Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026La BBC diciendo que los desahucios muestran el "housing shortage" en España. Hay que joderse. 011
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Reading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015: "I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.” 6723199
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sharing some of the recordings of owls and crickets I made last week so other fans of nocturnal sounds can enjoy them. A scops owl ended up flying close over my head and I could record it (min 1:51) but also see it, so I was audibly in awe! ❤️ soundcloud.com/carmenrosas/...soundcloud.comOwls in a summer nightRecording of three different species of owls during a summer night from a countryside house in south Spain. The first part with a couple of scops owls (Otus scops, o autillos) replying to each other i 120
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 30/08/2026There is currently some space in the weekly science group I run for Autistic teenagers (usually in the UK) with @gr0ve.bsky.social. We basically chat for an hour about interesting science! I probably also have space for one or two more science tutees in my own time... www.gr0ve.org/online-inter...gr0ve.orgOnline Interest & Peer Groups for Autistic Children & Young PeopleGROVE offers online interest‑based peer groups for Autistic children and teens to connect over shared interests, build friendships and feel understood in a neuro‑affirming, Autistic-led space. 1125
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026@bonorcafante.bsky.social Hola! Esta cita te la debo a ti, que creo que hablaste del libro en Twitter hace un tiempo y mi nerdismo pajaril fue a comprar el libro y qué bien, porque me encantó. Así que muchas gracias.😊❤️ 110
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My doctoral thesis is now online! 📕 "Disabling Acoustics: Impact of daily life acoustic environments on neurodivergent, auraldivergent and noise sensitive people" www.researchgate.net/publication/... I've created a site for those who prefer an HTML version: disablingacoustics.wordpress.comdisablingacoustics.wordpress.comDisabling AcousticsImpact of daily life acoustic environments on neurodivergent, auraldivergent and noise sensitive people. [Doctoral thesis by Carmen Rosas-Pérez] 3167
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 100268206331
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 25/08/2026To convince any organisation to make an investment on anything really you need a +100 pages report with the evidence on how it's going to be cost-effective and also bring profits. Does anyone knows if this has been done for AI anywhere? 100
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 25/08/2026> They seem either to have followed their worst reflexive instincts or to not have cared about what that evidence clearly shows. That is the opposite of scholarship and intellectual rigor, and it is shameful. But at least they are telling us who they are. buttondown.com/TPGA/archive... 12/nbuttondown.comThe Tragedy of Mediocre Minds Weaponizing "Intellectual Freedom"Scratch a bigot and what do you find? More layers of bigotry. 15015
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezRachel Malik @rachelmalik.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So don’t build it. And yes we do have a choicetheguardian.comTwo planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis findsExclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running 09932
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A good moment to recommend Angela Saini‘s Superior, which traces back the history of “race science” and shows the institutions that sustain this pseudo-research until today. These pursuits have nothing in common with the principles of academic inquiry www.angelasaini.co.uk/superiorangelasaini.co.ukAngela Saini | Award-winning Science Journalist and AuthorThe website of British independent science journalist, author and broadcaster, Angela Saini. Her most recent book is Superior: The Return of Race Science. 424189
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-Pérez👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/08/2026Academia and its millennia long history would not exist without autism and adhd send skeet 26770127
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezKristen Bottema-Beutel @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ah yes, Steven Pinker, who once wrote "Together with robots and chimpanzees, people with autism remind us that cultural learning is possible only because neurologically normal people have innate equipment to accomplish it." 093
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158521559
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezNanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Crickets when 4000 academic jobs a year are being lost in the UK and entire campuses are being shut down because of lack of funding and the secondary effects of Brexit but plenty of ink to hound a man to an early death. Despicable behaviour from the British press. 011545
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"Jason Arday's research explains exactly what happened to Jason Arday." "He already wrote what happened to him. It's peer reviewed" - @alltimeisaac.bsky.social 03714
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026Watch this short clip to the end to understand what level (maximum) of white supremacy we're dealing with here. 1/n 24772251
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezPepa 🌚 @almanefelibata.bsky.social · 21/07/2026'La sobremesa' Antonio Barahona 👨🏻🎨 317221
