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Richard Saville-Smith PhD

@dranamorphosis.bsky.social

Mad studies in conversation with psychiatry & religious studies. Also #Celt #indyref2 #psychedelics. https://independent.academia.edu/RichardSavilleSmith Isle of Skye Book: Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis & Religious Studies (Bloomsbury)

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Just as a reminder, Bondiโ€™s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trumpโ€™s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, donโ€™t challenge her integrity.

07.10.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5434    ๐Ÿ” 1635    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 190    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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Hegseth's decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dashed the hopes of Native American communities that long sought the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

In a cruel, showbiz move Hegseth preserves Medals of Honor for soldiers who massacred 250+natives at Wounded Knee 1890-Women w/infants & young kidsโ€”AFTER cease fire & as fleeing.Soldiers were expecting court-martial but got Medals of Honor instead! Read!๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ apnews.com/article/indi...

07.10.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

They're all fat! How does Hegseth tolerate this obesity - oh, they're inadequate army just like ICE are inadequate National Guard in Trump's decent to anti-democratic thuggery.

07.10.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's almost as if that to be Republican is to be a greedy racist child molester.

TBH I think being a radical lefty is a better thing to be accuse of - at least they believe in looking out for more than their vilest instincts.

07.10.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome to the most absurd system of wealth redistribution

07.10.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When Trump sent in Blanche to softball her then moved her to a holiday camp I was confused because it seemed so blatant.

But this๐Ÿ‘‡Trump is obviously guilty as hell of being a pedophile. Prove me wrong.

06.10.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump plays the insurrection act, America out-trumps him by playing the 25th amendment.

06.10.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I must say I have been a bit disappointed about how supine the churches have been in the face of Trump's abuse of power. I appreciate that so many evangelicals have lost their way to the devil... but I was encouraged by this๐Ÿ‘‡

06.10.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When the military come for Trump, he won't come quietly, he'll be screaming for his mammy

05.10.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text of the fourth amendment โ€œThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.โ€

Text of the fourth amendment โ€œThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.โ€

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

05.10.2025 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5493    ๐Ÿ” 2165    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81
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More messaging like this please

05.10.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20696    ๐Ÿ” 8121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 567    ๐Ÿ“Œ 303
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What??? Don Jr is also in the Epstein files... well I never.

05.10.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge temporarily blocks Trumpโ€™s National Guard deployment in Portland | CNN A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in tro...

www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/u...

04.10.2025 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

What's the opposite of intelligence led policing? Ignorance led policing - which is probably why all the (overpaid) ICE people remind me of the thickos who left school early because they were too stupid to get any qualifications - promoted on the basis of how much they look like Tom Homan...

04.10.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The body slam seems to be the ICE preferred initial interaction.

04.10.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2482    ๐Ÿ” 1488    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 660    ๐Ÿ“Œ 284

Hello world, welcome to America, remember to pack your gas mask.

04.10.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Vctory #ProudBlue
This hit me hard.

04.10.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 350    ๐Ÿ” 152    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I've informed the authorities so they can go pick up that whining radical leftist. People like her must be incarcerated in the public interest of Making America Great Again.

04.10.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never ascribe motive to evolution. The fact that many do (even as shorthand) is... problematic.

03.10.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure, I'm not anti-McGilchrist, just of the view that biology of brain structures is but one 'component' of the capacity for the superorganism of humanity to destroy the planet which gives it life.

03.10.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think this is where I part company with McGilchrist about the quasi-ascription of quasi-intentionality to biological formations. I appreciate McGilchrist does much to blur/broaden/deflect/be reasonable, but I'm unpersuaded that (e.g.) the left hand hemisphere has 'desires'.

03.10.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep. WTAF?
"Here Comes the Reaper"???
Exactly - a Dystopian Disaster of Oppression.
Literally physically sick of all this bullshit. Cannot see how we even survive more than 3 years more. Gonna crawl into my pleasant cave of isolation and sleep until this nightmare ends - if one only could...

03.10.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enjoy, Ron.

03.10.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WTAF - does he not watch the shit his memesters cook up for him; seems happy to be played by outside forces and to turn American 'Greatness' into a dystopian disaster of oppression. What a complete and utter pathetic loser

03.10.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds plausible I understand McGilchrist's critique of brain disequilibrium as essentially sociological - The West conived in allowing the inherently cooperative right and left hemispheres of the psyche (for want of a better word) to indulge an imbalance reflected in humanity's everyday stupidity?

03.10.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jumping in... seems to me that predictive processing is part of both the left and right brain's means of 'doing business' - just that McGill doesn't particularly engage with that literature? From p40 The Master and his Emissary ๐Ÿ‘‡

03.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘€ @ericswalwell.bsky.social bringing it ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

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