Georgia Harper

@mindtheflap.bsky.social

2703 Followers 890 Following

Autistic autism policy wonk. Co-hosts a podcast about Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker. Views my own. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/mindtheflap

a grey overcast sky

Part of The Times' front page, 1 April 2026. Headline: "Children 'incentivised' to get ADHD and autism diagnoses."

Hacker, our cat, is sat on a Doctor Who cushion on a chair at my desk. The desk is half set-up and still littered with Command hooks and box cutters.

Facebook post by me, 22 Feb: "Credits roll on Battlefield episode 4 - not quite the end of classic Doctor Who, but it does mean I've now seen every surviving episode!! (Now, if you could all just quickly look under your beds and double-check you haven't dropped The Daleks' Master Plan down there, I'd be very grateful)" Image is of a TV showing the end card of Battlefield

Screenshot of two links from a Google Alerts e-mail.
The first says "The feminization of autism Most teenage girls 'mask' - UnHerd. ...autistic females - previously undiagnosed - whose presentation differed markedly from the largely male stereotype, but who somehow had autism too.
The second says "Jennifer Chalkley: Camhs and Surrey County Council Failures Contributed To Death Of... - Inquest. Jennifer Chalkley: Camhs And Surrey County Council Failures Contributed To Death Of 17 Year Old Autistic Girl. CONTENT WARNING: Please read with care..."

A concerned looking cat on an office-style chair at a desk

Fake Telegraph headline from the Allister Heath Headline Generator reads: "Allister Heath: Britain's obsession with the Allister Heath Headline Generator has turned us into an international laughing stock." The generator can be found at tinyurl.com/tnw-heath

Screenshot from the BlueSky map. I (@mindtheflap) am in the middle of a cluster labelled "Autism Research & Neurodiversity Advocates". Nearby is a smaller cluster labelled "Synthwave & Electronic Music Artists".

Screenshot of a tweet by me, Georgia Harper @mindtheflap: "My brain at 3am." Image shows a screenshot of the YouTube video "Every mistake I've made since 2014" by Tom Scott. In the thumbnail, Tom Scott from 2023 is gesturing towards a photo of himself from 2014.

A scene from Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, showing Time Lords watching previous incarnations of the Doctor on hologram screens, but all the Doctor's faces have been shoddily replaced with empty Gu ramekins. Caption: "I didn't know when I was well off! All 12 of them!"

Word cloud visualization for 2025 showing my 50 most-used words, sized by frequency. Top 10: "autistic" (30×), "autism" (30×), "waiting" (17×), "doctor" (15×), "support" (15×), "those" (12×), "needs" (11×), "least" (11×), "children" (10×), "likely" (10×) (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)

The "society if..." utopia meme, captioned "Society if Filip refilled the filter jug after use"

Theo and Cleo are adorable woollen cacti with faces. Theo is taller, with a moustache and the label "THEO" on his pot. Cleo is smaller and round, with a pink flower on her head. Their second date is taking place on a Doctor-Who-themed mouse mat.

Screencap from SpongeBob SquarePants - Patrick mimes pushing something in front of a crowd ("...and push it somewhere else!")

View of Loch Lomond from Firkin Point. Lots of very big hills surrounded by very big clouds

"I am writing to express my deep concern over reports that The Autistic Trans Guide To Life by Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson, and potentially other books relating to trans people, are being removed or made less prominent in Kent’s libraries. I have been registered with Dover Library since moving to Kent in 2023, and have previously worked as a library assistant in my hometown of Corby.

