Becky Richardson
@beckyrichardson.bsky.social
Romantic/Victorian lit, ecocriticism, medical humanities/disability studies, self-help discourse, writing/rhetoric studies & pedagogy. Also lots of amateur bird photography (and whatever wildlife will pose for me).
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One thing about writing that chatbots can't replace is that when you write you think and when you think you change and sometimes grow. (including new synapses in your brain - not everything is metaphor ya know). But that takes time.
July 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One thing about writing that chatbots can't replace is that when you write you think and when you think you change and sometimes grow. (including new synapses in your brain - not everything is metaphor ya know). But that takes time.
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Very early to know if it works in humans and no negative side issues, but hopeful. We NEED science and we need expert Scientists to be held up with great esteem! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows
Previously, the only way to reduce levels of Pfas was by bloodletting or a drug with unpleasant side effects
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Very early to know if it works in humans and no negative side issues, but hopeful. We NEED science and we need expert Scientists to be held up with great esteem! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"All students should have the right to mask. All students should have the right to clean classroom air. All students should have a right to participate in college without risking Long COVID. "
Stephanie Castaneda Perez, a Stanford history alum who has been living with #LongCOVID for two years, writes about the ways universities are failing their students when it comes to COVID-19 and Long COVID. bit.ly/4eAk7j5
July 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"All students should have the right to mask. All students should have the right to clean classroom air. All students should have a right to participate in college without risking Long COVID. "
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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
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As @adambecker.bsky.social makes clear in his new book, More Everything Forever, we’re not going to colonize Mars. What’s underneath the desire of tech oligarchs to take us there is deeply disturbing. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
We're Not Going to Colonize Mars
On Adam Becker's new book and the people who are going to destroy the universe in the name of saving "humanity."
open.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As @adambecker.bsky.social makes clear in his new book, More Everything Forever, we’re not going to colonize Mars. What’s underneath the desire of tech oligarchs to take us there is deeply disturbing. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
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Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.
As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver
Just 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology.
fortune.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.
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new from me: The House Republicans Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
you have to read it because i've been working 15-hour days :')
you have to read it because i've been working 15-hour days :')
The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
www.americanprogress.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
new from me: The House Republicans Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
you have to read it because i've been working 15-hour days :')
you have to read it because i've been working 15-hour days :')
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As someone who taught in-person and in great fear most all of 2020-2021 despite recent cancer and open heart surgery, I'm grateful for these paragraphs in @winterjessica.bsky.social's piece on pandemic school building closures.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As someone who taught in-person and in great fear most all of 2020-2021 despite recent cancer and open heart surgery, I'm grateful for these paragraphs in @winterjessica.bsky.social's piece on pandemic school building closures.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Does anyone near Palo Alto need some crickets???
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Does anyone near Palo Alto need some crickets???
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You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b.... Quotable quote: “A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.” Yeah, that “someone” used to be called the government and regulation. Til you all destroyed it.
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b.... Quotable quote: “A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.” Yeah, that “someone” used to be called the government and regulation. Til you all destroyed it.
A bleak time when I’m pinning all my hope on Goldman fucking Sachs saving us from Trump further destroying the economy
“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A bleak time when I’m pinning all my hope on Goldman fucking Sachs saving us from Trump further destroying the economy
Keeping the momentum going, this Tuesday, April 8, the Kill the Cuts rally at Stanford, White Plaza, 2-3pm
sgwu.us/s/kill-the-c...
sgwu.us/s/kill-the-c...
April 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Keeping the momentum going, this Tuesday, April 8, the Kill the Cuts rally at Stanford, White Plaza, 2-3pm
sgwu.us/s/kill-the-c...
sgwu.us/s/kill-the-c...
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"The only way to guarantee real housing abundance is deep public support, adding state capacity to build+maintain a home for everyone. Something analogous goes for health care+food clean air+water parks schools transit news universities science museums+worthwhile art"
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
What’s the Matter with Abundance? | Malcolm Harris
“Abundance” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is new packaging for a tried-and-failed attempt to escape from history on a rocket ship.
thebaffler.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The only way to guarantee real housing abundance is deep public support, adding state capacity to build+maintain a home for everyone. Something analogous goes for health care+food clean air+water parks schools transit news universities science museums+worthwhile art"
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
thebaffler.com/latest/whats...
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Trump says he’ll use revenue from tariffs to “offset” more big tax cuts.
Those tax cuts will disproportionately benefit wealthy Americans and big corporations.
But revenue raised from tariffs will be coming disproportionately from average working people.
It's another scam.
