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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Don't think I've worn beige or white since my kids were born as it would be immediately coated in some kind of mystery substance 😂. Who lives in these perfectly curated super clean beige homes?! Life is messy enjoy the mess.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Couldn't agree more. "It feels like when there are projects to be scrapped or cuts to be made Magee is first in line"

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 21/05/2026

Grit. Growth mindset. PBIS. Every generation of education reform produces the same product: a marketable intervention that locates the problem in students' attitudes and behaviors rather than in structural conditions. Behaviorism didn't go away. It got a rebrand. stimpunks.org/access/educa...

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Education Access Series: Broken by Design, Sold a Fix, Owed Justice

Schools fail neurodivergent students. Not by accident. By design—by ideology, by architecture, by a century of assumptions about whose bodies and minds belong in a classroom. This series documents…

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I dared... 😂. It is up there with Liz Trusses 'Tea sock' for Taoiseach.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

GLOBAL MAJORITY PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN I'm sharing this on behalf of Reena Anand. Reena is writing a book for the Global Majority Parents of Autistic Children. It's well underway and will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd. Share your story here: bit.ly/43aIaSj

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Share Your Story: Raising an Autistic Child as a Global Majority (Black, Asian or Mixed Heritage) Parent

Thank you for your willingness to share your story. I’m writing a book to amplify the voices of global majority parents raising autistic children around the world. Many parents feel isolated, particul...

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Go you! Doing a PhD application nearly ended me.... interview next week excitedly dreading it 😂

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

She could have stayed relevant by owning her own bias and leaning into new schools of thought.. benefit of hindsight etc Genuinely baffled me! I thought thats what research does? Asks questions and builds on that 😅

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

That article annoyed me immensely yesterday. Especially that it was in TES as well. Totally agree, it gaslighted women and their experiences. Also thinking and science moves on as we learn..very strange take 🤔

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I wasn't sure either initially but glad I stuck with it. It is very funny (and a bit dark). Just finished it and as a Belfast woman living in Donegal near Derry the humour definitely tracks 😄

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I miss the time before privacy disappeared. Have teens now and feel so sorry for how they dont have the same freedom to make mistakes in the same way as previous generations without the threat of someone having a recording device at hand.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Surely the job of Justice Minister requires you to be pretty sensitive to people, given a lot of people you may meet will often be in the middle of the worst experience of their lives. Proving how deeply unqualified he is for the job.

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Ruth Moyse @drruthmoyse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Looking for trusted support and practical resources for those who live with, work with or love an autistic person? Visit #AutismCentral for information, guidance, and tools to support autistic people of all ages and their families. Explore more here: 👉 www.autismcentral.org.uk

Autism Central is England's Peer Education Programme, commissioned by the NHS and delivered by Anna Freud. There is a photo of a Black mother and child hugging and laughing. The text says one of the services of Autism Central is free one-to-one sessions with a peer guide, for anyone supporting an autistic person.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Finished it this wknd it was sooo good. As a Belfast woman living in Donegal near Derry the humour and stereotypes all tracked 😂

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Love this Robert. Thank you for sharing.

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Please share✨ Great opportunities for young people in Ireland. This work experience could bring your to new places, new spaces with people from so many cultures & could change the trajectory of your life 🤩💪🏾 Give it a go! #spéirghorm #EU #Disabled #ChronicIllness #MS #JobFairy

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Couldn't agree more. Kids enjoy great stories from actual writers, just like the rest of us. Not really sure why they need celebrity? Pretty sure none of mine would even know who Rob Brydon is. Picked up your Halloween book recently, kids loved it!

