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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More phds I would like to do! Clinical academics - is it number 2 or number 3!

DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Highly recommend Where the Light Sings broadcasts from lighthouses around the UK. Incredibly moving especially the Cornish St Agnes part. Wonderful variety of music and stories expertly curated 👏 #bbcradio3 #wherethelightsings #bbcsounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/sched...

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BBC Sounds - Radio 3 - Schedules, Saturday, 26 September 2026

View the daily broadcast schedule for Radio 3. Find out what's on now and what's up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why on earth did we, as a field, allow the word "agent" to be used the way it currently is?

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Young people’s health is an economic asset. Improving it could unlock an additional £7.3bn in economic output every year. Our new briefing sets out how earlier, joined-up support can help more young people stay in, or return to, education, employment and training ⬇️ bit.ly/4rw864F

A bar chart showing that the likelihood of not being in education, employment or training at age 23 for young people in the UK born in 2000 increased with the number of negative school experiences reported between ages 7 and 14.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

www.theguardian.com/society/2026... This will only be meaningful if it is measured by two year to conclusion: formulation or diagnosis. Time to first encounter is appropriate for other NHS metrics, but not meaningful here.

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NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@theguardian.com I am not a robot but you are. I received 3 emails from you yesterday reporting 3 different chatbot messages which I didn’t have (last contacted you a few months ago) and it is not my language style…. I am unable to let you know about this other than here. Very odd….

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Little Brazilian girl realising that I spoke a different language. Asked her friend, in Portuguese: “Can he understand me when I speak normally?” “No” “Can he see me?”

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/09/2026

London pub unveils 'Beer Tapestry' to celebrate Bayeux exhibition. An eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" tracing the history of brewing through the ages adorns The Museum Tavern pub opposite the British Museum, as London welcomes visitors to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

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Prof Rosa Hoekstra @rosahoekstra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Whose outcomes count? Standardised autism research tools are almost all developed and validated in Western high income countries. This tool inequity affects "which studies are possible, which outcomes are recognised, and whose knowledge is treated as credible". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026

This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...

a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Australia's under-16 social media ban, three months on. 86% of under-16s had still used a restricted platform in the past week. 📱 The study didn't measure mental health, the thing the Act was sold on. buff.ly/8RZSEPT #SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is a very valuable read.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This looks like an amazing idea. Need some charity consortium to set this up and make some profit from it? @ageuk.bsky.social @barnardos.org.uk

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Great grandparents: one set of options - grumpy women working in unpaid roles….

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm down a rabbit hole on combination utensils. There's my beloved SPORK, but then we get into the much more exotic combos: This one's called a FORKCHOP, designed by Donald BonAsia in Los Angeles, available now through a variety of online retailers.

From the e-commerce site named after the river basin it's destroying, a red plastic device with chopsticks joined in the middle to a fork head pointing the other way.

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Royal College of Anaesthetists @rcoanews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to Professor Ramani Moonesinghe OBE, who has been appointed Deputy National Medical Director for NHS England. Read more 👉 www.rcoa.ac.uk/news/professor-raman…

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Very true and also applies to how we can design NHS services that are accessible for all.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is beautifully done. Have a look.

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

France is turning school playgrounds into living classrooms. Instead of leaving children surrounded by hot concrete and open asphalt, several schools are replacing traditional yards with small forests, ponds, shaded gardens, and natural play areas that feel cooler during increasingly hot summers

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

These could be added to public ‘cool’ spaces. See NY extending opening hours of their outdoor pool during heatwave for this.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This free fabulous interactive tool is both fascinating and essential. You can click on any location in the world and see its average weather and how it's changed over time. The data shown is from where I grew up & the heating is obvious. Do share! era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=50.86&ln...

Plots showing the temperature rise in Trafford and the yearly temperature range

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

David Hockney (1937-2026): “The world is very very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don’t look very much”

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Jingtong 景桐 @zogzhu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This Korean paper asmr artist that I’ve been following for a while made a TikTok of her healing Van Gogh 🥹 Her account name is paper pepper www.tiktok.com/@paper__pepp...

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

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Martin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Efficacy of fluoxetine vs placebo in RCTs with/out additional psychotherapy (CBT or some other form). No difference (my calcs). It's said that that combination therapy (drug+therapy) has the best outcome. Thoughts?

