Frieda grosgean
@bernaharbor.bsky.social
Psychiatrist and accordionist. Retired from UCLA. Autistic & ND advocate. Books addict and book writing.
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"Working Together." Bernadette Grosjean MD. 14th Autism Europe Congress. Dublin September 2025.
YouTube video by bernadette grosjean
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Thankful I could share my insider perspectives 🙏”Working together. How what I learned as an autistic psychiatrist enables me to be an advocate inside a profession known for its resistance to change" #neurodiversity #AutismEuropeCongress #AsIAm #autism .
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
I know there are many Podcasts to choose from, this one is from my very dear friend Helena de Groot Iit is about life, in particular about having kids or not. It is moving, funny, loving, brilliant...unique....so check it on this link "Creation Myth" 1: Nothing Complicated link.mgln.ai/7GHhUX
Personally: Creation Myth
Listen to Personally: Creation Myth
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February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I know there are many Podcasts to choose from, this one is from my very dear friend Helena de Groot Iit is about life, in particular about having kids or not. It is moving, funny, loving, brilliant...unique....so check it on this link "Creation Myth" 1: Nothing Complicated link.mgln.ai/7GHhUX
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Sound designer Helena de Groot on the unglamorous parts of creative practice
thecreativeindependent.com/people/sound...
thecreativeindependent.com/people/sound...
Sound designer Helena de Groot on the unglamorous parts of creative practice – The Creative Independent
Audio creator and sound designer Helena de Groot discusses asking difficult questions, paying attention to the banal, and finally doing The Thing
thecreativeindependent.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sound designer Helena de Groot on the unglamorous parts of creative practice
thecreativeindependent.com/people/sound...
thecreativeindependent.com/people/sound...
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“ how to get better at taking in the horrors of the world”, this is a personal and frank question posed by Helena de Groot, in the opening seconds of this podcast. I’ve revisited this episode a few times since October, and I’m sure I will a few times more in the future.
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“ how to get better at taking in the horrors of the world”, this is a personal and frank question posed by Helena de Groot, in the opening seconds of this podcast. I’ve revisited this episode a few times since October, and I’m sure I will a few times more in the future.
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I got to talk about Helen—as a teacher, colleague, and friend—on the podcast Poetry Off the Shelf; many thanks to Helena de Groot for this marvelous episode on HV and Marjorie Perloff: www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/164604...
Poets We Lost in 2024
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I got to talk about Helen—as a teacher, colleague, and friend—on the podcast Poetry Off the Shelf; many thanks to Helena de Groot for this marvelous episode on HV and Marjorie Perloff: www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/164604...
Aliya Rahman is a Minneapolis resident who is autistic and physically disabled. She describes admirably the ongoing traumatizing indiscriminate abuse of power existing currently in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW... #autism #disability #trauma
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Aliya Rahman is a Minneapolis resident who is autistic and physically disabled. She describes admirably the ongoing traumatizing indiscriminate abuse of power existing currently in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW... #autism #disability #trauma
Be aware....via Palantir and Cie...(free article- read it, it is about freedom...literally www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Be aware....via Palantir and Cie...(free article- read it, it is about freedom...literally www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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My cultural awakening: A Queen song helped me break free from communist Cuba
My cultural awakening: A Queen song helped me break free from communist Cuba
Listening to Brian May’s multi-tracked epic on a battered cassette player when I lived in repressive Havana inspired lit a spark of rebellion inside me
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
My cultural awakening: A Queen song helped me break free from communist Cuba
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European governments are beginning to respond to warnings about the possibility of a war with Russia. But few of the continent’s western countries have anything comparable to the war readiness of the Nordics, Baltics and Poland
Europe’s generals are warning people to prepare for war
But western European societies are in denial
econ.st
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
European governments are beginning to respond to warnings about the possibility of a war with Russia. But few of the continent’s western countries have anything comparable to the war readiness of the Nordics, Baltics and Poland
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‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 AM
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
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A cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations.
From our friends at @propublica.org:
From our friends at @propublica.org:
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations.
From our friends at @propublica.org:
From our friends at @propublica.org:
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One predicaments Julia touches on here: IDEA remains an unfulfilled promise, the government has never fully funded it. And yet, it is constantly under assault. So advocates are always torn between defending the status quo and wanting to grow it.
For the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, I spoke with advocates about how this law is crucial–and the ways in which disability education can be made better as its under attack from the Trump administration at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
One predicaments Julia touches on here: IDEA remains an unfulfilled promise, the government has never fully funded it. And yet, it is constantly under assault. So advocates are always torn between defending the status quo and wanting to grow it.
