Chandima Dutton 💙🐈⬛ 🌻
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Reflecting on the craft of conversation. Cat lady. Views are my own. #betterconversations #creativity #innovation #leadership #learning #resilience
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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New blog post (never a paywall): "The Default Body: AI, biased health data, and the illusion of objectivity." Medicine's idea of a “universal body” was never universal. It was male, and now AI is learning from that legacy. Bias doesn’t disappear in data; it scales. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New blog post (never a paywall): "The Default Body: AI, biased health data, and the illusion of objectivity." Medicine's idea of a “universal body” was never universal. It was male, and now AI is learning from that legacy. Bias doesn’t disappear in data; it scales. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis
#psychiatry #ADHD #diagnosis #woman #neuro #LivedExperience 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#psychiatry #ADHD #diagnosis #woman #neuro #LivedExperience 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis
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July 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis
#psychiatry #ADHD #diagnosis #woman #neuro #LivedExperience 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#psychiatry #ADHD #diagnosis #woman #neuro #LivedExperience 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Sharing something personal. All through UG, I struggled with reading and writing. Never came easily. Suffered deep self-doubt. Wasn’t until PhD that I realized only thinking came naturally to me. Pls don’t dismiss those in academia who struggle with reading and writing. They might yet be thinking.
July 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sharing something personal. All through UG, I struggled with reading and writing. Never came easily. Suffered deep self-doubt. Wasn’t until PhD that I realized only thinking came naturally to me. Pls don’t dismiss those in academia who struggle with reading and writing. They might yet be thinking.
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I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who didn't really surprise anyone—Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Elon Musk (pre-fallout)—but the more troubling trend has been watching younger entrepreneurs and VCs listen to their podcasts, read their posts and books, and slowly nod along to the idea that democracy is holding back innovation.
www.techdirt.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
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On Windrush Day, we pay tribute to the people who came from every corner of the Commonwealth to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War.
We must never forget their huge contribution or the racism they suffered at the hands of successive governments #WindrushDay
We must never forget their huge contribution or the racism they suffered at the hands of successive governments #WindrushDay
June 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
On Windrush Day, we pay tribute to the people who came from every corner of the Commonwealth to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War.
We must never forget their huge contribution or the racism they suffered at the hands of successive governments #WindrushDay
We must never forget their huge contribution or the racism they suffered at the hands of successive governments #WindrushDay
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I see women shrinking themselves all the time. It’s not modesty, my friends. If we’re gonna do it, let’s call it what it is: fear of disturbing familial, institutional or societal expectations. But faking smallness makes one more invisible to self than to others. This is a risk worth fearing more.
June 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I see women shrinking themselves all the time. It’s not modesty, my friends. If we’re gonna do it, let’s call it what it is: fear of disturbing familial, institutional or societal expectations. But faking smallness makes one more invisible to self than to others. This is a risk worth fearing more.
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Enoch Powell was a (proud) racialist. Keir Starmer isn’t. When did we lose the art of calibrated and nuanced debate ? My column. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/699...
You don’t speak for middle England, Farage, and here’s why
The common wisdom is we are living in an age of polarity. But isn’t the truth that most of us are somewhere in the neglected middle?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Enoch Powell was a (proud) racialist. Keir Starmer isn’t. When did we lose the art of calibrated and nuanced debate ? My column. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/699...
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Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism”
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
April 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism”
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
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We WILL get through this onslaught of negativity about autism and autistic people. But crucially and right now, let's talk about what autistic people themselves want and need to feel safe and secure. Please share. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what... #autism #neurodiversity 1/
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what... #autism #neurodiversity 1/
What Makes a Home Feel Safe For Autistic People? — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Autistic people talk about ways to make homes and other environments feel safe, so they can have spaces to decompress and be themselves.
thinkingautismguide.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We WILL get through this onslaught of negativity about autism and autistic people. But crucially and right now, let's talk about what autistic people themselves want and need to feel safe and secure. Please share. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what... #autism #neurodiversity 1/
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/05/what... #autism #neurodiversity 1/
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Remember Trump is using emergency legislation for the tariffs.