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo... grateful for reposts from #speechandlanguagetherapy #SLT come and work with me! (Happy to chat). Opportunities to develop SLT clinical and research interests alongside our research active team in a neuroaffirmative, holistic, all age (CYP) neurodevelopmental service 😊

jobs.nhs.uk

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Doctors of the World @dotwuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We have supported children to get a correct age assessment after they were wrongly assessed as adults by the Home Office. These are not decisions for AI systems. Age assessments must be human and expert-led. No child should be stripped of the protections they need.

theguardian.com

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 26/05/2026

A little-known perk of living in the Barbican is that while it’s the hottest May day on record in London, my South-facing concrete box with no AC is at just 24°C (75°F) r/brutalism

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Really Interested to see this tool which @hannahhobson.bsky.social is developing. So important for neurodevelopmental paediatricians to know about masking / strategies and DLD.

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lawrencedunhill.bsky.social @lawrencedunhill.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Do poor towns really have the worst hospitals? Analysis here of new data that helps map NHS provider quality against their patient deprivation profile. lawrencedunhill.substack.com/p/do-poor-to...

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Do poor towns really have the worst hospitals?

New data helps map the quality of NHS hospitals against the deprivation profile of their patients.

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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Nearly half - 49% - of school suspensions went to children with special educational needs, press release from IPPR think tank points out, based on new DfE data. Education in England is now at a "cross-roads," it adds, with challenge now to support schs to deliver system where needs are met earlier.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The UK now has a curious talent: we're living longer, but not better A woman in Richmond upon Thames can expect around 70 healthy yrs. In Hartlepool, she might be lucky to get 51 The case for prevention is no longer just moral, it is economic, writes @healthfoundation.bsky.social's Jennifer Dixon

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The case for prevention is no longer just moral – it is economic

The UK has developed a curious talent in recent years: we are living longer, but not better.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 23/04/2026

Mandell: Families with autistic children have an average 28% decrease in household income, mostly due to lack of services and supports that then force families to take on those responsibilities themselves. So what kind of services can help? What kinds of research can affect policy? #INSAR2026

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Nearly didn’t zoom in! Beautifully written and unexpectedly relevant to neurodevelopment! ❤️

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Dr Elizabeth M Weir @elizabethmweir.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If you are at #INSAR2026, please come say hi! I’m presenting our work on the likelihood of autistic students becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) during adolescence (nationally-representative data, n=3.9 million): Poster 3C 11.30am-1.30pm (I’ll be there 12.30-1pm) #autres

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Carina Heller, Ph.D. @carinaheller.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🚨Preprint Alert 🧠 Our new preprint „Menarche onset is an inflection point for mental health and brain development“ is now online! 👉 Preprint available here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 07/04/2026

Ok, now do the bass clef.

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New arrival by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social, a brief authoritative text. As far as we know, 1st general academic introduction to neurodiversity studies as distinct field w/ its own body of scholarship. Recommended! Full disclosure: I reviewed it, applying my due diligence.

Holding the small book Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction by Robert Chapman and Sue Fletcher-Watson.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

“Our research shows that families who face the greatest barriers to accessing SEND provision for their children are often those least able to access legal advice about their rights. As a result, children/YP may be at greater risk of missing out on the education they are entitled to by law.”

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Awesome picture. Bird species named after Anna P(av)lover?

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

“The journal’s retraction was prompted by a December 8 email from Markowitz and Rosner to the journal, which identified a glaring conflict of interest. They presented evidence that the commentary was written by a consultant paid by Johnson & Johnson” @profgoldberg.bsky.social

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Historians Unearth a Conflict of Interest, Prompting a Retraction by The Lancet Journal

The journal retracted an unsigned 1977 commentary claiming that talcum powder poses no serious health risks, despite robust contemporaneous scientific evidence to the contrary.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Anyone else’s first thought was cortex….!!

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Children are beings not becomings. They're not doing a 'job' of getting ready for school because all the evidence on early child development says they need to be playing, moving, having fun and building relationships. Focus on being ready to meet children's needs not the other way around.

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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Or even if you can find it…. Much happiness (and collaborations) come from an email saying ‘your new paper is really interesting and has powerful real-world impact.’

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UKRD Leaders @ukrdleaders.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

- hearing experiences and insights from patients who have taken part in research, - a national update from DHSC, - a discussion on workforce, - workshops on emerging leadership, digital/AI trials, mental health research and research culture. Look out for updates over the next two days. #UKRDSummit

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