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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Jon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Scamvougeras and Castle express the view that FND should be framed ONLY in psychiatric terms in a new article @CogNPsychiatry zurl.co/pSx1u My reply explains why I think this historical - and dualistic - approach is wrong: zurl.co/OAcPN

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey friends! I’m going to go offline (maybe minus the odd travel photo?) for a few weeks as I move my life to the UK. FND continues to be challenging and I need to manage my energy and window of tolerance. Still excited to go though! See you on the other side 👋

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Mal a BOO 👻 @hallowedverses.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You’ll survive but you’ll be funnier in ways that worries people

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Continuing to perplex everyone around me by referring to the amygdalae as “miggys”

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Elsie Blundell MP @elsieblundellmp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I know access to physiotherapy is difficult for those in my constituency with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). Today, I raised this in Parliament and was pleased to secure a commitment from the Leader of the House, who will raise this with the Health Minister directly.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i don't think it was chiefly or just the inconvenience, but that they couldn't buy their way out of the safety measures and restrictions everyone else faced (they actually could, but not everyone and not every restriction)

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026

I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"It's easy to spot a hallucination only when it's bizarre. For all we know, we hallucinate all the time." - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain amzn.to/42TqVUN

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rest in peace, Wendell Berry.

The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

from Openings: Poems (1968)

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This quote is from last February. Good work sir!

"Regulations, basically, should be default gone," Musk said. "Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in."

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Looking forward to our #FNDIreland Peer Support Meeting in Leitrim this month. Full details on the poster. Please email us or contact us via our website to register to attend. fnd.ie/contact-us/ 💚🧡 📍 Carrick-on-Shannon 📅 19th September 2026 ⏰ 2pm #FND @donpsi.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is the decision I made. I'm an American citizen and could have applied to schools in the US if I wanted to. It would have given me a lot more options and made life easier in a lot of ways. But I came to the conclusion it's not safe to be there. So I only applied to Canadian and UK schools.

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was great to have seven new members join our regular members at our #FNDIreland peer support meeting in Donegal at the weekend. A big THANK YOU to all those who attended and shared their experience of #FND. Our final Donegal meeting this year will take place 28th November. 💚🧡 @donpsi.bsky.social

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A big part of chronic illness is “control what you can control” and do your best to let go of the rest.

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Rob Mok @robmok.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

📢 Announcing the 11th CiNet Conference: "From Biological to General Artificial Intelligence: Computational and Experimental Approaches to Understanding and Modeling the Brain" 5–7 October 2026, CiNet, Osaka, Japan Organized by yours truly & Shinji Nishimoto #neuroskyence #psychscisky #mlsky 🧠🤖 1/

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 30/08/2026

Very cool new study, a great demo of what our approach can do - Altered interoceptive beliefs in alexithymia: Dissociating bias and precision using the heart rate discrimination task www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hugo Fleming @hugofleming.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New paper alert! 📣📣 In this work, we investigated the origins of somatic symptoms – a common and debilitating feature of anxiety and depression. 'Anxiety is associated with the persistence of conditioned somatic sensations over time'

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What is information, really? Instead of arguing for a single valid interpretation, we propose a pluralistic view where rigorous alternatives coexist — each with affordances and limits Finally published: “Four faces of information in natural systems” 🧵

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Brain Communications @braincomms.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Westlin et al. report that resting-state functional connectivity predicted and tracked with symptom change in functional neurological disorder over ∼6 months of naturalistic treatment. Read it at 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neuroscience #braincommunications

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Please support Athy Choral Fusion for An Evening of Harmonies, a special live concert celebrating the joy of singing, held in aid of #FNDIreland and the Irish Cancer Society. Eileen who lives with #FND and attends our Kildare Peer Support meeting is a member of Athy Choral Fusion. 💚🧡 #ChoralMusic

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This sucks, man. We need to get off this techno-dystopian trajectory we're on, and fast

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Cambridge University Press - Science & Engineering @cambup-scieng.cambridge.org · 27/08/2026

'Functional Neurological Disorder: A Common Condition You’ve Probably Never Heard Of', a new Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences blog by Ethan Chan, Daniyal Kashif and Dr. Carl Froilan D. Leochico 📚 cup.org/4xuXp4j

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UK FND Network @ukfndnetwork.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One-day symposium on FND and other functional disorders - St George's Hospital, London. Sep 11th 2026. Book via: zurl.co/PmDS2.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Russell Vought’s OMB is inexplicably removing comments on the federal financial assistance proposed rule that mention how NIH research saved the life of Vought’s own daughter. Impeachvought.com

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Impeach Vought

We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p...

