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Jeffrey Lee Hatcher, Ph.D.

@jlhatcher.bsky.social

Narrative medicine author north of Boston. Once a wildlife researcher in Kenya & Columbia University. Mission to interest doctors-in-training in epilepsy psychology (tackingonthestyx.com). Between cats. Gene flow research & invisible illnesses don't mix

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the meep-meep guys, costumed, adult-sized, strolling down a path

the meep-meep guys, costumed, adult-sized, strolling down a path

dress for the job you want

17.07.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1048    ๐Ÿ” 263    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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From the 70's. I may be giving my age away

13.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is why Mom doesn't keep sugar on the dining table

13.07.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So this Massachusetts resident was just admiring the rhododendron flowers but did not see EVEN ONE species of pollinator, or any insect species at all. I guess all those eco-fascist academic types must have gotten something right.

03.06.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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011: Cerebral Palsy with Trevor Harris - The Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast In this very special episode, we welcome up-and-coming comedian Trevor Harris to discuss his fight with Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy.

DYK nearly half of all people with Cerebral Palsy also live with #Epilepsy? #CP is caused by brain damage or abnormal development, often before or around birth.

Listen as @patchcomedy310.bsky.social describes his life as a comedian navigating both conditions:
brainablaze.com/the-brain-ab...

20.05.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So 5 stars for "Putting a Name to It" that my med-type friends might like - good choice for a university literary seminar. tackingonthestyx.com/related-feeds/

10.05.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When youโ€™re used to being the center of the universe, equality feels like oppressionโ€”and accountability feels like persecution.

Republican panic.

03.05.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2737    ๐Ÿ” 860    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
Frodo: What a week, huh?
Gandalf: Frodo, itโ€™s Tuesday.

Frodo: What a week, huh? Gandalf: Frodo, itโ€™s Tuesday.

no literally ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

29.04.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 220    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Night-time highway driving has never triggered me, but the strobe-light experience of fast & heavy traffic is worth being mindful of. It gives me a sense of tension. Forested areas with the sun low in the sky in winter can also have strobe effects at >20 MPH

29.04.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, though certainly not the deepest.

25.04.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Be careful about too much detail in too short a time - might lose some friends.

24.04.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stigmatization is just so high, yet covert. I didn't realize how awful it was until involved in publishing about epilepsy. Publishers have lottery-style give-aways at websites. Books on mental ill get 20 X the interest as books on E. 400 sign ups f/mi books vs 11 for Ep books in some cases.

24.04.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

However, that doesn't in and of itself, pertain to possibilities of modern food processing and vaccines stimulating seizures (which I am also skeptical of). Strobe lights can trigger seizures. They certainly did not exist hundreds of years ago.

24.04.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

animals can have seizures, so basically forever. However, the mortality rate must have been quite higher before a significant level of altruism evolved, and life expectencies must have been dramatically lower.

24.04.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œHistorically, the most terrible thingsโ€”war, genocide, and slaveryโ€”have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.โ€ โ€”Howard Zinn

06.04.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1136    ๐Ÿ” 390    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

I walked out of a NYC Ivy League school with PhD totally eclipsed by a deep and enduring hatred of my thesis topic and my profs.

19.04.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wondered if I should submit deception for peer-review. Would dance around porch door - standard communication. Then, when bipedal slave arose from seat, she'd run to food dish in next room. Sounds trivial, but actually is not.

13.04.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very sadly one departed due to stomach cancer @ 10 yo. The other of FIV @ 9 :( . FWIW, cancer victim was only 1 that I knew to engage in out-right deception - very rare @ cognitive level.

13.04.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hard not to think of getting pissed as being a side effect of a sense of justice - royal wrath (or whatever the term).

12.04.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sniffing out Emotions in Epileptic Brains Can emotional cognition be mapped to the left or right side of the cerebrum using the sense of smell?

For any follower involved in (or just interested in) brain surgery, please have a look - tackingonthestyx.com/sniffing-out...

10.04.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My book was just banned from the US Naval Academy library (RNS) โ€” Book bans are an aggressive, systemic form of lying. This one takes aim at key texts at the intersection of religion and racial justice.

In follow up.

> My book was just banned from the US Naval Academy library religionnews.com/2025/04/07/m...

#books #reading #BannedBooks #censorship #USNA #libraries ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

08.04.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

disgusting and the list really says it all

08.04.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not much help for those w/out computer, b/for those folk for whom the Embarrassment and his administration have nothing but contempt, DeepL is a great free translator to help weather the sh*t sh*w

08.04.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and yet people want to hear nothing about it (vs any other disease you can think of)

08.04.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Surprising Health Benefits of Swearing Profanity can come with numerous physical, psychological, and social perks.

Well Duh! :)

time.com/7272667/swea...

03.04.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Condemning and correcting just spreads the DISINFO we are trying to defeat. Here is how to stop doing it, with a LIST OF TERMS WE SHOULD NEVER USE in association with vaccines, Ukraine, immigrants, etc. and WHAT TO SAY INSTEAD:

ReframingAmerica.Substack.com/do-not-associate

15.03.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I haven't had to read between the lines for very long to know that psychologists and psychiatrists are very ableist if you have epilepsy. They try to define us out of existence.

12.03.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Louer l'audace du gouvernement francais face au congres Americain!

11.03.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vive le France

11.03.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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