Botticellibelle
@botticellibelle.bsky.social
I am a person who exists.
(She/they)
(She/they)
I will continue topping my bowls with shatter, and watching non-English media until morale improves.
Now watching: The Empress & shoveling mac n' cheese down my gullet.
Huge thanks to my kind & handsome husband for making me lunch. Comfort food & companionship makes everything a lot less terrible.
Now watching: The Empress & shoveling mac n' cheese down my gullet.
Huge thanks to my kind & handsome husband for making me lunch. Comfort food & companionship makes everything a lot less terrible.
February 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I will continue topping my bowls with shatter, and watching non-English media until morale improves.
Now watching: The Empress & shoveling mac n' cheese down my gullet.
Huge thanks to my kind & handsome husband for making me lunch. Comfort food & companionship makes everything a lot less terrible.
Now watching: The Empress & shoveling mac n' cheese down my gullet.
Huge thanks to my kind & handsome husband for making me lunch. Comfort food & companionship makes everything a lot less terrible.
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“I have this [unpopular] hot take: that post-Omicron variants are more dangerous than previous variants... I'm not talking about…acute respiratory failure. I'm talking about cumulative damage to your health. Because the more times you catch…Covid… the more hits you get—it's a hit to your system…”
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
“I have this [unpopular] hot take: that post-Omicron variants are more dangerous than previous variants... I'm not talking about…acute respiratory failure. I'm talking about cumulative damage to your health. Because the more times you catch…Covid… the more hits you get—it's a hit to your system…”
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“They keep telling us it's milder. Maybe in terms of acute disease…because it does have a weaker tropism for the lungs. So it doesn't attack the lungs as much as previous variants, but unfortunately it attacks the blood vessels just as much, and it attacks the brain maybe even more than before…”
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“They keep telling us it's milder. Maybe in terms of acute disease…because it does have a weaker tropism for the lungs. So it doesn't attack the lungs as much as previous variants, but unfortunately it attacks the blood vessels just as much, and it attacks the brain maybe even more than before…”
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🚨Must read/listen: “After COVID infection, the immune dysfunction usually…lasts a few months, & then it does begin to recover. But…people are often catching COVID more than once a year. And that would keep you in a permanent state of immune dysfunction…because you just keep adding infections…”
Essential podcast listening:
Dr. Špela Šalamon discusses her landmark review article, ‘COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?’
Dr. Špela Šalamon discusses her landmark review article, ‘COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?’
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
🚨Must read/listen: “After COVID infection, the immune dysfunction usually…lasts a few months, & then it does begin to recover. But…people are often catching COVID more than once a year. And that would keep you in a permanent state of immune dysfunction…because you just keep adding infections…”
I saw that video! And it is wild watching everything in it come to pass within my lifetime.
Must watch!
Must watch!
This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
February 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I saw that video! And it is wild watching everything in it come to pass within my lifetime.
Must watch!
Must watch!
Counterpoint: Hoarding wealth is wrong in principle.
It will not work, and is wrong in principle
Don’t go after the rich to fix broken budgets
It will not work, and is wrong in principle
econ.st
February 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Counterpoint: Hoarding wealth is wrong in principle.
This spica wrist and thumb sprint is brutal.
Gonna be posting less and watching more foreign (non-English) films to try and hold my attention, and keep me from using my right hand.
Any recommendations?
(I love bollywood!)
Gonna be posting less and watching more foreign (non-English) films to try and hold my attention, and keep me from using my right hand.
Any recommendations?
(I love bollywood!)
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This spica wrist and thumb sprint is brutal.
Gonna be posting less and watching more foreign (non-English) films to try and hold my attention, and keep me from using my right hand.
Any recommendations?
(I love bollywood!)
Gonna be posting less and watching more foreign (non-English) films to try and hold my attention, and keep me from using my right hand.
Any recommendations?
(I love bollywood!)
Goodest boi!
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Goodest boi!
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Strongly disagree. A key piece of information here is that we're talking about non-violent offenders charged with simple possession in Chicago. These are crimes without victims that can derail someone's life but, more importantly, they're also the exclusive result of Chicago's racist policing.
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idk what a "restorative practice conference" is but it sure doesn't sound like restorative justice
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/28/cook-county-state-s-attorney-reverses-course-diverts-nonviolent-gun-cases-restorative
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/28/cook-county-state-s-attorney-reverses-course-diverts-nonviolent-gun-cases-restorative
February 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Strongly disagree. A key piece of information here is that we're talking about non-violent offenders charged with simple possession in Chicago. These are crimes without victims that can derail someone's life but, more importantly, they're also the exclusive result of Chicago's racist policing.
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Maybe if we hadn't sold out the vulnerable to COVID, we wouldn't be so far down this dark path.
Just saying... As a disabled person who was thrown under the bus "for the economy."
How's that economy treating y'all?
Just saying... As a disabled person who was thrown under the bus "for the economy."
How's that economy treating y'all?
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Maybe if we hadn't sold out the vulnerable to COVID, we wouldn't be so far down this dark path.
Just saying... As a disabled person who was thrown under the bus "for the economy."
How's that economy treating y'all?
Just saying... As a disabled person who was thrown under the bus "for the economy."
How's that economy treating y'all?
I don't know what it is about the 5pm-6pm hour, but I almost always want cheese during this time.
February 18, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I don't know what it is about the 5pm-6pm hour, but I almost always want cheese during this time.
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Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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Thread 🧵: Food Assistance By State/Territory
The document below lists previously established food assistance programs, searchable by state.
Each state and territory is also listed alphabetically in the thread comments.
Help will come and go, so pls use this thread to update info for your state:
The document below lists previously established food assistance programs, searchable by state.
