Susanne Paola Antonetta joins us to discuss her book The Devil’s Castle, Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today
"We live in a time and in a culture where the idea of normality is so constricted."
Read or listen here: buff.ly/ksQPXFY
#podcast #eugenics
Can we spread this single piece of information around a bit, not just on Bluesky. Send a paper printout to your grumpy old 'net zero will make us all poor' Uncle, or Auntie.
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
This argument also applies to drugs for mental health problems. In neither case do the drugs address the underlying problems.
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With AI Chatbots As Therapists, We Can All Be Patients.
By Zoe Cunniffe
Chatbots, with constant availability and user-centric conversation style, are widening the reach of “therapeutic culture.”
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It strikes me that #AI would be a far better replacement for ‘Tech Bros’ than actual workers. Isn’t the whole point that it’s meant to be used as a strategic tool? #artificialintelligence #MoveOverZuckerberg
It strikes me that #AI would be a far better replacement for ‘Tech Bros’ than actual workers. Isn’t the whole point that it’s meant to be used as a strategic tool? #artificialintelligence #MoveOverZuckerberg
We deserve a democracy that represents us— not billionaire donors, foreign governments, tax dodgers and shadowy elites.
The govt’s new Elections Bill is supposed to clean up big money in politics. But as it stands its not strong enough.
Demand better👇
tinyurl.com/229txsr6
Poor Matt Goodwin. All he ever wanted was to be a hard working MP/academic/tv presenter/commentator/writer/pollster/wealth adviser/women’s health guru and you all ripped that away from him. A shame
Statement from Matt Goodwin, UK candidate: Reform "Given the reports we are reading in UK media about family voting and sectarianism, I am deeply concerned about the extent to which the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election is a free, fair, and democratic election." 11:21 pm . 26 Feb 26. 286K Views
Not just a loser.
But a bad loser.
Very sad to hear of the passing of Rob Grant, co-creator of the brilliant #RedDwarf. My teenage daughter recently watched all 74 episodes with me (not all at once) and loved them all.
This week’s main story is about Twitter. Or “X” if you’re a hall monitor. How it went from bad to worse under Elon Musk, how it’s impacting us all, and why there’s exactly one account there that we’re still fine with.
Yet
Elizabeth Cotton joins us on the Mad in America #podcast for part 2 of our discussion in which she traces how digital therapy can block the very thing people come for: a stable, human relationship that can hold fear, dependency, and ambivalence.
#ubertherapy #enshittification ➡️ buff.ly/lEhWRYW
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.
Happy #NationalGuitarDay 🎸🤘
Elizabeth Cotton joins us on the Mad in America #podcast to discuss the rise of digital therapy platforms and the gig-economy playbook approach to psychotherapy.
#ubertherapy #psychology #enshittification
Full interview here ➡️ www.madinamerica.com/2026/02/uber...
I can confirm from personal experience that #tinnitus can be a debilitating and isolating condition to live with. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
What Do Psych Survivors Want Instead of Psychiatric Coercion?
By Laura López-Aybar
One does not simply forget the dehumanization of coercion in psychiatric practices.
It is traumatic and detrimental to recovery. How is another distressing experience therapeutic?
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Nominating the "bio-babble of the month" is indeed a good idea by @mad-in-america.bsky.social
There would of course be sufficient material to make it a weekly award 🙃
España no es una empresa que puedas comprar. Ni nuestro pueblo una red que intoxicar.
Lo que odias es que un gobierno democrático ponga límites a los oligarcas tecnológicos como tú.
Jodie delivering her 73k-strong petition to No 10 Downing Street
Today, we stood with Jodie to deliver a 73k-strong petition to No 10 calling for more action.
Today is a start, but it is not 'job done'.
Help us keep up the momentum to #StopImageBasedAbuse
Read more ⤵️
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/survivors-an...
Non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes are a form of image-based sexual abuse. While the Grok scandal dominated the headlines, the issue is much bigger than one platform alone.
While the new criminal offence is welcome, much more needs to be done to prevent this abuse from happening in the first place. That’s why today we’re delivering our 73,000-strong petition to Downing Street calling for the government to go much further.
We’re calling for: Civil routes to justice including takedown orders requiring images to be removed from online platforms and perpetrators’ devices. Relationships and sex education that’s fit for young people’s lived realities in the digital age. Funding for specialist services that provide survivors with life-saving advocacy and support.
We need to prevent abuse rather than waiting until harm is done. This means:
✅ Proper regulation of the tech companies that promote and profit from abuse
✅ Education fit for our lives in the digital age
✅ Funding for specialist services that advocate for and support survivors
