“We’re at DEFCON fuck” Clinical Psychologist. Academic Maleficent. Former NIH-funded Associate Professor at a fancy Midwest university. Future fry cook on Venus. Analog childhood, digital adulthood. Navigating the great enshittification. Lots of swearing and gallows humor. Part of the great November 2022 Twitter migration. Posts auto-delete at 2 weeks. :cubs: :bears: Under his eye. She/Her. #teamOrca Location: Chicago :chicago:, sometimes Kauai 🌺 Nazi punching level: Shotokan 🟤 1st Kyu Profile pic: Me in the sun, wearing sunglasses and drinking a pint of beer Languages: 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇪🇸
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Last Notes npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Lotta vagina talk on the Beige TL today npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Delayed, so I get to spend more time making friends at the airport. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/901/812/553/711/224/original/4d229ab249b1a040.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Hmm, Jamie Oliver is going to appear on Good Morning America. I wonder if Uncle Roger is aware. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Thor recommends living in your dryer in 2026 #CatsOfMastodon https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/898/718/486/144/464/original/26fe19988dc128c9.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Listening to Tom Brady in the broadcast booth I’m often reminded of this great moment in NFL history https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/839/515/678/585/134/original/bec8a79ce209401a.mp4 npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Pink #SilentSunday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/798/300/873/725/702/original/3089543cc6d11aa7.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Today’s plan is to hike up the mountain named “Nounou” aka Sleeping Giant. The legend says the giant ate too many rocks one day after being tricked by villagers who hid them in some poi, so he laid down to sleep and never got up. Hiking in Kauai can be challenging because all the rain makes some fine, artisanal mud. Reddish brown from the iron rich soil. Combined with roots and rocks in the trails, there be slippin’. The last hike we did here I had 2 bruised big toe nails at the end, but that was 9 miles to Hanakapiai falls and it rained on our way back. Today is around 3-5, depending on which side we decide to go up, and it hasn’t rained in a few days, so it may have dried out a little. Here’s a photo of Nounou, located on the east side of the island: https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/786/598/985/101/847/original/017c244ea63780e8.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Mele Kalikimaka https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/778/360/402/950/529/original/81ccb70ac6c37f6a.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Wires https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/764/114/264/845/179/original/7562ff37b90e900f.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Now that’s a golden hour #SilentSunday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/758/733/493/735/298/original/3e7d5d642c176521.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Knives Out at the beach was way better than Knives Out at church. Fight me. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective If you get this reference, have you had at least one colonoscopy yet? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Beedybeedybeedy what’s up, Buck? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Mood https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/636/104/303/195/479/original/90dd8084733a677a.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Hawaiian SPAM game is no joke Edited to add: I should put this in perspective. This is at the Costco in Lihue, Kauai. An island of 70,000 residents and a few thousand tourists/visitors. Not Honolulu, which has the busiest Costco in the world. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/627/619/392/870/694/original/beee19dbecfff95b.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Yesterday we made a side dish of rice with roasted pineapple and teriyaki SPAM, as was done at the first thanksgiving back in 16 whatever. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Jesus fucking christ, RIGHT???? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Search term had nothing to do with vulvas, at all. Yet here we are with this deep philosophical question being written about in 2022 :coolstorybob: npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Sometimes I feel like Uncle Roger reviewing Jamie Oliver fried rice when I'm looking through Google Scholar https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/606/581/629/817/047/original/b9d443caae86ccd3.png npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I think I just admitted something that will get me kicked out of the fediverse. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I don’t know a lot about the Legend of Zelda but Link and Zelda aren’t related right? Because they sure as shit cast 2 actors that look like brother and sister for the new live action coming out. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Someone DMed me that he really loved my smile and based on my profile pic I assume he meant my beer. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective One must rest when biting fascists #DogsOfMastodon https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/554/139/876/358/900/original/8d05d5650ca46642.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Got my ducks in a row https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/550/716/306/461/307/original/1f9defb1d642bbda.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Crazy red #aurora visible to the naked eye. Chicago suburbs, 11/11/25. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/534/503/646/384/390/original/c063687b85c61dbf.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Big fuckin #aurora about to hit npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Today marks the end of an era for Thor’s balls. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I ❤️ cheese npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I’ve never been to Stockholm so I’m open to any tips on places to see and eat. I’ll only be there around 4 days for a conference. