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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 4h

hell yeah brother

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Josh Richardson @schizosemia.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone out there have any recommendations for psychodynamic psychotherapy training? Online, workshops, anything to increase knowledge and competence! #TherapistsConnect

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Michaela DeSoucey @mdesoucey.bsky.social · 12h

My department - at NC State, in Raleigh - is hiring this season - for a junior sociologist focused on law/crime/social control. Please spread the word among interested ABDs, postdocs, and junior scholars!

Assistant Professor of Sociology (Criminology): jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223...

Assistant Professor of Sociology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is accepting applications for a tenure-trackassistant professor of Sociology with a focus on criminology to begin Fall 2026.The successful candidate should...

jobs.ncsu.edu

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Alex Fisher @alex-fisher.bsky.social · 21h

Today I discovered a great set of BPA resources for early-career philosophers on publishing, grants/fellowships, and job apps, with loads of sample materials like cover letters, research statements, etc.

Do share with those who might find these useful!

bpa.ac.uk/resources-fo...

#philjobs #philsky

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 15h

the man’s not hot

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Rock for Ages

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Judicious Priests

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, LPC, LIMHP @anxietyocd.bsky.social · 1d

Providers tend to know a bit about Postpartum Depression but not as much about Postpartum #OCD.

In preparation for my upcoming webinar on Perinatal OCD, which includes the postpartum period, here is a little info about the differences and similarities!

Check out the link on my profile for 🎟️ !

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

the French call it la petit jambon

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Wizards in, but not of, Waverly Place

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

The only way to win is not to play

🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social and Mohammed Rashed on this topic:

“Mental disorder and social deviance” in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021

www.awaisaftab.com

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 1d

#OCDTalkHour

OCD-UK @ocdukcharity.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing Lauren Callaghan 👋

We are delighted that Lauren will be attending our in person conference in Nottingham on Sat 8th November.

This talk will cover 'moral based memory OCD'.

The link for more info, the agenda, and ticket booking is here; https://www.ocduk.org/ocdconference2025/

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 1d

#OCDTalkHour stealing this for a fun non-OCD topic! What would you name your fictional racehorse?

I'm going for horsey McHorseFace, or possibly Gaulway Bay (after the Show Of Hands song).

🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 9d

If I was the sort of person who owned a racehorse I would name it Colt of Personality.

What would you name your racehorse?

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 2d

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

jobs.sjsu.edu

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 2d

(this is a trap for cognitivists)

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 2d

three things I can intend, two things I can believe, and one thing I can publish

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks @pbsnews.org for the great opportunity this evening about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 2d

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted. Trump administration has dismissed experts and patient advocates on dozens of committees. www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/h... via @statnews.com

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted

The Trump administration has been shedding scientific expertise and patient perspectives in the name of slimming down the federal government.

www.statnews.com

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots: There’s no evidence to suggest breaking up the vaccine makes the shot safer or more effective. www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... via @statnews.com

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots

There's no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.

www.statnews.com

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I’m something of a scientist myself

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 3d

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is, at base, a narrative telling of Hume’s notion that reason is and ought to be the handmaid of desire

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🎃👻 SCAREd Smith 👻🎃 @jaredsmith.bsky.social · 3d

I fear they can catch this gingerbread man

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