How does human genetics research live in the information ecosystem? Is it misused? Misrepresented? In my paper with @sramach.bsky.social, we tackle this question with 25 years of Wikipedia data, AI chatbot responses, and pages from Grokipedia www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

From Wikipedia to AI: Measuring 25 years of synthesis of human genetics research in the public-facing information ecosystem

Genetics research frequently intersects with ethnicity, nationality, and race, making it uniquely vulnerable to misrepresentation. Yet, 25 years after the initial sequencing of the human genome, there...

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On the spot reporters inspect Space X damage.

There are more left-handed people than originally thought. Higher incidence of celiac. When criminalisation was removed and social stigma lessened, more LGBT + folk. In Australia + US more indigenous people after removal of racial classifications and discrimination. Now higher recognition of autism

A lot of autism research is based on the metaphor of computational cognitivism: signal in - autistic algorithm - autistic behaviour out. It is also the metaphor that drives the claims AI tech bros. Bodies are eliminated.

"It’s really a way for them to try to pressure private companies to suppress certain viewpoints, the viewpoints the Trump administration disagrees with, which is anything about diversity, equity, inclusion — and truth it wants to deny…" truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump’s FTC Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI”

As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.

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"What emerges from this cultural apparatus is a politics that governs by teaching people how not to think historically, how not to connect private suffering to public issues, and how to accept cruelty as common sense." @girouxh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2PAID...

Never again in the age of historical amnesia

Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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New Behind the Bastards 🇵🇸 Robert sits down with Dr. Dana al-Kurd to discuss how things started going wrong in Palestine, and how terror first came to the Holy Land. @iwriteok.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/behindthebas...

Now final in @elife.bsky.social: #Synesthetes really do 'see' when reporting colors while reading (typeface gray) numbers: pupils change according to the perceived colors' brightness - if a synesthete sees a bright yellow, the pupils become smaller. elifesciences.org/articles/110...

Christoph Strauch@cstrauch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We show that synesthesia is sensory and automatic in nature: the pupil scales with the brightness of experienced synesthetic colors. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... Now in its new dress @elife.bsky.social (convincing & valuable in round 1). If anyone wants to pick up the method, happy to share & explain!

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Plain language please. What about: "This study found that epilepsy can often be traced to problems in the way brain cells communicate with each other, opening the door to better treatments." for dummies like me 😅

DNA-CPR orders more likely for adults with profound learning disabilities www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/dna-cpr...

DNA-CPR orders more likely for adults with profound learning disabilities - Learning Disability Today

Findings from the latest LeDeR report indicate that adults with profound or severe learning disabilities are more likely to have controversial do-not-resuscitate orders (DNA-CPR) made against them.

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A book that offers a fresh and critical take on the relationship between disability, work and capitalism in the UK is now available for pre-order. Disabling Capitalism by @cerasellachis.bsky.social challenges the idea that disabled people are ‘non-workers’. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/4yXGPf5

Disabling Capitalism

Disabling Capitalism - A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement; A critical exploration of disability, precarious work and capitalism in the UK, this book demonstrates the value of d...

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We're often told that capitalism and market liberalisation are closing the gap between rich and poor countries, and the old colonial inequalities are fading. Is it true? We explored this question in a new paper, just published in NPE. Buckle up for some interesting results! 🧵

The UK almost literally just began prescribing Wellbutrin for ADHD and getting adderal is basically impossible, so of course they’re airing something like this

Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d ago

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0

Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.

Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.

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Yay, social prestige is heading my way! Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle: 'We are not lonely' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'We are not lonely': Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle

A growing number of what the internet has dubbed "loneliness influencers" are spotlighting solo living without children or friends - and it's spurring debate.

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Crazy the way this keeps happening....

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d ago

A far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser.

Pathologizing Disabled And Trans Identities: How Emotions Become Marginalized Gen Eickers Pdf: philpapers.org/archive/EICP...

'Dyslexia is my superpower' - oh, does this mean I have to wear my pants on the outside? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Teachers wrote me off but now I think dyslexia is my superpower'

Sam Bell quit school at 17 after struggling with dyslexia – she now credits it for her career success.

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Don’t know if it’s because of integration with AI, but writing on a computer is much easier these days as it tidies up my jumbled letters and words and even questions any random words. A useful aid.

I can’t be the only white autistic who finds the cooptation of Black experience after the violence of slavery (Du Bois) and colonial violence (Fanon) and applying these to white autistic accounts of ‘masking’ in the C21st more than a little icky.

Good news. Research has indicated the endometriosis occurs at 2-3 times higher prevalence in the autistic population. Higher prevalence of gastrointestinal and autoimmune conditions complicate endometriosis management and have a negative effect on mental health.

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

They should read my book and learn that this is a false dichotomy and its both. If anyone knows Channel 4 please send them a copy!

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

“Across these traditions, embryological development is understood not as the unfolding of a pre-existing essence but as the progressive organization of embodied life through interacting physiological, environmental, temporal, and relational conditions.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Formative embodiment and early life: a comparative health humanities reading of development, meaning, and mental life - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

This paper brings insights from classical Indic, Tantric, Daoist, and Hellenistic medical traditions into dialogue with contemporary developmental science to examine the metaphysical, relational, and ...

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Thanks to @forbetterscience.bsky.social for reporting on the Waehre case and the further link to the Cass report. The TL;DR is that Wæhre collected data on trans kids without consent, and send it to Cass to support her claim of an increase in AFAB kids identifying as trans as a sort of fashion

Leonid Schneider@forbetterscience.bsky.social · 6d ago

Schneider Shorts 31.07.2026 – Stackable micro-credentials forbetterscience.com/2026/07/31/s...

@miladaskalova.bsky.social, @juliamacintosh.bsky.social, Cheryl McGeachan, and Azra Khan reflect on how the conference unfolded, examining how delving into the history of madness fosters connection, belonging, and continuity for the mad present. thepolyphony.org/2026/07/31/f...

‘Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity’ Conference

Mila Daskalova, Julia Macintosh, Cheryl McGeachan, and Azra Khan organised the Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity Conference. In this piece, they reflect on how the conference unfolded, exami…

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@micahgallen.com shares recent developments in vagal anatomy—the permutational granularity becomes astronomical in spite of subjective experience remaining pretty vanilla www.the-ecg.org/2026/07/29/v... #vagus #emobidiedcognitions #interoception

Diagnostic categories in movement: the looping effect as a key to understanding the instability of the DSM www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Diagnostic categories in movement: the looping effect as a key to understanding the instability of the DSM

Ian Hacking has proposed a series of notions for analyzing the human sciences. In this paper, we explore his idea of the looping effect in relation to the classification of mental illnesses. While ...

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Julius Fučík (1903-1943) was a writer, critic and member of Communist Party in Czechoslovakia. He was at the forefront of anti-Nazi resistance during WW11. Fučík was captured and tortured by the Gestapo in Prague and executed in Berlin. During his time imprisoned he wrote on cigarette papers that /