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John Wilkins

@wilkinspsych.bsky.social
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Now semi-retired educational psychologist. Interested in autism, ADHD, children’s early learning & behaviour, parental counselling,the science of reading — other interests — politics, football (Everton), poetry, neuroscience, history. Grandfather!

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 17h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
When they lied about policy or statistics repeatedly or tried to shift blame elsewhere they fooled a lot of gullible people. But when they started lying about things that even the cult knows more about than these out of touch weirdos, that’s when they lost the plot.
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 10h
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Children newly diagnosed with autism look less like the cases of a decade ago https://t.co/gboKlEJBHM
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every day more instances of disgusting & blatant corruption revealed as our money is being plundered by the Trump Crime Family & their cronies. Do American voters care anymore about corruption? I guess we’ll find out soon because it’s just staggering with this crew of criminals.
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It took nearly a thousand years to reach this point in history.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's pretty smart comms
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Just come across this mosaic view of Gaza in the Church of St Stephen, Um ar-Rasas, Jordan. It was constructed in 756CE by the mosaics artists Stauranchius & Euremius, 120 years AFTER the Islamic conq...
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@jimstewartson) on X
Hello? Elon Musk says women aren’t “free to think” and that decisions should only be made by “autists” and “high T alpha males.” We must stop normalizing this sick, deviant lunatic as anything but a...
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The "time" argument, developed here by @MiTiBennett via @Noahpinion, is one among many arguments against computational functionalism. The UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano has persuasively made a sim...
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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For the many good things Biden did, sadly I think he will be mostly remembered for not bringing Trump to justice for Jan 6th amd thus enabling this current nightmare.
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Marc Riggsbee @marcriggsbee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The current president is an indecent, incompetent boor.
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Conscientiousness outshines cognitive ability in predicting leadership among West Point cadets
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Conscientiousness outshines cognitive ability in predicting leadership among West Point cadets
While test scores predict classroom success for West Point cadets, a new meta-analysis reveals that the personality trait of conscientiousness is the best indicator of future military leadership performance.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spot on
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need Dan Rather in our main stream media again. He was not a coward in his reporting.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A plague case has been linked to a lab worker’s death in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are now under observation after the lab worker died from plague. Because apparently “deadly plague at a Russian lab” wasn’t ominous enough. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Susan 🐝🐓🪴🌻🇪🇺🇺🇦 @susanf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
BBC Breakfast airing Farage again as ’most attacked politician’ and his lies about being ‘refused’ protection - all without challenge. No politician should fear for their life, but sick of BBC pushing Refuk narrative without fact checking
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 03/10/2026
Trump landed two huge projects and almost several hours of economic growth.
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Michael Lewis
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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Caffeine may help prevent depression-like symptoms by protecting the gut-brain connection psypost.org/caffeine-may... Mouse study. Sooo.... Still, #TeamCoffee! #TeamConfirmationBias!
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Caffeine may help prevent depression-like symptoms by protecting the gut-brain connection
Caffeine may help prevent stress-induced depression-like symptoms in mice by protecting gut health and reducing inflammation. While more research is needed, the findings raise the possibility that eve...
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
….a 2024 study found that psychopathic traits are associated with the endorsement of populist attitudes. 9/ psypost.org/psychopathic...
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 02/10/2026
Exclusive (if you didn't read last weekend's FT) 😉
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More data on the political propaganda channel.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education www.psypost.org/lower-cognit...
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Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education
A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying ...
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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It’s cruel to delay ADHD and autism assessments for children https://t.co/O1EVLsiHZH
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Even the GB News presenter is thrown by his guest's suggestion that all asylum seekers be castrated. This is what happens when the narrative marches ever rightwards. It drifts out of everyone's control and requires individuals involved to suddenly realise 'no wait, f***, that's mad'.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights".
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on here. Brexit has been an utter disaster. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻
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NorthHerts4Europe @northherts4europe.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
‘A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And #Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake.’ liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/479671…
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The Brexit years were grim and hateful – it’s time to rejoin
Ian Dunt: Leaving the EU was a terrible, terrible mistake
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'In the letter, Watson detailed Lewis’s interventions on Palantir, writing: “By my count, you’ve spoken about Palantir almost 130 times since 2020; around 50 in the past year alone.” Clive Lewis MP told The Nerve: “ ... That, to me, was an implicit threat"' www.facebook.com/bheardmedia/...
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Steve Stewart-Williams (@stevestewartwilliams)
“Treating men and women the same makes them different, and treating them differently makes then the same. I don’t think anyone predicted that. It’s bizarre.”
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... — Nicola Davis
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‘Self-healing’ coach who was banned from working in Australia to speak in UK
Barbara O’Neill has previously claimed that cancer is a fungus that can be treated with bicarbonate soda
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John Wilkins @wilkinspsych.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Darker hair and black backgrounds can make facial skin appear more even, according to new research in Perception. The skin itself was never altered, suggesting contrast around the face shapes how othe...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not even Trump is buying Netanyahu’s false-flag story. An Israeli plumber took over the controls and saved the plane from crashing. “I don’t know if it’s true, but that’s the story I got from Bibi.”
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Can something as simple as increasing daily step count improve adolescent mental health 🧠 ? New research finds that 11-12 year olds who take more daily steps 👣 have fewer mental health problems one year later. https://t.co/pvH89t4S56 @Divyanganar #MentalHealth #StepCount
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You’d think Bush would be more grateful to Trump for making him the *second* worst president in modern US history.
Computer generated portrait of George W. Bush compromised of tiny portraits of servicemembers killed in Iraq.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 01/10/2026
"Hegseth, unable to see that the chaos around him is his own fault, is purging those competent enough to give good advice…Others suggest that a hopelessly out-of-his-depth Hegseth is focusing on issues like shaving, physique, workouts, and wokery because he can, at least, understand those."
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Hegseth’s 'fatties' purge has peaked. He can't see the incompetent one is him
Trump's Defence Secretary is obsessed with beards, physique and wokery because he can at least understand them. In every other area, he is completely out of his depth
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