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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · May 19

Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘The 8-year-old me was frozen in time, deep within my body and soul, ready to emerge later’ | BPS

Thurstine Basset reflects on his own boarding school experiences, and what remains missing from psychologists; plus, he reviews two new books on the topic.

www.bps.org.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · May 14

The course on Psychology for Crowd Safety Management is designed for all professionals who work in crowd/ event safety.

More details below

www.sussex.ac.uk/research/lab...

Psychology of crowd safety management training : Impact and influence : Crowds and Identities: John Drury's Research Group : University of Sussex

www.sussex.ac.uk

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · May 9

🦁 'Roar: How Patients Fought to get Heard' is a powerful chapter that describes the history of AIDS activism and the shift of paradigm created for the patient voice.

@drrageshri.bsky.social discusses the lessons other patient activists can learn from HIV/AIDS activists

Key is collaboration 💙📚

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · May 2

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 26

Oligarchy (noun):

A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Apr 23

Scandalous

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 22

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth

In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

www.motherjones.com

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Apr 23

Could this possibly be true in the UK? Fast food ‘Anti Depressants’ ++ for people who aren’t depressed etc etc

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 22

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 12

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?

Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.

See the problem?

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 4

The last thing we need.....
gift link wapo.st/4jmm2ZT
by @ddiamond.bsky.social

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Mar 23

Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...

Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head

Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.

theconversation.com

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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · Apr 1

@dailymail.co.uk coverage of study of antidepressants and sudden cardiac death: 'another shocking example of an adverse effect that's taken too long to come out even though we had good reason to suspect that these drugs are cardiotoxic' www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

Drugs taken by millions increases risk of sudden cardiac death

Danish experts found patients taking the commonly prescribed medications for between one to five years had a 50 per cent higher risk of dying from an unexpected heart issue.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Mar 23

Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...

Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head

Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.

theconversation.com

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Mar 21

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility

In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

www.chronicle.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 22

“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.

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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · Mar 21

This study is important because although effects were small, they were independent of depression and there was a dose effect. It showed increased risk of cognitive decline, death and fractures associated with antidepressant use in people with dementia bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 21

This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government.

An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.

It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Having already spent over $7M backing the right-wing candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, Elon Musk's Super PAC is now offering Wisconsin voters $100 each to sign its petition against "activist judges."

This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Mar 21

The anti-Musk poster campaign in London: a growing backlash

London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk

@stephenking.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @gemmagould.bsky.social

The anti-Musk poster campaign in London: a growing backlash

London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk

centralbylines.co.uk

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 19

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation

The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Mar 17

#LongCovid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan

Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · Mar 12

New levels of stupid reached...🤦‍♂️🙄

This could severely hamper any chance we have of limiting the damage done by a potential H5N1 pandemic. Nuts, self-destructive, and nuts again 🤦‍♂️🤬

finance.yahoo.com/news/health-...

Health Secretary RFK Jr. Calls for Intensive Testing of Bird Flu Drugs on Poultry

(Bloomberg) -- Therapeutic drugs should be “intensively” tested on US poultry flocks infected with bird flu, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, arguing that the medication...

finance.yahoo.com

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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · Mar 12

Is the message in re moving this wonderful mural that black lives don’t matter? Every day a new outrage 😱😡

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · Mar 12

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/c...

"You can erase this, but you cannot erase our history," a Kappa Alpha Psi member said as a group bid goodbye to Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C., a day before the removal process began Monday. The street mural is set to be removed over several weeks.

‘Cannot erase our history': Black Lives Matter Plaza honored before removal begins

Work to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza began Monday, a day after more than 50 members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity gathered to remind people what the ground mural means to the African American commu...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Mar 16

Wow shocking data @bmj.com:

“In 2023, 302 black candidates applied to anaesthetics, with only five offers made, meaning only 1.66% of applicants were successful. For white candidates, 47% of applications were successful.”

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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Mar 16

I agree with him - every DSM m focalises more and more of the human condition - it’s mad

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M A Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · Mar 15

When I got Long Covid, I was 38 and healthy. If you are anything like I was then, it is hard to understand how bad Long Covid is. I think that we all have an instinct to just… look away. But, please, it is important that you look. #LongCovidAwarenessDay

The image shows a person standing in what appears to be a modern convenience store or small market. They're wearing a light blue button-up shirt and yellow pants, with sunglasses tucked into their shirt collar.
They're positioned next to a candy display section clearly labeled "CANDY" with various confectionery items on shelves. The wall behind them has white subway tiles with orange text that reads something about "NO CHECKOUT" and "WALK OUT SHOPPING," suggesting this might be an automated store where customers can take items and leave without traditional checkout.

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