Emily
@mirthfulvulture.bsky.social
“Elves are never happy”
Psychologist working in addiction medicine
Psychologist working in addiction medicine
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Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.
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🚨 New Webinar: "Tinker Tailor Scientist Practitioner: Personalising psychosocial treatment"
Explore how to personalise psychosocial treatments for #addiction with the latest research and practitioner insights.
🎙️ A/Prof Matthew Gullo, @griffith.edu.au
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MC...
Explore how to personalise psychosocial treatments for #addiction with the latest research and practitioner insights.
🎙️ A/Prof Matthew Gullo, @griffith.edu.au
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MC...
July 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
🚨 New Webinar: "Tinker Tailor Scientist Practitioner: Personalising psychosocial treatment"
Explore how to personalise psychosocial treatments for #addiction with the latest research and practitioner insights.
🎙️ A/Prof Matthew Gullo, @griffith.edu.au
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MC...
Explore how to personalise psychosocial treatments for #addiction with the latest research and practitioner insights.
🎙️ A/Prof Matthew Gullo, @griffith.edu.au
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MC...
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Alcohol advertising bans have been dropped from the 10-Year Plan under pressure from the industry, @thetimes.com reports.
Jem Roberts of IAS said: “One of the main goals of the ten-year health plan was to ‘shift from treatment to prevention’ - yet if...(1/3)
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Jem Roberts of IAS said: “One of the main goals of the ten-year health plan was to ‘shift from treatment to prevention’ - yet if...(1/3)
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Alcohol advertising ban dropped after industry backlash
Public health measures considered for Labour’s ten-year NHS plan have been left out after pushback from ministers concerned about the economy
www.thetimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Alcohol advertising bans have been dropped from the 10-Year Plan under pressure from the industry, @thetimes.com reports.
Jem Roberts of IAS said: “One of the main goals of the ten-year health plan was to ‘shift from treatment to prevention’ - yet if...(1/3)
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Jem Roberts of IAS said: “One of the main goals of the ten-year health plan was to ‘shift from treatment to prevention’ - yet if...(1/3)
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Great read from Richard Flanagan on the AFL stadium. Original budget $375 million, now $1.86 billion, for just 7 games a year, in breach of all planning and heritage laws, opposed by 70% of Tasmanians. Truly unconscionable by the AFL.
#auspol
#afl
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20890/...
#auspol
#afl
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20890/...
Tasmania in crisis over billion-dollar AFL stadium
The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis and a snap election likely to be called as the premier clings to plans for a stadium that will bankrupt the state.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
June 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Great read from Richard Flanagan on the AFL stadium. Original budget $375 million, now $1.86 billion, for just 7 games a year, in breach of all planning and heritage laws, opposed by 70% of Tasmanians. Truly unconscionable by the AFL.
#auspol
#afl
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20890/...
#auspol
#afl
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20890/...
Interesting article: www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/the-the...
The Therapist as the "Good-Enough Commodity": From Holding to Selling
Identity-based branding is a hallmark therapy's commodification and betrays the function of the therapeutic encounter.
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Interesting article: www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/the-the...
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NDIS deputy chief leading reform work quits, as government finally admits what we all knew: critical 'foundational supports' for those ineligible for NDIS or booted from the scheme will not be ready 1 July or even this year. There is no agreement. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Executive quits after NDIS changes
A senior executive dedicated to working with the disability community on reforms to the NDIS has resigned, and the government admits critical supports for those no longer eligible are not ready.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
NDIS deputy chief leading reform work quits, as government finally admits what we all knew: critical 'foundational supports' for those ineligible for NDIS or booted from the scheme will not be ready 1 July or even this year. There is no agreement. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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This is a genuine scandal. Senior government health officials ignored legal advice, deleted crucial text messages and misled investigators over the handling of a series of contracts worth $9 million. NACC won't tell me if it is investigating... www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
ANAO slams Meals on Wheels debacle
The audit office has found the Department of Health failed to disclose conflicts of interest, did not keep records of entertainment and ignored legal advice when awarding a consultancy millions of dol...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is a genuine scandal. Senior government health officials ignored legal advice, deleted crucial text messages and misled investigators over the handling of a series of contracts worth $9 million. NACC won't tell me if it is investigating... www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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It’s not so soft tbh.
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s not so soft tbh.
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"The logic behind this rhetoric is a symptom of a deeply sick society—one that views people only as valuable if they serve the economy."
Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne on the government narrative of "back to work" as the solution for all health problems
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne on the government narrative of "back to work" as the solution for all health problems
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The logic behind this rhetoric is a symptom of a deeply sick society—one that views people only as valuable if they serve the economy."
Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne on the government narrative of "back to work" as the solution for all health problems
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne on the government narrative of "back to work" as the solution for all health problems
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's annual report cautions against the negative impacts of drug policies on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, inviting national preventive mechanisms to monitor drug treatment centres.
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
April 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's annual report cautions against the negative impacts of drug policies on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, inviting national preventive mechanisms to monitor drug treatment centres.
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
“Prescribing is for drugs that are, in general, deemed too dangerous for the public to have direct access to. Are we really meant to encourage people to consider exercise in the same domain?”
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Prescribing parkrun: medicalising a walk in the park
The National Academy for Social Prescribing has recently announced that over 1800 general practices have joined “the parkrun practice initiative,” saying that this has “proven highly effective in prom...
www.bmj.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Prescribing is for drugs that are, in general, deemed too dangerous for the public to have direct access to. Are we really meant to encourage people to consider exercise in the same domain?”
