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Dr Ian Cummins

@driancummins.bsky.social

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Interested in the history of mental health policy, penal policy, true crime, association football and Coltrane. One of the Two Doctors. No g in Cummins

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Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · 17h

Or like bands have one slow song and one fast one

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · 10d

A brilliant film

🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 11d

“NETWORK” (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet

Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall

🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 11d

“NETWORK” (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet

Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall

🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · 17d

Why would the Telegraph overlook the genius of Octavia Butler 🤔

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Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Sep 1

But don't you have your own reading list now Jo 🤔

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Aug 31

What would RN make of Trump🤔

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Aug 25

How do mothers who have experienced child removal use tattooing to cope with their pain?

@lisamorriss.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social and Siobhan Beckwith @huddersfielduni.bsky.social on Sara Ahmed, maternal connections and grief.

#OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/QrP2lD2

Lisa Morriss and Siobhan Beckwith
Marking motherhood: Tattooing and willfulness as a response to and a way to survive child removal
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251359845
The Sociological Review journal #OnlineFirst

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Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Aug 21

There is always a Wire quote youtu.be/R4-_ydvIbDQ?...

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Aug 14

But how will your retirement impact on Q3 figures Jo ?

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Aug 10

A year the Windies toured ? 76 ?

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jul 31

Congrats Jo from a retirement twin

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Jun 23

Full piece here www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · TV Meets Fruit Machine: Faragist TikTok

In my own For You journey into Faragism, I was struck by the recurring assumption that the ultimate prize was exit of...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · Mar 7

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Words Federal Agencies Are Removing From Their Sites Under Trump

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excellent article

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Jun 23

Full piece here www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

William Davies · TV Meets Fruit Machine: Faragist TikTok

In my own For You journey into Faragism, I was struck by the recurring assumption that the ultimate prize was exit of...

www.lrb.co.uk

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jun 20

I have never owned a car but ...

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jun 20

Trump's ugly tactics 🙄
The protests in LA couldn't be further from the riots last summer- but that doesn't fit CA's view so she doesn't go further

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Pledge Durrenmatt

Dr Ian Cummins @driancummins.bsky.social · Jun 19

Birding

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Jennifer Jacobs @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 18

Asked what his "unconditional surrender!" post meant for Iran, Trump says: "Very simple -- unconditional surrender. That means I've had it. I've had it. I give up, no more. Then we go blow up all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there."