Data show youth know how to use VPNs. The idea that the surge in VPN use to evade porn blocks is limited to adults is ridiculous.

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Men are tending to *slow* their reaction time to the persistent vigilance task after O (n=25, despite outliers). It is unusual to see performance decrement on repeated tasks in a lab, but it sure looked like they got a little *too* relaxed post-O!

We are 25% of the way through study recruitment! Time to get these ejaculate samples in the mail...

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Australia's age-verification regulation appears to be unravelling. Members of a government committee claim AV companies are wildly overstating the accuracy of their tech and unwilling or unable to prove they're deleting personal information post- verification. Several members have quit in protest.

Now n=23 into data collection into what (I believe will be) the largest lab study of male orgasm!

We also had a ~5000 word complaint demanding the retraction of our paper for purely political reasons. It also was filled with false and defamatory claims. This is just the latest way to attack scientists. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Our publisher stood against their egregious threats.

New paper accepted! "One in Four Transplant Hepatologists in the United States Screen Positive for Unhealthy Alcohol Use" Details to come...

New episode (1126), with Dr. Nicole Prause. We talk about pornography, NoFap, and orgasm. #Psychology #neuroscience #Science YouTube: youtu.be/SHUhmiCYQlA Podcast: bit.ly/4f5nWx8

The red tubing is going to be helpful in minding kinks in our anal measure, but it does give a certain Christmas-like appearance to the lab.

Reddit has now blocked r/NoFap in the UK over the Online Safety Act. The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.

The first longitudinal test of the NoFap November practice: failure. Abstinence does nothing. Sexual function did not improve. Most started as children, misled with this disinformation. academic.oup.com/jsm/advance-...

ICE lied to falsely arrest peaceful protestors. Keep filming! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

fyi, they cut cancer funding. Direct knowledge. This is just a lie.

The UK age-verification law has been in effect less than 48 hours and people are getting around it using these guys for age-verification. www.techspot.com/news/108819-...

We have power. Asking someone being detained if you can call anyone for them, or live streaming for them, both seem like ways we can help the brown people being targeted without warrants in Los Angeles. We haven't seen ICE in my neighborhood, but we should all be ready and have a plan.

NoFap, FightTheNewDrug, and other anti-porn websites are placing hidden tracking that follows you around the web and cannot be stopped by clearing cookies by BlackLight report. Both websites are design for youth to talk about their sexual behaviors.

Antiporn groups said they were only going after games with violence against women. But what got censored? Award-winning games about disordered eating, LGBTQ+ games and anything flagged NSFW. @megannicolett.bsky.social's reporting raises alarms about the real danger of this censorship campaign.

Since Jan 20, 2025, there have been 402 verified cases of scientific interference: funding rescinded, websites wiped, experts sidelined. This is a systematic dismantling of federal research. Are you with us in the fight to #StandUpForScience ? ➡️ zurl.co/Q0b5B zurl.co/1iHhd @ucs.org

Adult performers/creators! Industry journalist @mdmcjr.press is leading a university research study on online sex work, censorship and policy and is looking for creators to participate. There's so much bad data about sex work — here's a chance for some good! astate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes. Any questions? Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

We collect GSR from the feet for our orgasm study, which psychophysiologists may find interesting. These are usually done from hands. Since they are masturbating, we use this alternative, dense eccrine gland site. (Two lost connection: one sensor from kick, one cable pulled).

Pornography is often described as being “addictive” and as a threat to public health. But is this actually true? In today's show, we're diving into what the science says about how porn affects us with @nicolerprause.bsky.social. www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...

The National Science Foundation and university funding attacks are, of course, being sponsored by billionaires who own for-profit tech companies who do not want the public to freely own tech they hope to sell. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

In January, police seized a series of Sally Mann photos from Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth claiming they were obscene. The charges were outrageous, but so was the silence of the entire art establishment in Fort Worth, fearful that if they spoke out, they could be next. Appalling and terrifying.

As a neurologist, I see the term "dopamine" everywhere: dopamine fasting, dopamine hits, dopamine culture. It's become a cultural shorthand for pleasure. But the real story is far more complex and fascinating. Here’s a thread on what we actually know 🧠

Trump Policies Will Cost The U.S. Up To $29 Billion In Tourism ht: @comstockb.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Where do people go after visiting the religious Karezza yourbrainonporn.com that preaches orgasm, masturbation, and porn abstinence? Stripchat You cannot make this stuff up.

On va faire un petit quizz, pour voir si vous suivez. ! Know your masculinist milieu ! Quel est le milieu radical masculiniste qui prône l'abstinence de la masturbation et qui produit une quantité pharamineuse de propagande antiféministe violente? (3 réponses correctes et je publie une autre q)

1/6 RFK Jr. says “working scientists” aren’t part of his staff cuts. That’s a lie. Scientists are quietly being forced out of CDC and NIH through Title 42 contract lapses - with no public announcement and no plan to replace them. 🧵

Crocodile Concentration Camp flooding already… that was fast…

These posts and images are from the r/NoFap anti-masturbation website, calling for the murder of the PornHub CEO and porn performers. Anti-porn coaches and religious groups regularly recommend sending youth to r/NoFap, despite this well-documented, violent content www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in canceled grants to University of California researchers, calling the terminations flagrantly illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Powerful story from Carolyn Johnson at the Washington Post... wapo.st/44ntbo4 [Should be a gift link; let me know if there are problems]

Four participants completed in our new male orgasm study! Ultimately, we will have some of the first measures of inflammatory cytokines pre/post climax, which should help us understand post-orgasmic illness syndrome.

The formulation of our disinfectant changed, so it looks like our anal probe is in Mountain Dew. I don't love it. I don't hate it.

$134 million USD 💨

Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence fed the JFK files into an AI program, asking it to see if there was anything that should remain classified. https://trib.al/AqWNKuR

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

I uninstalled Uber a long time ago. In case anyone else needs a reason, here it is!

My beach volleyball group is still scheduling pickup games tonight. Are we ever going to see protestors trump says have "taken over" Los Angeles?😅

“I want people to know how bad things are at NIH,” Norton told The Associated Press. 🎤⬇️ apnews.com/article/nih-...

There appears to be a systematic deletion, without response, of suicidal posts from r/NoFap by the moderators. Given NoFap claims to "support" men, this would be in direct contrast to those claims. There is an incidental findings manuscript in this. I will share the data when I'm able!

ICE shot a reporter... "Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."

Los Angeles, if you're not following news there are claims national guard is being sent to LA tonight to "put down" protests. I would be wary of being out with kids or similar tonight.

If you are a guy in Los Angeles, we need (paid) volunteers for our orgasm study. unlcorexmuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

If you think there are publisher problems in science now, state-run journals that prohibit scientists from publishing whatever they find is probably the worst "solution" possible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk leaving the administration to spend more time with his explosions