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
We have also written a detailed legal explainer about why we think the code of practice gets the law wrong.
How the Code of Practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why
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Google is an absentee landlord. In 2019, they chose to *deliberately worsen* search results in order to make you search repeatedly to find the information you're seeking, because every fresh query lets them serve fresh advertisements: pluralistic.net/2025/05/26/b... 9/
Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet, Part IV (26 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Let's talk about JK Rowling's 'bearded men'... I want to vent something that's been on my mind: The way transphobic groups and individuals are also actively homophobic. I've experienced it first hand, and know many others have too. 1/
diabetes was a death sentence 40 years ago, now its a thing you manage with a pill or a pump and get on with living a solid 7+ decade life
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Efforts to police bathrooms are evil and will impact peoples' health. Segregated bathrooms themselves must be done away with, it's the only solution. I reported this question out, years ago for @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/wher...
Where Do We Go From Here? - 99% Invisible
Sandy Allen is a reporter and writer. They live in upstate New York and they often go into New York City to run errands and go to meetings. But when they go out, finding an accessible bathroom can be ...
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bit confused about the GPS jammer crash stuff- like aren't pilots trained to fly through instrument loss? Never done lessons but I know people who do fly and I feel like I remember them talking about how there are requirements for this to get licensed
Melburnians! Join me on Thursday 20 August, as part of the National Science Week. @meerkatpress.bsky.social www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Community/Wh...
Art, science and speculative fiction with Eugen Bacon
Join fiction writer Eugen Bacon for a talk about how science and storytelling work together.
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I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 17h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
Cover reveal! Featuring: - A self-taught palaeontologist and accidental witch - A heroic young girl with ferret-training skills and raging ADHD - A cat that can animate hand-shadows - A daring rescuer with asexual motives - A beloved pet that DOES NOT DIE Pre-orders: tinyurl.com/nddx4d5p
My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Hahhahaa I love this (It's so fascinating to see things through the lens of other people's expertise)
Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · 23h agoYou can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
"In one case, Uber petitioned a judge to force a woman to turn over details about sexual abuse she experienced as a child by a family member and family friend." "In another, a lawyer for Uber asked a woman whether she had been wearing underwear on the night in question." Absolutely vile.
Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · yesterday“The litigation has revealed a clear pattern: Uber’s lawyers scour women’s private communications, medical records, therapy notes …They grill the women about those issues, their sex lives and their behavior on the night of the incident.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
this FUCKING GODDAMNED SHIT AGAIN GODDAMNIT we making more phone calls tomorrow right?
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them. defector.com/the-right-ha...
The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector
A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…
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amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:
Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 19h agoI remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.
Food is so much better, but medicine has improved beyond any of my expectations. Like, most things are a lot better.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Oh wow. Congrats to the finalists. Honored to be included with these authors. Thanks to World Fantasy Con, the judges, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and @undertow.bsky.social. And thanks to readers who enjoyed and talked about these stories. Really means a lot.
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
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a lot of people seem to think there is a fundamental inferiority to women that simply isn't true and a lot of those differences are less your biological makeup and more the fact that boys get so much more support, food, and training than girls, that gulf vanishes the more you equalize those things
Micah@rincewind.run · yesterdayit's the old serena williams tweet in action, that there is a physical difference between the top tier of male athletes and the top tier of female athletes gets taken by far too many delusional men as "I can beat a woman at anything" no, you cannot beat a decent athlete of either gender at anything
Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms
Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...
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Does public health need MAHA? As much as a fish needs a bicycle. Latest episode on centrists trying to tell those of us who warned about MAHA that we need to pamper those who unleashed it on us all.
Why Public Health Doesn't Need MAHA
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · August 4 · 1h 15m
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If you're in #Singapore and suffering from #domesticviolence please contact PAVe http://www.pave.org.sg Tel: 6555 0390
This guy, and his family, are Marco Rubio's literal sugar daddies.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 21h agoAlfonso Fanjul Jr., who helped build one of the world’s largest sugar empires after fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist takeover of Cuba, has died. He was 89.
I hate writing this, but I must. A federal abortion ban will not only kill lots of innocent people, but it will also create a robust black market. If you put a blanket prohibition on abortion, that will be a bonanza for organized crime to swoop in and cash in.
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 23h agoIt was never about leaving it up to the states when Dobbs fell. It’s only Tuesday. www.politico.com/news/2026/08... #Pinks
South Dakota's Democratic nominee for Senate drops out, giving independent candidate Brian Bengs a 1-on-1 match against Republican Sen. Mike Rounds... an outcome many Dems had wanted.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW —> Democratic Senate candidates pursue a new strategy in rural states: Dropping out It’s happening in Nebraska & Idaho. Efforts underway to replicate in MT & SD. Dem brand is so tarnished there Ds have no shot. But independents may—in 1 on 1 vs Rs. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
