Richelle Sepulveda
@richellesepulveda.bsky.social
Long Covid, MECFS, ADHD, etc.
Patient-led research is my jam.
A bit obsessed with GIP.
Patient-led research is my jam.
A bit obsessed with GIP.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
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That’s Signal. You are describing private Signal group chats
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
That’s Signal. You are describing private Signal group chats
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Any time people start with the ephebophelia nonsense I want to point them to this quote by Nabokov about Lolita where he just fucking eviscerates an interviewer claiming that Humbert Humbert was the equivalent of 40 year olds marrying 20 year olds:
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Any time people start with the ephebophelia nonsense I want to point them to this quote by Nabokov about Lolita where he just fucking eviscerates an interviewer claiming that Humbert Humbert was the equivalent of 40 year olds marrying 20 year olds:
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Wow I have not even clicked through to see who this is, but "we invented the idea of a romance series" is the boldest claim I've seen since that time someone claimed a book had invented oral sex in romance. 😂
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Wow I have not even clicked through to see who this is, but "we invented the idea of a romance series" is the boldest claim I've seen since that time someone claimed a book had invented oral sex in romance. 😂
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A big test for Bluesky mods of course will come when a right wing politician or media figure posts death threats.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A big test for Bluesky mods of course will come when a right wing politician or media figure posts death threats.
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This is today!
I'll be giving a presentation on Latin American folklore, legend and myth. I'll discuss some of the stories that went into making Lotería and then we'll chat about all things.
Thank you, The Whispering Shelf, for hosting me.
Looking forward to see you!
💀🖤🌼
I'll be giving a presentation on Latin American folklore, legend and myth. I'll discuss some of the stories that went into making Lotería and then we'll chat about all things.
Thank you, The Whispering Shelf, for hosting me.
Looking forward to see you!
💀🖤🌼
This Friday, I'll be giving a presentation at The Whispering Shelf on Lotería in Indianapolis. I will be discussing some of the folklore adapted to create this story collection.
NOTE: My travel is still limited because *points to the world* but my family said they'd drive me to this 🖤
NOTE: My travel is still limited because *points to the world* but my family said they'd drive me to this 🖤
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is today!
I'll be giving a presentation on Latin American folklore, legend and myth. I'll discuss some of the stories that went into making Lotería and then we'll chat about all things.
Thank you, The Whispering Shelf, for hosting me.
Looking forward to see you!
💀🖤🌼
I'll be giving a presentation on Latin American folklore, legend and myth. I'll discuss some of the stories that went into making Lotería and then we'll chat about all things.
Thank you, The Whispering Shelf, for hosting me.
Looking forward to see you!
💀🖤🌼
The same people making Kelly's argument are also the ones who will say that same 15-year-old is not mature enough to make decisions about their gender identity.
In the wake of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein where Trump was a regular topic, Megyn Kelly is trying to downplay Epstein's sex crimes by arguing that “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old."
Megyn Kelly suddenly finds pedophilia very hard to define
When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she's splitting hairs about men "into the barely legal type."
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The same people making Kelly's argument are also the ones who will say that same 15-year-old is not mature enough to make decisions about their gender identity.
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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do COs and wardens use their unfettered discretion and complete lack of oversight to bestow favors on some incarcerated people (and in some ways deputize them against other incarcerated people)? yes. is there such a thing as a "cushy prison" in the United States? absolutely not
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
do COs and wardens use their unfettered discretion and complete lack of oversight to bestow favors on some incarcerated people (and in some ways deputize them against other incarcerated people)? yes. is there such a thing as a "cushy prison" in the United States? absolutely not
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Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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“Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves.”
Holy shit yes that’s exactly it
Holy shit yes that’s exactly it
he really is just a nazi, who appears to take joy in the fact that he once sort of knew better. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/was-vance-...
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Radicalization doesn’t usually mean that someone abandons their old beliefs. Instead, it usually means that someone is convinced to embrace the worst version of themselves.”
Holy shit yes that’s exactly it
Holy shit yes that’s exactly it
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Punishment doesn’t work. A justice system based on the idea of punching a bad person until they’re good is flawed from the base.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Punishment doesn’t work. A justice system based on the idea of punching a bad person until they’re good is flawed from the base.
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mention of “the jungle” reminds me again that upton sinclair intended that book to be a shocking expose of abusive labor conditions, but americans took it as a food safety warning instead
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
mention of “the jungle” reminds me again that upton sinclair intended that book to be a shocking expose of abusive labor conditions, but americans took it as a food safety warning instead
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Turn on the lights, put on your glasses, get out your chemistry set.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Turn on the lights, put on your glasses, get out your chemistry set.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
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Wilson Already Endorsed for 2nd Term After Promising Death Will Come Swiftly to Her Enemies: tinyurl.com/58nz7udn
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Wilson Already Endorsed for 2nd Term After Promising Death Will Come Swiftly to Her Enemies: tinyurl.com/58nz7udn
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I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
Native American nearly deported after Polk County jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Jail staff in Des Moines told Leticia Jacobo she would be turned over to immigration agents — even though Jacobo is Native American.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
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News outlets are reporting this as the 1st alpha-gal allergy-related death. It's not; there have been reported deaths for years from cancer treatments (like cetuximab) that contain the molecule. But it may be the 1st death from ingesting beef. Be careful, AG folks.
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First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
News outlets are reporting this as the 1st alpha-gal allergy-related death. It's not; there have been reported deaths for years from cancer treatments (like cetuximab) that contain the molecule. But it may be the 1st death from ingesting beef. Be careful, AG folks.
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Hi, would you like to be overwhelmed with a thousand emotions about an old Disney song, and overalls? @swordsjew.bsky.social is here for you with an exquisite story of searching out new things to wear, and be.
flaminghydra.com/issue-442/
flaminghydra.com/issue-442/
Fit check
Tal Lavin’s wardrobe metamorphosis
flaminghydra.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hi, would you like to be overwhelmed with a thousand emotions about an old Disney song, and overalls? @swordsjew.bsky.social is here for you with an exquisite story of searching out new things to wear, and be.
flaminghydra.com/issue-442/
flaminghydra.com/issue-442/
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they've upped it to $3990 by midnight or they take the car: please help Sonia, she needs to have transportation to keep her job. #ShowUpForWishes #UrgentNeed #MutualAid
there has been no movement on this #UrgentNeed please help this DV victim before her car is repossessed paypal.me/MsSoniaD or cashapp $spunkylilminx $3300 needed to avoid repo
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
they've upped it to $3990 by midnight or they take the car: please help Sonia, she needs to have transportation to keep her job. #ShowUpForWishes #UrgentNeed #MutualAid
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
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I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.
We're still a long way off from a full understanding of what #viruses do to the human body.
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
SciAm: ''Mono' Virus May Also Cause Lupus'
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.