It’s fantastic seeing real minds like this at work. You know … solving the big problems like protecting us all from text without serifs. I mean even the term “sans serifs” is foreign, and calibri sounds like a drug dealer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wha I tell my supervisees when they confess that they are seeing a client they don’t like Therapists don't always like all of their clients youtu.be/4iCrtgTggXA

If you’ve ever made racist complaints about foreign call centres who can’t speak English, I would encourage you to spend an hour of your life talking to an AI call centre. You’ll be begging for enthusiastic broken English.

Autism explosion, or just naming what was already there. A fun look back at Theophrastus (circa 300BC) open.substack.com/pub/draaron/...

Thanks to the fearless leader of the world we now know about the harms of Tylenol. Now can someone line me up for a whole lifetime worth of vaccines I’ve been skipping.

Live by the paedophile, die by the paedophile.

Can I make a diagnosis? youtu.be/zRnTuk2zt-U

progressives expect more than conservatives. Albo, despite growing up in an era of poor artistic representation of women and marginalised groups should have somehow developed a diverse musical palette. Morrison gave a sausage fest of pubrock and got a free pass www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

As an atheist - I’m surprised this is what I’m being pinned for. I’m a huge fan of the women’s World Cup, and give zero shits that some of those champs get it on with each other after. I’d be more worried about my desire to take away the benefits of science from those who don’t believe in it

I can’t stop thinking and Scott Morrison’s recent award of an AC Not interested in the politics, but genuinely interested in the purpose. When he next goes for a job, is there anyone reading his CV who will see those two letters and feel they carry more weight than “I don’t hold a hose mate”

Of 112 apps to help mental health for kids with neurodiversity 3 of them met minimal standards of effectiveness Prof Adam Guastella presenting powerful evidence in his plenary talk tonight

I don’t know what other people’s redline is … but for me tearing a mum away from her newborn is it. I am commencing divorcing myself from the US one spending decision at a time, one subscription at a time, one platform at a time. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

The comments section is so much more civilised since the election. Wondering how many of the feral commentators were real and how many were simply bots

TL: DR - Palmer spent $60 million spamming us all relentless only to get half a percentage point higher than “legalise cannabis” who spent $6,000 And while 6k is a lot of 50 bags, I’m happy to know you cannot buy you way out of being deeply unlikable www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

So last night my electorate returned the LNP candidate. But what brings me the most joy is seeing the vote for one nation and trumpet of patriots roughly the same as informal. The electoral support for these parties is equal to the number of people who can’t fill in a form with 7 boxes

Such a small thing, but watching someone lose an election and give a gracious election speech … glad to live in Australia

Dear LNP Now that Dutton appears to be gone, can you work on rebuilding a party and platforms that are somewhat electable. This ALP government needs an opposition, but your culture ware bullshit is toxic.

QLD LNP government pauses new anti- discrimination laws. Seriously, we need to stop electing small target strategy conservative governments who sail in on the back of ALP incompetence and then reveal their true colours. www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/about-us/new...

The thing I never understood about the Nazis is how such a group of physically, emotionally, and psychologically crippled mutants latched onto the idea of a superior form of humanity. After watching the freak show in Trump’s cabinet, I now understand this puzzle better.

🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵

My election round up … open.substack.com/pub/draaron/...

I'm not an expert guys does Asia make a lot of stuff

Has anyone noticed the cross promotion between WWE and the MAGA movement Watching Smackdoen yesterday and saw Jacob Fatu wearing a shirt saying “All gas, no brakes”. Today I hear Steve Bannon being interviewed by Andre Cuomo describe Trump with the same phrase. Low information voter whispering?

Dear Clive Palmer Your blanket adverts on YouTube denying climate change make some interesting points. Here is another interesting point You are old and will be dead long before the climate hell scape our children are about to inherit. You are irrelevant Regards … Regards, a YouTube viewer

This is now my second natural disaster. In the 2011 floods Newman and Bligh gave daily morning briefings over the AM radio to tell people where help was needed and what was needed. 2025 whatever his name is just keeps jumping on and telling people to “stay connected” Wanker

Ok so now entering day six with no power or phone coverage. Day 1-4 trapped inside with high voltage lines across our driveway Day 5 better as I could drive 15 minutes to get phone signal and borrow a generator. We need to get better, because this is a shitshow, and we’ve all got more coming

Exposure therapy for OCD is not just about the exposure. Conversation with Dr Emily O’Leary youtu.be/0mVEqxnqWjY

This might be a good time for global health leadership … Just kidding, this is a good time for bleach boy and brain worm to defund anything that might be vaguely useful right about now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less. Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.

New Episode - which therapies do more harm than good? These researchers conducted the definitive analysis, also judging the quality of the research, so a bunch of crappy papers couldn’t colour the effect. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

Sadly 2025 will be a year for a new game of “who goes nazi” And before anyone jumps down my throat about Godwin’s law. You don’t have goosestep to be a Nazi. Dorothy Thomson 1941 was as astute observer of type. harpers.org/archive/1941...

AI generated notes are sweeeping medicine and mental health. Despite being pro AI, I remain unconvinced by this use case. It’s not the reason you might think. If you’ve got a spare five minutes you’ll learn why in this video … Are AI notes more valuable to be subpoenaed? youtu.be/HVIBLXnxHc8

Using AI to podcast Dr Rebecca Frost and I give you a peak behind the paywall. Our trained AI assistant reads the paper and writes a script as well as clones our voices. We proofread the scripts and retain editorial control. open.spotify.com/show/05lK1Q0... podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

When a CEO gets executed by an assassin - maybe, “why didn’t he have better security?” is less important than, “Why would anyone want to shoot them?” I believe violence is never the answer, but the collective *shrug* to this murder speaks volumes of an industry that has lost its social license.

QPAC - night at the musical with my daughters. Random person feels the need to interrupt a 45 sec acknowledgement of country by yelling out “get on with it”. The level of incivility has migrated from Sky News and the comments feed. They are more emboldened than ever

Clients referred in August get real psychological therapy, those referred in January are more likely to get a psychologist as a case manager doing "holding therapy" Click, share like subscribe Just kidding, i'm just checking the analytics to see how people click through here. youtu.be/Askz0aJ974s

Early career psychologist- considering contract work ? I recently recorded this interview with an early career psychologist. She discussed some of the absolute BS clauses she was being offered as well as some fairly lousy business attitudes. Worth a watch if this is you youtu.be/omBGXhdBDhI

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In case any Americans are confused by cricket - the field placements really are quite simple. Image credit to Lars Madsen who clearly has too much time on his hands.

Not sure what I expected when I joined BlueSky, but the regular smiles I am given by ridiculous things is definitely an unforeseen benefit.

@drtracywesterman.bsky.social is spot on How does this culture survive? Reminds me of Twitter at the start. Full of artists, scientists, and interesting folk and those who enjoyed chatting with them How does it survive 100x growth and a population with nothing to say but a strong need to say it?

Simple formulation for Depression Useful for early career psychologists looking for simple visual way to empower their clients to understand their own mood. youtu.be/NlLhYnbCtb4

Best day - trained 20 plus new psychology supervisors, made AI read the new PsyBA code of ethics for me. There are some crap parts about living in 2024, but letting an LLM do a first read so I can go to my shed gym, pick up heavy things and put them back down again is not one of them