ScienceFemme
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Science Lesbian, Lapsed Artist, Mom
32~femme~married to @Skiota
32~femme~married to @Skiota
When I got pregnant with my younger daughter, my oldest was going through a "watch My Neighbor Totoro every day" phase. I remember that I first suspected I might be pregnant when the theme music started to make me cry. I think she maybe manifested herself a little sister. 😅
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
When I got pregnant with my younger daughter, my oldest was going through a "watch My Neighbor Totoro every day" phase. I remember that I first suspected I might be pregnant when the theme music started to make me cry. I think she maybe manifested herself a little sister. 😅
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
Owned by a billionaire and this is what you get, SHOCKING 🙄
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Owned by a billionaire and this is what you get, SHOCKING 🙄
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People will avoid saying the word “lesbian” like if it passes their lips the bloody ghost of Ellen DeGeneres will appear …
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
People will avoid saying the word “lesbian” like if it passes their lips the bloody ghost of Ellen DeGeneres will appear …
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Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
Starting to think most tech bro inventions are primarily to fill the deep lack they each have inside. Just because Sam Altman can't imagine it doesn't mean you can't!
Giving boys baby dolls to play with won't make them grow up to be gay. But it will make them grow up to be dads who can parent without ChatGPT.
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Starting to think most tech bro inventions are primarily to fill the deep lack they each have inside. Just because Sam Altman can't imagine it doesn't mean you can't!
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Donald Trump has ruined my life. But liberals want to make him stop ruining the lives of other people that I don't like. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Donald Trump has ruined my life. But liberals want to make him stop ruining the lives of other people that I don't like. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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They need the drugs to stuff inside that gaping maw at the center of themselves that still screams for more even when they have everything.
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
They need the drugs to stuff inside that gaping maw at the center of themselves that still screams for more even when they have everything.
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People expect miracles from medicine, but refuse the miracle that would let them avoid needing emergency care in the first place
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People expect miracles from medicine, but refuse the miracle that would let them avoid needing emergency care in the first place
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the funniest thing about Trump is that if he doesn’t have someone actively poisoning him a few times a week he reliably comes out with “I just had the best idea—what if you didn’t have to PAY to go to the DOCTOR” or similar
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the funniest thing about Trump is that if he doesn’t have someone actively poisoning him a few times a week he reliably comes out with “I just had the best idea—what if you didn’t have to PAY to go to the DOCTOR” or similar
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We can't wait for hell. They need to burn now.
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We can't wait for hell. They need to burn now.
As someone with 2 ND daughters, the "They don't need x, they just need better parenting!" line is still alive and well and is the kind of thing that rings in your mind in the dead of night. I've seen so many flippant "I'm not afraid to tell them 'no'",--do you think I have not already tried that??
I'm Gen X and there was DEFINITELY stigma for anyone who had their kids on meds and a whole lot of blaming bad parenting and those people are still out there with their shitty opinions.
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
As someone with 2 ND daughters, the "They don't need x, they just need better parenting!" line is still alive and well and is the kind of thing that rings in your mind in the dead of night. I've seen so many flippant "I'm not afraid to tell them 'no'",--do you think I have not already tried that??
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Fash-adjacent "wellness" bullshit still has a pretty strong hold in many ostensibly liberal circles, despite the fact we've seen pretty clearly this last year where that leads.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fash-adjacent "wellness" bullshit still has a pretty strong hold in many ostensibly liberal circles, despite the fact we've seen pretty clearly this last year where that leads.
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As a therapist who frequently works with kids and parents trying to get an IEP, it's no easy thing. And very often the burden of shame prevents anyone from even asking for one to begin with. It's so far from some reactionary centrist fantasy of any kids just getting these things with no issue.
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As a therapist who frequently works with kids and parents trying to get an IEP, it's no easy thing. And very often the burden of shame prevents anyone from even asking for one to begin with. It's so far from some reactionary centrist fantasy of any kids just getting these things with no issue.
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I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
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Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
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Patel, Vance and Hegseth are three loser peas in a pod, they just want to prance around in their little costumes and play pretend like a bunch of 12 year old boys
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Patel, Vance and Hegseth are three loser peas in a pod, they just want to prance around in their little costumes and play pretend like a bunch of 12 year old boys
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It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
After watching my wife struggle to get her diagnosis in her 30s and worrying that my youngest child might be similarly overlooked, I'm getting increasingly annoyed with the "autism is overdiagnosed" narrative. 🙄
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
After watching my wife struggle to get her diagnosis in her 30s and worrying that my youngest child might be similarly overlooked, I'm getting increasingly annoyed with the "autism is overdiagnosed" narrative. 🙄
Wife: Here, come relax. I'll draw you a bath.
Me, overstimulated: Gets in bath while kids are distracted, locks door.
Seconds later...door pops open, kiddo and toddler come in.
Me: How'd you open that door?!
6 y.o.: Mom, don't you know what a pair of scissors can do?
Me: Baaaaabe
Wife: But she's SIX
Me, overstimulated: Gets in bath while kids are distracted, locks door.
Seconds later...door pops open, kiddo and toddler come in.
Me: How'd you open that door?!
6 y.o.: Mom, don't you know what a pair of scissors can do?
Me: Baaaaabe
Wife: But she's SIX
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Wife: Here, come relax. I'll draw you a bath.
Me, overstimulated: Gets in bath while kids are distracted, locks door.
Seconds later...door pops open, kiddo and toddler come in.
Me: How'd you open that door?!
6 y.o.: Mom, don't you know what a pair of scissors can do?
Me: Baaaaabe
Wife: But she's SIX
Me, overstimulated: Gets in bath while kids are distracted, locks door.
Seconds later...door pops open, kiddo and toddler come in.
Me: How'd you open that door?!
6 y.o.: Mom, don't you know what a pair of scissors can do?
Me: Baaaaabe
Wife: But she's SIX
One forgets how long it takes to stir the sugar for the flan caramel and how tired it makes your arm
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
One forgets how long it takes to stir the sugar for the flan caramel and how tired it makes your arm
I was going to be an artist and get a fine arts degree until my parents and I were staring down the barrel of art school tuition costs. So I chose my second passion, biology. My local uni had a great research/medical program and offered me hefty scholarships to attend, plus I could save $$ by (1/2)
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I was going to be an artist and get a fine arts degree until my parents and I were staring down the barrel of art school tuition costs. So I chose my second passion, biology. My local uni had a great research/medical program and offered me hefty scholarships to attend, plus I could save $$ by (1/2)