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Paul Foxcroft

@paulfoxcroft.bsky.social

Comedian, Improviser, Writer, Game Designer, Game Writer, Voice Actor and pro Dungeon Master for Questing Time. Was actually in #TedLasso - they can't take that away. Find me at #AdventureX!

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@lakerpatrick.bsky.social · yesterday

On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

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fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 2w ago

I work for a public sector body. Someone important has had an idea and wants us to do it. Everyone agrees the idea is not viable. But because we can't say no, we're paying a consultancy £100k to come up with the evidence to say its not viable. This happens a lot.

Julien Eveillé@pataloon.bsky.social · 3w ago

I need someone who's either really good at doing Artistic Direction or at helping me make the right choices. If you love BLAME!, The Incal, DUNE, Star Wars,... If you are someone with a passion and knowledge on Hard Sci-Fi, Brutalism and Metaphysical space opera... Let's talk?

A bottle to the sea, stranded on a shore
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.
Casey Lucas@bimbo.phd · 3w ago

I didn't know Sam Neill closely, but we were 'pub and shopping neighbours' for over a decade. Not a bad word to say, never crossed paths without thinking "what a lovely, funny man." Would often see him at wine tastings, pouring glasses and tidying up alongside the bar staff. Normal as bloke.

Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 3w ago

No, media. Binface isn’t good because he’s silly. He’s good because he’s a sinister shadow of how Farage has worked his grift so far. And because he’s a lower security risk, less corrupt, less fraudulent, more reasonable, more relatable etc. The satire is sharper than “Snort! He’s Mr Blobby!”

Mike Ryan@mikeryan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Sam Neill should have won an Oscar for this “help I’m being attacked by an invisible Chevy Chase” scene with a stupid looking plastic gun taped to the side of his head