Caleb Day
@calebday.bsky.social
Created autistic, kinetic. Made Christian, neurodivergent, depressed, disabled, parent, trade unionist, he/him, among other things. Theological ethics, @ducu.bsky.social, @uniteucu.bsky.social. NZer in England. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-0282
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Caleb Day
@calebday.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I am interested in neurodivergent theologies and found a bunch of people on here to follow. I decided to turn that into a starter pack. Please suggest additions: i'm sure there are plenty of people I don't know about, plus many others like me joining the current Xodus wave.
This Darren Jones interview encapsulates what’s so strategically wrong about current @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Politics to the right of Theresa May to appease the right, but delivering it in the worst kind of management speak to guarantee it does all the damage with none of the political appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This Darren Jones interview encapsulates what’s so strategically wrong about current @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Politics to the right of Theresa May to appease the right, but delivering it in the worst kind of management speak to guarantee it does all the damage with none of the political appeal.
Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, & all in @teamlabouruk.bsky.social/Tories who voted for their aid cuts from from promised/cross-party 0.7% to 0.5% (BJ)/0.3% (KS) are complicit in these atrocities.
Article reports the least ambitious atrocity prevention plan was chosen specifically because of aid cuts.
Article reports the least ambitious atrocity prevention plan was chosen specifically because of aid cuts.
Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, & all in @teamlabouruk.bsky.social/Tories who voted for their aid cuts from from promised/cross-party 0.7% to 0.5% (BJ)/0.3% (KS) are complicit in these atrocities.
Article reports the least ambitious atrocity prevention plan was chosen specifically because of aid cuts.
Article reports the least ambitious atrocity prevention plan was chosen specifically because of aid cuts.
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The importance of voting YES in the UCU national ballot.
📢some reasons:
The pay offer this year is a mere 1.4% but inflation is 3.8% which means our pay’s gone down since the recession of 2007-9 by 20-30% in real terms, depending on whether you use CPI or RPI measures.
📢some reasons:
The pay offer this year is a mere 1.4% but inflation is 3.8% which means our pay’s gone down since the recession of 2007-9 by 20-30% in real terms, depending on whether you use CPI or RPI measures.
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The importance of voting YES in the UCU national ballot.
📢some reasons:
The pay offer this year is a mere 1.4% but inflation is 3.8% which means our pay’s gone down since the recession of 2007-9 by 20-30% in real terms, depending on whether you use CPI or RPI measures.
📢some reasons:
The pay offer this year is a mere 1.4% but inflation is 3.8% which means our pay’s gone down since the recession of 2007-9 by 20-30% in real terms, depending on whether you use CPI or RPI measures.
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Good afternoon, folks! Feeling in need of an afternoon pick-me-up? Why not get out and post your ballot! Nothing energizes quite like knowing you're contributing to the best chance we have to change HE!
Celebrate with your choice of snack afterwards! #WeAreTheUniversity
Celebrate with your choice of snack afterwards! #WeAreTheUniversity
Bought some ice cream from the cornershop & posted my @ucu.org.uk ballot.
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Good afternoon, folks! Feeling in need of an afternoon pick-me-up? Why not get out and post your ballot! Nothing energizes quite like knowing you're contributing to the best chance we have to change HE!
Celebrate with your choice of snack afterwards! #WeAreTheUniversity
Celebrate with your choice of snack afterwards! #WeAreTheUniversity
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Bought some ice cream from the cornershop & posted my @ucu.org.uk ballot.
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Bought some ice cream from the cornershop & posted my @ucu.org.uk ballot.
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
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Calling all branch members: multi-union campus meeting 12:30-13:30 TODAY in The Ken Wade Lecture Theatre (Calman 203), to talk about our respective ballots and the ongoing state of affairs at our university.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Calling all branch members: multi-union campus meeting 12:30-13:30 TODAY in The Ken Wade Lecture Theatre (Calman 203), to talk about our respective ballots and the ongoing state of affairs at our university.
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
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More nope on #ProfoundAutism: An Autistic person’s ALS was only diagnosed a couple of months before they died, as their symptoms of progressive muscle weakness & associated disability were assumed to be 'challenging behavior' due to being 'severely Autistic.'
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav...
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav...
Grave Concerns About Profound Autism
The label "Profound autism" bungles the support needs of autistic people with complex disabilities, and will endanger autistic lives.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
More nope on #ProfoundAutism: An Autistic person’s ALS was only diagnosed a couple of months before they died, as their symptoms of progressive muscle weakness & associated disability were assumed to be 'challenging behavior' due to being 'severely Autistic.'
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav...
thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav...
