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@helenargh.bsky.social

Helen Gould. Sensitivity consultant, EDI trainer, writer. Likes monsters. Non-binary (any/all pronouns). Works with Rusty Quill; all views are my own. "can certainly write in a straight line" - Grant Howitt

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Them Fatale,@mxthemfatale.bsky.social · last wk.

Get it up ye! Love how quickly the courts managed to process this and flush it out. GCs just throw money at wasting everyone's time and energy over the pettiest of nonsense. Money that could be spent, i dunno, supporting women and girls to do literally anything instead.

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Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · last wk.

honestly i think buckaroos consider a daily gratitude practice to be some overwhelmingly difficult thing and really it is just this. very nice work bud

Dust on Both Sides@dustcollector.bsky.social · last wk.

This is probably silly, but every now and then I stop and look at things like viaducts, shopping carts, chickens eating corn, or cats rolling there and back in sunlight and think how incredibly unlikely all of this is in the grand scheme of things. We could've been a barren ball of rock.

And it's worth fighting for.@helenargh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last night I dreamt that Sam Reich was directing Avengers Doomsday. It was an interactive/immersive experience where we watched literally every superhero get assassinated by scary masked villains and then had to a) survive the assassins ourselves and b) figure out wtf was going on.

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 2w ago

🚨 BREAKING We've filed a complaint to the Charity Commission about Sex Matters, detailing 46 incidents which we think, together, amount to misconduct and mismanagement. But we also need wider action against charities spreading hate - help us tell the government & Commission they must step up 👇

Sex Matters are breaking charity law with transphobic hate – we’re taking action | Good Law Project

We’ve made a formal complaint to the Charity Commission and the government, citing 46 examples of offensive transphobia

goodlaw.social

Jack Grimes@jackapedia.design · 3w ago

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️@cnlester.bsky.social · 3w ago

A lovely story I ought to share more often: best wedding I've ever done the music for was a renewal of vows for a couple who'd been together 50+ years, and one partner had just transitioned, so they wanted to update everything and have another celebration as two wives. Grandkids did the readings...

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️@cnlester.bsky.social · 3w ago

This has been an enormous change in my lifetime, and something I'm holding onto for hope. All of my parents family friends - a lot of them fairly 'old-fashioned' people - now have stories of 'well, {x}'s husband, who's now her wife, well, they're both so much happier now...' and it matters.

Cal Horton (they/them)@fiercemum.bsky.social · 3w ago

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

Marcus 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 3w ago

How lovely he was doing a speech about purging antisemitism when he was waving flags during a racist riot and doing a rivers of blood speech and values Palestinian life not at all.

Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remember Starmer ignored the findings of the Forde Report, because he was hoping antisemitism was a huge problem in the Labour Party. It was nowhere near the levels of anti black and anti Muslim hatred. So he and Blairite colleagues ignored the findings. THAT’S what I will remember him for.

Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here are two things that are true: 1. Trans people in the UK (and elsewhere) are suffering immense harm and persecution, and it's affecting almost of all our mental health. 2. Being vile to other trans people (or anyone) on here is still completely unacceptable, and there is no excuse for it.

Leyline Press@leylinepress.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're excited to announce our upcoming project, Achaean. A Mythic Greek, dark fantasy TTRPG, compatible with MÖRK BORG. @morkborg.com You play as tragic heroes in a doomed world of dying gods and horrors of myth. Follow the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ley...

Coming soon: Achaean

Mythic Greek, dark fantasy TTRPG, compatible with MÖRK BORG. Play as tragic heroes in a doomed world of dying gods and horrors of myth.

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And it's worth fighting for.@helenargh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Quick story about allyship. I just popped into my work mailbox to make sure my Out Of Office was on (I'm part-time) and found an email from my manager. He'd forwarded me and the rest of the team a response from his local MP about the current butchering of trans rights in the UK. (1/4)

Nancy Kelley@nancymk.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧵Aug: the Code of Practice comes into force. Sept: safeguarding and RHSE guidance in English schools. The net result will be pervasive segregation of trans children and young people that cuts across every part of their lives outside of the home. So: I'm asking you to donate to LGBTQ+ youthwork now⬇️

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 3w ago

With new education guidance that could segregate Trans+ kids from toilets, there's a wave of hostile policymaking targeting Trans+ children What we can do to support them @nancymk.bsky.social 

Rosie (she/her)@airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of: improved recognition changing help-seeking behaviour institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including: real increases in distress in some groups improved recognition of previously unmet need changing expectations about support systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services. The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.