Karen Morris

Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia

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#neuroskyence
Schizophrenia is among the most refractory and devastating of all brain diseases. It makes me furious to hear this sorry ass excuse of an HHS secretary peddle this bullshit. False hope and misdirected resources. Eejit.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

In brief, this maneuver:
- effectively converts employee status to "at-will" (meaning they can be fired for any--or no--reason),
- redirects whistleblower complaints to internal agency counsel,
& takes away these civil servants' rights to appeal adverse personnel actions.

YouTube video by Jayme Hoiness Louder than Hate (Our song)

youtu.be/fO-9JrPtj3Q?...

As we go into the weekend, this is a song you can wrap your heart ❤️ around.

Friday thought:

A big middle finger to Robert Kennedy Jr.

More of this!

"The problem isn't the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster."

Yup.

Interesting episode on overhauling the DSM.

I think this powerful essay is more than "a meditation" on centralized power.

We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recently released data from ICE.

Many people have asked that we add a map to the home page. We have added this feature. Click one of the blue icons to proceed to the report of the corresponding detention facility.

detentionreports.com

We Know Enough A refrain for our times

@badpacifist.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

"This is a time for choosing to live a life that you're proud of, or not."

There is clarity in second-term Trump increasingly confessing that many items on his to-do list—demanding tribute from universities, especially Harvard; claiming he might “take” Greenland; declaring he won an election that he knows he lost—are nothing more than efforts to boost his wounded ego.

And yet, here we are. That many people celebrate this aspect of humanity is beyond sad...

I am very glad that you have been able to have your dream fulfilled.

Some things do not change over the centuries:

Sascha Altman DuBrul (@saschaaltmandubrul)

substack.com/@saschaaltma...

Planned strategy or just poor/questionable judgement?

Many people are upset about the demise of the storied Washington Post, myself included.

YouTube video by Bruce Hornsby - Topic Look Out Any Window (Remastered 2003)

youtu.be/bTn5gRw5q-4?...

Thursday tune:

Are health influencers making us sick? Social media can help to raise awareness of health conditions — but the wealth of dubious information online might do more harm than good.

This review is so good, it makes me eager to recommend this book by Deborah Cohen:
Are health influencers making us sick? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

All DT touches turns to...

DT doing his version of letting it all hang out...

“This is the stranger’s case; and this your mountainish inhumanity.”

Chills.

Just call it propaganda.

Parallelism between 1970 and now.

Once again, it is all about him...

The Dems and their consultants need to focus on and REALLY STUDY the characteristics of raising authoritarian/fascist regimes and develop stategies that deal with that process.

And we happily serve and cater to them...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Big Brother is watching has a new ominous relevance.

"Big Brother is watching" has an ominous relevance now.