Caroline Ritchie
@nanonanu.bsky.social
Semi-retired psychiatrist, full-time carer. 🏴 ADHD etc.
Love comedy, all kinds of music (percussion!), neuroscience, shoes, mobiles (dangly ones), alebrijes, Edinburgh Festivals, dancing, overdressing, stopping to smell the flowers.
Love comedy, all kinds of music (percussion!), neuroscience, shoes, mobiles (dangly ones), alebrijes, Edinburgh Festivals, dancing, overdressing, stopping to smell the flowers.
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Disneyland Handcrafted, a new documentary from Leslie Iwerks, begins streaming Jan. 22 on Disney+ and Disney's YouTube channel.
The documentary uses rare archival footage to give viewers an inside look at the creation of Disneyland.
The documentary uses rare archival footage to give viewers an inside look at the creation of Disneyland.
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Disneyland Handcrafted, a new documentary from Leslie Iwerks, begins streaming Jan. 22 on Disney+ and Disney's YouTube channel.
The documentary uses rare archival footage to give viewers an inside look at the creation of Disneyland.
The documentary uses rare archival footage to give viewers an inside look at the creation of Disneyland.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Sit with discomfort
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sit with discomfort
Yet another incident that does nothing to reduce antisemitism.
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yet another incident that does nothing to reduce antisemitism.
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Clinical folks, what's your best recommendation for someone trying to get better at Socratic questioning/dialogue? I went looking and found that even when authors said it was super important, they talked about it quite abstractly. Where's the how to?
Please repost!
Please repost!
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Clinical folks, what's your best recommendation for someone trying to get better at Socratic questioning/dialogue? I went looking and found that even when authors said it was super important, they talked about it quite abstractly. Where's the how to?
Please repost!
Please repost!
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The world is a dangerous place for intersex people, and new research shows that many feel it’s getting worse | Jennie Kermode
On Intersex Awareness Day, thousands feel unsafe to live openly
The world is a dangerous place for intersex people, and new research shows that many feel it’s getting worse
bylines.scot
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The world is a dangerous place for intersex people, and new research shows that many feel it’s getting worse | Jennie Kermode
Well, well, well.
This ✨ Research Highlight ✨ discusses that, despite previous hopes that CBD might buffer cannabis harms in schizophrenia, a recent RCT found no protective effect, & even potential exacerbation
For those with schizophrenia, does cannabidiol make cannabis use safer?
Neuropsychopharmacology - For those with schizophrenia, does cannabidiol make cannabis use safer?
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Well, well, well.
Richer than Croesus plus poisonous ideology gets you this. The terrifying thing is that these people are now able to buy anything or anyone.
What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Richer than Croesus plus poisonous ideology gets you this. The terrifying thing is that these people are now able to buy anything or anyone.
Picturesque, family friendly Millport with its delightful Victorian promenade inundated with washed-up sex toys. Get ‘em before they’re gone (many dishwasher safe)! www.thenational.scot/news/2552366...
Locals bemused as dozens of sex toys wash up on Scottish beach
Dozens of sex toys have washed up on a beach in Millport ...
www.thenational.scot
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Picturesque, family friendly Millport with its delightful Victorian promenade inundated with washed-up sex toys. Get ‘em before they’re gone (many dishwasher safe)! www.thenational.scot/news/2552366...
Be like Jane.
Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91
go.nature.com/46K10ja
go.nature.com/46K10ja
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
go.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Be like Jane.
And I’m certain that he’ll still expect to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for all the wars that he has brought to an end (I’ll be amazed if Hamas accept the terms of his Gaza “deal”).
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And I’m certain that he’ll still expect to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for all the wars that he has brought to an end (I’ll be amazed if Hamas accept the terms of his Gaza “deal”).
Interesting piece. This paragraph in particular contains information of which I was not previously aware.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Interesting piece. This paragraph in particular contains information of which I was not previously aware.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...
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“He cherry-picked and misrepresented study results…”
How very Andrew Wakefield of him!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
How very Andrew Wakefield of him!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...
www.thecrimson.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“He cherry-picked and misrepresented study results…”
How very Andrew Wakefield of him!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
How very Andrew Wakefield of him!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Deazaguanylation - snappy. Does what it says on the tin but.
New research published in @science.org led by @danafarber.bsky.social’s Doug Wassarman and @kranzuschlab.bsky.social reveals new protein chemistry named deazaguanylation that controls activation of immunity.
Read more: bit.ly/3WeKsLb
Read more: bit.ly/3WeKsLb
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Deazaguanylation - snappy. Does what it says on the tin but.
Immigration and potholes - two surefire ways to con the Great British public into surrendering their civil liberties. #whatfreshhellisthis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Public backs ‘super ID card’ which could be used to report potholes
Ministers have recently said they are considering introducing a form of digital ID for adults in Britain
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Immigration and potholes - two surefire ways to con the Great British public into surrendering their civil liberties. #whatfreshhellisthis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Researchers have discovered a new biological process they've called 'interstasis', which keeps groups of proteins in check, preventing excessive build up and protecting the cell from potential harm.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Better together: researchers discover how cells keep groups of proteins in check
Researchers have discovered a new biological process that they’ve called ‘interstasis’, a way for cells to promote the equilibrium of functionally-related proteins, preventing too many from accumulati...
www.crick.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Researchers have discovered a new biological process they've called 'interstasis', which keeps groups of proteins in check, preventing excessive build up and protecting the cell from potential harm.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Interesting.
Out for a while but forgot to post it. Using pupil size as a proxy for arousal, we show that the inverted-U shaped arousal–performance curve (Yerkes-Dodson law) is not fixed, but can shift globally depending on neuromodulatory state (atomoxetine): arousal recalibration www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Interesting.
In a world sorely in need of illumination, a light has gone out. Goodbye my friend. We will not see your like again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Optimo DJ JD Twitch dies after being diagnosed with brain tumour - BBC News
Keith McIvor was one half of the duo who ran Optimo Espacio at Glasgow's Sub Club between between 1997 and 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In a world sorely in need of illumination, a light has gone out. Goodbye my friend. We will not see your like again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
guyshrubsole.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.
From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:
guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
This seems like good advice the way things are going but actually pretty complicated for those of us of a certain vintage. How do you sign up for this stuff without using traceable personal details? Burner phone for 3 factor verification etc? Make up the rest?
Everyone, post anonymously. Wear masks. Use VPNs. Do whatever you need to do, including completely reinventing yourself online with new nicknames and so on. It's getting serious. You think ICE is going to stop at immigrants? We're next and they've as good as said it just now.
September 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This seems like good advice the way things are going but actually pretty complicated for those of us of a certain vintage. How do you sign up for this stuff without using traceable personal details? Burner phone for 3 factor verification etc? Make up the rest?