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@redcathode.bsky.social
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hiya! i'm max. i primarily talk about electronics, programming, and psychiatric research (weird combo, i know)
seldom-updated website: https://redcatho.de
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max @redcathode.bsky.social · Oct 30
hi chat
pic of my room. you can see the corner of a bamboo scaffold close to my ceiling, carrying ziptie-laden bundles of wire and water cooling lines. there's one high-power LED visible in frame, of a total of 12. also visible is a pump, fan, water cooling reservoir, and a variac with a stepper motor mounted to the top of it
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f0urst4r.net
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
redcathode.bsky.social
what how do i already have 58 followers
April 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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kastor.sh
You are getting hate not because people don’t understand the complicity of the standardized education system in public suppression, but because you are attacking the only individuals within that system that consistently work against its confines to produce a better outcome for its victims.
March 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
redcathode.bsky.social
can one use bipolars as an endearing term
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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syntacrobat.xyz
new map of every account on BlueSky just dropped :)

aurora.ndimensional.xyz
November 11, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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retr0.id
making a library for terminal rendering so that I can call it HawkTUI
November 5, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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essem.space
it's neat to see all the dev activity around here and all the cool stuff that people are making but i do kinda wish it didn't come at the cost of trashing on the ecosystem i've been developing on for the past 3 years every other day
November 3, 2024 at 3:01 AM
redcathode.bsky.social
my media literacy was kinda garbage up until i got really depressed, started writing poetry, went "oh huh, art is a form of abstract self-expression," and then started viewing the weird niche art people make a lot more closely and sincerely
November 4, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social
New Book! Currently Open Access

The Concept of Emotional Disorder by Gloria Sibson Ayob

#philsky #psysky #psychiatry

academic.oup.com/book/58810
The Concept of Emotional Disorder
Abstract. This book examines judgements about emotional health and pathology, with the aim of understanding the conceptual structure of these judgements. T
academic.oup.com
October 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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awaisaftab.bsky.social
“If you cannot afford mental space, a certain stretchiness in your day, then out of the window goes our capacity for wonder and discovery” @helendecruz.net

open.substack.com/pub/helendec...
On reading Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The sea and why kids these days can't read
Recent discourse has it that kids these days, even at elite colleges, don't read books anymore. They used to read one novel a week for a single course in English literature. Now they struggle to read ...
open.substack.com
October 24, 2024 at 2:39 AM
redcathode.bsky.social
the around the
November 1, 2024 at 3:45 PM
redcathode.bsky.social
latest random project: panel of around 800 460nm blue LEDs. (pwr: like 50-60w)

theoretically this should be the around the optimal wavelength for targeting pRGCs (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrins...). i may have very little idea of what i'm doing but let's see what happens
a 7.5x10 inch protoboard with around 600 5mm LEDs sits on a wooden table next to a pair of flush cuts and a bowl of discarded LED leads
November 1, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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awaisaftab.bsky.social
The first review of “Conversations in Critical Psychiatry” is here! Mark L. Ruffalo reviews it for Psychology Today 😃

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/from...

The book is out in UK/Europe. Print will be available soon in US.
A Review of "Conversations in Critical Psychiatry"
Awais Aftab recently published a fascinating new book containing a series of interviews with leaders in the fields of psychiatry and critical psychiatry.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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lucyfoulkes.bsky.social
*NEW PAPER*: Public attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders

In this study, we explored people’s attitudes towards self-diagnosis of mental disorders by analysing 1,000+ comments on the discussion forum website Reddit

(summary in thread below)

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Self-Diagnosis of Mental Disorders: A Qualitative Study of Attitudes on Reddit Abstract There is concern that a growing number of individuals, especially adolescents, are diagnosing themselves with mental disorders. However, there has been limited empirical research into this phenomenon: why it might happen, what the costs and benefits might be, and what the implications are for anyone who is experiencing distress. To address this, this study used reflexive thematic analysis to explore attitudes toward self-diagnosis of mental disorders as expressed on the discussion website Reddit. From 1195 user comments, five themes were generated: (1) There is tension over who is the expert in diagnosis; (2) Self-diagnosis is a route to self-understanding in an inaccessible system; (3) Teenagers on social media are the problem; (4) Self-diagnosis can become self-fulfilling, and (5) Now no one is believed. Together, these themes highlight that there is considerable anger, derision, and criticism targeted toward people who self-diagnose with mental disorders, and that this is particularly targeted toward adolescents who self-diagnose on or as a result of social media. The findings have important implications for understanding how to support and validate people, particularly adolescents, who (sometimes accurately) use diagnostic language to express how they are feeling.
October 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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lukesteuber.com
You wouldn't believe how many shouts into the void there are by people with only ten followers in crisis

Even if you don't add it, I'd appreciate it if you go "like" the feed so it gains visibility

I've been that person before. It doesn't take much just to drop by and tell them they are seen.
August 21, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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slonk.ing
hey kid wanna see a magic trick?

