Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.com
Novelist, linguist, anthropologist, Ph.D.
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
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.com
· 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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“Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin. Sensible gun regulation is not a violation of natural law. It is Thursday in London...
There is another America inside this one.”
There is another America inside this one.”
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin. Sensible gun regulation is not a violation of natural law. It is Thursday in London...
There is another America inside this one.”
There is another America inside this one.”
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January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
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Protesters decrying the killing of Renée Good know what they saw with their own eyes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Protesters decrying the killing of Renée Good know what they saw with their own eyes.
Refusing to be gaslit proves to be an act of resistance as demonstrations erupt around the country.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Protesters decrying the killing of Renée Good know what they saw with their own eyes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Entirely rejecting technology makes you LESS secure, because when you desperately need to coordinate an in-person meeting you can't be running across town throwing pebbles at people's windows.
But at the same time Signal groups are not some magically "safe" venue to say whatever in.
But at the same time Signal groups are not some magically "safe" venue to say whatever in.
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Entirely rejecting technology makes you LESS secure, because when you desperately need to coordinate an in-person meeting you can't be running across town throwing pebbles at people's windows.
But at the same time Signal groups are not some magically "safe" venue to say whatever in.
But at the same time Signal groups are not some magically "safe" venue to say whatever in.
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Lawyers of Minnesota, local attorney Daniel Suitor is trying to coordinate legal resources needed by the people and organizations responding to ICE's occupation of MN. (Lawyers not from MN, you might also be able to help!) See Dan's post for the link to the form.
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Lawyers of Minnesota, local attorney Daniel Suitor is trying to coordinate legal resources needed by the people and organizations responding to ICE's occupation of MN. (Lawyers not from MN, you might also be able to help!) See Dan's post for the link to the form.
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There are so many orgs in MN doing so much amazing work right now in response to the 🧊 occupation, that I could never begin to name them all.
For my friends who aren't in MN who want to help, here's an incomplete list of orgs doing amazing work🧵
Feel free to drop other resources in the comments!
For my friends who aren't in MN who want to help, here's an incomplete list of orgs doing amazing work🧵
Feel free to drop other resources in the comments!
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 AM
There are so many orgs in MN doing so much amazing work right now in response to the 🧊 occupation, that I could never begin to name them all.
For my friends who aren't in MN who want to help, here's an incomplete list of orgs doing amazing work🧵
Feel free to drop other resources in the comments!
For my friends who aren't in MN who want to help, here's an incomplete list of orgs doing amazing work🧵
Feel free to drop other resources in the comments!
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"We don't exclude titles created with AI tools from the catalog, we ask that publishers self-identify AI content" is an embarrassing failure to protect authors and readers from the theft and disinformation of "A.i." garbage.
Also, you should have used a semicolon instead of a comma after "catalog."
Also, you should have used a semicolon instead of a comma after "catalog."
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
"We don't exclude titles created with AI tools from the catalog, we ask that publishers self-identify AI content" is an embarrassing failure to protect authors and readers from the theft and disinformation of "A.i." garbage.
Also, you should have used a semicolon instead of a comma after "catalog."
Also, you should have used a semicolon instead of a comma after "catalog."
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“some 180 writers, commentators and academics” withdrew from AWW.
Also this article carefully contextualises Louise Adler’s background and position - an anti-zionist Jew whose parents are Holocaust survivors AND whose dad joined the resistance at 14 years old.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Also this article carefully contextualises Louise Adler’s background and position - an anti-zionist Jew whose parents are Holocaust survivors AND whose dad joined the resistance at 14 years old.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week
Exclusive: Writing for Guardian Australia, Adler says she ‘cannot be party to silencing writers’ after Adelaide festival board cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation to appear
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:28 AM
“some 180 writers, commentators and academics” withdrew from AWW.
Also this article carefully contextualises Louise Adler’s background and position - an anti-zionist Jew whose parents are Holocaust survivors AND whose dad joined the resistance at 14 years old.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Also this article carefully contextualises Louise Adler’s background and position - an anti-zionist Jew whose parents are Holocaust survivors AND whose dad joined the resistance at 14 years old.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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They're trying so hard to justify a murder. And every American should know: if they kill you, this is what they'll do to you.
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM
They're trying so hard to justify a murder. And every American should know: if they kill you, this is what they'll do to you.
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I would strongly advocate that Democrats recognize that they could weaken Trump more effectively by holding impeachment hearings on some of his most out-of-control and vulnerable appointees.
IMPEACH: The case for Democrats to get moving on impeachment now—and what that would look like, and why it could help them rather than hurt them in the midterms. (And not just Trump but his terrible cabinet, too.)
From @jilldlawrence.bsky.social.
