Dr. Joanna Horrocks-Pashdag
@joannahorrocks.bsky.social
Writer, clinical & forensic psychologist. Sr. Lecturer, DClinPsy programme, U. of Hertfordshire. Interests include the Three P's — psychedelics, paganism & phenomenology. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️(she/her).
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Hello, new followers! I'm a clinical psychologist who sometimes writes fantasy fiction. My posts reflect my emotional state, which means they're often a jumbled mess, but that's life. Here's something I wrote recently that's not fiction, but which I believe in deeply. akjournals.com/view/journal...
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I ENTIRELY understand why a party way to the left of Labour needs to exist.
I have NO IDEA why it needs to be Your Party, other than ego.
The Greens are RIGHT THERE. Corbyn will be 78 at the next election. And it's a shambles. Give up, lads.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I have NO IDEA why it needs to be Your Party, other than ego.
The Greens are RIGHT THERE. Corbyn will be 78 at the next election. And it's a shambles. Give up, lads.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MP Adnan Hussain quits Your Party over ‘persistent infighting’
Blackburn MP criticises ‘struggle for power’ amid tensions between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I ENTIRELY understand why a party way to the left of Labour needs to exist.
I have NO IDEA why it needs to be Your Party, other than ego.
The Greens are RIGHT THERE. Corbyn will be 78 at the next election. And it's a shambles. Give up, lads.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I have NO IDEA why it needs to be Your Party, other than ego.
The Greens are RIGHT THERE. Corbyn will be 78 at the next election. And it's a shambles. Give up, lads.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I absolutely agree with Sophie - the failure of the Lords Committee to hear from people directly affected by the assisted dying bill is unconscionable. It's easy for me to imagine committee hearings for other bills not having reps from the people the bill will impact b/c it happens All The Time.
“I can’t imagine a committee hearing for any other bill not having representatives from… the people this bill will actually impact.”
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I absolutely agree with Sophie - the failure of the Lords Committee to hear from people directly affected by the assisted dying bill is unconscionable. It's easy for me to imagine committee hearings for other bills not having reps from the people the bill will impact b/c it happens All The Time.
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
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Good news for once
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Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Good news for once
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
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On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
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On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
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On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
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It’s going to be interesting to see whether the Republican Supreme Court figures out that their authority flows from perceived legitimacy achieved by following the rule of law. Because, I suspect the Republican Court believes their legitimacy flows from their authority, and boy is that wrong.
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s going to be interesting to see whether the Republican Supreme Court figures out that their authority flows from perceived legitimacy achieved by following the rule of law. Because, I suspect the Republican Court believes their legitimacy flows from their authority, and boy is that wrong.
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In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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Zohran Mamdani, mayor of NYC!!!
He ran on policies to help people
He did not throw anyone under the bus, including our trans sisters and brothers
He ran on politics of HOPE, not hate
This is the future.
Immigrants. We get the job done
#Mamdani #PoliticsOfHope
He ran on policies to help people
He did not throw anyone under the bus, including our trans sisters and brothers
He ran on politics of HOPE, not hate
This is the future.
Immigrants. We get the job done
#Mamdani #PoliticsOfHope
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Zohran Mamdani, mayor of NYC!!!
He ran on policies to help people
He did not throw anyone under the bus, including our trans sisters and brothers
He ran on politics of HOPE, not hate
This is the future.
Immigrants. We get the job done
#Mamdani #PoliticsOfHope
He ran on policies to help people
He did not throw anyone under the bus, including our trans sisters and brothers
He ran on politics of HOPE, not hate
This is the future.
Immigrants. We get the job done
#Mamdani #PoliticsOfHope
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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Today in The Futurist - a headline reading "Meta Stock Plummets as Investors Horrified at How Much Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI," followed by an ad for...AI. Maybe AI companies could try using their product to tell them where *not* to place their ads?
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today in The Futurist - a headline reading "Meta Stock Plummets as Investors Horrified at How Much Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI," followed by an ad for...AI. Maybe AI companies could try using their product to tell them where *not* to place their ads?