curl -O files.slonk.ing/O26xPN2n.alp...
bash O26xPN2n.alpine-v3.19.1-x86_64-8f77c11f.png

instructions: run in a tty while *Xorg* is not running. Wayland works. might crash ur other desktop sessions. if you wanna spoil it and look at the code, see reply
image of a hard disk
November 1, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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redcathode.bsky.social
this is pretty interesting. periodic exposure to very brief (2ms) flashes of light for an extended period of time can, while not making you feel less subjectively sleepy, suppress melatonin secretion and delay sleep onset by ~2hrs on average

src: doi.org/10.1172/jci8...
METHODS. Thirty-nine participants were exposed to 60 minutes of either continuous light (n = 8) or sequences of 2-millisecond light flashes (n = 31) with different interstimulus intervals (ISIs; ranging from 2.5 to 240 seconds). Melatonin phase shift and suppression, along with changes in alertness and sleepiness, were assessed. RESULTS. We determined that the human circadian system integrates flash sequences in a nonlinear fashion with a linear rise to a peak response (ISI = 7.6 ± 0.53 seconds) and a power function decrease following the peak of responsivity. At peak ISI, flashes were at least 2-fold more effective in phase delaying the circadian system as compared with exposure to equiluminous continuous light 3,800 times the duration. Flashes did not change melatonin concentrations or alertness in an ISI-dependent manner. CONCLUSION. We have demonstrated that intermittent light is more effective than continuous light at eliciting circadian changes. These findings cast light on the phenomenology of photic integration and suggest a dichotomous retinohypothalamic network leading to circadian phase shifting and other NIF photoresponses. Further clinical trials are required to judge the practicality of light flash protocols. Figure 3. Change in melatonin phase shift as a function of the ISI. An initial linear rise to peak circadian phase change (~1.85 hours phase delay) was observed when flashes were separated by 2.5 to 7.6 seconds of darkness. Thereafter, light-evoked phase shifts dropped following an exponential decay curve as ISI increased (n = 31). Responses of individuals (black circles) are plotted with the modeled curve (red line) and 95% CIs (dotted red lines). The average circadian phase delay of –0.60 ± 0.34 hours to a continuous 60-minute white light exposure is represented a dark gray horizontal bar, while the individual phase shift to continuous light is represented by yellow diamonds. Average phase shift induced by a similar protocol without light administration (data previously published in Zeitzer et al., ref. 44) is represented by a gray diamond with error bars (mean ± SD). In some participants, flashes separated by an ISI of 5 and 10 seconds induced over 2 hours of circadian phase shift. Negative values on the y scale indicate a phase delay.
October 30, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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eblu.space
update: nah. long post so I'll just screencap it instead
October 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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invoxiplaygames.uk
i'm not sure if i've posted about this on Bluesky before- i've got a personal set of notes up on GitHub about various different parts of Xbox 360 software internals since the lack of documentation in some areas is wild

github.com/InvoxiPlayGa...
github screenshot of a markdown file titled "System Link" github screenshot of a markdown file titled "Memory Map" github screenshot of a markdown file titled "Key Derivation" github screenshot of a markdown file titled "Software Updates"
October 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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katie.bzky.team
i was just sent the craziest video ever. this dude somehow made sharp commentary about trans healthcare, presented a better understanding of how hrt works than most doctors, AND THEN TOOK ESTROGEN FOR A MONTH.

ALL TO SEE IF IT MADE HIM BETTER AT LEAGUE.
Does Estrogen Make You Better at Video Games?
YouTube video by gurm
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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violetblue.bsky.social
Just came across this on Mastodon and thought I'd share it for anyone wondering if adding image alt text is "worth it."

ChanceyFleet: "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos... all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience."
Screenshot: a Mastodon post by ChanceyFleet that says: "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES."
August 5, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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techconnectify.bsky.social
In the "spicy thoughts people don't say" department:

Amazon has unleashed a lot of bad stuff into the world, but imo among the most destructive things they did was make it too easy to buy shit you don't need and normalize mindless consumption.
October 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM
redcathode.bsky.social
this is pretty interesting. periodic exposure to very brief (2ms) flashes of light for an extended period of time can, while not making you feel less subjectively sleepy, suppress melatonin secretion and delay sleep onset by ~2hrs on average

src: doi.org/10.1172/jci8...
METHODS. Thirty-nine participants were exposed to 60 minutes of either continuous light (n = 8) or sequences of 2-millisecond light flashes (n = 31) with different interstimulus intervals (ISIs; ranging from 2.5 to 240 seconds). Melatonin phase shift and suppression, along with changes in alertness and sleepiness, were assessed. RESULTS. We determined that the human circadian system integrates flash sequences in a nonlinear fashion with a linear rise to a peak response (ISI = 7.6 ± 0.53 seconds) and a power function decrease following the peak of responsivity. At peak ISI, flashes were at least 2-fold more effective in phase delaying the circadian system as compared with exposure to equiluminous continuous light 3,800 times the duration. Flashes did not change melatonin concentrations or alertness in an ISI-dependent manner. CONCLUSION. We have demonstrated that intermittent light is more effective than continuous light at eliciting circadian changes. These findings cast light on the phenomenology of photic integration and suggest a dichotomous retinohypothalamic network leading to circadian phase shifting and other NIF photoresponses. Further clinical trials are required to judge the practicality of light flash protocols. Figure 3. Change in melatonin phase shift as a function of the ISI. An initial linear rise to peak circadian phase change (~1.85 hours phase delay) was observed when flashes were separated by 2.5 to 7.6 seconds of darkness. Thereafter, light-evoked phase shifts dropped following an exponential decay curve as ISI increased (n = 31). Responses of individuals (black circles) are plotted with the modeled curve (red line) and 95% CIs (dotted red lines). The average circadian phase delay of –0.60 ± 0.34 hours to a continuous 60-minute white light exposure is represented a dark gray horizontal bar, while the individual phase shift to continuous light is represented by yellow diamonds. Average phase shift induced by a similar protocol without light administration (data previously published in Zeitzer et al., ref. 44) is represented by a gray diamond with error bars (mean ± SD). In some participants, flashes separated by an ISI of 5 and 10 seconds induced over 2 hours of circadian phase shift. Negative values on the y scale indicate a phase delay.
October 30, 2024 at 3:14 PM
redcathode.bsky.social
you may want to follow my main at @max.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy if you'd like to see my posts on the Fediverse. (don't forget to follow @ap.brid.gy so I can see your replies!)
October 30, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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drewharwell.com
Today's @washingtonpost.com editorial cartoon: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM