Diane Porter
@dianeporter.bsky.social
Cranky editor with ADHD who insists on proper punctuation, buys too many planners, makes too many lists, the closet is a disaster, I need a shower, I live on caffeine. Recent Twitter refugee. She/her. Welcome.
Also: It is not your fault.
Also: It is not your fault.
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Diane Porter
@dianeporter.bsky.social
· Sep 8
The #adhd to-do list:
-need groceries
-but first, let’s make a healthier eating/exercise plan
-but first, let’s make a new life plan
-but first, let’s clean up the house
-ooh, must repaint bedroom
-shops for new bedroom linens
-hungry, how is there nothing in frig
#ADHD_FFS #adhd
#hi twitter peeps
-need groceries
-but first, let’s make a healthier eating/exercise plan
-but first, let’s make a new life plan
-but first, let’s clean up the house
-ooh, must repaint bedroom
-shops for new bedroom linens
-hungry, how is there nothing in frig
#ADHD_FFS #adhd
#hi twitter peeps
What’s the “easy” task that gives you SO much trouble to get done that it’s ridiculous?
I’ll start: renewing prescriptions, OMG. Please tell me your magic for doing this instead of putting if off so long it’s a real problem
#ADHD #adhdlife #makesmecrazy
I’ll start: renewing prescriptions, OMG. Please tell me your magic for doing this instead of putting if off so long it’s a real problem
#ADHD #adhdlife #makesmecrazy
July 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What’s the “easy” task that gives you SO much trouble to get done that it’s ridiculous?
I’ll start: renewing prescriptions, OMG. Please tell me your magic for doing this instead of putting if off so long it’s a real problem
#ADHD #adhdlife #makesmecrazy
I’ll start: renewing prescriptions, OMG. Please tell me your magic for doing this instead of putting if off so long it’s a real problem
#ADHD #adhdlife #makesmecrazy
Well dammit
ADHD Pro Tip: putting your breakfast on your desk is not the same as eating it
May 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Well dammit
ADHD coach: If you want to get things done, stay off the couch.
ADHD me: Oooh I wonder who invented couches
ADHD me: Oooh I wonder who invented couches
April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ADHD coach: If you want to get things done, stay off the couch.
ADHD me: Oooh I wonder who invented couches
ADHD me: Oooh I wonder who invented couches
So there’s that. Good job, 47.
April 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So there’s that. Good job, 47.
The breathtaking cover of this week’s @economist.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The breathtaking cover of this week’s @economist.com
If you’re going to add a fake tattoo to a photo of Abrego Garcia’s hand, maybe think it through and don’t use a computer font.
April 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you’re going to add a fake tattoo to a photo of Abrego Garcia’s hand, maybe think it through and don’t use a computer font.
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Thank goodness for ADHD meds because on days I don't have them (like today), my head is a cafeteria with some of the most annoying kids I've ever met.
April 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thank goodness for ADHD meds because on days I don't have them (like today), my head is a cafeteria with some of the most annoying kids I've ever met.
The fact that each of the four brilliant “Adolescence” episodes was shot in one take - which is integral to the entire point of the show - is completely lost when @netflix.com breaks in with ads.
April 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The fact that each of the four brilliant “Adolescence” episodes was shot in one take - which is integral to the entire point of the show - is completely lost when @netflix.com breaks in with ads.
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can’t believe you guys are turning to chat gpt for book recommendations, all you need is one friend with ADHD who will try to get you into a new fandom every two weeks
March 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
can’t believe you guys are turning to chat gpt for book recommendations, all you need is one friend with ADHD who will try to get you into a new fandom every two weeks
Yet another day when I have to decide whether to manage my ADHD or worry about the future of democracy
March 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yet another day when I have to decide whether to manage my ADHD or worry about the future of democracy
Good games to play on the iPad on a long car trip So, not building massive countries or anything. Go!
March 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good games to play on the iPad on a long car trip So, not building massive countries or anything. Go!
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This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
As if it’s not enough that democracy is under siege, we have a war with Canada now, and Elon Musk wants to eliminate Social Security, @southwestair.bsky.social is now going to charge bag fees. Herb Kelleher would not be happy.
March 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As if it’s not enough that democracy is under siege, we have a war with Canada now, and Elon Musk wants to eliminate Social Security, @southwestair.bsky.social is now going to charge bag fees. Herb Kelleher would not be happy.
