Andy is an Academic with AuDHD.
@minusnine.bsky.social
Academic, woke bloke, audhd father to 2 fab autistic kids. Their mum’s pretty ace too.
I'm happy with🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♾& cis/het/NT & I hope you are too.
Bigots not welcome.
Not gonna call them skeets, sorry
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Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
December 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
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imo grimly interesting that a lot of the current wave of misogynists don't even seem to be attracted to women, for whatever reason, feel like old school sexism was "we don't respect them but we want to fuck them", whereas this just reads like weird, poisonous, furious asexual resentment
I don’t know exactly what this moron is objecting to, or if he knows what he’s looking at, because there’s literally nothing deceptive about these photos and Sydney is wearing less on the left!
December 14, 2024 at 11:46 PM
imo grimly interesting that a lot of the current wave of misogynists don't even seem to be attracted to women, for whatever reason, feel like old school sexism was "we don't respect them but we want to fuck them", whereas this just reads like weird, poisonous, furious asexual resentment
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If you're a non-Autistic person
& an Autistic person is telling you about something they experience, or struggle with,
and it resonates with you...
PLEASE,
🚫 Don't say: "Well, we're all a little Autistic."
✅ Do say: "I find that relatable!"
we are asking you nicely, plz plz stop saying that.
& an Autistic person is telling you about something they experience, or struggle with,
and it resonates with you...
PLEASE,
🚫 Don't say: "Well, we're all a little Autistic."
✅ Do say: "I find that relatable!"
we are asking you nicely, plz plz stop saying that.
December 15, 2024 at 1:00 AM
If you're a non-Autistic person
& an Autistic person is telling you about something they experience, or struggle with,
and it resonates with you...
PLEASE,
🚫 Don't say: "Well, we're all a little Autistic."
✅ Do say: "I find that relatable!"
we are asking you nicely, plz plz stop saying that.
& an Autistic person is telling you about something they experience, or struggle with,
and it resonates with you...
PLEASE,
🚫 Don't say: "Well, we're all a little Autistic."
✅ Do say: "I find that relatable!"
we are asking you nicely, plz plz stop saying that.
Possibly the biggest resentment my wife holds against me is that I refuse to allow us to have a wood-burning stove, because I understand something about the health impacts of air pollution. I’ll take that as the price to pay for working lungs.
Wood burning is bad for your health. Yes. Even in a Slovenian, rural, mountainous small village (<700 pop), air pollution was as bad as in some of the most polluted cities in the world,
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood heating could be worse than thought for rural air, study suggests
Research at Slovenian village finds particle pollution once air settles in valley reaches levels of most polluted cities
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Possibly the biggest resentment my wife holds against me is that I refuse to allow us to have a wood-burning stove, because I understand something about the health impacts of air pollution. I’ll take that as the price to pay for working lungs.
I immediately read this to the intended tune, but reading the comments, is that because I’m somehow better at interpreting context than the Cake-ists and Mr. Brightside-rs, or just that I’m old?
He's hiring a ship
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
He's packing his cloak
He's moving to England
To follow some bloke
Dracula is coming to town
December 15, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I immediately read this to the intended tune, but reading the comments, is that because I’m somehow better at interpreting context than the Cake-ists and Mr. Brightside-rs, or just that I’m old?
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I didn’t know this, but now I do. And if you didn’t know it either, now you do too
December 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I didn’t know this, but now I do. And if you didn’t know it either, now you do too
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Imagine being a government and having a truly world leading industry that also contributes directly and indirectly to regional and national economy, produces leaders, thinkers and workers of the future and then not supporting it. This is the result - now coming to several UK universities…
What a disgrace the university crisis is. University of York has released 272 staff in an attempt to save £34m. All because of central government's stupid, wasteful and thick policies. www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/difficu...
"Difficult and Painful": 272 Staff Members Cut as the University Tackles Financial Crisis | York Vision
Alice Lilley reports on the University’s £34 million financial crisis.
www.yorkvision.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Imagine being a government and having a truly world leading industry that also contributes directly and indirectly to regional and national economy, produces leaders, thinkers and workers of the future and then not supporting it. This is the result - now coming to several UK universities…
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Thought I’d be trendy and try one of these ‘alternative milks’.
I don’t know what a magnesia is, but it made my Cocoa Puffs taste horrible…
I don’t know what a magnesia is, but it made my Cocoa Puffs taste horrible…
December 12, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Thought I’d be trendy and try one of these ‘alternative milks’.
I don’t know what a magnesia is, but it made my Cocoa Puffs taste horrible…
I don’t know what a magnesia is, but it made my Cocoa Puffs taste horrible…
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There’s something surreal about watching NHS staff warn flu and covid are overwhelming hospitals whilst ditching masks and testing. No medic I know takes LFTs anymore. Many see a clinically vulnerable patient with a mask and don’t bother to offer to wear one too. Join the dots, lads.
December 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
There’s something surreal about watching NHS staff warn flu and covid are overwhelming hospitals whilst ditching masks and testing. No medic I know takes LFTs anymore. Many see a clinically vulnerable patient with a mask and don’t bother to offer to wear one too. Join the dots, lads.
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Today's university in crisis is Coventry, which apparently is going for fire-and-rehire, making people apply for their own jobs or moving them to a subsidiary with an inferior pension scheme. There'll be another tomorrow, and then another the day after, and then another the day after that.
December 12, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Today's university in crisis is Coventry, which apparently is going for fire-and-rehire, making people apply for their own jobs or moving them to a subsidiary with an inferior pension scheme. There'll be another tomorrow, and then another the day after, and then another the day after that.