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PSA: If we love your content but you don't provide alt-text, we can't share it unless we do the alt-text ourselves (unlikely), because accessibility. Please provide alt-text for your images—especially the text-heavy ones—if you can. Here are alt-text guidelines:
www.levelaccess.com/blog/alt-tex...
www.levelaccess.com/blog/alt-tex...
Alt text for Accessibility ✅ Examples, Tips & Best Practices
Learn how effective alt text supports accessibility and explore tips, examples, and best practices to improve your content for all users.
www.levelaccess.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
PSA: If we love your content but you don't provide alt-text, we can't share it unless we do the alt-text ourselves (unlikely), because accessibility. Please provide alt-text for your images—especially the text-heavy ones—if you can. Here are alt-text guidelines:
www.levelaccess.com/blog/alt-tex...
www.levelaccess.com/blog/alt-tex...
Blog'd this also - trust me to write a big serious rant in response to a silly TV programme!
rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
Combating neurodivergence misinformation via obscure social media debates regarding silly reality TV shows
Single panel comic from webcomic xkcd (Duty Calls). Person sits at computer. From out of frame someone says “Are you coming to bed?” Response from person at computer: “I can’…
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November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Blog'd this also - trust me to write a big serious rant in response to a silly TV programme!
rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/c...
I wrote a quick blog about something that shouldn't need to be said but apparently increasingly will be needed to be said if current political trends continue. rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/n...
No, human rights are not best left to nation-states
Photograph of a child behind a placard saying “human rights are not optional.” Photo from
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November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I wrote a quick blog about something that shouldn't need to be said but apparently increasingly will be needed to be said if current political trends continue. rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/n...
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#OtD 1 Nov 1936 the Jarrow marchers arrived in London. They had marched all the way from Jarrow in North-East England to protest hunger and unemployment as a result of the closure of the town's shipyard, which was the main employer in the area stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8136...
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#OtD 1 Nov 1936 the Jarrow marchers arrived in London. They had marched all the way from Jarrow in North-East England to protest hunger and unemployment as a result of the closure of the town's shipyard, which was the main employer in the area stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8136...
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This is where decades of denial about the systemic nature of racism and only calling it such in its most extreme occurrences take you
This is not (just) Farage being disingenuous, but him using all the journalists, politicians and academics who have euphemised racism to mainstream his politics
This is not (just) Farage being disingenuous, but him using all the journalists, politicians and academics who have euphemised racism to mainstream his politics
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is where decades of denial about the systemic nature of racism and only calling it such in its most extreme occurrences take you
This is not (just) Farage being disingenuous, but him using all the journalists, politicians and academics who have euphemised racism to mainstream his politics
This is not (just) Farage being disingenuous, but him using all the journalists, politicians and academics who have euphemised racism to mainstream his politics
It says something that I had to go look it up to check if this worshipper of nation, not Christ, is from Reform, Labour, or the Tories
The Established Church needs to find a voice on this kind of dehumanising depiction of men, women and children who have come to our country, being spilled all over the place to say the only thing that has human value is a salary above £38k and thst any foreigner who ever earns less must get out
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It says something that I had to go look it up to check if this worshipper of nation, not Christ, is from Reform, Labour, or the Tories
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UCU NATIONAL BALLOT ⚠️
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT: WHY VOTE YES/YES - Goldsmiths University and College Union
On Monday, 20 October, UCU and other unions in higher education launched a national dispute against the employers’ association (UCEA). Let us be clear: we do not believe that the ...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT ⚠️
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
Mythbusters leaflet on migrants & crime from the North East's PCCs.
* Migrants don't increase crime.
* UK isn't swamped by asylum seekers.
* Migrants contribute to public finances & access fewer benefits than locals (not that this affects human value/rights).
northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/new-migrant-...
* Migrants don't increase crime.
* UK isn't swamped by asylum seekers.
* Migrants contribute to public finances & access fewer benefits than locals (not that this affects human value/rights).
northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/new-migrant-...
New ‘Migrant Myth Busters’ Leaflet Launched to Tackle Misinformation and Rising Hate Crime - Northumbria PCC
A powerful new online resource designed to challenge misinformation and promote understanding about migration has been launched today by the North East Migration Partnership, in collaboration with the...
northumbria-pcc.gov.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Mythbusters leaflet on migrants & crime from the North East's PCCs.
* Migrants don't increase crime.
* UK isn't swamped by asylum seekers.
* Migrants contribute to public finances & access fewer benefits than locals (not that this affects human value/rights).
northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/new-migrant-...
* Migrants don't increase crime.
* UK isn't swamped by asylum seekers.
* Migrants contribute to public finances & access fewer benefits than locals (not that this affects human value/rights).
northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/new-migrant-...
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Autism is not just about being "quirky," and those who claim otherwise should not be taken seriously as autism advocates, org representatives, by the media—or by anyone who wants to truly support autistic people. From @epballou.bsky.social via TPGA archives:
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...
