Steve Silberman
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
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I preferred America before it was overrun with Republican goons and thugs.
August 29, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I preferred America before it was overrun with Republican goons and thugs.
I'm so proud to be a columnist for Scientific American. The late Oliver Sacks' assistant Kate Edgar told me it was his favorite magazine. Oliver not only read every issue, he saved them in his library in bound volumes.
Scientific American is the oldest continuous publication in the U.S. & today's our birthday! We're 179 years old. If this gif works, it shows the evolution of our logo from 1845 to today
August 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I'm so proud to be a columnist for Scientific American. The late Oliver Sacks' assistant Kate Edgar told me it was his favorite magazine. Oliver not only read every issue, he saved them in his library in bound volumes.
"Nation's Republicans Admit They Were Totally Kidding About Electing Trump Again, 'Do You Think We're Nuts?'" #plausibleheadlines
August 28, 2024 at 4:57 PM
"Nation's Republicans Admit They Were Totally Kidding About Electing Trump Again, 'Do You Think We're Nuts?'" #plausibleheadlines
Fact check: "No, Trump Did Not 'Literally Dance' on a Veteran's Grave at Arlington Cemetery. At Worst, He Engaged in a Bit of Finger Puppetry, Which Children Find Amusing" - Politifact, probably
August 28, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Fact check: "No, Trump Did Not 'Literally Dance' on a Veteran's Grave at Arlington Cemetery. At Worst, He Engaged in a Bit of Finger Puppetry, Which Children Find Amusing" - Politifact, probably
The ever-astute Will Bunch on how the media is blowing the most important election of our lifetime. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
How the media blew 2024′s election | Opinion
Plus, does America really need the world’s 'most lethal' military?
www.inquirer.com
August 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The ever-astute Will Bunch on how the media is blowing the most important election of our lifetime. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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How does French TV show "Astrid" (streaming on PBS app) land w/ #autistic folks? As someone who is not but learned a lot following folks who are over at 🐦, I've found the show really compelling. I hope I'm not missing something important. @ericmgarcia.bsky.social @stevesilberman.bsky.social
August 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
How does French TV show "Astrid" (streaming on PBS app) land w/ #autistic folks? As someone who is not but learned a lot following folks who are over at 🐦, I've found the show really compelling. I hope I'm not missing something important. @ericmgarcia.bsky.social @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. These people are TERRIFYING. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery
The cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried, a source with knowledge of the event told NPR.
www.npr.org
August 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. These people are TERRIFYING. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
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The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
August 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
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"Mask bans are a threat not just to disabled people, but to all of us. It’s never too late to start masking again—to protect not just your health and the health of people around you, but also to protect our fundamental human rights." By @k8lin.bsky.social:
www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/m...
www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/m...
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities
“I have a kidney transplant and will take immunosuppressant medication for the rest of my life. I can’t return to your mask-free ‘normal,’” writes Kaitlin Costello.
www.statnews.com
August 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM
"Mask bans are a threat not just to disabled people, but to all of us. It’s never too late to start masking again—to protect not just your health and the health of people around you, but also to protect our fundamental human rights." By @k8lin.bsky.social:
www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/m...
www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/m...
It's not just a meme. There's something seriously, seriously wrong with this dude and his unrelenting, obsessive, white-knuckling hyperfocus on whether women are having enough children. He's obviously making up for some profound, gnawing inadequacy about his masculinity. It's freakish!
Ghost of GC (@gtconway3dg) on Threads
New Vance Audio via @heartlandsignal - During a Center for Christian Virtue forum in 2021, JD Vance attacked American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten for "brainwashing" children...
www.threads.net
August 28, 2024 at 12:42 AM
It's not just a meme. There's something seriously, seriously wrong with this dude and his unrelenting, obsessive, white-knuckling hyperfocus on whether women are having enough children. He's obviously making up for some profound, gnawing inadequacy about his masculinity. It's freakish!
Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. These people are TERRIFYING. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery
The cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried, a source with knowledge of the event told NPR.
www.npr.org
August 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. These people are TERRIFYING. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery
The cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried, a source with knowledge of the event told NPR.
www.npr.org
August 27, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. www.npr.org/2024/08/27/n...
