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Matthew Horsnell

@matthorsnell.bsky.social
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Project Sleep’s Inaugural Sleep Advocacy Champion, Hypersomnia Foundation Patient Advocate Award Winner, Narcolepsy Renaissance Man, Pharma Consultant, Advocate-Author, and Social Support Guru

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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Methinks pharma adopted orexin as the preferred name and the rest is nomenclature history.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Let the gods decide…I request a Trial of Seven. Who will ride with Ser Matt the Swoll?
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this: Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
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The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@sleepscientist.bsky.social did you see this? www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
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Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b - NASA
A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@sleepnp.bsky.social is second to none. Ellen’s credentials include FAASM and DBSM. She is cooking on research projects and she is sharing her wisdom with advocacy. Her present is bright, her future is brighter. Plus she is cool.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❄︎ ☃︎ @moxiest.art · 11/06/2025
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Got em
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant .
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Wait…see you this Weeknd?
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Waiting for my selfie @tonycunningham.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/05/2025
VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid) ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
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Fuck trumps regime @heisonthelist.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
As a white dude I agreed to this…. 👇🏼👇🏼
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Sent you a Dropbox link…and yes I still use cloud technology from 2009.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I only kept 84 selfies from last year.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Even oxybates are measured by cataplexy reduction rather than cataplexy elimination. For most PWN a couple of cataplexy episodes per week would be a welcomed change. I’ll need to look over this data, but the reduction appears comparable. A more potent molecule (e.g. ORX750) may show better results.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/05/2025
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
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Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless populat...
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
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Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale study
Psychedelics are often described as spiritual tools—but do they change people’s religious beliefs? A large new study found that while psychedelic use was associated with religious disaffiliation, it did not cause lasting changes in religiosity or spirituality over time.
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
While America slept, House Republicans quietly unveiled their Medicaid plan. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it strips health insurance from 13.7 million Americans.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
@tonycunningham.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025
I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Reductress
RFK Laments That People With Autism Might Never Get to Do Normal Things Like Dump a Dead Bear in Central Park
Print Edition - May 7, 2025 By: Janie Beaufore
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I always use the handrail down the stairs (cataplexy mitigation), but post squats and/or deadlift I just pull myself up the stairs.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I would rather do lunges than spin, glute thrusts, or hip thrusts; however, I admire your commitment!
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Or it never happened and sports media has found a topic that drives engagement.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please let me off this ride, I’m feeling ill.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“Only hires the best people…”
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
You are a priority selfie! I’ll be moderating a panel at an Avadel ISE on Tuesday. I also have a session panel I authored on Monday on “Holistic Approaches to Narcolepsy and IH” where we will discuss social support, behavioral therapy, lifestyle adjustments, and expectation setting.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
No judgement…is this a lunch cocktail (looking at the time stamp)? Also, are you coming to SLEEP?
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
PSA: If you use a gender/sex-based insult then poof! Blocked. If it's a reply, I'll hide it from everyone, too. Insults are fine when deserved, but base them on the person themself and not their sex, gender, body type, attractiveness, fashion sense, etc.
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OxfordDPAG @oxforddpag.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Sleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the brain. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/remembe...
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Remembering the Need for Sleep
Sleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the br...
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Interesting tidbit that jives with the creativity of some of my PWN (people with narcolepsy) peers: “The findings indicate that damage to this circuit—caused by brain injuries or neurodegenerative diseases—may sometimes enhance creative abilities. “
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
after stealing every word they could find, they ran out of english text and couldn't improve the models further by volume, so they started generating fake text to help improve them more and also a bunch of the english text they fed in the first time is unreliable garbage because they didn't vet it
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Really proud of you @mgchappelfarley.bsky.social!
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Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD @mgchappelfarley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Over the past few years, I’ve shared my personal journey as a sleep scientist living with sleep apnea with other scientists and students to raise awareness and reduce stigma. I’m excited to reach an even broader audience in my recent interview with Parade 🎉 parade.com/health/i-fel...
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I Fell Asleep While Driving, Which Led to This Diagnosis
This health condition is often overlooked in women.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Sleep efficiency is an important (and common) measure for sleep disorders. There is a bit of a Goldilocks zone for SE.
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Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
People with narcolepsy (PWN) experience poor sleep efficiency and higher WASO (wake after sleep onset). There are interventions to treat disrupted nighttime sleep, but nothing like this approach. Painting with a broad brush could lead to decreased options for PWN.
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#SleepPeeps, You may not know this, but apparently preventing SIDS is a woke neo-Marxist fraud.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
As Bukele prepares to arrest multiple journalists for reporting on the deal he made with gangs before the State of Exception in 2022, remember that the Trump admin chose to send him an MS-13 leader set for a trial in the US who might have testified about that deal, thus ensuring his silence.
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Emily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social
PowerPoint slide that says: “does America do it, if yes, then no”
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Laura Keeney || ثُرَيَّا @laurakeeney.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I see no flaws in this logic at all.
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tiffhoppe.swifties.social @tiffhoppe.swifties.social · 04/05/2025
ICE roundup bus leaving Nashville for parts unknown - rounded up in a raid overnight- this is a 3 minute clip but I watched this whole thing live and it’s horrifying #nashville #ice
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
RFK Jr: “autism destroys families” and is “an individual tragedy as well” NBC News: “he raised the profile of autism”
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Trump freezes science. www.scientificamerican.com/article/unde...
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Under Trump, National Science Foundation Cuts Off All Funding to Scientists
National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities”
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#Trump vs #Science: Medical journals including @nejm.org and @jama.com hit with threatening letters from Justice Department "It's an indication of the degree to which this administration will go to try to interfere with scientific research and the scientific community" www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department
The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
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