Come on, BBC News (UK). Centering the reaction of the accused man, again? You can do better than this! BBC News - Police leader 'upset' by sex remark and touch claims - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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.Chiltern Railways Hi! Are you still there? Any idea when the 11.07 from Marylebone will get into Bicester North? There are no comms on the train, and nothing on the website. 🐄

My lovely team is recruiting for a Family Therapist (8a), a Clinical Psychologist (8b) and an Assistant Psychologist. We are a clinical team based within Oxfordshire Children's Services. Please let me know if you'd like to chat! careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Syste…

Hey, UKCP! Where are you in this conversation? Like all Systemic Psychotherapists, I (quite rightly) have to be registered with you and am regulated by you. Your absence from this conversation leaves an important gap.

Come and work with us at Oxford DSPI ! Dept lecturer, child and adolescent health, violence and child protection research, quantitative and mixed methods. Apply by 11 November! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Trump was indicted by grand juries of his fellow citizens. He has been charged with 88 criminal felony charges. He has been found guilty of 34 of them. He is awaiting trial on the rest. A convicted felon who tried to overturn the 2020 election should not be President.

And just like that, I'm 19 again! 😍 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Buffy puts it perfectly, as ever.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

I remember where I was when I watched the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth and how I sat stunned at the end. One of the best pieces of tragicomic writing ever, in any form; worth another look today of all days.

I've written about what dying typically looks like - not as a 'pro' or 'anti' AD piece, but in the spirit of confronting a taboo. We've lost the easy familiarity with the patterns of dying that existed when death typically occurred in people’s own homes. Let's talk about it 🙏

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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.

Chaos at Paddington, incorrect information on your website, no staff in sight, and no-one on customer support. It's not really good enough, GWR.

"Disguising a prejudicial label in this way erases decades of survivor/lived experience grassroots activism and critique that challenges the personality disorder construct" Superb must read from Hat #StopSIM #StopOxevision 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩸 Bethan Edwards, Nell & Jee #ComplexEmotionalNeeds tinyurl.com/489vcudf

🧵Why is mental health disability rising? Here are key reasons rarely discussed in mainstream media: 1️/ For decades we've neglected tackling the social determinants of societal distress, relying instead on medicalisation as a superficial ‘fix’ for downstream harms. This has...

“When it faces an existential crisis, as both Labour and the BBC might in 2029, who will defend it? The right – and the plutocrats the right exists to champion – want it gone, while the left now sees it as a hostile force. It is appeasing itself to death.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"Enjoy the little things. One day you may look back and realise they were the big things" ⛅️ Join us for Joyful June and discover daily actions to appreciate what's good, even in tough times actionforhappiness.org/joyful-june #JoyfulJune