Love Brick Lane.

There remains a lot of cynicism about neurodiversity. People who struggle have their struggles belittled, written off as normal struggles and labelled as weak, wanting to falsely gain advantage. Great piece www.thetimes.com/article/f5e5...

A very entertaining evening, strong recommend. Lesley Manville an utter triumph, as was the actor who played Madame de Tourvelle. Design and direction fantastic. Aidan turner miscast, if I'm honest. Low on diction and presence: he may brood on screen but unconvincing on stage.

McSweeney. I had mine nicked in Sept not 500m from Belgrave Rd. Visit from a police officer a week later, who said he would immediately close the case because they wouldn't catch the thief (despite CCTV). Told me they weren't allowed to chase the thieves even if they personally witnessed the theft.

Thing is, it probably doesn't if you're getting 8 hours already. Nice to see an increasing advocacy for small changes that make large differences. These should form the bedrock of health behaviours, since it seems all lifestyle modifications have diminishing returns. www.thetimes.com/article/0e1e...

For the first 3/4 of this article i'm thinking, why are you leaping to that conclusion from those observations? Then the last paragraph? Oops there it is.. www.thetimes.com/article/4448...

Hoping that this one is a little harder to rip out of my hand. Or it'll be 4th time unlucky i guess! Isn't she gorgeous? Though will have to get used to android..

Samurai exhibition. recommend. The weirdnesses of helmets crafted like aubergines to show power, multiple depictions of beheadings and the sheer skill and intricacy of the panels and clothing make it a very satisfying visit.

One senses that this is a fight that is not being won…

I am so excited for this I can’t even. Arcadia.

Govt central funding formula for councils. Based on residents, not workers. Only 8,600 residents in the city, but 680,000 workers. Business rates provide 1.3 billion to the treasury but nothing comes back. TLDR, govt has reduced funding by 60 million. And theyve only just been told… shitshow

i don’t know where to start with this. So I shan’t. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Our newly 18 year old has just joined us in the pub for first Friday beer. Happiness. 🥰

Ok I'm ready. #teamrachel

If you're neurotypical, you are unlikely to understand why life has become so much harder for those with neurodiversity. In this commissioned piece I make the case for changing the way we deliver care: not just for the neurodiverse, but for all service users. substack.com/@mskmag/note...

Just rewatched this with kids. Utterly glorious. Cellist, trains for 4 weeks as a house DJ to try and fool a panel of experts. Heartwarming. www.channel4.com/programmes/f...

I’m in m and s with kier Starmer, wife and 2 secret service folk. Short. Surprisingly so

a very unlikely sight, in the Italian mountains.

I am ready. Can see 10 planes in the sky, but no shooting stars just yet. Starry starry night tho.

I hate christmas. there, I said it. Come at me.

One more day until i find out whether the huge fee increases I was forced to impose to stay solvent, after the last barrage of taxes, will be enough for my business to be secure. The small business owner's lament. I have questions.

I remember Vallance and Whitty saying we needed to get some immunity in the population. I remember Whitty saying our winter wave was less severe due to a later first lockdown. I remember the AZ vaccine was delayed (would have been september) because the UK Covid prevalence was too low to test it.

Well this is a new one. An email purporting to be from my company (of whom I am the only shareholder) to myself notifying me of a payrise and undoubtedly targeting my staff in order to rob them. Changing the sender's name to my company's makes it feel much more personal. C**ts.

Reading the Chinese spying piece in the Times brought this exchange to mind. This was last week on LinkedIn. 1) why would i have an unpaid intern? It's immoral. 2) why would i want to give remote access to my entire patient database to someone who wasn't working for me & had signed the GDPR stuff?

I reckon you could have an entire sitcom based in the bed department of Peter Jones. i could sit here all day without getting bored.

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Interesting this. In Paris, they put the art drawn on screens on to be displayed on screens. And it was mesmerising.. www.thetimes.com/article/bf72...

I love him. www.thetimes.com/article/57b8...

Cauda equina syndrome gives MSK physios sleepless nights. Don’t be surprised if your physio asks about bladder / bowel function, sensation and sexual function. CES is an emergency with catastrophic results if missed. www.thetimes.com/article/3126...

How can you make these claims whilst admitting you didn’t look at intensity? Or if there was a reason why people chose not to walk for more than 15 mins every day? Or whether those that did, did so because they have a dog, known to have other beneficial effects? Bah

This idea ignores the physical activity paradox. Movement, when taken by choice or recreationally, has a net anti-inflammatory, calming effect on our systems. If you are compelled to take it with someone else deciding and dictating pace, the opposite occurs. www.thetimes.com/article/307a...

This is such a good piece. Many of the dominant voice are fuelled by anecdote, which attracts similar anecdotes, seemingly creating a body of evidence. But if you come to an opinion through anecdote, it is almost impossible to remain uncorrupted by it. www.thetimes.com/article/76e0...

I feel that Papago may struggle with Italian.

Sicily omg.

I paid for my own DEXA scan. Unable to take systemic HRT (without awful side effects) I was concerned about fragility fractures. I am armed with the information i need to make the right health choices going forwards, and I’ll recheck in 5 years.

Evo menos.? I was in Bolivia when Evo Morales was elected president. Everywhere there were flags and banners proclaiming ‘Evo Mas’ with a great groundswell of feeling that someone finally cared about the indigenous population and the environment.

Tutti la vita e dolci. Double runner’s high (didn’t have to wait for the endocannabinoids today) and breakfast. Beautiful, beautiful Sicily.

Honestly, Airportr is SUCH a good service. Travelling tomorrow, hold luggage just picked up, we will collect on baggage carousel at the other end. No sweaty Suey off the Gatwick Express. airportr.com

Loving my new toy.

Just lovely. Increasingly i find myself whizzing through the politics and focussing on the wonderful. www.thetimes.com/article/a6fd...

Loved this. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been asked ‘when are you getting out of London?’ I grew up in the countryside and found it deeply boring and pretty oppressive. Maybe that was the rain in the west of Scotland, but still. Ill never tire of it. www.thetimes.com/article/fe92...

Kids with spiky profiles (ie really good in some areas and poor in others) are chucked out of school if they don’t pass a Maths and English test under exam conditions that don’t favour them. It doesn’t matter how brilliant and talented they are in subjects they’d take at A level, they’re out.

Bugbear on PC updates. Why am I now getting ads on startup? I know about team viewer, thank you: but since we were told by our IT guy to make sure we were all on windows 11, each computer in the practice has team viewer ads when we switch on. And i can’t find where to turn this off. Grrrrr

Traditionally, white collar job prospects have favoured those with high processing speeds. AI can do this faster, and will become more accurate with time. Perhaps our more creative, imaginative, neurodivergent population will become those most in demand. great piece from @matthewsyed.bsky.social

I’m een ma prime! (Maggie smith voice)

‘Born without biological mothers’. Really? Whilst the baby would not carry the mother’s genes, the environment they grow in has as much influence as their genes do. the stresses, the food, the exercise: all that has an effect. Or maybe I’m uncomfortable with women as empty, unimportant vessels.

Very cool. In the rehearsal room at the Old Vic for a Q&A with the set and costume designers for Mary Page Marlowe. I love the mini sets: impressive to put an old proscenium arch theatre into the round.

ION i had a visit from a police officer this afternoon about my latest phone theft. Nothing they can do, will close case. He tells me they’re not even allowed to chase after the thieves when they see it happen: and agrees with me that electric bikes should be banned in London.

Interesting performance of the importance of being Ernest…

Go and see the new Leo. It’s awesome. Sean penn over, but otherwise enjoy the ride!