Kit
@wheeliemrw.bsky.social
he/him🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Dad of humans and cats. Autistic/ADHD. Here to talk about education, animal rescue, disability, parenting, language learning, music, books, and all the other interesting stuff. Currently dividing my time between primary and home ed.
Dad of humans and cats. Autistic/ADHD. Here to talk about education, animal rescue, disability, parenting, language learning, music, books, and all the other interesting stuff. Currently dividing my time between primary and home ed.
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
After more than half a decade on a waiting list I’ve just filled out and sent off the consent form for NHS gender care. Feels very surreal. Not sure it’ll sink in for some time. Definitely a huge positive step in the right direction, though.
March 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
After more than half a decade on a waiting list I’ve just filled out and sent off the consent form for NHS gender care. Feels very surreal. Not sure it’ll sink in for some time. Definitely a huge positive step in the right direction, though.
ND/education people - has anyone found a discreet chewy for a kid who absolutely does not want to stand out as different? I’ve got a couple of ideas to try but would like to make sure I’ve not missed anything.
March 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
ND/education people - has anyone found a discreet chewy for a kid who absolutely does not want to stand out as different? I’ve got a couple of ideas to try but would like to make sure I’ve not missed anything.
Reading (and highly enjoying) the excellent Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. Wondering if @jasperfforde.bsky.social is actually a time-traveller of some description because WOW some of this is on the nose with current US politics.
February 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reading (and highly enjoying) the excellent Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. Wondering if @jasperfforde.bsky.social is actually a time-traveller of some description because WOW some of this is on the nose with current US politics.
Year 3 introduced me to this song yesterday. It’s been 24 hours since I got home and found it on YouTube and I’m not sure it’s ever leaving my head.
youtu.be/sqeMa5YRoe0?...
youtu.be/sqeMa5YRoe0?...
Cat Flushing A Toilet Lyric Video - Parry Gripp and Nathan Mazur
YouTube video by ParryGripp
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Year 3 introduced me to this song yesterday. It’s been 24 hours since I got home and found it on YouTube and I’m not sure it’s ever leaving my head.
youtu.be/sqeMa5YRoe0?...
youtu.be/sqeMa5YRoe0?...
Going to see Macbeth in the cinema with 16yo tonight, for “revision” (theoretically at least). Really looking forward to it, have been wanting to see this for ages and could never have managed seeing it live.
February 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Going to see Macbeth in the cinema with 16yo tonight, for “revision” (theoretically at least). Really looking forward to it, have been wanting to see this for ages and could never have managed seeing it live.
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Joke's on you, big windy storm!
I still hadn't fixed our garden fence from the last one.
I still hadn't fixed our garden fence from the last one.
January 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Joke's on you, big windy storm!
I still hadn't fixed our garden fence from the last one.
I still hadn't fixed our garden fence from the last one.
Sometimes at school I’ll mention that a book is a favourite or say that I want to read it, and children are shocked that an adult still enjoys “their” books. It’s led to some really interesting discussions, especially with the kids who are worried they’re too old to like the things they like.
Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sometimes at school I’ll mention that a book is a favourite or say that I want to read it, and children are shocked that an adult still enjoys “their” books. It’s led to some really interesting discussions, especially with the kids who are worried they’re too old to like the things they like.
There is nothing like a teenager revising Computing to make you feel old. We talked about different types of storage and I tell him about a colleague who used to magnet floppy disks to her whiteboard (with predictable results).
January 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There is nothing like a teenager revising Computing to make you feel old. We talked about different types of storage and I tell him about a colleague who used to magnet floppy disks to her whiteboard (with predictable results).
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
Finally made the leap over here - now just need to find all the cool people I was following on other apps before they went sideways.
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Finally made the leap over here - now just need to find all the cool people I was following on other apps before they went sideways.