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Literally the only thing Scatman ever wanted was for everyone to be happy. Every single song of his is about either how you're perfect and should accept who you are, or how it's nice to help people in need. This man just gushed love and kindness 24/7.

Stamily at STAMMAFest 2024 2024 in Nottingham!

I'm back trying to "do" X for what feels like the gazillionth time, just when everyone is leaving. If there's a tide, I'll swim against it, which explains a lot.

Patrick Campbell Penny Farrell And to the inimitable Conor Foran for his boundless creativity & vision Dysfluent. Celebrating the generative potential of stammering through font, a flag & a magazine was a fitting final conference workshop - with some powerful take home msging to close

Even though it’s a bank holiday, Pedro and I are here. Because that’s how much we love you. - Michael

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists RCSLT 💙 (aka some of our favourite people ever) are looking to update their guidance around stammering, and want to work with people who stammer and their families to develop this work. Can you help? forms.office.com/e/jkknR9RAX8

Vegetable oil makes Pyrex glass disappear because both materials bend light in the same way, with a refractive index of 1.47.

Tech should be inclusive and not reinforce harmful stigmas. An open letter to Samsung: #stopthestigma #includestutteringvoices

"The main challenge isn't stuttering," @ninagcomedian says. "It's to be funny". The U.S. stand-up comedian Nina G has landed her own TV special on Amazon Prime, covering everything from stammering to body image. Robert Coe reviews: stamma.org/reviews/tv-rev…

Mince pie ads? In September? 😱 they used to have the decency to wait until Halloween. Nonononono...

Our Deputy CEO Kirsten Howells was on BBC Breakfast this morning, talking about the barriers people who stammer face when engaging with customer-facing organisations (think: cafes, banks, helplines), and how simple it is to enact small yet important changes to their processes. 🧵

Patrick Campbell Stuttering Commons Dysfluent quelfilocheciunisce To Gina Waggott for her ‘From Mockery to Millions - The Scatman John Media Masterclass’ showcasing real footage & highlighting what a progressive & powerful advocate for open stammering Scatman John was. Loved the invitation to continue his work shaping media representation

Music journalist Gina Waggott debuts with an affectionate biography of John Larkin, better known as Scatman John, who rose to fame in the mid-1990s with a blend of jazz, pop, and scat-singing. It's a worthy tribute to an enigmatic and influential musician. @bloomsburypublishing

.The Millions featured Gina Waggott’s “Scatman John” in their winter 2026 Most Anticipated preview. Check out the full list: bit.ly/4qyEZwA Bloomsbury Music & Sound Studies

The stuttering junkie who became the world’s unlikeliest pop star telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…

Join Hannah Murray Lopez for 'TRE in the Afternoon' - live from 16.00CET, with Elizabeth Vartkessian's 'The Deserving:Humanity, Justice and Hope for the Condemned', and Gina Waggott on 'Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest Popstar'. Then its Charlie Brougham's sport

Gina Waggott was today in Los Angeles, alongside filmmaker Daniel Kremer and special guests to chat about John's official biography, Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of The World's Unlikeliest Popstar, published by Bloomsbury, and all about Scatman John.

After winning a 2024 Literary Auction for Change “Ask Me Anything” consultation with me, Gina Waggott went on to sell her biography SCATMAN JOHN to Bloomsbury — and last week launched the book to a full house at McNally Jackson: mcnallyjackson.com/book/979888180… #Libraries #BookLaunch

My SiriusXM show: Interviews with The Dandy Warhols, Vix and author Martin Tracey on Fuzzbox’s new authorized biography, Gina Waggott on her book about Scatman John, and musician Jacob Moon. Wed 2pm + 7pm ET, Channel 167, and anytime on the SiriusXM app.