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Deadlifted 55kg today and then dropped five of them on my foot 🤘🤘🤘

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In other words, it is the job of scientists to devise experiments that can test their claims, to always be cautious abt what they are claiming, and to critically evaluate the claims of other scientists. By these well-established standards, no serious science is happening behind Anthropic's claims.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Here's the autism, ADHD and mental health review. I'd recommend at least scanning through the exec summary (20ish pages) to understand what they actually found, which isn't quite what the headlines are saying (though elements are still worrying!) www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: final report

Final report detailing the findings of the independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Appalling mismatches of headlines and content on the BBC around the new mental health review. They're currently advertising for #ADHD people with lived experience of prison to talk to them and I Do Not Trust them with the subject even remotely.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Whoever is the protagonist of this dystopian novel we're living in, you really need to up your game.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just bought my first Christmas present to myself 😁

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Shawna @mitsubishe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

started and finished @premeemohamed.com 's "the butcher of the forest" yesterday and now i think i'll wait til sunrise to walk the dog through the woods highly recommended very creepy novella by one of my favorite horror authors

The cover of the butcher of the forest. A unicorn a fox and a rabbit all wearing skulls play among green leaves and shiny apples.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Reflective workshops on 'exploring your development' and 'navigating your career' really feel like using a really old OS map - *that* path doesn't exist any more, and the last person locked *that* gate behind them, and *that* field now has an angry bull... and there's subsidence where I'm standing

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I love this. My instant thought for the question about additional information students are taking in - that scribbling out and drawing arrows to where you meant to put stuff and drawing terribly are all an important part of the process, the meaning is what's key.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

deebly sleeby why is it only wednesday

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m unable to grow the required waxed moustache to go with that ensemble

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So I knew my right eye was bad - had a squint as a kid, eye patches and all - but apparently my brain erases all input from that side to the point that I only had to pay for one varifocal lens (glasses still £200 I absolutely don't have). Moral of the story: I AM OLD AS BALLS

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy birthday! Honestly that sounds like the best day.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I fucking love people who become more themselves with age. Stranger taste. Clearer boundaries. Louder laugh. Less interest in impressing random people. Watching somebody slowly stop auditioning for the world is fucking beautiful.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you ever just want to get into bed by pulling up the duvet at the bottom and worm-squirming up to the pillow? Like I haven’t done it - I always forget by the time I get upstairs - but I think about it ALL THE TIME.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are there ways to meet new people there? Do they need an existing social group to feel comfortable in the space? Are these spaces consistent? Are the students in any way able to customise the space to make it comfortable? How are we asking them what they want or need?

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LTHEchat Some considerations when aiming for a 'thriving campus culture' - are there spaces for students where they are not facing a computer? Do they have to spend money to be there? Do they have to book in advance? How do they know they are welcomed? How are they actively *being* welcomed?

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This was absolutely how it was framed - that it was a positive and proved your worth to have men yell at you from cars (etc) - genuinely appalling

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a terrible memory (ADHD) but I know that at 13 I had internalised that I was supposed to find it flattering. (I did not).

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You know sometimes you have those periods in your life where it feels like all the joy, enthusiasm, energy, creativity and curiosity is getting industriously squorshed out of you?

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Pinkie Pie Deflates

Alt: Pinkie Pie Deflates - I have no doubt this has Awoken things in some people

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I loaned it to a friend and she gave it back on Thursday, telling me that she’s going to have to buy a copy because it’s Important, and she wants to come back to it again and again.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To be fair I am v noise sensitive 😁 living opposite the Lion also merits earplugs of a weekend 🤣

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don’t feel that a cock-on-a-stick merits this level of noise (Goose fair time, I am still learning how my house sounds at different times of year, this is definitely ten days of earplugs)

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you see an increase in cancer diagnosis you don’t impose a wait limit on time it takes people to get assessed. You employ more cancer specialists. People are going after a disability because it’s an easy target. This is state sanctioned suffering, abuse and neglect.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As you've said elsewhere, it's also about bringing your whole self - the acknowledgement that belonging doesn't mean performing presence in the room in the same way as others do. Internalising the 'right way' to be in the room is not belonging, even if it's taken as (external) proof of it! #LTHEchat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And creating the environment of psychological safety where students feel safe and inspired to *share* their experiences, interests, thoughts, passions. #LTHEChat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A3 - I think a lot but it is not entirely in their control. And one thing I think that can be done is not just providing space for student voice but feeding back on the impact it had! I heard what you said and I did this, or I didn't but here are the reasons why, can really go a long way. #LTHEChat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I felt this recently. I mentioned I have ADHD to a new colleague I'd be meeting with, and their response was 'I'll talk about it with [x] and we'll see what we need to adjust'. Inclusion is being treated like a statistic/representative; belonging is being part of the conversation. #LTHEChat

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Louise Rees 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎨🦒🦦 @louiserees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A2 - IMHO you can be included in the way that there is consideration in the planning of activities/running of things, but if there's no human/social interaction with you as a person, with interests, hopes etc, then I'm not sure you can feel you belong. #lthechat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A1b - this is in conflict, though, with the sense of belonging that is created by in-jokes, shared references, knowledge of others, all things that promote community. Promoting sharing, community and comfort while also being welcoming to new people is a hard sweet spot to hit! #LTHEChat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A1 - I think never immediately. Likely a neurodivergence thing - I don't infer well, and actively learning social rules and expectations can be incredibly difficult and take up a lot of attention. Clarity of expectations and communication can do a lot to promote belonging. #LTHEChat

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

'twas the undiagnosed ADHD, the messiness of my bedroom, and the complete lack of any record-keeping around which kids had borrowed what. (That was corrected after I left XD)

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just had a one-off counselling session and the major take away was You Are Allowed To Lower Your Standards For Yourself In Times of Extreme Stress. Which I hadn't really internalised before. Also that when you have worked hard not to mask, enforced masking is EXHAUSTING. #ADHD lesson learned I guess

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pretty sure I've mentioned before the time that I accidentally stole 73 books from my primary school and they had an assembly about how you should please not do that.

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

just stop your cryin', it'll be alright they told me that the end is near 'cos my first games console had wood veneer

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

PBs today - 50kg x10 Romanian deadlifts (prev 45kg), 50kg x10 squats (prev 45kg), 12kg dumbbell chest press x10 (prev 10kg), 20kg standing military press x7 (prev 15kgx10) oog oog oog I am the jellyman

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"well i've never seen one of those before" is a deeply reassuring opening line from the boiler guy

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026

8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something 9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

six hour window for the arrival of the gas man so it's gonna be an afternoon of deeply anxious wees

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