Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.bsky.social
Novelist, linguist, anthropologist, Ph.D.
Fascinated by social systems.
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The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020)
juliettewade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade
CA in AUS, Naarm
she/her
NO AI
Fascinated by social systems.
Rep'd by K. O'Higgins
The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020)
juliettewade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade
CA in AUS, Naarm
she/her
NO AI
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Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Things I like to post:
#SFF
books, stories, art
human rights/politics
Discourse Analysis
LGBT+ support, trans and acespec rep
Cute animals esp otters, corvids, possums, cats
Science!
IRL language and culture geekery
worldbuilding, especially linguistic and cultural
my novels/stories and WIPs
#SFF
books, stories, art
human rights/politics
Discourse Analysis
LGBT+ support, trans and acespec rep
Cute animals esp otters, corvids, possums, cats
Science!
IRL language and culture geekery
worldbuilding, especially linguistic and cultural
my novels/stories and WIPs
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No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
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I want boring government that works! I want policies that ensure everyone has the same chances I had, allowing you to succeed or fail on your own merits, and if you fail, you’re not abandoned on the streets, but you get to brush yourself off and try again!
I want the American dream for everyone.
I want the American dream for everyone.
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I want boring government that works! I want policies that ensure everyone has the same chances I had, allowing you to succeed or fail on your own merits, and if you fail, you’re not abandoned on the streets, but you get to brush yourself off and try again!
I want the American dream for everyone.
I want the American dream for everyone.
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And call me naïve, call me hopelessly optimistic, but I believe, I have to believe that the majority of this country does not want a king. That we are still willing to take to the streets and throw tea in all the harbors if it means flipping a middle finger to the tyrants who want to control us.
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And call me naïve, call me hopelessly optimistic, but I believe, I have to believe that the majority of this country does not want a king. That we are still willing to take to the streets and throw tea in all the harbors if it means flipping a middle finger to the tyrants who want to control us.
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You want to know why young people don’t give a fuck about our system? It’s because this pedophile piece of shit has never been held accountable despite being the antithesis of everything this country was founded on.
We have to give people a reason to vote and care, and the current system ain’t it.
We have to give people a reason to vote and care, and the current system ain’t it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
You want to know why young people don’t give a fuck about our system? It’s because this pedophile piece of shit has never been held accountable despite being the antithesis of everything this country was founded on.
We have to give people a reason to vote and care, and the current system ain’t it.
We have to give people a reason to vote and care, and the current system ain’t it.
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Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare? | Dr Dan Goyal
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare?
Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?
bylines.scot
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare? | Dr Dan Goyal
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I hate to drag a fellow writer, but the trailer for the new Wicked movie has Elphaba saying "this is between the Wizard and I," and I can't with illiteracy anymore. I mean C'MON.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I hate to drag a fellow writer, but the trailer for the new Wicked movie has Elphaba saying "this is between the Wizard and I," and I can't with illiteracy anymore. I mean C'MON.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Great day to learn about the fluoride mechanism so you can explain it to your friends.
internet people lie about fluoride
YouTube video by Angela Collier
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Great day to learn about the fluoride mechanism so you can explain it to your friends.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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When I first joined BlueSky, I missed putting alt text in some of my early posts, so I am reposting.
A #coyote walking in Valles Caldera hunting prairie dogs (one of which injured its nose). It was spring, so it was shedding its winter coat.
#nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #canine
A #coyote walking in Valles Caldera hunting prairie dogs (one of which injured its nose). It was spring, so it was shedding its winter coat.
#nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #canine
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
When I first joined BlueSky, I missed putting alt text in some of my early posts, so I am reposting.
A #coyote walking in Valles Caldera hunting prairie dogs (one of which injured its nose). It was spring, so it was shedding its winter coat.
#nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #canine
A #coyote walking in Valles Caldera hunting prairie dogs (one of which injured its nose). It was spring, so it was shedding its winter coat.
#nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #canine
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In an interview tonight with Sam Stein, Senator Chris Murphy went all the way there, saying Trump was, "Clearly at the center of a child sex ring."
