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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D.
@anthonyperillo.bsky.social
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Forensic Psychology Training Director, Associate Professor @ University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Trying to leave the forensic psych world better than I found it. Perpetually food-motivated. http://hsc.unm.edu/directory/perillo-anthony.html
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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · Nov 10
Re-intro time. I'm a forensic psychologist & train clinicians doing mental health services w/ people in the legal system. Big into making science accessible & transparent, mentoring w/ kindness, & checking our biases in evaluations.

Also ❤️ food & am thrilled when I get to combine that w/ work!
Collage of 3 pictures. Pic 1 = a plate of fried chicken wings w/ several plastic containers of hot sauce behind them. Pic 2 = a woman standing w/ a microphone &. shocked look on her face. On the side is a bald man sitting at a table smiling toward her. The caption "On the Hot Seat" is behind the woman's head. Pic 3 = a row of 6 people showing varying levels of agony from eating spicy wings.
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Fried chicken & college football on New Years Day in memory of my dad as always. This year I added hatch chile powder to the flour, plus black-eyed peas & fingerling potatoes. #FoodSky
Overhead of a plate of fried chicken, black-eyed peas, & fingerling potatoes
January 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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@jenperillo.bsky.social & I reenacted one of our favorite pictures together from early into our relationship 18 years later. I love it.

2007 / 2025
Faded looking sepia-toned picture of a man sitting and staring into the camera all serious-like. A woman is lying her head in his lap and also staring into the camera all serious-like. A sepia-toned picture of a man sitting and staring into the camera all serious-like. A woman is lying her head in his lap and also staring into the camera all serious-like.
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Fiction recommendations, please!

*Really have only read non-fiction (bio-heavy) & short stories (faves = Colton Whitehead, Jhumpa Lahiri)

*Open to any genre except crime stuff (get enough of that from work)

*Something I can pick up & not feel lost if I haven’t read it in a week
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Our 4-year-old asked the family to go on a walk to pick up trash & make the world clean and ok I guess I forgive her for eating half that shrimp po-boy I’d made myself and been craving all morning.
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Cheese sticks of smoked gouda, parm, & ricotta out of the freezer, resisted w flour, then egg wash, panko, & fry. Creamy, cheesy goodness. #FoodSky
A trey of cheese sticks A cheese stick cracked open to reveal a creamy cheese pull
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Even rarer than holiday fried shrimp are the fried cheese sticks. Filling is a blend of smoked gouda, parm, & ricotta. The key is flouring & freezing a few hours before fry time. This protects the filling enough to not ooze out when frying but also not too frozen so it’s not cold when done.
A clear platter of flour covered cheese sticks
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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If you see this, post a random fact about yourself:

I was briefly a boxing writer prior to grad school. My first pubs are actually articles about early 2000s boxers like Bernard Hopkins & John Ruiz.
jacasiegel.bsky.social Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 6d
If you see this, post a random fact about yourself:

I was recruited for a show on Nickelodeon in 2012 after performing at Paper Mill Playhouse. My mom didn’t let me do it because I would have needed to be in Florida for months, and she wanted me to stay in school. Show never aired — close call!
physgal.bsky.social Physgal ⚛️ @physgal.bsky.social · 6d
If you see this post a random fact about yourself:

I helped discover one of the six quarks. ⚛️
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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It's lovely & fitting that I grew up w/ my Puerto Rican mom having us put luminarias down our sidewalks every Christmas Eve. No one else did it in our FloraBama town, and I never really saw it again until I moved to New Mexico 3 years ago.
atherton.bsky.social Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 9d
I am going to tell a story as small and close to myself as I can, before I go set luminarias outside. These lanterns, brown paper bags with sand and candles, are part of the recieved culture of New Mexico, the place where my family moved when I was 1.5 and have now lived again for nearly a decade.
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Who needs milk & cookies after the kids go to bed when you have coquito?
Coquito pouring into a snifter
December 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Remembering last year's Thanksgiving & holidays where Bluesky had an influx of activity, like we were all distracting each other before an upcoming funeral. I'm thankful for that & this community.

