Anthony McCann (N Ire)
@anthonymccann.bsky.social
Adult ADHD, Burnout, Recovery Coach. Prev. acad: Languages; History; Sociology; Anthropology; Anthro of Music; Legal Studies; Peace & Conflict. Research: ADHD; stress; safety; situation awareness; soma; personality; chronic illness; PANDAS. Carer.
I have emerged from TT job and fellowship application hell to say: THERE IS A NEW SPECIAL EPISODE OF @thisguysucked.com OUT! The wonderful @gregjenner.bsky.social and I chatted about what it means to do humor and history at the same and you should go listen to it.
Sandra Cisneros about her craft… “Write with your heart. Edit with your brain. You can’t do both at the same time. Write like only one person is going to read it—the person who can see you in your pajamas—that’s your heart. When you’re done, edit like your enemy is going to read it.” #IATE2026
For 10 weeks, we asked five AI chatbots the same questions every day. None repeated the core misinformation they were tested on, but they reported proposals as law, quoted outdated figures and gave different answers on different days. Our first report: fullfact.org/ai-benchmark...
How are pain signals mapped into the space around the body? Our new Neuropsychologia paper, led by Sara Coppi, finds that visual cues near the hand speed responses to painful stimulation. Body ownership also influences these responses. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected
Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans
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A cheery reminder you can now watch visualised editions of You’re Dead To Me on YouTube outside the UK (and on BBC iPlayer in the UK) This episode on the history of underwear was one of my all-time faves, with amazing guests @vicmmic.bsky.social & Prof Serena Dyer youtu.be/T5X4LV46ZVA?...
What People Wore BEFORE Underwear Existed | You're Dead To Me
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Sander Verhaegh, Logical Positivism: An American History - @academic.oup.com, September 2026 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I once saw a video where a lecturer asks a group of people to "name something you do every day to protect yourself from sexual assault". First she asks the men & they look at each other as if they don't understand the question, so on the left side of the whiteboard the lecturer writes "nothing". /1
An autistic woman would be far better at foiling James Bond than working at a call centre, she claims.
Autistic woman’s skillset better suited to Bond villain than customer service representative
An autistic woman would be far better at foiling James Bond than working at a call centre, she claims. Miya Wilkes, 27, is adept at using technology and looking unnerving, neither of which she has…
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Here is my ongoing contribution to my very own music discourse with 4 excellent albums that you're not likely to hear on the radio or see on a billboard chart.
I've been eagerly awaiting the new Humbird album. youtu.be/x_6sEGQrpuY?...
Humbird - Daughter of Empire (Live Performance)
YouTube video by Humbird
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Thank you to Humbird and the fans who joined us Saturday afternoon to celebrate the release of Morning When It Comes!
Humbird “Blood Moon” at Electric Fetus - September 26, 2026
YouTube video by Electric Fetus
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
Indeed. First time in 40 years I’ve walked away in bewilderment halfway through an episode of Star Trek.
Adam Roberts@adamroberts.bsky.social · 2mo agolatestartrek.substack.com/p/snw-49-wha...
The Usborne Book Of Ghosts wasn't written by Usborne. They hired a group of professional writers whose names didn't appear on the cover. Instead they just had a picture of them.
"The Internet sometimes will get yr #diagnosis correct, but it’s always a good idea to see a real #doctor because sometimes u may be reading outdated #information or it’s just wrong to begin with.": buff.ly/h7djvHY by sarahlynn358 #ChronicPain #InvisibleIllness #disabled #HealthEducation #medicine
Why I Don’t Google My Disability Or Any Of It’s Symptoms
When you start to experience pain, sometimes people will Google their symptoms before going to the doctor because the Internet makes it easy to get information on anything. If you have a new diagno…
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Dogs waiting to enter children's hospital rooms for animal therapy...Please don’t scroll without giving them some love! ❤ Original post
About 15 years ago, when I decided to first focus on telling my story about my childhood in a cult, I said to myself & in interviews that my hope is “To have cults become part of the national conversation.” This informative article is exactly what I was talking about. Great work, Jenni Walford!
How Cult Techniques Infect Corporate Training, Coaching, and Therapy Programs
Corporate and therapy training programs often present themselves as cutting‑edge, science‑based, or spiritually transformative. Behind the polished branding, many borrow from the same manipulative pla...
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Acabo de escribir un nuevo artículo en Portaluz.org. En él resumo el magnífico libro de Jenni Walford sobre las técnicas típicas de las #sectas que se utilizan en #coaching y formación portaluz.org/batalla-mal/... @stoppseudo.bsky.social @europarental.bsky.social @circuloesceptico.bsky.social
Monstruos ocultos bajo la imagen de un coach. 7 claves que delatan el peligro
Jenni Walford ha escrito una guía para detectar las técnicas de persuasión coercitiva que, fuera de las sectas clásicas, son cada vez más habituales en contextos donde son más difíciles de descubrir, ...
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Jeremy Adelman, The Capitalist Era: The Making—and Unmaking—of the Global Mind – @princetonupress.bsky.social, September/November 2026 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Capitalist Era
A sweeping history of global interdependence from the late eighteenth to the twenty-first century—with essential lessons for today
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Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'
Paul Hebden@paulhebden.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.
