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k2mey.bsky.social
Autistic fan of autistic and funny people; these things overlap a lot. LGBTQ+ ally because obviously. She/her. Sweary, sorry. Cynic, depending on your preferred definition. Lecturer (UK), researcher in language development, autism.
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Neurodivergent win, yes Jake! #glowup (I am unashamedly watching unchallenging telly after having three days in a row with 4h+ of meetings)

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My dad found this little boy in a hedge today and my ovaries have teleported to rural Ireland. (Stepmum holding him, recovering from neck surgery hence the neck brace)

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I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.

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I found a website where you can specify a tiny bit of dialogue and it'll find a clip of someone saying exactly that for you. I have no idea what to use it for but…

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Enjoying watching Traitors NZ because, well, it's Traitors, but also because I misheard something as "I didn't come here to fuck spiders"

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I put so much emotional labour into supporting my students' mental health that I burned myself out, ended up signed off sick with generalised anxiety disorder, and am still recovering a year later and unable to work as I did previously.

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grok costs $1 billion a month. imagine all the much better uses that money could go to if we didn’t have to collectively chase the fantasies of tech billionaires.

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NEW and major report out now about the situation in our universities, which is... not that good. It's clear that morale has collapsed, as predicted. There are of course all sorts of problems with self-report surveys, but this isn't surprising given that the HE topsoil has now been burned off. (1/3)

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This is an excellent point.

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It’s not over.

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8 Neurotypical Social Norms That Baffle Your Autistic Loved One vocal.media/families/8-n... #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

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Is your child aged 3-12 & autistic (confirmed/working diagnosis)? Do they regularly repeat chunks of language they have heard (aka delayed echolalia / gestalt language)? Please consider taking part. To express interest: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/.../SV... Feel free to dm me Thank you🙏

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Researchers at the Uni of Manchester are inviting #autistic people aged 55+ to participate in a research project. This will help them understand how life is like in a world not designed for #AutisticElders. To find out more please contact: [email protected]

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@nichoisa.bsky.social 👋

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My hot take is that autistic people should get paid to talk about their special interests

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My dad did the AQ-50 and told me he scored zero. OK physics PhD man whose best Christmas ever was one spent totally on your own.

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Northerners! This will be boss. Organised by my beloved @derekalanmeins.bsky.social. Yes please.

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Academic career?

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‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’ Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Tree frog

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My station lifts checker now lives at stationlifts.org.uk, thus breaking my months-long streak of not buying a new domain for every little side project

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Hi! I've relaunched the Ruling Passions Podcast - new episode available on Spotify, or wherever you usually get podcasts. Season 2 begins with a conversation with neurodivergent artist James Aldridge. open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...

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I would like to stand up as a feminist who is 'quite fanatical about abortion as an issue' and anyone who's Irish will understand why.

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Happy to inform you that it's raining, so today is a lurk day, and because it's Saturday that means Rylan and (detective AND jigsaw) puzz

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