Did you know that only 1 in 4 blind or partially sighted people of working age are in paid employment? Mohammed recently started a paid work placement with RNIB and spoke with us about his experience. For more stories like this listen to RNIB Connect Radio online, Freeview 730 or smart speakers.

Celebrate World Braille Day with RNIB Connect Radio 🎉 Next Sunday, why not join Toby Davey for a 2-hour special show packed with music, braille features, interviews, and more? Listen: 10am on the 4th of January 2026.

After struggling to get answers to why her vision was worsening, Kay Bennett was finally diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a condition which she never heard of before. Kay has embraced support and is getting used to her white cane. Though sometimes she feels shy about using it in public.

Have you ever had someone assume your friend or family member is your carer? Caroline lives with sight loss and finds that she has to deal with assumptions like this often in her day-to-day life. [Video description: a transcript of text plays over the RNIB Connect Radio logo.]

"That was the first time I'd ever heard about any kind of support that I could get. From my rehabilitation worker, 12 years after my diagnosis." Following her sight loss diagnosis, Bhavini had to put her life on pause. Join RNIB's call for change: https://bit.ly/RNIBOutOfSight

When two Roberts sit down to chat RNIB Bookshare 📖 Learn about this importance service as our Robert Kirkwood spoke with Robert Whan of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to learn how he uses the service to support students.

What is it like being matched with a new guide dog? Our presenter Toby Davey joins us for Guide Dog blogs on the Lunch Break today. Listen from 12 noon. [Video description: a transcript of text plays over "RNIB Connect Radio" logo]

On Thursday 7th of May the Senedd Election is taking place in Wales. But what support is available to blind and partially sighted people heading to the polling stations? RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan spoke to Liz from @rnibcymru.bsky.social, and Ella from the Electoral Commission UK, to find out.

Next month, Phil Harrison is running with Team RNIB in the 2026 London Marathon. He joined us to talk about his challenge, alongside filmmaker Reuben Armstrong, who has created a short documentary 'An Exercise in Perspective' about Phil's journey. Follow his journey: https://reubenand.co/phil

Josephine lives with sight loss and shared what helps support her wellbeing over the dark winter months. Want to share what helps you? Comment below or email: radio@rnib.org.uk

The big news is breaking! The slime sequel is out next month! The long awaited follow up to the hilarious Crooks and Nannies is funnier and slimier than the original! We'll be revealing the Crooks and Nannies Too cover soon! 💙 📚 #booksky #crooksandnanniestoo #slimesequel @candyjarbooks.bsky.social

⭕Les membres de la #Flottille kidnappée par #Israël en eaux internationales subissent DES HUMILIATIONS de la part #d’Itamar_Ben-Gvir et des forces de police #Israéliennes.

Where does your money go? When you choose Signalise, your investment stays in the community. 🌍 Unlike private agencies that prioritize profit for shareholders, we reinvest our surplus back into the Deaf community and the professionals who support it.

Disability activist Alice Wong talked about cripping the world, or in her words, "to bend, compress, twist, subvert, imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions and cultures." Could we do it in the next hundred years, asks Laura Flanders in this week's closing commentary: bit.ly/4pxYUu2

As I’ve said all along, Trump and Netanyahu should have never started this war in Iran, and they must end it now. New Yorkers need Medicare for All, universal childcare, and affordable housing — not costly wars. Not one more cent for this illegal and immoral war.

Cirie and Dee’s Corona commercial #Survivor50

The Age of Rebellion has officially arrived in Black Spire Outpost! On April 29th, we witnessed Han Solo’s historic first appearance at the Millennium Falcon. Despite the massive crowds, Nadia managed a pertsonal encounter with him. Han himself offered her a ride on the Falcon—complete with a wink!

Today, we're launching a free new tool to demystify campaign finance data in North Carolina. We've built a new mobile-optimized web application to make campaign finance data easier and clearer to understand for everyone! Go give it a try, and let us know what you think: NCMoneyTracker.org

Die Kinder Israels habt ihr das schonmal gehört Und was hat das mit den Arabern zutun realtalk. Hör genau hin und bilde dir deine eigene Meinung. #realtalk #politik #deutschland #meinung #viral #diskussion #news #fakten #gesellschaft #aufklärung

It’s Election Day in Philadelphia! Excuse the chipmunk voice.

One of three wedding photoshoots that were going on around city hall today at the same time.

FASSF / Art & Science Node is happy to announce ORCHIDEA 🌸 Realised within the framework of the SPIN-FERT EU / Horizon Europe Mission Soil programme, ORCHIDEA will premiere at ZAK Centre for Contemporary Art in Berlin as part of the exhibition MENACE 📅 29.05 – 23.08.2026 #ArtAndScience

Alice’s Ocean 🌊 A reflection on how we face our own shame. The second track from my upcoming EP Alice, exploring struggles and second chances. 🔗 Available now on all streaming platforms. The full EP Alice arrives this spring. open.spotify.com/album/5iJZW5... #AlicesOcean #NewMusic #AveryLake

STOP! WATCH! LISTEN! Not doing so won’t make the suffering go away. Living vegan will : Challenge22.com 🌱 #vegan #cuteanimalsofbluesky #pigs

Zelensky The Player Strike deep in Russia, then immediately call for ceasefire, what a double game !

