Like anyone diagnosed with a severe PD, #AmberHeardDeservesJustice in the form of accessing effective medical care, asap.
The nature of her PD is that she lacks insight into her need for care.
Those who love her should enable it. She deserves that basic kindness from them.
People diagnosed with a PD like Amber's and who have her considerable access to resources, can access expert, high quality therapeutic services in a safe and private environment in the US. PD lack of insight requires short term limiting of a patient's right to informed consent.
The professional expectation and the loved ones' hope is that such patients would, over time, gain at least some insight into the diagnosis and the consequent need for secure care. Such care can reduce the damage the patient can do to their own interests, at least temporarily.
I find it tragically ironic that people who (rightly) argued for the return of Britney Spears' personal care rights are so opposed to the same process being initiated in at least the short term by the loved ones of Amber Heard.
I remind y'all there is a baby involved, too.
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It surprises me that Harry wore a Dior suit because it looked to me like it's been poorly tailored for him. There are hundreds of valid critiques to be made of these two from just this NYC trip, but I find his almost disheveled appearance to be very telling.
There are plenty of public domain video clips and photos of both Harry and Meghan over the past few days.
I don't need to justify my opinions about them to anyone. If you want to defend their track record over the past 6 years, go ahead. But don't expect me to agree with you.
For the Sussexes of Montecito, everything changed on July 3, 2022 as they ascended then descended the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Royal watchers have dissected every part of their attendance at HM the Queen's jubilee service of thanksgiving that day...
🧵I've been living and breathing (international) politics for 40+ years.
My values reflect the centrist liberal democratic environment "we" generally had until the last decade or so.
The spread of RW extremism has forced me to look further back in history, to 1939-45 and
... now I look even further back, to the American Civil War of the 1860s, and then beyond the 18th and 19th centuries in both Europe and North America.
The Age of Enlightenment used to be a purely historical subject for me. Yet some in power rn don't value it at all.
I'm talking about the RW extremists in both the US and the UK.
Clearly, RW extremists aka fascists aka white supremacists are the ones pulling the strings of "conservative" politicians in those countries, and
subject to my research time, probably in other countries, too.
Thread: What caused the death of Ivana Trump on July 14, 2022?
Some new info was just released by the local medical examiner about injuries consistent with an accidental fall down the stairs.
IMO, more investigation will be needed.
I need to be very clear: I am NOT making any claims about factors that may or may not be involved in her death. I really detest such behavior, especially this soon after the event.
Just saying, investigating the death of a high profile person requires keeping an open mind.
We don't yet know what evidence the medical examiner has. As a hypothetical example, if there is CCTV footage, that would be valuable. A fall can be caused by many things. Finding injuries consistent with a fall is just one part of the potential evidence field.
I'm still thinking about Shinzo Abe and hoping he pulls through. He is to Japan what Churchill was to the UK in the final decade of his life. Or what Eisenhower was to the US.
I need to remind some about previous terrorism in Japan, eg:
When a Republican says "The US is a republic, not a democracy" they are just trying to avoid having to answer for their abandonment of the lawful democratic practices that used to be valued and agreed to by both sides.
Here's how the brainwashing works:
Until relatively recently, the Republican party's position was that the US is a democratic country, as opposed to one ruled by a military junta, absolute monarchy, or an actual communist party.
Direct democracy means that all decisions are made by voters. That's unworkable...
Most of the industrialized countries of the world are representative democracies.
That means that voters elect representatives to represent their general views when decisions need to be made.
A version of the democratic process is used to elect those representatives.
This year's Atlantic and NE Pacific hurricane seasons will see an increased number and severity of storms.
On top of that, US supply chains can barely keep up with current demand. Post hurricane response times will be much longer, so:
I strongly recommend your household emergency supplies be increased, so that you can remain self sufficient for as long as possible. Upskill yourself on all aspects of prepping, even if you are far away from hurricane country. Supply chains are all interconnected.