Ana
@anamcarabee.bsky.social
Crochet fiend, currently catless cat lady. Not a bot - here to quietly watch and listen, and occasionally share stuff I find interesting. UK ♾️
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"The concept of ' #profoundAutism ' is deeply problematic. It risks reinforcing dehumanizing assumptions—that the absence of speech equates to an absence of thought, agency, or interiority, & that Autistic people with CSN are–as the Lancet Commission claims—'unable to advocate for themselves.'" 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"The concept of ' #profoundAutism ' is deeply problematic. It risks reinforcing dehumanizing assumptions—that the absence of speech equates to an absence of thought, agency, or interiority, & that Autistic people with CSN are–as the Lancet Commission claims—'unable to advocate for themselves.'" 1/2
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
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The VAWG Curriculum: Day 10
Kirsty Richards, who is a solicitor and Domestic Abuse Specialist, tells us why regular, trauma-informed training for judges is much needed – and it has to be of the highest quality.
Campaign details: www.killedwomen.org/vawg-curricu...
Kirsty Richards, who is a solicitor and Domestic Abuse Specialist, tells us why regular, trauma-informed training for judges is much needed – and it has to be of the highest quality.
Campaign details: www.killedwomen.org/vawg-curricu...
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The VAWG Curriculum: Day 10
Kirsty Richards, who is a solicitor and Domestic Abuse Specialist, tells us why regular, trauma-informed training for judges is much needed – and it has to be of the highest quality.
Campaign details: www.killedwomen.org/vawg-curricu...
Kirsty Richards, who is a solicitor and Domestic Abuse Specialist, tells us why regular, trauma-informed training for judges is much needed – and it has to be of the highest quality.
Campaign details: www.killedwomen.org/vawg-curricu...
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The VAWG Curriculum: Day 7
Bystander training is an essential part of ending violence against women because it shifts the focus from only the victim and perpetrator to the broader community.
Ask if your employer or place of education can have training (e.g. kindling-interventions.com/why-bystander/)
Bystander training is an essential part of ending violence against women because it shifts the focus from only the victim and perpetrator to the broader community.
Ask if your employer or place of education can have training (e.g. kindling-interventions.com/why-bystander/)
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The VAWG Curriculum: Day 7
Bystander training is an essential part of ending violence against women because it shifts the focus from only the victim and perpetrator to the broader community.
Ask if your employer or place of education can have training (e.g. kindling-interventions.com/why-bystander/)
Bystander training is an essential part of ending violence against women because it shifts the focus from only the victim and perpetrator to the broader community.
Ask if your employer or place of education can have training (e.g. kindling-interventions.com/why-bystander/)
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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🚨On Halloween, ‘concerned citizens’ in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, shot fireworks at a hotel housing asylum seekers and encouraged residents to commit suicide during a protest, showing the ugly face of anti-migrant hate.⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🚨On Halloween, ‘concerned citizens’ in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, shot fireworks at a hotel housing asylum seekers and encouraged residents to commit suicide during a protest, showing the ugly face of anti-migrant hate.⬇️
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An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate.
Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33,…
thedailytism.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate.
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"Autistic people are not a special kind of people set apart from all other people. We are just one of many kinds of people, and oppression and injustice take depressingly familiar shapes." -Mel Baggs, rest in power.
web.archive.org/web/20150329... #autism #autistic #disabillity
web.archive.org/web/20150329... #autism #autistic #disabillity
Up in the Clouds and Down in the Valley: My Richness and Yours | Baggs | Disability Studies Quarterly
Up in the Clouds and Down in the Valley: My Richness and Yours
web.archive.org
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"Autistic people are not a special kind of people set apart from all other people. We are just one of many kinds of people, and oppression and injustice take depressingly familiar shapes." -Mel Baggs, rest in power.
web.archive.org/web/20150329... #autism #autistic #disabillity
web.archive.org/web/20150329... #autism #autistic #disabillity
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“Facts Matter. Verifiable, testable, provable facts.” – Stephen Fry
This #GlobalMILWeek, let’s champion reliable info and critical thinking.
