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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 14h

New article from the disability news service mentions Wessely’s appointment

John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 1d

The government’s decision to commission a review of “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears it will allow ministers to justify further sweeping cuts to disability benefits.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/alarm-over-g...

Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits

The government’s decision to commission a review of alleged “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears that it will all…

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 13h

Agree, except there is a fair bit of illness going around...

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

Throwback Friday.
So, I was reminded that this happened six years ago.

Screenshot of an FB post that reads: S is teaching her classmate, C Cantonese
C: Yeah, man
Teacher: why are you saying Yeah, man?
C: It means evening in Chinese

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confuci...

Confucius Peace Prize - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

Much needed corrective.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

What if this tale of graduate-specific woe is off-beam, based on a misguided analysis of the data? What if the accompanying narratives that seek to explain why the most educated are faring especially badly are focused on a mirage? on.ft.com/47igZ9B

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

Not a word or place name: Kung Hei Fat Choy

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

What are the "five left-wing attacks" and which is the "single right-wing attack"?

screenshot of text that reads: From 1994 to July of this year, there were 495 right-wing terror attacks and plots, and 68 left-wing ones, according to data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank.

But there have been five left-wing attacks this year, compared to one right-wing incident.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 3d

And jailing feminists ...

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 3d

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 3d

Important thread and Wesseley alert

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick's argument that he's talking about 'integration' rather than skin colour is patently absurd and @stephenkb.bsky.social does a great job of spelling that our here.
Also love the comment about pathogenesis.
on.ft.com/3KD2RPr

Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office

Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration

on.ft.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

The moral vacuity.
It's like a wound-up Duracell bunny version of Marco Rubio.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

It's not like his public statements are any better or more thoughtful tbh

Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

黨委書記?

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 4d

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 4d

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

Throughout 2019, I told myself "Hope dies last". I tell myself again.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

Utterly reprehensible.
Stirring hate and outrage, endangering people.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

time.com/3962142/hong...

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

Homemade 猪仔餅 says "Hi!"

A moon cake cookie in the shape of a piglet

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone who knows anything about ME/CFS and the harm that was done to people by the move to psychologize it will know this is extremely worrying.

Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 5d

Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

Managed to get a good skin to filling ratio this year. Fam doesn't liked salted egg yolks in their moon cakes though 🤷‍♀️

A quarter of a cut moon cake showing lotus seed filling in soft pastry, held between thumb and finger. Another cut quarter behind it resting on white plate

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Mid-Autumn festival to everyone celebrating 🌕🥮
但願人長久，千里共嬋娟

A small, round baked pastry (moon cake) on a china dish featuring a pair of painted rabbits.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 6d

Agree.
The online version, which reads: "Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn", though not exactly strong, is nonetheless better.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 6d

Great point: "Polarisation may be an unhelpful term for what is happening in both US and UK politics. It implies that both sides are becoming equally extreme. Arguably the real dynamic is that elements of the right have hardened, embracing positions that would have been unacceptable a decade ago."

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 7d

All of My Heart by ABC
Film: Angel Heart