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Two statements that demonstrate when someone has no empathy and therefore assumes that nobody has empathy:
"If you don't have children, you have no stake in the future."
"If you don't believe in god, you have no motivation to be a good person."
"If you don't have children, you have no stake in the future."
"If you don't believe in god, you have no motivation to be a good person."
August 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Two statements that demonstrate when someone has no empathy and therefore assumes that nobody has empathy:
"If you don't have children, you have no stake in the future."
"If you don't believe in god, you have no motivation to be a good person."
"If you don't have children, you have no stake in the future."
"If you don't believe in god, you have no motivation to be a good person."
The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
August 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
I have such a feeling of déja vu not caring about Oasis all over again.
August 27, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I have such a feeling of déja vu not caring about Oasis all over again.
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The very online right-wing ideologues of Silicon Valley are in model collapse: Like an AI trained on its own output, they're growing increasingly divorced from reality, and are reinforcing their own worst habits of thought. My latest: www.reimaginingliberty.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Very Online Ideologues are in Model Collapse
The dangers of talking only among yourselves.
www.reimaginingliberty.com
August 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
The very online right-wing ideologues of Silicon Valley are in model collapse: Like an AI trained on its own output, they're growing increasingly divorced from reality, and are reinforcing their own worst habits of thought. My latest: www.reimaginingliberty.com/silicon-vall...
Those headlines, translated: "Zuckerberg Regrets that His Tool to Enable Global Fascism Didn't Kill More People By Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation"
August 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Those headlines, translated: "Zuckerberg Regrets that His Tool to Enable Global Fascism Didn't Kill More People By Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation"
Deeply thoughtful and fair piece by John Harwood on how our media is struggling to meet this dire historical moment. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] niemanreports.org/articles/war...
Warped | Nieman Reports
As the U.S. presidential election draws closer between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, confusion over the news media’s role in American life has only deepened, writes John Harwood.
niemanreports.org
August 27, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Deeply thoughtful and fair piece by John Harwood on how our media is struggling to meet this dire historical moment. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] niemanreports.org/articles/war...
It's amusing to watch all this legacy media try to pretend that Kamala not giving their publication an interview is some sort of "crisis." Instead, just hire the Goodyear blimp to fly over your HQ flashing WE GOT NUTHIN.'
August 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
It's amusing to watch all this legacy media try to pretend that Kamala not giving their publication an interview is some sort of "crisis." Instead, just hire the Goodyear blimp to fly over your HQ flashing WE GOT NUTHIN.'
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August 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Want to make the most progress while we have the chance?
Think Harris/Walz will have plenty of cash?
CHECK OUT DOWNBALLOT FOR DEMOCRACY
It's a hitlist of the best donations you can make to help win power up & down the ballot, especially in swing states.
www.erlywrm.com/get-down
Think Harris/Walz will have plenty of cash?
CHECK OUT DOWNBALLOT FOR DEMOCRACY
It's a hitlist of the best donations you can make to help win power up & down the ballot, especially in swing states.
www.erlywrm.com/get-down
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Say what you will about joy not being a strategy, we're all going to live a little longer after the DNC vaccine against despair. #HarrisWalz2024
August 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Say what you will about joy not being a strategy, we're all going to live a little longer after the DNC vaccine against despair. #HarrisWalz2024
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When others don’t realize that Project 2025 is already underway in the South.
The University of Alabama has dozens of references to Dianne Kirksey on its websites as a "trailblazer." Last week they kicked the Black Student Union she founded in 1968 off campus, citing a new law passed by Alabama Republicans that bans it: thecrimsonwhite.com/115369/top-s...
August 26, 2024 at 11:07 PM
When others don’t realize that Project 2025 is already underway in the South.
One reason the wholesome Tim Walz jokes are so landing so well is that we need a huge dose of that good ol' Jimmy Stewart earnestness and goodheartedness after 9 years of being told that small, greedy, obviously unwell cheaters, bullies, and psychopaths are worthy of leadership.
August 26, 2024 at 9:55 PM
One reason the wholesome Tim Walz jokes are so landing so well is that we need a huge dose of that good ol' Jimmy Stewart earnestness and goodheartedness after 9 years of being told that small, greedy, obviously unwell cheaters, bullies, and psychopaths are worthy of leadership.