Elizabeth M-I
@elizabethmi.bsky.social
Independent advocate, ND & mad/ transliminal. Grad in theology, MH & law. Posts: MH/capacity,disability,law,philosophy/theology, psychology.Thinking: how phil of mind applies to psy disciplines, through roots of agency/autonomy. Xian universalist. She/they
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Elizabeth M-I
@elizabethmi.bsky.social
· Nov 29
& (for people of faith, even if only a faith in the right to choice) there’s a hidden thing that, tho itself is impermeable, permeates & authenticates true choice: when the autonomous spirit within ourselves (independence), respects the spirit of autonomy within others (interdependence),
The essence of the idea of universalism (which universal rights partake in) has always been rooted in a right to choice (not to choose, but to choice- society can’t support unrestrained freedom-it has to, in order to offer anyone a free choice, preserve both the other’s right to choice &
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Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
Rosalia’s new album Lux is a total masterpiece and I commend it to you with the English translations as the most mesmerising music of the ‘pop’ genre to grace your ears for the whole of 2025. It’s restoring my soul.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Rosalia’s new album Lux is a total masterpiece and I commend it to you with the English translations as the most mesmerising music of the ‘pop’ genre to grace your ears for the whole of 2025. It’s restoring my soul.
I’m sure lot of ink has been spilled on this already (and if you know of some good article on this do share)- of how a great deal of medical ableism & doctorly closing of ranks around it, goes unchallenged under the guise of ‘functional reserves’.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m sure lot of ink has been spilled on this already (and if you know of some good article on this do share)- of how a great deal of medical ableism & doctorly closing of ranks around it, goes unchallenged under the guise of ‘functional reserves’.
I am utterly emotionally exhausted.My whole adult life has been consumed by this tragedy of ‘medicine’.I just don’t know what more to do to remedy it.Mum now likely in catatonia, caused either by head injury or stopping the medication that caused this degeneration,&might be the only ‘cure’ for it.
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I am utterly emotionally exhausted.My whole adult life has been consumed by this tragedy of ‘medicine’.I just don’t know what more to do to remedy it.Mum now likely in catatonia, caused either by head injury or stopping the medication that caused this degeneration,&might be the only ‘cure’ for it.
Extubation failed for different reasons twice. Hard seeing mum today with a tracheostomy. I didn’t realise the ventilator settings will need to be much lower before she will be able to speak with it. We’ve a long way to go before we get there. ❤️🩹
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Extubation failed for different reasons twice. Hard seeing mum today with a tracheostomy. I didn’t realise the ventilator settings will need to be much lower before she will be able to speak with it. We’ve a long way to go before we get there. ❤️🩹
Mum seems to have turned the corner today 🤞 Extubation tomorrow. Expected that she will stay in icu for another couple of days. And now the long road to recovery. ❤️🩹
Still in ITU, still ventilated, still between life and death. Every thought, every future plan is if/when, if/when, if/when. Life on hold, her life on hold, my life on hold, our lives on hold. Every future bleak it seems, just some less bleak than others. No point planning. Each minute, a days sake.
Not sure when I will learn not to get ahead of myself. Intubation and chest drain now. And things suddenly feel a lot more serious. Not sure anyone’s seeing this but if you do send a little prayer my mums way.
October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Mum seems to have turned the corner today 🤞 Extubation tomorrow. Expected that she will stay in icu for another couple of days. And now the long road to recovery. ❤️🩹
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🚨 BREAKING: Labour MPs back calls to restore NHS Covid vaccines for all Clinically Vulnerable people!
After pressure from CVF members and supporters - a rapid U-turn appears to be underway.
WELL DONE!
#KeepCovidBoosters campaign a HUGE success!
After pressure from CVF members and supporters - a rapid U-turn appears to be underway.
WELL DONE!
#KeepCovidBoosters campaign a HUGE success!
![Case Ref:
1 message
Beccy Cooper MP
@drbeccycooper.co.uk>
Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 00:50
Dear
Thank you very much for contacting me about your concerns regarding access to Covid-19 vaccination for Clinically Vulnerable people. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your email.
I am pleased to be able to confirm that the new Labour government is committed to strengthening our public health response and reducing health inequalities. Labour's recent commitments and statements have made clear that the principle of universal and fair access to vaccines particularly for those who are medically at-risk must be central to our national strategy.
In Parliament, Labour MPs have called for a rapid review of JCVI eligibility criteria and for the reinstatement of free Covid-19 vaccination for all Clinically Vulnerable people, in line with the existing approach to NHS flu vaccinations. Many have highlighted, as you do, that the logic and evidence for including all at-risk groups in annual booster rollouts are overwhelming, given the ongoing pandemic context and emergence of new variants.