Now back to smoking salmon for a Christmas Eve pasta dish. Happy Holidays, everyone.
A long smoked salmon filet on a grill grate
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I've tried to follow 3 intertwined principles in 2025 & have been reminded of them more than ever this week:

1) Don't get numb to the pain of others
2) Don't let others take my joy
3) Be kind to others & myself
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Hard to believe these pics are two days apart.
A blank great room wall, off white and white, with a widescreen tv on it A great room wall with floor to ceiling brown bookcases and a library ladder
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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"when we were finished, [Stephen Miller] comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

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Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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With our forensic fellows, so far we’ve had breakfast burritos at sunrise (failed balloon fiesta launch), checked out a new coffeeshop/bar/event space, and walked through the holiday light display at the botanical gardens. Local hockey game next month & more adventures for the year!
A coffee cup with a white heart shaped in the foam Bright holiday lights at night showing a unicorn pulling a carriage
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Very proud of our @projectechohq.bsky.social program on alcohol use and mental health and the community of practice we have built over the last 3.5 years! projectecho.unm.edu/story/the-ne...
The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO: Building Communities For Supporting People in Recovery
The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO launched in 2022 to address the state’s high rates of alcohol-related illness and death. Participants from across the state meet online twice a month,...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Tuesday is the last Law & Mental Health Series for 2025 (back in 3 weeks): Douglas Lewis, Jr. discusses psych evaluations in the military (Army National Guard focus) relative to what we do in forensic psych. #PsychLaw

Reg (free CEUs!): hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Law and Mental Health Clinical Decision-Making within Distinct Operational Systems: A Comparative Workshop on Military Behavioral Health and Forensic Psychology Douglas E. Lewis, Jr., PsyD Anthony Perillo, PhD Disclosure Statement: The presenters have no financial relationship to this activity. Outcomes/Objectives 1. Define the role of behavioral health officers in the United States Army National Guard and compare their responsibilities to the role and function of forensic psychologists in at least 2 forensic settings (e.g., prisons and forensic state hospitals). 2. Identify at least 2 ways behavioral health officers aid Army leadership in decision making. 3. Describe the purpose and regulatory framework of 6 standard evaluations (i.e., Chapter 3, Gender Marker, Sniper, Security Clearance, Conscientious Objector, Posthumous Behavioral Health Reviews of Suicide Deaths) conducted by behavioral health officers in the Army National Guard (ARNG).
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Tis the season for an afternoon coquito chai. Not pictured: the coquito tres leches Jen made.
Overhead of a foamy drink with cinnamon dusted on top
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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My discussion of applying things used to reduce bias in forensic science examinations of evidence to forensic psychological evaluations is now up on YouTube: youtu.be/XKRRPu48Eu4?...
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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New top song of the holiday season. Plus a New Haven mention!
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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This Christmas song is so wild I felt compelled to internet search to confirm it was real.

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Linda Bennett - An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy's Home)
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December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Just found out I was included in @nature.com's "Ones to Watch 2026" list for @standupforscience.bsky.social. Pretty wild to have my name included on a page with this calibre of scientists...really grateful for my team and the support it took to get here.

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Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025
A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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You get a full dose of me on Tuesday's Law & Mental Health Series. I'll discuss a strategy used to boost accuracy in forensic science (Linear Sequential Unmasking-Expanded) & how this might be applied to forensic mental health evaluations. #PsychLaw

Reg (free CEUs!) hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Core of LSU-E Review pieces of data in isolation Review most critical data first Judge evidence individually, then incrementally Minimize exposure to irrelevant info
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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YouTube trying to get into the Year in Review game and oh how I wish it really worked that bbq counted as fitness.
A Focus on Fitness poster saying Smokin’ & Grillin with AB was a workout video
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Happy first snowfall of the season from Albuquerque.
A mountain and trees covered in snow w a bright blue cloud sky
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM