Dan Brunetti 🌞
@danbrunetti.bsky.social
Occupational Therapist at NHS KMPT MH Rehab . Promotion of the understanding of social, political, and economic dimensions of both OT and Mental Health. Liberal. Atheist. Neurodiverse by peer review. Endless pedantry.
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Still can't get over the ridiculousness of this statement from spineless Starmer. Has he really forgotten that the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was actually at the negotiating table with European ministers, including David Lammy, on Friday?
Keir Starmer endorses an attack which his own Attorney General has advised may be illegal
June 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Still can't get over the ridiculousness of this statement from spineless Starmer. Has he really forgotten that the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was actually at the negotiating table with European ministers, including David Lammy, on Friday?
communistparty.org.uk/2024/11/27/c... I don't reject the bill, but this is a reasoned view without the religious pandering.
Communist Party Executive Committee: Reject the Flawed Assisted Suicide Bill - Communist Party of Britain
The Communist Party’s Executive Committee has issued the following statement in response to the upcoming vote on the End of Life (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill in Parliament, 27 November 2024: […]
communistparty.org.uk
June 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
communistparty.org.uk/2024/11/27/c... I don't reject the bill, but this is a reasoned view without the religious pandering.
Decades of data shows that with vigilant safeguarding, assisted dying laws can be beneficial in supporting autonomy, dignity and compassionate relief. fulfilling a need without widespread abuse. #assisteddying
June 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Decades of data shows that with vigilant safeguarding, assisted dying laws can be beneficial in supporting autonomy, dignity and compassionate relief. fulfilling a need without widespread abuse. #assisteddying
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Utterly horrific and why you should never trust or believe the police.
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Utterly horrific and why you should never trust or believe the police.
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Autistic people are human beings with autonomy, and that autonomy should be respected. When we tell autistic people (especially children) that they aren’t allowed to express themselves freely, we tell them that their thoughts and emotions don’t matter. That people pleasing is what matters.
"My best advice for parents out there who feel berated or beat down by the world about their neurodiverse children: First: Believe in yourself, in your kids, & in your love for them."
A whole bunch of good advice by @katiepryal.bsky.social:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi... #neurodiversity
A whole bunch of good advice by @katiepryal.bsky.social:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi... #neurodiversity
When People Pressure You to Change Your Neurodiverse Kids
Parents of neurodiverse children face a constant barrage of criticism. Here's some advice for dealing with it.
www.psychologytoday.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Autistic people are human beings with autonomy, and that autonomy should be respected. When we tell autistic people (especially children) that they aren’t allowed to express themselves freely, we tell them that their thoughts and emotions don’t matter. That people pleasing is what matters.
Conservatism, far right rhetoric and culture wars - a desire for a vaunted mythological past where men were men, god was white, and everyone else was marginalised, trodden down and made invisible. It wasn't better. It just wasn't.
May 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Conservatism, far right rhetoric and culture wars - a desire for a vaunted mythological past where men were men, god was white, and everyone else was marginalised, trodden down and made invisible. It wasn't better. It just wasn't.
Big Issue sellers buy copies for £2 and sell for 4. They're self employed, low income workers and often homeless. They keep the difference from their day selling. I encourage everyone to overpay for the magazine by whatever you can afford.
April 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Big Issue sellers buy copies for £2 and sell for 4. They're self employed, low income workers and often homeless. They keep the difference from their day selling. I encourage everyone to overpay for the magazine by whatever you can afford.
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✍️ Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@brianamcdaid.bsky.social
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@brianamcdaid.bsky.social
Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
✍️ Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@brianamcdaid.bsky.social
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@brianamcdaid.bsky.social
The gender/biology debate was at its most alive when the House MD episode Skin Deep first aired in 2006. You want to understand a bit more about biology Vs gender, give it a spin.
April 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The gender/biology debate was at its most alive when the House MD episode Skin Deep first aired in 2006. You want to understand a bit more about biology Vs gender, give it a spin.
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“Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.” - Ghassan Kanafani
April 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.” - Ghassan Kanafani
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This is outrageous! Wtf does asylum mean if a woman can be returned to a country where she has no right even to speak or show her face in public?