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Looks like my work trip Stockholm is a go. I’m sure February is a lovely time of year to visit. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Breaking #Volcano News The USGS has a live feed on their YouTube channel :LRRR_zoom: https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/514/482/293/881/061/original/2719ecc4633ab66f.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective There’s a kid wearing a MAGA hat to school the past couple of days, so 14 checked with the dean about the rules for wearing political clothing and it’s allowed so long as it doesn’t cause a disruption. So she asked to borrow my Punch a Nazi hat today. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Friends don’t let friends move to Scottsdale npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Still thinking about the fact my friend, who I’ve known since 1999 and stood up at my wedding, is now dating a man who owns 3 cybertrucks :coolstorybob: npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective It’s been a week and nobody has claimed him. Our dogs are learning to tolerate his existence in the house, and 3 years of shots seem to have 90% fixed my cat allergy. The cat redistribution system hath spoken. Meet Thor, everyone. #Caturday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/434/456/073/144/919/original/eefba7b8c2934181.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Do we tell them about the low dose colonoscopy prep us in the elite club can get or is that forboden? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I mean yeah, technically booze irritates your digestive system but I mean how bad can it be? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Better npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Vodka is also clear liquid npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Stray cat update: Nobody has responded to our posts on various sites. Brother agreed to take cat when we thought it was a girl but she is definitely a he. So now we’re not sure about this arrangement. Test runs with our dogs show cat stands his ground and is like I will fuck you up, bruh. Our dogs want to be tough but back down when challenged so I guess they’re MAGA now. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Found this kitty in the parking lot hiding under a car after karate today. Very friendly so clearly this is someone’s cat but was scared out of her little mind. We’ve posted on Nextdoor, unfortunately no microchip. Local shelter won’t take her so she’s hanging out in our garage. Our dogs are not cool with cats. Hopefully someone sees the post and is reunited. Otherwise we’ll find her a happy home. On a crazy chance, if you recognize this cat shoot me a DM. Found in west suburbs of Chicago. #Caturday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/397/086/776/090/415/original/289dcaf5606849c8.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Weird. The volcano Kilauea started erupting last night and I’m just going to mention that in Hawaiian legends, Kilauea is the home of Pele and these eruptions are seen as displays of her passion and strength. Tūtū Pele is a symbol of resilience and transformation for Hawaiians, on this random Saturday in October where millions of people are heading out to protest a tyrant. #NoKingsDay Edited to add a pic from the USGS livestream. She mad. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/395/198/242/750/275/original/deaed350431d1e87.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective If only I could go back in time and tell 2001 me that I now bear the mark of Antifa in 2025. #NoKingsDay https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/395/089/471/709/010/original/6e94cbade48b05c8.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective The ADHDs in my house are fighting because each is mad at the other for the same fuckin’ behaviors npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Your periodic reminder that Larry Ellison owns 98% of the island of Lānaʻi, the 6th largest Hawaiian island. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Good morning, new Beige members! Calisthenics are at 7am. Please eat your morning serving of bran flakes to prepare for your vibrating chair session later this morning. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective 1990 orhodontist: put this big tray of goop in your mouth and try not to gag for 5 minutes so we can make a white plaster mold and yes you will have to do this more than once. 2025 orthodontist: here’s a 3D digital model of your face with before and after comparisons of your teeth. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Took my ass down to the beach to get a better view. Bright moon and clouds making it not great but can see with the naked eye. Even caught some movement. Empire Beach, MI October 1, 2025 #aurora https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/302/342/903/962/678/original/6ddd613e99b20a6b.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Walked down to the corner to try to get away from the porch lights and a view of the north sky… got a little peek up here in northern Michigan #aurora https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/302/026/047/344/885/original/2a2ad1493f4cc29d.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective In my old job I was so used to just doing most tasks myself because people took forever to get their shit done and I’m absolutely one of those “it’s just easier if I do it” types. As a result I was this marvel of productivity that was great for my CV but inevitably just burned me out. Now I work with people who almost over-collaborate so it bogs everything down and shit takes 5 times as long to do. I’ve tried to go with the flow but it’s driving me a little nuts. I get shit done at the same speed and then it just sits for months while I wait or we try to schedule meetings across 4 time zones to have meandering conversations that could’ve been an email. Then someone asks me why shit isn’t done and I’m like https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/287/383/662/739/212/original/089c50219577f02a.mp4 npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective [looks at schedule for today] Who the hell decided this was a good idea? