Harry Ferguson

Wonderful to find #Tayto crisps for sale in Melbourne, but at $6 (£3) a packet - THREE QUID😱😡.

Australia, how could you 🥲🥲

@jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social

Brilliant analysis by @cwarzel.bsky.social of the socio-political dynamics surrounding a blue denim jeans ad campaign and the production of Sydney Sweeney as a cultural object. Applies to how so many cultural moments are confected internet / social media driven spectacles.

😂😂😂 That’s brilliant John!!

And very true. No amount of negotiation, processes, summits … will ever sort it.

Moreover, it’s a conflict waged within the self as we swing between favouring one over t’other. At least I do!!!

🎉 Campaign success!

The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland!

Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue.

🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase

A jackpot of £129 million and the “You’ve won” email arrives.

… 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy)

And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80”

Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues

‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in Germany This paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. Through twelve qualitative interviews, three of which were couple interv...

My second journal article is out in Culture, Health & Sexuality. It is the final paper of the MANFOKUS project. Our paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719

This is a great paper, based on excellent research that deserves to be widely read by all in social work.

Starmer is as bad as those who came before him. What a bitter disappointment Echoing the far right on immigration, his moral and intellectual stature has fallen away

Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually.
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇

Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?

Utterly appalling and so so disappointing Lisa. All hope has gone now 😭😭

Spot on Zoe.

Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.

Wish I could be there. To congratulate you in person and be back in the wonderful city where I did my SW degree and that I loved. Have a great celebration 🎉

If this is the case, we know this man is on an all fluoride diet.

And that is what Adrian should have said, really.

The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich.
That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today

I’ve had 2 liver transplants- one in 2004 and the other in 2023. The generosity of my donors and their families has kept me alive. Please support #OrganDonation and let your wishes be known.

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#NoStateVisit

#TrumpOut

Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor through “The Roots of Buddhist Psychology” — The Revealer The 30th anniversary of Jack Kornfield’s famed lecture series on Buddhism and how it resonates today amidst social and political upheaval

I'd suggest reading this while wearing your inflatable T-rex costume and eating cookies. You can find The Roots of Buddhist Psychology on Hoopla through your local library. I promise, this lecture series is a profound hoot and a half! therevealer.org/meeting-chao... #psychology #philosophy #Buddhism

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Never thought I’d be applauding Ronald Reagan’s wisdom!

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Well done Kim! And what a piece to present it!!!

Do psychiatrists as a rule do home visits? Or is it down to individual psychiatrists?
Is there a literature on it Matthew?

New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...

Wel played, Ikea.

Mary Hannity · Worse than Orphans: Waifs and Strays What power does a child have? You could refuse your food or try to run away or escape into your imagination. You could...

‘Staff assessed the moral worth of families through inspection and case-work, often relying on local gossip and judging families on their ability to keep up appearances. A dirty home meant a deviant family life.’

Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

A wonderful life story and extraordinary career by the incomparable Lindsey Hilton - great interview on Desert Island Discs by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social

Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.

Totally agree John. Little wonder so many disabled people are very distressed about the prospect of being further impoverished. By a Labour government?! It’s appalling.

Is this by @robmitch92.bsky.social? It’s lovely ❤️

Congratulations! A (second book) is a really great achievement and I’ve no doubt whatever that it will race up the charts

Copy of the new book Social Work, Cats & Rocket Science on a floor.

The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe
#SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience
@elaineljames.bsky.social

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

My latest post is now out.

I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.

This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!

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