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A truly free education means DRM-free. Together, we can build a future in which everyone will be able to learn in freedom and will know their rights as a user. Donate to the FSF to help bring free software to every learning environment around the world. https://donate.fsf.org/ #LearnLibre #EndDRM #DRMFree #Education

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If you need to explain it to anyone who doesn't get that the GOP only cares about themselves and their rich friends.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/13/republican-spending-bill-benefits-rich-hurts-poor/

I was informally (mis)diagnosed as "probably psychopathic" by my supervisor when I did my Social Psychology postgraduate at the University of Leicester psychiatric teaching hospital back in 1989. Now I realise that I was really diagnosed with adult autism by a psychologist who didn't have the tools to differentiate.

It's interesting because it started me on my path to computerising the psychiatric investigation part of the DSM (well, initially Hare PCL) evaluation for my Master's degree. The psychometric question-and-answer model and demo I came up with had me firmly psychopathic in PCL's diagnostic terms, whereas these days it would be easily diagnosed as autism.

I went on to expand the idea from psychometrics, to behaviour analysis in virtual worlds, which I figured would be a better capture than psychometric questions - Would the person co-operate to attain a goal, would they show altruism, would they be quick to anger - There's a lot you can measure in the virtual world as we know very well now, but didn't in 1991. Sadly, the lack of modern technology and the need to feed myself brought this PhD to an end without a write-up - But it's no wonder I ended up working for OkCupid, I guess :D

The sad thing about that is that although it didn't impact my life at all, other than having an interesting topic to discuss at parties, the PCL is used as a tool by US prisons in their parole calculations. A PCL diagnosis is a heavy weighting against parole, even though Hare himself has said that isn't the way this should be used. I dread to think how many autistic people are stuck in prisons for evermore because of misdiagnosed psychopathy.

The psychopathy test puts a lot more emphasis on masking and social interactions than on kidnapping people and putting them in wells to skin them later, I feel.

I can't be bothered to write a blog post about this, so I will scream into the #Mastodon #Void instead - Except now I have to think of some other #Hashtags which is always the hard part, I get carried away, autism you see!

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76-year-old Calgary graduate David Jackson proves it’s never too late to learn

“I learned from him that you can never stop learning… the pursuit of knowledge is something that you can take to as old as you want to get.”
— Simon Weintz"

#Aging #Seniors #Canada
#Education

#SmashingStereotypes

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/76-year-old-calgary-graduate-david-jackson-proves-its-never-too-late-to-learn/

"Scholars ask whether a respondent prefers children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate."

"Those who favor obedient children have more authoritarian views."

"Authoritarianism is defined as an individual’s predisposition toward conformity, obedience and uniformity and an aversion to diversity, difference and individual autonomy."

https://theconversation.com/antagonism-to-transgender-rights-is-tied-to-the-authoritarian-desire-for-social-conformity-not-just-partisan-affiliation-257431

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Call for #education from #germany Whats your alternative https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft

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About 150 Chicago schools sit half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity.

The city “doesn’t seem to be having an honest conversation about the challenges it’s facing,” one school finance expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Deep dive by @Chalkbeat and @ProPublica into a vexing issue facing Chicago: Dwindling enrollment has left about 150 Chicago #schools half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity, leading to high costs and limited course offerings. #Chicago #education #news https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs

Young women from rural areas in Japan are increasingly deciding not to return after moving to cities, with a government survey finding the main reason being a lack of opportunities for education and employment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/japan/young-women-rural-areas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #women039sissues #rurallife #jobs #education

A faculty no-confidence vote = $250k bonus for Whitten. Now all the tenured professors get "performance reviews."

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/06/board-of-trustees-meeting