Autistic Commonality and the Illusion of “Quirky” — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When I am talking about being autistic, I am not talking about being quirky. If you are, then we are not talking about the same thing.
thinkingautismguide.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Autism is not just about being "quirky," and those who claim otherwise should not be taken seriously as autism advocates, org representatives, by the media—or by anyone who wants to truly support autistic people. From @epballou.bsky.social via TPGA archives:
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...
I've written a couple of blogs on #neurodivergence #neurodiversity -related matters recently.
1) a deep dive explanation/critique of the DSM-5's "levels" in #autistic #autism diagnosis: rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/l...
1) a deep dive explanation/critique of the DSM-5's "levels" in #autistic #autism diagnosis: rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/l...
Let me level with you (an analysis and critique of the DSM-5’s autism levels)
A screenshot of level 3 of the 1988 computer game Dangerous Dave. You are not a “level 1/2/3 autistic.” You are not a “high/medium/low support needs” autistic. You do not “have high/low functioning…
rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've written a couple of blogs on #neurodivergence #neurodiversity -related matters recently.
1) a deep dive explanation/critique of the DSM-5's "levels" in #autistic #autism diagnosis: rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/l...
1) a deep dive explanation/critique of the DSM-5's "levels" in #autistic #autism diagnosis: rejoiceandcomplain.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/l...
Another day, another media doing the opposite of “nothing about us without us” (about us and with the person who we would least like to platform; the radio 4 friendly version of RFK + long Covid denier Suzanne O’Sullivan)
More I read of this piece the more I feel how few "experts" on neurodivergent individuals ever speak to us. It's hard enough to get reasonable accommodations as it is. Rather than reducing those available we should be working to increase them, including for adults.
www.thetimes.com/article/acda...
www.thetimes.com/article/acda...
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Another day, another media doing the opposite of “nothing about us without us” (about us and with the person who we would least like to platform; the radio 4 friendly version of RFK + long Covid denier Suzanne O’Sullivan)
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There is evidence supporting this globally already. When you repeat far right framing you end up normalising it. We're seeing same thing with Labour pandering to the far right, and how they're actually helping Reform gain support with their rhetoric and policies.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
There is evidence supporting this globally already. When you repeat far right framing you end up normalising it. We're seeing same thing with Labour pandering to the far right, and how they're actually helping Reform gain support with their rhetoric and policies.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Note to Helen Whately: if you say “people with … and neurodiversity,” you’re doing neurodiversity wrong.
Also note to Rachel Reeves: if you’re being led by far right lies (“free cars”) filtered through Reform and Tory policy, you’re also doing neurodiversity/politics/life wrong.
Also note to Rachel Reeves: if you’re being led by far right lies (“free cars”) filtered through Reform and Tory policy, you’re also doing neurodiversity/politics/life wrong.
“Rather than giving people “free cars”, the Motability scheme allows disabled people to use their PIP to lease new cars for 3 years.”
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms
Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s finances
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Note to Helen Whately: if you say “people with … and neurodiversity,” you’re doing neurodiversity wrong.
Also note to Rachel Reeves: if you’re being led by far right lies (“free cars”) filtered through Reform and Tory policy, you’re also doing neurodiversity/politics/life wrong.
Also note to Rachel Reeves: if you’re being led by far right lies (“free cars”) filtered through Reform and Tory policy, you’re also doing neurodiversity/politics/life wrong.
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The SSCE Postgraduate Conference 2026 invites abstracts (up to 250 words by 6 Feb 2026) exploring pilgrimage, neighbourliness, and ethical encounters in Christian thought and practice. Email: pg-convener@ssce.org.uk. Please share and register here. #callforpapers #cfp #theology #ethics
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The SSCE Postgraduate Conference 2026 invites abstracts (up to 250 words by 6 Feb 2026) exploring pilgrimage, neighbourliness, and ethical encounters in Christian thought and practice. Email: pg-convener@ssce.org.uk. Please share and register here. #callforpapers #cfp #theology #ethics
Two people I have happily voted for
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Two people I have happily voted for
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We wondered last week whether @drjogrady.bsky.social would listen to @ucu.org.uk members, agree to unconditional talks & withdraw the threat of deductions for taking ASOS.
So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...
So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...
Branch update
Fifty UCU branches join calls for unconditional talks After over 50 UCU branches signed up to a statement calling on SMT and the General Secretary to meet with Unite for unconditional talks, branch…
uniteucu.wordpress.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We wondered last week whether @drjogrady.bsky.social would listen to @ucu.org.uk members, agree to unconditional talks & withdraw the threat of deductions for taking ASOS.
So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...
So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...
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Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today