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Kevin Rutherford

@kevinrutherford.bsky.social
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✔️ Autistic / monotropic ✔️ ADHD / kinetic ✔️ Mathematician / software developer (retired) Fairly opinionated about all three. Macclesfield, UK.

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deedotkurses @deedotk.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
TIL: Before Hans Asperger or Leo Kanner, a Jewish-Ukrainian psychiatrist named Grunya Sukhareva defined autism in 1925. Both men did not cite her work. She also had documented how it affected women and girls, where the men did not. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunya_...
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Grunya Sukhareva - Wikipedia
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Ewan Hoyle @ewanhoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The electoral reform collectively goes "OK, we got what we want. What do we do now?" You do this. You do this. YOU DO THIS. Please. 👇 ewanhoyle.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...
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Why we need electoral reform in this parliament, and how we deliver it.
Andy Burnham has promised electoral reform in the next manifesto. We need to persuade him to act now.
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DigitasMedia @digitasmedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If it gets the olds out of our hospitals safely & quicker it’ll pay for itself. Hospitals are no place for healthy, mostly independent people.
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Absolutely hilarious! Go watch this now! I would least like a horse to be ... staring back at me when I look in the mirror.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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All but four constituencies would support reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU
New in-depth polling finds 35 per cent of voters would choose to rejoin the EU – with just 11 per cent wanting looser ties with the bloc
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness).
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hearing a lot of 'what can be done?' to stop mega donors buying British democracy So I asked a real expert- former Electoral Commissioner David Howarth - to explain how we can fix our broken system Would recommend reading his piece: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/stop-billi...
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Stop billionaires buying our politics
Ex-Electoral Commissioner David Howarth on Reform's £72m crypto donation, the loopholes that allow big money to buy our democracy – and three ways to close them
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
100% agree with this. And I would press for compulsory voting, too.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lyve longe and prospir, blue skye friendes! #StarTrekDay
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the Guardian’s review of ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’, Lucy Mangan writes that the mother of a boy featured in the documentary “decides to keep him off the drugs”. In the end credit sequence of the programme, it says she put him back on the medication “after poor exam results”.
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I've written an essay for @ippr.org about why democratic reformers need to expand their horizons beyond trying to finish the work of Charter 88, and should now shift their focus towards rebuilding the public sphere and confronting private power 1/4
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Against Private Power: A Democracy Agenda Beyond Charter 88
Since Charter 88, democratisation efforts in the UK have focused on constitutional reform to change the internal structures of the Westminster state. Today, however, the major challenge for democracy...
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Dark Archangel @d4rk-arch4ngel.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
📍 Clacton - It's not actually an 'invasion', is it? #UK #immigration #Farage #racism #taxes Via www.instagram.com/p/Dbxfs8oD1p...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026
Shame liars out of public life; prosecute white-collar crime; regulate away all the business practices built on cheating people. Or just let society decay into incurable anomie and cynicism.
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Scopperil @scopperil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bridget Jones’ Diary-a
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD
New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This Cabinet statement on Rewiring the State is fascinating, has clarity about what it is trying to (and the challenges therein) and is full of goodies for place-based advocates like me...
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Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement (HTML)
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@drdon.bsky.social 👇
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're on planet somewhere and in a room backlit in purple and red. There's a human looking man standing and looking off in the distance with a determined face. He's wearing a snug white long sleeve shirt and white spandex pants that fit a bit too tight if you ask me. Definitely rocking some moose knuckle. Kirk and Spock are standing on either side of him, Spock is holding his arm and leaning in as if whispering sweet nothings in his ear. Closed caption reads, "Logic is a little tweeting bird."
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just 11 of 632 constituencies would vote to stay out of the EU in second referendum www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Mapped: Just 11 of 632 constituencies would now vote to stay out of the EU
Ten years on from the 2016 referendum, nearly half of Britons say they would vote ‘rejoin’ should they now be given another choice
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Don't think people realise quite how deeply split by age current voting intention is. This is the latest YouGov for under-50s: Green: 26% Lab: 18% Reform: 14% Tories: 12% LD: 11% And over 50s: Reform: 36% Tory: 22% Lab: 16% LD: 12% Greens: 9%