Our party's manifesto commits to taking advice from clinicians and scientists and to working closely with NHS England to ensure that support for the most vulnerable is not withdrawn on cost grounds especially when this may lead to greater suffering and increased NHS pressure. There is widespread concern across Parliament about the risk of deepening health inequality and placing the cost burden of essential preventative care onto those least able to shoulder it.
Thank you again for taking the time to share your concerns so powerfully.
Best wishes,
Dr Beccy Cooper MP
Member of Parliament for Worth Parliamentary Office: House of C
Telephone: 01903 496390 betw
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October 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Labour MPs back calls to restore NHS Covid vaccines for all Clinically Vulnerable people!
After pressure from CVF members and supporters - a rapid U-turn appears to be underway.
WELL DONE!
#KeepCovidBoosters campaign a HUGE success!
After pressure from CVF members and supporters - a rapid U-turn appears to be underway.
WELL DONE!
#KeepCovidBoosters campaign a HUGE success!
Still in ITU, still ventilated, still between life and death. Every thought, every future plan is if/when, if/when, if/when. Life on hold, her life on hold, my life on hold, our lives on hold. Every future bleak it seems, just some less bleak than others. No point planning. Each minute, a days sake.
Not sure when I will learn not to get ahead of myself. Intubation and chest drain now. And things suddenly feel a lot more serious. Not sure anyone’s seeing this but if you do send a little prayer my mums way.
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Still in ITU, still ventilated, still between life and death. Every thought, every future plan is if/when, if/when, if/when. Life on hold, her life on hold, my life on hold, our lives on hold. Every future bleak it seems, just some less bleak than others. No point planning. Each minute, a days sake.
Mum back in hospital/intensive care after horrific fall. Looks likely I will be becoming a carer again for foreseeable/recovery. I wanted to study & run an experiment at the intersection of philosophy and psychology. If anyone knows of distance learning, part time PhDs that might accommodate such
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Mum back in hospital/intensive care after horrific fall. Looks likely I will be becoming a carer again for foreseeable/recovery. I wanted to study & run an experiment at the intersection of philosophy and psychology. If anyone knows of distance learning, part time PhDs that might accommodate such
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Here is a short animation voiced by @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social which guides you gently on a step by step journey through the process of dying
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Dying for Beginners | Dr Kathryn Mannix
YouTube video by Theos Think Tank
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September 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Here is a short animation voiced by @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social which guides you gently on a step by step journey through the process of dying
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayMh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayMh...
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Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism.
@fergus.oolong.co.uk – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…
Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@fergus.oolong.co.uk – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…
Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism | BPS
Fergus Murray – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection… Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism.
@fergus.oolong.co.uk – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…
Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@fergus.oolong.co.uk – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…
Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Law Commission 14th programme of law reform – and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon?
The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead. It includes ten new projects (alongside existing…
The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead. It includes ten new projects (alongside existing…
Law Commission 14th programme of law reform – and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon?
The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead. It includes ten new projects (alongside existing projects such as Disabled Children's Social Care, on which I was a consultant; the final report for which should be out shortly). These range widely over such matters as consent in the criminal law, public sector automated decision-making, deeds and the defence of insanity.
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Law Commission 14th programme of law reform – and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon?
The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead. It includes ten new projects (alongside existing…
The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead. It includes ten new projects (alongside existing…
Having just been dumped, unbelievably by a disabled person, for disability related reasons, I’m currently considering fertility preservation options, & am particularly sensitive to the eugenical associations prevalent everywhere with avoiding having disabled
September 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Having just been dumped, unbelievably by a disabled person, for disability related reasons, I’m currently considering fertility preservation options, & am particularly sensitive to the eugenical associations prevalent everywhere with avoiding having disabled
Really struggling with what on earth to do with my career, which as a non-professional, is pretty much non existent anyway. Seems everything I could potentially be good at is an industry in disarray rn or requires further training that has little security the other side of it or is unappealing.
August 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Really struggling with what on earth to do with my career, which as a non-professional, is pretty much non existent anyway. Seems everything I could potentially be good at is an industry in disarray rn or requires further training that has little security the other side of it or is unappealing.
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SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform
The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking. I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental…
The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking. I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental…
SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform
The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking. I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental Capacity Act is contributing to preventable deaths, unlawful detentions and growing human rights concerns. The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is the legal foundation for decisions made on behalf of people who cannot decide for themselves, because of dementia, learning disability, brain injury or serious illness.
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform
The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking. I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental…
The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking. I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental…
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This was a disturbing hearing to watch - and my blog raises more questions than answers. Was a court hearing really necessary (or appropriate) for this case? If it was, should the judge have adjourned as the OS requested to permit family to find legal representation?
