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Julia Hoffman, PsyD

@juliahoffman.bsky.social
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Digital Mental Health OG. Licensed Clinical Psychologist by training, innovator by nature, Nutmegger by birth. Ex-fed (VA, DoD), LVGO, TDOC.

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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Congratulations to the USA’s Women’s Hockey and Tween Boy Hockey teams.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
*fewer
Jeffrey Epstein texting about how women have 10% less brain capacity.
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Len Courland @infectiousjk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
MN nurses, VA employees and healthcare professionals. They killed one of us.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s time to trot this brilliant piece out again, as I have repeatedly since 2017.
Good bones poem by Maggie smith
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I know I keep posting about this but every time I check, the list gets longer and longer and longer. Hundreds and hundreds of places, everything from huge local institutions to small spots that will definitely struggle. No exaggeration, it's the most astonishing act of solidarity I've ever seen.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🚨"Theyr're dumping people in the woods" - Medical workers are flagging potential cases of federal agents releasing injured detainees in the most inhumane method possible. LIVE NOW⬇️
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Ways to Support Minnesota’s Immigrant Communities as ICE Activity Escalates
Food drives, fundraisers, trainings, restaurant specials, and other resources to support immigrant communities during ICE's massive Operation Metro Surge.
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C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️ @thehousered.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
13 yrs ago, during my time as Natl Dir of Mobile Health for Mental Health & Suicide Prevention @ US Dept of VA, we made this free app to guide disaster responders through psychological first aid. It’s old and not a current design but it may help all/any of you. apps.apple.com/us/app/pfa-m...
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PFA Mobile App - App Store
Download PFA Mobile by US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like PFA Mobile.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I was thinking about the draft and what would happen if it were reinstated. Privileged kids who have over a year of therapy wouldn’t be asked to serve. www.verywellmind.com/mental-illne...
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Mental Health Conditions That Disqualify You From Joining the Military
Can you join the military with depression or anxiety? Serious mental conditions including bipolar and major depression disqualify you from the U.S. military.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Topical for this time of year , relevant always: getting/giving support isn’t sufficient for a positive relationship; it’s mediated through gratitude. www.psypost.org/study-finds-...
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Study finds gratitude mediates the impact of support in long-term relationships
Research in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that for long-term couples, the act of helping isn't enough. To truly strengthen the bond, support must trigger a feedback loop of felt and expressed grati...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about HOPE.” Yes we can.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Employee of Dept of Veterans Affairs for over a decade. This is very illegal. Everyone knows this. The rules apply to everyone and there is intense onboarding for every GS level that covers exactly this. You don’t do politics in federal agencies.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I worked at the department of defense. There is not one single person I ever met from generals down who’d agree that they “kill people and break things” for a living. That is not the purpose of the DoD nor is itreflective of the oath that all members take, regardless of how you rebrand it.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Do you know that ~24% of female soldiers and ~2% of male soldiers are raped by fellow soldiers while serving? No longer an issue. Can’t experience military sexual trauma if there’s nowhere to report it 🤯
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I remember in 2013 when we at VA took our DoD partners’ work as possible while they were furloughed (VA healthcare had a continuing resolution so we could keep working). I remember loaning money to a DoD colleague. These are people with America’s work on their desks and kids and bills.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses. This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I wish this were true or real but unfortunately no, no matter what you call it Vitamin B9 (folate) is not going to instantly make your nonverbal kid verbal and social. At least it’s a cheap sham I guess and doesn’t require actual doctors to play along because it’s over the counter.
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The drug Trump plans to promote for autism shows real (and fragile) hope — The Washington Post
Leucovorin brings hope as first potential autism treatment, but with RFK Jr. weighing whether to fast-track approval, scientists worry about trust.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Among the entire population of adult citizens, the share of MAGA supporters has never risen above 20%. today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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How many Americans are MAGA? | YouGov
Since September 2022, as many as six in 10 Republicans have thought of themselves as MAGA Republicans. Some of the ones who don't are souring on President Trump.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Tesla’s cars are once again involved in the most accidents according to a study by LendingTree insurance. www.forbes.com/sites/steveb...
