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Thinking in PicturesNeuro Tribes This has been something that I’ve struggled with, feeling “less” or broken. There are times when it is so frustrating to be me, and I’ve had to work really hard to give myself a break. Nobody can kick me harder than me. I spent
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They presumed they could cynically ride this movement for their own ends. They gleefully lit match after match, and eventually to their horror they managed to set themselves on fire along with everyone else. They clearly incited these events. They saw them spin rapidly out of control. They ended Wednesday
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Arizona State University Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Ed Maguire told Koerth: “I think protesters on the right, because they view the police as in their corner, they feel a sense of tacit permission.” Tacit? They’re wearing “Thin Blue Line” t-shirts as they storm the capitol. They show
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anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which they would be considered dead to the world, a type of living saint. I had heard this word before, but had never explored its actual meaning. This idea of being “dead to the
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Even after Trump decisively lost the election, Republicans across Washington went along with him as he spread lies and conspiracy theories, filed baseless lawsuits, and raged when judges threw them out, as they did again and again. When Trump called for a final reckless coup against the constitutional order, many
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At the Capitol proper, protesters covered the West Entrance like ants. If much of the retreating crowd had been hoodies and athleisure, here were men donning helmets, flak jackets, and military surplus gear. They held makeshift shields and had ripped flags from dowel rods to form batons. One man wore
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The dominant social group labels our way of being in the world as disordered because they don’t understand us. Even though they don’t understand, the dominant culture controls the narrative about our differences. The control of the narrative is problematic. It’s been really interesting for me over
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And in this moment, we have, disastrously, discovered the final answer to whether or not it is a good idea to destroy the activist government that has protected us since 1933. In their zeal for reducing government, the Trump team undercut our ability to respond to a pandemic, and tried
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We saw a weird moment when a fly landed on Pence’s snow-white hair—and the vice president did not react at all. No doubt, it’s a conundrum, what to do in such a situation. If Pence had shooed the fly and the fly had refused to shoo, that
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“Time means nothing now,” said Toad. “It is just the thing that happens between snacks.” — McSweeney’s Internet Tendency