Aimee Yermish
@ayermish.bsky.social
clinical psychologist specializing in gifted and twice-exceptional folks, craft geek, etc. read about me at www.davincilearning.org
Note also that mental health professionals are mandated reporters of child abuse… conversion “therapy” is not therapeutic, it has been found scientifically to be ineffective medicine and psychologically harmful. And being queer has been out of the DSM since the 1970s.
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Note also that mental health professionals are mandated reporters of child abuse… conversion “therapy” is not therapeutic, it has been found scientifically to be ineffective medicine and psychologically harmful. And being queer has been out of the DSM since the 1970s.
The same logic, if actually logical, would also invalidate state bans on gender-affirming approaches to psychotherapy. But, well, somehow I’m not optimistic…
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The same logic, if actually logical, would also invalidate state bans on gender-affirming approaches to psychotherapy. But, well, somehow I’m not optimistic…
As one of the people who helped create theater-style LARPing, I must respectfully request that people not confuse what Patel and Noem etc are doing with LARP. They’re just being performative a-holes.
October 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As one of the people who helped create theater-style LARPing, I must respectfully request that people not confuse what Patel and Noem etc are doing with LARP. They’re just being performative a-holes.
Yeah, and bacteria are so massively r-selected that every case is just more chances for them to roll the antibiotic resistance dice.
July 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yeah, and bacteria are so massively r-selected that every case is just more chances for them to roll the antibiotic resistance dice.
It’s the same bacterium. Yersinia pestis. Notice that species name literally means what you think it means. And the way bacteria work, every time we don’t kill then dead dead dead, they get to roll the dice and maybe develop resistance to our current antibiotics.
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It’s the same bacterium. Yersinia pestis. Notice that species name literally means what you think it means. And the way bacteria work, every time we don’t kill then dead dead dead, they get to roll the dice and maybe develop resistance to our current antibiotics.
History strongly suggests that violence only gives fascists the excuses they want to crack down yet harder and more violently.
July 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
History strongly suggests that violence only gives fascists the excuses they want to crack down yet harder and more violently.
So no one on the editorial board of a major newspaper had read Shakespeare either? Did the word even *exist* in English before it was used to name a character who *specifically* personified the anti-Semitic idea of Jews as evil money-grubbers *specifically* for the purpose of making the plot work?
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So no one on the editorial board of a major newspaper had read Shakespeare either? Did the word even *exist* in English before it was used to name a character who *specifically* personified the anti-Semitic idea of Jews as evil money-grubbers *specifically* for the purpose of making the plot work?
“Viewed as” anti-Semitic? So no one on the editorial board of this major newspaper has read Shakespeare either?
July 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Viewed as” anti-Semitic? So no one on the editorial board of this major newspaper has read Shakespeare either?
About 1000 enthusiastic folks in Maynard, MA, a great showing for this small suburban town (and there were big rallies in neighboring towns, too), plus lots of cars honking in support as they drove by. I had my colonial re-enactment gear handy, so I kinda got inspired…
June 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
About 1000 enthusiastic folks in Maynard, MA, a great showing for this small suburban town (and there were big rallies in neighboring towns, too), plus lots of cars honking in support as they drove by. I had my colonial re-enactment gear handy, so I kinda got inspired…
Also, it’s more simplified to write the part with the exponent with prime numbers. That will generally facilitate whatever you might be going to do *next*. We don’t simplify things just to please teachers. It’s so we can *use* the results.
2*2^(1/3) is much simpler than 256^(1/6).
2*2^(1/3) is much simpler than 256^(1/6).
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Also, it’s more simplified to write the part with the exponent with prime numbers. That will generally facilitate whatever you might be going to do *next*. We don’t simplify things just to please teachers. It’s so we can *use* the results.
2*2^(1/3) is much simpler than 256^(1/6).
2*2^(1/3) is much simpler than 256^(1/6).
Most people don’t really understand exponential growth. By the time they are starting to think, oh, hm, I wonder if this might be slightly concerning… it is *way* beyond too late.
February 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Most people don’t really understand exponential growth. By the time they are starting to think, oh, hm, I wonder if this might be slightly concerning… it is *way* beyond too late.
Note that they could easily have *created* the *appearance* of fraud, precisely so that they could then claim that they had “discovered” fraud in any federal system. Including the electoral system. Think about what the obvious next move is at that point.
