Rivka
@rivka-otter.bsky.social
Psychologist (but not *your* psychologist), parent, progressive, and all manner of things that begin with P. What a time to be alive and anxious.
Have you read the books?
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Have you read the books?
Me at the end of ep 4: “I know that genre conventions require that I feel terrible right now but I FEEL TERRIBLE RIGHT NOW.”
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Me at the end of ep 4: “I know that genre conventions require that I feel terrible right now but I FEEL TERRIBLE RIGHT NOW.”
That show is EVERYTHING
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
That show is EVERYTHING
I love his version of I Heard The Bells! (A carol that totally kicks ass, btw)
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I love his version of I Heard The Bells! (A carol that totally kicks ass, btw)
I’d like to say “I got as far as ‘interned for Christine Hoff Sommers’ and stopped reading,” but of course I was masochistic enough to read the whole thing.
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’d like to say “I got as far as ‘interned for Christine Hoff Sommers’ and stopped reading,” but of course I was masochistic enough to read the whole thing.
Once Acrobat smugly informed me that it had pre-summarized the PDF I opened, even though I didn’t ask, as a treat.
It was a set of test results from the second most-used English-language IQ test.
The bit of summary I could see got the name of the test wrong.
It was a set of test results from the second most-used English-language IQ test.
The bit of summary I could see got the name of the test wrong.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once Acrobat smugly informed me that it had pre-summarized the PDF I opened, even though I didn’t ask, as a treat.
It was a set of test results from the second most-used English-language IQ test.
The bit of summary I could see got the name of the test wrong.
It was a set of test results from the second most-used English-language IQ test.
The bit of summary I could see got the name of the test wrong.
A young adult once told me that she listened to short snippets of certain songs for hours because the progression of notes was so satisfying. There was a matching way she needed to rock her body.
“Don’t be silly, Dr. Otter. I’m not autistic, my brother is.”
“Don’t be silly, Dr. Otter. I’m not autistic, my brother is.”
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A young adult once told me that she listened to short snippets of certain songs for hours because the progression of notes was so satisfying. There was a matching way she needed to rock her body.
“Don’t be silly, Dr. Otter. I’m not autistic, my brother is.”
“Don’t be silly, Dr. Otter. I’m not autistic, my brother is.”
I’m a psychologist who specializes in assessment and I 100% agree.
“Likes listening to music,” sure, lots of people do. “Listens to the same song on repeat for hours,” that’s a Criterion B symptom.
“Likes listening to music,” sure, lots of people do. “Listens to the same song on repeat for hours,” that’s a Criterion B symptom.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m a psychologist who specializes in assessment and I 100% agree.
“Likes listening to music,” sure, lots of people do. “Listens to the same song on repeat for hours,” that’s a Criterion B symptom.
“Likes listening to music,” sure, lots of people do. “Listens to the same song on repeat for hours,” that’s a Criterion B symptom.
My autistic young adult has a Spotify playlist of variations on the ballad Tam Lin. It’s two hours long.
QED.
QED.
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My autistic young adult has a Spotify playlist of variations on the ballad Tam Lin. It’s two hours long.
QED.
QED.
The student’s mother is an activist right-wing lawyer who represented several January 6 defendants.
That certainly adds to my impression that this was a calculated stunt.
That certainly adds to my impression that this was a calculated stunt.
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The student’s mother is an activist right-wing lawyer who represented several January 6 defendants.
That certainly adds to my impression that this was a calculated stunt.
That certainly adds to my impression that this was a calculated stunt.
I have to wait until Sunday so I can watch with my bestie and I am dyinggggg
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have to wait until Sunday so I can watch with my bestie and I am dyinggggg
Shoutout to the German exchange student at my high school who came back after his first American Thanksgiving and said “in Germany, we feed pumpkins to the pigs.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Shoutout to the German exchange student at my high school who came back after his first American Thanksgiving and said “in Germany, we feed pumpkins to the pigs.”
Tell me more about Tourtière, that is BEAUTIFUL!
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tell me more about Tourtière, that is BEAUTIFUL!
Has he already deleted his account?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Has he already deleted his account?
(My 14yo was also offered her first shot of vodka but wisely declined. Even though “it is traditional with smoked fish.”)
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
(My 14yo was also offered her first shot of vodka but wisely declined. Even though “it is traditional with smoked fish.”)
One of my family’s happiest travel memories is the time we did a “tasting tour” of the Central Market in Riga. We ate EVERYTHING. Bread soup, cheese with nettles, smoked pig’s ear, “herring in a fur coat,” and my 18yo’s first shot of vodka.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my family’s happiest travel memories is the time we did a “tasting tour” of the Central Market in Riga. We ate EVERYTHING. Bread soup, cheese with nettles, smoked pig’s ear, “herring in a fur coat,” and my 18yo’s first shot of vodka.