As a leftie (probably technically mixed-handed), I'm always grateful when people talk about the "mysterious surge of left-handers" when it's just "we stopped beating the shit outta them". When I went to school in 1994 they still tried it on me.

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Imagine if we’d spent the 1970s accusing left-handed ppl of faking it because more of them suddenly appeared once teachers stopped beating it out of kids. That’s basically where we are with the ADHD and autism discourse. Anyway, I wrote 1500 words on this for @zeteo.uk zeteo.uk/p/there-is-n...

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Your regular reminder that the Teaching Excellence Framework does not in fact evaluate teaching quality, but uses a bunch of proxy metrics that have bugger all to do with teaching quality.

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Done with classes for the week. Going in to work tomorrow for non-teaching related tasks (although I do need to upload some work for my Shakespeare project undergraduates) and then it's the long weekend followed by two WFH days. 🎉 🎊

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Good morning. I’ve lost 80.3 pounds. I believe the last time I was this small was 2008. When I got married.

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