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Tesla Again Has The Highest Accident Rate Of Any Auto Brand
Tesla is the car brand that a study shows has been involved in the most accidents. Tesla is well known for its self-driving system, which critics argue, is the problem.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
First direct evidence that trauma itself can lead to OCD, highlighting the overlap between PTSD and OCD and the need for screening in trauma-exposed populations. [TW: the population studied is from Oct 7/ Israel] karger.com/pps/article-...
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
When they only considered high quality studies, the effect of growth mindset interventions was ~ 0. So, the effects observed in low-quality studies are more likely caused study design problems and bias than an actual effect of the intervention. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Encouraging the idea of a growth mindset in which students believe that they can improve their ability, as opposed to a fixed mindset, has been suggested as an effective and relatively cheap approach....
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is obscene. Children with undiagnosed mental health needs are not a population to sacrifice. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon want schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy. Instead, they argue in a Washington Post opinion piece that schools
"must return to the natural sources of mental well-being: strong families, nutrition and fitness, and hope for the future."
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 08/09/2025
A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform. Meta deleted the evidence. New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
No kidding. www.psypost.org/people-high-...
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People high in psychopathy and low in cognitive ability are the most politically active online, study finds
New research highlights a striking pattern: individuals with high psychopathic traits and lower cognitive ability tend to be the most politically active online. The study also links fear of missing ou...
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Then they came for the reasonable people, And I did not speak out, Because I was listening politely while I gave them a fair chance to make their case in the marketplace of ideas as they were kidnapping me, locking me up, and deporting me.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy. This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading: 3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...
I pledge that I will not provide any service to Columbia University. I will not speak at conferences held at or organized by Columbia. I will not publish with Columbia publications or provide peer reviews for them. I will not provide outside tenure evaluations for Columbia departments. I will not contribute in any way to the institution until everyone who is responsible for this week’s shameful decision has resigned, retired, or been fired, and until Columbia repudiates their catastrophic choice.
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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🚨 NEW: The Writers Guild of America is demanding an investigation into CBS’s firing of Stephen Colbert—calling out what could be a politically motivated takedown of one of late night’s sharpest voices. Stand with truth. Stand with Colbert. Retweet to show you’re not backing down.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Cancel paramount plus today.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Now THIS is what I call doomscrolling.
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a cartoon of a spongebob squarepants sleeping under a blanket
Alt: a cartoon of a spongebob squarepants sleeping under a blanket
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Impeach by Monday.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
San Jose showed up in full force.
Don’t tread on us version of the Californian flag
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
When the story of troops sleeping on the floor in California after Trump sent them with no plan went viral… Musk’s Grok quickly sprang into action and told people the SF Chronicle pics were actually from Afghanistan in 2021. BBC Verify: Grok lied.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Gotta meet him with some resistance. 😉 Despite RFK Jr.’s claims, the CDC did not remove COVID vaccines from the childhood immunization schedule.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Last few hours to comment.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Reminder. Over a decade of federal service here. But this is info from Day 1 (and every day thereafter).
The text of the oath federal employees take when entering office.
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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
As a mom, this headline made my skin crawl. Social media companies design predatory algorithms and prey on teens' most vulnerable moments, raking in profits at the expense of our kids’ mental health and fueling anxiety, depression, and self harm. futurism.com/facebook-bea...
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Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
@knoah.bsky.social are you originally from Stamford? If so, we were friends on the ole Rock Rimmon! Thought of you bc of random Blues Brothers references online today (bc of new pope). Hope you’re good!
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’m sure the $5000 breeding prize should cover it…
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Yes, truly baffling.
Atlantic article asking why are young people everywhere so unhappy, following articles about the ways in which young people are having a hard time.
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Julia Hoffman, PsyD @juliahoffman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Ok got it. So all we need to do to avoid economic collapse (the *only* option, per the below, which is actually pretty reasonable) is get a historically extreme, malignant narcissist to acknowledge an error & operate in good faith. No prob.
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