Leah McElrath
leahmcelrath@mstdn.social
<p>Politics, intl relations, psychology Smith College BA, MSW • LSE</p>
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If you write a newsletter, move your lede and/or primary point up to the first paragraph, please. I beg.
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HERE IT IS: FINAL REPORT Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf
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Bonnie and I wish you all a Merry Christmas filled with toys, treats, and boops! 🥰
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Did Chaya Raichik of LibsOfTikTok infamy trespass at the Capitol on January 6th? She was there, by her own admission, and this analysis by @chadloder (who has been deplatformed from Twitter) shows compelling evidence she “trespassed on restricted Capitol grounds”: https://newsletter.extremism.io/archive/did-chaya-raichik-trespass-at-the-capitol/
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“Autism as a Disorder of High Intelligence” Fascinating exploration by Bernard Crespi: #ActuallyAutistic https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00300/full
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Happy New Year’s Eve As many of you who follow me know, this has been a year of immense loss for me. Thank you for bearing witness to my grieving and for supporting me through it. Sending my love and gratitude to you all 💜
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So much that is being reacted to isn’t real, and so much that is real isn’t even being acknowledged. If you’re experiencing a sense of confusion, disconnection, and unease that you can’t quite put into words, know you’re not alone. This is what weaponized unreality feels like.
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@Mx_EddyNikko Thanks for the rec!
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For the sake of future generations, we need to be clear about both the horrors AND about how stupid everything is at the same time. Previous recorders of history failed us by not emphasizing the stupidity—and its presence is one of the reasons the horrors aren’t taken seriously.
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All of the technologies being used by Israel to commit genocide against Palestinians will ultimately be used against us by our own governments. Perhaps not to commit genocide—perhaps just to maintain and consolidate power—but nonetheless. And no one will come to save us either.