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 31/05/2026It's been two months since I passed my viva. The experiences that I have accumulated in my side of academia have been such that I have had no excitement about the event or about sharing it, just a wish that all is over as soon as possible. It's so absurd it has to be like this for so many of us :( 110
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 03/05/2026“It is OK to feel uncomfortable. In fact, quite a lot of your life is uncomfortable as an adult, so removing uncomfortable feelings in childhood is unhelpful." Don't know where to start. www.thetimes.com/article/e636...thetimes.comDitch the ear defenders: head equips autistic girls for real lifeSarah Wild, who leads Britain’s only autistic girls’ school, says mainstream teachers should make fewer adjustments and tell children it’s OK to feel uncomfortable 020
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezThe Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/04/2026Six-year-old Mary Walker, who flies into inexplicable rages when everything in her immediate environment goes bleepy bloopy bleep blorp, has reportedly been called “a spoiled brat” by helpful well-wishers.thedailytism.com“Spoiled” autistic child would rather not be in constant sensory hellAn “overly pampered” autistic child would prefer to not feel like everything is perpetually flashing, screeching and smacking her directly in the brain, sources have confirmed. Six-year-old Mary… 522752
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Horrific. And a reminder that access to decent housing is a public health issue www.theguardian.com/society/2026... 12411
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 17/04/2026@jasonhickel.bsky.social Hola, Jason. :) Ayer escuché una entrevisa a un escritor que hace comentarios críticos hacia "los decrecentistas" en su último libro, a mi parecer usando falacias y una retórica cuestionable. Por si quieres escucharlo, a partir del min 45 y antes www.rtve.es/play/audios/... 000
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Same for auraldiversity, for which some people may find it easier to see that actually not many people have what could be consider "typical hearing" or auditory perception. And yet, we keep mostly only considering that group in sound related products, environments, events, etc. 081
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 12/04/2026One of the stranger objections I see to the idea of neurodiversity (or neurodivergence) is that it implies most people are actually neurotypical. No! It started as a reaction against the idea that the majority are normal, while outliers are wrong and disordered. It's founded on rejecting that. 56820
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezKristen Bottema-Beutel @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Question for AI haters who are also academics: How do you navigate co-authorship situations, where you don’t want to be involved in manuscripts where an author is using AI? Do you have explicit discussions with potential co-authors? How do these go? 2137
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 27/03/20263rd night without being able to sleep much at the "prestige" student accommodation I've paid in Edinburgh. If anyone knows of a place where to stay without constant loud noises all night and day, please let me know. 🙏 100
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Edinburgh is looking gorgeous these days. Visiting for seminars and the viva! 🙂 010
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezMadhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 18/03/2026Haven’t seen the Theroux documentary yet, but what’s described here of the approach sounds a lot like the clips of the Doge bros’ depositions that have been going around this week. 0134
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Yes, believe women. But men need to start speaking up about other men's bad behavior in ways that are startlingly unusual katemanne.substack.com/p/one-weird-...katemanne.substack.comOne Weird Trick for Being a Better ManWhen a man is with other men, why does he lose his moral compass so reliably? 37333
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram) 132168746
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 18/03/2026'The many impacts of inadequate acoustic environments on neurodivergent and noise sensitive people.' Please to share this guest post summarising part of the results of the studies done for my PhD thesis, focused on lived experiences and real everyday spaces. www.acousticbulletin.com/the-many-imp...acousticbulletin.comImpacts of inadequate acoustic spaces on neurodivergent peopleThis post summarises the research done by Carmen Rosas-Pérez for her PhD Thesis ‘Disabling Acoustics: Impact of daily-life acoustic environments on neurodivergent, auraldivergent and noise sensitive p... 142
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Paris is refurbishing car parks to create new social housing This site was consumed by a 3-storey concrete car park. This has been partially demolished, and partially converted, creating a new green courtyard and 80 social housing apartments. By NZI Architects 38727
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning" got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing 7669191163
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Spring: when I finally have the energy to work, but the world gets too beautiful to work. :_) 140
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 13/03/2026He also says the future belongs to "the neurodivergent". Just not to neurodivergent women I guess. In fact, the future is looking quite hostile for us. :/ 101
