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I wrote about how a $20,000 psychedelic medicine training that promised education & healing ended with warring lawsuits, a hospitalized trainee, & multiple allegations of sexual assaults. Unpaywalled link for accessibility in reply businessinsider.com/dark-sid…

The use of psychedelics in medicine is booming. Will it heal trauma, or create even more?

Psychedelic medicine is booming. Will it heal trauma, or create even more?

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maddy varner@tenuousOct 19
they should make you read this post immediately after watching the film because i think it makes holmes' dynamic with her husband make more sense
Alec Stapp
@AlecStappOct 18
Reminder that an anonymous Theranos employee discussed the whole fraud (without naming the company) on a popular subreddit years before the WSJ broke the story
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStappOct 19
Wow
Matthew Herper
@matthewherperOct 19
So @TylerShultz_ as a Theranos whistleblower. And he wrote the piece you need to read about ‘You Can See Everything.’ Elizabeth Holmes is still lying, he says. And the filmmakers, while creating a great piece of art, fall short on looking outside the walls of her apartment to document that. One key detail: "My wife had to squeeze my arm to prevent me from jumping out of my seat in the theater and screaming, THAT IS NOT THE DEVICE." Again, that device Holmes showed? It's not the one we're talking about!!!! Having seen the film, I basically agree with Tyler's take. statnews.com/2026/10/19/eliz…

I was a Theranos whistleblower. In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes is still lying

A more accurate name would be “You Can See Everything That We Chose To Point The Camera At,”Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz writes.

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It was an absolutely fascinating watch but all of this is also true
Zeeshan Aleem
@ZeeshanAleemOct 18
I enjoyed watching the movie but I apparently wrote what may be the only critical comment of "You Can See Everything” in America. ms.now/opinion/elizabeth-hol…

Opinion | What you can’t see in ‘You Can See Everything’

It's a funny and interesting movie. It also uses a cheap trick.

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Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️)@BrendanNyhanOct 18
The movie is amazing but this is also true
Zeeshan Aleem
@ZeeshanAleemOct 18
I enjoyed watching the movie but I apparently wrote what may be the only critical comment of "You Can See Everything” in America. ms.now/opinion/elizabeth-hol…

Opinion | What you can’t see in ‘You Can See Everything’

It's a funny and interesting movie. It also uses a cheap trick.

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soul nate@MNateShyamalanOct 18
ELIZABETH HOLMES: of course it worked. the lights turned on. it was on the cloud NATHAN FIELDER: ok. but you know what feelings are, right? like you have them? WEIRD COCAINE HUSBAND: [watching youtube at 2x speed] babe it says here the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
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kenzie xcx 🦋@kenzie__xcxOct 13
we know diva like these were the photoshoots to promo like
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Keri Russell Recalls "Having Sex All the Time" With Matthew Rhys on 'The Americans' Set hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…

Keri Russell Recalls “Having Sex All the Time” With Matthew Rhys on ‘The Americans’ Set

The couple met while filming the FX period spy drama, which ran from 2013 to 2018.

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sav@reverendtollerrOct 13
whenever discussions about suicide come up i always return to this video. it’s the most poignant and empathetic thing i have ever heard someone say on the matter.
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Ryan Grim
@ryangrimOct 13
Watch this to the end, you won’t regret it. This is what happens when you’re at happy hour and are reminded you agreed to do an interview about your race.
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ivy 🫧@theIesbianqueenSep 25
it is so fucking funny that she’s written like 3 songs about her husband that are all like “isn’t it so awesome how he plays football and has a podcast?” and then writes dozens of incredible songs abt her situationship from 3 years ago. never change diva
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fredesque@FredTamingSep 24
[pulling paper out of hat] "clams" [pulling 2nd paper out of hat] "with Hepatitis A"
FactPost
@factpostnewsSep 22
The FDA has announced a recall of clams due to possible contamination with hepatitis A.
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Sabrina
@neu_rot_icSep 18
adult friendships are just exchanging "im alive just depressed and busy but ily" messages back and forth until the end of time
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Josh Billinson
@jbillinsonSep 17
Alright folks, people have been skeptical of our new Aaron Sorkin movie, worrying that it could be overloaded with his worst creative impulses totally unchecked. Cue up the clip where the DUMB woman gets scolded by the PERFECT man who is ALWAYS RIGHT, that’ll show ‘em
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilmSep 16
Exclusive clip from ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING’, starring Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison. The film follows an engineer who becomes a whistleblower on Facebook's most guarded secrets. Only in theaters on October 9.
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Neil Renic@NC_RenicSep 17
Writing schedule
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This is a hate crime against the digestively challenged among us
austerity is theft@wideofthepostSep 16
new IBS nightmare scenario invented
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Neel V. Patel@n_vpatelSep 16
Season 2 will be the trolley problem
Variety
@VarietySep 15
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has announced "The New Stanford Prison Experiment," an unscripted series streaming Oct. 21. "Thirty willing participants enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. Thrust into a system of power, hierarchy, and control, they’ll discover whether ordinary people inevitably conform to the roles they’re given—or whether empathy, morality, and individuality can withstand the forces pushing them in the opposite direction. As the pressure builds and the balance of power begins to shift, the central question feels more urgent than ever: Does power corrupt?" wp.me/pc8uak-1lHKzp
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Aaron Rupar
@atruparSep 15
Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."
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Socialist Bucks@socialistbucksSep 7
I regret to inform everyone that “created theranos as a trauma response” is going directly into the lexicon
j. mamana@jrmamanaSep 7
inside you there are two ratios
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Cassandra 🎬🧜🏻‍♀️@TheMovieMermaidSep 8
You're laughing. She created Theranos as a trauma response and you're laughing.
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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnSep 8
Fascinating if depressing piece on the collapsing nonfiction book market dearheadofmine.substack.com/…
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it's very easy to point fingers “abroad” (and there’s good reason to), but this also happens in the united states; it just usually happens in underground spaces that don’t have the same veneer of legality as they do abroad nytimes.com/2026/08/26/healt…

Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad

Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.

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