Juliette Wade

The hard part is remembering to take them at all!

Thinking about the pervasive idea that ADHD people are 'addicts' again, this time in the context of how every ADHD person I know tries to only take the pills on days when they have to be On, and how many of us keep doing the "oh I had a good day, maybe I can take the pills less" cycle. (Like me.)

People keep insisting that doesn't make him mercenary and I have given up on pointing out the statements about how much he enjoyed his combat time in Iraq & Afghanistan

TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN! Happy International Women's Day!

[Image from 'Pink News' on Facebook.]

I Miss Simon and Daphne on 'Bridgerton' Let's be honest, the absence of the ton’s most titled couple is getting real weird at this point.

Wrote about #Bridgerton, the increasingly uncomfortable absence of Simon and Daphne, and why the show's refusal to acknowledge the hole they've left behind is so frustrating. (Subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social lol)

The pastor gave a sermon where he interpreted Jesus' lesson about having the faith of a small child as having blind faith and not asking any questions. I was like, "Have you *met* children?"

It also seemed pointed, because I was coming to the point of having a lot of questions, and here he was...

Time is running out for the Iranian women’s football team as fears for their safety grow | Jack Snape There are urgent calls for Australia to take action before the team return to Iran but with no word from the players themselves the situation is fraught and uncertain

Time is running out for the Iranian women’s football team as fears for their safety grow | Jack Snape

The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

6/6 These democracy-hating idiots are the last people we should ever listen to.

They buy up platforms and fund political campaigns to force their views on the rest of us, all while hiding their own grotesque skeletons in the closet

5/6 Do not forget Reid Hoffman.

Hoffman actually visited Epstein's private island and tried to brush it off as fundraising for MIT.

They all lied, and they all covered their tracks

4/6 Then there is Peter Thiel, who hid his ties for a decade.

Epstein did not just casually know him. He pumped $40 million into Thiel's Valar Ventures.

Thiel took his meetings and his money, deeply embedding himself in the Epstein web.

Epstein was a business partner to him

3/6 Take Elon Musk.

For years, he lied and downplayed his relationship with Epstein. But released documents reveal they emailed constantly.

Musk literally asked Epstein what night would be the wildest party on his island.

He is a massive hypocrite and a pathological liar

2/6 The PayPal Mafia is a dangerous yet pathetic group of people.

Mostly made up of fascist foreign-born billionaires, they have used their wealth to become oligarchs.

They do not all get along today, but many of them share one horrific bond: Jeffrey Epstein

1/6 This is a thread about the PayPal Mafia and its disturbing links to Jeffrey Epstein.

They want you to think they are visionary leaders, but the reality is much darker

Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts. City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social

Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

“Iran is a nation of people, not a video game others play to entertain us”

Archbishop of Chicago pens a letter criticizing the White House for its hype videos.

www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

I wish them the best. But such jolly stories never mention huge risk hikes after each birth, especially 5+. If fathers risked haemorrhage, death, heart disease, prolapse, exhaustion, under-studied immune system hits, higher blood pressure & post-menopause aging-acceleration, would it be mentioned?

Uh, does anyone remember why Inside Out was so brilliant? Try again, Pete.

MUSLIM FUTURES A literary fiction and graphic novel anthology featuring stories set in aspirational futures through a Muslims lens

This two-anthology set has a REALLY nice lineup and I came across it only on Kickstarter, not in Any of my social media.

Seriously - Iasmin Omar Ata! Day Al-Mohamed! Safia Elhillo! Randa Jarrar! Fatimah Asghar!

Backed & you should take a look too -

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

“It was devastating to learn, right from the start, that women were open targets for disrespect and harassment –– even at a world-renowned workplace in the most liberal-leaning city in the country. I was likewise told to steer clear of a particularly chauvinistic male lead in my department.”

Our ranks are broke, and ruin follows us.

The South ending Reconstruction and plunging their populations into a backward looking culture and economy until it was forced to modernize by the Civil Rights movement is imo a very clean parallel.

Full product list for the recall at www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

Do younger people know about the huge effort that was put into decreasing the % of smokers. Education campaigns in print, on TV, in schools, new restrictions/enforcement, labeling, a soupçon of public shaming, changes in how smoking was depicted, etc. Might guide us in anti-anti-vax efforts.

Matt is a treasure. So is the bookstore. Avail yourselves!

An alternative is to believe that everything has some amount of consciousness, and that things capable of more complex interactions have more complex consciousness. But the ethical implications of this position are breathtaking.

It is very easy to show how a computer can simulate human responses through simple processes that are as unconscious as Newton balls. If you can't show how there is a phase shift at some point into consciousness, I'm going to assume you're like someone who sees Jesus in burnt toast.

"Describe how human consciousness works. Checkmate!" That's a non sequitur. AI is obviously not human and does not have human processes. How human consciousness works is not the question. We can take as given that humans are conscious; show me how computers, which are entirely different, can be.