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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 7h

Book on sale in supermarket book aisle shocker! Imagine becoming a journalist just so you can end up reporting negatively on a book which helps people. Next up the Telegraph's ongoing series "people use cookbooks to learn to cook".

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ADHD 'handbook' on sale in Waitrose

Guide to neurodevelopmental condition at upmarket supermarket amid soaring demand for diagnoses

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Guides to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have gone on sale at Waitrose checkouts amid warnings that soaring demand for diagnoses risks "crowding out" severe cases.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 14h

I recognise this SMT playbook

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What does it mean for Palestinian women to seek fertility treatment in medical institutions within a settler-colonial state? How did fertility treatment become a key investment for the Israeli state? Join us on Monday, Oct. 5 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "Reproductive Injustice and Settler Colonialism": Gala Rexer in conversation with Andrea Becker – Zoom

"Reproductive Injustice and Settler Colonialism": Gala Rexer in conversation with Andrea Becker – Zoom, Mon 5 Oct 2026 - What does it mean for Palestinian women to seek fertility treatment inside medi...

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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI companies are calling for regulation in ways that let them set the rules, not independent parties who can hold them to account. “If you read between the lines, everything [Amodei] advocates [for] is something that would help companies like Anthropic,” says AI Now's Boyan Milanov bit.ly/3TxmJbq

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How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business

There is no clear path showing that today’s AI systems will lead to superintelligence, much less a basis for calculating the probability of doom.

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Dr Tobias Atkinson @tobiasa1994.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some really useful looking articles in this issue, look forward to reading them.

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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Volume 35, Issue 3 is finally out with the first part of the Forum on Tech Oligarchy! Edited by @keanbirch.bsky.social, the issue includes 14 articles about the emergence and the political, economic, and social implications of techno-financial elites. 🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/current

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scenes from the Picket Line: Day 3 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh, following hundreds of job losses and thousands more to come. Here are our wonderful workers, staying strong: (1) Craft-making on the picket line ...

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 30/09/2026

There's an issue behind warnings about superintelligence, writes Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social. "There is no established path showing that today's AI systems will surpass the smartest humans, much less a scientific basis for calculating the likelihood that such systems will destroy humanity."

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How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business

There is no clear path showing that today’s AI systems will lead to superintelligence, much less a basis for calculating the probability of doom.

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Dr Tobias Atkinson @tobiasa1994.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thoughtful and critical review. Worth reading.

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 30/09/2026

"For yrs, Kennedy has accused fed. health agencies of being captured by corp.'s they are tasked w/ regulating. That same charge is now being aimed at the health sec. by his disillusioned supporters." So much here to discuss. For one: what legit conference has Russell Brand as a panel moderator? 🛟

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At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out

The second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PRIMETIME, which portrays Chris Hansen as a twisted egomaniac, is really good. It’s also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hansen, who has long turned child sexual abuse into a spectacle centering himself—at the expense of actual victims. spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...

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Chris Hansen was never the hero

On 'Primetime' and the real child abuse investigations that Hansen led astray.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As someone with AuDHD, this can mean the difference between life or suicide. And they just decided people can wait *at least* 2 years. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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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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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The UK is likely to try to reduce ADHD & autism diagnoses this week even though its own National Health Service funded a report saying ADHD is underdiagnosed & undertreated. Autism's criteria are already narrowed. See my anchor post & gifted article previewing UK report: inews.co.uk/news/claims-...

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ADHD is not being overdiagnosed, major Government report set to find

Landmark report expected to rule out mass overdiagnosis but warn support can be hard to obtain

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/09/2026

The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be. www.wired.com/story/inside...

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The Leftist Split Over AI Doom

The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oct 7: Join "Muskism" coauthor @quinnslobodian.com & "Against Tech Oligarchy" coauthors @js-tan.bsky.social & Clarissa Redwine to discuss the structural forces shaping tech power, and what we can learn from the tech worker movement, with D&S's @aihathing.bsky.social. datasociety.net/news-events/...

Graphic promoting an online book talk titled “Power and Resistance in the Age of Tech Oligarchy.” The event features authors Clarissa Redwine, JS Tan, and Quinn Slobodian, moderated by Aiha Nguyen, and takes place October 7, 2026, at 2 PM ET. The graphic includes images of the two featured books, Against Tech Oligarchy and Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, along with black-and-white portraits of the speakers.

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's banal but the use of "inevitable" by the "research on research institute" is a performative of course It becomes inevitable because people close to centre of power keep saying it's inevitable.

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yet more planned destruction “The biggest casualty by far is the university's School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC), which is losing a total of 48 programmes”

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Three courses in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, are among the 90 programmes to be axed as Edinburgh University seeks to save £140m at the cost of as many as 1800 jobs. Edinburgh UCU has announced a five week programme of strike action in protest. #BonfireOfTheHumanities

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Edinburgh University to mothball 90 courses as five weeks of strikes to start

The university said mothballing 90 courses will not detract from the institutions standing on the world stage

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Please do check out this excellent volume, not only for my contribution on the SLP, but also @racheljcollett.bsky.social on the Merseyside Women's Liberation Movement, @owenjdowling.bsky.social on the Chile Solidarity campaign and many more!

