Claire Rooney (She/Her)
@rooneyverses.bsky.social
ND. Scottish with a South African accent. Vegetarian. Divorcing Amazon #BoycottAmazon. Loves fantasy and cute animals. Currently discovering kdramas.
Also find me on
https://mastodon.scot/@Rooneyverses
Also find me on
https://mastodon.scot/@Rooneyverses
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Writing is just the start. Dawn Kofie's guest post on the skills content designers actually need struck a chord this year: persuading, listening, resilience, presenting and compromising. Plus some brilliant book recommendations.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Writing is just the start. Dawn Kofie's guest post on the skills content designers actually need struck a chord this year: persuading, listening, resilience, presenting and compromising. Plus some brilliant book recommendations.
buff.ly/41j6Pu3
buff.ly/41j6Pu3
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2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
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Hands down the funniest thing anyone has ever typed in mastodon
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hands down the funniest thing anyone has ever typed in mastodon
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Second this! Especially for those who are very particular with their reading choices 😉 😂 What's also very cool is these tokens cover indie booksellers and @bookshop.org too! 👏🏽 🙌🏽
Looking for the perfect present for the young booklover in your life? 🎁
Give them a gift beyond words this Christmas with a National Book Token 🎄📚✨
Available in a range of fabulously festive designs, from the magical snowman to the mischievous grinch!
Find them in your local 📖
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Give them a gift beyond words this Christmas with a National Book Token 🎄📚✨
Available in a range of fabulously festive designs, from the magical snowman to the mischievous grinch!
Find them in your local 📖
buff.ly/wyOH1lA
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Second this! Especially for those who are very particular with their reading choices 😉 😂 What's also very cool is these tokens cover indie booksellers and @bookshop.org too! 👏🏽 🙌🏽
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Just joined, because i desperately feel the need for a space held specifically for neurodivergents. Hope to see y’all there 👋
Did you know that you can sign up to become an affiliate of NeuroHub with me and @emergentdivergence.com
Community Space
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Exclusive Resources
Upcoming Training
Access to regular live chat and drop-ins
Find out more:
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Join me & David Gray-Hammond in our new community NeuroHub. Access to exclusive webinars, resources and space to connect with others! Hope to see some o ...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just joined, because i desperately feel the need for a space held specifically for neurodivergents. Hope to see y’all there 👋
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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This overlaps with a challenging mode of decision-making in orgs: validation.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
Per my last re-post, twice this year I've been commissioned to write reviews of harms that can arise from the use of LLMs and then, as we surface the harms, told
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This overlaps with a challenging mode of decision-making in orgs: validation.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186:
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186:
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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One of the best things you can do for neurodivergent people when giving instructions is incredibly simple:
✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨
Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility
✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨
Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
One of the best things you can do for neurodivergent people when giving instructions is incredibly simple:
✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨
Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility
✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨
Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility
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For the love of God
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For the love of God
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.
DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts.
Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter .
A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many
sacrifices.
Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.
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Research showing autistic people are potentially less susceptible to the Dunning Kruger Effect (sample size of about 100) -
With autistic high performers underestimating themselves more than allistic people.
www.psypost.org/autistic-emp...
With autistic high performers underestimating themselves more than allistic people.
www.psypost.org/autistic-emp...
Autistic employees are less susceptible to the Dunning-Kruger effect
Autistic workers may possess a distinct advantage. New research shows they are less likely than non-autistic colleagues to overestimate their competence, sidestepping the cognitive bias known as the D...
www.psypost.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Research showing autistic people are potentially less susceptible to the Dunning Kruger Effect (sample size of about 100) -
With autistic high performers underestimating themselves more than allistic people.
www.psypost.org/autistic-emp...
With autistic high performers underestimating themselves more than allistic people.
www.psypost.org/autistic-emp...
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Autism: I made a schedule
ADHD: I made a mess
AuDHD: I made a schedule for the mess and now I’m overwhelmed by both 😅
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
ADHD: I made a mess
AuDHD: I made a schedule for the mess and now I’m overwhelmed by both 😅
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Autism: I made a schedule
ADHD: I made a mess
AuDHD: I made a schedule for the mess and now I’m overwhelmed by both 😅
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
ADHD: I made a mess
AuDHD: I made a schedule for the mess and now I’m overwhelmed by both 😅
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
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REALLY?!?! BECAUSE I’LL BE SAD ALL OVER AGAIN IF IT ISN’T TRUE!!!
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
REALLY?!?! BECAUSE I’LL BE SAD ALL OVER AGAIN IF IT ISN’T TRUE!!!
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While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
bsky.app/profile/hsw3...
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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I love this!!! 💗💗💗 It reminds me of the video of shelter pets picking their own gifts (but better!)
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I love this!!! 💗💗💗 It reminds me of the video of shelter pets picking their own gifts (but better!)