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Mandelsons fingerprints seem to be all over this questionable deal with a very problematic company. More scrutiny is needed as concerns from BMA and GPs appear to be dismissed or minimised. Where is the governance? notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

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Say no to Palantir in the NHS

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Ah right, I thought Turnit in was just for plagiarism didn't realise it looked at AI too.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Huge implications for students etc though if true. Other half is in academia dont think a lot of unis are using any programmes to spot it yet like they do for plagiarism.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Sorry Aslynn, I don't know anything about this. Interesting though 🤔. I'm more of a only use AI to try and find out how to get rid of AI on my devices kinda person 😆

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Ah sure it wasn't your fault. Knew it wasn't you so thankfully no hassle came my way. Sorry you and others were targeted x

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Ah jeez that's awful. Saw your lovely face on the awful bio when they followed me. Blocked and reported. Glad to see you back 💚

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We have availability on our Discovery Programme starting 18th Feb for 18-24 yr olds. 6 weeks Neuro-affirming exploration of Autistic identity. Online 7-8.45pm (UK) Funded spaces available thanks to Rethink Ireland Hope to see some of you there! Register here: thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

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Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

#IrishGovernment close the loophole so that our country is not complicit in these breaches of #HumanRights

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Turning a blind eye to US shenanigans at Shannon Airport cannot be permitted to continue. Rendition flights were such a dark and shameful part of our history. #spéìrgorm www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called ‘reprehensible’

Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil Dezer

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Petition to sign, if you so wish: Merlin, who operate theme parks such as Alton Towers, apparently decided that autistic and ADHD people don't count as having real needs, and are no longer eligible for their usual ride passes if they find queues impossible. What?! Please share. c.org/4wjnPYRCPK

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Hidden Disabilities Still Need Support: Change The Ride Access Pass System Immediately

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

www.bmj.com/content/392/... Autistic girls & women: By age 20, they were diagnosing pretty much equal numbers of men & women. Huge study, whole population of Sweden born 1985-2020. Not 1 in 10. Not 1 in 4. Not 1 in 3. Equal numbers, just about. 100 years of research, most based on the wrong info.

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Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence: population based, prospectively collected, birth cohort study

Objectives To examine changes in the male to female ratio in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over a 35 year period, providing temporal trends in diagnosis (incidence rate), the male to fem...

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The most gorgeous package arrived this week from @ciaraioch.bsky.social .. Mini Mná with a who's who guide for the curious young minds in the house. Beautifully packaged with a bunch of gorgeous free delights in there too. It is a treasure trove of beauty #art #speirgorm

Collection of art - a picture showing miniature portraits of important Irish women in black and white. Postcard of a crow painting another crow at an easel. Sticker with a crow and bookmark.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

He was probably playing golf last year when this statement was written on his behalf 🙄

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

www.state.gov/u-s-support-... Our gentle reminder that the US agreed the deal between the UK & Mauritius on Chagos Islands. Here, the statement by Marco Rubio on the subject, with support from POTUS. I've no idea what the US President means by it being "an act of great stupidity", therefore.

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U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State

Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

All just so unnecessary. I think he has no business being near a school with young people he is clearly not a safe person for anyone! So glad the school has stood by the young person and held no truck with him but agree terrible the young person had to experience this.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Is he still technically employed by the school? Feel so sorry for the students at this school who have to deal with this circus on their way through the school gates 🙈

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Ah lovely that. Can't hear yourself think kinda rain is the best to fall asleep too. Could do with a bit of that right now 😅

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Ooh thank you! Didn't know this existed either.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Thank you Joe and sorry you went through that too. I guess when we love people deeply and have been loved in return we are very lucky to have beautiful memories to see us through the pain.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I am in the midst of physically losing my mum. The mum I recognised has been gone for a while so I remember her as she was before and treasure the glimpses I still see. What a thoughtful question 💚

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

England's National #Autism Peer Education Programme is free for families of autistic people, their supporters and anyone who wants to be a good ally, a good friend, a good ally to #autistic people

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📺 Today’s report: X didn’t respond to the Government or the EU - so we went to try to have a word. Meanwhile, AI Minister urges EU to immediately suspend Grok and says she’ll speak to the Taoiseach about the Government off X. 🗣️ @conorom.bsky.social @virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I couldn't either to be fair and I'm sure their workload is intense but jeez they pay enough to advisors around them to have good information surely. It is madness! I think 2026 is looking to age us all overnight 😅

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Such ignorance about people and how they are connected to the land they are from. The orange lad thinks everything is for sale and its a case of getting the numbers right. I fear he is going to take it and the EU will stand and watch, really hope I am wrong.

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