Capturing a GIANT Dinosaur in NEW Indie Tycoon! 🦕🏝️ Dino Time Raiders is a NEW Upcoming 2d Tycoon game available on Steam! It's very casual, addictive and cozy 😌 Wihslist On Steam 👉: store.steampowered.com/app/3971710/... #tycoongames #indiegames #newsteamgames #dinosaurs #dinosaurgames

#QP Optical Illusion #synthart #aiart

Dr. Christy Perez reveals the "abolitionist" path on Casual Politics. 🏛️🔥 She explains how our divisions over race and gender are constructed to prevent "collective mass power." While we squabble, we lose our rights. It’s time to tear it down and start over. 🛡️📉 #CasualPolitics

Right! Kash-App!!

The ‘tinternet keeps on giving.. On russian Telegram tonight.. BDSM training for business has been launched in Russia. Experts promise to teach entrepreneurs how to enjoy the 'strangulation' of their enterprises, work with a high VAT rate, and stretch their business with the tax authorities.

Turnbound blends roguelike deckbuilding, auto-battler strategy, and inventory puzzle builds inside a haunted board game... Demo now available on Steam — Early access also available 🃏👇 #indiegame #indiedev

Hassett: "As soon as the straits are open, then energy prices are gonna plummet like nothing you've ever seen before"

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That dnc autopsy is lame and unimportant in this moment we’re in. Kamala said all that in her book And anyone with a brain knew domestic issues were key not any foreign issues They coulda just have listened and voted like Black folk. Anyway, vote in your midterms because that’s what matters now.

"A recent video [from #Israeli occupation source] showing the town of Beit Hanoun in northern #Gaza completely destroyed..." "فيديو حديث لمدينة بيت حانون شمال قطاع غزة مدمرة عن بكرة أبيها ،،،" www.threads.com/@moein_gaza/... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #Israel #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews

Director of Research Istanbul @canselcuki.bsky.social joined our podcast to discuss Turkey’s efforts to slow inflation after +2 years of reforms under Finance Min. Mehmet Şimşek. Full episode: www.turkeyrecap.com/p/turkeys-ec...

🗣️ “But still, we're trading with those [Israeli] settlements and, we're actually helping to sustain them,” says Senator Frances Black #TonightVMTV

Kicking off another week of making the game. #gamedev #indiegames #gamedevelopment

Sometimes the Disney princesses have two or three different names, depending on how aware their story is being told. #TriviaTime #DisneyPrincesses #DisneyClassics #DisneyAnimationVideos #FYPViral 

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DEMENTIA DON #DEMENTIADON #SUNDOWNING #25THAMENDMENT #Epsteinfiles #DonaldTrump #republicans #gop #politicssky #blacksky #USPOL #farleftsky #liberalsky #addtoliberalsky #progressivesky

Convicted FELON, Adjudicated RAPIST, #EPSTEIN'S PEDOPHILE BESTIE #DONALDJTRUMP is hoping EVERYONE is just as GULLIBLE as his Poorly Educated MAGA CULT. He's probably hoping no one REMEMBERS HE WAS A #DEMOCRAT before he decided to become America's GLOBAL EMBARRASSMENT by running for president.

Aurora (IL) Art Fundraiser To Raise Awareness For Suicide Prevention Nonprofit #midwestagendaartnews #suicideprevention #mentalhealthawareness #youarenotalone

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Paper Planet

The famous “potstickers” at Mini Potstickers in the Outer Sunset are not really potstickers at all. The restaurant’s star dish is actually thumb-sized sheng jian bao: tiny, pan-fried buns filled with juicy pork and finished with sesame seeds and scallions.

🌍Meet our partner: @w-u-r.bsky.social Bringing expertise in food safety, agriculture & economics, WR supports #FCI4Africa by developing digital solutions for tracking, certification & enforcement. 🔗https://fci4africa.eu/about-fci4africa/partners/wr/ #HorizonEU #ResearchImpactEU #FoodSafety

Over 80% of deaths linked to #AMR occur in #LMICs, where access to effective #antibiotics & #healthcare is often limited. Understanding what drives #AntimicrobialResistance & how to curb its spread is key to protecting modern medicine. Learn more👉 amrbenchmark2026.accesstomedicinefoundation.org

Q: What was it that made you break with Trump? Trump voter: Just seeing the lies. He put us in a war. He's putting up gold statues of himself. When are people going to wake up? All those stupid rallies I went to... I got rid of my Make America Great Again hat. I can't even believe I wore that hat.

And so ends our season...

10 million marching Americans is only important if the media covers it.

El lado argentino de las Cataratas del Iguazú ofrece una experiencia mucho más inmersiva y cercana al agua. Mientras el lado brasileño destaca por las vistas panorámicas, el argentino te mete literalmente dentro del sistema de cataratas y pasan por encima del río Iguazú antes de llegar a las caídas.

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Restoring Sperm Production For Infertile Couples. A targeted mRNA treatment restores sperm production in genetically infertile mice and allows them to father healthy offspring. Hope it works for humans. #MedicalResearch #ReproductiveHealth #Biotech #ScienceNews #HealthScience

To be loved is to be seen

He sure cares about that $400 million dollar Ballroom and Israel and his crypto grift. But Americans he doesn't think about.

"The government's being run by Stephen Miller, who is a white supremacist. Close to the election he'd ask me for retweets almost every day.. He sent me a text 'We need to get the white men out to vote. This will be white boy November revenge of the Kens.' I […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

🚨BREAKING: Cops threaten ICE protesters outside of Delaney Hall on Day 13 of prisoner hunger strike. Cop: Keep your hand out of my face! Protester: That's his 1st amendment right! Cop: That's my f*cking right too! WE'RE LIVE ⬇️

🎦 Folha abre inscrições para 11º Treinamento em Jornalismo de Saúde. Programa oferece oficinas de texto, palestras com especialistas e visitas a hospitais e centros de pesquisa 📲📰 Leia mais em mla.bs/84775da65c