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Re:Spect Lab KCL @respectlabkcl.bsky.social · 12d

📣The ARCH seminar is back!
Join us on October 22nd to hear from Nell Fahey (with introduction from Dr Gavin Stewart) about their work on the social experiences of middle-aged and older autistic adults.
More info on our mailout - sign up and get tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

This is a poster advertising the ARCH (or Autism Research) Seminar Series. This talk takes place on the 22nd of October, 2025, at 2pm on Zoom. The talk is being given by Nell Fahey, who uses she and her pronouns, and is an MSc graduate from King's College London. She is being introduced by Dr Gavin Stewart, who uses he and him pronouns, and is a senior research fellow at King's College London. The talk title is "Exploring the Social Experiences of Autistic Adults in Midlife and Old Age: a co-produced qualitative study". The abstract reads "Being connected to other people and having good access to social support are often linked to a better quality of life as we get older. However, autistic people often experience barriers to being socially connected. Our co-produced study set out to explore the social experiences of middle-aged and older autistic adults, with a particular focus on the types of social connections they would like as they age. We interviewed 33 autistic people in midlife and old age and conducted a reflexive thematic analysis of their responses. Our findings highlighted the varying impact that ageing can have on people’s social experiences and suggest that social motivations and barriers to social interaction may differ for autistic adults in midlife compared with those in old age. In this talk, we will describe our co-production process and highlight these key findings and what they mean for autistic people."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2h

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1h

zack polanski is so good and i genuinely think if the left rallies around this guy and the green party in the UK, they can easily beat back the hysteria of the reform party

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 32m

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 4h

Here we go! 📝📝📝
🚽 Scrap the Bathroom Ban🚨🏳️‍⚧️

Our work so far is already working (see here: archive.ph/gaCN4)

Now we’re demanding that any new Code must outline how providers can lawfully *include* trans folk in their services.

✍️ Write to your MP with our easy tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

Scrap the Bathroom Ban

🚨This is urgent🚨 Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...

actionnetwork.org

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 5h

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 7h

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone who celebrates the release of a prisoner will be considered a target for "punishment and arrest" by Israel. Are you fucking kidding me?

Israel warns West Bank Palestinians against celebrating prisoners’ releases

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 1d

Mould in your home causing "symptoms including fatigue, COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES, respiratory complaints, joint pain and heightened sensitivities". Wonder who else lives in a famously mouldy dwelling 🤔

Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 1d

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 1d

If one were doing research about bad autism movie tropes, what would be considered essential viewing? Aside from Rain Man & Music.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

R COOk @rscook.... • 9m
who Epsteined lan Watkins?

kermit the frog sat on a bed reading a book called ‘how to slap someone through the internet’

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Maren @paarsec.com · 1d

We're so close - please help Berrak, anything helps!

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1d

down to only needing 600 Euros more for our goal

next Friday (on the 17th) we are leaving this apartment and I have no idea where we can go next or how

I appreciate all the reposts, shares with your circles and donations, everything helps

Thanks ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 6d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 1d

“Hi I’m Wesley & I’m autistic I was wondering do you get judged a lot because I do so much”

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Cis PeeBee🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈BLM🍉 @peebeejaybee.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this Wesley💜 This is the 1st semester after my diagnosis (July) & I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a knot in my stomach abt what to say to who

Btw it's probs the auti linguist in me, but I love hearing the voice of a moot cos then I read their every post with that voice in my head🙈🤣

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 1d

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has a history of preying on the most vulnerable and abusing people in their custody.

Many have died preventable deaths.

Two disabled people are currently being detained and denied all reasonable accommodations.

It’s eugenics. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake.

Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities

Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.

www.disabledginger.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 1d

I was reminded recently of the fun fact that the Cadbury's Caramel bunny (voted 3rd sexiest cartoon character of all time) was voiced by Miriam Margolyes (drawing on her experience making adult audio tapes for sex shops)

thebritishcandyconnoisseur.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/f...

The Cadbury Caramel cartoon Bunny, seductively offering candy, wearing a big pink bow round her neck. Alongside middle-aged grey-haired Miriam Margolyes

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Cis PeeBee🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈BLM🍉 @peebeejaybee.bsky.social · 1d

It's never not nice watching this gobshite get his arse handed to him

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism = Colonialism*

There’s a certain tone of voice [like Boris Johnson, Rees-Mogg & Farage] that makes the hairs on Irish people’s necks stand up. We instantly associate it with colonial untrustworthiness.

Here ‘Rah’ is another name for IRA. You can’t imagine how much Farage is despised here.

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