Each state and territory is also listed alphabetically in the thread comments.
Help will come and go, so pls use this thread to update info for your state:
Without SNAP: Finding Assistance in Uncertain Times
Without SNAP: Finding Assistance in Uncertain Times Due to the completely preventable shutdown, the USDA says “the well has run dry” in regards to SNAP benefits. Beginning November 1st, SNAP benefits...
docs.google.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Thread 🧵: Food Assistance By State/Territory
The document below lists previously established food assistance programs, searchable by state.
Each state and territory is also listed alphabetically in the thread comments.
Help will come and go, so pls use this thread to update info for your state:
The document below lists previously established food assistance programs, searchable by state.
Each state and territory is also listed alphabetically in the thread comments.
Help will come and go, so pls use this thread to update info for your state:
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It’s actually insane how judgmental people feel comfortable being towards someone they don’t know who posted something they barely read. People are just desperately scrolling until they finally find someone they can feel superior to, which is really sad.
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It’s actually insane how judgmental people feel comfortable being towards someone they don’t know who posted something they barely read. People are just desperately scrolling until they finally find someone they can feel superior to, which is really sad.
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emboldened by yesterday's miso soup triumph i am making fresh dashi
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
emboldened by yesterday's miso soup triumph i am making fresh dashi
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video essayists/artists/writers etc in Austin Texas hit me up or if you are not then, let me know which artsy/lefty creators are based in Austin.
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
video essayists/artists/writers etc in Austin Texas hit me up or if you are not then, let me know which artsy/lefty creators are based in Austin.
Oh wow. Our college president keeps sending out threatening emails. They're couched in "we're a community" and "face reality" business speak, but I know a threat when I read one.
So... Union negotiations must be going well.
So... Union negotiations must be going well.
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Oh wow. Our college president keeps sending out threatening emails. They're couched in "we're a community" and "face reality" business speak, but I know a threat when I read one.
So... Union negotiations must be going well.
So... Union negotiations must be going well.
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1. Axolotl
2. Blaxolotl
2. Blaxolotl
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 AM
1. Axolotl
2. Blaxolotl
2. Blaxolotl
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PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
I randomly looked at houses for sale yesterday and I found my dream home.
It's modest - about the same size as our current house, but with a better layout, and a GARAGE.
Best of all: it's across the street from a community garden, and down the street from an ALPACA FARM 🤩.
It's modest - about the same size as our current house, but with a better layout, and a GARAGE.
Best of all: it's across the street from a community garden, and down the street from an ALPACA FARM 🤩.
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I randomly looked at houses for sale yesterday and I found my dream home.
It's modest - about the same size as our current house, but with a better layout, and a GARAGE.
Best of all: it's across the street from a community garden, and down the street from an ALPACA FARM 🤩.
It's modest - about the same size as our current house, but with a better layout, and a GARAGE.
Best of all: it's across the street from a community garden, and down the street from an ALPACA FARM 🤩.
Maybe one day I won't be so tired.
Still, I'm just happy to be here ☺️!
Still, I'm just happy to be here ☺️!
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Maybe one day I won't be so tired.
Still, I'm just happy to be here ☺️!
Still, I'm just happy to be here ☺️!
I almost forgot what was best in life.
February 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I almost forgot what was best in life.
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Eugenics and fascism have always gone hand in hand.
Disabled people tried to warn you.
AI chat bots have “suggested” suicide.
Assisted dying policies are on the rise.
SSA staff have been told to tell disability applicants that suicide is an option.
It’s a cull.
Disabled people tried to warn you.
AI chat bots have “suggested” suicide.
Assisted dying policies are on the rise.
SSA staff have been told to tell disability applicants that suicide is an option.
It’s a cull.
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Eugenics and fascism have always gone hand in hand.
Disabled people tried to warn you.
AI chat bots have “suggested” suicide.
Assisted dying policies are on the rise.
SSA staff have been told to tell disability applicants that suicide is an option.
It’s a cull.
Disabled people tried to warn you.
AI chat bots have “suggested” suicide.
Assisted dying policies are on the rise.
SSA staff have been told to tell disability applicants that suicide is an option.
It’s a cull.
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It happened again.
This time it's @dailykos.com who is publishing a plagiarized AI-generated slop version of my work, brazenly right down to the title, "A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai" which is lifted directly from my book "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai."
This time it's @dailykos.com who is publishing a plagiarized AI-generated slop version of my work, brazenly right down to the title, "A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai" which is lifted directly from my book "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai."
February 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
It happened again.
This time it's @dailykos.com who is publishing a plagiarized AI-generated slop version of my work, brazenly right down to the title, "A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai" which is lifted directly from my book "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai."
This time it's @dailykos.com who is publishing a plagiarized AI-generated slop version of my work, brazenly right down to the title, "A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai" which is lifted directly from my book "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai."
Went to a wedding reception and spent pretty much all of it outside on the patio in the cold, but we got to see old friends and that was nice.
Only 2 others were wearing masks inside. Sadly, that didn't include my friends who have long covid.
It was crowded & stuffy inside. I hope they'll be OK.
Only 2 others were wearing masks inside. Sadly, that didn't include my friends who have long covid.
It was crowded & stuffy inside. I hope they'll be OK.
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Went to a wedding reception and spent pretty much all of it outside on the patio in the cold, but we got to see old friends and that was nice.
Only 2 others were wearing masks inside. Sadly, that didn't include my friends who have long covid.
It was crowded & stuffy inside. I hope they'll be OK.
Only 2 others were wearing masks inside. Sadly, that didn't include my friends who have long covid.
It was crowded & stuffy inside. I hope they'll be OK.