Adorno on the need for "a precise and undiluted knowledge of Freudian theory." From the paper "On The Meaning of Working Through The Past."

This friday FREE launch of new book about survivor activist and movement founder Peter Campbell book here 5pm this Friday online janinebooth.com/event/peter-...

21 April 14:30 BST Online Theorizing from Lived Experience: Feminist and Queer Theory A roundtable with: Jo Littler (Goldsmiths) @jolittler.bsky.social Billy Holzberg (KCL) Nicola Smith (Birmingham) Lois McNay (Oxford) Free and open to all. To register, follow the link tinyurl.com/4dw285x6

The perfect millenial phishing scheme does not exi-

I muse on what it is about Palantir's business model that triggers my spidey sense ... backofmind.substack.com/p/brain-dono...

Interesting piece about how AI is actually being used in govt www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...

Excited to see that @labour-hub.bsky.social has published a review of In Solidarity, Under Suspicion! Mike Phipps: "there is a lot here that could teach us how to help build contemporary social movements." labourhub.org.uk/2026/04/05/w... @evansmithhist.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Hurrah! This has just been published - my copy is in the post! Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social Oxford Uni Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro... or: amzn.eu/d/0gvTGhGE

All that supremacist stuff about autistics being inherently more honest than everyone else etc. was always going to end here.

www.newstatesman.com/technology/2... Some useful details in this.

I've written a brief post about our new book, why its important to me, and what we hope to achieve with it. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

Cheatbot as public good

It's wild watching them use the anti trans playbook to target adhd etc. It couldn't be more obvious.

"Children and young adults are “incentivised” to get an ADHD or autism diagnosis and there has been a “medicalisation of distress”, a government inquiry has concluded." [Times front page]

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Almost too on the nose that political scientist come far right firebrand Matt Goodwin used genAI to hallucinate the following quote: “’The most dangerous experiments’ warned the economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek, ‘are those conducted on entire societies.’”

This has just been published in “Theory & Society” (formerly) considered THE top #sociology /theory journal, after Springer Nature redid the board, installing Steven Pinker among them. Shame shame shame

forms.office.com/pages/respon... Treasury Committee have sent out a short consultation survey regarding student loans people can fill in.

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

How does AI reshape labour, power and capital accumulation? Apply to the Summer School “The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence” 📍 King’s College London | 16–19 June 2026 🎓 PhDs & ECRs welcome | 💷 No fees ⏰ Deadline: 17 March www.kcl.ac.uk/events/summe...

People criticizing Carney for hypocrisy but in the narrow technical sense of globalism, he’s perfectly consistent: transgressions of international economic law are more concerning than other violations. Protecting free trade and capital rights are the prime directives for guardians of world order.

I get that nothing matters until the NY Times reports it, but some of us more independent outlets had this story a month ago... www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

I love watching people use LLMs in public. They’ll reply to a breaking news article and say “@grok is this true?” Babe where do you think it’s about to pull its answer from

On Tuesday 17th March from 4.00 to 5.15pm, I'll be having a virtual book launch We are keeping the event small so that it can feel more intimate and conversational, which means there will be a limited number of tickets available. Register below www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Reading an advance copy of White System, Black Therapist by @wardasworld.bsky.social. Cannot recommend it highly enough: for understanding speech therapy, education, colonial institutions, and more. Its so well written and filled with great personal insight theoretical nuance. Preorder and read!

Ah, another of Prof. Uta's regular, "The world moved on & I don't like it" articles, claiming that autism is a disease, & inferring most autistic women are likely misdiagnosed - not autistic, that if you can manage a conversation you're not autistic, & there's no such thing as masking. Oh dear.

feels like what happens if the manosphere seized control of the Pentagon

come to this FREE Mad Studies launch us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#AcademicFreedom | We have written to The @openuniversity.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the university’s response to a letter from the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) regarding the use of the term ‘#ancientPalestine’. Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3

BRISMES is featured in @thenewarab.bsky.social following our recent letter raising serious concerns about the @openuniversity.bsky.social's decision to remove the term “ancient Palestine” from teaching materials. #Academicfreedom and scholarly integrity must be upheld.

bdsmovement.net/boycott-spot... Statement from PACBI regarding boycott efforts against Spotify owing to its connection to military A.I. development, Israel's apartheid and occupation and American border violence.

I wouldn’t put it past our political class to draw the conclusion that, in the absence of an economy that creates graduate jobs, we will just have to cut back on graduates.

Can Replicants Read? is a deep dive into the messy intersection of tech, culture, and power. I deconstruct the stories we tell about the future and explain why they matter today. If you want sharp, critical analysis that cuts through the AI hype, subscribe and read for free: emilyehoyle.substack.com

Crucial - and generally totally overlooked part of this story - is *what* the journalists that Labour Together smeared were reporting on How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise That’s why they were targeted

The key aims of health visiting – supporting children to be healthy, identifying risk early, and helping families access support – are vital, but does the current system best serve those goals? @jasonstrelitz.bsky.social speaks to @newstatesman1913.bsky.social ⬇️ bit.ly/46WIt3Y

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_C-... Useful video essay on contemporary trends in popular online discourses.

EVENT: Hearing voices, suicidality, and 'AI psychosis' A @uobphenomenal.bsky.social seminar drawing on perspectives from philosophy, mental health research, psychology, and lived experience. Friday 20 March, 9am - 4.30pm UK time, online and in person. #HearingVoices #MentalHealthResearch

CN: discussion of sexual violence Grim but useful read on connections between Epstein network and reconfigurations of eugenics and race science by contrarian pundits, scientists and psychologists since the 1990s.

Lancaster UCU sends huge solidarity to comrades at Northumbria University in their dispute. Shame on Northumbria University management for forcing you out the Teacher’s Pension Scheme; and even more shame for freezing the pay of staff members trying to stay in it! Lancaster UCU stands with you ✊

If .you are interested in presenting at this years Autistic mental health conference You do not need to be an academic or professional, all voices from the community matter. Self-identification is valid. forms.gle/QkGXbFLfZmwY... #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth

Last chance to sign up for our online neuro-affirming 6 week Discovery Programme starting TONIGHT 18th Feb 7pm UK/Irish Time. Specifically for Autistic 18-24yr olds! A few fully funded spaces still available for Irish participants, thanks to Rethink Ireland thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

Jane Grogan from Uni of Lancashire is carrying out a research project exploring the lived experiences of Autistic adults with cleft lip and palate. If you'd like to take part in this research, please contact [email protected]

The University of Birmingham are finding out what Autistic and non-Autistic children aged 6 to 14 find comfortable and uncomfortable to look at. The findings will help make places and materials more comfortable Find out more Dr. Tyler [email protected] @cmanning.bsky.social: [email protected]

Fascinating piece by Melinda Cooper connecting Silicon Valley pronatalism, the household economies of billionaire compounds, and the Epstein case to argue for an emerging “master-and-servant” political economy. www.equator.org/articles/eps...

www.jhiblog.org/2026/02/16/t... Interesting piece.

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru... Useful read.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2583510... Concerning...

Please join us online on 11th March for our next (extended) research group seminar, on autistic people’s experiences of cancer and cancer services. Speakers: @kmunday.bsky.social, @georgiarivers.bsky.social, Char Goodwin and Rosie Tansley. Sign up at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autistic-p... #AutRes