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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I rarely post here, but I've a paper out I'm very proud of: "Tangent 1: How can we know? An intersectional feminist ADHD epistemology of ranting, spirality and curvimultipoint(s)," Disability Studies Quarterly (@disstudies.bsky.social). Download PDF (for free) here: dsq-sds.org/article/id/6...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

‘The report is expected to say that there is no direct evidence of widespread overdiagnosis of autism and ADHD in Britain’ Preview of what is expected in the independent review led by @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Peter Fonagy liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/476...

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ADHD is not being overdiagnosed, major Government report set to find

Landmark report expected to rule out mass overdiagnosis but warn support can be hard to obtain

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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube September 14th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT! Visit notaidoc.com for details on where to watch and stream!

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The loud debate over North Sea drilling is a convenient distraction which obscures the real problems of Britain's ongoing failure to create many good jobs in renewables or deliver energy security. @pancholewis.bsky.social and I writing for @uk.theconversation.com. theconversation.com/north-sea-dr...

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North Sea drilling is a distraction: low-carbon transition hinges on prioritising people and jobs

Industrial renewal coupled with social reforms could support a green transition away from carbon-intensive industries while narrowing social inequalities.

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WIRED @wired.com · 11/09/2026

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. www.wired.com/story/one-of...

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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

curious to know what the other 'overlapping interests' were

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rarely seen a more desperate act of lobbyist pleading, to a government that *still* isn't going to provide financial help

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People's Health Trust @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Government stats out this morning reveal need to create more accessible green space. The reality is that access to green space can be the dividing line between good health and early death. @jennyedwards.bsky.social Read our full statement below 👇 www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...

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Access to green spaces can be a dividing line between good health and…

New statistics reveal need to create more accessible green spaces in England

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 08/09/2026

In light of the soon to be released A24 documentary, "You Can See Everything" that follows the demise of Elizabeth Holmes I'm sharing the essay I wrote on the conclusion of her trial. How do you solve a problem like Elizabeth Holmes? emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/imaginingt...

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How do you solve a problem like Elizabeth Holmes?

The im/possibilities of containing the body in the culture of disembodiment

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 08/09/2026

Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the live web. Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the Wayback Machine & a new pilot explorer: wayback-labs.sf.archive.org/bet-explorer/

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Ahana the Sun Goddess ☀️ 🌞 @antisanitygirl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

everyone @asylummagazine.bsky.social’s new issue is out!!!!! go subscribe and read new work in the premier and oldest still continuous Mad publication. asylummagazine.org/subscribe/

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Dr Tobias Atkinson @tobiasa1994.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Useful interview with David Edgerton, well worth watching. His planned book on a post-1900 global history of production sounds really interesting.

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National Survivor User Network @nsunnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

On a recent episode of The Radical Therapist podcast, Chloe Yates was asked a question which stayed with her: Do you think diagnoses can ever be liberating? Or are they always entangled in systems of control? She responds in our latest blog. www.nsun.org.uk/power-libera...

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Power, liberation and labels; diagnoses as descriptive terms

The discourse on diagnosis has been co-opted by neo-liberalism to justify cuts to state-funded mental health care.

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Half the public say the nation’s health and wellbeing has worsened over the past year. Our latest polling with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social shows support for action on smoking, unhealthy food, vaping and air pollution. Samantha Field, Senior Fellow, explores the findings⬇️ bit.ly/4iKkH1O

Quote card graphic: 'Our polling shows that the new prime minister has significant room for ambitious action, even if not all policies attract equal support' – Samantha Field, Senior Fellow, The Health Foundation

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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"It's a convenient framing for [OpenAI to assert] that these models have autonomy or intent where it doesn't exist, so they can absolve themselves of any responsibility while also presenting their models as extremely powerful and unstoppable, when they just didn't do the basics."

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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

AI Now's Chief AI Scientist @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social joined @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social to unpack what really happened when OpenAI's agents broke out of their test environment, and how it's really a story of a lack of responsibility, basic engineering practices & accountability: youtu.be/Rwv8zfGyvP8

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What Really Happened When OpenAI Bots Escaped a Cybersecurity Test? | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.

photo of Nicole Kidman looking incredibly joyful and free after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalised

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How does assetization and assetmanagement inform social conflict? Join us for an online launch event for our NPE special issue "Asset Struggles" on Sept 17th 2PM (German time), featuring: @melindacooper.bsky.social, @jenmcarthur.bsky.social, @benbraun.eurosky.social ⬇️ Signup in post below ⬇️

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