Matt Wall
@mattwall.bsky.social
Psychologist & fMRI-nerd. 🧠 + psychedelics, cannabis, sex hormones. Instrument botherer.
The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/mbwall
My vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaSxw9NuBrAFN3zjLQRbPg
The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/mbwall
My vids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaSxw9NuBrAFN3zjLQRbPg
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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Happy new year to ye all - let’s do this!
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Happy new year to ye all - let’s do this!
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Can you all please exercise like one single iota of skepticism when you see a post saying "Alzheimer's has been cured" jfc
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Can you all please exercise like one single iota of skepticism when you see a post saying "Alzheimer's has been cured" jfc
Holy shit!
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Holy shit!
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New Paper 🚨
"Are Psychedelics Ethically Exceptional After All? Some Further Reflections" by @Katherine_Chg, @ExistWell (David B. Yaden), and Kyle Patch in @bioethics_net
"Are Psychedelics Ethically Exceptional After All? Some Further Reflections" by @Katherine_Chg, @ExistWell (David B. Yaden), and Kyle Patch in @bioethics_net
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New Paper 🚨
"Are Psychedelics Ethically Exceptional After All? Some Further Reflections" by @Katherine_Chg, @ExistWell (David B. Yaden), and Kyle Patch in @bioethics_net
"Are Psychedelics Ethically Exceptional After All? Some Further Reflections" by @Katherine_Chg, @ExistWell (David B. Yaden), and Kyle Patch in @bioethics_net
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Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
Can confirm. Just made some this morning and they are crack-on-toast.
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Can confirm. Just made some this morning and they are crack-on-toast.
Saw Jarvis Cocker getting his MacBook looked at in the Apple Store.
Also once saw Jimmy Page having some Vietnamese takeout in the food court at the same mall (Westfield, Shepherd's Bush).
Also once saw Jimmy Page having some Vietnamese takeout in the food court at the same mall (Westfield, Shepherd's Bush).
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Saw Jarvis Cocker getting his MacBook looked at in the Apple Store.
Also once saw Jimmy Page having some Vietnamese takeout in the food court at the same mall (Westfield, Shepherd's Bush).
Also once saw Jimmy Page having some Vietnamese takeout in the food court at the same mall (Westfield, Shepherd's Bush).
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Because I’m evilllll… Enjoy Rik Mayall out-performing a Beatle and Jools Holland at a charity gig in Nether Wallop!
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Because I’m evilllll… Enjoy Rik Mayall out-performing a Beatle and Jools Holland at a charity gig in Nether Wallop!
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And @profdavidnutt.bsky.social coming in with some insider info regarding Crick's psychedelic use.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Slightly cheekily, I asked him [Watson] why Crick had turned from genetics to neuroscience, and his reply was “it was those psychedelics!”"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Slightly cheekily, I asked him [Watson] why Crick had turned from genetics to neuroscience, and his reply was “it was those psychedelics!”"
Farewell to Jim Watson (and Francis Crick). A reflection on their contributions to psychiatry and brain science - David J. Nutt, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And @profdavidnutt.bsky.social coming in with some insider info regarding Crick's psychedelic use.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Slightly cheekily, I asked him [Watson] why Crick had turned from genetics to neuroscience, and his reply was “it was those psychedelics!”"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Slightly cheekily, I asked him [Watson] why Crick had turned from genetics to neuroscience, and his reply was “it was those psychedelics!”"
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Reminder that The Guardian has a financial partnership with openAI so they have a vested interest in trying to paint this shit in a positive light.
You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever
You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs to be handled responsibly
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reminder that The Guardian has a financial partnership with openAI so they have a vested interest in trying to paint this shit in a positive light.
You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever
You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever
Completely agree, but you could make the exact same arguments about guns (and many people have! Repeatedly! Validly!) but as long as your industry has the right lobbyists and enough money it apparently doesn't matter how many people you kill.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Completely agree, but you could make the exact same arguments about guns (and many people have! Repeatedly! Validly!) but as long as your industry has the right lobbyists and enough money it apparently doesn't matter how many people you kill.
This is what writing is for.
If you use it as a dialogic thinking space where you externalities thought and use it to hold, reshape, question, extent, perturb your thinking. Just like a good teacher or mentor could, except you need to set and guide the interaction style.
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is what writing is for.
*Holds monkey's paw*
"I wish psychedic therapy could go mainstream"
Oh, dammit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"I wish psychedic therapy could go mainstream"
Oh, dammit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs
Texas governor among those to call for expanded access to ibogaine, said to help with treating veterans with PTSD
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
*Holds monkey's paw*
"I wish psychedic therapy could go mainstream"
Oh, dammit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"I wish psychedic therapy could go mainstream"
Oh, dammit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Just got a new plan for 2026: 1. Move to California. 2. Start a religion.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Inside the US’s psychedelic church boom, where taking drugs is legal
Religious groups using banned drugs are increasingly testing the limits of faith and law – and winning
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just got a new plan for 2026: 1. Move to California. 2. Start a religion.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Seems to me this is a pathetic exhortation but an air-tight confession of guilt
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Seems to me this is a pathetic exhortation but an air-tight confession of guilt
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Psychedelic research must be grounded in pharmacology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psychedelic research must be grounded in pharmacology - Nature Neuroscience
Psychedelic science is growing rapidly and offers great promise for exciting new therapies, but this rapid growth has brought growing pains. These include a lack of appreciation of the history of the ...
www.nature.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Psychedelic research must be grounded in pharmacology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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There are FOUR ghosts!
December 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There are FOUR ghosts!
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This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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"You'd think I would've been fully consumed by the threat to my life, or at least been captivated by the ever-escalating cat-and-mouse game between the terrorists and Holly's insecure but roguish husband. But no, this Christmas question just gnawed at me."
A Nakatomi Employee Ponders: Is This a Christmas Hostage Situation?
As the Euro terrorists fired their machine guns into the air and their leader announced he had murdered my boss, a nagging question crept into my m...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"You'd think I would've been fully consumed by the threat to my life, or at least been captivated by the ever-escalating cat-and-mouse game between the terrorists and Holly's insecure but roguish husband. But no, this Christmas question just gnawed at me."