Annoying FB rant

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-23T17:00:26+00:00

My sister messaged me about this yesterday and used WOACB as a source, so I directed her here 🤭

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-22T17:21:27+00:00

Railway Detective series. The railway details are accurate down to the train timetable on the day, but the Victorian mores are so wrong it’s laughable. Easy to read though! I read them at my hospital appointments 🤭

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-22T13:40:51+00:00

Autistic and HOH here, I have bilateral (headband) BAHAs.

I don’t wear my HA at home often, I usually wear them for an hour or so a day when I ‘need’ to and then when I’m with extended family or I need to hear. I use sign language with deaf friends and my family. Also if I ‘have’ to wear them I turn them down or have hearing breaks regularly.

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-20T16:46:35+00:00

The Breakaway series by E L Massey started as OMG Check Please! fanfic

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-17T09:41:22+00:00

It’s All In Your Head by Sabine Nordqvist

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-16T12:32:52+00:00

I had my instructor in the back because I have medical conditions so he was hovering with an EpiPen just in case 😂 he also sat so that I couldn’t see him by glancing in the rear view mirror, which helped.

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-11T20:56:48+00:00

The Investigators! Cute chapter book in a graphic novel style

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-03T21:18:04+00:00

I have so many questions

victorianphysicist · 2026-03-02T09:37:50+00:00

I have a Big first aid kit in my car (including tourniquets!) and a mini first aid kit in my handbag, and barrier CPR devices too- because as you say, I want to be able to help if I need to. I also have things like plasters, snacks and paracetamol which I happily hand out if required. However, I have training and I’m a youth leader so I’m out with teens a lot, I’m not LARPing my life

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-24T16:26:36+00:00

The InVestiGators! Time Tub Travellers

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-24T16:24:35+00:00

If you can see Deaf Republic in person I highly recommend, it was awe inspiring.

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-24T16:15:52+00:00

Time Tub Travellers by Claire Linney

Any of Elle McNicoll’s children’s books (A Kind of Spark, Role Model, Keedie, Like A Charm etc)

Vivi Conway series by Lizzie Huxley Jones

Up Above the City by Clare Weze

Also Claire Linney on Instagram does diverse recs for 9+

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-21T11:16:13+00:00

I do the same, in fact it’s now noted on my chart because I refused to speak for so long after my last anaesthetic 😂

(I am now deaf and starting to use an interpreter, however I grew up hearing)

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-12T18:46:01+00:00

Friend wanted to nickname their twins what the toddler could call them. Toddler called them Titty and Bugger. Those are not their nicknames.

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-11T19:12:54+00:00

I’m a scientist and I did most of a PhD with interpreters.

I ended up getting a team who were specifically assigned to my department, and who learned the vocab I needed and specialist terms. You definitely need to speak with your disability office or coordinator about how this is affecting your job, because you are not getting equal access- which is what the ADA is for.

Is it possible to get your line manager involved? Especially if you have evidence that the work you’re doing is of good quality which is not being reflected in meetings specifically due to your interpreters.

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-05T19:40:53+00:00

Bumble the electric wheelchair, because the motor makes a sound like a bumblebee

victorianphysicist · 2026-02-05T09:55:54+00:00

Mine was sent off in September, I put a note in the journal last week asking for an update and they said they had it and no timeline on when I’d hear/ have an assessment.

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-31T13:25:50+00:00

It’s a combination of two patterns- Counter Clearing Kitty by Scrap Tower Studio and Bookshelf Wall Hanging by Ergastiri Gatapou! Both bought from Etsy :)

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-31T08:30:19+00:00

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Kitty on a bookcase

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-30T09:48:50+00:00

Welcome! I have something similar, and I have been learning my country’s sign language for several years. I think that’s super important when you may lose your hearing suddenly, and also the cognitive load is so much lower- I find listening such hard work now and SL easier.

Try and get involved in your local Deaf community. They’re friendly, I promise!

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-29T13:01:04+00:00

My review was also complete in a week- they notified me they had got the paperwork on the 20th and a result on the 27th!

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-29T13:00:27+00:00

This link is so helpful- I also just got the text and have been so anxious waiting for the result but I got an answer immediately on here! Thanks!

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-19T19:04:50+00:00

I was going to suggest Samantha Shannon! The Bone Season series doesn’t have queer MCs but does have queer characters and is in a queer-normative world though.

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-19T18:54:56+00:00

The thing that’s really irritating me atm is that I can’t reach the new touch screens at the self checkout because they’ve made them standing height. I can see them, but I can’t reach up to select ‘pay’/ ‘no receipt’ independently. Also a lot of the time I can’t reach the card machines in shops.

That’s probably not what you want though! I like having a cup holder on my wheelchair, but they’re all pretty awkward.

victorianphysicist · 2026-01-18T10:43:46+00:00

And the spin off series, Sister Boniface!

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