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I am fixing a wrong that has persisted for over fifty years.
When I was fourteen years old I was unmarried and pregnant.
In those days I would like to say attitudes were different but in many states we have made no progress.
I was constantly pressured to give my baby up to a good family that could offer her more than I could, ever hope to.
I said no and became an emancipated minor.
I was not treated well in labor and delivery as no doctor would show up. My friend's mother who was an RN delivered her. Just her and I.
The hospital staff refused to give me a room so I was on a gurney in a hall way for a few hours before being sent home.
The hospital disagreed with the full name I chose and changed it before registering her birth. The birth certificate has been wrong all these years even though she has used the name I intended.
Today I hired an attorney to help her to clean this all up.
Now is not a good time to have a name discrepancy.
Finally.
A rose from our garden.

Anyone wearing one of these things should be required to display a warning sign.

“Bee makes a $49.99 Fitbit-like device that listens in on your conversations while using AI to transcribe everything that you and the people around you say, allowing it to generate personalized summaries of your days, reminders, and suggestions from within the Bee app.”

#AI #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

theverge.com/news/711621/amazo

A photo of the Bee wearable
The Verge · Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you sayBy Emma Roth

Pleased to announce that my book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, is now available online, and will be out in print in a couple weeks!
moveslowlybuildbridges.com
That site has more stuff, too -- links to related articles, some notes about how I researched it, and a contact form in case you want to talk about the fediverse with me! (I'd be happy to chat with journalists about it!)
#academicChatter #bookstodon #fediverse #mastodon

moveslowlybuildbridges.comMove Slowly and Build Bridges, by Robert W. Gehl

MAGAs will pay ICE fascists a six figure income—but not teachers.

They’ll increase military spending $150B—but cut $500M from PBS.

They’ll spend $300M on Trump golfing—but not on lunch for hungry kids.

The Party of “life and liberty” is only pro war and tyranny. The only thing more absurd is their base is still willing to themselves suffer to uphold MAGA white supremacy.

Is there some kind of contest within Apple to see how little contrast can be used while still *technically* indicating a selection? One of these disks is selected, believe it or not!

(This is Tahoe beta 4, BTW.)

ICYMI: Although the Labour party is denying that its fiscal management amounts to austerity, many of us detect the same logic that drove much of the previous Tory govt's fiscal actions;

the problem is that austerity is a false economy, often failing to bring even the benefits it claims & making public services worse for everyone.

It may not be news but we *do* need to remind ourselves regularly that austerity is a key cause of the UK's current problems

#austerity

northwestbylines.co.uk/politic

North West Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism · The false economies of austerityAusterity is not new, it doesn’t work and it cannot put the country on a road to economic recovery

COVID-19 Made Our Brains Age Faster

The pandemic-era brains aged about 5.5 months faster compared to the brains of those studied before the pandemic. The accelerated aging was documented in people who had COVID-19 infections as well as those who didn’t:changes in gray and white matter were similar in people who were and were not infected.

However, only people infected with COVID-19 showed drops in cognitive skills.

time.com/7304417/covid-19-brai

Time · COVID-19 Made Our Brains Age FasterBy Alice Park

Hello Mastodon! 👋

My name is Delilah. (it's my online alias, not a legal name). I am a psychologist and youth counselor, and I mostly work with people suffering from personality disorders, eating disorders, and ASD/ADHD/ADD.

I have had teenage patients as well as adults and even families. In my career I even worked at schools but ended up abandoning that path due to constant defunding, where I no longer could help people without struggling to pay bills.

I will be posting mostly about how mental disorders work and to share some information about them. However I want to make it clear, that what I post should never be a substitute for actual medical consultation, and that I will not do therapy on social media.
I want to keep myself somewhat anonymous to not reveal my real-life identity, and to of course respect privacy laws related to my profession.

Outside of that, I like to keep myself up to date with technology and privacy, as it affects our mental health no matter how much we tend to deny this. I'm a cat mom of two, and love to tend to my mini-garden of vegetables.

I am not from USA, and English is not my first language, so please excuse my mistakes. I also ask to respect my privacy and be kind!

Looking forward to meeting new friends, and hopefully there are some profession peers on Mastodon?