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A substantial proportion of people seeking psychiatric treatment in the US today are doing so primarily because they cannot afford to live securely in this country and are told this is a sign of their own deficiency and disorder rather than of a corrupt, anti-democratic society.
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A substantial proportion of people seeking psychiatric treatment in the US today are doing so primarily because they cannot afford to live securely in this country and are told this is a sign of their own deficiency and disorder rather than of a corrupt, anti-democratic society.
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Ironically, why people so frequently and so deeply believe this ideological line to be true is not a bad starting point for psychotherapy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ironically, why people so frequently and so deeply believe this ideological line to be true is not a bad starting point for psychotherapy.
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This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We stand at the tipping point in the ‘race to the bottom’ that UberTherapy represents. And it can only be by protecting our ability to really say what’s on our minds that we can work through whether something is actually better than nothing.
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We stand at the tipping point in the ‘race to the bottom’ that UberTherapy represents. And it can only be by protecting our ability to really say what’s on our minds that we can work through whether something is actually better than nothing.
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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"Britain’s political elites are focusing the public’s attention on migration in ways that are not always accurate."
"That is helping to create a gap between how people perceive immigration in Britain and the facts."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html
"That is helping to create a gap between how people perceive immigration in Britain and the facts."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Britain’s political elites are focusing the public’s attention on migration in ways that are not always accurate."
"That is helping to create a gap between how people perceive immigration in Britain and the facts."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html
"That is helping to create a gap between how people perceive immigration in Britain and the facts."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/uk-immigration-statistics.html
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Any journalists out there who want a review copy of my book on the Blair years - just DM or email me and I'll put you in touch with the publisher! It's out in early Feb...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Any journalists out there who want a review copy of my book on the Blair years - just DM or email me and I'll put you in touch with the publisher! It's out in early Feb...
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Interested in how Labour governments try to set the agenda, as well as struggling to balance expectation and caution? Well, my book on the Blair years is out in early February, and you can pre-order now! Take a look: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
Manchester University Press - New Labour, New Britain?
New Labour, New Britain? - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O'Hara
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Interested in how Labour governments try to set the agenda, as well as struggling to balance expectation and caution? Well, my book on the Blair years is out in early February, and you can pre-order now! Take a look: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
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November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This line is taken from our letter. Join us in demanding real solutions
✍ Sign our letter here: notinourname.org.uk
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#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #WomensRights #TransRights
✍ Sign our letter here: notinourname.org.uk
🔄Repost and share to help us reach more women
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #WomensRights #TransRights
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If you don't know the balm-like quality of #MargotWaddell and #SebastianKraemer's work then don't let this business-like cover fool you. Deep detailed framing of the history of the Tavistock tradition and how we use psychoanalytic ideas in our lives.
www.survivingwork.org/delinquents
www.survivingwork.org/delinquents
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you don't know the balm-like quality of #MargotWaddell and #SebastianKraemer's work then don't let this business-like cover fool you. Deep detailed framing of the history of the Tavistock tradition and how we use psychoanalytic ideas in our lives.
www.survivingwork.org/delinquents
www.survivingwork.org/delinquents
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As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
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We'll be looking at a lot more mergers and course closures over the next few years. Possibly a major bankruptcy.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We'll be looking at a lot more mergers and course closures over the next few years. Possibly a major bankruptcy.
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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I'm sure the Londinistan guys will be delighted to read this... really good news... they'll be talking about something else altogether now... sure of it... because they were genuinely concerned weren't they
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm sure the Londinistan guys will be delighted to read this... really good news... they'll be talking about something else altogether now... sure of it... because they were genuinely concerned weren't they
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Love that Trump tries to distance himself from his pedo pal, by saying Epstein was "a lifelong Democrat who donated to that party". Presumably hoping nobody mentions that SO WAS HE - until he realised that the Dems would never nominate him and jumped ship about ten minutes before the 2016 primaries.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Love that Trump tries to distance himself from his pedo pal, by saying Epstein was "a lifelong Democrat who donated to that party". Presumably hoping nobody mentions that SO WAS HE - until he realised that the Dems would never nominate him and jumped ship about ten minutes before the 2016 primaries.
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And plant them, he did! The descendants of the cedars he planted, are still there, now, 3200 years later 👍
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How long do we think humans have been planting forests? A case study with Cedrus libani A. Rich - New Forests
The cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani A. Rich, is distributed around the shores of the eastern Mediterranean in Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. The most anamolous aspect of its distribution is its presence i...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
And plant them, he did! The descendants of the cedars he planted, are still there, now, 3200 years later 👍
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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In AI mythology the Titans and Cassandras of tech are slugging it out in the ‘broligarchy’ heroically winning the battle for mental health on the basis that in this era of platform capitalism, size always matters
@BrisUniPress @DrDigi_Health
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
@BrisUniPress @DrDigi_Health
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
It’s time to talk about digital therapy - Transforming Society
Elizabeth Cotton, author of UberTherapy, explores how the rise of digital therapy platforms has triggered a regulatory reckoning, as governments, professionals, and consumers struggle to ensure safety...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In AI mythology the Titans and Cassandras of tech are slugging it out in the ‘broligarchy’ heroically winning the battle for mental health on the basis that in this era of platform capitalism, size always matters
@BrisUniPress @DrDigi_Health
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
@BrisUniPress @DrDigi_Health
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
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Just your usual reminder that Britain's main emerging problem is that immigration is going to be far too low going forward, and it desperately needs radical plans to boost the numbers coming in by multiples.
In case you missed it yesterday, Britain's main upcoming problem will be that immigration will be far, far too low. Politics may have gone mad, but reality is an unforgiving thing. We need to start encouraging people in and paying them to stay.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just your usual reminder that Britain's main emerging problem is that immigration is going to be far too low going forward, and it desperately needs radical plans to boost the numbers coming in by multiples.
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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We’re not stupid people but there is an attack on our thinking about what is happening in digital therapy. www.youtube.com/shorts/EXYQ_...
Podcast conversation with Two Lost Souls about UberTherapy twolostsouls.co.uk/listen
Podcast conversation with Two Lost Souls about UberTherapy twolostsouls.co.uk/listen
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re not stupid people but there is an attack on our thinking about what is happening in digital therapy. www.youtube.com/shorts/EXYQ_...
Podcast conversation with Two Lost Souls about UberTherapy twolostsouls.co.uk/listen
Podcast conversation with Two Lost Souls about UberTherapy twolostsouls.co.uk/listen
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I’ve a new piece out today.🧵
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The first honest American president
Trump's shameless corruption is not a deviation from American history but its fulfilment.
www.aljazeera.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ve a new piece out today.🧵
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...