It’s kind of nice to start off my workday writing a recommendation for someone to receive gender-affirming medical care. “To whom it may concern: this person is who they say they are.” #therapistsky

The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever. Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years. They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has

Absolutely delighted to be given an original 1955 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. What a treat to show my assessment students! I originally learned on the WAIS-R, which seems surprising given that I was in grad school in the mid-90s. They come out with new tests a lot more often now.

Public Service Announcement: the 50th Anniversary version of Alice’s Restaurant doesn’t include the F-slur, so if you’ve let that Thanksgiving tradition lapse, you can start up again.

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

Important news: I made a Gimlet (with fresh lime juice, not Rose’s) and added ginger bitters. It was SO GOOD.

Talking to a colleague about why we get so few testing referrals for math learning disabilities. My theory: widespread cultural acceptance of the idea that being “bad at math” is normal. You’d never hear another adult say “oh, I’m terrible at reading!” in a social context, right? #therapistsky

Chicken tortilla soup is pretty much perfect on a chilly November evening.

Joyce Carol Oates must feel pretty embarrassed right now for calling Elon Musk a sad hollow shell of a man. After all, would a sad hollow shell of a man be extravagantly praised by the AI he owns and controls, on the social media platform he owns and controls?!

Click through for an excellent thread analyzing the “Trump Peace Plan.”

Full house tonight at the little Mennonite church for Trans Day of Remembrance. The pastor is speaking out against “confining the diversity of creation to one vision.” #tdor

You can't even call for executions anymore because of woke

We’re still on track to punish universities whose students protest for Gaza, though, right? Because anti-Semitism is the greatest scourge something something?

Sometimes my friends and I would wonder how bad it was gonna get, and I think this sentence does a good job of encapsulating our guesses.

This is a very flattering offer, but regretfully I must decline.

“Ended up.” Powerful men trafficked an underage, homeless teenager who couldn’t pay for healthcare any other way. Matt Gaetz, before being tapped for the highest law enforcement position in the country, raped a girl too young to consent. And was then positioned as a victim in a NYT article.

My 16yo’s Spanish class took the city bus to a Latino neighborhood and went around in small groups doing scavenger hunt tasks like ordering lunch in Spanish and finding information posted on a notice board. So practical! I’ve never heard of a field trip like this before- I love it.

Unexpected results of a Bluesky thread: I was loudly exclaiming “if you can’t trust the Piss Christ guy, who can you trust?” and it led to a great conversation with my kids about art. (I had actually never seen the photo before! It’s surprisingly lovely?!)

This is why you should banish “Cinderella story” from your list of heartwarming phrases.

This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like: Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.

To me, it’s much easier to see that what’s really wrong with American culture right now is the slow-drip infusion of toxic masculinity it’s been receiving since 2016, the year of the “Grab ’em by the pussy” leak, and “Trump that bitch,” and “Such a nasty woman.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Don't forget to show your support for antifa drag queens this remembrance sunday

WaPo pushing the narrative that Dems should continue infighting, rather than recognize that we can win in many different ways. Text exchange is with my brilliant and hilarious bestie @andreawestcot.bsky.social)

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Rev. David Black of the Presbyterian Church USA, bringing the gospel to ICE employees. This is beautiful. www.instagram.com/reel/DQm-ZzZ...

Every race. It’s basically been every race. Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers. Just everything.

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

This is a remarkable book! I recommend it.

Me: “So your brain keeps handing you the same thoughts again and again, right, Depression’s Greatest Hits…” 16yo client who is now my personal hero: “It’s my Thoughtify Wrapped.” #therapistsky

I deserve a special treat so I’ve broken out my new 2026 planner for the first time.

I just woke up from a three-hour nap and now I’m eating a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich with homemade tomato jam on it. This is the future that liberals want.

“I HAVE NEVER FELT SO CELEBRATED”

This is heartwarming stuff. The way ordinary people in an ordinary neighborhood are just NOT HAVING IT.

Get yourself a best friend who

The suddenness of the East Wing’s destruction means that either they spent days removing and safeguarding art and historical artifacts and reusable furnishings in *absolute secrecy* from the press and the public… …or they didn’t.

I showed up (online) to a committee meeting and found out that I am not actually on the committee! I cannot begin to describe the joyful feeling of liberation involved. (Hilariously, my teenage daughter IS on the committee and had to stay behind when I walked from the webcam to freedom.)

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

People advocating against peace without strategy or tactics do not want you to *win*. They want you to be delegitimized.

Be sure to read the thread.

@kjcharleswriter.com has a new book out today! I was lucky enough to read the ARC. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

🎶Turn the AI off TURN THE AI OFF🎶

This looks like a fun thing to do on my birthday.

From someone else’s psych report recommendations. Emphasis mine: “in previewing literature, [child] should read the chapter headings, the jacket cover, the prologue AND EPILOGUE, then state a working hypothesis of what she will read.” WTF HAVE YOU EVER READ A NOVEL. #therapistsky

Love that Baltimore has a series in which academics present their research subjects to the general public at bars.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

"To say that there are these people and they have names and they are doing and saying awful things would be, for me, unpleasant," is really the most perfect summation of how we got here.

Imagine having such a Teflon coating of self-assurance that you let Isaac Chotiner interview you. …About *anything,* really, but particularly about a book in which you claim that Ronald Reagan was a liberal.

Personally, I don’t give a fuck why my autistic young adult is autistic. I am enjoying watching her grow fully into her own best version of herself. I don’t wish I had different kids. I like them.

I swear this cup of tea will fix me.