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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Out today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What should clinicians know about psychedelic-assisted treatments? Join our online CME/CE course for an evidence-based introduction to psychedelic medicine covering patient engagement, emerging research, and the future of psychedelic-assisted care. Register: hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Excited to share our new paper in Psychopharmacology: A pilot study comparing high-dose oral Δ9-THC, psilocybin, and placebo under the same set and setting used in psychedelic clinical trials. @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/n

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Adeel Razi @adeelrazi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com. Psychedelics don’t simply disorder the brain. We found hidden, context-sensitive organisation beneath the apparent chaos -- strongest in people reporting more positive, profound experiences and a reduced sense of separation from the world. 🧵👇

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

reality check #2: do prospective grad students really need to have co-authored papers to be competitive? perspectives have differed widely when sampling a few local colleagues. It's clear they can be helpful, but the question is whether they are truly necessary ...

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

reality check: do prospective grad students really need to have first-authored papers to be competitive? perspectives have differed widely when sampling a few local colleagues. It's clear they can be sufficient, but the question is whether they are truly necessary ...

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

check out the first paper published in our “Lost Foundations” special issue of Psychedelic Medicine, by none other than the inimitable @alexkwan.bsky.social props to @nate-h-heller.bsky.social for the stellar idea for the issue, and editors Chuck Nichols and Peter Hendricks for the support!!

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Grateful to be involved in this important work. Props to Manesh Girn and Danilo Bzdok for leading! Hoping that folks read carefully and critically: notably, substantial between-drug differences challenge the primacy of "THE" psychedelic experience.

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David Yaden @existwell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Announcing a new Coursera on Psychedelic Science and Medicine! From @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, it provides info on psychedelic science, history, risks, benefits, trials, neuro, & more. Taught by Drs. @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social, Garcia-Romeu, Nayak, Sayali, Tiwari, Yaden, & special guests-

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hey BlueScienceSky ... what's up with Neurosynth? Is it dormant, hibernating, deprecated, or now fully unsupported? It's been a minute since I visited, and sorting by year in the "studies" page shows that the most recent study is from 2018. Help!

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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin! We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation. academic.oup.com/schizophreni... Excited to see this spark discussion! #Neuroscience #Psychedelics

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Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases

AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit

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Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze. 📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...

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Psychedelics and plasticity: from synapses to cognition | 38th ECNP Congress preview

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Today, Trump declared war on his own citizens, calling for U.S. cities to be used as “training grounds” for troops to confront what he called an “invasion from within.” Americans are a proud people, and no one (foreign or domestic) will threaten our home.

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Scott Thompson, PhD @sthom003.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Interested in bridging the translatability gap between mice and humans, specifically with regard to psychedelics? Have I got an opportunity for you! Join us for an interactive and stimulating pre-meeting before #SfN2025. @theborislab.bsky.social @bita37.bsky.social @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

great work with Megan Hosein, Zach Cordner, and the NNDC Task group on psychedelics and related compounds - grateful to co-chair with @TrishaSuppesMD

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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks! We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting. w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social

GRC Neurobiology of Psychedelics conference (July 13-18, 2025).

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BaltimorePsychedelic Society @bps920.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Pride isn’t a month it’s choosing authenticity every day. The rainbow flags represent decades of people who refused to hide. Your existence is already an act of courage. 🏳️‍🌈 Happy pride month !

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Dear god let this man cook.

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This. More of this. Much more of this. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 25/03/2025

I'm a member of the NIMH BSC. The members who were fired are outstanding scientists, which is why they were appointed to the BSC in the first place. Their firing for unspecified reasons is unconscionable.

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

gotta celebrate all small victories - I just passed 10k citations on google scholar :) only legit peer-reviewed articles (this can be a fickle and deceptive number depending on what items make it on the list). Keep good Google Scholar hygiene, people! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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Adeel Razi @adeelrazi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity? Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states. Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d A thread 🧵👇 1/n

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Schumer needs to go. Doesn't matter the outcome at this point.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/03/2025

For the democrats saying “we can’t let the govt shut down” you’ve already lost. It’s not on you. Republicans control everything, didn’t come to you for anything except your vote. Where else can you force changes? You can’t… you’re a willing participant in Republican majority

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣

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Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We're hiring a postdoc! Gain experience in clinical trial management, psilocybin therapy, data analysis, writing, and grantsmanship—preparing for an independent clinical science career. Interested applicants may email CV & cover letter to Dr. Brandon Weiss (bweiss13@jh.edu).

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America-> AG Pam Bondi has eviscerated the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, NBC News reports, in another sign that rampant unrestrained public corruption will be a defining feature of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org/issue/cr-con... 5calls.org/issue/mahmou...

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Call your representatives. Every day. 5calls.org

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

bullying smaller or less capable people (countries) is not a sign of strength. generosity and support is not weakness. having people’s backs is not equivalent to being taken advantage of. we were stronger when we believed in the value of our own moral imperative, and when we acted accordingly.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20/02/2025

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

when was the last time there was a mass string of layoffs in the country like this? it sounds like we are just getting started, too. these abrupt layoffs alone will hurt the economy before we get to the downstream effects on other services and businesses

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Follow me here & on Substack for hot takes like, “let’s not be afraid to call a coup a coup.” joycevance.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...

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Call it what it is.

A week ago, I wrote a piece here called “Is It Really a Coup?” My answer, based on the evidence in front of us, was yes.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Space Caligula and the Nerd Reich get their revenge. “DOGE pulled a Darth Vader in cloud city where they came in promising to respect our rules and ask for read access and then tonight [Friday] at 6 they took a heel turn and demanded website access,” another CFPB source told WIRED at the time.”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

All joking aside, the path we're headed down is widespread civil conflict. Official corruption is generally more of an accelerant than the curtailment of rights, though they often go hand-in-hand, as we're seeing.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

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