Good Things Friday (375) and Link Love
May 8, 2026
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Challenges this week:
I am in no way coordinated enough to fully / physically appreciate this but this is so cool: @mewefree.bsky.social The world’s first automated double dutch machine, invented by mechanical engineer and Penn State professor Tahira Reid Smith. She first drew it up as a third grader.
The appearance of disabled people at the Met Gala is huge: Aariana Rose Philip on Attending Her Historic First Met Gala: “Girls, I’ve Made It.”
Sinead Burke Irish disability advocate, author, and educator arriving at the Met Gala (May 4, 2026)
The Bloggess never fails to be hilarious: Actual things that happened on book tour (without even trying, I’m sure)