Harry Ferguson
@profharryferguson.bsky.social
Social work, child protection, research into practice, fatherhood, ethnography, gender-based violence. Liver transplant recipient 2004 and 2023 and advocate for organ donation - https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/ferguson-harry
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Wonderful to find #Tayto crisps for sale in Melbourne, but at $6 (£3) a packet - THREE QUID😱😡.
Australia, how could you 🥲🥲
@jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social
Australia, how could you 🥲🥲
@jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wonderful to find #Tayto crisps for sale in Melbourne, but at $6 (£3) a packet - THREE QUID😱😡.
Australia, how could you 🥲🥲
@jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social
Australia, how could you 🥲🥲
@jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social
Brilliant analysis by @cwarzel.bsky.social of the socio-political dynamics surrounding a blue denim jeans ad campaign and the production of Sydney Sweeney as a cultural object. Applies to how so many cultural moments are confected internet / social media driven spectacles.
I wrote about the Sydney Sweeney jeans discourse and broken informations systems that make talking to each other impossible (in fact it's not even the goal). Context collapse is just how people (and brands!) communicate now. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Loves Sydney Sweeney
That’s not necessarily a good thing.
www.theatlantic.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Brilliant analysis by @cwarzel.bsky.social of the socio-political dynamics surrounding a blue denim jeans ad campaign and the production of Sydney Sweeney as a cultural object. Applies to how so many cultural moments are confected internet / social media driven spectacles.
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🎉 Campaign success!
The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland!
Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue.
🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase
The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland!
Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue.
🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🎉 Campaign success!
The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland!
Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue.
🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase
The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland!
Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue.
🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase
A jackpot of £129 million and the “You’ve won” email arrives.
… 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy)
And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80”
Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues
… 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy)
And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80”
Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues
May 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A jackpot of £129 million and the “You’ve won” email arrives.
… 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy)
And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80”
Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues
… 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy)
And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80”
Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues
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My second journal article is out in Culture, Health & Sexuality. It is the final paper of the MANFOKUS project. Our paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719
‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in Germany
This paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. Through twelve qualitative interviews, three of which were couple interv...
www.tandfonline.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My second journal article is out in Culture, Health & Sexuality. It is the final paper of the MANFOKUS project. Our paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719
This is a great paper, based on excellent research that deserves to be widely read by all in social work.
My paper on supervisory spaces has hit 1500 views. It's open access so can be used by social workers and supervisors to think about how they engage with supervisory support.
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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Supervision as a Dispersed Practice: Exploring the Creation of Supervisory Spaces in Day‐to‐Day Social Work Practice
Supervision is integral to social work practice; however, how it operates in day-to-day practice remains poorly understood. Existing research mainly comprises quantitative and qualitative accounts of...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This is a great paper, based on excellent research that deserves to be widely read by all in social work.
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Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually.
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Starmer is as bad as those who came before him. What a bitter disappointment
Echoing the far right on immigration, his moral and intellectual stature has fallen away
inews.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually.
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
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Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?
I ask again, what is he playing at?
May 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?
I ask again, what is he playing at?
Spot on Zoe.
Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.
Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.
I wrote an op-ed for @lbc.co.uk about Labour's immigration white paper today & how chasing Nigel Farage will take them nowhere
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ immigration warning is a xenophobic dog whistle
Sir Keir Starmer is blowing a dog whistle, warning that we are at risk of becoming an ‘island of strangers’ because of immigration.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Spot on Zoe.
Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.
Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.
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If this is the case, we know this man is on an all fluoride diet.
RFK Jr: "We found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are."
May 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If this is the case, we know this man is on an all fluoride diet.
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And that is what Adrian should have said, really.
The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich.
That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today
The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich.
That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today
April 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
And that is what Adrian should have said, really.
The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich.
That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today
The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich.
That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today
I’ve had 2 liver transplants- one in 2004 and the other in 2023. The generosity of my donors and their families has kept me alive. Please support #OrganDonation and let your wishes be known.
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April 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’ve had 2 liver transplants- one in 2004 and the other in 2023. The generosity of my donors and their families has kept me alive. Please support #OrganDonation and let your wishes be known.
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Follow @ukstoptrump.bsky.social to join our movement against the oligarchs 💪💪💪
April 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I'd suggest reading this while wearing your inflatable T-rex costume and eating cookies. You can find The Roots of Buddhist Psychology on Hoopla through your local library. I promise, this lecture series is a profound hoot and a half! therevealer.org/meeting-chao... #psychology #philosophy #Buddhism
Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor through “The Roots of Buddhist Psychology” — The Revealer
The 30th anniversary of Jack Kornfield’s famed lecture series on Buddhism and how it resonates today amidst social and political upheaval
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April 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'd suggest reading this while wearing your inflatable T-rex costume and eating cookies. You can find The Roots of Buddhist Psychology on Hoopla through your local library. I promise, this lecture series is a profound hoot and a half! therevealer.org/meeting-chao... #psychology #philosophy #Buddhism
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New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...
March 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...
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Wel played, Ikea.
March 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Wel played, Ikea.
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‘Staff assessed the moral worth of families through inspection and case-work, often relying on local gossip and judging families on their ability to keep up appearances. A dirty home meant a deviant family life.’
Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mary Hannity · Worse than Orphans: Waifs and Strays
What power does a child have? You could refuse your food or try to run away or escape into your imagination. You could...
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March 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
‘Staff assessed the moral worth of families through inspection and case-work, often relying on local gossip and judging families on their ability to keep up appearances. A dirty home meant a deviant family life.’
Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A wonderful life story and extraordinary career by the incomparable Lindsey Hilton - great interview on Desert Island Discs by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A wonderful life story and extraordinary career by the incomparable Lindsey Hilton - great interview on Desert Island Discs by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
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Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.
March 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.
Totally agree John. Little wonder so many disabled people are very distressed about the prospect of being further impoverished. By a Labour government?! It’s appalling.
Proposed changes to disability benefits in UK are less about reform and more about rationing. A very limited and myopic approach to a complex issue - reform is needed, but this isn't it. BBC News - At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.
www.bbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Totally agree John. Little wonder so many disabled people are very distressed about the prospect of being further impoverished. By a Labour government?! It’s appalling.
Is this by @robmitch92.bsky.social? It’s lovely ❤️
@robmitch92.bsky.social musing on the eve of Valentine's Day
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I Knew Love
For such a long time I didn’t see it. I knew people. I loved working with people. I understood social work the best I could. Understanding what Jennifer and Holly both knew nearly 40 years ago, the…
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March 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is this by @robmitch92.bsky.social? It’s lovely ❤️
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The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social
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My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...