This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

if you just need to feel a little joy for a minute or three, you can listen to @tedleo.bsky.social covering Tears for Fears for free on the internet. youtu.be/J85N8kvsdd0?...

What does Canto III of Dante's Inferno have to do with a Pittsburgh emergency department? New post on DBB discusses ethics, The Pitt, and the question of how you find meaning in ceaseless work. #bioethics #ThePitt

With Trump now explicitly threatening to leave NATO and the Iran war opening Russian oil to the world, Putin never had a better ally than Trump.

I'm back to posting at Dispatches from the Blood-Brain Barrier! #philosophy #psychiatry #bioethics

We are hiring. Click to view our updated job posting. #bioethics #bioethicscareers @munbioethics.bsky.social

I still have the PS2 that I purchased when it rolled out, and it still works!!

Lotta folks here at No Kings, Orange County NC. Lots of American flags, a fellow in an inflatable dino costume asking everyone if they've read the Declaration of Independence and handing out copies. No kings in North Carolina.

#NOKINGS New York City, NY

Chicago - no kings

What about the US response to Russia attacking Poland?

The death of every person killed in school shootings and the assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband deserve the same national attention and flag at half-mast honors as the awful murder of Charlie Kirk.

This critique of RFK Jr’s incompetence is vastly understated. It’s not just that his views are “unscientific” but the conspiracy theories and “survival of the fittest” approach to public health that he endorses is likely to lead to the death and illness of many Americans.

It is, in fact, astonishing that the USA has twice voted in a man who for his own glory will repeat directly to the American people lies that the head of an enemy state has told him as if they were important truths.

The White House directive for the Smithsonian to "align messaging" with a political task force is a sanitized term for creating a ministry of truth. This is how democratic erosion accelerates. We must not be silent.

Having served on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, I can tell you that state control of historical narrative is a bright red line.

"Since the first messenger who told Tigranes that Lucullus was coming had his head cut off for his pains, no one else would tell him anything, and so he sat in ignorance while the fires of war were blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him." -- Plutarch, ≈ 100 A.D.

Next January I'm attending my first APA meeting in over a decade. I'm presenting a paper on "William James, Mysticism and Theosophy". I've been immersed in James's writings during the past year, and this is my first paper about his work. #philsky

I don't talk about it much but part of my work in the history of medicine focuses on medical and scientific imaging. For this work, familiarity with the history of anatomy is critical (if you aren't sure why, I recommend Foucault, The Birth of the Clinic). This looks so interesting! #HistSTM

I have been working on a global health ethics project for three years that may be coming to fruition sometime in the next couple of months. There remains some uncertainty about it now, but if things work out, I'll have a major announcement to make by the end of September. #medsky #philsky #bioethics

Honored to be part of this symposium! Your book is an important contribution to the field, Josh. Thank you for the opportunity to respond to it and to be in the company of this wonderful cast of contributors!

1/ Cruelty is one of the worst vices in societies that value freedom and equality (a point from Judith Shklar). The disregard for the poor, sick, and vulnerable and the hatred of compassion that dominates the culture of MAGA is a “re-evaluation of values” that regards cruelty as the highest virtue.

“You cannot control outsiders (immigrants or would-be immigrants) without controlling insiders (citizens). The more vigorously you try to control immigration, the more you end up limiting the freedom of your citizens and violating equality and the rule of law.”

The Justice Department announced charges in what officials describe as the largest health care fraud bust in DOJ history.

#Medsky #Philsky #Techethics #VeteranWellbeing #Neurorights #Humanenhancement #Neurorights #Biosecurity #Ethicaltech

just out: our new paper The Unfinished War looks at the ethical fallout of enhancing soldiers with neuro or genetic tech what happens after the mission? how do you reintegrate when your mind or body has been altered? #bioethics #militaryethics #neuroethics #veterans #enhancement #TheUnfinishedWar

Take note.

The US Constitution, specifically Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, grants Congress the sole power to declare war. The President cannot unilaterally initiate a war; only Congress can formally declare it.

Such sad news

2025: we must go to war to eliminate the weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East 2001: we must go to war to eliminate the weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East Just another war to try to drum up political support at home for a radical conservative agenda .

The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion “Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...

My earlier estimate of a few hundred at the Greenville NC #NoKings rally was way too low. Go Greenville! www.foxcarolina.com/2025/06/14/t...

A few hundred people were out peacefully protesting #NoKings in Greenville, NC

People are being arrested for wearing a medical mask in Savannah, Georgia #NoKings

Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.

North Carolina says #NoKings abc11.com/amp/post/no-...

If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.

Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

I thought that the Republicans were all about states’ rights. Why aren’t they outraged by federal troops in CA suppressing the first-amendment rights of Californians when their governor says CA does not need any assistance? They are paving the way to a police-state

I expect that DT will intelligence agencies or the justice department to investigate Musk soon

I’m waiting for Elon to say that he helped Trump steal the election!

Republicans' new pitch for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: “Well, we all are going to die.”

Banning masks at political protests and in public places but allowing them to be worn by ICE agents is fascism.

We’ve now reached the phase of the tariffs where Trump is blaming “corporate greed” for rising prices.

What is health? What is addiction? In my latest post at DBB, I discuss why definitions are important to theory and practice in #medicine, #psychiatry and #philosophy. #medsky #bioethics #philosophy #philsky

Feedback wanted: if someone was addicted to alcohol (or another addictive drug), can that person continue to use the drug that they were addicted to and be in recovery? In other words, does recovery require no longer using the drug at all? #medsky #bioethics #philsky #addiction #recovery #psychology

Read this headline. It is truly something I would have never expected to see in my life. www.science.org/content/arti...

Latest episode The Psychedelic Skeptic podcast 🎙️ just dropped. I join Dr. Anne Metz for a wide-ranging conversation about philosophical dimensions of #PsychedelicTherapy. #HumanEnhancement #Bioethics #Psychiatry #PhilosophyOfMedicine #Neuroethics #Medsky #Philsky