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How bad is autism research?
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
December 7, 2024 at 4:47 PM
How bad is autism research?
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
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Oh FFS, not again. Too many men using autism as a get out of jail free card. Most autistic people, like everyone else, know the difference between right and wrong. In fact, many have a better sense of fairness and honesty than neurotypicals.
December 7, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Oh FFS, not again. Too many men using autism as a get out of jail free card. Most autistic people, like everyone else, know the difference between right and wrong. In fact, many have a better sense of fairness and honesty than neurotypicals.
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There should be a word for wealthy white cishet men who suddenly embrace being autistic solely to try to avoid accountability for their shitty behavior.
December 7, 2024 at 11:18 AM
There should be a word for wealthy white cishet men who suddenly embrace being autistic solely to try to avoid accountability for their shitty behavior.
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🔁Repost this thread to help share the highlights from this week's Staff Assembly, where the UEA community used its voice LOUD & CLEAR to tell management to change course in its handling of the current crisis. #SaveUEA #UKHE @ucu.org.uk [1/10]
December 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
🔁Repost this thread to help share the highlights from this week's Staff Assembly, where the UEA community used its voice LOUD & CLEAR to tell management to change course in its handling of the current crisis. #SaveUEA #UKHE @ucu.org.uk [1/10]
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Look, calling out my self-demonstrated lack of comedic chops is just mean.
Accurate, but mean.
Ok, just accurate.
Accurate, but mean.
Ok, just accurate.
Broke, woke, bespoke was RIGHT there Andy...
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Look, calling out my self-demonstrated lack of comedic chops is just mean.
Accurate, but mean.
Ok, just accurate.
Accurate, but mean.
Ok, just accurate.
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Universities do not exist to 'train', produce 'skills' or generate 'impact'. They exist to create new knowledge and teach about it. Any assertion to the contrary is in error, and is destroying everything it touches.
December 4, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Universities do not exist to 'train', produce 'skills' or generate 'impact'. They exist to create new knowledge and teach about it. Any assertion to the contrary is in error, and is destroying everything it touches.
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Long thread: You can predict that the usual suspects will latch onto this as another way to hit out at immigration. Here's the thing though, there is a big difference between "causation" and "correlation", and even the "correlation" argument is weak. 1/ #r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
UK towns that saw rioting last summer have ‘torn social fabric’, report claims
Majority of areas where violence broke out have below-median scores on index of community cohesion and resilience
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Long thread: You can predict that the usual suspects will latch onto this as another way to hit out at immigration. Here's the thing though, there is a big difference between "causation" and "correlation", and even the "correlation" argument is weak. 1/ #r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Are the VC and managers taking a stand of protest and resistance? Hard to imagine that in the UK.
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Are the VC and managers taking a stand of protest and resistance? Hard to imagine that in the UK.
British farmers (well, Clarkson-esque ‘farmers’) are taking a leaf out of their French confréres’ book when it comes to protesting, how about we academics (and senior managers) do the same?
FAO UK colleagues: french unis are facing massive budget cuts, forced to reduce numbers. They’re are protesting today; the VC of Lille has closed the whole Uni today to protest.
Budget 2025. L’alerte des « universités en danger » face à une situation financière très dégradée !
Les universités se mobilisent pour marquer leur « refus de se voir condamnées à dégrader la qualité de leurs formations ».
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
#UniversitesEnDanger @lemonde.fr
Les universités se mobilisent pour marquer leur « refus de se voir condamnées à dégrader la qualité de leurs formations ».
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
#UniversitesEnDanger @lemonde.fr
December 3, 2024 at 9:26 AM
British farmers (well, Clarkson-esque ‘farmers’) are taking a leaf out of their French confréres’ book when it comes to protesting, how about we academics (and senior managers) do the same?
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Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
Tom Hayhoe's first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of pandemic PPE that had to be written off.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I still can’t get over this data point.
“Annual accounts for the DHSC in January showed that nearly three-quarters of the money it spent on PPE during the pandemic had been written off.”
“Annual accounts for the DHSC in January showed that nearly three-quarters of the money it spent on PPE during the pandemic had been written off.”
UK gov appoints COVID fraud Commissioner
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Looking forward to sharing our list of 135 high risk COVID contracts, worth £15.3bn, with them www.transparency.org.uk/publications...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Looking forward to sharing our list of 135 high risk COVID contracts, worth £15.3bn, with them www.transparency.org.uk/publications...
Rachel Reeves appoints Covid corruption commissioner
Exclusive: Tom Hayhoe will examine an estimated £7.6bn of Covid-related fraud
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I still can’t get over this data point.
“Annual accounts for the DHSC in January showed that nearly three-quarters of the money it spent on PPE during the pandemic had been written off.”
“Annual accounts for the DHSC in January showed that nearly three-quarters of the money it spent on PPE during the pandemic had been written off.”
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i am super biased here because i am an academic and would like to continue to be one *but* i do feel there comes a point where you have to ask yourself what the point of ‘the economy’ is if it doesn’t support education or healthcare or the arts or housing or food or water and utilities
not an original observation but i was just explaining that the UK higher ed sector is in a bad financial position to my mum (who’s lived in austria all her life) and it is actually a very strange thing to explain that the ‘education sector’ is struggling
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 PM
i am super biased here because i am an academic and would like to continue to be one *but* i do feel there comes a point where you have to ask yourself what the point of ‘the economy’ is if it doesn’t support education or healthcare or the arts or housing or food or water and utilities