The other thing, and this is maybe more nuanced, is that none of my actual mentors have ever sat me down and been like “I would like to mentor you”. I’ve only heard that from men trying to creep.
My mentors are. One day I just realised they’ve been offering advice and guidance and coffee for years
Have mental health labels like ADHD and autism gone too far? Some experts think SO As a new report reveals skyrocketing autism and ADHD rates, some experts believe self-diagnoses are overshadowing those in real need of help
For ADHD and autism, the picture is materially different. Epidemiological estimates of underlying prevalence appear broadly stable, while administrative diagnoses, referrals, and self-identification have increased substantially. The Fonagy Review states this explicitly: "This does not imply that one set of trends is 'real' and the other is not. Rather, it suggests that several processes may be operating at the same time." The Fonagy Review identifies these processes as including changes in levels of distress, improved recognition of previously unmet need, changes in help-seeking behaviour, institutional incentives associated with diagnosis, and changes in professional and public understanding. It explicitly rejects the polarised framing that dominates public debate the idea that rising diagnoses must reflect either genuine deterioration fashionable over-labelling. or What the Fonagy Review does not do is conclude that ADHD and autism are being overdiagnosed. It states that "underdiagnosis, misdiagnosis and overdiagnosis are not mutually exclusive possibilities" and that all three may be occurring within the same system simultaneously.
Unsurprisingly Telegraph kicks off Autism Acceptance Month by completely misrepresenting the interim findings of the review, which actually found prevalence estimates for ADHD and autism have remained stable. It also flagged that the situation was more complex than saying rates are "skyrocketing"
Emergency summit on opening the strait but remember kids, this is not getting drawn into the conflict if we all believe hard enough we can summon a dIpLoMaTiC solution i promise
wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it
Procrastinating on reading Necropolitics by doing art... I'm ok with my life choices.
At a loose end this sunny Monday in Oxford? Come along to seminar room 56 in the Schwarzmann Centre at 4pm to hear me attempt to organise my thoughts on what human rights tell us about what it means to be human
Coffee and pastries are provided to further sweeten the deal.
I'll be speaking @torchoxford2013.bsky.social at Oxford University on 12th Feb 'The British Empire and its Legacies: From Slavery, Criminalisation and the Civilizing Mission to Re-articulating Human Rights amid Colonialities', 3.30pm Kopperberg Room, Exeter College torch.ox.ac.uk/event/the-br...
📆Friday 13th February: "Queer Data: Methods, Approaches, and What is Queer Social Research Anyway?" with @kevinguyan.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. A workshop exploring how we think about and use data.
Don't miss it!
Two exciting events with Queer Intersections Oxford coming next week:
📆 Thursday 12th Feb 3.30pm, a seminar w/@matthewwaites.bsky.social on their chapter in their forthcoming co-edited book Colonialisms and Queer Politics. Join us for a discussion on sexualities and genders under the British Empire
I also quite enjoy Phase one being Leeds to Bradford, with Bradford not appearing on any of the maps and also being a 20 minute journey from Leeds already...
I just hadn't realised that the negotiations dividing Hull into North and South Hull had reached the point of being included on official maps...
Positive: I was absolutely right in thinking that 'Braiding Sweetgrass' would be a great birthday present for my sister.
Negative: I was so correct, she already owns it.
... ah well, late birthday present it is.
Also featuring my first solo authored paper presenting an index of LGBTIQ+ inclusion and agency in truth commissions - you should check it out: academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
(I did a thing!)
If, for example, trans rights protesters interrupt your free right to speak that is, shockingly, covered by free speech.
Apropos of the BBC front page: The right to free speech means you can (within limits) say what you want to say and the *government* can't stop you.
It doesn't mean others can't protest what you're saying, and by that protest make it difficult for you to be heard. That is *also* free speech.
which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?
This is indeed the ancient wisdom I follow.
Stages of cold: if I eat enough banana bread it'll go away. Right?
I'd love to!
And they'll be very good and interesting doing it, can confirm!
Presented without comment: My top song of 2025 was 'I Say No' from Heathers.
I'm in Thailand... How have I *already* lost whammageddon?
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
What progressives won’t say about abortion The sanitised narrative ignores ethical truths
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
Headline: "Home Office to deport refugees already granted asylum in the UK"
Quote copied from the article (which is paywalled): "Under the new rules, if a refugee is already in the country and has been granted five years of leave to stay, the Home Office will not shorten their current leave. However, at the end of the five years, the government will review if their country is safe, and return the migrant if it is. If their country is not deemed safe, the migrant will not receive automatic lifetime settlement but will move to the Home Office’s new model. They will get 30 months more leave to remain before their next review, with lifetime settlement only available 20 years after their arrival."
The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
“One common strategy of mainstream political parties — adopting the same topics and rhetoric as the far-right — often backfires. Instead of reducing their appeal, it can amplify extremist narratives and legitimise their agenda.”
We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.
Dogs off-lead on shared use cycle/foot paths: discuss.
Into the annoying period when I need to put events in for next year but my diary company haven't released their 2026 diaries yet.
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...