Six journals rejected their commentary. Six!

Journal system is really lousy in facilitating proper scientific process.

@ploederl.bsky.social
Diamond OA journal @robustnessreports.bsky.social would be a perfect fit.

But I can see why you tried psychiatry journals to reach the audience. Catch22.

1/ What if a drug for anxiety disorder more likely makes you feel suicidal than help against anxiety? This was found for escitalopram in paediatric generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but it was nonetheless approved. Let me explain and summarize experiences with trying to get this corrected in a🧵

New single dose oral treatment for gonorrhoea effectively combats drug-resistant infections, trial finds.

Find out more 👉 spkl.io/63326AizOe

The toddler psychiatrist
open.substack.com/pub/andresde...

"All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new “diamond” open access journal, Philosophical Logic."

dailynous.com/2025/12/10/e...

NDEs are fun. We should debate them more often open.substack.com/pub/andresde...

Some people believe the mind can exist without the brain. Sadly, we cannot prove them wrong. Here is why.

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A lesson on #falsifiability

To anyone who uses PubMed, it may not be updated while the U.S. government is shut down.

This is not the end of PubMed; just an irritation for now, but one we should keep in mind.

Ask a physicist how quantum entanglement occurs but add two rules:

1) they are not allowed to explain how it is calculated.
2) they must recognize the search for hidden variables has failed.

NEW 🔔 Diverse community perspectives on public health guidelines for social connection: a qualitative study in Canada

✍️ Refol et al.

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf131

We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real

Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you

You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.

Concerning...

Scientists link #antidepressants to long-lasting genital numbness in young people www.psypost.org/scientists-l...

To Canadians travelling to the U.S. for longer trips: Anyone visiting U.S. for periods > 30 days must now register with the U.S. government. “Failure to comply with the registration requirement could result in penalties, fines, and misdemeanor prosecution.”
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In anticipation of mind-reading technological advances, the Colorado state passed legislation to add biological and neural protections. It went into effect last summer and it’s apparently the first law of it’s kind in the world. www.cohousedems.com/news/first-i...

Stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a timely reminder that there is so much beauty to be found in this universe, if we look for it.

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx

1. Important new paper on post-treatment genital hyposthesia (PPTGH), a primary symptom of post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) among LGBT+ young people. Senior author is @travissalway who does high-level work on LGBT+ health. Congrats to the...