I wish I knew more about video production.
I get tired of seeing/hearing another abled urbanist dude talk about issues I've been talking about for YEARS and getting accessibility wrong, but also probably about to get lauded for mentioning the word 'accessibility'.
"UCSD professors wanted money to research telepathy. They turned to Jeffrey Epstein.
‘I don’t have a problem with my lab being funded by Epstein,’ one wrote to another."
"In 2017, Ramachandran and two other UCSD professors, Paul Mills and Deepak Chopra, the famous New Age author, were launching a study of autistic children thought to be savants. They had a particular interest in one provocative claim — that some might have telepathic abilities."
Nope, Academia doesn't have any systemic problems at all, nope.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/03/08/ucsd-professors-wanted-money-to-research-telepathy-they-turned-to-jeffrey-epstein/ #AcademicChatter #Ethics #Kyriarchy #Disability #UCAccessNow
UC Regents settle amputation lawsuit for $11.5 million
"Lisa Wolff, Wayne Wolff’s wife and an emergency room nurse, became concerned about the lack of blood flow to her husband’s leg. According to the complaint, she repeatedly requested that doctors order an ultrasound to evaluate his condition.
The lawsuit alleges that those requests were denied multiple times. At one point, when another physician reportedly approved an ultrasound, the complaint claims that Wang canceled the imaging order. The filing argues that this delay prevented timely intervention that could have saved the limb."
"In addition to allegations of medical negligence, Wolff’s legal team filed a motion for sanctions claiming that key evidence had been destroyed. According to court documents referenced in that motion, video footage of the surgery and internal communications between staff were allegedly not preserved."
https://newuniversity.org/2026/02/24/uc-regents-settle-amputation-lawsuit-for-11-5-million/ #Ethics #UCAccessNow
Free microscopes to all attendees so they can try to spot UC's ethical compass!
"On April 21 and 22, join colleagues from throughout the UC system for the 2026 UC Ethics and Compliance Institute. This free, fully virtual two-day program is designed for administrative, campus and health compliance professionals at every career stage, as well as leaders who support ethical, compliant and effective operations across UC." https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/registration-is-open-for-the-2026-uc-ethics-and-compliance-institute/ #California #Ethics #Law #UCAccessNow
Academic Ableism has forced me to pay to replace my ride 3 times so far.
I've never gotten a Rivendell because of how expensive they are.
To give you an idea of how expensive Academic Ableism has been to me, I could have bought 11 Rivendell bikes for what it has cost me to deal with what systemic ableism has done to my health and forced upon me (and that's just the cost of the cycles, not the cost of replacing other things, paying for additional healthcare, etc). #UCAccessNow #BikeTooter
When they whine that it's "too hard" to reorganize and redesign to even just barely comply with ADA, compare it to how quickly they did it for something unethical, error-ridden, and based on MASS theft of the intellectual property and creative work of others....
UCI Disability Services Center transitions to Genio Notes
"The UCI Disability Services Center (DSC) allowed its license for the transcription software Otter AI to expire, and has transitioned to Genio Notes as its sole supported transcription platform on Jan. 30. This decision comes amid broader uncertainty surrounding funding for the Disabled Students’ Programs (DSP), which is set to expire across UC campuses this spring."
What happens because of UC pursuing a "separate but unequal" structure of compliance instead of true accessibility is that it's easily separately eliminated from education funding. UC used to HIRE students for notetaker jobs, and hire captioners, now it's error-ridden and privacy-invading software in the cloud.
https://newuniversity.org/2026/02/24/uci-disability-services-center-transitions-to-genio-notes/
Note from me regarding UC news on this account:
I often get the news at times when folks in California are asleep so don't just follow this account, but set it for notifications so you don't miss any important news. #UCAccessNow #Ableism #FuckAI
help they could get. Good mic placement makes sure that folks online as well as folks in the room who are hard-of-hearing or are used to another accent can get the best audio possible to work with.
- Don't treat those attending online as some lesser form of attendee - if you throw it open to Q & A, make sure you're making it possible for those online also to submit questions.
Just realized a dissertation that cites the Demandifesto isn't showing up in my Google Scholar profile because the format of the cite is slightly different than the rest.
And of course, it's difficult for me to do anything to get it to associate with my profile (pending confirmation by an independent, of course).
Because if there's any corporation who cannot afford to hire customer support, fact checkers, proofers, etc., it's Google. /s
Author(s): Wright, Duane | Advisor(s): Halfmann, Drew | Abstract: Labor scholars and union activists have long argued that the revitalization of the USlabor movement depends on the success of rank-and-file members transforming their unions into more democratic organizations that can properly channel and support militancy. The dominance of the bureaucratic business unionism model has been derided for its inability to successfully wage class struggle, and it has been noted at times that entrenched union bureaucrats can be just as repressive as management or the state. However, there has previously never been a systematic study of how this repression occurs. Using interviews and historical data such as newspaper articles, blogposts, books and scholarly articles three case studies are examined: the establishment and transformation of UAW 2865 over two decades, the 2019-2020 COLA wildcat strike starting at UC Santa Cruz, and the 2013 MAP test boycott (wildcat partial strike). Three mechanisms of repression are identified: containment, demobilization, and credit stealing. Containment is a preventive barrier established between dissident rank-and-file members and other members that blocks the former’s influence over the latter. Demobilization are those actions which shut down dissident or autonomous organizing or actions. Credit stealing is assigning credit for work done by others or asserting oneself as the leader or rightful representative of a movement that one did not support or participate in.
Megan Lynch (she/her)
UC Access Now
Megan Lynch (she/her)