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  1. Tuesday, September 1, 2026

    With no defense against ballistic missiles, Ukraine starts hunting Russian launch sites . . . . . Ukrainian drones damage Russia’s Ust-Luga port . . . . . Ukraine's military intelligence reveals capabilities of Russian Zircon missiles . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  2. " This is real-deal #psychology "

    frankgeorge8675309.substack.co

    A #psychologist explains #malignant #narcissism and explores the thinking we see vividly in Sir Donald, the Stable Genius with all the best words.

    #DJT has terrific people too.
    Until expendable.

    I'll not get into my own take or experience except that I studied Fromm - cited here, in regard to #empathy & lack thereof, as seen in, say, a decoy press aircraft the other day.

    Along with #Zimbardo, #George nails it!

    A master class here,

  3. Davvero,
    mi piacerebbe conoscere il processo #psicologico che scatta nella #mente dei #negazionisti.
    #Psicologi, ci siete quì?

    Io non sono certo di molte cose, ho solo una #formazione #chimica, e cerco di usare il mio modesto #cervello.
    Perchè molte #persone si rifiutano di usare il proprio e credono a tutto quello che gli viene detto?
    Vorrei andare oltre i soliti #LuoghiComuni

    #psychologist #psychology #denialism

  4. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    #USpol #Trump

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev

    Absolutely, as this forensic #Psychologist argues, the #Narcissist usually suffers from an inferiority complex, which he tries to compensate with grandiosity,

    "...is why narcissists compulsively create and perpetuate their own version of reality, twisting and distorting information to suit their own purposes. To preserve and protect their own persona, as #CGJung called it. Not only to maintain their self-image in the eye...

  5. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    #USpol #Trump

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev

    Absolutely, as this forensic #Psychologist argues, the #Narcissist usually suffers from an inferiority complex, which he tries to compensate with grandiosity,

    "...is why narcissists compulsively create and perpetuate their own version of reality, twisting and distorting information to suit their own purposes. To preserve and protect their own persona, as #CGJung called it. Not only to maintain their self-image in the eye...

  6. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    #USpol #Trump

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev

    Absolutely, as this forensic #Psychologist argues, the #Narcissist usually suffers from an inferiority complex, which he tries to compensate with grandiosity,

    "...is why narcissists compulsively create and perpetuate their own version of reality, twisting and distorting information to suit their own purposes. To preserve and protect their own persona, as #CGJung called it. Not only to maintain their self-image in the eye...

  7. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    #USpol #Trump

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev

    Absolutely, as this forensic #Psychologist argues, the #Narcissist usually suffers from an inferiority complex, which he tries to compensate with grandiosity,

    "...is why narcissists compulsively create and perpetuate their own version of reality, twisting and distorting information to suit their own purposes. To preserve and protect their own persona, as #CGJung called it. Not only to maintain their self-image in the eye...

  8. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    #USpol #Trump

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev

    Absolutely, as this forensic #Psychologist argues, the #Narcissist usually suffers from an inferiority complex, which he tries to compensate with grandiosity,

    "...is why narcissists compulsively create and perpetuate their own version of reality, twisting and distorting information to suit their own purposes. To preserve and protect their own persona, as #CGJung called it. Not only to maintain their self-image in the eye...

  9. Wednesday, July 22, 2026

    Thanks to Ukraine's new strategy, Russia's grip on Crimea is crumbling . . . . . Buryatia shows what happens when Russia runs out of volunteers . . . . . EU suspends its funding for Venice Art Biennale over Russia's return . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  10. #Psychologist #PeterGray challenges the idea that #smartphones and #socialmedia caused the youth #mentalhealthcrisis. He argues that decades of #declining #independence, #freeplay and growing #schoolpressure are more damaging. Gray even sees the digital world as a space for autonomy and connection. Researchers remain divided, warning that neither phones nor schools alone can explain the complex mental-health decline. theatlantic.com/technology/202 #tech #media #news

  11. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
    —Herbert Spencer

    #philosophy #psychologist #biologist #sociologist #anthropologist #quotes

  12. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
    —Herbert Spencer

    #philosophy #psychologist #biologist #sociologist #anthropologist #quotes

  13. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
    —Herbert Spencer

    #philosophy #psychologist #biologist #sociologist #anthropologist #quotes

  14. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
    —Herbert Spencer

    #philosophy #psychologist #biologist #sociologist #anthropologist #quotes

  15. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
    —Herbert Spencer

    #philosophy #psychologist #biologist #sociologist #anthropologist #quotes

  16. → We’re Speaking 338 Fewer Word⁠s a Day
    thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/05/08/

    “In her study and interviews, [Valeria Pfeifer, a #psychologist at the University of Missouri,] noted that human⁠s have been #speaking for 200,000 years. She also noted that real, live #conversation⁠s "involve different social and #cognitive processes than typed conversations and that such live conversations can elicit benefits in well-being that app⁠s and social media cannot readily replace."”

    #app #Word #human #social

  17. 🎥 I've just wrapped up a whole morning of recording new videos for a course I'm developing. A ton of bloopers, lots of eye-rolling, and lots of editing required! But I'm glad to have the raw materials sorted.