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective My friend invented a game that could possibly become the official game of Mastodon. Check it out here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/cat-conquest-complete-edition #CatsOfMastodon https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/278/852/846/650/986/original/9fc1e2d86700145b.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective A few more pics, including the best hiking stick ever. It held my boots nicely for the water crossings. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/393/752/494/516/original/ea2516fad5ff8de1.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/393/859/223/007/original/44611c4d5589faac.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/393/981/001/228/original/04f2dc622a327bbb.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/394/096/443/373/original/df74980de2d14a8e.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Tales from the U.P. 4 days completely cut off from society brought us back to the pre-internet days when you went on vacation and had no idea what was happening in the world and nobody could reach you. With the absolute firehose to the face of news the last 9 months, this experience hit different and reminded me we are not built for whatever it is we’re doing as a society. But I digress. Woods highlights! - Night 1 on Lake Superior, seen at sunset in picture 1. The water was cold and the skies were clear with the Milky Way making an appearance later. No hiking that day, just a 6.5 hour drive from Chicago to the Porcupine Mountains. Slept in a yurt. - Day 1: drove to our trailhead and then had a 5-ish miles hike to mirror lake. Some of the trails in the Porkies have low points that get incredibly muddy, and this stretch didn’t disappoint. But we got through relatively unscathed. So it rained overnight and into the morning to keep things interesting. - Day 2: 7-ish miles from mirror lake to Lake Superior along the Big Carp River. More mud but also beautiful pine forests with lots of amphibian friends. Decent elevation (for someone from Illinois) with lots of ups and downs, especially on the second half of the trail. Met 2 other pairs of women backpacking similar routes at a water crossing. Seems like women are needing to escape society for some reason. - Day 3: 7-ish miles to Greenstone falls along the Little Carp River. This included a mile or so along the Lake Superior trail which is notoriously muddy with fallen trees and other nonsense. But the cabin at the end was recently fixed up and felt like the Four Seasons. The hotel, not the landscaping place. A guy was fishing for trout in the river and was storing them in the pocket of his hoodie. As one does. Day 4: easy 1.5 miles back to where we parked and drive back to civilization. So, around 20 miles of isolated bliss. I did learn how to use satellite to text Mr Nay each evening to let him know we were alive. That was pretty nifty. But other than that, we focused on the tasks at hand. Filtering water, making fires with damp wood, and living like hobbits. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/352/275/577/000/original/27edb4a6046f960e.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/352/418/116/342/original/8f1e5d4da24841cd.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/352/525/352/288/original/b4f44a3d7cd19ff3.jpeg https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/270/352/647/662/615/original/909d9d86116e20e3.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I’m back from the woods. 4 days with zero connection to the outside world thanks to Verizon having no coverage where I was in the UP of Michigan. What’d I miss? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective GWAR started with someone dressed as Elon in a Doge shirt that got decapitated, then Trump was disemboweled, an ICE agent sawed, and Putin had his hands cut off. With requisite blood spraying. I guess they have some feelings about the current geopolitical environment. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Come, my children, let us have a new experience together today https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/238/356/514/691/805/original/936c0d5583864c57.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Looking forward to never watching TV again based on how shit is going around here. #Kimmel npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Sometimes as a therapist you need to do this deep work exploring things and what-have-yous, and sometimes you need to tell an elderly person you've been working with for 15 years that when they die you'll absolutely visit their grave from time to time and pour out some chardonnay. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Friend who's going backpacking with me sends me this shit yesterday. This is the company I keep. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/215/518/262/882/250/original/b34656445dfca617.png npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Hi! I’m Tay, your AI-enabled therapist. You are smart enough, you are good enough, and gosh darn it people like you. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Veggie pesto for me 😁 npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Ordered fancy pizza for dinner for no particular reason npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Wait, was all that fuckin' Florida level heat and humidity this summer in the midwest because of sweaty corn? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective The fact that a CEO will snatch a tennis player’s cap that he’s trying to give to a kid in the stands and when he’s called out on it he doubles down with yeah, so? is all we need to know about this group of fucking people npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I post a lot of shit on here about my time as a psychologist in the US and in academia, and that's annoying AF, so here's a happy story. Right around when I first started my private practice in 2012, a person came in wanting help with weight loss. They had been on high doses of psychiatric medications for years, and were tapering themselves off. 900 mg of seroquel 5-7 mg of klonopin 120 mg of paxil All this was for a bipolar diagnosis they received in the 1980s after a single manic episode after they were prescribed a tricyclic antidepressant. They were a prodigal musician, even achieving first chair/principal in a symphony orchestra at an unheard of age. There was a fuck ton of pressure in their life at the time. Unfortunately they weren't able to maintain this high stress life and fell into a depression, but because