Libraries give us access to in-depth information and expertise that many residents could not afford otherwise, and offer opportunities to explore new ideas we may not have otherwise encountered. To give a recent example, I was amazed at how quickly Kent Libraries were able to lend me a copy of The Age Of Diagnosis, Suzanne O’Sullivan’s highly-publicised new book claiming that conditions such as autism are overdiagnosed. I wanted to read The Age Of Diagnosis precisely because I fundamentally disagree with that premise; reading the book did not change my mind, but it did give me a better understanding of the arguments, and my own thinking in this area is richer for having read it. A knee-jerk reaction to censor or remove books with ideas we do not understand feels antithetical to the purpose of a library, and history has repeatedly shown us the dangers of this approach. Indeed, the reactions from some Councillors on social media – which appears to be where they learned of the decision – suggest that this has been carried out at the request of a single Councillor rather than an official mandate from Kent County Council as a whole.

The Autistic Trans Guide To Life is a book aimed at adults, as its blurb makes clear, and is therefore very unlikely to be appealing or accessible for young children. According to the statement from Kent County Council, it was never located in the children’s library at all, but “in a public display at the entrance” – almost certainly a temporary display, perhaps to celebrate Pride or showcase new acquisitions alongside other books for adults..."

Heathrow Terminal 4 hotels bridge - taken internally so it's basically a white corridor with a distant Premier Inn sign

Meme showing unanswered iPhone text messages which read: "Ashford tonite [eyes emoji]" "Ashford tonight queen??" "Ashford tonite [eyes emoji]

Screenshot from BBC News homepage. Three headlines read: "Man, 87, 'staying put' in home near sinkhole." "Neighbours cancelled again, two years after revival." "Man, 87, 'staying put' in home near sinkhole."

Roundel reads (with only the first letter capitalised) "Ticket holders only", with an arrow pointing round the corner

Roundel for Heathrow Terminal 4

Screenshot from Nintendo Music app showing a playlist called "Area Zero". The thumbnail image are the cover Pokémon from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Tracks include Area Zero, Area Zero Underdepths, Battle! (Area Zero Pokémon), Battle! (Area Zero Pokémon 2), and Battle! (Zero Lab)

Photo of Green Park Jubilee Line platform, taken through a grille from above

$Microsoft Word pop-up reads: "Word has detected a problem with the existing \Normal.dotm. Would you like to create a new \Normal.dotm? Yes/No"$

Screenshot of Google on my phone. The search bar says "can you trade eggs in pokemon s...". The AI Overview says (incorrectly): "No, you cannot trade eggs in Pokémon Scarlet." Below it, pulled text from the first suggested result begins "Absolutely, you can trade eggs in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet!"

That meme with the teacher from Glee, caption edited to read: "I am going to create a chat that is so reac'd"

The book "How The Railways Will Fix The Future" by Gareth Dennis, held up in front of a Class 375 Southeastern train

A framed screenshot of my BlueSky post:

"STOP comparing London railway termini
St Pancras is MAJESTIC
Waterloo is GREAT
King's Cross is ADVENTUROUS
London Bridge is SHINY
Liverpool Street has MANY TUBE CONNECTIONS
Victoria is CONVENIENT
Euston
Paddington is HISTORIC
Marylebone is COSY"

The cover art for Pompeii by Bastille is obscured by Sonic The Hedgehog. Text in various WordArt-esque fonts reads: "Yes, there are 64 versions of Pompeii and every time you complain we add 5 more"

Spotify Wrapped screenshot: "My Top Song: Me and the Devil, Soap&Skin. Total Streams: 24. Top 0.1% of listener's worldwide"

Key of the new London Tube map. The London Overground lines are listed as follows: Liberty line, Lioness line, Mildmay, Suffragette line, Weaver line, Windrush line

Filip is sat at the table on his phone. Prince, a tuxedo cat, is sat on the table to Filip's right, also looking at Filip's phone

Peter Davison's face in the Doctor Who opening titles

A Maine Coon (I think?) cat lying on a bed for humans and staring into the camera

Screencap of my old tweet: "My brain at 3am". The image is the YouTube thumbnail for Tom Scott's "Every mistake I've made since 2014", featuring two photos of him from 2014 and 2023

Poster board at Barbican station reads: "Stay cool in the heat. Here are a few tips for keeping comfortable in hot weather: Carry water with you. Don't board a train if you feel unwell. If you feel unwell get off at the next stip and seek help from our staff. Avoid pulling the passenger alarm between stations."

