Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych

#covid #halloweentombstones #143 Scroll up....waaaaaaay up...

Every year it's the same thing...I think "I'm not going to be able to come up with any more of these," and the next thing you know, my brain starts translating every covid-related post I see into a new #halloweentombstone. There are now over 140 on my pinned thread. Enjoy!

No, I don't think 18 years is a necessary term limit. I think mandatory retirement at 75 makes sense, though...and what's more, I'd suggest that NO ONE should be allowed to run for public office if they'd be over 75 on the relevant election day.

South Korea's UBI grew the economy and gave workers a hand up.

REM Behaviour Disorder is a considerable antecedent for Parkinson's and Lewy Body Dementia 80% at 14 years (average age >50) That's why seeing RBD in Long C-19 at a much younger age is so deeply concerning 🙏🏻

How is People’s magazine doing better coverage than most legacy media? people.com/former-miss-...

“being on the edge of the time zone where sunrise is earlier was equivalent to changing class size from 40 students to 20 students. When you have fewer students per teacher, you get better academic outcomes, and that was the effect of this time zone position.” Gift article

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

No part of this commentary is surprising coming from RFK Jr (it is as accurate as any of his other scientific claims) but it is insane that in the current political climate a person can say something like this essentially without profound personal or professional consequences.

Why was the Ivermectin Cancer Study retracted? One look at the authors should have been enough - including Nicolas Hulscher, Dr. Drew Pinsky (“Dr. Drew”), Dr. James A. Thorp, and Dr. Peter A. McCullough. Bunch of 'wellness' grifters www.techarp.com/fact-check/h...

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Such a loss, but what a great life! Hard to believe he was that old actually. He seemed so much younger in 1967.

"Clean air should not be a gamble for Canadian workers. The air Canadians breathe has changed. Workplace protections need to adapt to that reality."

Headline: "As Halloween kicks of the holidays..." Since when is Halloween associated with "the holidays"?? Even from an American perspective, I don't think Halloween exactly fits with Thanksgiving and Christmas. PS: CDN Thanksgiving is superior because the fall colours don't clash with Halloween.

Steve Cortes is a conservative political commentator.

In which it is demonstrated that treating voters like hostages has consequences... Electoral reforms are urgently needed. In the meantime, using the tools available to them, NDP voters have sent a message to the NDP Inc. political machine.

True, but in a few years we’ll see a sitcom based on this disastrous admin à la Hogan’s Heroes

I was today years old when I learned that Alexander Siddig is Malcolm McDowell’s nephew

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe

Oh, honey . . . your own mother shipped you off to a reform school (with cute little military costumes) after you were caught throwing rocks into a baby carriage and she realized you were too twisted to deal with.

Another banger - as this article, about SARS 1 (© by the 2004 Infectious Diseases Society of America), clearly points out: academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

Here's a joke that was shared on another site. Be sure to read it all, in order. 🤣🤣😈 1/4: #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Loons are in trouble, but at least we know why. Let's act before it's too late.

Fascinating… www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

It's wild that this lack of understanding about Nazi's being right-wing fascists, not socialists, is a thing in 2026.

So Obama came to town today

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

“Before we continue, smash that like button” is not the most elegant sentence to include in your substack post, and instantly shows me you’re not here for the joy of writing well

EVERY WEEK IS SEA OTTER AWARENESS WEEK

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How dyspraxia can exhaust children and exclude them from social activities theconversation.com/how-dyspraxi...

In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...

What's that you say? A UK study aimed at proving that ADHD and autism are over-diagnosed actually found that we are still under-diagnosing both, and lack access to assessments remains a huge barrier to support? What a shocking and unexpected conclusion! www.politicsuk.com/p/fonagy-rev...

Automotive safety. Cars have become dramatically safer in my lifetime thanks to disc brakes, crumple zones, power brakes, radial tires, antilock brakes, cameras, backup sensors, etc

If we had more Christians like this, I think we’d have more Christians

MUPPETS! and MASKS! I don't know which I'm more excited to see!

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I object to the inclusion of "hypnosis" on this list! See, for example... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30790634/

"If we started seeing people actively dying from this, obviously that would change how we respond to this,” said an official whose job it is to prevent that from happening www.propublica.org/article/bird...