Quittr, an app that promises to help men stop watching porn, leaked intimate data on hundreds of thousands of its users, and lied about its security issues, 404 Media can now reveal. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/viral-quittr...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...

They used our 3D prints and tried to replicate/extend our penis size data in street interviews! Points for creativity youtube.com/watch?v=khAX... youtube.com/watch?v=jGfc... So weird seeing someone else holding our blue models 😂

Huh. That's weird.

This is basically a cool clinical phd @nicolerprause.bsky.social who runs a sex neurology lab giving a verbal systematic review of what research has actually been done about what sex actually looks like in your nervous system with a lot of weird MRI situations 🔥♥️🤓 open.spotify.com/episode/4cNk...

it's hard to explain how horrible and dangerous this app and the people who made it are but I tried: www.404media.co/app-for-quit...

After a series of violent threats last week on NoFap Discord, now calls to "Destroy Mindgeek". They don't even know who they're referring to, but they want violence. This is why science on violence in NoFap remains important:this is not self-help & not for youth. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This might be the most beautiful temperature plot to date in our male orgasm study. It is very rare to have a human body responding in such a clear pattern! The first jump is when manual stimulation starts (~1,100).

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

NoFap Discord: "we need to unite and commit a violent attack against pornstars and the porn industry through vandalism, murder etc as a form of rebellion [...] ive been planning a violent attack for a little bit now, if you are interested in talking about then message me or here" 1/3

Tis the season to...spin misgoyny about scientists on Discord? The NoFap Discord apparently spent Christmas going after me as a "scientist girl" who is "addicted" to porn. Mods left it up. Our latest paper covers some of these attacks against scientists, especially women.

Laila Haddad Mickelwait of "TraffickingHub" gives herself another huge raise without an increase in hours, along with her friend and COO, still illegally hiding their board members from the IRS. Vast majority of money? Spent on publicity, not helping anyone. "Justice Defense Fund"

"Sex therapies that harm", updated, teaching today! We have new data on certified sex addiction therapists (CSAT) making poorer diagnostic decisions and data showing how false porn conspiracies cause harm in NoFap. Therapies are not only innocuous or helpful, they can harm!

I worked with a UK crew (Zandland) on this new documentary "Inside Gooning: The Secret World of Porn Addiction" in which we review why porn is not considered addictive scientifically, and what may actually be happening with one man involved in gooning (extended masturbation).

Yep, that's a weiner dog pacing my Turkey Trot 5K. 😂

I am loving these data. n=42! More evidence of male sexual flushing.

I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women". It's not. medium.com/@nicole.prau...

Get continuing education from my updated seminar "Sex therapies that harm, masturbation and new diagnoses" on December 6, 2025. It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data. modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise. www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child. Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor. Who could have predicted? Oh, right.

New paper “Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A colleague shared this scholarship on the harms of the NoFap Army being presented from Sweden!

We know several anti-porn "doctors" offering fraudulent cures to young men. If you want an idea for how difficult it is to hold frauds like this accountable, follow the story of "Dr." Makis, who has had numerous complaints filed against him for years to try to stop his grift. cpsa.ca/news/stateme...

The most insane “anti-porn” bill I’ve seen yet The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵

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).