Cathy Dean
@cathypsych.bsky.social
Psychology PhD student at University of Gloucestershire looking at traumatisation of unpaid carers through institutional violence. Lover of cats, dogs, babies, cake and 🌈 she/her.
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& later in the evening and excellent speech.
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
September 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
& later in the evening and excellent speech.
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Are you comfortable with the worlds most powerful man on earth banning books, militarising the police, damaging women's reproductive rights"
Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."
Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Are you comfortable with the worlds most powerful man on earth banning books, militarising the police, damaging women's reproductive rights"
Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."
Penny Mordaunt: "I don't know Zack, that's not the point..."
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If you don't know what's going on with anti-trans stuff in the UK, read this.
If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.
They won't stop with us.
If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.
They won't stop with us.
the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If you don't know what's going on with anti-trans stuff in the UK, read this.
If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.
They won't stop with us.
If you're similarly disgusted with the way anti-trans people have gotten away with demonising and assaulting an innocent minority, send this to your friends, family and MP to demand change.
They won't stop with us.
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Carers UK is encouraged to hear that the Government is considering compensation for Carer’s Allowance overpayments - in today's @theguardian.com. Read our full reaction here: http://bit.ly/4psh7dS?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_hpmt34rhxv
Carers UK responds to Guardian article reporting that the Government is considering compensation for carers hit by the Carer’s Allowance scandal | Carers UK
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September 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Carers UK is encouraged to hear that the Government is considering compensation for Carer’s Allowance overpayments - in today's @theguardian.com. Read our full reaction here: http://bit.ly/4psh7dS?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_hpmt34rhxv
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There's a lesson in there somewhere
Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record
Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.
www.them.us
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There's a lesson in there somewhere
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Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone.
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.
(Sunday Times)
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.
(Sunday Times)
![Photos of Yaxley Lennon/Robinson and Musk talking on video link and a bloodied protester.
…murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly.
"The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that's who we're dealing with here."
He said that the British public were
"scared to exercise their [right to] free speech" and claimed the BBC was "com-plicit in the destruction of Britain".
When they finished their conversa-tion, Robinson said: "Not only are we in the fight right now, but we're on advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk."
By about 4pm riot police, backed by mounted patrols and dog units, were struggling to protect a group of masked antifascists hemmed in at the top of Whitehall. Missiles and flares were thrown by Robinson supporters, with some hitting officers.
Many chanted
abuse at the police, mocked officers and spat at them.
The Met said on X: "Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups. A number of officers have been assaulted."
It later added: "The turnout for the Unite the Kingdom protest was too big to fit into Whitehall. Protesters left the route on to Victoria Embankment and sought to access Whitehall from multiple directions ... When officers moved in to stop them, they faced unacceptable violence.
They were assaulted with kicks and punches. Bottles, flares and other projectiles were thrown."
More than
1,600
officers
were
deployed to deal with the demonstrations as well as several football fixtures in the capital. At least 500 police had been drafted in from forces outside London, including the Merseyside, Humberside](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c4xtyto7nrklhfkroyrsce2w/bafkreiftbnx42fdmja7bfxihgkukwkj3tj6mxf45vpq4zzb7nrf3v5axve@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone.
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.
(Sunday Times)
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.
(Sunday Times)
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Good advice
Concerned about skewed news coverage? "Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to send a comment." This allows you to send a comment to whichever BBC radio station you're listening to. "Message for the Newsroom ..." and fill in the gap.
Get to it! 👍
Get to it! 👍
August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good advice
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#UnpaidCarers contribute so much to our society & the global economy, yet, many receive little to no support in return.
This needs to change.
Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today 👇🏽
carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...
#CommitToCarers
This needs to change.
Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today 👇🏽
carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...
#CommitToCarers
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#UnpaidCarers contribute so much to our society & the global economy, yet, many receive little to no support in return.
This needs to change.
Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today 👇🏽
carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...
#CommitToCarers
This needs to change.
Join Grace, one of our supporters, in standing up for carers by signing our #CarersCharter today 👇🏽
carersworldwide.org/carers-chart...
#CommitToCarers
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If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
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Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
buff.ly/i4kBpfF
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
buff.ly/i4kBpfF
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"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth
ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"
ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"
August 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth
ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"
ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"
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Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate
Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
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A very interesting article drawing out the concept of care poverty from my colleague @profkirstein.bsky.social and collaborators.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ageing and Care Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
In this article, the authors articulate care poverty as a new theoretical lens through which we might understand the challenges people face as they age and need help and support in their daily lives. ...
link.springer.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A very interesting article drawing out the concept of care poverty from my colleague @profkirstein.bsky.social and collaborators.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Aussie unions don’t beat around the bush.
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Aussie unions don’t beat around the bush.