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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An old tradition ... Fine Folk or Follow Friday #FF: @treadwells-books.bsky.social @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social @sebbyb.bsky.social @philh.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @julianneregan.bsky.social @mjpcuervo.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk @edkarshner.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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You all need to see the Clouded Leopard cubs at the Nashville Zoo playing in autumn leaves.
No, really.
Improve your day!
youtube.com/shorts/9e22f...
No, really.
Improve your day!
youtube.com/shorts/9e22f...
Clouded leopard cubs play with leaves
YouTube video by Nashville Zoo
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October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You all need to see the Clouded Leopard cubs at the Nashville Zoo playing in autumn leaves.
No, really.
Improve your day!
youtube.com/shorts/9e22f...
No, really.
Improve your day!
youtube.com/shorts/9e22f...
I guess the next time I'm in Hawai'i and some stranger says "Let me get the door for you, Auntie" I'll just have to slap them for lying.
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I guess the next time I'm in Hawai'i and some stranger says "Let me get the door for you, Auntie" I'll just have to slap them for lying.
Nowhere in this article does it say *how* this AI will 'hasten the coming of Christ's return,' but I can't help thinking of Arthur C. Clarke's story, 'The Nine Billion Names of God.' Tread softly, techbro. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nowhere in this article does it say *how* this AI will 'hasten the coming of Christ's return,' but I can't help thinking of Arthur C. Clarke's story, 'The Nine Billion Names of God.' Tread softly, techbro. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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To anyone claiming that science is "boring", I would point them towards this award-winning study from 1939 showing that repeatedly exploding paper bags next to a cat that was standing on the back of a cow caused that cow to produce less milk than normal:
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October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
To anyone claiming that science is "boring", I would point them towards this award-winning study from 1939 showing that repeatedly exploding paper bags next to a cat that was standing on the back of a cow caused that cow to produce less milk than normal:
academic.oup.com/jas/article-...
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academic.oup.com/jas/article-...
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The White House belongs to the American people, so if it's okay for him to bulldoze it, we should be able to bulldoze Mar-a-Lago.
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The White House belongs to the American people, so if it's okay for him to bulldoze it, we should be able to bulldoze Mar-a-Lago.
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
Just read this Hunter S. Thompson quote from "Kingdom of Fear" (2003), and...yeah: "We are living in dangerously weird times now... The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it."
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just read this Hunter S. Thompson quote from "Kingdom of Fear" (2003), and...yeah: "We are living in dangerously weird times now... The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it."
Oh, look - a mainstream news outlet has finally noticed what we've all been saying FOR YEARS: "The president frequently appears to lose his train of thought." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed?
Impeachment and 25th amendment offer routes for removal – but experts say the system is set up to protect the president
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Oh, look - a mainstream news outlet has finally noticed what we've all been saying FOR YEARS: "The president frequently appears to lose his train of thought." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Thought experiment:
• Biden takes a backhoe to the East Wing of the White House.
• Obama posts a video of himself wearing a crown, piloting a plane, dumping diarrhea on American protesters.
How would it be covered in the press? What would the reaction be like?
Now: look at America, 2025.
• Biden takes a backhoe to the East Wing of the White House.
• Obama posts a video of himself wearing a crown, piloting a plane, dumping diarrhea on American protesters.
How would it be covered in the press? What would the reaction be like?
Now: look at America, 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Thought experiment:
• Biden takes a backhoe to the East Wing of the White House.
• Obama posts a video of himself wearing a crown, piloting a plane, dumping diarrhea on American protesters.
How would it be covered in the press? What would the reaction be like?
Now: look at America, 2025.
• Biden takes a backhoe to the East Wing of the White House.
• Obama posts a video of himself wearing a crown, piloting a plane, dumping diarrhea on American protesters.
How would it be covered in the press? What would the reaction be like?
Now: look at America, 2025.