Liam Ren
@liamrenmac.bsky.social
Neurocommunist futures. Critical Autism Studies. Cripping Education. ESRC funded PhD at University of Sheffield looking at constructions of ‘challenging behaviour’ in the classroom
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So dismayed by the lack of resolution - industrial action at UoS continues 🥹 #DigitalPicket @ucu.org.uk As a researcher, striking for me is about mitigating the endless restructuring of, & redundancies for, our excellent professional services colleagues, whose labour makes our research possible 💪🏽
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So dismayed by the lack of resolution - industrial action at UoS continues 🥹 #DigitalPicket @ucu.org.uk As a researcher, striking for me is about mitigating the endless restructuring of, & redundancies for, our excellent professional services colleagues, whose labour makes our research possible 💪🏽
‘Exiting market’ is exactly why we are in this mess in the first place. Institutions of research and education shouldn’t be bound to market logic
"Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
‘Exiting market’ is exactly why we are in this mess in the first place. Institutions of research and education shouldn’t be bound to market logic
This is really big
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is really big
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Some special ed teachers' brains are really busted from having stewed in a system of compliance and (white lady) saviorism for so long. Just saw one woman talking about how she was going to make her own (disabled) child earn lunch. Like, no ma'am you are not doing a "good job"; go feed your child.
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some special ed teachers' brains are really busted from having stewed in a system of compliance and (white lady) saviorism for so long. Just saw one woman talking about how she was going to make her own (disabled) child earn lunch. Like, no ma'am you are not doing a "good job"; go feed your child.
“Money [is] a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than as a competition for scarce funds.”
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Money [is] a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than as a competition for scarce funds.”
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social with their strike action beginning today. We need to defend HE against the onslaught of cuts and redundancies that threaten the ability to do creative, radical and important research!
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social with their strike action beginning today. We need to defend HE against the onslaught of cuts and redundancies that threaten the ability to do creative, radical and important research!
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Does antifa offer tenure?
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Does antifa offer tenure?
Embarrassingly dipping my toe into Freud for the first time. Deleuze’s criticism should have just ended with ‘he’s quite bad at writing’, or is something lost in translation?
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Embarrassingly dipping my toe into Freud for the first time. Deleuze’s criticism should have just ended with ‘he’s quite bad at writing’, or is something lost in translation?
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Tony Blair’s catastrophic decision to invade Iraq cost thousands upon thousands of lives.
He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Middle East, let alone Gaza.
It is not up to Blair, Trump or Netanyahu to decide the future of Gaza. That is up to the people of Palestine.
He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Middle East, let alone Gaza.
It is not up to Blair, Trump or Netanyahu to decide the future of Gaza. That is up to the people of Palestine.
September 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Tony Blair’s catastrophic decision to invade Iraq cost thousands upon thousands of lives.
He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Middle East, let alone Gaza.
It is not up to Blair, Trump or Netanyahu to decide the future of Gaza. That is up to the people of Palestine.
He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Middle East, let alone Gaza.
It is not up to Blair, Trump or Netanyahu to decide the future of Gaza. That is up to the people of Palestine.
It feels very good to have completed my MA in Critical Autism Studies at Edge Hill. A wonderful and transformational experience.
#criticalautismstudies
#criticalautismstudies
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It feels very good to have completed my MA in Critical Autism Studies at Edge Hill. A wonderful and transformational experience.
#criticalautismstudies
#criticalautismstudies
Strongly agree
i have the capacity to seriously commit to two maybe three impossibly big tasks before i die. obviously one is reserved for communism. another one is critical theory. if i get a third it would be animals. look big dog what i’m trying to say is not a lot left over for “paying student loans” u feel me
September 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Strongly agree
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Little known fact: I earned my PhD in Critical Theory from the DNC
August 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Little known fact: I earned my PhD in Critical Theory from the DNC
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August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.
Finished my time in the classroom for now, taking a break and very excited to start my PhD in September at Sheffield. All things neuroqueering, supervised by @davidbenshannon.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Finished my time in the classroom for now, taking a break and very excited to start my PhD in September at Sheffield. All things neuroqueering, supervised by @davidbenshannon.bsky.social
Find me on Instagram and TikTok at bodymind_justice
May 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Find me on Instagram and TikTok at bodymind_justice
Taken from Shon Faye on Instagram.
