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Ever wondered why some people with depression have more interest in sex? I'm excited to be starting phase II of the "compulsive" sex-is-actually-depression study today! Quant data collection is done, the surveys are analyzed, and the task data look decent (online administration).

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Utah psychologist, BYU grad, affiliated with LDS Church, author of a workbook on treating porn addiction gets caught with what? (Drumroll) yes. Child sex abuse material. And charged with exploitation of children he treated. (Not a drag queen, btw). floodlit.org/a/a837/

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The science here held up pretty well! slate.com/technology/2... "Why Are We Still So Worried About Watching Porn?"

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Error Report #4: matthewbjane.quarto.pub/meta-analysi... The meta-analysis on Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al (2025) is methodologically flawed and has data integrity issues. The full report by me, @jamesheathers.bsky.social, and @drg.bsky.social is on OSF: osf.io/preprints/os... #metascience

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We made the list of URLs owned by Alexander Rhodes (of NoFap) more searchable on Open Science Framework osf.io/9hf4k/files/... These are not indexed, so I am listing them in this thread. The list is not exhaustive, we are aware he owns other domains too. 1/X

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We do research on the anti-masturbation NoFap. We just got a list of the public URLs he owns (not exhaustive, most would be identity protected). osf.io/7zdku

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I've posted an updated version of my New Satanic Panic article on SSRN (forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism). It now covers the fact that Utah's ritual abuse bill has been signed into law and what that might presage about our increasingly conspiratorial dangerous politics.

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🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net

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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

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Morality in Media says the quiet part out loud: Texas bill 20 is a censorship bill to prohibit legal adult pornography. That is the real intention of the people lobbying for it. It was never about "protecting children". They want to censor adult expression.

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My latest - www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

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FWIW: AI used the club in this image for scale to estimate 5 ft 11 in, 265 lb, "obese" class. Why release medical records if they're falsified?

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Certified Sex Addiction Therapists (CSAT) have long claimed they have evidence supporting their IITAP training. I still cannot find any. We have data showing CSATs may harming patients. They are more likely to misdiagnose pts with MDD or Bipolar as "sex addict". Have you seen any supportive data?

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Neuroscientist here. I can verify we were told not to take personal electronics if we had a conference in China a decade ago. Scientists absolutely should not bring personal electronics into the USA now. We do not trust our own government with our data and you shouldn't either. Take precautions.

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MIT joins Harvard opposing King Trump, including demands they hire conservative faculty. You know...quotas that are not based on merit. #standtogether

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King Trump demands universities hire conservatives who pass his ideological test or he will withdraw their federal funds. So much for hiring on merit...