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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 8 days

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that sounds very normal? what's the point of them sharing this?

This kind of coverage would eviscerate me. “Staffers report that swamplizard feels tired ‘all the time’ for ‘no reason.’ Even drinking stimulants doesn’t help, but he does it anyway. ‘I take naps even though they make me feel like I’m about to die,’ he was overheard saying at a campaign event”

me when my iron levels are low and/or I'm particularly triggered

Joe Biden is exhibiting what's known as sundowning. It's a sign of age related dementia. It's not a stutter, or a gaffe, it's the emperor with no clothes and the DNC all out of viable options. We are living in the result of clearing the field for Hillary.

^fuck, nor a gaffe

Or me every mid-afternoon during what is apparently now my six-month-long allergy "season".

seriously. i hate both trump and biden, and also… bsky.app/profile/m00p...

i mean. i don’t think presidents should exist. one small small reason for that is exactly because expecting the leader of hundreds of millions of people to be “on” and scrutiny-ready every single second of their life makes no sense, esp not in a world where everyone’s slowly getting long covid.

also, love that i got blocked (by someone who previously seemed to have some understanding of disability justice) in that thread for pointing out ableist trump diaper jokes just hurt regular disabled people who need diapers to participate in society 🙄

It is so awful that people find the need to go to age and cognitive issues and physical insults / etc to criticise *GENOCIDE* Joe and trump as though there was no other criticism to levy against these two

But FAAAAAAAAAAAT.....but fatty fat fat! I am an adult!

right?? like. the mere fact of someone needing to wear a diaper or having a stutter on its own harms no one. the real danger here is what these politicians are actually doing with the power and influence they have. focus on those!! and work to make society an accessible place for all.

It's very childish. So many people's political opinions have the depth of a bumper sticker zinger

I agree with you, but it is a big problem if he has dementia.

YOU know the point of them sharing this

There's a term for this: sundowning. my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...

Sundown Syndrome: Causes, Treatment & Symptomsmy.clevelandclinic.org People who have dementia can experience sundowning. Symptoms, including irritability, paranoia and pacing, often occur at the end of the day.

If Biden were sundowning, he wouldn't have been able to stand in one place, answer a question at all, or even been aware he was being spoken to much of the time. He would be visibly agitated. His performance was not good, but if you've ever witnessed sundowning, that's not what that was.

I have witnessed it, and the severity varies from case to case. He may be in the early stage, and he may be benefitting from having the best healthcare of anyone on earth. Either way, it is painfully obvious that his mental faculties are declining rapidly.

I mean, that’s all true for me and I’m 36 years old…

It's called sundowning.

Oh for fucks sake. He doesn’t have fucking Alzheimer’s, which is a prerequisite for sundowning. Unless you’ve watched someone you love actually die of that disease fuck all the way fucking off.

I've watched two loved ones die of old age and they included both age related Alzheimer's and sundowning. Joe Biden has been showing the signs since before 2020.

the infamously objective and truthful white house doctors

www.theguardian.com/world/2011/j...

Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's while president, says sonwww.theguardian.com Son Ron Reagan's claim that Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's while in office leads to war of words with half brother Michael

Can he draw a clock?

May you be blessed with senior relatives who see this and ask you about it

yeah we're all going to have to wrestle the car keys from our parents one day. this is not a gotcha

2019 thehill.com/homenews/cam...

thehill.com

You’ve never witnessed sundowning, have you?

No, it fucking is not. Don’t be stupid.

I mean… that’s more working hours than the average CEO…

Compared to Trump looking at pictures aides would put in front of him from 11am-3pm then tweeting from the toilet the rest of the day, Biden is a distinct step up.

Getting deja vu. “Biden allies” said the same thing back in 2019. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Biden allies float scaling back events to limit gaffesthehill.com Allies to Joe Biden have been floating the idea of altering the former vice president’s schedule in an effort to reduce the gaffes he has made in recent days.The allies, growing increasingly …

You mean Joe Biden was unfit for the job in 2020? The DNC installed him in a calculated and deliberate "stop Bernie" movement? Oh. I didn't know.

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They should think on scaling back his term

A good chunk of the population over 40. The question is, does he sundown? There appears to be no evidence. No angry miscues, no random tangents. Just some absent mindedness and time for thought and recall. It appears Trump is a sundowner based on evening events. Anger, tangents, incoherence.

what does it mean to "sundown" bc my Black ass keeps thinking of something else

There's a conditioner called "Sundowner's Syndrome" where people with some forms of dementia rapidly lose function as the sun sets. It happens pretty frequently. And yeah, has nothing to do with the other "sundown" issue.

ahhhhhh. thank you. I suspected but wanted to make sure

I will say Biden was always a foot in mouth guy to the point that noticing increasing “verbal miscues” is inherently a bit troubling. Like if someone said John Elway was “starting to hold footballs”

My problem is his endorsement of genocide, his relationship with policing, his relationship with oil and gas companies HOWEVER Project 2025 is not something the US can come back from and will result in the deaths of LGBTQIA people.

I purposely did not touch any of these topics!

“The term "sundowning" refers to a state of confusion that occurs in the late afternoon and lasts into the night.“ www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

Sundowning: Tips for dealing with late-day confusionwww.mayoclinic.org Sundowning isn't a disease. It's a symptom that often occurs in people with dementia.

thank you

I was getting there, sorry for the delay. My father was a sundowner, and it's quite sad. Biden appears to be just getting old...

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