MID-CONVERSATION:
AUTISM:
I need exact words. Say what you mean.
ADHD:
I hear things between the lines that aren't there.
HIGHLY SENSITIVE:
I feel the tone behind the words more than the words themselves.
AUDHD:
You said "okay." Short. Flat. No period.
No exclamation point. I'm analysing the tone. The length of the reply. The time it took to answer. Now I know for certain: something is wrong. You meant: okay.
hunters with actual respect to wildlife are important to conservation. trophy hunters who kill valuable keystone species and high trophic level predators are terrible for conservation and should not be respected in the slightest.
Being neurodivergent is over-explaining everything because you desperately want to communicate clearly, then immediately worrying that you explained too much, annoyed them, and somehow made the entire conversation even more confusing.
i can never take those autism assessment quizzes because my pattern recognition is able to guess which one is the “autistic” answer and it’s no longer unbiased
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.