It is a moving piece. It highlights what I believe are two of the biggest challenges we face; the - me and mine are all that matter brigade - and #racism. Racism says, I will take some pain if I can hurt someone else and feel better than them. It is a sickness. #Ebola

Ebola Unlikely To Cause Anyone Any Harm, Say White People

it’s crazy to be listening to a well-produced podcast from a major studio and and have an ad cut in halfway through a host’s sentence why doesn’t anyone care about making things adequate anymore let alone good

Are autistic people, over the course of our lives, being stressed out, having issues like motor impairments or inertia worsened over time, or even being subtly injured—just because shoes & clothing aren’t made for us & the ways we move? @epballou.bsky.social: chavisory.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/m...

I love this #Parkrun blog. A much needed reminder about the important things. #community #health #bananas www.nuhorizons.uk/post/saturda...

do not. address it

Oh Musk is behind the times, we aren’t eating the rich anymore, our plan is to compost them.

Mamdani hat in wenigen Wochen das horrende Budgetdefizit in Ordnung gebracht. Und das ohne Kürzungen für die Mehrheit. Es ist eine Erinnerung, dass ein gutes Budget immer auch ein funktionierendes Gemeinwesen bedeuten muss. Es zeigt auch, dass man es wollen muss.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Truths clearly told. #StudentProtests #University #War #Greed

Haven't they suffered enough? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#LocalElections There is something vulgar about the excitement of #journalists as they report on a situation they have created as if they are objective. Just understand we see you. Your glee is distasteful. #Politics #Media

There is no single script for Intensive Interaction; it is relational knowledge, built slowly, held carefully, and grounded in a genuine desire to be with someone rather than to do something to them or to achieve targets. Co-authored with @jo3grace.bsky.social autisticrealms.com/intensive-in...

Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.

I used to think that that costs of climate catastrophe, as opposed to those of preventing and mitigating it, would eventually concentrate minds, but I increasingly fear that the eugenicist mindset of today’s billionaire class means they are quite ok with mass extinction so long as they survive.

Commercially viable numbers of livestock are not compatible with healthy natural ecosystems. That's the most concise answer to the question.

My inaugural lecture as Professor of South Asian Music & History will be held on 28th May at 6PM @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social "If there is a heaven on earth: life, death, and the spaces between in South Asian Music". Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

But that's money for you. The right is plugged into the billionaire pipeline, the left is not.

🎙️We’re delighted to welcome back Professor John Gray for 'Living in a Hobbesian World' ‘How far is Hobbes’s picture of human conflict still valid, and is the remedy he proposed viable today?’ Watch in person or online- Tue 5 May 7:30pm 🎟 https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/living-in-a-hobbesian-world/

Went to see @joshuaidehen.bsky.social last night in Bristol. What can I say? It was exhilarating! 💃🏾💃🏾 💃🏾A much needed tonic in these world on fire times. #ShimmyItOut #DanceAsTherapy

🎙️ Living in a Hobbesian world with John Gray- philosopher, #StrawDogs author & #bbcradio4's Point of View contributor. Explore Hobbes, human conflict & the search for order. #JohnGray #Philosophy 📅 Tue 5 May ⏰ 7:30–9:00 pm 🎟 https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/living-in-a-hobbesian-world/

CAUCUS OF DOOFUSES!

BREAKING: We just won our antitrust trial against LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Live Nation has raked in billions in profits from an illegal monopoly that coerces venues, restricts artists, and exploits fans. This is a massive win in the fight for fairness for local venues, artists, and fans.

You can relate to certain traits without claiming the label. Empathy doesn’t require equivalence. Saying “everyone is a little autistic” isn’t inclusive it’s dismissive af

"You're an author? Would I know anything you've written?" "Have you heard of the book Eat Pray Love?" "Oh wow. I have, actually!" "Well, one of my books was printed in a typeface not totally dissimilar to the one in that."

We’re launching a new BRLSI talk series: The Unsettled Mind: Psychoanalysis in the Age of Anxiety. Hear from leading thinkers on grief, sexuality, Freud & more. 🎥 Intro video: youtu.be/dwWqsCudgdo #Psychoanalysis #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Freud #Psychology #Wellbeing #Talks #Bath #Lacan #BRLSI

On this day in 1939, world-renowned Black opera singer Marian Anderson was denied the use of indoor halls due to her race and instead performed outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Smartphone Photography Workshop 📱✨ A hands on session led by Benedict Brain Discover how to take more intentional, creative photos with the camera you always have with you Sat 25 April All you need is your fully charged smartphone! https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/smartphone-photography-workshop/

WTH?! Is there any responsible #political #leadership happening this decade or are we just writing it off?

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Happy Birthday to Dr Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928)

Hi, I'm looking for a journalist based in Nigeria for help on a radio story. If you happen to know anyone who knows anyone I would appreciate it! Thanks!

Curious indeed. Reminds me of how short a memory is present in reporting on other conflicts, such as the ongoing disaster in Iran. And fills me with dread over how much even an aggressively punitive Democratic majority is likely to chafe at consequences for our actions abroad in the coming years.

Ever wonder why most of the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of everything the far right does or says, while ignoring far bigger rallies and events and far more interesting discussions elsewhere on the political spectrum? There's no mystery. It's because they want the far right to triumph.

This nails the patronising way that people’s legitimate concerns are dealt with by big tech, governments and industries adopting it. The wholesale disempowerment of folk in the West is real. Maybe more alliance with the continually #colonised is needed. #AI

Why refusing AI is a fight for the soul: Author Thomas Dekeyser explains why modern resistance to Big Tech is a deeply sane response to a narrow vision of humanity. restofworld.org/2026/techno-...

Please do not let anyone dismiss autistic shutdowns, meltdowns, or other signs of distress as "just autistic behaviors." Instead, please do your best to determine the legitimate sensory, environmental, social, communication, or medical issue behind the distress. #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

Sharing my brother’s #Parkrun blog because we all need niceness. www.nuhorizons.uk/post/wake-up...

I wrote about a museum that is near and dear to my heart, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI

I don’t ever want to read 300 people dead and not feel anything. #War

#BBC and #BAFTA you had choice and time and we have seen what you chose - to pit #Ableism against #Racism You could have done by right by all 3 men. You insulted 2 of the best actors and left the man with Tourettes to take the fall. A sad day. Sad because it wasn’t shocking.

We used to say "never again" but as long as we are humans, good will have to fight evil. #ICE #WESEEYOU

The politics of AI are anti-human. This comparison is disgusting.

Lifting up the life of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson. Hard to lay out the range of his work and contributions and how much he inspired. They are leaving us one by one, exhorting us to pick up the mantle with courage & determination. Justice work is a lifelong commitment. Thank you Rev. Jackson.

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018: crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

I am once again stating the obvious by saying that the whole “low information voters” thing is a media tactic to normalise Trumpism because what do you mean these people have the capacity to find EVERY conspiracy theory about climate change and trans people, but none to believe Trump is evil.

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