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A1 Skeptic

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These are the ramblings of a disturbed citizen and skeptic. I should stop reading the newspaper. Or watching TV. I should turn off NPR and disconnect from the Internet. We’d all be better off.

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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If Jimmy Carter had had the kind of luck that Donald Trump always seems to have, maybe we wouldn't have had 8 years of Ronald effing Reagan.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If paying more for gas for a while (even a long while) is what is necessary to make sure the GOP gets wiped out in the midterms (and Trump’s poll numbers keep sinking) it’s what I’m willing to do to fulfill my patriotic duty. nxslink.thehill.com/click/446729...
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Well, I guess Trump will be able to kiss those low gas prices goodbye. www.linkedin.com/news/story/o...
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Oil prices mark biggest gain since '22 amid Iran conflict | LinkedIn
Traders are closely watching potential disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital pathway off Iran's coast that carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This thing wasn’t always the saccharine holiday that it is today. www.npr.org/2011/02/14/1...
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The dark origins of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Justice Department “accidentally released their names.” Fat fucking chance.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Call me an iconoclast, but I'd actually be interested in seeing the Melania movie. I'd be curious to find out what kind of spin people who have affection for Melania would put into the movie. I could learn something that way.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Franklin Graham is doing a lot of advertising on TV these days, and every time I see him I just want to scream "fuck off" at the television. But he'll get his just rewards when the next generation of evangelicals abandons the movement after recognizing what an extraordinary hypocrite Franklin is.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Will the Supreme Court finally decide the case declaring that Trump does not have a unilateral right to impose tariffs on other countries without input from Congress? WTF? How long does this take? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/24/b...
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Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its trade deal with China - The Boston Globe
President Trump’s threat came amid an escalating war of words with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Hey, isn’t it time for the Supreme Court to finally decide that Trump can’t just impose tariffs on whomever the eff he wants to? And couldn’t the Europeans just start calling in American debt? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/17/b...
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Trump says 8 European countries will be charged 10% tariff for opposing US on Greenland - The Boston Globe
President Trump said in a social media post that the tariff against the eight countries would be raised to 25% on June 1 if there isn't a deal for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the...
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Oh, a “day of reckoning and retribution” is definitely coming, Donald, but it’s not going to be for protesters. It’s going to be for you. And your family. Wait until we’ve clawed back all of the fraudulently gained riches; your family will eventually have to live in Saudi Arabia.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Unfortunately for them, the Supreme Court has already ruled in the past that there must be a “nexus” between the investigations’ legislative aims and the witnesses from whom information was sought. There is no reason for the Clinton’s to appear. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Here we go again with more bullshit from Republican congressmen who desperately want to embarrass Democrats with Epstein-related disclosures that will “even the score” when it becomes publicly inescapable how much contact Trump had with Epstein over the years. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This whole thing would be far fetched and hard to believe if it were in a movie script, but in real life it is essentially beyond comprehension. Six federal prosecutors are actually resigning rather than continue to participate in this charade. Bravo for them. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/n...
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Six prosecutors reportedly quit over push to investigate ICE shooting victim’s widow - The Boston Globe
The resignations followed tumultuous days at the US attorney’s office in Minnesota as prosecutors struggled to manage the outrage over Renee Nicole Good's killing.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Are you fucking kidding me? The DOJ wants to investigate the widow of Rene Nicole Good, but refuses to conduct a civil rights investigation of the shooter, Jonathan Ross, or to share any of their info with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/n...
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Six prosecutors reportedly quit over push to investigate ICE shooting victim’s widow - The Boston Globe
The resignations followed tumultuous days at the US attorney’s office in Minnesota as prosecutors struggled to manage the outrage over Renee Nicole Good's killing.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We are now, with respect to Renee Nicole Wood, at this stage of Nineteen Eighty-Four: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Every week I get at least one offer to buy my house, which is a very nice two-family house. But no matter how badly someone wants to buy my house, it's not for sale. Same as Greenland. This is not hard to understand.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
GREENLAND IS NOT FOR SALE, you bunch of fucking idiots. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The day will come where this little punk gets taken down by his own methods, and will be exposed for engaging in some massive fraud. You just wait and see. www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
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Pro-Trump influencers take a victory lap amid fallout from viral video alleging fraud
The swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
When all is said and done, there will be plenty of Republicans and MAGA supporters making excuse after excuse as to why they supported this guy. But I won’t be buying it. They supported him because they wanted his racism and they wanted his cruelty. That’s it.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Truthfully, I did not have Trump flying Nicolas Maduro out of the country in my 2026 Bingo cards. It’s already projecting to be a strange year.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Just a reminder that farmers did this to themselves. Will be curious to see if farmers slowly start to recognize that in 2026. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Farmers are about to pay a lot more for health insurance
Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This family really is kind of cursed. And Caroline has now lost her father to assassination, her uncle to assassination, her mother to cancer, her brother to a plane accident, her daughter to cancer, and several nephews to drug overdoses. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, dies at 35 - The Boston Globe
Schlossberg revealed in November that she had received a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Trump admits that his proposed ballroom — which apparently is four times the size of the White House — is a “monument.” Allegedly Trump told Jesse Waters “I’m building a monument to myself because no one else will.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
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December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It has been pointed out to me if that anyone had said about the sanctified Charlie Kirk like what Trump said about the Reiners, the pitchforks would have come out in MAGA world, and there would have been calls to have that person fired (if not disemboweled).
