I spoke to Baroness Kidron for @tbij.bsky.social about her proposed legal amendment which would make it an offence to create a chatbot that produces content that is illegal, or harmful, exploitative or coercive towards children.

Read it in full ⬇️
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

Thousands of workers who have fought hard to win employment tribunals are never being paid the money that rogue bosses owe them, with no consequences for bosses but a huge impact on them.

Privileged to be working on this project with the brilliant @mellino.bsky.social and team at @tbij.bsky.social

Excellent. How does one find out about such events? #Fanboy

Hallelujah!

Worshipping the Lord Bob now, are we?

Volume 25 Issue 2 | Human Rights Law Review | Oxford Academic Publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice...

I also want to highlight the amazing work by my co-authors on this symposium - @bevclough.bsky.social, @jillstavert.bsky.social, @colinimckay.bsky.social, Linda Steele, Oche Onazi, and Peter Bartlett.

You can find the full symposium here: academic.oup.com/hrlr/issue/2...

I am working with @mellino.bsky.social to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals.

Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️

Can you add me!

Now finished but anyone wanting to see me and @jillstavert.bsky.social gallop through human rights and mental health in 30 minutes can get recording from @lsa.org.uk

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A pile of posters.

🏘️ | #EdNapier academics have played a key role in a thought-provoking event at @parliament.scot, highlighting the issue of hospital detention for individuals with learning disabilities and autism.

Story ➡️ orlo.uk/mQ0Oz

#MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers

‘Reaching out to a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it’ The Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched a guide to mental health and mental illness to help MSPs support constit...

Morgan said often this community felt “quite alienated and marginalised”, and so “reaching out to an official or a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it”.

Hopefully this guide will help address this. www.holyrood.com/news/view,re...

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland speaking to the audience at the Neurodiversity in Policing conference.

Edinburgh Napier University Principal Sue Rigby speaking to the audience at the Neurodiversity in Policing conference.

Delegates speak at the Policing in Neurodiversity event at Edinburgh Napier.

Delegates speak at the Policing in Neurodiversity event at Edinburgh Napier.

🚔 | The subject of neurodiversity in policing has fallen under the spotlight this week with a pioneering two-day event at #EdNapier's Sighthill campus.

Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/tAbpY

@the-sipr.bsky.social | @policescotland.bsky.social | @glepha.bsky.social

Our research group is advertising a funded PhD opportunity with a focus on the mental capacity act, learning disabilities and sexual decision-making. The student will be supervised by @moniquehuy.bsky.social @bevclough.bsky.social and me. Please share!

Teenager flagged as suicide risk takes his life after 48 hours in prison A vulnerable teenage boy killed himself at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution within 48 hours of being remanded despite having been flagged up as a suicide risk, The Scotsman can reveal.

Here are 2 pieces I wrote when I broke the story of William Lindsay's suicide in Polmont in 2018. They expose failings in the prison & the care system. I hope the findings of the FAI into his death & Katie Allan's, released tomorrow, are as damning as they should be. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Today we published the closure report for our investigation into the care and treatment of Mr E, who'd been unwell a long time, and was known by health and social work services, yet whose condition deteriorated significantly and permanently without active intervention.
More: mwcscot.org.uk/node/2373

This is tomorrow! Such an amazing line up. Let me know if you'll be there. ⬇️

Ostriches, frogs, and Wild Gods. The luminescent parables of Nick Cave. How a Bad Seed learned to love the interview process.

I wrote about Nick Cave. It’s free to read. Please share it around. open.substack.com/pub/alastair...

I hope you're happy now by Elvis Costello