It’s a dark dark day for the UK. Love, rage and solidarity to all of my trans siblings.
It’s a dark dark day for the UK. Love, rage and solidarity to all of my trans siblings.
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Taken from Shon Faye on Instagram.
It’s a dark dark day for the UK. Love, rage and solidarity to all of my trans siblings.
It’s a dark dark day for the UK. Love, rage and solidarity to all of my trans siblings.
Absolutely delighted to have been offered a White Rose Doctoral Studentship to study a PhD at University of Sheffield. Can’t wait to be pushing that (neuro)queer agenda; cultural Marxism in action.
April 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Absolutely delighted to have been offered a White Rose Doctoral Studentship to study a PhD at University of Sheffield. Can’t wait to be pushing that (neuro)queer agenda; cultural Marxism in action.
UK People who have had PhDs funded would love your advice.
I’ve applied for the studentship, but don’t hear back until April. Has anyone managed to secure alternative funding if unsuccessful that late in the game?
Project is on critical autism studies and education. Anywhere specific I can look?
I’ve applied for the studentship, but don’t hear back until April. Has anyone managed to secure alternative funding if unsuccessful that late in the game?
Project is on critical autism studies and education. Anywhere specific I can look?
December 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM
UK People who have had PhDs funded would love your advice.
I’ve applied for the studentship, but don’t hear back until April. Has anyone managed to secure alternative funding if unsuccessful that late in the game?
Project is on critical autism studies and education. Anywhere specific I can look?
I’ve applied for the studentship, but don’t hear back until April. Has anyone managed to secure alternative funding if unsuccessful that late in the game?
Project is on critical autism studies and education. Anywhere specific I can look?
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‼️ there is an emergency occupation of Wes Streeting’s office taking place this evening in response to the puberty blocker ban being made permanent. If you can, go up there to stay overnight. Bring supplies, pass on the message‼️
maps.app.goo.gl/qwnrfHu7BP2Q...
maps.app.goo.gl/qwnrfHu7BP2Q...
December 11, 2024 at 6:40 PM
‼️ there is an emergency occupation of Wes Streeting’s office taking place this evening in response to the puberty blocker ban being made permanent. If you can, go up there to stay overnight. Bring supplies, pass on the message‼️
maps.app.goo.gl/qwnrfHu7BP2Q...
maps.app.goo.gl/qwnrfHu7BP2Q...
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Ah. ABA* organisation, Ambitious About Autism, has dropped Gregg Wallace as an Ambassador after the recent allegations.
*Yes, they often refer to it as PBS not ABA, but they still hire ABA teams to do ABA techniques on autistic children. It's ABA.
jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/what_we...
*Yes, they often refer to it as PBS not ABA, but they still hire ABA teams to do ABA techniques on autistic children. It's ABA.
jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/what_we...
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Ah. ABA* organisation, Ambitious About Autism, has dropped Gregg Wallace as an Ambassador after the recent allegations.
*Yes, they often refer to it as PBS not ABA, but they still hire ABA teams to do ABA techniques on autistic children. It's ABA.
jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/what_we...
*Yes, they often refer to it as PBS not ABA, but they still hire ABA teams to do ABA techniques on autistic children. It's ABA.
jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/what_we...
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BEGGING the general public to listen to disabled people when it comes to assisted suicide. The point is - drs enact eugenics every single day - were not IN a post-eugenic world.
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 AM
BEGGING the general public to listen to disabled people when it comes to assisted suicide. The point is - drs enact eugenics every single day - were not IN a post-eugenic world.
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The ending of Girl, Interrupted sees the main character reject psychiatry—and specifically Borderline Personality Disorder—for its inherent sexism.
On #BPD, she writes: “To quote my post-Melvin psychiatrist: ‘It’s what they call people whose lifestyles bother them.’”
On #BPD, she writes: “To quote my post-Melvin psychiatrist: ‘It’s what they call people whose lifestyles bother them.’”
November 27, 2024 at 9:47 PM
The ending of Girl, Interrupted sees the main character reject psychiatry—and specifically Borderline Personality Disorder—for its inherent sexism.
On #BPD, she writes: “To quote my post-Melvin psychiatrist: ‘It’s what they call people whose lifestyles bother them.’”
On #BPD, she writes: “To quote my post-Melvin psychiatrist: ‘It’s what they call people whose lifestyles bother them.’”