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This feels like MORE WORK FOR MOTHER by Ruth Schwartz Cowan, which explored the irony that many of the technical advances in housework and the kitchen did nothing to ease the burden on women but instead increased it. 427381
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezDevelopmental Psychology in Education @dpie-uoe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026⭐ Fully-Funded ESRC PhD Opportunity ⭐ @katiecebula.bsky.social is recruiting for a PhD studentship: quant analysis of admin data to explore the social inequality & child/family factors which might be associated over time with neurodivergent young people’s school attendance. Deadline: 24th Marchsgsss.ac.ukNeurodivergent students’ access to education: the role of social inequalities, child and family factors. - Scottish Graduate School of Social ScienceAbout the project In Scotland 1 in 5 children are neurodivergent (e.g. autistic/with ADHD) and nearly 1 in 4 live in poverty. Many neurodivergent children and those living in poverty experience diffic... 186
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026“Telling all these perpetually-anxious Lola Young fans to kick rocks is going to help us refocus research funding on my favourite kind of autistics: the ones I can talk over.” 👀 010
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026In one study of my PhD, 311 noise sensitive participants (32% over 45 y/o, 59% neurodivergent) replied to questions on lived experiences. 69% of autistic and all ND participants, and 61% of neurotypicals, reported that their sensitivity increased with age. www.researchgate.net/publication/... 021
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026On Uta Frith's comment re "little scientific grounding" for using ear protection/headphones: It's 2026 and the evidence missing is on them not helping with distress and performance, or increasing sound sensitivity, as many say too. I wrote about that here diffusefield.com/letter-habit...diffusefield.comOpen letter to schools: On habituation to noise and not allowing ear protectionNOTE: I’ve written this letter prompted by testimonials on social media about schools in the UK not allowing children, including autistic children, to wear ear defenders anymore if they request it,... 132
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/03/2026None of them can talk coherently about strategy or goals but they are completely in sync in all their macho posturing because that is all they’re really focused on. Everything else is just whatever limply offered fiction is convenient to them at the time. 12509228
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026My extra radical far loony left position is that no one should ever be allowed to make a profit from academic publishing. It is a public good. See also: education, healthcare (on a good day, public transport…) 932180
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezNina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026New conference poster 🙂 Submit your abstracts for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference here: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #AutRes #MusicResearch #CallForPapers #AcademicSky #Neurodivergent #Music 0104
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezLeo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Remembering my dear, radical mother Dinah on #internationalwomensday. She took @fergus.oolong.co.uk & I to Greenham Common when we were tiny to support the women there, where my first memory of the police was watching them drag a peacefully-resisting woman across the road by her hairtheguardian.comDinah Murray obituaryChampion of autistic people who explored the attention that they devote to a leading interest 14714
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 07/03/2026A pioneer, in the sense of someone who did seminal (but questionable) work several decades ago, is asking us to ignore most of the work that's been done since she was last relevant. Autistic people are asking you to think critically about this. 2576
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezJyrki Kuoppala @jyrki.atticus.network · 06/03/2026Autismitietoisuusaika lähestyy, oletko valmis? "Awareness efforts present us as a problem to be solved, and yesterday. Awareness operates in stereotypes and soundbites, not real people. Awareness has no substance; it is but a tool to earn more money to fix us and to promote yet more awareness."autisticadvocacy.orgAcceptance vs. Awareness - Autistic Self Advocacy Networkby Kassiane S.I often say awareness is the No Child Left Behind of advocacy. It's a start, but no means a finishing point we should be satisfied with. It is not until people understand and acceot tha... 041
Carmen Rosas-Pérez @diffusefield.bsky.social · 05/03/2026In case someone needs to see this right now (I know I do) 150
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezYoung Six Enjoyer @youngsixenjoyer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I highly recommend giving this short article a read. By framing fascism as a psychological or cognitive aberration, not only do we uphold neuronormative structures, but we also fail to see how fascism is a response to challenges to ruling class power in a state of crisis and decay. 0106
Reposted by Carmen Rosas-PérezOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26/02/2026perplexity doing this also manages to erase human women computers yet again LMAO what fucking clowns if you need to see what and why, see: olivia.science/ai/#pygmalion; full pdf here: doi.org/10.31235/osf... 03514