Same.

Sudan’s war has become the 21st century’s worst humanitarian crisis. 😢

dance through it like it's not happening at all, somehow you get to the otherside and it's more fun

Free Epistemic Injustice workshop next week for social researchers interested in or already using it as a conceptual framework and keen to explore it more and learn about alternatives.

Tues 14 April, 7pm London time via Zoom.

See you there?

#QualitativeResearch #ParticipatoryResearch #AcademicSky

A 5-Year Update of Conflicts of Interest in Autism Intervention Research in Applied Behavior Analysis Journals - PubMed Researchers' false, incomplete, or missing disclosures of conflicts of interest (COIs) can introduce bias into research, can erode public trust in research findings, and represent ethical violations of most academic journal policies. A 2020 study discovered that publications in applied behavior anal …

“we found that 78% of authors (of studies on ABA) had a conflict of interest (COI)

Some worked in ABA clinics, some offered paid consulting to other ABA providers, and some did both

Almost all papers (93%) had at least one author with these kinds of connections.”

🫠 #AutRes

If you’ve ever felt unseen by systems, misunderstood by language, or caught between identities - this episode is for you.

www.hidden20.org/podcast/ward...

An American Company Drilled for Oil in Kenya — and Left Behind Soaring Cancer Rates Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.

Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.

Gramsci on Madness and Fascism Hegemony and Sanist Slurs

Posting this thing i wrote again since a lot of people are calling trump mad or insane right now and that's still obscuring far more than it reveals.

open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

Happy #fridayreads! Y'all, with the loss of income I could especially use your support of my books.

Here's my novel:
bookshop.org/p/books/none...

And my novella:
bookshop.org/p/books/fes-...

I think y'all need to take a journey with these in your minds. Free your minds & the rest will follow.

Transcription for Racial Justice Panel, Tuesday 24 March 2026 How can transcription and closed caption services serve and support the goal of achieving racial justice?

Thank you so much to those of you who came along to Tuesday night's panel discussion on Transcription for Racial Justice, and even bigger thanks to our three fantastic panellists, @elisney.bsky.social, @divyampersaud.com and @wardasworld.bsky.social

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Transcription for Racial Justice Panel, Tuesday 24 March 2026 How can transcription and closed caption services serve and support the goal of achieving racial justice?

Knowledge isn’t neutral. Who gets heard, recognised, and recorded shapes inequality and injustice.

Next week, at the AAT online panel, we’re exploring transcription, captioning & racial justice and their roots in colonial research.

Join us:

funnels.academicaudiotranscription.com/transcriptio...

Chicago’s Immigrants Are Being Targeted By ICE. Here’s What You Can Do To Help - Little Village Chamber of Commerce Chicago’s Immigrants Are Being Targeted By ICE. Here’s What You Can Do To Help From sharing information and shopping immigrant-owned businesses to donating to nonprofits, here are seven ways Chicagoan...

Many of us are torn about going to the US for #AAAL2026. Here's a list 7 things we can do in Chicago to support affected communities, including a list of neighbourhoods that would appreciate those per diem $$$: littlevillagechamber.org/chicagos-imm...

Hey everyone, a collective I'm part of is starting a radical bookshop and community space in Newcastle, a city where the last radical bookshop closed around 40 years ago. We've just launched our crowdfunder. Please take a look a share widely!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

Institutional As Usual I have been away from my blog for some time! Over the summer, I completed the second draft of my book, What’s the Use: On The Uses of Use, which I have now sent to my publishers. There will b…

I'm doing some prep for next week's Transcription for Racial Justice panel event (see link in next post) and the various bits of writing I want to produce to promote it and it's given me cause to revisit @saranahmed.bsky.social's fabulous blog. This post on the institutional as usual is just great:

Transcription for Racial Justice Panel, Tuesday 24 March 2026 How can transcription and closed caption services serve and support the goal of achieving racial justice?

Come join me and @divyampersaud.com, @elisney.bsky.social and @wardasworld.bsky.social next Tuesday 24 March @ 7pm GMT on Zoom to explore how transcription resists or reinforces racial injustice.

Tickets cost £7.50 (but half price tix available on request)!

Sign up & get more info here:

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world"

www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

Autism is a clinical disability and the neurodiversity movement argues it is *both* a difference *and* a disability. This is part of my life’s work to document & explain, but many mischaracterize our studies (including “Deficit, difference, or both?”) and positions.
www.twinkl.co.uk/news/experts...

No workplace technology developed or utilised within capitalism has given us more free time outside of work, even if it allows genuine increases in productivity. Only organsied labour has achieved that. There is no reason, none whatsoever, to think AI will be any different.

White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech and Language Therapy In this book, Warda Farah brings a fresh perspective to the field of Speech and Language Therapy, challenging traditional approaches and opening crucial conversations about race, culture, and neurodiv...

Reading an advance copy of White System, Black Therapist by @wardasworld.bsky.social. Cannot recommend it highly enough: for understanding speech therapy, education, colonial institutions, and more. Its so well written and filled with great personal insight theoretical nuance. Preorder and read!

Book launch - Warda Farah Join us for the online launch of White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech-Language Therapy by Warda Farah.

On Tuesday 17th March from 4.00 to 5.15pm, I'll be having a virtual book launch

We are keeping the event small so that it can feel more intimate and conversational, which means there will be a limited number of tickets available.

Register below

www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

1/3 Thanks to Brixton Library for a fabulous tribute to The Brixton Bard, Alex Wheatle, last week.

See lambeth_libraries and our insta accounts for the full celebration!

Highlights included:
🌟readings of Alex’s work by Nathanael Lessore, Ken Wilson Max, Ramzee, @emilydrabs.bsky.social …
#KidLitUK

Here is the upcoming DJ workshop link: accesslovefeb.eventbrite.ca

"For February, by embracing bell hooks’ Love Ethic, we will gather to reflect & write in community about how this practice can inspire our efforts for Collective Liberation, as aligned with the vital Disability Justice framework." 🫂

The World We’re Fighting For Sounds Like Bad Bunny Singing in Spanish at the Super Bowl For many of us, Bad Bunny’s selection to perform at the next Super Bowl was a moment of joy. A global artist singing in Spanish on one of the biggest stages in the world feels like an affirmation o…

In anticipation of the Super Bowl this weekend I thought I would reshare my post from when Bad Bunny was first announced as headlining the half time show to remind us that the joy many of us will feel is a reminder of the world we are fighting for.

educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

Is #neurodiversity a Global Northern White paradigm?.

another eye-opening article I've come across while writing my #neuroqueering digital youth work chapter.

Nair, V. K., Farah, W., & Boveda, M. (2024) #Autism,

LINK:journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361...

Dr. Rashidah Ismaili — Remembering the power of the Black arts movement Dr. Ismaili is revered for her work and involvement in the Black Arts Movement, centered in the Lower East Side in the 1950s to 1970s.

BLACK NEW YORKER: For 2026, Dr. Rashidah Ismaili is proud to be one of the few still carrying the torch from the Black #Arts Movement.

See also: the homophobia baked into the British colonial legacy in Africa

www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...

James Reed of recruiter Reed, which was founded by his father, has warned graduates that they should "think about a job that involves working with your hands" as AI takes on white-collar work.

Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...

Probably the most important thing about the increasingly reliance on AI owned by fascist billionaires, is that this reliance will help those owners by causing mass unemployment, in turn leading to further support for the fascist politics and parties that those same billionaires fund and support.

‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary

Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?