Dr Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe
@afrenchparadox.bsky.social
She/They #ADHDisability #1stGen #StillPrivileged
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Roaming the roads and river of London since 2013
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Roaming the roads and river of London since 2013
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So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
Interview for a senior role at BBC News
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
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Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
BREAKING: BBC has confirmed Tim Davie is to step down as BBC Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
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All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
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
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
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theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
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🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now??
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now??
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
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Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Gérald Darmanin n'a «pas vu et pas entendu les vidéos» publiées par Libé et Médiapart au sujet des violences des gendarmes à Sainte-Soline. Rappelons qu'il était ministre de l’Intérieur au moment des faits en question, et ministre de la Justice aujourd'hui.
Gérald Darmanin sur les vidéos de violences des gendarmes à Sainte-Soline : «pas vu» et s’en tape
Le ministre de la Justice (à l’Intérieur à l’époque des faits) assume n’avoir «pas vu» les vidéos publiées par «Libé» et «Mediapart» mercredi 5 novembre.
www.liberation.fr
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Gérald Darmanin n'a «pas vu et pas entendu les vidéos» publiées par Libé et Médiapart au sujet des violences des gendarmes à Sainte-Soline. Rappelons qu'il était ministre de l’Intérieur au moment des faits en question, et ministre de la Justice aujourd'hui.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
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this is rather terrible news.
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
this is rather terrible news.
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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When climate scientists say an outcome is “unlikely,” do you hear “it probably won’t happen” or “scientists aren’t sure”?
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science - Nature Climate Change
Effective communication of uncertainty is vital for public accurate understanding of climate science. Here the authors find that projections using positive probability terms (for example, a small prob...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
When climate scientists say an outcome is “unlikely,” do you hear “it probably won’t happen” or “scientists aren’t sure”?
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is such a polite way of saying it too because it was unhinged and virulent racism and sexism not chewing with his mouth open — and standardly not "a discovery he made". Women are so gracious to a pure hater, liar, and abuser even in death.
Sorry we had to endure him.
Sorry we had to endure him.
I met James Watson at a local conference in graduate school.
Watson apparently “over-learned that his bad manners were tolerated because of the greatness of the discovery he had made.”
Kindness is a legacy that he failed to leave.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
Watson apparently “over-learned that his bad manners were tolerated because of the greatness of the discovery he had made.”
Kindness is a legacy that he failed to leave.
🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is such a polite way of saying it too because it was unhinged and virulent racism and sexism not chewing with his mouth open — and standardly not "a discovery he made". Women are so gracious to a pure hater, liar, and abuser even in death.
Sorry we had to endure him.
Sorry we had to endure him.
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This past year, the situation facing intersex people in the UK (and some other parts of the world) has grown worse because of politically-inspired efforts to erase the biologically complex nature of sex. This has real world effects on people's lives; it is social anxiety enacted on intersex bodies.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This past year, the situation facing intersex people in the UK (and some other parts of the world) has grown worse because of politically-inspired efforts to erase the biologically complex nature of sex. This has real world effects on people's lives; it is social anxiety enacted on intersex bodies.
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An autistic person who has opted not to use alcohol as a social lubricant has reportedly discovered a new benefit to sobriety: enjoying unprecedented social success at a party full of drunk people.
Only sober person at party celebrates no longer being the worst at picking up on social cues
An autistic person who has opted not to use alcohol as a social lubricant has reportedly discovered a new benefit to sobriety: enjoying unprecedented social success at a party full of drunk people.…
thedailytism.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
An autistic person who has opted not to use alcohol as a social lubricant has reportedly discovered a new benefit to sobriety: enjoying unprecedented social success at a party full of drunk people.
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I for one am shocked to find that the reason Twitter is now a cesspool of hatred and bile is because that is what is being deliberately cultivated by the ketamine-addled Nazi man-child who owns it.
X effect: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
X effect: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
Sky's Tom Cheshire explains how Elon Musk's X is boosting the British right.