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
From @jilldlawrence.bsky.social.
www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
Embracing Impeachment
The case against Trump and his cabinet keeps growing—and the argument for waiting is no longer convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I would strongly advocate that Democrats recognize that they could weaken Trump more effectively by holding impeachment hearings on some of his most out-of-control and vulnerable appointees.
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as a professional concept artist this confuses me:
by 'using it only for pre-concept art', do they mean reference gathering? bluesky? initial iterations? because any of those areas call for actual, real references, and the most creativity (before tech restrictions), AI shouldn't be used there...
by 'using it only for pre-concept art', do they mean reference gathering? bluesky? initial iterations? because any of those areas call for actual, real references, and the most creativity (before tech restrictions), AI shouldn't be used there...
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
as a professional concept artist this confuses me:
by 'using it only for pre-concept art', do they mean reference gathering? bluesky? initial iterations? because any of those areas call for actual, real references, and the most creativity (before tech restrictions), AI shouldn't be used there...
by 'using it only for pre-concept art', do they mean reference gathering? bluesky? initial iterations? because any of those areas call for actual, real references, and the most creativity (before tech restrictions), AI shouldn't be used there...
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Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art"
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art"
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
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This is what protesters need to know when you’re out in the streets encountering ICE agents.
Share this for awareness, know it’s a tactic they use and stay safe.
Share this for awareness, know it’s a tactic they use and stay safe.
January 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This is what protesters need to know when you’re out in the streets encountering ICE agents.
Share this for awareness, know it’s a tactic they use and stay safe.
Share this for awareness, know it’s a tactic they use and stay safe.
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BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth.
My latest for @wired.com:
My latest for @wired.com:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth.
My latest for @wired.com:
My latest for @wired.com:
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“Minneapolis ICE shooter told longtime neighbor he was a botanist,” @people.com reports.
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
Minneapolis ICE Shooter Told Longtime Neighbor He Was a Botanist: 'I Had No Idea He Was an ICE Agent' (Exclusive)
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, once told neighbors he was a botanist, a woman who lives nearby tells PEOPLE. 'I had no idea he was an ICE agent,' she...
people.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
“Minneapolis ICE shooter told longtime neighbor he was a botanist,” @people.com reports.
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
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"“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not with slogans but with actions,” is something you might expect a critic of the plan to say but no, this is the explicit point of this settlement, as expressed by none other than Bezalel Smotrich
Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two.
apnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not with slogans but with actions,” is something you might expect a critic of the plan to say but no, this is the explicit point of this settlement, as expressed by none other than Bezalel Smotrich
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Its not about identity but this person who is palestinian who had nothing to do with the terrorist attack was asked not to participate. Its just a coincidence promise
Adelaide Festival is done - and the rest of the board has stepped down
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Its not about identity but this person who is palestinian who had nothing to do with the terrorist attack was asked not to participate. Its just a coincidence promise
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People amazed at the quickness with which Minneapolis Mobilized should know that the structures the community built to survive the last time we were occupied by an invading violent State Force never went away because THE COPS WERE NEVER DEFUNDED.
No, we don't have the resources right now for a general strike. We don't have the rent and food funds or the bail funds or the child and healthcare funds.
But the response to that isn't "welp, we're fucked, so much for a general strike."
It's to start organizing those things in your community.
But the response to that isn't "welp, we're fucked, so much for a general strike."
It's to start organizing those things in your community.
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
People amazed at the quickness with which Minneapolis Mobilized should know that the structures the community built to survive the last time we were occupied by an invading violent State Force never went away because THE COPS WERE NEVER DEFUNDED.
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"Every death had been produced by specific legal choices—the absence of fire codes, the permissibility of locked exits, the treatment of workers as inputs rather than persons. The horror of that day was not that the system failed. It was that it was functioning exactly as designed."
“Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin. Sensible gun regulation is not a violation of natural law. It is Thursday in London...
There is another America inside this one.”
There is another America inside this one.”
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"Every death had been produced by specific legal choices—the absence of fire codes, the permissibility of locked exits, the treatment of workers as inputs rather than persons. The horror of that day was not that the system failed. It was that it was functioning exactly as designed."
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Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they’ve noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
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ICE disappoints you by arresting, disappearing, and killing people without morality or respect for the law.
The FBI disappoints you by investigating martyrs instead of their murderers.
Your local police disappoints by standing idly by while all this happens.
The FBI disappoints you by investigating martyrs instead of their murderers.
Your local police disappoints by standing idly by while all this happens.
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ICE disappoints you by arresting, disappearing, and killing people without morality or respect for the law.
The FBI disappoints you by investigating martyrs instead of their murderers.
Your local police disappoints by standing idly by while all this happens.
The FBI disappoints you by investigating martyrs instead of their murderers.
Your local police disappoints by standing idly by while all this happens.
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It's so real.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It's so real.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
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Hey CA!
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Hey CA!
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."