Richard Thwaites
@thwaites.bsky.social
NHS CBT Therapist/Clinical Psychologist
Cumbria, UK
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tCBT Editor-in-Chief @BABCPJournals
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist
Cumbria, UK
Views own.
tCBT Editor-in-Chief @BABCPJournals
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist
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There's no place better than the woods to help you feel relaxed. But if you go too often you can feel like a weirdo. So why not stay indoors for a bit with one of my unique Guided Meditations. It's better than being arrested.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There's no place better than the woods to help you feel relaxed. But if you go too often you can feel like a weirdo. So why not stay indoors for a bit with one of my unique Guided Meditations. It's better than being arrested.
open.spotify.com/episode/09rg...
open.spotify.com/episode/09rg...
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And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
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tCBT New Paper: A phased approach for using CBT with adult survivors of human trafficking
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
tCBT New Paper: A phased approach for using CBT with adult survivors of human trafficking
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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Racial trauma is the emotional, psychological, and physical harm caused by discrimination, racial violence, and inequity.
On the podcast "Talkative with T" I explored what it is and why it matters.🎙️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8...
On the podcast "Talkative with T" I explored what it is and why it matters.🎙️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8...
8 | What is Racial Trauma?
Podcast Episode · Talkative with T · 04/10/2024 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Racial trauma is the emotional, psychological, and physical harm caused by discrimination, racial violence, and inequity.
On the podcast "Talkative with T" I explored what it is and why it matters.🎙️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8...
On the podcast "Talkative with T" I explored what it is and why it matters.🎙️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Great to see this out from Claudia and colleagues…
tCBT New Paper: Ten misconceptions: CBT for depersonalisation and derealisation
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Great to see this out from Claudia and colleagues…
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Cloud on the Cumbrian fells above my studio in Hartsop
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
450x320mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
450x320mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Cloud on the Cumbrian fells above my studio in Hartsop
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
450x320mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
450x320mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
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The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
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tCBT update: The deadline for papers for the 'CBT across neurotypes: from theory to practice' special issue has been extended until 31 January 2026.
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
tCBT update: The deadline for papers for the 'CBT across neurotypes: from theory to practice' special issue has been extended until 31 January 2026.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Explore the power of conversations in creating a safe space for stories of racism to be told and heard.
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Explore the power of conversations in creating a safe space for stories of racism to be told and heard.
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
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Forton Services, M6, Lancashire, 2021, photo by Dawn Mander. A nesting place for starlings.
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Forton Services, M6, Lancashire, 2021, photo by Dawn Mander. A nesting place for starlings.
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
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"It's crazy what you could've had"...
The band performs "Country Feedback" with legendary pedal steel guitarist, B.J. Cole, on "Later... with Jools Holland," October 27, 1998.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhk...
The band performs "Country Feedback" with legendary pedal steel guitarist, B.J. Cole, on "Later... with Jools Holland," October 27, 1998.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhk...
R.E.M Country Feedback live on Jools Holland 1998
YouTube video by Nick Godfrey
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October 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"It's crazy what you could've had"...
The band performs "Country Feedback" with legendary pedal steel guitarist, B.J. Cole, on "Later... with Jools Holland," October 27, 1998.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhk...
The band performs "Country Feedback" with legendary pedal steel guitarist, B.J. Cole, on "Later... with Jools Holland," October 27, 1998.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhk...
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Do vote if you're an NT member vote, -- they're still trying to make Restore Trust a thing.
One vital reason to vote in the National Trust elections and for the NT endorsed candidates. We can't risk the Restore Trust candidates getting any influence on it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Do vote if you're an NT member vote, -- they're still trying to make Restore Trust a thing.
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Very grateful to John McDonnell MP for this very thoughtful and generous review of The Fiery Spirits in the House of Commons magazine…
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Very grateful to John McDonnell MP for this very thoughtful and generous review of The Fiery Spirits in the House of Commons magazine…
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Upcoming event!
Friends Meeting House, Manchester
13th Oct, 2025 • 09:30 – 16:30
A culturally responsive approach to CBT when working with minoritised communities
babcp.com/events/e0008...
Friends Meeting House, Manchester
13th Oct, 2025 • 09:30 – 16:30
A culturally responsive approach to CBT when working with minoritised communities
babcp.com/events/e0008...
A culturally responsive approach to CBT when working with minoritised communities – BABCP
babcp.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Upcoming event!
Friends Meeting House, Manchester
13th Oct, 2025 • 09:30 – 16:30
A culturally responsive approach to CBT when working with minoritised communities
babcp.com/events/e0008...
Friends Meeting House, Manchester
13th Oct, 2025 • 09:30 – 16:30
A culturally responsive approach to CBT when working with minoritised communities
babcp.com/events/e0008...
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This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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tCBT New Paper: Evolving perspectives on CBT-E for eating disorders: clarifying ten key points – misconceptions and communication gaps explored
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
tCBT New Paper: Evolving perspectives on CBT-E for eating disorders: clarifying ten key points – misconceptions and communication gaps explored
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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September 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Tackling racism is not an optional extra: a call for a national NHS response
www.linkedin.com/pulse/tackli...
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Tackling racism is not an optional extra: a call for a national NHS response
Two weeks ago, in response to an assault on a Filipino nurse in Halifax I suggested that the NHS needs to take the following steps. The events since have made this even more of a priority.
www.linkedin.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Tackling racism is not an optional extra: a call for a national NHS response
www.linkedin.com/pulse/tackli...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/tackli...
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There are no ordinary moments
Harry Callahan, Providence 1961.
Ernst Haas, Greenwich Village in New York City 1955.
Harry Callahan, Providence 1961.
Ernst Haas, Greenwich Village in New York City 1955.
September 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There are no ordinary moments
Harry Callahan, Providence 1961.
Ernst Haas, Greenwich Village in New York City 1955.
Harry Callahan, Providence 1961.
Ernst Haas, Greenwich Village in New York City 1955.