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The Nerdy Researcher

@gisborne.bsky.social

MRes (Psych) student - neurodivergent identity and subcultures, PhD wannabe. Lover of history (early medieval to restoration). Late diagnosed AuDHD. Spoonie. Apparently, a big NERD (Star Trek, Dr Who, being converted to Transformers...)

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Benn Pirrie@benpirrie.bsky.social · 18h ago

Quick break so: Got a feeling I'll be needing all the help I can get for the rest of the month, so I shall be opening up some commission slots. Also, take a look at my Ko-Fi, every little helps! (I'll do a direct link when I eventually get home)

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The Nerdy Researcher@gisborne.bsky.social · last mo.

Its 34 degrees in here. Id like a shower but my boiler is a pain in the answers that turns the heating on with the shower. Another degree or two could kill me. Guess I'll just continue melting and being stinky then!

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last mo.

…huh. HK is exaggerating here, but not very much. Guardian called this Starmer's "most personal interview yet." He barely comes across as human. "part of being Keir is just ploughing on […] knowing where I’ve got to go, without allowing myself time to stop and have a discussion with myself." 😐

But then he can’t really say if he’s strictly an optimist or a pessimist and, no, doesn’t know if he’s an extrovert or an introvert, either. “I’ve never really thought about it. I don’t know what that tells you.” He doesn’t know what he dreamed last night – or ever: “I don’t dream.” Just hits the pillow at 11 and – “bang” – is out till around 5. He doesn’t have a favourite novel or poem, wasn’t scared of anything as a child. “Nothing. No phobias.” Hmmm, this is harder than I thought. What about his lovely heather-coloured tie, where is it from and who chose it? He takes it between finger and thumb. “Would you say heather? I had it down as slightly darker.” Quick-fire is perhaps not his format.
HK@hkesvani.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 2mo ago

An autistic woman who claims she has entered her badass, no-nonsense “villain era” actually bursts into tears at the first indication someone is less than pleased with her, according to sources.

“In my villain era” says autistic woman who cries at first sign of conflict

An autistic woman who claims she has entered her badass, no-nonsense "villain era" actually bursts into tears at the first indication someone is less than pleased with her, according to sources.…

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The Nerdy Researcher@gisborne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why aren't there support groups for millennial having to care for/cope with ageing parents? Working as a scrub/anaesthetic nurse in trauma theatres for 40 hours a week wasn't as stressful as this (and that gave me burnout!)

Graham Thomson@thomsongraham.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 To celebrate 60 issues of The TFUK Guide, I am giving away this brand new Transformers Missing Link Cordon! 🎉 To enter: - Follow this account - Share this post The winner will be randomly picked on 21 June 2026. Open worldwide. Good luck!

A photograph of Transformers Missing Link Cordon, inside its unopened box
Graham Thomson@thomsongraham.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NOW AVAILABLE: The TFUK Guide reaches the end of 1990 and issue 300 of the Transformers comic with its 60th edition! There’s also a look at the history of Dread Tidings, some unseen original artwork, and more. All subscribers on Patreon can download it right now! ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/now-av...

The cover to The TFUK Guide No. 60
The Nerdy Researcher@gisborne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

2019 GP - I think you're in perimenopause. Hospital - might be. No concerns though. 2024 I'm getting noticeable symptoms, ask for help. Different GP - you're far too young for menopause. It's stress. 2026 Symptoms a lot worse. 99 day cycle Different GP - yup, you're late stage perimenopause

BYTESEU@byteseu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Masked and Misunderstood, the Hidden Cost of Being “Quirky” https://www.byteseu.com/2075577/ Autistic women represent a diagnostically complex and historically overlooked subgroup within autism research. High rates of camouflaging, internalized symptom expression, and gender‑based social …

Masked and Misunderstood, the Hidden Cost of Being “Quirky” - Bytes Europe

Autistic women represent a diagnostically complex and historically overlooked subgroup within autism research. High rates of camouflaging, internalized

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Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just under 5 years ago, The Guardian censored these words of non-binary academic Judith Butler arguing that transphobia is fascism. Butler has quite obviously been proved right. A good day to share this widely.

It is very appalling and sometimes quite frightening to see how trans-exclusionary feminists have allied with rightwing attacks on gender. The anti-gender ideology movement is not opposing a specific account of gender but seeking to eradicate "gender" as a concept or discourse, a field of study, an approach to social power. Sometimes they claim that "sex" alone has scientific standing, but other times they appeal to divine mandates for masculine domination and difference. They don't seem to mind contradicting themselves. The Terfs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) and the so-called gender critical writers have also rejected the important work in feminist philosophy of science showing how culture and nature interact (such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, EM Hammonds or Anne Fausto-Sterling) in favor of a regressive and spurious form of biological essentialism. So they will not be part of the coalition that seeks to fight the anti-gender movement. The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which include high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. Quick and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgments. Yes, some work on gender is difficult and not everyone can read it, so we have to do better in reaching a broader public. As important as it is, however, to make complex concepts available to a popular audience, it is equally important to encourage intellectual inquiry as part of public life. Unfortunately, we are living in anti-intellectual times, and neo-fascism is becoming more normalized.