Ariel Isabel Sepúlveda
@arielsepulveda.bsky.social
lawful chaotic time travel scholar | columbia class of 2021, PhD student @ UW | podcasting @speaktoitprods | he/him or they/them | 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Faculty at a Big 10 school with a prominent athletic program here: my retirement (that I signed a contract for) was cut 10% this year. I also have to clean my office with a broken, donated vacuum. But this is nice too, I guess.
"Given that the Big Ten is about to create 'a for-profit company using what are essentially public dollars,' [a Penn State trustee] argued, boards need to know more in order to be able to advise their institutions accordingly."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Secretive Big Ten Deal Riles Trustees
The Big Ten is weighing a $2.4 billion private equity deal. But multiple trustees at member institutions say they aren’t getting enough information and the proposal has been rushed.
www.insidehighered.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Faculty at a Big 10 school with a prominent athletic program here: my retirement (that I signed a contract for) was cut 10% this year. I also have to clean my office with a broken, donated vacuum. But this is nice too, I guess.
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
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Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
my biggest academic pet peeve is when edited anthologies use Latino literature when they actually mean Chicano. if you want to only talk about Chicanos/Mexican influence in the US fine but then just say that!! otherwise you're just going to waste my time and also piss me off
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
my biggest academic pet peeve is when edited anthologies use Latino literature when they actually mean Chicano. if you want to only talk about Chicanos/Mexican influence in the US fine but then just say that!! otherwise you're just going to waste my time and also piss me off
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The father was a U.S. citizen.
But he was Latino, so Brett Kavanaugh says it’s fine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
But he was Latino, so Brett Kavanaugh says it’s fine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The father was a U.S. citizen.
But he was Latino, so Brett Kavanaugh says it’s fine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
But he was Latino, so Brett Kavanaugh says it’s fine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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From Evan: it's a huge night of hope for the trans community. The Republicans went all in on anti-trans ads in multiple races and so far there's no sign it got them anything.
Perhaps the page can be turned on blaming us for Harris' loss last year.
Perhaps the page can be turned on blaming us for Harris' loss last year.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
From Evan: it's a huge night of hope for the trans community. The Republicans went all in on anti-trans ads in multiple races and so far there's no sign it got them anything.
Perhaps the page can be turned on blaming us for Harris' loss last year.
Perhaps the page can be turned on blaming us for Harris' loss last year.
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
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All the national focus is on New York, but here in Seattle we have our own Dem vs Dem battle of the corrupt old against idealistic new. Katie Wilson (The Hero!) is facing off against Bruce Harrell (The Villain!)
Let's go @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social !!!!
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Let's go @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social !!!!
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
All the national focus is on New York, but here in Seattle we have our own Dem vs Dem battle of the corrupt old against idealistic new. Katie Wilson (The Hero!) is facing off against Bruce Harrell (The Villain!)
Let's go @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social !!!!
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Let's go @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social !!!!
komonews.com/news/local/s...
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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It was a Zoom call two days after J6, and we had literally just finished making small talk about it.
“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It was a Zoom call two days after J6, and we had literally just finished making small talk about it.
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So there is a new article out about grade inflation at a certain school and people think it's funny that students told the student paper that the report was stressful and here's why I don't think it's funny
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So there is a new article out about grade inflation at a certain school and people think it's funny that students told the student paper that the report was stressful and here's why I don't think it's funny
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
A friend of mine killed herself my senior year
It is a high pressure place
and
google search is fully broken. like, i promise, I have no desire to write about the menendez brothers (the murderers) in my paper proposal on the hernandez brothers (the Chicano cartoonists)
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
google search is fully broken. like, i promise, I have no desire to write about the menendez brothers (the murderers) in my paper proposal on the hernandez brothers (the Chicano cartoonists)
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For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.
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Finished another embroidery! Starry Night is very special to me. For the past 10 years I've had it tacked above my bed. When I was unmedicated for Bipolar Type II, looking up at the beautiful brushstrokes and hopeful imagery (the stars are so BRIGHT) calmed me down.
#EmbroiderySky #handembroidery
#EmbroiderySky #handembroidery
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Finished another embroidery! Starry Night is very special to me. For the past 10 years I've had it tacked above my bed. When I was unmedicated for Bipolar Type II, looking up at the beautiful brushstrokes and hopeful imagery (the stars are so BRIGHT) calmed me down.
#EmbroiderySky #handembroidery
#EmbroiderySky #handembroidery
today's nyt front page
October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
today's nyt front page
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Wowser!
BREAKING
Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show
Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe
Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show
Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Wowser!
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faculty & staff (& student reporters) are increasingly speaking up and defending the mission and centrality of higher ed in american society. their organizing, thought leadership, & widespread opposition contribute to these outcomes.
trump's assault can be defeated when we do the work.
trump's assault can be defeated when we do the work.
Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
faculty & staff (& student reporters) are increasingly speaking up and defending the mission and centrality of higher ed in american society. their organizing, thought leadership, & widespread opposition contribute to these outcomes.
trump's assault can be defeated when we do the work.
trump's assault can be defeated when we do the work.
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Women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
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Help #horror 💙📚 fans! I have a free anthology in need of readers!
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.
Reposts welcome!
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WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.
Reposts welcome!
dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
Get your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…”
With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...
dl.bookfunnel.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Help #horror 💙📚 fans! I have a free anthology in need of readers!
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.
Reposts welcome!
dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.
Reposts welcome!
dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
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I don't have something I can link y'all to yet, but I have some very credible and important information I need to share.
The American Library Association laid off what I've heard is 15 people this week.
Among them was the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA has no OIF anymore.
The American Library Association laid off what I've heard is 15 people this week.
Among them was the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA has no OIF anymore.
October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I don't have something I can link y'all to yet, but I have some very credible and important information I need to share.
The American Library Association laid off what I've heard is 15 people this week.
Among them was the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA has no OIF anymore.
The American Library Association laid off what I've heard is 15 people this week.
Among them was the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA has no OIF anymore.
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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“Traveling while Chicano has never been an issue in the past, but now . . .” labloga.blogspot.com/2025/10/chic...
Chicanonautica: Traveling While Chicano in Trumptopia 2.0
Chicana Chicano Literature y más, Latina Latino Literature, cultura, criticism, reviews. Oldest Chicana Chicano Literature blog in history.
labloga.blogspot.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Traveling while Chicano has never been an issue in the past, but now . . .” labloga.blogspot.com/2025/10/chic...
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Sign up now for the Latinx Visions Conference which runs from 11/3-7. The conference will be virtual, so be sure to register to get the zoom link!
I’ll be presenting on Nov 3rd from 2:45-3:45 EST along with the amazing @davidbowles.us and
@camazotzcomics.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this!
I’ll be presenting on Nov 3rd from 2:45-3:45 EST along with the amazing @davidbowles.us and
@camazotzcomics.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this!
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sign up now for the Latinx Visions Conference which runs from 11/3-7. The conference will be virtual, so be sure to register to get the zoom link!
I’ll be presenting on Nov 3rd from 2:45-3:45 EST along with the amazing @davidbowles.us and
@camazotzcomics.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this!
I’ll be presenting on Nov 3rd from 2:45-3:45 EST along with the amazing @davidbowles.us and
@camazotzcomics.bsky.social
You don’t want to miss this!