@diffusefield

Acoustics engineer. PhD. Accessible sound environments. Differences aren't the problem. Me so' capita io. Autistic, FirstGen - she/her

 Andalucía/Scotland
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Joined September 2021
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Pleased to share that my PhD thesis is now online: 📕"Disabling Acoustics: Impact of daily life acoustic environments on neurodivergent, auraldivergent and noise sensitive people" tinyurl.com/2c3un49s I've created a WP site for an HTML version: disablingacoustics.wordpress…
Cover of the thesis with the title and my name

ALT Cover of the thesis with the title and my name

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chester@fratboychesterOct 13
not to sound gay but im actually starting to think structuring our entire society around maximizing profit instead of the public good is a bad idea
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You can colonize countries in different ways now
Business Post@businessposthqOct 11
Data centres run by four US tech giants are now consuming a fifth of Ireland’s total electricity, a Business Post analysis reveals. businesspost.ie/companies/ex…

Exclusive: These four tech giants now consume 20% of Ireland’s electricity

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ViryinYangΨ۞@VirginiaMLOOct 11
El malestar generado por la ausencia de necesidades básicas cubiertas no se arregla con fármacos ni psicoterapia.
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This is the most important message. A society cannot be okay with so many children struggling in school and in life. Adults have the responsibility to change that society for them. If you don't like "diagnosis", fight for making them unnecessary in the first place.
Children's Commissioner for England@ChildrensCommOct 9
I was pleased to have contributed to the independent review from Prof Peter Fonagy which highlights an urgent truth: our children are distressed. A million children should not be waiting for help with mental health or an assessment for autism or ADHD. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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And it's so absurd to think that a diagnosis gets you all the support you need or that it's an "easy mode pass" that it just tells about the ignorance of those who think it.
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mitra
@mitrajoy_Oct 8
rich people don’t die if you tax them more. poor people do die if you cut welfare and healthcare.
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Prof Peter Fonagy said there had been a "very real" rise in "distress & mental ill health among young people". He also notes how conditions such as anxiety & depression can "worsen the traits of ADHD and autism" but says Wes Streeting was completely wrong about over diagnosis.
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsOct 9
ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says report, with author due to speak to BBC bbc.in/3VBz5jE

ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says report, as author warns of rise in mental ill health

The government-commissioned review, chaired by Prof Peter Fonagy, found there was a risk of people being over-diagnosed with ADHD and autism.

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Hend Amry
@LibyaLibertyOct 7
Ed Miliband
@Ed_MilibandOct 7
Three years ago, Hamas terrorists carried out the worst attack on Israel in its history, murdering 1,200 innocent people. I offer my deep condolences to those who lost loved ones. I send my solidarity to the people of Israel on the anniversary of this terrible act.
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BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreakingOct 7
Woman, 87, whose eviction sparked housing protests across Spain, has died, tenants' union says bbc.in/4zkVuQK

Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.

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Für alle die sich hier darüber aufregen, dass ich sage der Staat sollte den Grundbedürfnissen und der Würde der Menschen dienen, was wollt ihr dann denn eigentlich!?
DER SPIEGEL
@derspiegelOct 2
Die in den USA lehrende deutsche Ökonomin Isabella Weber glaubt zu wissen, wie man Rechtspopulisten aufhält. Sie will den Staat rigoros um die Bedürfnisse der Menschen herum organisieren. Link in X-Bio.
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Lo deprimente que es comprobar de sopetón la de gente que no sabe ni escuchar ni entender lo que leen.
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Sergio ۞@SMCpanaSep 30
La gente quejándose de que se va a ir a la mierda el negocio de los alquileres. Chiqui, de eso se trata
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🔥🔥🔥This is one hell of an essay.🔥🔥🔥 "Here is the problem: not one man in that fraternity reported what was happening to a woman being drugged and raped down the hall. Not one. That is “not all men”—in practice. Male violence does not survive without male silence."
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@QasimRashidSep 28
This is an article for men. Women already know this. A few months ago I wrote an article titled “Women are not safe around men” and I got 100s of messages from angry men chewing me out. This week a woman filed a civil suit against 7 men at Cornell University for drugging, trafficking, and raping her. Zero have faced any criminal charges. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men. And the data is devastating. qasimrashid.com/p/cornell-un…

Cornell University, Systemic Sexual Abuse, and the Men Responsible

Content Warning: This is a post about men, rape, and women

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Key here: new build. Not helping you buy a house. Helping them by having you buy a house from them. Them being housebuilders.
Andy Burnham
@andyburnhamSep 26
Let's be honest. A lot of young people have stopped believing they'll ever own their own home. That's what happens when rents are high, house prices are high, and saving for a deposit feels impossible. My Labour government is stepping in to help. With Your First Home, first-time buyers will be able to buy a new-build home with a deposit of just 2.5%. Because hard work and saving should count for something. And because the dream of owning your own home shouldn't belong only to those with help from the bank of Mum and Dad.
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⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ ✒️ 🙏 If you are an academic or healthcare professional, please consider signing. 🙏✒️ framaforms.org/we-stand-with…
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El ayuntamiento de Madrid está farmeando aura a tope últimamente
UK Noise Association@cutnoiseSep 1
Noise concerns about Madrid's F1 motor-racing circuit reported in the British press theguardian.com/world/2026/s…

Madrid residents brace for noise and disruption from new F1 circuit

City council emphasises economic case for Madring amid local outrage over disruption and environmental impact

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There’s a lot we can do with the solutions we know to improve acoustic environments and the well-being of those most impacted by them, but, at the same time, there are pervasive barriers and resistance to change that go beyond financial arguments. This is the biggest challenge.
“Creating more habitable worlds would therefore mean seeking ways to honour ways of inhabiting, taking stock of what territories imply and create as ways of being, as ways of doing. This is what I ask of researchers.” Vinciane Despret, in ‘Living as a bird: Ways of doing and thinking about territories’ (2021)

ALT “Creating more habitable worlds would therefore mean seeking ways to honour ways of inhabiting, taking stock of what territories imply and create as ways of being, as ways of doing. This is what I ask of researchers.” Vinciane Despret, in ‘Living as a bird: Ways of doing and thinking about territories’ (2021)

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Thanks so much to the participants and to my supervisors. And to those at the University of Malaga who encouraged me to pursue a PhD (I didn't even know what that was) after returning to uni to complete my bachelor's and master's degrees in my 30s. Now I'm 42 but I did it! 😃
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