Especially nerdy addition: And for a real head spin, start reading up on “Hacking’s Looping Effect,” which people have basically posited means that psych diagnoses *can’t* stay immutable, because once the public gets ahold of them, they feed their observations back into the system and then the […]

Diagnoses have value. They help clients understand "I experience things similar to others." They allow researchers to study groups with shared characteristics. They legitimize the work, letting insurance bill under medical umbrellas to ensure access.

But diagnosis is a tool, not the treatment […]

@jvschrag Yeahhhhhhh. I mean, I have some guesses, but unfortunate. She was so amazing in there.

@jvschrag I’ve never read the book, but definitely found the movies better than the stage show. There’s a glorious and magical lushness to Oz that feels hard to capture on a stage.

While I’m randomly ranting: There are, like, no old people at the San Francisco airport. Thought I saw two, no, it was the one old guy that had moved locations and I didn’t recognize him for a moment. 🤣

True story, my GP asked if I was struggling with irritation as part of #perimenopause. I was like, “I can’t tell if I’m irritated or just reasonably done with this shit.” 🤣

Also, in the Oz books, every chapter title is a spoiler. 🤣😂Two people disagreeing? The title of the next chapter will be something like “Peace Is Declared”, probably. 😂

They sometimes use pretty sophisticated language for kids books. I had to look up Scraps’ use of the word “volplaned”, which […]

I mean, seriously, who can argue with this sentiment?

I’m pretty sure Baum hated cats, every cat character he writes is a stuck up snob.

But I’m up to “The Patchwork Girl,” who has a brain full of cleverness and is a joyous freak. Fingers crossed it holds up to memory.

@ergative I feel very personally attacked by this relatable content.

And also I’m boggling that in this year of 2025, this is not a better-solved problem. For a while it seemed like so called “ride shares” were solving it, but that was just venture capital paying all of us to make it harder for the other businesses. Thankfully public transit still exists (and is […]