"...To put it another way, the tech industry is making a personalized internet just for you, but you have no say in it.
“These tools are sold to us as more powerful, but we have less say in things,” said Sasha Luccioni, a researcher who focuses on A.I. ethics at Hugging Face, an A.I. company. “It’s on us to opt out, and it’s usually pretty complicated and not very clear what we should be opting out of.”..."
#AI and #politics. I expect that this will be a global issue to varying degrees, so while it is #uspolitics, it impacts globally.
The idea that the problems might take care of themselves is a bad idea.
Neurodivergent friends, how do you find compromises with people you love who have wildly different needs than you?
I have a friend with ADHD who lives in another country, and we try to talk on the phone regularly. However, the time of our scheduled call regularly changes, or something comes up on her end, or she schedules things too close together and she can't make it at the agreed-upon time. She recognizes this is something she struggles with and we have talked about it.
I, on the other hand, have my day planned from the morning, and I get everything done that I need to do prior to a call, then I take some moments to settle in by making tea and finding a comfortable spot so that I can be really present, both for her and for me. I can't rush around and suddenly be in the headspace to be there meaningfully for a friend.
For years I made adjustments for others -- waiting around when they were late, arriving at someone's building and being left in the weather until they had themselves put together, being stood up, or adapting to endless rescheduling.
My nervous system just can't handle it anymore. When I don't know when this friend will actually be available on the day of our call, I'm on edge the entire day.
She and I tried having a regular check-in so that she could schedule it into her calendar, and that worked for a couple of weeks but then no longer did.
I care about this friend and our years-long friendship, and we are both better people for knowing the other. Our conversations are always mutually fulfilling, and I love catching up with her.
But I'm struggling to make space for my own need for consistency and reliability while trying to respect her need for flexibility.
Has anyone found a good solution to this problem?
Meanwhile, Lewis Terman was hard at work developing the Stanford-Binet Scale and promoting it. He also kicked off the USA's #gifted and talented programs: he used IQ testing and other methods for identifying children with high intellectual ability and advocated for this in all schools. He advocated special classes and programs for gifted and talented children. His fellow eugenicists loved this, of course, but so did the Department of Defense, especially as WWII and then the Cold War demanded minds to create things to beat the Germans and Japanese, then the Soviets.
Terman started the longest-running psychology study, involving hundreds of high-IQ children (now elderly people, most of whom have now died). What we learned from this study is still debated, though some outcomes are pretty interesting (and much of what Terman wished to learn just can't be learned because of study limitations). To me it is notable that most Americans seem surprised that Terman's projects--the Stanford-Binet and his studies of gifted children--were rooted in his eugenicist beliefs, which he never fully retracted, despite intense pressure.
Most of the children in his studies are not identified (note: this is good research ethics), but several have publicly self-identified. Overall, they seem grateful for the study, which rescued many children from bad situations and converted them from "throwaway children" into "gifted and talented children". In my reading of some of their accounts, they also don't seem aware that they were part of a study intended to show the genetic basis of high intelligence, much less that it was rooted in eugenics ideology.
7/9
Sure, the #Trump administration is wallowing in it's own shit. We see that.
It is failing. And that's why it's dangerous. Because these are folks who double down on everything.
I realize everyone is a little busy these days with all that is happening, but I think this is worth attention.
I was in high school when #Reagan mentioned #START1 and on active duty in the USN when it got ratified. About 12 years.
#putin apparently offered an extension of 1 year that hasn't been accepted. So who knows what the 🍊 is up to. He likely doesn't.
#gifted
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/opinion/nuclear-treaty-deal-start.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.uqU8.JnYIVFS0whLK&smid=url-share
Back on the #NoRestForTheWicked grind because I've got a town to save and some wicked to... rest. #gifted
#Highguard with Tiddly later! https://www.twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch
"...The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships are built on reciprocity and respect. It is not Trump’s genius to recognize America’s unused strength; it is his blindness to see that our strength was a function of our restraint."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjgd6rVIZZg/
meret.becker: my LOVE & thoughts to the WOMEN of Iran & ALL WOMEN #mahsaamini #mahsa_amini #womensupportwomen #womenrights #womenofiran #womenlove #women #love #powerful #beautyful #spirituality #naturalystrong #gifted #magical #heartbroken #hope
Still coming down from the feeling of the charity stream last night.
Playing games on twitch. Starting with #Eldegarde which I've never played but they reached out and 1.0 drops TOMORROW! #gifted
Neurodivergent people, what alternative ways have you found to regulate/heal your nervous system?
I'm curious about ways you don't typically find on lists (such as deep breathing, traditional meditation, traditional yoga, therapy, or social time).
For me, I've found some help with yoga nidra, looking around to tell my brain I'm safe, havening (link about that below), or humming a gentle tune.
https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/the-simplest-anxiety-soothing-technique-youve-never-heard-of/
But maybe people have discovered other techniques that help them?
Or maybe you have a particular success journey you'd like to share?
Video games + christmas music + me making jokes that make everyone roll their eyes = a twitch stream made in heaven.
Seriously, a lot of fun today! #Cloudheim #gifted and MORE.
see you now? https://www.twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch
Today we're playing more #Cloudheim because I'm addicted #gifted but today we're listening to holiday music while we do it!
Ho ho ho! 🎅
We have officially hit the point where there's so many games I'm not sure what I want to play.
I might be bopping around to a few things today, but I'm stating with #Cloudheim #gifted because it's a chill vibey game.
🤔🧐🥸😎🤓💁♀️*The Existential Crisis of the Gifted👉
The Existential Crisis of the Gifted | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-with-emotional-intensity/202511/exploring-the-existential-crisis-of-the-gifted#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17639337173679&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fus%2Fblog%2Fliving-with-emotional-intensity%2F202511%2Fexploring-the-existential-crisis-of-the-gifted
Good morning everyone!
We're back with more #Moonlighter2, out now in early access. The key was provided to me by the publisher. #gifted
'Gifted': New 'Harry Potter' Star Dominic McLaughlin to Lead The BBC's New Supernatural Series!! #DominicMcLaughlin, #BBC, #CBBC, #iPlayer, #Gifted