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
March 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
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lol
Opinion | Thirteen thousand dollars for dog obstacles. Twenty-two thousand for "difficult conversation mitigation". @squigglyrick.bsky.social roams the hallways of AusTender, exploring the absurd world of government contracts.
Dogstacles, tug support and a vaping machine: The weird and wonderful world of AusTender
Imagine the kind of hurdles you could put in front of a dog for $13,400...
www.crikey.com.au
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
lol
“I want to shake the forest of my profession until more leaves fall, but I will stop short of striking a match and setting it ablaze. I’ll be content if we can sit together in the autumnal carpet, contemplating the remains of our good intentions.” www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/confession...
Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist
Susan Mahler, MS, MD, is a writer and psychiatrist who practices in North Adams, MA.
www.psychiatrymargins.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“I want to shake the forest of my profession until more leaves fall, but I will stop short of striking a match and setting it ablaze. I’ll be content if we can sit together in the autumnal carpet, contemplating the remains of our good intentions.” www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/confession...
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"As of Tuesday, January 21, she will be one of more than 200 staff specialist psychiatrists working in public mental health in NSW to resign, facing an uncertain future." Excellent reporting on state's public psychiatry crisis by @biancanogrady.bsky.social www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
The crisis in the NSW mental health system
The mass resignation of psychiatrists in NSW reveals a public health system on the verge of collapse amid years of chronic underfunding even as demand has surged.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"As of Tuesday, January 21, she will be one of more than 200 staff specialist psychiatrists working in public mental health in NSW to resign, facing an uncertain future." Excellent reporting on state's public psychiatry crisis by @biancanogrady.bsky.social www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
The failed promise of institutionalization.. www.thepolicypost.net/2025/01/the-...
The Policy Post
Public policy Australia
www.thepolicypost.net
January 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The failed promise of institutionalization.. www.thepolicypost.net/2025/01/the-...
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A thought provoking debate piece in @addictionjournal.bsky.social and it raises points which are useful to consider when considering non-combustible nicotine use
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
Background This paper invites discussion on whether pleasure should receive more attention in public health-oriented research on alcohol. While there is a history of sociological and anthropological...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A thought provoking debate piece in @addictionjournal.bsky.social and it raises points which are useful to consider when considering non-combustible nicotine use
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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NDIS and ministers talk big game on fraud & rorting but biggest budget savings booked under new legislation come from kicking (mostly) kids off scheme, cutting plans under cover of 'integrity'. Half a BILLION a year just on eligibility revocations alone. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Exclusive: Children targeted in NDIS crackdown
Despite claims the government’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is focused on fraud, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
NDIS and ministers talk big game on fraud & rorting but biggest budget savings booked under new legislation come from kicking (mostly) kids off scheme, cutting plans under cover of 'integrity'. Half a BILLION a year just on eligibility revocations alone. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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MOM SAYS SHE IS PROUD OF BOTH OF US EQUALLY
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 PM
MOM SAYS SHE IS PROUD OF BOTH OF US EQUALLY
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One of the more absurd things that gets said in the ER a lot is that a chief complaint probably isn’t serious or real when it’s an unhoused patient.
Gonna blow some minds and point out that *people sleeping outdoors with no money are actually going to get sick more often*.
Gonna blow some minds and point out that *people sleeping outdoors with no money are actually going to get sick more often*.
December 21, 2024 at 11:49 PM
One of the more absurd things that gets said in the ER a lot is that a chief complaint probably isn’t serious or real when it’s an unhoused patient.
Gonna blow some minds and point out that *people sleeping outdoors with no money are actually going to get sick more often*.
Gonna blow some minds and point out that *people sleeping outdoors with no money are actually going to get sick more often*.
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Mandatory trainings should let you take the quiz first and only make you watch the actual videos if you fail. #AcademicSky
December 7, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Mandatory trainings should let you take the quiz first and only make you watch the actual videos if you fail. #AcademicSky
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‼️ Importantly, the magnitude of the summer slide effect is very small: it is totally dwarfed by much larger effects of age and socioeconomic status. Policies geared toward alleviating socioeconomic disparities are *much more likely* to benefit youth cognition than “stopping” the slide. /9
a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words in the grand scheme of things
ALT: a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words in the grand scheme of things
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
‼️ Importantly, the magnitude of the summer slide effect is very small: it is totally dwarfed by much larger effects of age and socioeconomic status. Policies geared toward alleviating socioeconomic disparities are *much more likely* to benefit youth cognition than “stopping” the slide. /9
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Surprisingly, there are quite a few organisms interested in living in or around sea cucumber butts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, sea cucumbers evolved anal teeth to prevent just this. Yes, teeth around their anus. This is actually how a lot of sea cucumbers are identified...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, sea cucumbers evolved anal teeth to prevent just this. Yes, teeth around their anus. This is actually how a lot of sea cucumbers are identified...
November 22, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Surprisingly, there are quite a few organisms interested in living in or around sea cucumber butts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, sea cucumbers evolved anal teeth to prevent just this. Yes, teeth around their anus. This is actually how a lot of sea cucumbers are identified...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, sea cucumbers evolved anal teeth to prevent just this. Yes, teeth around their anus. This is actually how a lot of sea cucumbers are identified...
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I did a version about psychiatry papers back then 😆
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I did a version about psychiatry papers back then 😆