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Note that they could easily have *created* the *appearance* of fraud, precisely so that they could then claim that they had “discovered” fraud in any federal system. Including the electoral system. Think about what the obvious next move is at that point.
Duh. Which is precisely the argument the fascists will make to falsely claim that their chosen enemies have done it in the past, to justify their own actions.
Sounds like you are playing for Team Coup.
Sounds like you are playing for Team Coup.
February 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Duh. Which is precisely the argument the fascists will make to falsely claim that their chosen enemies have done it in the past, to justify their own actions.
Sounds like you are playing for Team Coup.
Sounds like you are playing for Team Coup.
Why is no one talking about what these hackers can do by *changing* data, to falsely make it look like any individual or group has committed *fraud* (tax fraud? Social Security fraud? election fraud?) and what kinds of governmental actions will then then be falsely “justified”?
February 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why is no one talking about what these hackers can do by *changing* data, to falsely make it look like any individual or group has committed *fraud* (tax fraud? Social Security fraud? election fraud?) and what kinds of governmental actions will then then be falsely “justified”?
I’m wondering why no one has considered the concept of how these hackers could maliciously *change* data, to make it appear that an individual or a group had committed some kind of *fraud*.
Think about that for a minute. What kinds of actions could then be “justified”?
Think about that for a minute. What kinds of actions could then be “justified”?
February 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’m wondering why no one has considered the concept of how these hackers could maliciously *change* data, to make it appear that an individual or a group had committed some kind of *fraud*.
Think about that for a minute. What kinds of actions could then be “justified”?
Think about that for a minute. What kinds of actions could then be “justified”?
As a long-time MIT person, I’d say don’t give up on the Institute yet. You might have noticed that it’s kinda disorganized, very bottom-up. You may have to pound on a lot of different doors. But you sound like someone the ‘Tute wants, and there may be money under some couch cushions somewhere.
February 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As a long-time MIT person, I’d say don’t give up on the Institute yet. You might have noticed that it’s kinda disorganized, very bottom-up. You may have to pound on a lot of different doors. But you sound like someone the ‘Tute wants, and there may be money under some couch cushions somewhere.
And of course, the Romans *also* hated and oppressed the Jews, so it’s not like that would make it any better.
January 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And of course, the Romans *also* hated and oppressed the Jews, so it’s not like that would make it any better.
Functionally, it seems that the blue states are used as colonies of the red states.
January 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Functionally, it seems that the blue states are used as colonies of the red states.
In my clinical psych training, I worked with hundreds of heroin and crack (etc) addicts. They consistently reported that nicotine was much harder to kick. Some substances have the possibility of responsible recreational use. Nicotine does not appear to be one of them. Sending you all the support!
January 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In my clinical psych training, I worked with hundreds of heroin and crack (etc) addicts. They consistently reported that nicotine was much harder to kick. Some substances have the possibility of responsible recreational use. Nicotine does not appear to be one of them. Sending you all the support!
Yes, because public executions of “bad guys” are bread and circuses, very exciting to uninformed public, paves the way for executions of political rivals…
December 23, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Yes, because public executions of “bad guys” are bread and circuses, very exciting to uninformed public, paves the way for executions of political rivals…
Yes, because public executions are bread and circuses, *very* fun and exciting to Mump’s followers, and if he can start with “bad guys” it smooths the path to executing his political rivals.
December 23, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Yes, because public executions are bread and circuses, *very* fun and exciting to Mump’s followers, and if he can start with “bad guys” it smooths the path to executing his political rivals.
I believe that is supposed to be “Janice.”
December 20, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I believe that is supposed to be “Janice.”
I vividly remember Watergate… it was all these boring men in big leather chairs, talking, when I had been planning to watch Sesame Street.
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 AM
I vividly remember Watergate… it was all these boring men in big leather chairs, talking, when I had been planning to watch Sesame Street.
No, wait, sorry, that wasn’t clear. And it might be a solid argument against what I was thinking anyhow. Um. “Try to be a mensch” implies that one will take the actions which naturally flow from the status.
December 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM
No, wait, sorry, that wasn’t clear. And it might be a solid argument against what I was thinking anyhow. Um. “Try to be a mensch” implies that one will take the actions which naturally flow from the status.