Maybe if we're lucky Trump will sue him for defamation and we can discover whether it's true.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dem...
Maybe if we're lucky Trump will sue him for defamation and we can discover whether it's true.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dem...
Dem Senator Goes All the Way There: Trump Was ‘Clearly’ at the ‘Center of a Child Sex Ring’
"That is heartbreaking—that the president of the United States was involved in that kind of gross, craven immorality," charged Murphy
www.mediaite.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In an interview tonight with Sam Stein, Senator Chris Murphy went all the way there, saying Trump was, "Clearly at the center of a child sex ring."
Maybe if we're lucky Trump will sue him for defamation and we can discover whether it's true.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dem...
Maybe if we're lucky Trump will sue him for defamation and we can discover whether it's true.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dem...
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NH folks, call your reps.
This is starting to do numbers, so here's the link to the full story, but you won't be able to read it without a subscription to my local paper, sorry.
NH House panel passes law that would allow sales of uninspected meat
The House Environment and Agriculture Committee recommended passage of House Bill 396, 9-3.
www.keenesentinel.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NH folks, call your reps.
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This is exactly what I mean about the authoritarian internationale
Even when these parties are not in power they seek to cultivate relationships with other like minded parties and groups and form patronage networks
Even when these parties are not in power they seek to cultivate relationships with other like minded parties and groups and form patronage networks
"The restrictions were intended to prevent a repeat of the Nazi rise to power, when anti-democratic forces were able to subvert democracy from within..."
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is exactly what I mean about the authoritarian internationale
Even when these parties are not in power they seek to cultivate relationships with other like minded parties and groups and form patronage networks
Even when these parties are not in power they seek to cultivate relationships with other like minded parties and groups and form patronage networks
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Now it's $5 billion. Tomorrow it will be $10 billion.
Let him sue, then they can depose him, and play the entirety of the January 6th hearings in court and make him watch every fucking second of it. He will fall asleep, of course.
He was impeached in the House, just not convicted in the Senate. 🤮
Let him sue, then they can depose him, and play the entirety of the January 6th hearings in court and make him watch every fucking second of it. He will fall asleep, of course.
He was impeached in the House, just not convicted in the Senate. 🤮
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Now it's $5 billion. Tomorrow it will be $10 billion.
Let him sue, then they can depose him, and play the entirety of the January 6th hearings in court and make him watch every fucking second of it. He will fall asleep, of course.
He was impeached in the House, just not convicted in the Senate. 🤮
Let him sue, then they can depose him, and play the entirety of the January 6th hearings in court and make him watch every fucking second of it. He will fall asleep, of course.
He was impeached in the House, just not convicted in the Senate. 🤮
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A lot of what NIH does is fund basic research into public health that is not profitable for pharmaceutical companies to do. This is what you get with someone who does not believe in research.
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said over the weekend that he intends to terminate 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health"
What a nightmare
www.newsweek.com/rfk-replace-...
What a nightmare
www.newsweek.com/rfk-replace-...
RFK Jr. suggests replacing hundreds of federal health employees
Kennedy previously said he would clear out "entire departments" of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.newsweek.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:30 AM
A lot of what NIH does is fund basic research into public health that is not profitable for pharmaceutical companies to do. This is what you get with someone who does not believe in research.
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Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
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From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
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Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
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The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
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Flu season is here and we know from experience that sick people are going to board your flight regardless. Learn how respiratory viruses spread on planes and give yourself and what precautions to take to minimize your chances. medicalnewsbulletin.com/up-air-how-r... 🧪 🦠 #virology #thanksgiving 🩺,⚕️
How Respiratory Viruses Spread on Plane Flights | Medical News Bulletin
Ten mathematicians model how respiratory diseases can spread during plane flights in a cabin thousands of feet in the air.
medicalnewsbulletin.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Flu season is here and we know from experience that sick people are going to board your flight regardless. Learn how respiratory viruses spread on planes and give yourself and what precautions to take to minimize your chances. medicalnewsbulletin.com/up-air-how-r... 🧪 🦠 #virology #thanksgiving 🩺,⚕️