I've been practicing psychiatry for 38 years. I love my job, my peers, and my patients. But I've come to the conclusion that I'm participating in the biggest intellectual scam of this era. We claim to be a science, but have no understanding how thought or behavior is generated./1

You would never have heard of Vincent van Gogh if it wasn't for his sister-in-law Jo, who deserves to be better known. Because she turned Vincent from an obscure Dutch painter into the world's most famous and beloved artist. How? Well, this is the story of the other van Gogh...

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's

America stands with Israel ✊ #ALWAYS

My statement on Keir Starmer's speech today.

In the horrors of the war between Israel & Hamas we should not forget the hand of the Iranian Government in promoting this conflict for its own interests. Well done to Omid Djalili for shedding light on this issue as a tireless campaigner for protecting human rights

[Graphic warning] I have just seen the raw footage from Hamas terrorists of their attacks on 7 October. The screams of civilians murdered in their cars, babies slain in Disney pyjamas, children begging for “daddy” as he is blown up, the dead spat on. As they mercilessly

As someone with a Muslim background, I became curious to learn about the history of Jewish people to understand for what crime in the world they deserved to be burnt alive during WWII only to learn that it was for the crime of existence. In addition to being expelled, forced to

The Stonehenge image of the moment that the sun was at its lowest point in the year, yesterday. #WinterSolstice

Today, in between sips of tea, @StephenFry delivered Channel 4’s #AlternativeChristmasMessage. 🫖 “I am Stephen Fry and I am a Jew…Knowing and loving this country as I do, I don’t believe that most Britons are okay living in a society that judges hatred of Jews to be the one

This morning I’m at a conference at the House of Lords hosted by Sheryl Sandberg about the rapes of October 7 and the likely ongoing rapes of hostages. She started with these words that many so-called feminist groups in this country should take heed of: ‘If we can't agree that

Every word of this. And do not be fooled for a second that the Islamic Republic care about Palestinians. They care even less about them than their own people that they slaughter with impunity. One day you’ll get why we don’t shut up about this. And we won’t until they’re gone.

Tomaj's appeal against (another) 1 year prison sentence for the video he made on release has been rejected. The 1 year sentence was issued in an Isfahan court without the presence of a lawyer and without prior notice. This more than 2 months after the influential rapper was

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I just heard someone respond to an invite with “no, I’d hate that” and they’re my new hero.

People don’t want advice— they want to be heard and validated.

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Introverts don't chase status or money. What fulfils their soul is authenticity. Understanding how shit works. How everything is connected to everything. Their own mind. Emotions. Their inner world. And solving the ultimate puzzle "who am I".

Having listened to the arguments of both sides over the last year, I'm no longer on the fence about Israel's war. Here is why:

Van Jones with absolute moral clarity: "The Palestinian cause has been hijacked by a Nazi organization called Hamas, they are not freedom fighters, they are freedom takers... They are trying to destroy Israel way more than they are trying to help the Palestinian people."