Balancing patient welfare and procedural fairness: Withdrawal of ventilation before Hayden J by @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
#NotSecretCourt
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#NotSecretCourt
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Balancing patient welfare and procedural fairness: Withdrawal of ventilation before Hayden J
By Celia Kitzinger, 4th August 2025 The case, COP 20018026, before Mr Justice Hayden on 22nd and 23rd July 2025, appeared in the Royal Courts of Justice Daily Cause list as concerning “seriou…
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August 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This was a disturbing hearing to watch - and my blog raises more questions than answers. Was a court hearing really necessary (or appropriate) for this case? If it was, should the judge have adjourned as the OS requested to permit family to find legal representation?
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Been thinking about illusionist idea of consciousness (within the hard materialist paradigm) and how this leads to psychosis being a illusion of an illusory state, a misrepresentation of a misrepresentation, and whilst I don’t believe in consciousness as an illusion for various reasons
August 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Been thinking about illusionist idea of consciousness (within the hard materialist paradigm) and how this leads to psychosis being a illusion of an illusory state, a misrepresentation of a misrepresentation, and whilst I don’t believe in consciousness as an illusion for various reasons
Really good interview by Dr Alex Curmi with psychosis survivor and psychiatrist Dr Patte Randal on the thinking mind podcast-recommended listen for those interested in viewing psychosis as an altered state of consciousness rather than meaningless pathology. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
E135 - Are we Failing Patients with Psychosis? (w/ Dr. Patte Randal)
Podcast Episode · The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy · 31/07/2025 · 51m
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August 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Really good interview by Dr Alex Curmi with psychosis survivor and psychiatrist Dr Patte Randal on the thinking mind podcast-recommended listen for those interested in viewing psychosis as an altered state of consciousness rather than meaningless pathology. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
I think the worst psychological aspect of enduring depression and ADHD together, is the knowledge that you’re wasting your one short, ‘wild, precious life’ on feeling totally incapable of doing anything vaguely productive or that might help you and instead feeling blank, sad and useless.
August 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think the worst psychological aspect of enduring depression and ADHD together, is the knowledge that you’re wasting your one short, ‘wild, precious life’ on feeling totally incapable of doing anything vaguely productive or that might help you and instead feeling blank, sad and useless.
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Just as a side post to this, I saw a brilliant, empathic, pharmacist yesterday who recommended I speak with GP & psychiatrist about those meds. One thing I said to him, which I’m reflecting on, as I am quite critical intellectually about this but that critique hasn’t quite landed emotionally
Any psychiatrists who follow me, is there a reason that when people are put on antipsychotics that they’re not automatically put on metformin/orlistat etc which are proven to help abate the inevitable weight gain?
August 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just as a side post to this, I saw a brilliant, empathic, pharmacist yesterday who recommended I speak with GP & psychiatrist about those meds. One thing I said to him, which I’m reflecting on, as I am quite critical intellectually about this but that critique hasn’t quite landed emotionally
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Report on the annual conference of the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS), which was held in Heraklion earlier this month. www.forbes.com/sites/teddym...
What Today’s Leading Philosophers Have To Say About Conscious AI
“The generality of philosophy is key. It gives you the tools to think a little bit more clearly about any problem, and we need to think about what AI is offering.”
www.forbes.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Report on the annual conference of the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS), which was held in Heraklion earlier this month. www.forbes.com/sites/teddym...
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Based on papers from a conference that Paul Lodge and I ran at Oxford a couple of years ago: new edition of the International Mad Studies Journal about madpeople's coping mechanisms. #philsky #psysky
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International Mad Studies Journal
The International Mad Studies Journal provides a dedicated space for thinking, critiquing, exchanging ideas and debating a broad range of topics relevant to Mad Studies.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Based on papers from a conference that Paul Lodge and I ran at Oxford a couple of years ago: new edition of the International Mad Studies Journal about madpeople's coping mechanisms. #philsky #psysky
imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/im...
imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/im...
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This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows
First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just as a side post to this, I saw a brilliant, empathic, pharmacist yesterday who recommended I speak with GP & psychiatrist about those meds. One thing I said to him, which I’m reflecting on, as I am quite critical intellectually about this but that critique hasn’t quite landed emotionally
Any psychiatrists who follow me, is there a reason that when people are put on antipsychotics that they’re not automatically put on metformin/orlistat etc which are proven to help abate the inevitable weight gain?
August 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just as a side post to this, I saw a brilliant, empathic, pharmacist yesterday who recommended I speak with GP & psychiatrist about those meds. One thing I said to him, which I’m reflecting on, as I am quite critical intellectually about this but that critique hasn’t quite landed emotionally
Any psychiatrists who follow me, is there a reason that when people are put on antipsychotics that they’re not automatically put on metformin/orlistat etc which are proven to help abate the inevitable weight gain?
August 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Any psychiatrists who follow me, is there a reason that when people are put on antipsychotics that they’re not automatically put on metformin/orlistat etc which are proven to help abate the inevitable weight gain?