Recently took about six weeks, and around 40 back-and-forth comms, to get a study I'm working on through the ethics board, because we included autistics who may or may not need assistance engaging with the survey. There is definitely a convenience bias in research around vulnerable populations.

I've seen them a few times, and it's nothing short of a spiritual experience every time. Last year I saw them co-headlined with Primus (my first time seeing Primus) -- so good!

Definitely in my top 10! Opener was this sick punk group called Crazy & the Brains.

I applaud the vulnerability it took to share this. Thank you.

Favorite independent media companies? I think my favorite of the more "traditional" independents are @zeteo.com and @theconversation.com but I also really like independents that blend satire with good journalism like @channel5bluesky.bsky.social and @the-goose-media.bsky.social

Which reality? Ours? Insofar as the fictional characters often exist as abstracted representations of our reality — I think yes. Often their fictional realities are based on ours to the extent that they have an in-universe diagnosis that matches our own model. Sometimes not. Fiction is multifaceted!

Shoutout to @drtravislangley.bsky.social and (bsky-less) Robin Rosenberg who are featured heavily in the reading list for the course.

and I provide materials if you'd like to do the same (e.g., rubrics, lists of films and readings, assignment descriptions).

Excelsior!

I discuss the utilitarian nature of using fictional representations of real mental health conditions (i.e., psychological distance can be helpful for learning!), changes I've made to the class based on student feedback (e.g., centering sociocultural issues in comics, like asylums)

I think so! Why do you think so?

I’m one of these who left — I know so many US academics looking to leave.

The ableism gets ‘em every time