Richard Saville-Smith PhD
@dranamorphosis.bsky.social
Mad studies in conversation with psychiatry & religious studies. Also #Celt #indyref2 #psychedelics. https://independent.academia.edu/RichardSavilleSmith
Isle of Skye
Book: Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis & Religious Studies (Bloomsbury)
Isle of Skye
Book: Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis & Religious Studies (Bloomsbury)
If Trump pardons a crypto criminal, a fraudster criminal and a drug criminal - all at the highest level I guess it means he's scaling up his personal grift?
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If Trump pardons a crypto criminal, a fraudster criminal and a drug criminal - all at the highest level I guess it means he's scaling up his personal grift?
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He never cared about the working class. He only used them to gain power. He is as much of an "elite" as the "elites" he told his voters he was fighting against. The real beauty of his shtick is how they don't realize they were and are still being played.
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
He never cared about the working class. He only used them to gain power. He is as much of an "elite" as the "elites" he told his voters he was fighting against. The real beauty of his shtick is how they don't realize they were and are still being played.
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
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The Saltire is considered to be the oldest flag in Europe, first used in 832. St Andrew's Day is our national day - when all of Scotland's people, no matter their origin, come together.
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
Happy St Andrew’s day Scotland, and beyond.
a group of people holding flags that say yes on them
ALT: a group of people holding flags that say yes on them
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Saltire is considered to be the oldest flag in Europe, first used in 832. St Andrew's Day is our national day - when all of Scotland's people, no matter their origin, come together.
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
Happy St Andrew's day - now why isn't there a particular food speciality to mark this day. Since Andrew was a fisherman, something from the sea perhaps?
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy St Andrew's day - now why isn't there a particular food speciality to mark this day. Since Andrew was a fisherman, something from the sea perhaps?
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Is this the Golden Age? Are we great yet? So much winning I can’t barely stand it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Is this the Golden Age? Are we great yet? So much winning I can’t barely stand it.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social I like AI, it's super fast and extremely well read. I use it in a Socratic dialog to push the horizons of my own thinking in a totally transdisciplinary ways. I get that I'm an academic who needs fast access to (sometimes) obscure information, but, just saying.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social I like AI, it's super fast and extremely well read. I use it in a Socratic dialog to push the horizons of my own thinking in a totally transdisciplinary ways. I get that I'm an academic who needs fast access to (sometimes) obscure information, but, just saying.
Traffic hazard on Skye
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Traffic hazard on Skye
The weird juxtapositions of social media are what I like. Here, Matisse Les trois soeurs, (1917), immediately above three Palestinian brothers (2025). Doesn't 'mean' anything but...
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The weird juxtapositions of social media are what I like. Here, Matisse Les trois soeurs, (1917), immediately above three Palestinian brothers (2025). Doesn't 'mean' anything but...
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Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
I guess 'shotgun wedding' has been superseded by developments in weapons technology...
Colton Moore is the state senator for Greene’s district. My guess is he’s probably going to run for her seat. From his wedding …
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I guess 'shotgun wedding' has been superseded by developments in weapons technology...
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If Vance’s entire world was burning down around him, he would still stand there with a smug, self-satisfied look on his face and tell you he’s winning.
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If Vance’s entire world was burning down around him, he would still stand there with a smug, self-satisfied look on his face and tell you he’s winning.
I like the way Loomer just thinks out loud (but doesn't actually nail the 'problem')
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I like the way Loomer just thinks out loud (but doesn't actually nail the 'problem')
Donald Trump is so gay. The evidence has been mounting, but this...(as in the whole event, not just this pic)
Every man needs to find a woman who looks at them like Trump Looks at Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Donald Trump is so gay. The evidence has been mounting, but this...(as in the whole event, not just this pic)
But, but, but Trump told everyone America was in the best shape ever, thanks to his amazing leadership. This👇is totally shocking. How is anyone to believe Trump ever again???
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
But, but, but Trump told everyone America was in the best shape ever, thanks to his amazing leadership. This👇is totally shocking. How is anyone to believe Trump ever again???
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Very good work from Scottish Ballet here (from their Facebook account)
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Very good work from Scottish Ballet here (from their Facebook account)
@dittemunch.bsky.social Thanks for the follow, your book looks fabulous!
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@dittemunch.bsky.social Thanks for the follow, your book looks fabulous!
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Or just move them to a minimum security Club Fed and give them a puppy and yoga classes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Or just move them to a minimum security Club Fed and give them a puppy and yoga classes.
I've always been dissatisfied with "WEIRD" (Henrich et al 2010), the acronym is too forced and it doesn't identify the actual problems very well. So, me and AI have been spitballing. What do you think about this: HYPERS - it slightly shifts the focus to the researcher not the subject, but that's ok?
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I've always been dissatisfied with "WEIRD" (Henrich et al 2010), the acronym is too forced and it doesn't identify the actual problems very well. So, me and AI have been spitballing. What do you think about this: HYPERS - it slightly shifts the focus to the researcher not the subject, but that's ok?
Do you use AI? Do you routinely ask it to critique its own responses. It can be delightfully eye opening. Just ask...
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Do you use AI? Do you routinely ask it to critique its own responses. It can be delightfully eye opening. Just ask...