    #Psychologist #PsychologistAtWork #Selfie #OfficeLife

  18. People who are #blind from birth never develop #schizophrenia – what this tells us about the #psychiatric condition

    In 1950, two researchers noticed something that didn’t quite add up. Hector #Chevigny, a writer who had lost his sight in adulthood, and #psychologist Sydell #Braverman were studying the #psychological lives of blind people when they stumbled upon an intriguing pattern ...

    #MentalHealth #ScienceMatters #medical #brain #sighted #sight #research

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  19. theguardian.com/environment/20; science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc (abstract only). "'It seems to be a recurring thing in our field where people come up with reasons why #humans are #special & unique, & then #scientists like me test it out, & we find that, actually, maybe we’re not that special after all,' says the study’s lead author, Amalia Bastos, a comparative #psychologist at the University of St Andrews in #Scotland. “That animals, too, are capable of secondary representations or imagination.'"

  20. 7 Traits of People Who Clean While Cooking, According to a Psychologist

    There’s… quite a lot to worry about these days (which might be the understatement of the century?). Yet one psychologist shares that it’s worth trying to understand how our traits and habits connect. For instance, people who c…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #cleaning #GayleMacBride #MacBride #psychologist
    diningandcooking.com/2598709/7

  21. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a. I should hope so! How much longer are the #Christian #right in the #US going to continue supporting #Trump if he keeps pulling #blasphemous stunts like this? I knew a #psychologist who had worked in an in-patient #psychiatric ward, & had the dubious privilege of introducing one "Jesus" to another.

  22. Find out more about Nelia Troychuk's journey from #psychologist to anti-trafficking advocate and the chillingly deceptive nature of modern #exploitation via the link! counteroffensive.news/p/how-wa

  23. As a #psychologist for a human #trafficking prevention #hotline, Nelia Troychuk feels a sense of dread every time the phone rings. But each time it does, she steadies herself and focuses on helping.

  24. A #psychologist would probably diagnose insanity for a nation that spends more on its #military than the next 8 nations combined, while its poor are starving.

    Steven Magee

    #quote #quotes

  25. Experimenting with writing a slightly more work-focused blog over on #Pagecord. So if you've ever wondered what it is that a coaching psychologist does for work, you can check it out here:

    drworkpsych.pagecord.com

    #blogging #psychologist

  26. I did this podcast -- Resilient Aging -- about my father's #dementia (early-onset #Alzheimers) with #neurologist, #psychologist Dr. Dani Cabral, and it was released today. If you have a few minutes and can take a listen, please do. And if you do, I hope you find it helpful.

    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]
    #Grief

  27. —>> Mary Lea Trump ⦁ #MaryTrumpMedia 🅴 #MTM <<—

    Trump’s Most Unhinged Weekend Yet

    #DonaldTrump Attacked the Federal Reserve’s Independence

    Behaved Erratically with Oil Executives

    Made Delusional Claims about Ruling #Venezuela

    His Escalating Abuses of Power demand Congressional Action

    ⏱️14:45 #MaryTrump #Psychologist #BA #MA #PhD
    #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #Trump
    #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
    youtu.be/Ba4UBIfbNIA

  28. Any insight on this topic from professional #psychologist / #sociologist welcomed: I should dig the question deeper In short: how would you describe the frontier between "psychopaths" and "sociopaths" in proto-fascists/leaning-fascist/fascist regimes Where my categorizations could be caricature?

  29. Any insight on this topic from professional #psychologist / #sociologist welcomed: I should dig the question deeper In short: how would you describe the frontier between "psychopaths" and "sociopaths" in proto-fascists/leaning-fascist/fascist regimes Where my categorizations could be caricature?

  30. #malcolmGladwell has another book, I guess trying to rescue his much-nitpicked #TippingPoint.

    IDK if he's a net positive force in the world or not. As a #psychologist I've occasionally looked up the original #research he cites. He tends to portray findings in black-and-white terms, like "People do X in Y situation!" when, most often, I've found the research best supports something like "In some studies 12% of people did X in Y situation despite previous #models predicting it should only be 7%" or "The mean of the P group was 0.3 standard deviations higher than the mean of the Q group".

    I see many of his grand arguments as built more or less on a house of cards. Or rather, built on a house of semi-firm jell-o that he treats as if it were solid bricks.

    I'm not knocking (most of) the #behavioralScience he cites; Hell, I'm a behavioral scientist and I think this meta-field has a ton to offer. I just think it's important to keep #EffectSize and #PracticalSignificance built into any more complex theories or models that rely on the relevant research instead of assuming that #StatisticalSignificance means "Everything at 100%". I'm sure there's some concise way to say this.

    Overall, I think he plays fast and loose with a lot of scientific facts, stacking them up as if they were all Absolutely Yes when they're actually Kinda Maybe or Probably Sort Of and I don't think the weight of the stack can be borne by the accumulated uncertainty and partial applicability indicated by the component research.

    So I take everything he says with huge grains of salt and sometimes grimaces, even though I think sometimes he identifies really interesting perspectives or trends.

    But is it overall good to have someone presenting behavioral research, heavily oversimplified to fit the author's pet theory? It gets behavioral science in the public eye. It helps many people with no connection to behavioral science understand the potential usefulness and perhaps scale of the fields. It also sets everyone--especially behavioral scientists--up for a fall. It's only a matter of time after each of his books before people who understand the research far better than he does show up to try to set the record straight, and then what has happened to public confidence in behavioral science?

    Meh.

    #statistics #data #competence