Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes
@lgkatzphd.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist. Liberal.
🧵The Musk documentary by Oscar winner Alex Gibney premiered at the Venice film fearival last night. It got a 4m standing ovation. "What kind of entrepreneur falsely claims to have founded Tesla, when it was really two other men? The same kind of man who would claim to have held his dying infant ..
Marc Elias, the Democratic election lawyer whose firm represents the party committees challenging Trump's election executive order, wrote last week that the administration's moves amount to a "blueprint to rig" the midterms. www.rawstory.com/trump-seize-...
'So much damage': Election officials 'actively preparing for' Trump ballot seizures
Election officials have run statewide trainings preparing for federal agents to seize ballots during an active election, a scenario once considered impossible before President Donald Trump's hunt for ...
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We watched The Drama (2026) over the weekend with friends from our film group. It really is a great film. A psychoanalyst friend and I may write an article analyzing it from a (Melanie) Kleinian framework. We're both so fricking busy, but if we get it done, I may post it here.
AI often points to a "consensus" view as if consensus were synonymous with truth. While a consensus of experts suggests we should seriously consider a particular view, treating consensus as truth ignores the pernicious influences of tribalism, groupthink, 1/2
I wish there was a political party in the US that was interested in safeguarding privacy. www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
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US budget deficit this year: ~6% of GDP. Outside of wars or recessions, that's the highest in the postwar era. We're borrowing at emergency-level scale with no emergency and no political will to change course. Bond markets have noticed. Voters haven't yet. https://youtu.be/HprbhEwxuT0
🚨NEW: Maine Governor Janet Mills is strongly considering a run for the U.S. Senate against GOP incumbent Susan Collins. RETWEET if you would support Governor Mills for the Senate!
My dad was a public school teacher; and he always said the toughest parts of the job were: 1. Having to pay for your own classroom chalk, and 2. Performing gender-reassignment surgeries during class hours w/out parents finding out.
Hegseth has taken out more American generals than Iranian ones.
I ran an article about AI from this month's APA Monitor through AI detection. The results: 42 likely uses of AI and 2 almost always AI. Not surprised. I wrote earlier this week that 5 paragraphs I wrote in a psych eval were identified as likely AI-generated, even though they were written by me. 1/2
To anyone writing about or thinking about the so-called "deal" with Venezuela for its oil reserves: It's theft, an "agreement" at the barrel of a gun. Please don't sanitize it. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Can America Ever Regain Its Honor?
A Saturday Prompt
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Lake Ontario is half in Canada, half in the US, but Google decided POTUS gets to rename the lake, despite international conventions. How far does this go? Can Trump say that the Atlantic Ocean is the American Ocean, & the Pacific is America's Ocean II, & Google changes it the next day? Fckn weasels.
I am filing a request with the Chicago City Council to change the name of the 400 North Block of Wabash Avenue, where the Trump Hotel and Condos are located, to: "Release the Goddamn Epstein Files, You Fucking Rapist." #LakeAmerica #LakeOntario
Pardons and criminal immunity do not block civil liability. Any Democrat running for president should commit to aggressive investigations that can lead to the confiscation of illegally acquired Trump and Trump family wealth through civil processes that can include fines.
You did this Google , you weak, pathetic bunch of twats. If it’s that easy , I’m going to rename my house Buckingham Palace & insist that you amend your mapping to reflect that ! FFS how far up Trump’s arse are you ?
The president of the United States is doing his level best today to promote my Substack article from yesterday about his being psychotic. Thank you, Sir!! gtconway.substack.com/p/1-a-note-o...
My great-grandfather was alive when I was a toddler. Today is his 162nd birthday. Time flies.
What do you think? If Donald Jr runs for the GOP nomination, will MAGAs support him, and will the GOP submit? For Trump, the surest way to protect himself and keep the gravy train rolling would be to put his son in the White House. The same applies to Jr. himself.
Five years ago today, the dogs had a moment as the sun set over Lake Michigan.
So… let me see if I get this straight… If you’ve participated in prostitution, stealing from your employer or beastiality … Those are no longer deal breakers for you working for the FBI? What The Fuck Are Y’all Doing 🤷♂️ www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-can...
At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired
In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.
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Hegseth delusionally running for president after losing this war in Iran is really something else. We need to bring shame back to American politics.
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended. The deadline to update one’s voter registration in time for the election in Texas is Oct. 5. 🔄
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended
Some voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter
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Regarding y'all. In the Brooklyn of my childhood, people said yous, pronounced "yəz."