Richard Pemberton

Big Bottom looking up towards Ditchling Beacon #sussex

This guy is still a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The system is truly broken.

‘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.

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

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"Lessons from Patient Activists" book club promo featuring "Unheard" book cover. Themes: Community, Literacy, Leadership, Solidarity, Sharing. By Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan. #pedanticzebra, Long Covid Advocacy logo.

🦁 '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 💙📚

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

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.

Scandalous

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

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?

The last thing we need.....
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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.

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

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.

@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...

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.

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

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"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...

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

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....

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 🤦‍♂️🤬

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

BMJ article

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.”

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

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.

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

Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting Jack Aaron, whose past comments on controversial leaders led to widespread criticism, is now overseeing candidate selection

Not all psychology is good. Far from it. This guy calls himself a “business psychologist”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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📣 1/2. The countdown is on!!
Join us in 1 hour (2pm GMT) for our Community Strategy Launch!

Featuring the #LongCovid Support Community Banner & keynote speeches from our Trustees @margaretohara.bsky.social, @daltmann.bsky.social & Aimie Cole.

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So for all of the Christian right’s words about the sanctity of life, they’ve all signed up for killing millions of children as an act of public policy. WWJD?