One day I’ll write a book about how Systems are killing #doctors. Good, conscientious, caring doctors. Destroying their souls & bodies. In 2 decades they will be all gone, replaced by machines & a few humans w just enough training to do what machines & admin will ask them to do.Heartbreaking
doctors.it
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One day I’ll write a book about how Systems are killing #doctors. Good, conscientious, caring doctors. Destroying their souls & bodies. In 2 decades they will be all gone, replaced by machines & a few humans w just enough training to do what machines & admin will ask them to do.Heartbreaking
We are driving straight to the wall of an incredible tragedy regarding access to medical care....what a shame, first abroad and now here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/h...
‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are driving straight to the wall of an incredible tragedy regarding access to medical care....what a shame, first abroad and now here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/h...
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Oh, fuck yeah.
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh, fuck yeah.
Reading the superb new Biography of #JamesBaldwin by #NicholasBoggs I just "side-read" Baldwin's powerful 1955 Essay. No words really but his... harpers.org/archive/1955...
Me and My House . . ., by James Baldwin
In this searching portrait of his father and himself—the author of Go Tell It on the Mountain and of the forthcoming Notes of a Native Sun, explores some depths of the human condition.
harpers.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reading the superb new Biography of #JamesBaldwin by #NicholasBoggs I just "side-read" Baldwin's powerful 1955 Essay. No words really but his... harpers.org/archive/1955...
What an extraordinary human being... learning, giving, sharing and fighting until no longer able to. #parkinson Thank you Dr Sue Goldie. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article)
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What an extraordinary human being... learning, giving, sharing and fighting until no longer able to. #parkinson Thank you Dr Sue Goldie. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thankful to Linda Richmond and my colleagues Dr Katie Unverferth and Dr Stacy Greeter to collaborate and help with these important clarifications #autism #chronicpain "Acetaminophen Claims Obscure True Issues Facing Autistic Patients" | Psychiatric News www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Acetaminophen Claims Obscure True Issues Facing Autistic Patients | Psychiatric News
PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thankful to Linda Richmond and my colleagues Dr Katie Unverferth and Dr Stacy Greeter to collaborate and help with these important clarifications #autism #chronicpain "Acetaminophen Claims Obscure True Issues Facing Autistic Patients" | Psychiatric News www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Thankful I could share my insider perspectives 🙏”Working together. How what I learned as an autistic psychiatrist enables me to be an advocate inside a profession known for its resistance to change" #neurodiversity #AutismEuropeCongress #AsIAm #autism .
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
"Working Together." Bernadette Grosjean MD. 14th Autism Europe Congress. Dublin September 2025.
YouTube video by bernadette grosjean
m.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Thankful I could share my insider perspectives 🙏”Working together. How what I learned as an autistic psychiatrist enables me to be an advocate inside a profession known for its resistance to change" #neurodiversity #AutismEuropeCongress #AsIAm #autism .
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ti...
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‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean
‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean
Safety evaluation of Claude Sonnet 4.5 raises questions about whether predecessors ‘played along’, firm says
If you are trying to catch out a chatbot take care, because one cutting-edge tool is showing signs it knows what you are up to.
Anthropic, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, has released a safety analysis of its latest model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and revealed it had become suspicious it was being tested in some way. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean
Important podcast about endometriosis (its auto immune potential link)- a problem that touches 10% of women (& autistic women being overrepresented) who experience lifelong pain and disability because of it, & yet it represented 0.03% of NIH 2024 research budget podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
A Surprising Cause Of Endometriosis Could Lead To Cure
Podcast Episode · Short Wave · 09/26/2025 · 13m
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September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Important podcast about endometriosis (its auto immune potential link)- a problem that touches 10% of women (& autistic women being overrepresented) who experience lifelong pain and disability because of it, & yet it represented 0.03% of NIH 2024 research budget podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
A.Wakefield falsified a Lancet paper about vaccine & autism & $$ expert in linked litigation is responsible for preventable death & pain from polio&measles A. Baccarelli sharing the spot of corrupted “$$expert” increasing the general pain level in this world #autism www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A.Wakefield falsified a Lancet paper about vaccine & autism & $$ expert in linked litigation is responsible for preventable death & pain from polio&measles A. Baccarelli sharing the spot of corrupted “$$expert” increasing the general pain level in this world #autism www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
Great piece in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Great piece in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...