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Exposing the UK’s Double Standard: When Protest Becomes Terrorism — Simply Put Psych

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 1d

Britain once called suffragettes criminals. Now some protests are still dismissed as nuisance, while others are branded terrorism. The comparison between PA and JSO says a lot about where the UK's democracy is headed.

#Protest #CivilLiberties #Rights

An analysis of how the UK handles Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil protests, highlighting legal differences, political context, and civil liberties concerns.

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 2d

Right! The baseline was already tiny… and yet he still managed to shrink it by 40% between 2018 and 2025. Possibly his only real achievement.

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s words are getting simpler, blunter, angrier. Our 2018–2025 speech analysis shows shorter sentences, a shrinking vocabulary, and sharper grievance rhetoric. Decline or design, the outcome is the same: harder populism that fuels violence and binds his base

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 3d

True, Trump acts like rules don’t apply. But they do to his staff. “Just following orders” won’t cut it if taxpayer-paid employees are making propaganda videos. Hatch Act violations have consequences: disbarments, investigations, even jail. The yes-men have more to lose than Dear Leader’s favor.

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 3d

Totally, Miller’s fingerprints are all over this. But armchair diagnosis misses the point. “He’s ill” explains everything and proves nothing, essentially a thought-terminating cliché. What matters is the machinery: who scripts, edits, approves, and why taxpayer resources may be involved.

Why Moral Reframing Is No Longer Enough — Simply Put Psych

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s 79 and not tech-savvy, but he’s posting pro-edited AI videos? Yeah... He’s not making them. These are storyboarded, scripted, edited and approved. This isn’t proof of a cognitive decline, it’s an administrative one. And if taxpayer staff are involved... That’s a Hatch Act violation.

Trump in a writing room shouting at a team of writers with ai video on the white board

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 4d

Moral reframing once built bridges. Trump burned them down. His politics thrives on amplification, not persuasion, but it cracks when mocked. That’s why Obama’s unity, Sanders’ justice, Newsom’s satire, and even Kimmel’s jokes form an updated arsenal.

#DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #Resist

Explore why moral reframing, once a powerful tool for bridging partisan divides, fails against Donald Trump’s authoritarian moral amplification. This in-depth analysis examines Obama and Sanders’ refr...

Shutdown as Power Grab: How Crisis Could Feed Authoritarianism — Simply Put Psych

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

I think we've seen this before...

Create the crisis, prolong the suffering, blame the opposition, watch the suffering, grab power to 'fix' the problem, then crown yourself the saviour, it is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.

#DefendDemocracy #WeThePeople #StandTogether #CivicAction

The 2025 shutdown is more than gridlock. Trump’s hostage politics weaponize crisis, risking 50,000 lives a year and eroding democracy. This analysis warns how authoritarian leaders use suffering to gr...

The Shutdown: Hostage Politics in Action — Simply Put Psych

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

This shutdown is not gridlock, it is hostage politics. Millions are left without paychecks, aid, or health coverage. 50k Americans a year will die while billionaires celebrate tax cuts. Government has become a weapon against its own people.

#PeopleVsPower #DefendDemocracy #WeThePeople #CivicAction

The 2025 government shutdown is more than gridlock. Trump’s hostage politics risk 50,000 American lives a year by cutting healthcare and vital programs. This unflinching analysis exposes the human cos...

The 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown: How Power Plans to Sacrifice 50,000 Americans a Year — Simply Put Psych

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

Research shows that when leaders invent threats, supporters accept harm just to punish “outsiders.” This fight is no longer left vs right, it’s people vs power. Civil rights were never gifted from above. They were demanded from below.

#DefendDemocracy #WeThePeople #CivicAction #StandTogether

The 2025 U.S. government shutdown threatens to strip millions of Americans of health coverage, risking 50,000 preventable deaths each year. This op-ed exposes how the fight is no longer left vs. right...

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

Fair enough, you’re entitled to your opinion. But this sounds like judging psychology by its worst examples instead of its wider contributions: safer cars, better schools, fairer courts, healthier societies, more humane care, and usable tech. Let’s agree to disagree and leave it there.

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

Institutions may misuse power, but that isn’t psychology. Psychology explains the what and why of behavior so change is possible. The concerns you raise seem less about psychology itself and more about frustration with institutions, which is fair.

Dancing in the Shadow of Ignorance: Peacemaker, Fortnite, and the Psychology of Unseen Symbols — Simply Put Psych

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

Fortnite pulled a Peacemaker dance after the show’s twist. This isn’t a branding hiccup, it’s 'accidental' brilliance: a live case study in the psychology of symbols and blind complicity.

#Fortnite #Peacemaker #Psychology #MediaStudies #CulturalCritique

Explore how Fortnite’s Peacemaker dance emote, pulled after a shocking Season 2 twist, reveals the psychology of symbols, ignorance, and complicity in today’s political climate.

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 5d

True, psychology has been misused in the past. But research into morals and ethics now focus on fairness, bias, and inclusion, helping reduce discrimination, not fuel it. Like any science, its value depends on how we apply it.

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

True, therapy access in the U.S. is pricey and limited... no argument there. But psychology's reach goes far beyond the couch: its reshaped education, reformed courts through memory research, and cut drunk driving with targeted campaigns. It's not all Freud and metaphors

From Player One to Player Two: Mario, Luigi, and the Reflection of Sibling Hierarchies — Simply Put Psych

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

True, therapy access in the U.S. is pricey and limited... no argument there. But psychology's reach goes far beyond the couch: its reshaped education, reformed courts through memory research, and cut drunk driving with targeted campaigns. It's not all Freud and metaphors

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

Over-diagnosis of the ‘healthy unwell’ is a real issue, for sure. But psychology is much more than diagnosis, most of it is research into memory, learning, development, behaviour, and so on. This post is more about helping students with APA and research, not labelling people.

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

Bush was the political equivalent of tripping over a coffee table: embarrassing, painful, but survivable. Trump, on the other hand, is like handing the coffee table a flamethrower and then electing it president. 🤣🤣🤣

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Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

Ever notice how Mario is always Player One, while Luigi waits as Player Two?
For those with siblings, it feels familiar: the older in the spotlight, the younger finding their own way to shine.

Here’s how that simple setup reflects real sibling dynamics.

#Mario #Luigi #Gaming

Explore how the iconic Mario and Luigi dynamic reflects real-life sibling hierarchies. This deep dive combines psychology, media analysis, and gaming culture to uncover the hidden messages behind 'Pla...

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly, that’s what makes the bee findings so cool: they challenge the idea that abstract rule use needs a big primate brain. Tiny systems can do more than we thought. And honeybees are awesome!

The Crystal Gems and the Freudian Psyche: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Steven Universe — Simply Put Psych

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

Surprisingly, the three central Gems; Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet from Steven Universe map well onto Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche: the id, the superego, and the ego.

#MediaPsychology #PopCulturePsych #PsychInMedia #Freud #Psychoanalysis

This article applies Freudian theory to the Crystal Gems in order to illuminate how the series dramatizes psychic conflict and integration. The analysis situates Steven Universe within broader convers...

Psych with Satire @simply-put-psych.bsky.social · 6d

True, NAND gates can add, but that’s hardwired logic. Bees weren’t doing fixed input→output. They learned blue=‘+1’, yellow=‘–1’, then applied that rule to a new number (3) and novel shapes. That’s abstract reasoning: mapping a symbol to an operation and generalizing beyond training.