me the advice he used to give to straight allies asking how they could help back then: stand in solidarity with us so that some of the shit they’re throwing at us sticks to you. If you’re clean, you’re not standing close enough.
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Wheel of Time wth I need vengeance
April 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
If I got £1 every time I was inconvenienced by the king blocking the back road to the museum I’d have £2. Which isn’t much but it’s funny it’s happened twice.
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Flow is lovely and wonderful but I feel bad for the crying children
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
The masterstroke of Adolescence is the one-shot, giving a feeling comparable to being in a piece of promenade theatre. Stunning performances. I’ll be thinking about this for a while.
March 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Wheel of Time is so sumptuous and it’s making me want to read the books but that is a _commitment_
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
Way too many people On Here are using the r slur and it's pissing me off.

It doesn't make you edgy. It doesn't make you cool. It makes you a shitty person. Shit posting doesn't include slurs.

If you use slurs, I will block you. Slurs hurt people.
March 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
The tickets for our exhibition are now on sale. Come and enjoy our vibrant defiant show! Opens 7th June.

www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Design and Disability - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A
Showcasing the radical contributors of disabled, Deaf, and neurodiverse people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now
www.vam.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
musebloom.bsky.social
PANCAKE DAY
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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mayawest.online
Good morning.
Simpsons meme of bus driver saying "don't make me tap the sign" sign reads: let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair
January 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Long live the Prince Charles Cinema
A white left hand holds up a small pin badge that says “I heart PCC” in front of the Prince Charles cinema in London. The cinema has above its doors an illuminated sign that says “damn the man, save the PCC” in all caps.
February 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is an incredible film. Had me at the first “Marleeeene”
February 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
musebloom.bsky.social
Impactful night of poetry last night at the British Museum curated by Raymond Antrobus, in response to the Hew Locke exhibition. Wanted to share the poets here so folks can check them out!

▫️PA Bitez
▫️Kareem Parkins Brown
▫️Francis-Xavier Mukiibi
▫️Courtney Conrad
▫️Mr Gee
February 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
musebloom.bsky.social
Petition! Head to the PCC website for more info, but in essence it’s a landlord doing what landlords do.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM