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
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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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Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
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Leaked transcripts reveal that top envoy for US President Trump coordinated with Putin’s aides on a Ukraine “peace plan” without Ukraine
Steve Witkoff even coached his counterpart on how to talk to Trump, urging him to praise Trump as a "man of peace"
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
Steve Witkoff even coached his counterpart on how to talk to Trump, urging him to praise Trump as a "man of peace"
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
Trump envoy Witkoff coached Putin’s aide on “peace plan” for Ukraine without inviting Kyiv to talks, leaked recordings reveal
Then US threatened to cut intelligence needed to save lives if Kyiv refused.
euromaidanpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Leaked transcripts reveal that top envoy for US President Trump coordinated with Putin’s aides on a Ukraine “peace plan” without Ukraine
Steve Witkoff even coached his counterpart on how to talk to Trump, urging him to praise Trump as a "man of peace"
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
Steve Witkoff even coached his counterpart on how to talk to Trump, urging him to praise Trump as a "man of peace"
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
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A form of intellectual cuckoldry so extreme it's like a new kind of biblical sin. A deep insult to the very act of existence.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A form of intellectual cuckoldry so extreme it's like a new kind of biblical sin. A deep insult to the very act of existence.
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I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
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Yes or until the man is a celebrity they like.
Being asked to reevaluate someone they know or like is cognitive work. Not hard work, but an inconvenience & a distraction from thinking abt themselves.
To protect themselves against that cognitive inconvenience, many ppl will throw you under the bus.
Being asked to reevaluate someone they know or like is cognitive work. Not hard work, but an inconvenience & a distraction from thinking abt themselves.
To protect themselves against that cognitive inconvenience, many ppl will throw you under the bus.
People say “believe women”. Until the man is someone they know.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yes or until the man is a celebrity they like.
Being asked to reevaluate someone they know or like is cognitive work. Not hard work, but an inconvenience & a distraction from thinking abt themselves.
To protect themselves against that cognitive inconvenience, many ppl will throw you under the bus.
Being asked to reevaluate someone they know or like is cognitive work. Not hard work, but an inconvenience & a distraction from thinking abt themselves.
To protect themselves against that cognitive inconvenience, many ppl will throw you under the bus.
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
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Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
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The CEOs of health insurance company’s don’t worry about medical care.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The CEOs of health insurance company’s don’t worry about medical care.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
I am thankful for you all.
(Food details are in alt text!)
(Food details are in alt text!)
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I am thankful for you all.
(Food details are in alt text!)
(Food details are in alt text!)
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Republicans will blame Democrats for the shooter. Don't let them.
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Republicans will blame Democrats for the shooter. Don't let them.
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
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Fascinated by how many are mad at me for not liking a movie I say I quite like in the first five words of this post. Don't blame me that there are haters! I just made you aware of them!
I quite like Glass Onion, which I realize is BLASPHEMY to some, but I find its presentation of our glossy dystopia to be closer to the mark than most other movies made of late.
It's also bleakly funny that even in 2022 I thought it was laying it on awful thick about tech bro douches, but if anything Norton's character is way too aware of other people as a concept and is at least attempting to fake an interesting inner life.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Fascinated by how many are mad at me for not liking a movie I say I quite like in the first five words of this post. Don't blame me that there are haters! I just made you aware of them!
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Per-precinct final data are now available for King County, Washington's general election. In the race for Seattle mayor, Katie Wilson defeated incumbent Bruce Harrell by just under 2,000 votes.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
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When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
Why Fresh Collard Greens Are Becoming a Holiday Lifeline in These Communities
From farmers to churches, residents across the country are working together to provide free food for those in need this holiday season.
capitalbnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
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If you're looking for an LGBTQ-themed manga series which have people of various sexualities and identities actually appearing, I (a trans nonbinary queer Japanese person FROM Japan) translated Vol 2 & 3 of "Last Gender" for Kodansha/PRH back in 2023.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1DG/l...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1DG/l...
Last Gender
Buy books online and find book series such as Last Gender written by Rei Taki from PenguinRandomHouse.com
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you're looking for an LGBTQ-themed manga series which have people of various sexualities and identities actually appearing, I (a trans nonbinary queer Japanese person FROM Japan) translated Vol 2 & 3 of "Last Gender" for Kodansha/PRH back in 2023.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1DG/l...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1DG/l...
What we actually need: Shut down AI; and SUN SUN SUN!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
What we actually need: Shut down AI; and SUN SUN SUN!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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I am talking about K-12 urban schools where kids are drilled in 5 paragraph essays to increase test scores so that their schools don’t close down. Unfortunately, students are not encourage to develop writing voices unless they are privileged and/or possibly in college (though not even then often)
I wonder what schools he's speaking of though? During all the years I taught college composition, it was always about helping students discover and find confidence in their own voice. Every other teacher in my department would've said the same.
It is kind of ironic that schools have spent so many years trying to convince students that academic writing should be completely devoid of any personal voice and are now in a state of crisis trying to deal with students using generative AI to write assignments that completely take away their voice.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am talking about K-12 urban schools where kids are drilled in 5 paragraph essays to increase test scores so that their schools don’t close down. Unfortunately, students are not encourage to develop writing voices unless they are privileged and/or possibly in college (though not even then often)
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ten years apart
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
ten years apart
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The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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"a debilitated CDC unable to protect the health of the American people."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"a debilitated CDC unable to protect the health of the American people."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
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wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
CBS is reporting the suspect ID-ed as 29 year old Afghan national who entered US in 2021.
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., suspect in custody, officials say
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, officials say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...