Elizabeth Green

Most of the way through Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk. Biggest takeaway: he has a brilliant mind for engineering but has deluded himself into thinking this means he knows how to “engineer” everything. Also a sad example of what happens to an autistic kid with an abusive parent.

Person wearing giant angular red and gold glasses

I am so not mad about these new glasses.

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

💥 "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern as a president." If you're feeling overwhelmed and defeated right now - take the time to watch this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

White House rescinds Trump's funding freeze after massive backlash It's an astonishing reversal by the Trump administration.

This is a most welcome development after an entirely unnecessary day of confusion www.axios.com/2025/01/29/f...

Red brick house and front yard dusted with snow

Park walking path with tall trees covered in about an inch of snow

At the beginning of what will be A Lot of Snow by NC standards.

Poster for “Yacht Rock” documentary from HBO. Album-shaped sun sets over an ocean and Michael McDonald shown singing.

Who knew Michael McDonald had such a great sense of humor about himself? Or that the members of Toto, in addition to making one of the most casually racist music videos of the ‘80s, also played on nearly every big album by other artists? Tl;dr: this “dockumentary” is fascinating and fun to watch.

Also to pop-up ads

The documentary “Buy Now!” on Netflix is an absolute must-watch. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

@ddiamond.bsky.social There are many reasons I’m glad to be in your top 3% of readers for 2024, but the video of your 3yo delivering the paper really sent it over the top.

I can empathize with parents whose autistic kids have needs greater than mine were. I get that they desperately want answers. What angers me are the opportunists taking advantage of those parents’ frustrations.

Currently breathing deeply, regulating myself for the umpteenth time after reading the latest fear-mongering about the MMR vaccine causing #autism. (It has been resoundingly proven NOT to cause autism.)

I don’t like to be dumber than my mirror. Personally.

Child with a bowl cut sitting on a lawn chair smiling enigmatically

My therapist asked me to bring a photo of my kid self to my next appt and I immediately knew which pic to bring. This is my core kid self, before I was ever bullied, before I gave a damn what people thought of me, before I had to pick a gender camp. I miss this kid. What’s your iconic kid photo?

Come hear me natter about public health messaging research and strategy next week. I promise to make it worth your while.

The Human Rights Campaign gave my new home, Greensboro, a perfect score of 100 for LGBTQ+-friendly policies and protections. That makes it the highest-scoring city in North Carolina. 🏳️‍🌈✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️

Green knitted stocking with a 2” hole chewed near the toe. A small ball of green yarn that is close in color sits on top

A row of 9 stitches has been picked up with a knitting needle just underneath the hole

A small flap has been knitted up from the cast on edge

The flap has been tacked into place. The patch is visible because the yarn doesn’t match perfectly, but it blends in reasonably well

I enjoyed repairing this hand-knit Christmas stocking for my friend. My mom actually knit these for her as a wedding present years ago. Last year her dog chewed a hole near the toe. The needlepoint yarn I got to darn the hole doesn’t match perfectly but it works. 🧶

Child in yellow coat running away from King Charles.

You are always gorge but this look is 😻

I’m crocheting a coral reef - not sure if it’ll ultimately be a sculpture or a wall hanging. I just know I’m having a blast making the individual pieces. 🪸 🧶

Viola Davis, Finding Me. Her voice can reach right in and pull the breath out of your lungs.

Going straight to the top of my “must read” list for 2025.

… and thankfully it morphed into a “joy in community” evening.

Ooooooohhhhh! I can’t wait to read this.

I’m Elizabeth. I didn’t deserve my success; it was given to me out of pity.

There are “joy in community” days, and there are “I can do hard things” days, and there are the “slightest provocation will make me cry” days. Today falls in that last group.

As a person with autism I would like to point out that even if vaccines did cause autism (they don't), dying from a preventable disease is much much much worse than being autistic.