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Criminal Checks for MPs, Donations Caps and Electoral Reform: Labour Rebels Push for Tougher Elections Bill From banning crypto and oil company cash to radical reform of our voting system, Labour backbenchers are testing how far their own Government is willing to go to protect British democracy,…
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Criminal Checks for MPs, Donations Caps and Electoral Reform: Labour Rebels Push for Tougher Elections Bill
From banning crypto and oil company cash to radical reform of our voting system, Labour backbenchers are testing how far their own Government is willing to go to protect British democracy, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Rejoin petition has just hit 💥90,000💥 signatures!
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
1. Croatia 2. Cyprus 3. Bulgaria #Eurovision
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Make Hate Weird Again.
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Star Trek's biggest mistake? Q.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 13/04/2026
1/8 The UK energy headlines are about to get loud again. Before that happens, here’s a simple explanation of how the systems actually work, that I created for my students a while ago and have updated to 2026. It explains why the risk is often misunderstood. #UK #Energy #EnergySecurity
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🌑 🌍 ☀️ - lunar eclipse 🌍 🌑 ☀️- solar eclipse 🌑 ☀️ 🌎 - apocalypse 🌑 🚀 🌏 ☀️- Artemis
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Bravo Zack 👏👏
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Ewan Hoyle @ewanhoyle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
As a former Liberal Democrat, now Green, let's chat about how we make it easier for each other to replace Labour and defeat Reform. open.substack.com/pub/ewanhoyl...
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The Greens and Lib Dems can place our democracy in special measures.
Any threat of a pact between them would be well tolerated by their supporters and the wider country, and would save the country from a Reform UK government.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Lookalike: Starmer and Trump / Lord Charles and Ray Alan From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
@drdon.bsky.social 👀
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
@drdon.bsky.social recognise anyone here? ;-)
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Elsa Williams @pidgewilliams.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
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Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com If I switch current account, will my state pension payments be automatically switxh across and be paid into the new account? #martinlewis
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I had a lot of fun recording this. @yveshanoulle.bsky.social is a great interviewer.
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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Are you a Radiographer who has recently cared for an autistic adult? We want to hear what you know about autism and how you support autistic adults. 💻 Our anonymous #AutRad survey takes 20 minutes: tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx Please share with colleagues. #Radiographers #Radiotherapy #AutRes #Rad
Research poster for the "AutRad" project, with squares and circles in shades of purple and pink, and a photograph of a patient undergoing an MRI scan. The text on the poster reads:
How do you care for autistic adults in
diagnostic imaging and
radiotherapy departments?
We would like to hear from qualified radiographers who:
• Are currently working in the UK
• Have cared for an autistic patient in a diagnostic imaging or radiotherapy department in the last 12 months
• Are happy to complete a short online questionnaire

Survey Link: https://tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx

This study has received approval from the School of Medical and Health Sciences REC at City St George's, University of London (ref: ETH2425-2255). For more information about the study, please email: emity.skelton.2@citystreorres.ac.uk
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@drdon.bsky.social 👀
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Monique Botha @drmbothapsych.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
PUBLIC LECTURE: My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
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Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture
Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Just listened to part 1. This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains. Bravo!
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@pickmypostcode.bsky.social I'm getting HTTPS protocol errors from your website today -- any idea why?
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For those of you who, like me, have a mathematics or programming background: how do you interpret the choices on offer here?
An extract from the menu in a Greek restaurant, showing the choice of starters
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Manchester Airport is a sensory nightmare for autistic people. Even with so-called assisted travel we're both close to meltdown now due to all the lights and noise and random busyness.
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Actually, numbers can be irrational, perfect, etc. So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Is there any connection or correlation between monotropism and alexithymia? #actuallyAutistic
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I feel this article so, so, so much 👏👏👏 #gamechanger
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Bravo Mike!
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I have two tickets for sale: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060659.... These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!
secure.ticketmaster.co.uk
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Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The view from my home office this morning #uksnow
Hills and trees covered in a thick blanket of snow
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