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I for one am shocked to find that the reason Twitter is now a cesspool of hatred and bile is because that is what is being deliberately cultivated by the ketamine-addled Nazi man-child who owns it.
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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What happens when a lottery determines which proposals for third-party funding get reviewed?
Details here (#OpenAccess and fresh off the press): doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Details here (#OpenAccess and fresh off the press): doi.org/10.1038/s414...
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What happens when a lottery determines which proposals for third-party funding get reviewed?
Details here (#OpenAccess and fresh off the press): doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Details here (#OpenAccess and fresh off the press): doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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On ne taxe pas les ultra-riches à hauteur de 2%, par contre on sucre la prime de Noël aux RSAstes.
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
On ne taxe pas les ultra-riches à hauteur de 2%, par contre on sucre la prime de Noël aux RSAstes.
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Rediscovering this innovation called racism.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rediscovering this innovation called racism.
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narrator: no, it cannot
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
narrator: no, it cannot
Also people, I read two entire books since Saturday, fiction ones even! Both picked up from the French bookshop, one because it is set in my (not so popular) hometown, the other because a French talk show I watch multiple times a week mentioned it.
I burnt out in 2024-25, so 2025-26 is about reclaiming myself and my life. As part of that, there's also been an ongoing exhibitions thread.
Sometimes, musicians align and all your favourite artists to see live go on tour at the same time. What's a fan to do but sign up for six concerts in three weeks, three cities, and two countries*?
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Also people, I read two entire books since Saturday, fiction ones even! Both picked up from the French bookshop, one because it is set in my (not so popular) hometown, the other because a French talk show I watch multiple times a week mentioned it.
I burnt out in 2024-25, so 2025-26 is about reclaiming myself and my life. As part of that, there's also been an ongoing exhibitions thread.
Sometimes, musicians align and all your favourite artists to see live go on tour at the same time. What's a fan to do but sign up for six concerts in three weeks, three cities, and two countries*?
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I burnt out in 2024-25, so 2025-26 is about reclaiming myself and my life. As part of that, there's also been an ongoing exhibitions thread.
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Le fameux "oui mais on devrait s'occuper d'abord de nos (sic) SDF avant de prendre soin des migrants" de toute la droite rance, illustré.
A Calais, après la chasse aux exilés, la majorité mène la chasse aux SDF.
"Ce n’est pas la mendicité agressive qui pose un problème, mais la mendicité tout court, selon l’élu : 'On ne veut pas faire de discrimination. C’est l’ensemble de ces personnes.' "
www.lavoixdunord.fr/1641591/arti...
"Ce n’est pas la mendicité agressive qui pose un problème, mais la mendicité tout court, selon l’élu : 'On ne veut pas faire de discrimination. C’est l’ensemble de ces personnes.' "
www.lavoixdunord.fr/1641591/arti...
Calais : Les SDF chassés des grands boulevards ? La police municipale renforce les contrôles
C’est une politique assumée par la majorité. Ces derniers temps, en centre-ville ...
www.lavoixdunord.fr
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Le fameux "oui mais on devrait s'occuper d'abord de nos (sic) SDF avant de prendre soin des migrants" de toute la droite rance, illustré.
Sometimes, musicians align and all your favourite artists to see live go on tour at the same time. What's a fan to do but sign up for six concerts in three weeks, three cities, and two countries*?
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sometimes, musicians align and all your favourite artists to see live go on tour at the same time. What's a fan to do but sign up for six concerts in three weeks, three cities, and two countries*?
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
*OK, maybe I did force a bit of the alignment.
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Clinicians will be able to identify female autism in mere seconds by posing one simple question: “Do you have, or have you ever had, an imaginary horse?”
New autism assessment criteria for girls to just ask about imaginary horse
Researchers have developed a new assessment tool designed to detect autism in girls and women, correcting decades of gender imbalance in the diagnostic process, it has been announced. Clinicians…
thedailytism.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Clinicians will be able to identify female autism in mere seconds by posing one simple question: “Do you have, or have you ever had, an imaginary horse?”
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...