Richard Pemberton
@socratext.bsky.social
Co chair of the British Psychological Society Special Group for Psychology Health and Social Care My current focus is on increasing or profile and contribution in Public Health and Population level working.
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This guy is still a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The system is truly broken.
The system is truly broken.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This guy is still a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The system is truly broken.
The system is truly broken.
Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘The 8-year-old me was frozen in time, deep within my body and soul, ready to emerge later’ | BPS
Thurstine Basset reflects on his own boarding school experiences, and what remains missing from psychologists; plus, he reviews two new books on the topic.
www.bps.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The course on Psychology for Crowd Safety Management is designed for all professionals who work in crowd/ event safety.
More details below
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Psychology of crowd safety management training : Impact and influence : Crowds and Identities: John Drury's Research Group : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The course on Psychology for Crowd Safety Management is designed for all professionals who work in crowd/ event safety.
More details below
www.sussex.ac.uk/research/lab...
More details below
www.sussex.ac.uk/research/lab...
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🦁 'Roar: How Patients Fought to get Heard' is a powerful chapter that describes the history of AIDS activism and the shift of paradigm created for the patient voice.
@drrageshri.bsky.social discusses the lessons other patient activists can learn from HIV/AIDS activists
Key is collaboration 💙📚
@drrageshri.bsky.social discusses the lessons other patient activists can learn from HIV/AIDS activists
Key is collaboration 💙📚
May 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🦁 'Roar: How Patients Fought to get Heard' is a powerful chapter that describes the history of AIDS activism and the shift of paradigm created for the patient voice.
@drrageshri.bsky.social discusses the lessons other patient activists can learn from HIV/AIDS activists
Key is collaboration 💙📚
@drrageshri.bsky.social discusses the lessons other patient activists can learn from HIV/AIDS activists
Key is collaboration 💙📚
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
Scandalous
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Scandalous
Could this possibly be true in the UK? Fast food ‘Anti Depressants’ ++ for people who aren’t depressed etc etc
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Could this possibly be true in the UK? Fast food ‘Anti Depressants’ ++ for people who aren’t depressed etc etc
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The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
April 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
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April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head
Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.
theconversation.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
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@dailymail.co.uk coverage of study of antidepressants and sudden cardiac death: 'another shocking example of an adverse effect that's taken too long to come out even though we had good reason to suspect that these drugs are cardiotoxic' www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Drugs taken by millions increases risk of sudden cardiac death
Danish experts found patients taking the commonly prescribed medications for between one to five years had a 50 per cent higher risk of dying from an unexpected heart issue.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@dailymail.co.uk coverage of study of antidepressants and sudden cardiac death: 'another shocking example of an adverse effect that's taken too long to come out even though we had good reason to suspect that these drugs are cardiotoxic' www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head
Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.
theconversation.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
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This study is important because although effects were small, they were independent of depression and there was a dose effect. It showed increased risk of cognitive decline, death and fractures associated with antidepressant use in people with dementia bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
March 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This study is important because although effects were small, they were independent of depression and there was a dose effect. It showed increased risk of cognitive decline, death and fractures associated with antidepressant use in people with dementia bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
March 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
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Having already spent over $7M backing the right-wing candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, Elon Musk's Super PAC is now offering Wisconsin voters $100 each to sign its petition against "activist judges."
This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.
This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Having already spent over $7M backing the right-wing candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, Elon Musk's Super PAC is now offering Wisconsin voters $100 each to sign its petition against "activist judges."
This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.
This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.
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The anti-Musk poster campaign in London: a growing backlash
London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk
@stephenking.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @gemmagould.bsky.social
London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk
@stephenking.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @gemmagould.bsky.social
The anti-Musk poster campaign in London: a growing backlash
London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk
centralbylines.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The anti-Musk poster campaign in London: a growing backlash
London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk
@stephenking.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @gemmagould.bsky.social
London's public transport network has become a canvas for unauthorised posters targeting Elon Musk
@stephenking.bsky.social @everyonehateselon.bsky.social @gemmagould.bsky.social
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
#LongCovid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan
Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#LongCovid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New levels of stupid reached...🤦♂️🙄
This could severely hamper any chance we have of limiting the damage done by a potential H5N1 pandemic. Nuts, self-destructive, and nuts again 🤦♂️🤬
finance.yahoo.com/news/health-...
This could severely hamper any chance we have of limiting the damage done by a potential H5N1 pandemic. Nuts, self-destructive, and nuts again 🤦♂️🤬
finance.yahoo.com/news/health-...
Health Secretary RFK Jr. Calls for Intensive Testing of Bird Flu Drugs on Poultry
(Bloomberg) -- Therapeutic drugs should be “intensively” tested on US poultry flocks infected with bird flu, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, arguing that the medication...
finance.yahoo.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New levels of stupid reached...🤦♂️🙄
This could severely hamper any chance we have of limiting the damage done by a potential H5N1 pandemic. Nuts, self-destructive, and nuts again 🤦♂️🤬
finance.yahoo.com/news/health-...
This could severely hamper any chance we have of limiting the damage done by a potential H5N1 pandemic. Nuts, self-destructive, and nuts again 🤦♂️🤬
finance.yahoo.com/news/health-...
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Is the message in re moving this wonderful mural that black lives don’t matter? Every day a new outrage 😱😡
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/c...
"You can erase this, but you cannot erase our history," a Kappa Alpha Psi member said as a group bid goodbye to Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C., a day before the removal process began Monday. The street mural is set to be removed over several weeks.
"You can erase this, but you cannot erase our history," a Kappa Alpha Psi member said as a group bid goodbye to Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C., a day before the removal process began Monday. The street mural is set to be removed over several weeks.
‘Cannot erase our history': Black Lives Matter Plaza honored before removal begins
Work to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza began Monday, a day after more than 50 members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity gathered to remind people what the ground mural means to the African American commu...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Is the message in re moving this wonderful mural that black lives don’t matter? Every day a new outrage 😱😡
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Wow shocking data @bmj.com:
“In 2023, 302 black candidates applied to anaesthetics, with only five offers made, meaning only 1.66% of applicants were successful. For white candidates, 47% of applications were successful.”
“In 2023, 302 black candidates applied to anaesthetics, with only five offers made, meaning only 1.66% of applicants were successful. For white candidates, 47% of applications were successful.”
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Wow shocking data @bmj.com:
“In 2023, 302 black candidates applied to anaesthetics, with only five offers made, meaning only 1.66% of applicants were successful. For white candidates, 47% of applications were successful.”
“In 2023, 302 black candidates applied to anaesthetics, with only five offers made, meaning only 1.66% of applicants were successful. For white candidates, 47% of applications were successful.”