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i just slammed my fingers in the door because my brain is off and i forgot the “let go of the door” part of the task tell me again how ADHD is a superpower???
February 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
i just slammed my fingers in the door because my brain is off and i forgot the “let go of the door” part of the task tell me again how ADHD is a superpower???
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Kansas, you rock!
Sen Jerry Moran hasn’t had a town hall, so his constituents had an empty chair one But, they live all over the state, so they did it on zoom with someone signing in as Jerry Moran.
Bravo!
So if you’re barrier was that it has to be in person, no, it doesn’t
Sen Jerry Moran hasn’t had a town hall, so his constituents had an empty chair one But, they live all over the state, so they did it on zoom with someone signing in as Jerry Moran.
Bravo!
So if you’re barrier was that it has to be in person, no, it doesn’t
Virtual Town Hall for Senator Jerry Moran
YouTube video by Prairie Hollow Creations
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kansas, you rock!
Sen Jerry Moran hasn’t had a town hall, so his constituents had an empty chair one But, they live all over the state, so they did it on zoom with someone signing in as Jerry Moran.
Bravo!
So if you’re barrier was that it has to be in person, no, it doesn’t
Sen Jerry Moran hasn’t had a town hall, so his constituents had an empty chair one But, they live all over the state, so they did it on zoom with someone signing in as Jerry Moran.
Bravo!
So if you’re barrier was that it has to be in person, no, it doesn’t
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If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
He went to Iraq after 9/11. Served several deployments. Now we’re not going to honor the promise we made.
Wife of Iraq veteran detained by ICE says husband was told he would not be deported
In an exclusive interview with ABC15, Tanisha Hartwell-Parris asks the federal government to honor a commitment it made to her husband, Marlon Parris, to not deport him.
www.abc15.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
He went to Iraq after 9/11. Served several deployments. Now we’re not going to honor the promise we made.
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Absolute fact.
I'm at my prime during a crisis.
💜♾️
#ADHD
How to simply explain ADHD:
We panic all the time except during panic situations.
By: The genius of ADHD
💜♾️
#ADHD
How to simply explain ADHD:
We panic all the time except during panic situations.
By: The genius of ADHD
February 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Absolute fact.
My exact daily routine.
ADHD is wild bc you’ll wake up early to be productive and eat a good breakfast then reward yourself with 4 hours of procrastination.
January 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My exact daily routine.
So, great news.
A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.
Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis, a new study finds
A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.
www.npr.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So, great news.
That time 3 hours before you’re finished when your brain announces that it’s done. Good times.
December 27, 2024 at 10:16 PM
That time 3 hours before you’re finished when your brain announces that it’s done. Good times.
-let’s look up 2025 horoscope
-hopes for exciting predictions!
-oooh, success at work increases
-ugh, remembers big work project has stalled, will soon be overdue
-age of Aquarius probably won’t fix that for me
-ok nevermind
-hopes for exciting predictions!
-oooh, success at work increases
-ugh, remembers big work project has stalled, will soon be overdue
-age of Aquarius probably won’t fix that for me
-ok nevermind
December 27, 2024 at 12:41 PM
-let’s look up 2025 horoscope
-hopes for exciting predictions!
-oooh, success at work increases
-ugh, remembers big work project has stalled, will soon be overdue
-age of Aquarius probably won’t fix that for me
-ok nevermind
-hopes for exciting predictions!
-oooh, success at work increases
-ugh, remembers big work project has stalled, will soon be overdue
-age of Aquarius probably won’t fix that for me
-ok nevermind
Excellent planning on my part: Buying six rolls of tape before gift-wrapping season began
Not-so-excellent planning: I can’t find them
Life with #adhd
Not-so-excellent planning: I can’t find them
Life with #adhd
December 19, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Excellent planning on my part: Buying six rolls of tape before gift-wrapping season began
Not-so-excellent planning: I can’t find them
Life with #adhd
Not-so-excellent planning: I can’t find them
Life with #adhd
Christmas should be like Leap Year, once every four years. Or the Olympics, so we’d really truly be excited to see it coming. There could even be medals. I would earn the gold in time blindness for sure.
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Christmas should be like Leap Year, once every four years. Or the Olympics, so we’d really truly be excited to see it coming. There could even be medals. I would earn the gold in time blindness for sure.