Shelves full of different types of breadsticks in a Tesco supermarket

The meme with Homer Simpson in the bath and Bart about to hit him with a chair. Homer is labelled "MY WORK DAY". Bart is labelled "KEMI BADENOCH".

Twitter screenshot from @jzux. Tweet 1: "doing brain laundry (separating my thoughts into lights and darks)". Tweet 2: "update: left one dark thought in the lights, ruined the whole load"

That image of people's BlueSky joining numbers that's popping up everywhere. I'm user #229,767 - in the first 10% of BlueSky users. I joined on 3rd July 2023.

Screenshot of a tweet by @stepheniscowboy. Text: "Sadiq Khan unveils new Tubethumping". Image shows the six new Overground line colours, but the captions for each are edited to say: Whiskey line. Vodka line. Lager line. Cider line. Line that reminds you of the good lines. Line that reminds you of the better lines."

Quote from Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England: "There is no consensus around what explains the dramatic increase in demand for assessment for ADHD and autism. Some believe that it is the conversion of unmet need into demand for assessment as stigma as reduced and awareness has increased. Others argue that is the result of self-diagnosis induced by misleading discussion on social media. No matter the cause, it is clear that with services overwhelmed, many people who need help will be missing out. NHS England's taskforce on ADHD will have important recommendations to make."

Screenshot of the Google search result for BBC Weather - Dover. The label "You visit often" is circled in red.

A copy of A Guide To Eco-Anxiety by Anouchka Grose, but with a face and limbs made from book pages.

Blurry screenshot of Leafling!Olimar from Pikmin 4 pasted on a suburban front garden. Caption reads "Hello. Do you have a moment to talk about your lord and savior, Dandori?"

A screenshot of my lock screen. The wallpaper is black with the white text "PUT THE PHONE DOWN"

Front of *ahem* "WHS" in Canterbury

Screenshot of the YouTube thumbnail for "Every mistake I've made since 2014" by Tom Scott

Screenshots from Doctor Who, "The Giggle". The Toymaker says "Und then, ze role of Minister for Disabled People disappeared". The Fourteenth Doctor says "We said an existing Minister would get the brief, then four hours later after key figures and organisations had publicly responded we swapped her titles around to deprioritise social mobility and young people instead so we can say we've given somebody that title and hope nobody notices it's been demoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary". The Toymaker says "WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN"

Screenshots from Doctor Who, "The Giggle". The Toymaker says "Und then, ze Minister for Disabled People role disappeared". The Fourteenth Doctor says "It will be an existing minister taking on the brief". The Toymaker says "WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN"

Comic panels show a goose chasing a person. In panel 1 the goose says "Which existing minister?" In panel 2 the goose says "WHICH EXISTING MINISTER?"

A WH Smith self-checkout counter reads "DR WHO: 10.99"

Spotify screenshog for the above.

Screenshot of Ncuti Gatwa's Instagram stories. It shows a shared photo of he and Ruby Sunday looking at each other on @BBCDoctorWho. His caption reads: "The Church on Ruby Road, Xmas Day, @BBCDoctorWho @DisneyPlus @BBCiPlayer"

Screencap from Doctor Who: The Star Beast. The Meep snarls angrily and brandishes a gun.

Screenshot of a playlist on my phone's music app called "Mass Hysteria". It is comprised of six different versions of Hysteria by Muse.

Screenshot of a YouTube video entitled "Every mistake I've made since 2014." by Tom Scott. The thumbnail shows two images of Tom, one from a 2014 video and the other from a 2023 video.

Cropped screenshot of my phone's home screen. Beep The Meep (as depicted in recent promotion for the forthcoming Doctor Who specials) is my wallpaper. At the top of his head, the screen reads "10.45 Dover Priory to St Pancras International, Scheduled, Platform 1"