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Jeff Preston, PhD

@jeffpreston.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Disability Studies @ King’s University College. Combobulating students since 2014. Interested in | πŸŽ₯ media representation | πŸ’» technoculture | ♿️ accessibility

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Well it appears as though I’ve unintentionally conditioned my dog to believe that books mean it’s time to go outside. So, now, whenever I touch a book she loses her marbles, runs around the house and excitedly barks.

I’ve accidentally made a literacy cheerleader… #CorgiLife

06.07.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man wearing glasses and a tie Alt: Dwight Schrute shhing the camera with a devilish smile and eyebrow raise.

Update: Well I guess they will NEVER know how I'm voting in this election...

08.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two of the four major federal political parties have called me this afternoon to poll my voting intention. Will I run the board? Only a few hours left for the PCs and Greens to pick up the phone!

07.04.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I (mostly) behaved myself!

05.04.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Craig Needles Podcast Episode 364: Friday Round Table With Jeff Preston And Jared Zaifman LTC is officially in council’s hands, we have a new plan for battling London’s homelessness crisis (again) and the Liberals seem to be in control of the federal election. Advocate Dr. Jeff Preston and...

Friday Round Table!

@jeffpreston.bsky.social and Jared Zaifman joined me at the Covent Garden Market studio to talk LTC blow up, Ark Aid funding debate and federal election round up!

#ldnont

classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...

04.04.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

You’re good for at least 2 or 3 years πŸ₯³

16.03.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white drawing of a frog with the words hi i exist Alt: Stitch, from Lilo & Stitch, looking dejected with the text "Hi, I exist."

(my personal inbox looking at me as I celebrate inbox 0 on my work account)

16.03.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is screaming with the words " unlimited power " behind him Alt: Emperor Palpatine screaming "unlimited power" while shooting lightning from his fingers.

Just achieved inbox 0 for the first time since 2023... 😱

16.03.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Letter to city council of London, Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication - Flashing Palely in the Margins Sameer Vasta is an epistolarian, anthropologist, urban explorer, and over-user of the discretionary comma.

JOIN THE BLUE-vement!

Letter to city council of #LdnOnt Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication>

Letter here: www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-...
City council contacts here: london.ca/government/c...

Big shoutout to @sameervasta.bsky.social. πŸ‘

01.03.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

We really are just going to repeat the 1900s eh?

03.03.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#SaskSupremacy...?

03.03.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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bill gates wearing glasses and a blue sweater with fantastic written in white Alt: bill gates wearing glasses and a blue sweater with fantastic written in white
03.03.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is Office down for anyone else or is just me living a blissfully disconnected Monday...?

03.03.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The toxic trait of saying "no" to an opportunity feeling like cutting off a finger...

01.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They screwed this all up.

19.02.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16280    πŸ” 3159    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 25
King's University College Three-year Limited Term Appointment – Disability Studies

REMINDER: Applications are due TOMORROW (Feb 18th) for the 3-year LTA position in #DisabilityStudies at King's.

Spend your Family Day submitting an app to join our little DS family πŸ₯³

Apply at: kingsuwo.hiringplatform.ca/processes/20...

17.02.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Craig Needles Podcast Episode 348: Friday Round Table With Shawn Lewis, Cheryl Miller And Jeff Preston Council changes direction on homelessness, Londoners can’t afford rising rents and the provincial election continues – with Doug Ford in Washington. Craig is joined in the studio by London Deputy Mayo...

Friday Round Table!

@jeffpreston.bsky.social, Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis joined me to talk #ldnont council homelessness plan, rising rents and provincial election campaign!

Good conversations, listen in!

classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...

14.02.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a blast recording this with Hollis. A perfect listen for a snowy Thursday afternoon!

13.02.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You got this! Almost across the finish line πŸ₯³

11.02.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Front page of Friday's London Free Press, featuring Jeff sitting in the middle of a snowy sidewalk and the headline "'Nightmare,' 'ice rink' sidewalks frustrate Londoners, advocate"

Front page of Friday's London Free Press, featuring Jeff sitting in the middle of a snowy sidewalk and the headline "'Nightmare,' 'ice rink' sidewalks frustrate Londoners, advocate"

It's official folks, I have an above the fold level face!

Not included in the article: thoughts on how the current sidewalk clearing in London is an excellent recruitment method for the #disability population πŸ˜…

09.02.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of lisa simpson sitting in a classroom with the words giggling above her Alt: Lisa Simpson sitting in a classroom giggling

Does @londonjazzass.bsky.social have the best handle in the skies? Definitely possible.

Do I have the maturity of a pre-teen? Also, definitely possible.

07.02.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kanye tweet that reads "I TURNED DOWN 3 PHOTOS THIS WEEK WITH MAKE A WISH KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS"

Kanye tweet that reads "I TURNED DOWN 3 PHOTOS THIS WEEK WITH MAKE A WISH KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS"

Okay obvious Kanye's most recent antisemitism Nazi/Hitler love meltdown on the other site is deplorable but this one legitimately made me giggle. If I find out this is a fake tweet I'll be so disappointed...

07.02.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Digital Accessibility Legal Landscape - axe-con

Free and online: On February 27th I'll be doing a session about the digital #accessibility legal landscape at the Axe-Con Accessibility conference. Session page with link to register: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #a11y #disability

04.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character named squidward from spongebob squarepants is standing in the ocean Alt: Squidward, from spongebob squarepants, wiping his brow in a sigh of relief

In case anyone was worried, I'm marking from home today where snackies are plentiful

04.02.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doug Ford speaking with supporters about Trump at an event on Monday: β€œOn Election Day was I happy this guy won? 100% I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f**ing yanked it in me”

04.02.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 48
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a man in a pink shirt and tie sits at a desk with dang it written on the bottom right Alt: A man in a pink shirt and tie sits at an office desk, sighing to himself, with "dang it!" written along the bottom

Made an absolute rookie mistake today when I left for campus to do some afternoon grading and didn't bring any snacks

03.02.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tea mug with a β€œJerry Lewis Pity Party” logo sitting before a computer screen with lecture slide titled β€œDS1010 Week 4 β€” The Charity Model of Disability”

Tea mug with a β€œJerry Lewis Pity Party” logo sitting before a computer screen with lecture slide titled β€œDS1010 Week 4 β€” The Charity Model of Disability”

I don’t always synchronize my tea mug with my lecture content but today I had no choice but to bust out this custom beauty πŸ₯° #PissOnPity

30.01.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video Demo: Guitar Praise
YouTube video by Christianbook.com Video Demo: Guitar Praise

Anyone else missing the golden age of video games? youtu.be/ybgMO_nzDsg?...

24.01.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty tired of the nanny state smh

09.01.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still kind of preferable to the ~80% rage bot population of the other site... πŸ˜…

07.01.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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