Siptah was a child pharaoh with a clubfoot who ruled for six years after ascending to the throne at age eleven (1193-1187 BCE). His name means “Son of Ptah, Beloved of Ptah” and his throne name meant “Beautiful for Re, Chosen by Re”. His left foot had contractions, which may have been due to poliomyelitis, but also possibly cerebral palsy. He died young, around age sixteen. During his reign, Egypt was functionally in control of his stepmother Queen Twosret and Chancellor Bay also played a part in taking the throne. Siptah ruled at a politically complex time with many challenges. Find the full Ancient Egypt and Disability zine free here : https://linktr.ee/disabilityark #disabilitystudies #ancientegypt #egyptology #egypt #disability

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From the latest Private Eye, out now.

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal US based Covid vaccine guidance for children and pregnant people on ideology instead of evidence, critics say

Recently revealed memos showed that the CDC also ignored hundreds of studies on the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccine when it restricted its use back in May 2025. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

There are three disabled servants from the tomb of the viziers Khety and Baqt in Beni Hassan. The tomb dates to the First Intermediate Period. One servant has a spinal curvature and is the very last in line but damage has erased the central part of the paint. Few anatomical details have been rendered on the representation, but we can still see that the bump was rendered by an elevation of the right arm as well as a lower-than-average head. Preceding him is a man with clubbed foot, and a man with dwarfism. Each man has an inscription above him: “dwarf person,” “disabled” [i.e. lower limb impairment] and the word jw above the person with a spinal disability, which is a hapax. Egyptologist P. E. Newberry considered that it could be the name of the man, while for A. Erman and H. Grapow, the word designates infirmity: “a physically disabled man.” Find the full Ancient Egypt and Disability zine free here : https://linktr.ee/disabilityark #disabilitystudies #ancientegypt #egyptology #egypt #disability

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Writing part of my thesis today, which can be summarised as "here is all the ways the University of York and the Council of British Archaeology have facilitated transphobia in broad terms, and absconded/failed/targeted my research in specific so as to try appear neutral towards trans eradication"...

Introducing Anakin, a nanny cam so you can keep an eye on those younglings.

Normy - Sadly no assistive tech, but simple, easy to play, and reduces difficulty for others.

Possible presentations: Tuxedo, tracksuit, space suit, clown costume, pyjamas, nurse scrubs, completely naked.

Venty - An iron lung with robotic arms and legs.

Possible presentations: Giant bipedal robot / spidertank / robo-scorpion, war elephant, rideable gorilla, animated statue, enchanted armor, enclosing poltergeist.

Clicky - Hologram projector stimtoy to mesmerise and distract.

Possible presentations:Fidget toy / noise-canceling headphones / dark glasses / white noise
machine / hologram projector

Friendy - Service animal of your choice.

Possible presentations: Service dog / carer / living shadow / ghostly fox / robot butler /
imaginary friend / helper monkey / swarm of rats.

Sticky - Weaponised Crutches for shooting and close combat.

Possible presentations:Cruches / white cane / zimmer frame / walking stick / orthotic brace / grabby stick

Floaty - Hovering bed drone hive and weapons platform.

Possible presentations: Bed (Hovering) / comfy chair / hoverboard / jetpack / mechanical
wings / bubble you float inside

Wheely - Combat mobility vehicle for ramming and crushing things.

Possible presentations: Wheelchair / mobility scooter / handcycle / motorbike / unicycle /
mini-tank / giant cat drawn chariot.

Killer Crips 3000 by Disability Action Research Kollective, Joseph Wilk Disabled people fighting the horrors of Ableism, the TTRPG.

