Hello 2023
Word up! It’s 2023! I hope you’re as happy as a sandboy, which is apparently a thing meaning blissfully happy. That sounds like a nice place to be. It goes without saying, which is why I’m writing this, that it’s OK to be as happy as
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Happy Queermas?
Let’s put a pin in Christmas for now. I’m half way through and I’m at the stage all I want for Christmas is not be disabled, able to just do stuff and not suffer from depression. My brain does not make it easy to do anything.
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Happy Queermas
After spending the last few weeks wondering, “What is Christmas? Why is Christmas? Who is Christmas?” I bumped into a phrase via BBC 6 Music. Queermas.
My brain lit up. Queermas! By Jove, they’re onto something. Would it be possible to dump the issues with Christmas and instead celebrate
Acceptance
That is all I want for Christmas. Acceptance and whisky. Double up on the acceptance please and thank you.
Was my camera an early stimming toy?
A few years ago I found some Super 8 mm film footage of me playing with a camera as a young boy. I may have been 4 or 5 at the time. The camera has a range finder like look to it, but I doubt my parents were able to
What even is this time of year?
As I write this it is the 2nd day of Advent, aka 2nd December… one google later Wait, it’s not. Advent started on 27th November. It’s the 6th day of advent. So, Advent Calendars start on the 1st of December and countdown to Christmas. But Advent, the Christian
An autistic person travels to Europe – Part 4
Disability in Croatia
Before leaving the city of Split, my body decided it didn’t need my breakfast coffee. I followed the sign to the WC to be greeted by a full-body high turnstile gate. To the side, a woman sat by an open door with a disabled wheelchair sign
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Pansexual Pride
A look at the photography of two people who identify as pansexual for Pansexual Pride
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
A look at the work of disabled photographers from around the world.
Autistic people using photography to communicate
If everyone has a camera, how are autistic people using photography to communicate through photographs of their every day lives? A look at a study on autism, photography and communication. Also featuring Breadth, a project aiming to challenge autism stereotypes.
Trans Day of Remembrance
Thinking of the photos we wish we made when we had the time. Remember to make time.
My Perspective Photo Competition
Highlighting a photography competition by Downs Syndrome Association. Photography is for all.
Queer Joy is a Protest
A look at queer work during the last Trump administration
AI and the Queer Gaze in Photography
AI is good but built upon so many problematic systems. How can queer photographers use it?
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2025 done
Where did 2025 take me? A few highlights from the year.
ME/CFS Update
How am I doing after 18 months of Long Covid or ME/CFS?
Alan Turing - Man and AI
A few thoughts on Alan Turing's legacy and where we are today with computing and AI.
Doing the North East Skinny Dip
I got naked in front of nearly 1294 people and ran into the North Sea. How was it?
Dipping in my birthday suit
Birthday weekend plans: running into the sea in my birthday suit for charity (and conquering some fears along the way)
Meta Display Glasses for the Deaf
Meta’s new Ray-Ban glasses promise real-world subtitles, but I’ll believe it when deaf users say it works.
Bodies of Water: Art, Environment, and Neurodivergence
Water always finds its own level. So do we. My reflections on the Bodies of Water symposium, art, and being neuroqueer.