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Oliver Sacks admitted his case studies in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat were fraudulent “fairy tales”.

What Psych101 core texts are left?

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December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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NEW: Israel's Netanyahu approves $35B natural gas megadeal with Egypt

Netanyahu announced Israel will sell Egypt natural gas worth $35 billion, in the biggest-ever deal of its kind for the country. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Israel's Netanyahu approves $35B natural gas megadeal with Egypt
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel will sell Egypt natural gas worth $35 billion, in the biggest-ever deal of its kind for the country.
www.al-monitor.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I tried to worry about this but generations of Egyptians have never written a paper and can't draft an email in any language so
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
American leftists may need to explain why it's "racist" to hold minorities responsible for their votes. Every American voter is an agent of empire, not just the white ones.
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Is there any part of the internet where people understand that serving in the US military has almost never been honourable?
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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AI usage: 87% of executives use AI for work; 57% managers; 27% of employees.

This is both easy to believe and easy to misinterpret. AI is *genuinely* useful if what matters is FORM. Terrible at SUBSTANCE.

If useful for your job = your job just form.

A 🧵

www.businessinsider.com/executives-a...
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Donestic violence: "Article 60 of the Egyptian penal code states, “The provisions of the Penal Code shall not apply to any deed committed in good faith, pursuant to a right determined by virtue of Sharia law." Fight the man: Laws that help women and laws that hurt them share.google/Gk3DRybTxpke...
Fight the man: Laws that help women and laws that hurt them
Although Egypt has signed many international agreements pledging to protect and guarantee women’s equality under law, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Femicide is on the rise in Egypt because black letter law and judicial discretion explicitly allow men to kill women: Four Women Killed by Husbands in One Week Spotlight Egypt’s Femicide Crisis — More to Her Story share.google/3NKTSjp4zdd5...
Four Women Killed by Husbands in One Week Spotlight Egypt’s Femicide Crisis — More to Her Story
Following a spell of femicides across Egypt in August, activists, legal experts and families are demanding urgent action.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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For decades, researchers expressed reservations about the impact of coffee. But over the last 15 years, research is rejecting the old criticisms. Coffee strengthens the heart, extends life, prevents arrhythmias—and possibly also protects against dementia, diabetes, depression and Parkinson's.
Kaffee: Vorteile für Herzgesundheit und Lebensverlängerung
Kaffee hat sich von einem umstrittenen Getränk zu einem gesundheitlichen Alleskönner entwickelt. Studien zeigen, dass der Konsum das Risiko für Vorhofflimmern senkt und das Wohlbefinden verbessert. Ge...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?

Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!

Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Modern Egypt is real and is pursuing an unprecedented crackdown against its large migrant population, deporting recognised refugees back to war in great numbers.
Since we are about to enter the Christmas season, here's a picture of Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus fleeing to Egypt to avoid persecution. Immigrants.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."

Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Nerds: can the imperial boomerang explain why the west is adopting the vile refugee policies of MENA countries?
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Excellent read 🔥

“Climate change is increasingly lethal, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Israel is murdering journalists in Gaza at historically unprecedented rates, though critics say… it is not.” Or, “Trans people claim to be real, though critics say…”

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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The good thing about living in Egypt is that there's literally nothing to fear from the "rise of the right" or "impending fascism".
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Leftist Arab social media rn: explainers on why Muslim politicians in the West have to support trans people because they have the same enemies and wistfulness about what it would be like to have local government or religious minorities being elected to any office in the Arab world
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The way Westerners discuss conservatism and oppressed people in non-Western cultures is so utterly, irreparably broken.

I did not say "white", by the way. I'd have said "white" if I meant "white".
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Bushart was arrested on a $2 mn bond for posting a meme on FB. He was released this week, after more than a month in jail. "A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts." But in Tennessee they do.
Prosecutors drop charges against Tennessee man over Facebook meme
Larry Bushart was arrested on a $2 million bond for posting a meme on Facebook. He was released this week, after more than a month in jail.
reason.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If anyone on bluesky had ever actually lived in a real dictatorship, they would not be as blithe. In real dictatorships, know that this can and does end in massacres that end political life for everyone. (See: Egypt). Stay safe out there and know you still live in a democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Pretends to be shocked
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October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The #EU is getting ready to launch a new, digitalized immigration system at its external borders called #EES. Some people like #asylum seekers, however, might be at a disadvantage with the new system. 🇪🇺

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Fingerprints, facial recognition and databases: EU prepares to launch its EES border control system
The EU is getting ready to launch a new, digitalized immigration system at its external borders called EES. This is part of an overall reform of how entrance and exit into the bloc is managed. Some pe...
www.infomigrants.net
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM