Farnad Darnell, PhD
@docdarnell.bsky.social
Minimalist. Iranian American adoptee. 100% Persian. Adoption research. Sociologist. Social psychology. Social Democrat.
You'll be visited by three spirits
The Three Spirits
The Three Spirits
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You'll be visited by three spirits
The Three Spirits
The Three Spirits
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JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
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Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Tom Hanks branded military vehicles called Tom Tanks
Tom Hanks branded restaurant reviews called Tom Ranks
Tom Hanks branded steaks called Tom’s Flanks
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tom Hanks branded military vehicles called Tom Tanks
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How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
Drip some FOOTWEAR
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Drip some FOOTWEAR
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Post a famous bathroom scene
The Environment Profitting Agency
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Environment Profitting Agency
Furthermore, if you're a foundling with no paperwork attached, then your identity is just made up, like the adoption paperwork created by the industry.
"Have you searched for your birth family?"
Simple question, not a simple answer.
Understand that the industry that sold us has deliberately made it very difficult, if not impossible, for us to find our families. We cannot just decide to find them. 🥚 #adoption
Simple question, not a simple answer.
Understand that the industry that sold us has deliberately made it very difficult, if not impossible, for us to find our families. We cannot just decide to find them. 🥚 #adoption
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Furthermore, if you're a foundling with no paperwork attached, then your identity is just made up, like the adoption paperwork created by the industry.
Post your warning symbol. This is mine:
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Post your warning symbol. This is mine:
Smell's like Iraq Spirit
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Smell's like Iraq Spirit
"John was a little crippled midget lesbian boy
But stood ten foot tall with a knife.
Pretty soon the mole had appeared on John's left leg
And real black it extended out 469 different miles
And verily verily it was 69 different nuns
Speaking simultaneously to John in 69 different languages."
But stood ten foot tall with a knife.
Pretty soon the mole had appeared on John's left leg
And real black it extended out 469 different miles
And verily verily it was 69 different nuns
Speaking simultaneously to John in 69 different languages."
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"John was a little crippled midget lesbian boy
But stood ten foot tall with a knife.
Pretty soon the mole had appeared on John's left leg
And real black it extended out 469 different miles
And verily verily it was 69 different nuns
Speaking simultaneously to John in 69 different languages."
But stood ten foot tall with a knife.
Pretty soon the mole had appeared on John's left leg
And real black it extended out 469 different miles
And verily verily it was 69 different nuns
Speaking simultaneously to John in 69 different languages."
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Romantics will love Prue’s new show, Prue Leith, Mad Leith, Deep Leith.
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Romantics will love Prue’s new show, Prue Leith, Mad Leith, Deep Leith.
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youtu.be/V4lBe2tI7kA
Black History is being erased in U.S. schools! Political fear & systemic racism are to blame. This episode exposes the untaught legacies of James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, James Henry Gooding, and Bill Pickett. African American History IS American History!
Black History is being erased in U.S. schools! Political fear & systemic racism are to blame. This episode exposes the untaught legacies of James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, James Henry Gooding, and Bill Pickett. African American History IS American History!
Black History That's NEVER Taught pt.10 [AAHIAH SPECIAL]
YouTube video by African American History Is AMERICAN History
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
youtu.be/V4lBe2tI7kA
Black History is being erased in U.S. schools! Political fear & systemic racism are to blame. This episode exposes the untaught legacies of James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, James Henry Gooding, and Bill Pickett. African American History IS American History!
Black History is being erased in U.S. schools! Political fear & systemic racism are to blame. This episode exposes the untaught legacies of James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, James Henry Gooding, and Bill Pickett. African American History IS American History!
Done and done! Boom!
BREAKING: James Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Judge rules Halligan was invalidly appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Done and done! Boom!
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adoptive parents’ names do not belong on their adopted children’s birth certificates. 🥚
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
adoptive parents’ names do not belong on their adopted children’s birth certificates. 🥚
For any US adult Korean adoptees interested in dual citizenship, here is a great research participation opportunity. 👇🏽🥚
#adopteesky
#adopteesky
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For any US adult Korean adoptees interested in dual citizenship, here is a great research participation opportunity. 👇🏽🥚
#adopteesky
#adopteesky
"Get busy living or get busy dying, Charlie Brown."
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night, Charlie Brown."
"Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father, Charlie Brown. Prepare to die."
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"Get busy living or get busy dying, Charlie Brown."
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this should inspire unease and not schadenfreude. these right-wing terror threats are being directed at *all* lawmakers not marching in lockstep with trump’s administration.
#NEW: Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders over Indiana redistricting. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/…
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans...
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmak...
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
this should inspire unease and not schadenfreude. these right-wing terror threats are being directed at *all* lawmakers not marching in lockstep with trump’s administration.
Someone who lacks common sense is a Simpomaniac
Someone who constantly eats Scampi for dinner is a ShrimptoManiac
Someone who constantly puts waves in their hair is a crimptomaniac
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Someone who lacks common sense is a Simpomaniac
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I have to add a special note for adoptees that the executive producer of "Beach Party" had been the attorney who arranged *my own adoption.* 🌊🌊🌊
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I have to add a special note for adoptees that the executive producer of "Beach Party" had been the attorney who arranged *my own adoption.* 🌊🌊🌊
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Post a movie where you are from
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Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday