Camden
@camdenluxford.bsky.social
She/her, Australian, AuDHDer. Too much politics, not enough video games.
Profile pic is an installation by Greer Lankton.
Profile pic is an installation by Greer Lankton.
Also, we will drop a press release about this but not advertise the time or participating stores on our website. Autistic people *love* making phone calls to confirm the information in a 13-month-old press release is accurate!
The hour, agreed upon by all leading supermarkets, will conveniently be held between one and two in the morning, a time where autistic people are most likely to be able to get out and about.
Convenient! Shop autism hours to be held annually from 1am to 2am on Mars
Autistic people everywhere are celebrating the news that supermarkets will be holding one annual quiet shopping hour just for them - just a short rocket trip from Earth. The hour, agreed upon by all…
thedailytism.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Also, we will drop a press release about this but not advertise the time or participating stores on our website. Autistic people *love* making phone calls to confirm the information in a 13-month-old press release is accurate!
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Nuzzis book is going to break @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This coming @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode is going to be legendary
This coming @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode is going to be legendary
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Nuzzis book is going to break @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This coming @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode is going to be legendary
This coming @ifbookspod.bsky.social episode is going to be legendary
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Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
The NYTimes, The Atlantic, and the WSJ have piled on in the past week. Time for WaPo to get on the too-many-kids-have-diagnoses beat.
Opinion | ADHD Is Exploding. Are the Kids All Right?
‘It’s impossible to ignore the school system’s role in overdiagnosis and prescription.’
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Find yourself someone who loves you the way unearned social hierarchy loves defending itself through moral panics & means testing.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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This is going to be an absolute disaster. It is colossally stupid, unethical in the extreme, and it’s going to ruin lives.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is going to be an absolute disaster. It is colossally stupid, unethical in the extreme, and it’s going to ruin lives.
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The answer for me - in the classroom - has been to use universal design principles. I don’t give tests, my assignments are open book & can be submitted in multiple ways, I give extensions to anyone who asks. People have family emergencies, work demands, get ill… An inclusive class helps more people.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The answer for me - in the classroom - has been to use universal design principles. I don’t give tests, my assignments are open book & can be submitted in multiple ways, I give extensions to anyone who asks. People have family emergencies, work demands, get ill… An inclusive class helps more people.
I’m not a data gal but “fraudulently accessed psychiatric disability accommodations confer *significant* academic advantage on non-disabled students” feels like a testable hypothesis to me.
But instead of data we get non-stop handwringing anecdotes.
Telling!
But instead of data we get non-stop handwringing anecdotes.
Telling!
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m not a data gal but “fraudulently accessed psychiatric disability accommodations confer *significant* academic advantage on non-disabled students” feels like a testable hypothesis to me.
But instead of data we get non-stop handwringing anecdotes.
Telling!
But instead of data we get non-stop handwringing anecdotes.
Telling!
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It’s so funny when people think I have an “advantage” bc I get extra time in exams/grace periods on assignments, like idk man if you want to swap I’d be happy to have a functioning brain & body & you can have the accommodations, I promise you being able to do the work is the better end of the deal
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It’s so funny when people think I have an “advantage” bc I get extra time in exams/grace periods on assignments, like idk man if you want to swap I’d be happy to have a functioning brain & body & you can have the accommodations, I promise you being able to do the work is the better end of the deal
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new bit in Dec is to ask anyone wearing a sweater, "oh nice are you going to an ugly sweater party later?"
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
new bit in Dec is to ask anyone wearing a sweater, "oh nice are you going to an ugly sweater party later?"
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
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Far too many people can only be tall if everyone else is on their knees
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Far too many people can only be tall if everyone else is on their knees
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My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...
AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
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Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Something I think people (such as reporters) might underestimate is the likelihood of a kid with a deficit lying to their peers and saying they're gaming the system.
Having deficits carries a lot of stigma and kids may think saying they're just gaming the system will play better with peers.
Having deficits carries a lot of stigma and kids may think saying they're just gaming the system will play better with peers.
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Something I think people (such as reporters) might underestimate is the likelihood of a kid with a deficit lying to their peers and saying they're gaming the system.
Having deficits carries a lot of stigma and kids may think saying they're just gaming the system will play better with peers.
Having deficits carries a lot of stigma and kids may think saying they're just gaming the system will play better with peers.
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Being forced to take on debt so you can engage in the practice of your trade and still not reap the full benefits of your labor is a long time practice.
Stop being fucking dumb about your application of Marx.
Stop being fucking dumb about your application of Marx.
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Being forced to take on debt so you can engage in the practice of your trade and still not reap the full benefits of your labor is a long time practice.
Stop being fucking dumb about your application of Marx.
Stop being fucking dumb about your application of Marx.
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Joyce Carol Oates' year of radicalization
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Joyce Carol Oates' year of radicalization
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The only thing Segal should be asking is for the PM to accept her resignation
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says she hasn’t even bothered to ask NSW police how on earth they let a bunch of Neo Nazi grubs parade outside parliament, but promises she will.
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The only thing Segal should be asking is for the PM to accept her resignation
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Every time this appears in my skyline I notice a new horror
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Every time this appears in my skyline I notice a new horror
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The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
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This letter to the British Journal of Psychiatry tells us everything we need to know about current thinking in #autism research. Concise, accessible & powerful. Read it if you think autism = social deficits! #DoubleEmpathyProblem www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Autism diagnosis and the double empathy problem | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Autism diagnosis and the double empathy problem
www.cambridge.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This letter to the British Journal of Psychiatry tells us everything we need to know about current thinking in #autism research. Concise, accessible & powerful. Read it if you think autism = social deficits! #DoubleEmpathyProblem www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.