Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.com
Novelist, linguist, anthropologist, Ph.D.
Fascinated by social systems.
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The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020)
juliettewade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade
CA in AUS, Naarm
she/her
NO AI
Fascinated by social systems.
Rep'd by K. O'Higgins
The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020)
juliettewade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade
CA in AUS, Naarm
she/her
NO AI
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Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.com
· Jan 21
Things I like to post:
#SFF
books, stories, art
human rights/politics
Discourse Analysis
LGBT+ support, trans and acespec rep
Cute animals esp otters, corvids, possums, cats
Science!
IRL language and culture geekery
worldbuilding, especially linguistic and cultural
my novels/stories and WIPs
#SFF
books, stories, art
human rights/politics
Discourse Analysis
LGBT+ support, trans and acespec rep
Cute animals esp otters, corvids, possums, cats
Science!
IRL language and culture geekery
worldbuilding, especially linguistic and cultural
my novels/stories and WIPs
Just finished Chapter 19 of Book 4.
Current wordcount, 58,711.
That was a heart-pounding chapter for me!
Current wordcount, 58,711.
That was a heart-pounding chapter for me!
September 18, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Just finished Chapter 19 of Book 4.
Current wordcount, 58,711.
That was a heart-pounding chapter for me!
Current wordcount, 58,711.
That was a heart-pounding chapter for me!
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The degree to which students’ disabilities have been used and abused by bad faith grifters over the last decade plus is one of the generally unremarked obscenities of this historical moment
September 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The degree to which students’ disabilities have been used and abused by bad faith grifters over the last decade plus is one of the generally unremarked obscenities of this historical moment
Good lord, people will try anything.
A study which forms the basis for later claims of an underground city beneath the Great Pyramid, which made worldwide headlines, has been retracted due to 'serious flaws'.
www.newsweek.com/bombshell-gr...
www.newsweek.com/bombshell-gr...
Bombshell Great Pyramid of Giza study retracted
A journal found 'serious flaws' in research behind viral claims of an underground city beneath the Giza pyramids.
www.newsweek.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Good lord, people will try anything.
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So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...
What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
www.techpolicy.press
September 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...
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I think there is a good chance that if Democrats sweep Congress one of the first things they'll do is try to pass an Australia-style social media ban for under 16s.
We need to start organizing against this right now.
Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.
We need to start organizing against this right now.
Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.
September 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I think there is a good chance that if Democrats sweep Congress one of the first things they'll do is try to pass an Australia-style social media ban for under 16s.
We need to start organizing against this right now.
Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.
We need to start organizing against this right now.
Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.
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Moral inversion.
When the institutions do the opposite of what they were founded to do.
When destruction is a value.
When the institutions do the opposite of what they were founded to do.
When destruction is a value.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Moral inversion.
When the institutions do the opposite of what they were founded to do.
When destruction is a value.
When the institutions do the opposite of what they were founded to do.
When destruction is a value.
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ok so let me just legit have a holler for a minute about co-running/co-founding an indie media collective in an era when slop is dominant, technofacists have unprecedented access to policy-makers, and we're all so goddamned tired
making real shit is hard and costs money
making real shit is hard and costs money
September 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM
ok so let me just legit have a holler for a minute about co-running/co-founding an indie media collective in an era when slop is dominant, technofacists have unprecedented access to policy-makers, and we're all so goddamned tired
making real shit is hard and costs money
making real shit is hard and costs money
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This is my weary song. lol. No one hears it.
Private prisons are bad, but they’re a small part of the system.
Mass incarceration is driven by public policy & spending — choices made by your elected officials.
Mass incarceration is driven by public policy & spending — choices made by your elected officials.
September 18, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is my weary song. lol. No one hears it.
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have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is bad
Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)
The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM
have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is bad
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This is an essential lifeline for a whole family and they average a couple dollars a day. I designed this banner as a symbol of hope. That one day they won't have to rely on strangers anymore.
Drop a five and put the link in your calendar to do so again in a month. chuffed.org/project/1550...
Drop a five and put the link in your calendar to do so again in a month. chuffed.org/project/1550...
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This is an essential lifeline for a whole family and they average a couple dollars a day. I designed this banner as a symbol of hope. That one day they won't have to rely on strangers anymore.
Drop a five and put the link in your calendar to do so again in a month. chuffed.org/project/1550...
Drop a five and put the link in your calendar to do so again in a month. chuffed.org/project/1550...
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“USAID was unparalleled in its scope and scale. For climate and the environment alone it gave $1 billion annually, the report said. The agency tended to write large grants that lasted years, which the people interviewed said allowed them to build programs they couldn’t with other types of funding.”
"They heard consistently that USAID’s withdrawal led to immediate backsliding on environmental standards and accountability in the countries where it had worked. Without the agency’s backing, the responses said, government officials lost support for pushing reforms in their own countries."
