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James Harrison
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Author- forthcoming book Mental Foraging and the Evolution of Memory: An updated model of Clinical Hypnosis
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I work as a play therapist for elders with dementia. Bingo is the champion of all games for my folks. Why? In my judgement, it all goes back to foraging. Foraging remains robust until the end. I do a deep dive into this in my forthcoming book: Mental Foraging and the Evolution of Memory…
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Someone needs to ask Trump if they’re being “fair” to former Prince Andrew.
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The view from war ravaged Portland right now. Please send help!
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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"Labeling beliefs--as opposed to actions--as suspicious or criminal is antithetical to the First Amendment and betrays American pluralism."
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest
An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
www.oregonlive.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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National Guard Already Lost at Powell’s Books: tinyurl.com/4mw4n9h2
September 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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“Oregon is our home. Keep troops off our streets.”
September 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.
Trump administration sues Oregon to force it to turn over full information about every state voter
"I look forward to seeing them in court," Oregon's secretary of state said.
www.oregonlive.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Do naturalistic emotional facial expressions catch our eye like posed ones? 👀😀😠😐

This was my first, first author paper which was published in Emotion - Kudos have done a wonderful job of helping spread the world to a wider audience! #faces #affectsci 🧵1/ (Pls share!)
link.growkudos.com/1dybshxtam8
Do Naturalistic Emotional Facial Expressions Catch Our Eye Like Posed Ones?
We know that people tend to notice emotional faces—like smiling or angry expressions—more quickly than neutral ones. But most research showing this uses “posed” faces: actors in a lab deliberately sho...
link.growkudos.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@nicolecrust.bsky.social Your episode with Paul was so good. Packed but accessible, humble about our collective ‘epistemic iteration’ from one era to the next…
You’ve inspired me to get back to finishing my book- updating the clinical hypnosis model via the landscape you described so well.
June 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
@nicolecrust.bsky.social really enjoyed your podcast w Sean Carroll. I work downstream with dementia patients and want you to know that we appreciate researchers! It does impact the bedside.
June 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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“You can’t pardon your way out of Trump’s attack on rule of law. It’s going to take much harder work than that.”

Latest from @emptywheel.bsky.social

www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/06/y...
You Can't Pardon America's Way Out of Trump's Assault on Rule of Law - emptywheel
You can't pardon your way out of Trump's attack on rule of law. It's going to take much harder work than that.
www.emptywheel.net
December 6, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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The South Korean timeline of events:

10P: Martial law declared
12A: Protestors show up
12:10A: Assembly votes to lift martial law
1A: Assembly refuses to leave
4A: President promises to comply
4:15A: President complies

With swift action, South Koreans saved their democracy.

Take note, Americans.
December 3, 2024 at 11:21 PM
I predict that under the umbrella of psychology, ‘talk therapy’ (esp CBT), will need to undergo a fundamental shift to align with contemporary neuroscience. Our formulations of ‘the unconscious’ are antiquated at this point, and better understood as motor sensory, local memory, and interoception…
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I think it is possible to work from a premise that there are ways to get to epiphanies, provided one does the work and meets them half way. @helendecruz.net
December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Being a first time author affords many opportunities for ego death, ego murder, epiphanies, tightrope walking, and using red string to draw on the wall. On the hope that the epiphanies make it across the chasm.
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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We are now on BlueSky! Here's a cute little angel from our Gutenberg Bible (Inc.1.A.1.1[3761]). Follow us for all the best special collections content!
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Have gotten numerous suggestions that Geoffrey Hendricks, who made many artworks featuring blue skies & clouds, should be claimed as honorary artist/mascot of Bluesky, & I'm leaving it up to folks in the know like @pfrazee.com & @joshuajfriedman.com & @jay.bsky.team to make a final determination
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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It’s simple. Many of us share #science. Please join up.

go.bsky.app/H3qcvgP

Please add your name below and expertise and you’ll be added!

#scientistswhocommunicatescience #scicomm #womeninsciencw
December 2, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Photo of all the workers who have spent the last five years restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral.
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 AM
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Welcome to the 20M+ new folks who just joined BSky!! 🔥 Here's a Pain Science & Medicine starter pack for those interested. Please RT so that our community can find us! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Comment if you'd like to be added 🤓👇🏼
#medsky #medtwitter #PsySciSky #neuroscience #neuroskyence #PainSky
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November 20, 2024 at 1:39 AM