Hisham Ziauddeen
@hziauddeen.bsky.social
Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, failed academic, failed stand up comedian, failing human.
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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Apologies, I realized I was posting like a scientist rather than a social-media influencer. What I meant to say was:
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Hmm. The best evidence that dark energy is evolving rather than constant just got a little weaker.
The statistical significance of observational results don’t really have “momentum,” but we’ll have to continue to wait and see about this one.
The statistical significance of observational results don’t really have “momentum,” but we’ll have to continue to wait and see about this one.
A little less than a year ago, a large team of cosmologists reported evidence that dark energy (which drives the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe) evolves over time. This made a huge splash but has also been viewed with healthy skepticism. Today they report that evidence has weakened. 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Apologies, I realized I was posting like a scientist rather than a social-media influencer. What I meant to say was:
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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This is by far my most popular piece on substack, with close to half a million views. You should read it katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
katemanne.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is by far my most popular piece on substack, with close to half a million views. You should read it katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
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“‘Nakba All Over Again': West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than 6 Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee”
The Israeli operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, has displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
The Israeli operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, has displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
'Nakba All Over Again': West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than 6 Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee
The Israeli military's operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, have displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
zeteo.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“‘Nakba All Over Again': West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than 6 Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee”
The Israeli operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, has displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
The Israeli operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, has displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
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some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
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The genocidal Israeli war machine just assassinated one of the bravest and best journalists in the world while he and colleagues were in a tent in Gaza.
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The genocidal Israeli war machine just assassinated one of the bravest and best journalists in the world while he and colleagues were in a tent in Gaza.
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This eighth grader just nailed how white people should discuss white privilege.
#whitepeople #blacksky
#whitepeople #blacksky
July 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This eighth grader just nailed how white people should discuss white privilege.
#whitepeople #blacksky
#whitepeople #blacksky
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If I had said this last year, that Trump would try and deport US citizens in his first year, all Republicans and a nontrivial number of liberals and centrists would have attacked me for behind hyperbolic, and fear-mongering, and of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.
And yet:
And yet:
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If I had said this last year, that Trump would try and deport US citizens in his first year, all Republicans and a nontrivial number of liberals and centrists would have attacked me for behind hyperbolic, and fear-mongering, and of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.
And yet:
And yet:
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
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On the productivity + fixity of language. from A bit of Fry and Laurie. No one can put it better:
June 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
On the productivity + fixity of language. from A bit of Fry and Laurie. No one can put it better:
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It’s so profoundly sick that a Muslim politician must constantly disavow antisemitism but apparently it’s fine and even encouraged for politicians of all backgrounds to be Islamophobic.
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s so profoundly sick that a Muslim politician must constantly disavow antisemitism but apparently it’s fine and even encouraged for politicians of all backgrounds to be Islamophobic.
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Even the NYT Bee can't find it
June 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Even the NYT Bee can't find it
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*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
Just don't watch 2 High 2 Agency Males.
It looks like it's part of the same franchise but is actually from a very different genre.
It looks like it's part of the same franchise but is actually from a very different genre.
2 High Agency Males is my least favorite movie in the “High Agency Males” franchise
June 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just don't watch 2 High 2 Agency Males.
It looks like it's part of the same franchise but is actually from a very different genre.
It looks like it's part of the same franchise but is actually from a very different genre.