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congrats to our founder, Eamon on winning the @efna.net BrainTalks competition to speak at their Conference next month. Eamon is looking forward to speaking on 'When Common Doesn't Mean Equal: The Fight for FND Care' 💚🧡 @fndportal.bsky.social @donpsi.bsky.social @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social #FND

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Very exciting work! 👏👏

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UK FND Network @ukfndnetwork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hello from the UK FND Network! We’re delighted to launch our new social media channels. 🌐 ukfndnetwork.org connects healthcare professionals & FND patient organisations to collaborate and share knowledge. Follow us for more news and help build FND connections in the UK!

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · 25/08/2026

How does your #brain turn light waves, air pressure, and racing hearts into sights, sounds, and emotions? By generating categories. @quantamagazine.org explains our recent @nature.com paper and why it matters. With @earlkmiller.bsky.social. www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-framew...

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A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World | Quanta Magazine

An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet.

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A good example of how FND is often triggered by physiological conditions. It's really common for people with FND to have other conditions - whether something long-lived like Parkinson's or epilepsy, or a temporary condition that trips the brain up and causes things to go haywire.

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Someday it will be well-understood that FND is a common and highly disabling condition, which affects millions of people, who told the truth about their experience, and the stigma and disbelief we encounter today will seem unbelievable.

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It was great to catch up with familiar faces and meet new faces at our #FNDIreland peer support meeting in Louth at the weekend. A big THANK YOU to those who attended and shared their experience of living with #FND. Our next Louth meeting is on 19th Sept.💚🧡 @donpsi.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I am handling a lot right now and doing it with a 3-week vestibular migraine exacerbated by FND 😅 Hard mode!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

It’s actually really good for a society to have a strong cancel culture for even the slightest whiff of eugenics or race science. We should bring that back, stronger.

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Looking forward to our #FNDIreland Peer Support Meeting in Cork this month. Full details on the poster. Please email us or contact us via our website to register to attend. fnd.ie/contact-us/ 💚🧡 📍 Mallow 📅 29th August 2026 ⏰ 11.00am #FND @donpsi.bsky.social

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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 16/08/2026

Patients with functional neurological disorder are frequently told they are exaggerating, faking symptoms, seeking attention, or that everything is “just anxiety.” f-st.co/VFWcw0w

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Why one of the most common brain disorders is also one of the most misunderstood

The story of functional neurological disorder is beginning to turn a corner.

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“We believe this separation causes harm to patients with disorders on either side of the line and propose that a joint classification of neurological and psychiatric disorders is theoretically justified, practically feasible, and would benefit psychiatry, neurology, and medicine more broadly.” 👏👏👏

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It was great to catch up with familiar faces and meet new faces at our #FNDIreland peer support meeting in Leitrim at the weekend. A big THANK YOU to those who attended and shared their experience of living with #FND. Our next meeting is the 19th Sept. 💚🧡 @donpsi.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social

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Steve Hudson @dustcircle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Why one of the most common #braindisorders is also one of the most misunderstood The story of functional #neurologicaldisorder is beginning to turn a corner. www.fastcompany.com/91590677/fun...

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Why one of the most common brain disorders is also one of the most misunderstood

The story of functional neurological disorder is beginning to turn a corner.

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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Lisa McHugh opens up on 'hardest' year of her life after health battles and marriage split The singer's announcement this week that she has split from husband Nathan comes after a tough year of health difficulties for the star

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Lisa McHugh opens up on 'hardest' year after FND battle and marriage split

The singer's announcement this week that she has split from husband Nathan comes after a tough year of health difficulties for the star

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This fMRI study Identified "resting-state functional connectivity features linked to symptom change in FND, highlighting the potential of large-scale network interactions as prognostic markers and providing mechanistic insights that set the stage for novel, biologically informed interventions"

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Week 4(?) of what’s looking like my first ever vestibular migraine. Back to the ER I go! 💀

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