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Nicole Prause

@nicolerprause.bsky.social
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UCLA bioinformatics, Dept of Medicine Sexual Psychophysiologist Licensed Psychologist Peer-reviewed publications here www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole…

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.
Photo showing the burning of the books looted from the Magnus Hirschfeld library.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We are officially halfway through (n=50 of 100) our male orgasm physiology study! If you can get to Los Angeles and are stuggling with post-orgasmic illness syndrome, please consider (paid) volunteering: t.co/chqgV0uZEW
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I had a blast talking to Irreverent Health about orgasm physiology, post-orgasmic illness syndrome, and orgasmic meditation. youtu.be/3roEIStCcFI
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IH 230- Nicole Prause & Study of Orgasms
YouTube video by Irreverent Health
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
WELP fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Just a few more years... kidding, but publishing is slow. I'll definitely post when it's accepted.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Her style is so repulsive, denigrating, and flat wrong. We are just finishing a paper showing her credentials appears to make her *worse* at diagnosing. Certificate programs are not good evidence of...whatever it is she is claiming...which seems to be that she's upset.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
God we need to update this paper.
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
Quittr, an app that promises to help men stop watching porn, leaked intimate data on hundreds of thousands of its users, and lied about its security issues, 404 Media can now reveal. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/viral-quittr...
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
They used our 3D prints and tried to replicate/extend our penis size data in street interviews! Points for creativity youtube.com/watch?v=khAX... youtube.com/watch?v=jGfc... So weird seeing someone else holding our blue models 😂
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I Asked 20 Women To Pick The Perfect Penis Size
YouTube video by Baseem
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Huh. That's weird.
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Inara O'Neill -✨ YVR 15-16/11 - 6'3" Irish Goddess-next-door @inaraoneill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This is basically a cool clinical phd @nicolerprause.bsky.social who runs a sex neurology lab giving a verbal systematic review of what research has actually been done about what sex actually looks like in your nervous system with a lot of weird MRI situations 🔥♥️🤓 open.spotify.com/episode/4cNk...
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Your Brain On... Sex
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The number of times anti-porn activists make very clear they have no understanding of technology...or youth...is shocking. How many studies do they need already showing age verification would never work? (The answer is none, by the way, they don't believe in science. 😅)
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
it's hard to explain how horrible and dangerous this app and the people who made it are but I tried: www.404media.co/app-for-quit...
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App for Quitting Porn Leaked Users' Masturbation Habits
Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
After a series of violent threats last week on NoFap Discord, now calls to "Destroy Mindgeek". They don't even know who they're referring to, but they want violence. This is why science on violence in NoFap remains important:this is not self-help & not for youth. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This might be the most beautiful temperature plot to date in our male orgasm study. It is very rare to have a human body responding in such a clear pattern! The first jump is when manual stimulation starts (~1,100).
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Love her! So glad you found her
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Pornography viewing is associated with having more sex partners. Sometimes you seem to want the data both ways? I study porn, and shaming sexual interests and masturbation again is (partly) predictive of these decreased sex experiences. As ever, data are more complex here.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
You asked about the violent threat and the mods silenced your user?
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The post is still up with no moderators in site, which is why science like ours documenting this remains important. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
NoFap Discord: "i dont care tbh for the ppl working in the [porn] industry dying Cant even feel sorry for them. [...] they got what they deserve" 2/3
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
NoFap Discord: "we need to unite and commit a violent attack against pornstars and the porn industry through vandalism, murder etc as a form of rebellion [...] ive been planning a violent attack for a little bit now, if you are interested in talking about then message me or here" 1/3
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Tis the season to...spin misgoyny about scientists on Discord? The NoFap Discord apparently spent Christmas going after me as a "scientist girl" who is "addicted" to porn. Mods left it up. Our latest paper covers some of these attacks against scientists, especially women.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Gemini says Justice Defense Fund failed to file notice of W2 employees, cannot redact board member names, and are overpaid, which risk an IRS audit. How many years of dark money and deception is this now?
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Laila Haddad Mickelwait of "TraffickingHub" gives herself another huge raise without an increase in hours, along with her friend and COO, still illegally hiding their board members from the IRS. Vast majority of money? Spent on publicity, not helping anyone. "Justice Defense Fund"
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I didn't claim it was a religion, I was quoting them. They were asked repeatedly if it was scientific or spiritual and consistently claimed it was their spiritual practice. I agree most people do not treat Karezza as religious, but they did.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
"Sex therapies that harm", updated, teaching today! We have new data on certified sex addiction therapists (CSAT) making poorer diagnostic decisions and data showing how false porn conspiracies cause harm in NoFap. Therapies are not only innocuous or helpful, they can harm!
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The documentary youtube.com/watch?v=PYwl... The discussion youtu.be/PYwl2P2ol4c?...
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Inside Gooning: The Secret World of Porn Addiction
YouTube video by ZANDLAND™
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I worked with a UK crew (Zandland) on this new documentary "Inside Gooning: The Secret World of Porn Addiction" in which we review why porn is not considered addictive scientifically, and what may actually be happening with one man involved in gooning (extended masturbation).
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Inside Gooning: The Secret World of Porn Addiction
YouTube video by ZANDLAND™
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Yep, that's a weiner dog pacing my Turkey Trot 5K. 😂
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I am loving these data. n=42! More evidence of male sexual flushing.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
"Your brain may miss" No, no just walk around and DA is active. Every time they get someone who has no actual neuroscience background in this space. We are not hard to find.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
stahp! 😅
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
America: Hold my beer.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
There also are "odd insertion" porn categories, and many case reports of serious injuries from inserting objects for sexual pleasure. Similarly, there is extensive "incest" porn, and the risks of serious health problems from such genetic can be deadly. There is simply no way to pick and choose.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Vaginal sex can tear the perineum. Anal sex can damage the sphincter. Oral sex can transmit HSV. Spanking can bruise. I have read the MRI study. It is not remotely convincing that the sex act caused brain damage. We should not be targeting sex we personally dislike.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hey, a girl can dream
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I think the realistic concern is youth or disabled adults who believe porn is realistic (there is a whole area of research on realism beliefs). So long as education exists, that seems far more effective than legislating everyone's feels.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mailed my ballot in! I'm so glad California supports methods that allow the maximum number of people to participate.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women". It's not. medium.com/@nicole.prau...
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Is “strangulation” really the second cause of stroke in young women?
Here we go again
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Get continuing education from my updated seminar "Sex therapies that harm, masturbation and new diagnoses" on December 6, 2025. It is a combination of two past seminars about (1) "interventions" that actually hurt clients and (2) masturbation data. modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/sex-...
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
NAME AND SHAME 😅 Can't wait to hear about this journal...
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STAT @statnews.com · 14/10/2025
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise. www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child. Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.
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Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse
In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor. Who could have predicted? Oh, right.
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Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last
Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New paper “Your Seed is Your Life Force”: Masculinities of Spirituality and Entrepreneurialism in NoFap Lifestyle Gurus on YouTube Covers NoFap as mainly to make focus on making money, less of a health practice journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A colleague shared this scholarship on the harms of the NoFap Army being presented from Sweden!
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