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Counterpoint: The Trump administration is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
August 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Counterpoint: The Trump administration is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
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Anyone, and I do mean anyone, who calls for leaving the ECHR is doing so because they want to deny Human Rights to as many people are possible and should be immediately ignored and shunned. And, because I am a rational person, that includes Labour MPs.
Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South, urged Sir Keir Starmer to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
archive.ph/u6Snj
archive.ph/u6Snj
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Anyone, and I do mean anyone, who calls for leaving the ECHR is doing so because they want to deny Human Rights to as many people are possible and should be immediately ignored and shunned. And, because I am a rational person, that includes Labour MPs.
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Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
August 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
I have got to the point of feeling ashamed whenever I see the flag of St George. Someone has painted them onto the mini roundabouts near us, and there are lots on the bridges over the M4 and M5. #Notinmyname is how I feel when I see my country's flag now
Nobody standing up against Tommy Robinson’s incitements to racial hatred.
Instead Conservatives and right wing press idolising a woman who pleaded guilty of inciting racial hatred and violence.
Horst Wessel stuff. Measure the temperature as the hatred heats up
Instead Conservatives and right wing press idolising a woman who pleaded guilty of inciting racial hatred and violence.
Horst Wessel stuff. Measure the temperature as the hatred heats up
August 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I have got to the point of feeling ashamed whenever I see the flag of St George. Someone has painted them onto the mini roundabouts near us, and there are lots on the bridges over the M4 and M5. #Notinmyname is how I feel when I see my country's flag now
Couldn't agree more.
Famine.
Officially.
Famine.
Israel is starving millions to death
And we are strengthening their armoury
The shame is endless
Officially.
Famine.
Israel is starving millions to death
And we are strengthening their armoury
The shame is endless
August 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Couldn't agree more.
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Britain can’t afford Elon’s next power trip.
Today I’ve written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.
Today I’ve written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.
August 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Britain can’t afford Elon’s next power trip.
Today I’ve written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.
Today I’ve written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.
An excellent initiative but a systemic solution would be for the government to put their money where their mouth is and properly value #carers make Carer's Allowance a benefit you can live on, not the pittance it currently is
Are you an unpaid carer in East Sussex struggling with the cost of living?
Check out the Carer Money Matters project from Care for the Carers, funded by Carers Trust, offering free financial guidance until March 2026.
Call 01323 738390 or visit cftc.org.uk to find out more.
#Carer
Check out the Carer Money Matters project from Care for the Carers, funded by Carers Trust, offering free financial guidance until March 2026.
Call 01323 738390 or visit cftc.org.uk to find out more.
#Carer
August 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
An excellent initiative but a systemic solution would be for the government to put their money where their mouth is and properly value #carers make Carer's Allowance a benefit you can live on, not the pittance it currently is
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Carers do a vital job supporting their loved ones, but it's important that they look after themselves too.
This course has been specially designed to support people in #Sheffield with the demands of being a #carer.
Find out more 👇
This course has been specially designed to support people in #Sheffield with the demands of being a #carer.
Find out more 👇
Carers Wellbeing Course | Sheffield Health and Social Care
This course is designed to support unpaid adult carers to learn ways of improving their mental and physical wellbeing.
www.shsc.nhs.uk
August 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Carers do a vital job supporting their loved ones, but it's important that they look after themselves too.
This course has been specially designed to support people in #Sheffield with the demands of being a #carer.
Find out more 👇
This course has been specially designed to support people in #Sheffield with the demands of being a #carer.
Find out more 👇
This is from the USA but the story is the same over here. I dislike the term "informal" care as it massively underplays what unpaid carers do - there's nothing informal about it. Apart from the complete absence of pay, training, respite etc...
Most caregivers don’t get paid. But they’re still showing up—every single day.
In a national survey of 500 informal caregivers, 91% said they provide care without any compensation. Many are balancing work, family, and emotional strain—while figuring it out as they go.
In a national survey of 500 informal caregivers, 91% said they provide care without any compensation. Many are balancing work, family, and emotional strain—while figuring it out as they go.
Caregiver Study
2024 Caregiver Study Informal caregiving can be challenging, but support and resources can make all the difference.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is from the USA but the story is the same over here. I dislike the term "informal" care as it massively underplays what unpaid carers do - there's nothing informal about it. Apart from the complete absence of pay, training, respite etc...
This is going up on my wall as a reminder to myself!
I'm reading Joshua Schimel's "Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded". I came across this quote today and felt it speak right to my soul.
As a chronic perfectionist, I always feel the weight of not knowing enough & being right all the time. Wow.
#phdsky
As a chronic perfectionist, I always feel the weight of not knowing enough & being right all the time. Wow.
#phdsky
August 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is going up on my wall as a reminder to myself!