they had the bipolar diagnosis they were given atypical antipsychotic medications at higher and higher doses. Long story short, they ended up on permanent disability with limited resources. So we worked together for years, meeting twice a week. They couldn't afford their high co-pays from their shitty medicare advantage plan, so we came up with a barter system where they paid me in Snapple iced tea and other fun beverages and I wrote off the rest of the co-pay. I've never been so well hydrated. It became pretty clear they didn't have bipolar disorder, so we had to unpack that revelation. It was childhood trauma, cPTSD. The lifetime of messages that they received of being unable to care for themselves from friends, family, and the healthcare system slowly was replaced with stronger and stronger beliefs in their capabilities. One day, they mused on the idea of relocating to another state and attending college. I basically was like absofuckinlutely you should. And they eventually did. I'm not going to pretend it was a walk in the park, and we continued to meet during the transition. But once they got rolling in school, we stopped formally meeting as doctor-patient. But they keep me updated via text from time to time about how things were going. They graduated this year with their bachelor's degree with honors and are attending a masters program this fall. It's hands down the best thing that's happened to me in my life as a psychologist. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Tired: is he dead yet? Wired: has he suffered a catastrophic stroke that renders him bedridden but cognizant enough to know what’s going on and that everyone abandoned him in droves? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective People: now more than ever you gotta build community close to home. Me: yeah but what if your neighborhood is full of assholes? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective 5 out of 5 Fedi psychologists recommend that you follow @npub1jkh…nkzk for significant improvements in your mental well-being. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I mean who hasn’t left state documents on the hotel business center printer? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective The primary reason I’m not a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) was their bullshit stance on allowing psychologists to consult at Gitmo on how to do torture best. The second reason I’m not a member of the APA is they invited Dr Phil to give the Presidential Address at their 2006 annual conference. Oh they also had Bill Cosby speak that year, too, but his shit wasn’t public yet. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Also, WTF is a PeerJ? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Academic publishing has reached a token economy level. My fucking god, it's been a DAY today. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Ooooo PeerJ tokens! [Email I received today] Dear Dr. ..., I am a staff editor at PeerJ and I believe you are well-matched to review this article. I would be obliged if you could peer-review it. ... Your insights would be invaluable to this research and as a gesture of our appreciation you will receive PeerJ Tokens, which you can use for discounts on future open-access publishing. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Sorry I was late, I had to spend an hour on the phone yelling at some poor woman in India because our US healthcare system is absolutely fucking broken. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective holy shit, COSPLAYING A PERSONALITY DISORDER. As a clinical psychologist, deep deep DEEP appreciation for the most accurate take of LinkedIn I've ever seen 😂 npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Did you get me my fries? #Caturday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/998/516/352/854/529/original/1c945f12d7b0181c.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I knew this was coming. I’ve been reviewing online medical content for years, which has been a mix of personal stories about coping with various illnesses and educational articles on mental health diagnoses and treatments. I’ve now gotten 2 articles clearly written by AI. They’re the garbage you’d expect and I’ve made it known in my reviews I recognize it’s AI slop. I’m not sure how much longer I’ll do this work, because they’ll either fire me for being an asshole, or not give a shit about medical review any more and just churn out trash. I also want no part of training AI models. Blarg. #enshittification npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/968/117/393/509/517/original/e0ec5d2c3ca6de6b.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective While boarding a flight from Chicago to LA: Flight attendant: I LOVE your [punch a nazi] hat. Me: thank you…I promise not to cause any trouble on the flight should there be any Nazis FA: well we’d clearly have to put self-defense on the report npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective My daughter has a 504 plan for ADHD that I haven’t informed her new high school of. She doesn’t need to be on any lists. I say that half jokingly. I think she’ll do ok without it, so I want to see before we go down that road. Good times, noodle salad. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Edwin J. Feulner, an architect of Project 2025, died Friday :coolstorybob: Please post your reaction in GIF form npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Remember when Stephen Colbert did his show during COVID with a skeleton crew so we could at least have some comedy in our lives? Paramount doesn’t. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/885/464/579/016/237/original/62951659d1668e9c.