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Did this crypto-pedophile of a President really claim that Rob Reiner died of “Trump derangement syndrome” (instead of being murdered by his son, as was apparently the case)? Of course he did.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Not only are these not peace deals, but I don’t see any evidence Trump had anything to do with any of these “deals.” Completely different from the actual peace deal that Jimmy Carter negotiated in person. www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
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Trump touts his peace deals - but many are already unraveling
President Trump has been racing to rack up peace deals — but keeping them intact is proving far more difficult.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“If you have two guys on a stage and one guy says, ‘I have a solution to the Middle East problem,’ and the other guy falls in the orchestra pit, who do you think is going to be on the evening news?” That’s Roger Ailes’ “orchestra pit” theory of news. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-8...
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December 8, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In what must be one of the most pointless acts ever performed, John Lennon was killed 45 years ago today. America learned about it from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/a...
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John Lennon was killed 45 years ago today. America learned about it from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. - The Boston Globe
It was an indelible TV moment, much like Walter Cronkite’s trembly announcement in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Republicans win one, if only narrowly. It's not particularly good news for either side. rollcall.com/2025/12/02/t...
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Republican Matt Van Epps wins Tennessee special election
Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th District, keeping the deep-red seat in party hands.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Is this a good thing? I don't know. It seems like a good thing. But anything with Trump's name associated with it is suspect to me. That's where I've arrived. I'll wait to hear what other people, those who are smarter than me, what they think. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/n...
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Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’ - The Boston Globe
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
So, this is an interesting idea. Trying identify congressional districts where independent candidates could be successful. Elect enough of them, and you have some sway over both parties in Congress. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
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An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
In the wake of the two Senators and four Congressmen reminding the military to refuse unlawful orders there was a lot of GOP pushback that Trump hasn't given any unlawful orders. Sure he has. He's ordered the military to blow up boats around the waters in Venezuela without any evidence against them.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Has anybody thought about sending a subpoena to Mark Epstein to ask him what he meant when he wrote to his brother, "does Putin have the photo of Trump blowing Bubba?"
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There won't be any peace in Ukraine at least until Trump is out of office. It would take a concerted joint proposal from a new President and the EU to get anything realistic done. In the meantime, Putin keeps losing more and more young men to a pyrrhic cause. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
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The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I did not have this on my bingo cards for 2025. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The Kennedy family has to be both the luckiest and unluckiest family in the world. Now Caroline Kennedy's 35 year old daughter has a terminal cancer diagnosis. Are you kidding me? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/22/m...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, reveals terminal cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe
Schlossberg, 35, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, with a rare mutation found in less than 2 percent of cases.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
It really is time to impeach RFK Jr. and charge him with perjury. At his Senate confirmation hearings he testified specifically to Sen. Bill Cassidy (who is also a doctor) that he would not revive claims linking vaccines to childhood autism. Now that is what he has done. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It's all in the headlines right here: "Trump Deflects Attention From His Ties to Epstein by Ordering Inquiry Into Prominent Democrats." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Live Updates: Trump Deflects Attention From His Ties to Epstein by Ordering Inquiry Into Prominent Democrats
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
For those of you who are policy wonks — and I do mean policy wonks — the following is an article from Amy Howe of SCOTUSBLOG on the tariff cases that the Supreme Court will hear next week. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/trum...
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Trump’s tariffs to face Supreme Court scrutiny
Updated on Oct. 31 at 8:42 a.m. On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping […]
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Well, here it is: “Speaker Johnson dismisses Trump 2028 talk, but applauds the ‘trolling’.” He “did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could, to inflame Democrats.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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Johnson Dismisses Trump 2028 Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling’
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs. Trust me, they aren't. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
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What to know about right-wing commentator’s controversial speech to Boston College Republicans - The Boston Globe
A speech last week by right-wing commentator Nick Solheim has sparked a BC investigation and condemnation by the GOP group that hosted him.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Here we go again. Last week at Boston College, in a speech entited “How to Implement the MAGA Agenda,” right-wing zealot Nick Solheim told listeners they needed to be “willing to be killed” for their conservative beliefs.Give me an effing break! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
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What to know about right-wing commentator’s controversial speech to Boston College Republicans - The Boston Globe
A speech last week by right-wing commentator Nick Solheim has sparked a BC investigation and condemnation by the GOP group that hosted him.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
So, this is complete nonsense. It's what they want to scare you with: oh we'll get Trump a 3rd term. Sorry right-wingers, not going to happen anymore than getting Obama a 3rd term. By 2028 Trump will have full-blown dementia, and the economy will be in shambles. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Oh yeah, Trump isn't taking his salary, but he wants $230 million for having been properly investigated.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Well, this was just about Trump's best day ever. The hostages were exchanged and he got a standing ovation in the Knesset. It's not going to get much better than this.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
One really can't get a more glaring difference then how Jane Goodall is being remembered in death and how Trump is being remembered while he's alive.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I somehow missed that another edition of the Rapture had been predicted for yesterday, but I gather that once again, Christian Narcissists were disappointed. I join all the rest of you who were also disappointed, so that we could move on without these idiots in our midst any longer.
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I should just point out that of the two guys who took shots at Trump and the guy who took out Charlie Kirk, #none# of them were Democrats. Not a single one. So much for the "party of murder."
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A1 Skeptic @a1skeptic.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This is an interesting finding. Acid always made me a bit nervous, so I never did any, even in my college days. And this would, of course, be prescribed by doctors. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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'One and done' dose of LSD keeps anxiety at bay
People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip.
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