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Dr Alice
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QED @qedcon.org · 5d
QED 2025 - featuring Matt Winning, and the real and fake threats to free speech

Delighted to announce the next two additions to the line-up for the final QED: our panel on free speech, and climate policy expert and standup comedian Dr Matt Winning on the main stage.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · 13d
My article for The Skeptic this week turned into a bit of a rant about how the constant search for relatable seasonal content can contribute to health anxiety and over-medicalisation of certain experiences.
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The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk · 13d
Why is Tesco's free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss? - The Skeptic
When even supermarket recipe magazines are leading with health tips about sea moss, we need to stop treating wellness claims as "content"
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Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social · 15d
As a disabled pregnant woman currently taking paracetamol (tylenol) for back & pelvic pain...

I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.

But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
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QED @qedcon.org · 15d
Saturday night at QED 2025 – with Ian Smith, Rosie Holt, Alex Kealy, Eli Bosnick and the Ockhams

Our Saturday night entertainment is free to all in person QED ticketholders, and will take place immediately after our Gala Dinner. We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · 19d
Join me, @andrewcopson.bsky.social, @noahlugeons.bsky.social and @sianushka.bsky.social at QED 2025 this October as we discuss exactly this topic. You can get streaming tickets to see this panel, plus so much more at our website qedcon.org.
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Is Today Ted Danson's Birthday? @teddansonsbirthday.bsky.social · Sep 8
Today is not Ted Danson's birthday
Ted Danson smiling at all the people checking on his birthday! It's not today!
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Sep 7
I picked up a copy of The Salt Path mere days before the Observer investigation broke. I'm about halfway through, now, and I wonder how I would have felt about it if I hadn't seen the new information unfold before beginning to read. This is an interesting piece about the tale.
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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 26
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · Sep 4
The last of the online sessions for #OpenFest25 - on Changing and critiquing (open) research culture - is about to get underway, with talks on dependency theory, research environments under pressure and research culture.
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The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk · Aug 13
Snus: the nicotine pouch epidemic among professional footballers - The Skeptic
With as many as 3 in 4 professional footballers use snus pouches, it's time for the game to offer real support for managing players' stress.
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The Skeptic @skeptic.org.uk · Sep 3
Sungazing, or staring directly at the sun, is definitely not good for your health - The Skeptic
'Sungazing' - the social media trend of staring at the sun during sunrise or sunset - evokes ancient wisdom, but risks serious vision damage
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Sep 3
Really excited about this announcement. A fabulous speaker and two really interesting panels!
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QED @qedcon.org · Sep 3
Announcing... Suze Kundu, and panels on True Crime and Christian Nationalism

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A graphic with a photo of Suze Kundu A graphic with the panel title "The Problem with True Crime". A graphic with the panel title: "Stealth Christian Nationalism".
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QED @qedcon.org · Aug 28
Announcing the first of our panels and workshops!

Skepticism: Looking back, moving forward with @richardwiseman.bsky.social, @profchrisfrench.bsky.social, @mrmmarsh.bsky.social and @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social.

How to draw anything with @kempchi.bsky.social.

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A graphic with the panel title: Skepticism: looking back, moving forward and a photo of a woman looking through a pair of binoculars A graphic with the workshop title: How to draw anything. There is a photo of coloured pencils.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 26
The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
What’s Really at Stake if Fewer People Study the Humanities
Why the University of Chicago’s decision to pause admissions to some doctoral programs hurts so much
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 21
Opinion: Don’t wait for the REF to improve the research environment.

Universities can act now to improve, if they wish to, say Neil Jacobs and colleagues.

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Don’t wait for the REF to improve the research environment - Research Professional News
Universities can act now to improve, if they wish to, say Neil Jacobs and colleagues
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 26
Being watched from across the room...
My dog, Lupin, is lying on a sofa with his tongue sticking out of his mouth and resting on the seat of the sofa...
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
Thank you! It means a lot to know that sharing helps people. And I've benefited from other people sharing their experiences too! Really, I know rationally that I'm doing good disability advocacy work - but our brains aren't always kind to us, are they? Especially when we're struggling!
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
Absolutely! *If* there is something in this concern about UPFs, we need to identify what it is and use that information to adjust regulation. Not make people doing the best they can with what they have available to them feel scared or guilty about what they eat or feed their kids!
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
So here you go. A disjointed story about my personal experience that doesn't need to be anything in particular, except real.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
But I also realise, finally, that sharing this stuff is part of the work. Part of changing a world that sees disability a certain way. Where we have to minimise the impact of our disabilities on those around us. Be positive, or even inspirational, and only show the bad when the bad is convenient.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
All because I was stubborn. Because I was fed up of not being able to do things I wanted to do. So I did them anyway. And look, this is a maudlin thread, I know that. I'm in a foul mood and I'm angry with the situation and with myself.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
This weekend I was so fed up of my own limitations that feel like they're foisted on me by a body which I have no control over. So I pushed through some physical work and over did it. I've spent three days barely able to walk, unable to sit upright, unable to think through the pain.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
And what I come back to time and time again is that I'm a bad disability advocate. I do all this work to try and make the world a more open place for disabled people so we can be our true selves. So we can show the good *and* the bad. And then I hide the bad. Or I push through the bad.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
I'm bored of my health being all I can think of. Bored of boring the people I'm close to by being in a bad spell yet again. I'm exhausted by juggling how much I share, what I communicate and when because I don't want people to get sick of me. I don't want people to think I'm maudlin.
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Dr Alice @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social · Aug 11
I hate that my symptoms look like laziness or flakiness or incompetence. I hate that I feel like I need to justify myself. I hate that I sometimes question myself and worry that maybe I am just lazy or flaky or incompetent. I'm fed up. Fed up of having low energy, fed up of being in so much pain.
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