Trump and his ilk are the never ending “Jerry Springer Show” out takes. I don’t know if #TrumpIsScared, but I do know he’s trash. 😏

When a friend sends me a pic of their dog, sometimes I like to add a little sparkle and send it back. #hobbiesareimportant #artistherapyforthesoul #dogsarebetterthanpeople #sendmedogpics instagram.com/p/CkmKT1RpUw8F…

Mary Shelley did try to warn us about hubristic STEM bros who make strange, impulsive experiments and then watch helplessly as their creation destroys itself at the expense of ordinary people.

Nothing like doing a cervical exam and a lil fetal hand grabbing your finger to wake you up

Do you want to do a psychology experiment while following best practices in open science? My collaborators and I have created Experimentology, a new open web textbook (to be published by MIT Press but free online forever). experimentology.io Some highlights! 🧵

"Research & Development phase"

Just a few more weeks until I can say "I passed Chemistry during the great #adderallshortage of 23" and I am 100% planning on adding it to my future CV

This week on The Drive, we’re re-releasing episode #51 with Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. In this episode, Robert discusses the impact of stress on our physical and emotional health. bit.ly/41A2DvU

Does a metabolic problem in your brain cells contribute to weight gain? This study suggests it's possible. People with glucose hypometabolism in the left cerebellum were more likely to gain weight over the following 36 months. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Depression is associated with 29 different "physical" conditions requiring hospitalization. 12 of them show evidence of a bidirectional relationship. Mental health and metabolic health are inseparable. #BrainEnergy jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

the received wisdom is that lip-licking, yawning, paw raise, etc, are "stress behaviors". I think this is mis-cast: they seem to be ways of dealing with stress. Rather than indicating the dog's present emotion, they may be indication of the dog's ability to manage it

If all of the DSM-5 diagnoses have different causes, why is there so much overlap in treatments? For example, why do we use SSRI's for almost every diagnostic category?

weird medieval guys BOOK OUT NOW !! 🌵 @meganfigueroa.bsky.social 🏜 Extremely relatable

Cool stuff. Could make a real difference in dogs lives

This! 🤣

.Tim Walz is the kind of person who should be in politics—someone who knows who he is and what’s important. I have no doubt that he’ll make an outstanding vice president, and I’m looking forward to helping him and Kamala Harris get elected this fall.

I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice

One of the most frustrating things about the mental health field is how often we confuse labels with causes. "He has hallucinations because he’s schizophrenic." No — he’s diagnosed with schizophrenia because he has hallucinations of unknown etiology. If we actually knew the