Been working on some alternative player character skins for our disability centric TTRPG called Killer Crips 3000. Please share any thoughts if you have any, a thread:

dis-ark.itch.io/kc3000

ChatGPT pen test yields unexpected results in 2026 #chatgpt #ai YouTube video by FatherPhi

this guy tests “ai” chatbots and he comes up with the funniest ways to demonstrate they suck ass & can’t be trusted

a good resource to send to your bot-pilled friends

Seneb (2520 BCE) (ancient Egyptian for “Healthy”) was a man with dwarfism who lived during the Old Kingdom period in ancient Egypt. His tomb stands in the Royal Necropolis of Giza close to the Pyramids, and while his body was lost and most contents looted long ago, the inscriptions from his false door and statue tell us a few things about his life. He held many ceremonial titles such as Holder of the King’s Linen and Overseer of the Sacred Barque, and served as a Priest of Wadjet. He had a wife named Senitites, who was a Priestess of Hathor and Neith, and with whom he had three children. His inscriptions tell us he participated in the funeral procession of the Pharaoh Khufu, and that he owned “several thousand herds of cattle”. He was undoubtedly a man of great importance.

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Roma the doorkeeper appears on a limestone stele and appears to have a leg with contractions and muscle loss as well as a walking stick. People have proposed that this condition might be Poliomyelitis or club foot. Egyptologist Aidan Dodson using his own embodiment of disability has also proposed this might be cerebral palsy. The stele is dedicated to the goddess Astarte (1400-1365 BC). The position of doorkeeper may have been ceremonial or religious, similar to a guardian of a threshold.

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@sophiefrommars.bsky.social Link mentioned at housing event linktr.ee/disabilityark

Remember tweenage crop tops and prepubescent thongs? For 20 years, we were dressed by Epstein The paedophile’s close professional relationship with clothing billionaire Les Wexner coincided with a dark, Lolita-like period in fashion when girls were invited to age up and women to age down, writ...

<speechless>

Um…oof. Something I always felt unconsciously laid out on the page. I actively raided my mom’s closet in early high school, and it wasn’t until 2007 or so that I felt comfortable dressing (mostly) like other people my age, because there started to be options for covering up.

Single frame. Man standing in front of woman in wheelchair says: “Instead of complaining about the expensive nuclear subs we may never see, or our increasing expenditure on war machinery, maybe think about how properly funding YOUR NEEDS makes us LESS SAFE as a country…”

Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Chumbawamba - The Day The Nazi Died Lyrics YouTube video by Becca Critchley - Magpie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqU...

Plunder of the Commons We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent,...

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social This book may be relevant to your research on citizen wealth funds www.penguin.co.uk/books/308407...

Piss On Pity: The Graphic Novel | NDMAC A graphic novel offering a condensed history of the Disability Rights Movement, from its theoretical foundations through campaigns leading to the Disability Discrimination Act.

Free graphic novel about the fight for disability rights in the UK : ndmac.org/piss-on-pity...

Did y’all know I wrote a book about it?

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#CripAnimation

Baby Bonds Would Reduce Racial Wealth Inequities. Here’s What Policymakers Need to Know. New analysis shows that emerging baby bonds policies have great potential to reduce wealth gaps between Black and white Americans.

If the solution is the reduction in inequality, there is a smaller in scope solution which isnt often discussed, baby bonds : www.urban.org/urban-wire/b...

I often make a similar point about eugenics, in that the Nazis were defeated but we left in place all the systems that incentivise doing eugenics. We constantly have to keep fighting involuntary sterilisation, social murder, coercive euthanasia, dehumanisation of the less productive etc.

A digital illustration featuring the words 'disability pride' in leafy lettering the the centre, surrounded by a rainbow swirl with leaves and flowers sprouting from it, a side rainbow in the Disability Pride flag colours, and lots of sparkles, hearts and clouds. Its all been colour-flatted, and a section of leaves at the bottom has been rendered in a kind of cel-shaded style to make the leaves look fancy.

Day 17 #repostyourart prompt is 'doodle' so here's a WIP of a more doodly kinda piece.
I made this as a colouring page for Scope in - I think - 2023, I started colouring it for myself and then keep not managing to get back to finish it lol. Maybe THIS year. 😂
#illustration #DisabilityPride

Number crunching: Iran war

From the new Private Eye, out now.