Those tax cuts will disproportionately benefit wealthy Americans and big corporations.
But revenue raised from tariffs will be coming disproportionately from average working people.
It's another scam.
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump says he’ll use revenue from tariffs to “offset” more big tax cuts.
Those tax cuts will disproportionately benefit wealthy Americans and big corporations.
But revenue raised from tariffs will be coming disproportionately from average working people.
It's another scam.
Those tax cuts will disproportionately benefit wealthy Americans and big corporations.
But revenue raised from tariffs will be coming disproportionately from average working people.
It's another scam.
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mRNA is at the forefront of cancer research, as well as vaccines
National Institutes of Health officials have now told scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications.
This means that all research in the field will be stopped and abandoned.
National Institutes of Health officials have now told scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications.
This means that all research in the field will be stopped and abandoned.
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
mRNA is at the forefront of cancer research, as well as vaccines
National Institutes of Health officials have now told scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications.
This means that all research in the field will be stopped and abandoned.
National Institutes of Health officials have now told scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications.
This means that all research in the field will be stopped and abandoned.
I've realized this is the perfect thing to have on in the background while grading. It's like the eagle pomodoro method -- a long spell of quiet forest, then every once in a while it's time to eat some leftovers or chase off some ravens: www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/
Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest 2025 | Friends of Big Bear Valley
www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I've realized this is the perfect thing to have on in the background while grading. It's like the eagle pomodoro method -- a long spell of quiet forest, then every once in a while it's time to eat some leftovers or chase off some ravens: www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/
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We have got to figure out a way to break the cycle of “humans find ways to prevent bad things from happening, bad things stop happening for so long that humans forget they’re possible and remove the mechanisms of prevention, and bad things start happening again”
March 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We have got to figure out a way to break the cycle of “humans find ways to prevent bad things from happening, bad things stop happening for so long that humans forget they’re possible and remove the mechanisms of prevention, and bad things start happening again”
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i wrote about being at war with my own brain www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
the hairshirt doldrums
on having a brain injury
www.late-review.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
i wrote about being at war with my own brain www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
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From Ron Valdisseri, David Holtgrave and Julie Scofield: 'we are obliged to speak out about the dangers of these policies; 'silence is not an option'.” www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
When Executive Directives And Public Health Ethics Collide | Health Affairs Forefront
Recent policy directives from the White House seek to compel actions that are contrary to widely accepted standards of ethical public health practice.
www.healthaffairs.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From Ron Valdisseri, David Holtgrave and Julie Scofield: 'we are obliged to speak out about the dangers of these policies; 'silence is not an option'.” www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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I had such a great time hanging out with @beckyrichardson.bsky.social's class at @stanford.edu today, talking about #LongCovid, #DisabilityJustice, power imbalances in medicine, why doctors (et al) should look at people as humans not "patients," and narrative. Such thoughtful, curious students.
March 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I had such a great time hanging out with @beckyrichardson.bsky.social's class at @stanford.edu today, talking about #LongCovid, #DisabilityJustice, power imbalances in medicine, why doctors (et al) should look at people as humans not "patients," and narrative. Such thoughtful, curious students.
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SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
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Awwwww everyone wants you to go back to the theater and get Covid.
March 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Awwwww everyone wants you to go back to the theater and get Covid.
jfc there's a lot to say about this:
the MMR vaccine is a "personal" decision parents need to make??
*good nutrition* is "a best defense" against INFECTIOUS DISEASES????
but ummmm "tens of thousands died with, or of, measles annually in 19th Century America"?!?!?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
the MMR vaccine is a "personal" decision parents need to make??
*good nutrition* is "a best defense" against INFECTIOUS DISEASES????
but ummmm "tens of thousands died with, or of, measles annually in 19th Century America"?!?!?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.: Measles outbreak is call to action for all of us
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., tells readers what his agency is doing and what they can do to stop the measles outbreak that has claimed a child's life in Texas.
www.foxnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
jfc there's a lot to say about this:
the MMR vaccine is a "personal" decision parents need to make??
*good nutrition* is "a best defense" against INFECTIOUS DISEASES????
but ummmm "tens of thousands died with, or of, measles annually in 19th Century America"?!?!?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
the MMR vaccine is a "personal" decision parents need to make??
*good nutrition* is "a best defense" against INFECTIOUS DISEASES????
but ummmm "tens of thousands died with, or of, measles annually in 19th Century America"?!?!?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
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The shouting and roaring of rude men is so hideous.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The shouting and roaring of rude men is so hideous.