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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 16h

CASE has also published today a useful explainer on the background to the case, in which O'Malley's action has resulted in suppression for the last 9 months of the entire LGBTQI+ special edition of the Journal of Irish Counsellors & Psychotherapists.
www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 14h

Of the things Ireland needs, imperialism by British colonialist billionaires is not one of them.

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 1d

Though in turn if it’s genuinely not therapy it shouldn’t be “passed off” as a treatment. Of course they’re trying to have their cake and eat it; claiming they’re not clinical to avoid regulation and then claiming to be clinical when trying to promote their services.

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 1d

I think what they’re actually arguing is that their “service” isn’t professional therapy and therefore shouldn’t be subject to clinical standards of practice. Existing “Christian counselling” uses similar framing to argue it’s not therapy (while using therapeutic presentation )

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 1d

Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/...

Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons

Strasbourg, 7 October – Today, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)7 to member States on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, marking a historic...

www.coe.int

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 2d

I rather suspect Jenrick would like that idea given his take on Birmingham!

George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 2d

That’s pretty jaw-dropping and not in a good way?!

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 4d

Over the weekend, Deloitte's contentious report for the Australian Government was 'updated' minus the AI hallucinations it originally had in July. Government policy work, like law, is too important to permit AI use without the very strictest conditions. www.theage.com.au/business/wor...

A botched government report should be wake-up call on AI hype

Beating up management consultants may have become something of an Australian sport these days, but Deloitte Australia’s headache with AI is the latest example of why technology must be carefully manag...

www.theage.com.au

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 4d

An 🇦🇺 report evaluating the Cass Review has recommended that it should not be used as a guide of any kind in regards to the care of young trans people.

The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 9d

It seems the social media industry, which profits significantly from misinformation, is deliberately misrepresenting the problem. Despite Digi's claims, many (often most) responses to misinformation disagree with it. All engagement increases the chances of hate material being seen by others.

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Productivity commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations

Productivity Commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations

www.theguardian.com

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 11d

Disturbingly we now have a further report of Optus triple zero calls not getting through in NSW; when will this shambles end?

George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to present on digital humanities and social media preservation at #TPDL2025 at the University of Tampere.

George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 27d

You’ve been incredibly busy.. I hope Ernie isn’t being neglected!

George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 28d

The @theguardian.com editors need to be more on top of things: now is not the time for the following headline: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

And if your head explodes: Pink Floyd’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years after the release of Wish You Were Here, we count down the best of the band’s Syd Barrett years, their difficult recovery and later reunion

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29d

You either
a) believe political violence is bad because it makes civil society impossible for all
b) believe violence is bad only if it affects your tribe, but when it does it offers an opportunity to go after the other tribe

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 29d

Indeed he is an active LGBTQIA+ hate advocate : www.thepinknews.com/2016/05/26/n...

Northern Ireland’s new ‘equalities’ minister wants to legalise discrimination against gays

A Northern Irish politician who called for a 'conscience' law to allow Christians to discriminate based on sexuality has been handed the country's equalities brief.

www.thepinknews.com

George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · 29d

Givan supports hate and ostracisation against the LGBTQIA+ community; I don’t see any reason to believe anything he says about condemning bullying. Removing the report says it all.

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · Sep 8

The economic dependence of social media on hate speech and pejorative posts has to be broken or democracy is in serious trouble.

Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Sep 8

Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media

Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hardly surprising; Streeting is an energetic supporter of trans hate; always finding time for transphobic people and views and advocating for trans exclusion.

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RMIT School of Computing Technologies @rmitcomputing.bsky.social · Sep 5

Kobi Leins notes that the book reports that removing explicit material from the training data led to a drop in performance; that this revealed ethical and bias problems with the data chosen for training @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI

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RMIT School of Computing Technologies @rmitcomputing.bsky.social · Sep 5

Now @karenhao.bsky.social is in conversation with Kobi Leins ; she starts on the links between AI empires and methods of colonialism.

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RMIT School of Computing Technologies @rmitcomputing.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our @lisagiven.bsky.social is introducing @karenhao.bsky.social at Storey Hall ; on the theme of the Empire of AI.

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George Buchanan @georgerbuchanan.bsky.social · Sep 5

And the press just yesterday were trying to make out how he was being victimised for behaving in a completely reasonable and unoffensive way...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Aug 30

They’re excluded from Government support that's available for other museums, art galleries and theatres.

The Association of Science and Discovery Centres is calling on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to safeguard these vital institutions for the next generation… 2/3

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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