So the measures that were urgent and necessary to meet that emergency have now suddenly become non-urgent and unnecessary.
If US congress and courts properly held president to account for misuse of emergency powers, this would matter.
So the measures that were urgent and necessary to meet that emergency have now suddenly become non-urgent and unnecessary.
If US congress and courts properly held president to account for misuse of emergency powers, this would matter.
April 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Remember Trump is using emergency legislation for the tariffs.
So the measures that were urgent and necessary to meet that emergency have now suddenly become non-urgent and unnecessary.
If US congress and courts properly held president to account for misuse of emergency powers, this would matter.
So the measures that were urgent and necessary to meet that emergency have now suddenly become non-urgent and unnecessary.
If US congress and courts properly held president to account for misuse of emergency powers, this would matter.
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Like an old political fable, it was not many lies of the political ruler that did the damage, but the one thing the ruler had always told the truth about.
Trump has long said he would put up tariffs, but many of his foolish supporters happily assumed it was another lie.
But it was truth.
Trump has long said he would put up tariffs, but many of his foolish supporters happily assumed it was another lie.
But it was truth.
April 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Like an old political fable, it was not many lies of the political ruler that did the damage, but the one thing the ruler had always told the truth about.
Trump has long said he would put up tariffs, but many of his foolish supporters happily assumed it was another lie.
But it was truth.
Trump has long said he would put up tariffs, but many of his foolish supporters happily assumed it was another lie.
But it was truth.
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
Whoever this wonderful person is, thank you for speaking up.
This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD.
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
ADHD Barrister
Marking Neurodiversity Week 2025, an anonymous barrister shares the revelations and emotions from a mid-career diagnosis with a view to encouraging others to find out more
www.counselmagazine.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Whoever this wonderful person is, thank you for speaking up.
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Understanding v auto completing: thoughts on (talking about) GenAI.
People often say ChatGPT etc don't actually "know" things. And - yes, I'm aware of that fact, as they're not sentient beings. Similarly Google can't "search" (also requires sentience) and Word can't "paste" (requires glue) 1/
People often say ChatGPT etc don't actually "know" things. And - yes, I'm aware of that fact, as they're not sentient beings. Similarly Google can't "search" (also requires sentience) and Word can't "paste" (requires glue) 1/
February 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Understanding v auto completing: thoughts on (talking about) GenAI.
People often say ChatGPT etc don't actually "know" things. And - yes, I'm aware of that fact, as they're not sentient beings. Similarly Google can't "search" (also requires sentience) and Word can't "paste" (requires glue) 1/
People often say ChatGPT etc don't actually "know" things. And - yes, I'm aware of that fact, as they're not sentient beings. Similarly Google can't "search" (also requires sentience) and Word can't "paste" (requires glue) 1/
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There’s one thing we can do to stop Donald Trump's cruelty: act with decency and integrity in our own lives
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There’s only one thing we can do to stop Donald Trump's cruelty
It'll be up to each of us to prove that decency can triumph over viciousness
inews.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
There’s one thing we can do to stop Donald Trump's cruelty: act with decency and integrity in our own lives
inews.co.uk/opinion/one-...
inews.co.uk/opinion/one-...
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Some positive news for nature and climate in 2024. Never stop fighting for it.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed
Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Some positive news for nature and climate in 2024. Never stop fighting for it.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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I see it's moving further to the left.
December 1, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I see it's moving further to the left.
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I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careers
Four in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest
inews.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
I'm interested in understanding more about praxis vs theory - can anyone point me to a list or people I can follow on here? Thank you!
November 19, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I'm interested in understanding more about praxis vs theory - can anyone point me to a list or people I can follow on here? Thank you!
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As an Indian, as someone who lived in Egypt, and who has, modestly, remained committed to my politics despite that, here are my rules for living under fascist regimes:
1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/
1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/
November 15, 2024 at 2:31 AM
As an Indian, as someone who lived in Egypt, and who has, modestly, remained committed to my politics despite that, here are my rules for living under fascist regimes:
1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/
1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/