How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals - Inside Climate News
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
insideclimatenews.org
September 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
“USAID was unparalleled in its scope and scale. For climate and the environment alone it gave $1 billion annually, the report said. The agency tended to write large grants that lasted years, which the people interviewed said allowed them to build programs they couldn’t with other types of funding.”
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The irony is we use PDFs and not just HTML for journal articles because we often need exactly the same document with identical pages and more between academics and us and our students. We need to know we saw the same page numbers, the same text in the same order.
September 17, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The irony is we use PDFs and not just HTML for journal articles because we often need exactly the same document with identical pages and more between academics and us and our students. We need to know we saw the same page numbers, the same text in the same order.
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YOU COULD HIRE SO MANY FUCKING TENURE TRACK FACULTY FOR THIS. SON OF A BITCH.
Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy.
September 17, 2026 at 3:56 AM
YOU COULD HIRE SO MANY FUCKING TENURE TRACK FACULTY FOR THIS. SON OF A BITCH.
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the failure to ban jesse singal increasingly feels like one of those landmark moments not just for bluesky, but *gestures at pretty much everything*
September 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM
the failure to ban jesse singal increasingly feels like one of those landmark moments not just for bluesky, but *gestures at pretty much everything*
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Look, I'm black. (Obvious.) And people in America are racist. (Also obvious.) But I do not deserve to have less of a life because there are people in this country who do not want to see me. Who despise who I inherently am. That's too bad. I deserve a full life anyway.
That goes for EVERYBODY.
That goes for EVERYBODY.
July 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Look, I'm black. (Obvious.) And people in America are racist. (Also obvious.) But I do not deserve to have less of a life because there are people in this country who do not want to see me. Who despise who I inherently am. That's too bad. I deserve a full life anyway.
That goes for EVERYBODY.
That goes for EVERYBODY.
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This is normal everyday ****. It's a perfectly reasonable desire to want a representative who believes that you should not be a second-class citizen. That is not asking for too much!
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is normal everyday ****. It's a perfectly reasonable desire to want a representative who believes that you should not be a second-class citizen. That is not asking for too much!
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Do not throw hissy fits as if trans people are asking for a Democratic nominee who will give every one of them a pony and free fresh highlights. They are asking to be protected from hate crimes. They are asking to use public services. They are asking to have their records reflect their reality.
July 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Do not throw hissy fits as if trans people are asking for a Democratic nominee who will give every one of them a pony and free fresh highlights. They are asking to be protected from hate crimes. They are asking to use public services. They are asking to have their records reflect their reality.
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Trans people are asking us to clear a bar that is literally on the FLOOR.
Please do not embarrass me in front of them.
Please do not embarrass me in front of them.
Again, I am staking out my position more than 3 years in advance! My "demands" for getting my vote are simple:
1. Promise to undo the anti-trans actions taken by the Trump admin.
2. Promise not to roll back trans rights even further.
1. Promise to undo the anti-trans actions taken by the Trump admin.
2. Promise not to roll back trans rights even further.
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trans people are asking us to clear a bar that is literally on the FLOOR.
Please do not embarrass me in front of them.
Please do not embarrass me in front of them.
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Over and over he continues to remind anyone who will listen that he is an abuser.
September 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Over and over he continues to remind anyone who will listen that he is an abuser.
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This threat is mafia behavior. ENOUGH ALREADY. 🤬🤬🤬
Trump just told North Carolinians that he would deny FEMA funding for natural disaster ravaged North Carolina if the Republican lost.
“If Michael loses, I’m not sending it, okay?”
He is threatening HIS OWN SUPPORTERS with withholding disaster aid if they don’t vote for his friends. sickening.
“If Michael loses, I’m not sending it, okay?”
He is threatening HIS OWN SUPPORTERS with withholding disaster aid if they don’t vote for his friends. sickening.
September 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This threat is mafia behavior. ENOUGH ALREADY. 🤬🤬🤬
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Photo with alt text this time, a screenshot of the Harvard Wikipedia entry:
![Academic staff
~2,400 faculty members (and
>10,400 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals) 18]
Students
21,189 (fall 2024)191
Undergraduates
7,038 (fall 2024)[9]
Postgraduates
14,151 (fall 2024) 9]
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US 42°22'28"N
71°07'01"W
CITATION
[9] "Common Data Set 2024-2025" tr
(PDF).
Office of Institutional Research. Harvard University. Archived from the original• (PDF) on July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nehcwc3ng5igejopsi5fnqrr/bafkreieyk45j2mhhnbjywuat5eg3g2z2xajmjuugjszpxaj54oszz5v2ne)
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Photo with alt text this time, a screenshot of the Harvard Wikipedia entry:
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So, max budget of about 85 million a month? I’m going back to bed.
September 17, 2026 at 4:56 AM
So, max budget of about 85 million a month? I’m going back to bed.