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum
Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is outrageous! Wtf does asylum mean if a woman can be returned to a country where she has no right even to speak or show her face in public?
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my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
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Video shows activists unveiling a massive banner with the names of Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023, during a protest in Washington DC.
April 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Video shows activists unveiling a massive banner with the names of Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023, during a protest in Washington DC.
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Passive acceptance is not enough. If you have autistic people in your life (and there are a lot of us out there) you need to try to understand autism. @fergus.oolong.co.uk's autistic wisdom on autism and neurodiversity, the double empathy problem, and monotropism:
oolong.medium.com/autistics-on...
oolong.medium.com/autistics-on...
Autistics on Autism
What everyone — especially professionals — needs to learn from autistic communities
oolong.medium.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Passive acceptance is not enough. If you have autistic people in your life (and there are a lot of us out there) you need to try to understand autism. @fergus.oolong.co.uk's autistic wisdom on autism and neurodiversity, the double empathy problem, and monotropism:
oolong.medium.com/autistics-on...
oolong.medium.com/autistics-on...
How does technofeudalism shape our identities, roles, occupations? Who are we when we rent our online lives? #occupationaltherapy
April 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
How does technofeudalism shape our identities, roles, occupations? Who are we when we rent our online lives? #occupationaltherapy
This week I've had meetings about entering research, creating an #OT social media tool, and publishing about digitising MOHO data in KMPT - a good week.
April 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This week I've had meetings about entering research, creating an #OT social media tool, and publishing about digitising MOHO data in KMPT - a good week.
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Taxing the rich more is difficult but it's necessary
March 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Taxing the rich more is difficult but it's necessary
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Sometimes people say that the answer to the stigma around “BPD” is more training. This article shows the more training and experience psychiatry trainees had, the worse their attitudes got
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Attitudes of psychiatry trainees towards patients with borderline personality disorder: Does the stigma begin during training?
Research suggests there is a widespread stigma among clinicians towards patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and that this contributes to poor treatment outcomes. Given the influence o...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes people say that the answer to the stigma around “BPD” is more training. This article shows the more training and experience psychiatry trainees had, the worse their attitudes got
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Created as part of Dr Daniel Poole’s research, this comic may help us understand some Autistic experiences - how everyday spaces can either help or make things harder.
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
Distraction Comix | The University of Sheffield Player
Autistic people share their experiences of distraction.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Created as part of Dr Daniel Poole’s research, this comic may help us understand some Autistic experiences - how everyday spaces can either help or make things harder.
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
I'm applying for a research position. I have ideas but: What do we need to research in the world of MH OT? #occupationaltherapy #research
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I'm applying for a research position. I have ideas but: What do we need to research in the world of MH OT? #occupationaltherapy #research
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Absolutely disgusting that Spotify hosts Tate content.
Spotify customers can email support@spotify.com to complain.
Anyone mad enough to still be on Twitter - tweet @SpotifyCares
You know what to do - light them up!
There's also this - sign it 👇
www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
Spotify customers can email support@spotify.com to complain.
Anyone mad enough to still be on Twitter - tweet @SpotifyCares
You know what to do - light them up!
There's also this - sign it 👇
www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Absolutely disgusting that Spotify hosts Tate content.
Spotify customers can email support@spotify.com to complain.
Anyone mad enough to still be on Twitter - tweet @SpotifyCares
You know what to do - light them up!
There's also this - sign it 👇
www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
Spotify customers can email support@spotify.com to complain.
Anyone mad enough to still be on Twitter - tweet @SpotifyCares
You know what to do - light them up!
There's also this - sign it 👇
www.change.org/p/demand-spo...
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From Andrew Tate’s influence on young men to Trump’s assault on women’s rights, Liz Crosbie asks: is a new wave of misogyny taking hold? A sobering read for International Women’s Day 2025.
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Another March the eighth – more important than ever
In an age of rising misogyny and lost rights, International Women’s Day reminds us: equality isn’t guaranteed
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
From Andrew Tate’s influence on young men to Trump’s assault on women’s rights, Liz Crosbie asks: is a new wave of misogyny taking hold? A sobering read for International Women’s Day 2025.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk