@lacefishnets.bsky.social
Licensed therapist (MO ‘14). Scholar in the psych of authoritarianism since ‘17 due to outrage a/b child border separ. & lifelong PTSD. Had to know what was going on due to my own anxiety & fell down a rabbithole I never wanted to develop expertise in, ha!
The destruction of the East Wing is more than a metaphor—it’s a living example of disdain for history, order, legacy, proportion, transparency, humility, and constitutional checks and balances. Shameful.
25.10.2025 00:25 — 👍 175 🔁 41 💬 13 📌 0#SpringfieldMO #NoKings
#Protest
So he doesn’t deny thinking he deserves a crown, but his displeased that it’s so small. Okay.
14.10.2025 11:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sadly true.
13.10.2025 11:24 — 👍 185 🔁 41 💬 4 📌 4Tomorrow, I, along with Senator Kaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches
22.09.2025 19:31 — 👍 22125 🔁 5013 💬 712 📌 177Don’t let this make you quieter.
Get louder.
I'm a single issue voter. Destroy these oligarchs.
18.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Unfortunately that’s what some of the leading experts in authoritarianism have said - we have never lived in -or next door to- a dictator, so we have no idea what’s coming to us.
17.09.2025 17:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Mitch McConnell had polio!
17.09.2025 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dead kids over disabled kids though, amirite? (Relax people, I have CP myself)
17.09.2025 17:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's important for us to remember that besides being a narcissist, sociopath, grifter, rapist, traitor, and serial criminal, he's also an idiot.
15.09.2025 23:09 — 👍 330 🔁 68 💬 18 📌 0Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
27.08.2025 23:14 — 👍 21426 🔁 7017 💬 462 📌 798Homelessness is NOT a crime.
Unaffordable housing IS the crime.
I feel that we do not say this enough.
Science literacy is collapsing. And with it, the foundation of civilization. People fear vaccines more than viruses. So diseases we once defeated are coming back. They fear GMO’s more than hunger. So we reject tools that could feed millions. They fear nuclear more than climate collapse. So we burn more coal. They trust influencers over scientists. So truth becomes a matter of opinion. This isn’t just ignorance. It’s a threat. You can’t solve 21st century problems with 15th century thinking. Science isn’t a luxury. It’s survival. Teach it. Defend it. Demand it.
@simonmaechling.bsky.social
22.07.2025 00:38 — 👍 268 🔁 98 💬 8 📌 4As a therapist I 100% agree with this. I think they need psychological evals. For sure the president and VP. If not the entirety of Congress; but it will never, ever happen.
12.07.2025 02:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0From Trump’s lips to God’s ears. 🙏🏼
12.07.2025 02:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is the same President that Joe and Jill happily posed with on Inauguration Day. Or maybe before. I knew we were done then.
12.07.2025 02:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I would argue he’s too stupid to know he’s ignorant.
09.07.2025 03:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I don’t think he cares. Not until he feels like Hegseth is more special than him or something…
09.07.2025 03:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is one of my favorite movies as a kid even though I didn’t understand it really. Lol.
05.07.2025 20:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Somebody please show some damn courage.
29.06.2025 02:30 — 👍 170 🔁 24 💬 9 📌 1I was just thinking today how we haven’t heard from good old Lauren lately… Oh, there she is.
29.06.2025 00:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0To be ABSOLUTELY clear:
Trump does NOT have a strategy or a plan.
What he THINKS he has, is instincts.
What he ACTUALLY has, are personality disorders.
Everything he says is in the pursuit of grandiosity.
What he SAYS he wants, is peace.
What he ACTUALLY wants is a Nobel Peace Prize.
Period.
InCel you mean.
23.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#IMPORTANT: we should be using the word “dictator” instead of “King.” “Dictator” gives a more ominous tone. I don’t think “king” is truly the concern; I’ve never known of a kind #dictator…
I’m just gonna drop some pics here and I’ll just let you see… 🤭
#nokings #protests #cerebralpalsy
Infuriating
13.06.2025 06:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Infuriating
13.06.2025 06:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s an interesting perspective but I wonder how it would really play out? Interesting to think about.
09.06.2025 23:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0