See how Full Fact’s building a better information environment: fullfact.org
#CelebrityTraitors
This #GlobalMILWeek, let’s champion reliable info and critical thinking.
See how Full Fact’s building a better information environment: fullfact.org
#CelebrityTraitors
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Facts Matter. Verifiable, testable, provable facts.” – Stephen Fry
This #GlobalMILWeek, let’s champion reliable info and critical thinking.
See how Full Fact’s building a better information environment: fullfact.org
#CelebrityTraitors
This #GlobalMILWeek, let’s champion reliable info and critical thinking.
See how Full Fact’s building a better information environment: fullfact.org
#CelebrityTraitors
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When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.
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Being autistic is being told why didn’t you ask for help.
Because asking required social scripting, shame buffering, tone analysis, and a risk assessment.
Because asking required social scripting, shame buffering, tone analysis, and a risk assessment.
October 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Being autistic is being told why didn’t you ask for help.
Because asking required social scripting, shame buffering, tone analysis, and a risk assessment.
Because asking required social scripting, shame buffering, tone analysis, and a risk assessment.
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At a time when patriotism can feel as as contested as ever, this is a bloody lovely ode to so much of what we love about Britain from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it.
I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At a time when patriotism can feel as as contested as ever, this is a bloody lovely ode to so much of what we love about Britain from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
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Tylenol is NOT linked to autism: “What one person who isn’t a trained scientist or physician believes should not get the same weight as what scientific evidence has found through rigorous study.”
Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.
www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...
Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.
www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...
Drexel professor refutes link between acetaminophen and autism - The Triangle
Dr. Brian Lee coauthored a study that concluded there is no causal link between Tylenol use and the development of autism in children.
www.thetriangle.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Tylenol is NOT linked to autism: “What one person who isn’t a trained scientist or physician believes should not get the same weight as what scientific evidence has found through rigorous study.”
Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.
www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...
Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.
www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...
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The legend Jason Flemyng, who starred in ITV’s The Walk-In inspired by HOPE not hate’s true story, is backing the Weekend of HOPE. 💛
October 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The legend Jason Flemyng, who starred in ITV’s The Walk-In inspired by HOPE not hate’s true story, is backing the Weekend of HOPE. 💛
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September 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.
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“Awareness, solidarity, and practical investment are key to countering misinformation and building communities that are fair and safe for everyone.”
Bravo Ayesha. This is a full myth bust on asylum hotels 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
Bravo Ayesha. This is a full myth bust on asylum hotels 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
What’s really happening with asylum seeker hotels?
By Ayesha Chaudhry
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Awareness, solidarity, and practical investment are key to countering misinformation and building communities that are fair and safe for everyone.”
Bravo Ayesha. This is a full myth bust on asylum hotels 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
Bravo Ayesha. This is a full myth bust on asylum hotels 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
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Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
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Autism doesn't need a cure, ableism does.
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/does-autis...
#AutisticRights #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/does-autis...
#AutisticRights #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic
Does Autism Need to Be Cured?
An exploration of cure culture and it's relationship with Autistic culture.
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Autism doesn't need a cure, ableism does.
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/does-autis...
#AutisticRights #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/does-autis...
#AutisticRights #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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There is no autism epidemic.
There is only better identification of existing autistic people.
Anyone claiming otherwise is either ignoring, denying—or does not understand—contemporary autism research, or is selling something.
#autism #neurodiversity
There is only better identification of existing autistic people.
Anyone claiming otherwise is either ignoring, denying—or does not understand—contemporary autism research, or is selling something.
#autism #neurodiversity
September 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There is no autism epidemic.
There is only better identification of existing autistic people.
Anyone claiming otherwise is either ignoring, denying—or does not understand—contemporary autism research, or is selling something.
#autism #neurodiversity
There is only better identification of existing autistic people.
Anyone claiming otherwise is either ignoring, denying—or does not understand—contemporary autism research, or is selling something.
#autism #neurodiversity