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective If you have kids under age 18, can you please help me with something? I want to check my biases. Thank you! If you’d like to boost for reach, that’d be great. In your experience, do social gatherings centered around the kids - an end of season banquet for a sport, a birthday party, hanging out at the public pool, etc - often include the parents drinking a lot / getting drunk? npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective absolutely. The racism remains even if they think they're "saving face." npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective People need what we call in the biz "an honorable out." This is when a person ignores all incoming information to change their behavior or beliefs, and they even argue that what they're doing is the right thing despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. But there's a nagging feeling going on in their skull that they probably cannot even articulate that well (dissonance). So they wait for something to latch onto to justify finally listening to what others have been saying. To simply admit "I was wrong" is too painful, so find the honorable out. And I think that's what's happening inside MAGA with the Epstein nonsense. They've essentially ignored every red flag about Trump for 10 years, embraced the cruelty, etc. In part, to not ever have to admit they were wrong about him. Sunk cost fallacy and all that. His policies are impacting them, or are going to impact them, but so many seem to have inexplicably dug in even more (typical of cult shit). But there's dissonance brewing even if they don't want to admit it. You see glimpses of it on their stupid podcasts or other content. Unfortunately, some will contort themselves even more to forgive the "there is no list" and stay firmly put in the MAGA universe. But I think there is a decent chunk of MAGA who want a way out without having to admit they were wrong about basically everything. Epstein is their honorable out. #USPol npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I’ve now had to turn down job offers in Norway and Sweden. If I scratch off 2 more counties on my Nordic card I win a free smørbrød. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective So yeah it’s a beer for dinner day. Bell’s Oberon, from the great state of Michigan. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Learned of another cancer diagnosis in my immediate circles and ya know, universe, I’ve got a list of assholes who would be much better suited for a glioblastoma. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Good morning from Chicago, frenz! 👋 ☕️ https://mastodon.social/@livelakemichigan/114800061798505726 npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Normalize asking “will there be any MAGA types there?” when responding to a party invite. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective With the empathy window cracked, I tried to push it a bit more and asked her what would she do if she didn't have me or my brother, who know how to use the internet and have resources and shit? It was a good hour conversation and I think I made some more headway. My brother and I have been slowly chipping away at the brainwashing. But it's all too fuckin' late anyway. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Come, sit a spell by the fire my friends. I have a story to share. My 83 year-old republican mother seems to have run into a problem proving her United States citizenship. You see, like a proper woman in the 1960s she took her husband's last name. She's lived with this last name for 62 years. She does not, however, have a copy of her marriage certificate. She is also the holder of a passport that expired 16 years ago. In the process of trying to renew her passport, which has her married name on it, the clerk at the post office asked for proof of marriage since her drivers license and passport names do not match her birth certificate. She wanted this proof to send in with the application just in case the US passport office decides to send it back due to the discrepancy. Even though she has an expired passport with her married name, they might not accept this any more as proof of citizenship. If she cannot renew her passport, she also cannot get a REAL ID without proof of marriage. From 1963. When we searched the Cook County website for a marriage record, none were found. This will lead to what some might call "significant administrative burden" in the form of phone calls to government agencies to try to find a marriage certificate from 6 decades ago. I then told her about the SAVE Act, which thankfully is stalled but may be why this is coming up for her now, when it was never an issue in the past. And that I *think* she will be OK and they will process her passport application because that didn't pass (yet). She had no fuckin' idea what the SAVE Act is, because she only consumes conservative media. I was like if we can't sort this out and get a marriage certificate, you may not be able to vote if the SAVE Act passes. Commence a bunch of "how can they do this?" type talk. In her defense, she had some sort of epiphany of how this is impacting immigrants and all the horrible shit going on. Because, you know, now it's affecting her. She's a classic uninformed conservative voter, and she just got a big dose of FAFO. I was like, yeah. Can you understand why my brother and I keep saying "this is bad"? Now let's roast some marshmallows. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I have concepts of a #gravy npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective I lost the charging cable for my smartwatch somewhere between here and Norway. So there are only the following reasonable responses: 1) Cease all movement since it cannot be quantified and applied to an arbitrary fitness challenge. 2) Immediately return to Norway to look for it. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Received an invitation to work in Sweden for a year as a visiting researcher, I assume as part of Europe's push to poach U.S. scientists based on, you know, things and what-have-yous going on here. Not something I can swing with 2 kids, but it's really nice to be considered. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Took the bins out last night and thought of @npub1unt…e5lx who lives on the other side of the world. Behold the power of the fediverse. npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective A cool and breezy scene from the top of Ulriken in Bergen 🇳🇴 June 21, 2025. As some sort of an attempt to offset the soupy heatwave of Chicagoland I’ve returned to. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/732/791/810/405/105/original/207d8ffc69e6f62c.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective This regal AF Norwegian goat wishes you a happy Midsommar 🌞 https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/717/587/500/534/846/original/e5a9459c80064ca0.jpeg npub1ranzkkjqqk4szpvxwynzht08a6s4lt63ahype8z4wdxf9v6kys6q0pdnlr TayFoNay, Pet Detective Official mood fish of having watched US news https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/714/619/629/019/359/original/d49bc004568504cf.jpeg