Allen Finley

Just watched Charlie Chaplin’s brilliant “The Great Dictator” on @tcmtv.bsky.social. It felt a bit like it could have been written last week. Worth watching!

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Should have seen that one coming.

Pain Reports Featured Image 22 October

Papadomanolakis-Pakis et al. developed 2 risk tools to preoperatively predict moderate-to-severe and severe acute postsurgical pain in the postanesthesia care unit. Both demonstrated acceptable predictive performance and clinical utility. #PainReports bit.ly/46VQdnw

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Quana Madison NASP Interview

How can you feel “grounded” when your body is in pain? Check out this conversation between @NAPainSchool Patient Partner Patient Partner Quàna Madison and Science Communicator Shirin Sadighparvar discussing how art helped her to find power in her own story bit.ly/4navXTQ #PRF #NAPS2025

The October 2025 issue of #PainReports is now available! Catch up on the latest pain research at bit.ly/3WFO3SR

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23 Oct PIDDSIG Webinar/Meeting

Register for the 23 October Data Blitz and Business meeting with the IASP Pain in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group (PIDDSIG). Join us this Thursday for eight presentations from Early Career members and discussions about the future of PIDDSIG. bit.ly/43f6fX6

We're extremely proud to announce #PAIN's 2025 supplemental issue: Advancing Pain Research and Management for the Next 50 Years. The entire issue is free to read on our website! bit.ly/3IQ6hOq

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So many possibles…

PAIN Featured Image 10/17

This week’s #PAIN Featured Image is an overview of microneurography recording technique. Namer et al. highlight new data on the potential for high threshold mechanosensitive Aβ fibers to code for physiological mechanical pain and allodynia bit.ly/4gEVMJW 

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Happy Ether Day! (World Anaesthesia Day) – celebrating the 179th anniversary of the first public demonstration of modern surgical anaesthesia. 😷🩺

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Pain Reports Fibromyalgia Special Issue

#PainReports and guest editor Anne-Priscille Trouvin are proud to present a new special issue discussing the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia and approaches to treating it. Read the entire issue for free: t.co/SE72OZVrHj t.co/Q0WaMB2eOC

PR Call for Submissions OCT

Pain Reports is now accepting submissions for inclusion in upcoming special issues. Submit your papers on non-vertebrate studies or umbrella reviews for consideration and the opportunity to be published in IASP’s top-tier open-access, multidisciplinary journal. bit.ly/3KxMAv2

The New York Times Spelling Bee How many words can you make with 7 letters?

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I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Just made it.

Counting the days to @IASPpain’s World Congress on Pain 2026 in Bangkok? Make the wait easier by revisiting #PAIN’s collection of articles from the 2024 plenary speakers bit.ly/3K7OuT6

PAIN Featured Image 10 October 2025

In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Geha et al. depict a conceptual framework of motivational brain pathway involvement in chronic pain and the potential role of dopamine modulation in pain therapy. Learn more at bit.ly/46jax1K

October’s #PAIN cover art is from Isler et al.’s new study. They find that spinal microglia become reactive and trigger hypersensitivity in response to combined optogenetic activation of nociceptive and nonnociceptive fibers. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4nssUHO

💉 Nova Scotians can now book seasonal vaccines — COVID-19, flu, and RSV — at pharmacies, drive-through clinics, or Public Health Mobile Units. Appointments can be made online with a valid NS health card. Details:

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#NovaScotia #Vaccines #PublicHealth

PR Call for Submissions OCT 2025

Are you looking for a top-tier journal to submit your #painresearch about non-vertebrate studies or umbrella reviews? Check out @painreports.bsky.social recent call for submissions for their upcoming special issues bit.ly/3KxMAv2

Topical Workshop Deadline

There is only one week left to submit topical workshop session proposals for the 2026 #WorldCongressOnPain. Submit your proposal by 15 October: bit.ly/4fxTqMs ~#IASP2026 #PainEducation #IASP2026

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