Loves #dogs, #Dylan, #Melville, #coffee. English prof. Author, with Bruce Miller, of book about Alzheimer's. Finding the Right Words. All views here are my own. #fedi22
calling all #neurologists. If you have something to say about #Trump's semantic incoherence, now is the time. #psychologist Dr. John Gartner is leading the way.
Here is a chart in my #memoir about my father's early-onset #Alzheimer's, written with #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, detailing the different kinds of #aphasia, where the "assault," as #doctors call it, first starts in the #brain, and the #diagnosis.
@GottaLaff. I get it. I find Dr. John Gartner's conversations with Salon's Chauncey DeVega very illuminating on this topic. You probably know this already but the doctor has a petition going with many healthcare professionals sounding the alarm.
@jeffjarvis. I canceled my #Post subscription after one too many bothsides articles. However, if you have a moment and a spare gift article, would you please post it? #Brain health, specifically #dementia, is a profoundly important issue to me (my father died of #early-onset #Alzheimer's). I post #ChaunceyDeVega's #Salon pieces, esp. those with #Dr.JohnGartner whenever he covers this issue and how #doctors and #neurologists are speaking out, sometimes. Thank you.
Media coverage of Republicans stampeding to NYC to attack Trump's trial as illegit is marred by euphemism. This isn't just "currying favor" w Trump or "expressing loyalty" or auditioning to be his VP. It's placing Trump over rule of law
Rs are attacking judge, witnesses, prosecutors & trial as illegitimate. This isn't just helping Trump evade the gag order. The point is also to display in spectacle form that their fealty is to him over the rules that make the system function
@GottaLaff. Thank you for posting this must-read article by #GregSargent. I always thought his pieces for the #WashingtonPost were standouts. His incisive coverage has, by and large, been replaced by journalistic gruel.
"Matt #Gaetz reiterated #Trump’s call upon the Proud Boys, a right-wing hate group that played a central role on the attack on the Capitol and effort to overturn the last election, to “stand back and stand by.” Anyone else see a brownshirt peeking underneath?
Weather and climate change aren’t the same thing, but climate change is creating extremes.
Despite this, Ron DeSantis (R) just signed a law deleting climate change from Florida policy, banning the construction of offshore wind turbines, and boosting fossil fuels.
DeSantis isn’t in the running anymore for President but Trump is and his plan for addressing the climate is if anything worse.
@GottaLaff. NFL (I think!). I'm sorry you're still hurting. Sometimes the shots are a big nothing; other times not so much. Feel better and many thanks as always for the superbly curated info.
Since Todd Blanche nodded his head yes when #Trump claimed that his right to testify has been taken away because of the #GagOrder, Merchan must start the day tomorrow inquiring of Trump’s understanding AND whether Blanche misadvised him on his 5th Amendment rights.
"But those & other hypotheticals presupposed for no obvious reason that there would still be a Congress around to impeach him & a court system to try him. Why would he tolerate an insolent Congress & a meddlesome #SupremeCourt in the 1st place? & if he had been so short-sighted as to leave the other 2 branches intact, why would a lawless president immune from criminal prosecution for official acts leave the WH after an impeachment conviction? Who’s gonna make him leave?" https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/rogue-supreme-court-abandons-democracy
One thing social media has taught me, at age 67, is how many parents go through the inconceivable agony of losing a child, and also, how many children go through the agony of losing parents in difficult ways (like me). Social media is basically the Buddhist parable of the mustard seed writ large. https://www.turningwheel.org.uk/buddhist_stories/kisa-gotami-and-the-mustard-seed/