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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honestly, hiring erin was worth every cent and more. it's such a relief to know everything i put on paper was true (and she caught lots of the inevitable mistakes that pile up over tens of thousands of words)!
Anyway most books you read ARE NOT FACT CHECKED. Publishers will not pay for fact checkers. An author must take it upon themselves and pay out of pocket.
Which is why folks like @annaleen.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social who have hired me to fact check their books should be celebrated.
Which is why folks like @annaleen.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social who have hired me to fact check their books should be celebrated.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
honestly, hiring erin was worth every cent and more. it's such a relief to know everything i put on paper was true (and she caught lots of the inevitable mistakes that pile up over tens of thousands of words)!
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20 million chickens dead.
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
20 million chickens dead.
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
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pretty much
I have some non-negotiables (such as trans rights) but my number one issue in the next D primary is “will you actually fight back”
if any moderates are on the fight side of the fight/don’t fight axis now would be a good time to demonstrate it
I have some non-negotiables (such as trans rights) but my number one issue in the next D primary is “will you actually fight back”
if any moderates are on the fight side of the fight/don’t fight axis now would be a good time to demonstrate it
I would vote for a moderate if I thought they would end the filibuster, pack the court, and use every lever available to them to keep the GOP out of power. if the leftists are the ones promising that, I'll vote for them instead.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
pretty much
I have some non-negotiables (such as trans rights) but my number one issue in the next D primary is “will you actually fight back”
if any moderates are on the fight side of the fight/don’t fight axis now would be a good time to demonstrate it
I have some non-negotiables (such as trans rights) but my number one issue in the next D primary is “will you actually fight back”
if any moderates are on the fight side of the fight/don’t fight axis now would be a good time to demonstrate it
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It is such a joy to share this trial with the Long COVID community!
We know the second 500 will be tougher to recruit & we'd love your help to finish enrollment quickly with as much diversity as possible
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We know the second 500 will be tougher to recruit & we'd love your help to finish enrollment quickly with as much diversity as possible
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is such a joy to share this trial with the Long COVID community!
We know the second 500 will be tougher to recruit & we'd love your help to finish enrollment quickly with as much diversity as possible
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We know the second 500 will be tougher to recruit & we'd love your help to finish enrollment quickly with as much diversity as possible
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
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Absolutely not: with Mastodon, the subpoena goes to the instance admin, who is way more likely to be a random person with no clue about how they can fight a subpoena for their subscriber information and no money to do it with even if they want to.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Absolutely not: with Mastodon, the subpoena goes to the instance admin, who is way more likely to be a random person with no clue about how they can fight a subpoena for their subscriber information and no money to do it with even if they want to.
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Links That Burn is still working!
Given how many Web 1.0 sites are listed, there's a decent chance that most of the links work right now.
linksthatburn.com/en/
Given how many Web 1.0 sites are listed, there's a decent chance that most of the links work right now.
linksthatburn.com/en/
Links That Burn - Big Tools Won't Save Niche Websites
A catalog of useful links to niche websites - find something useful, fun, and/or informative today!
linksthatburn.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Links That Burn is still working!
Given how many Web 1.0 sites are listed, there's a decent chance that most of the links work right now.
linksthatburn.com/en/
Given how many Web 1.0 sites are listed, there's a decent chance that most of the links work right now.
linksthatburn.com/en/
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Oh, word?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Oh, word?
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It's sad to feel excited about a politician showing basic decency to those most marginalised but it also shows how bad the state of mainstream politics is and how nothing less than radical change is enough
I explore this here
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
I explore this here
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It's sad to feel excited about a politician showing basic decency to those most marginalised but it also shows how bad the state of mainstream politics is and how nothing less than radical change is enough
I explore this here
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
I explore this here
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
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Read @natania.bsky.social's books! They take stories you think you know and put great twists on them! My TBR pile currently includes book #2 in both of these series. 📖📚
It's been a LONG time since I've done a little intro here.
I'm Natania. I'm a fantasy author, fashion historian, and fragrance nerd who writes about female rage, lady knights, queer joy, and fabulous frocks.
Most of my books are available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social on audio, ebook, and paper.
I'm Natania. I'm a fantasy author, fashion historian, and fragrance nerd who writes about female rage, lady knights, queer joy, and fabulous frocks.
Most of my books are available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social on audio, ebook, and paper.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Read @natania.bsky.social's books! They take stories you think you know and put great twists on them! My TBR pile currently includes book #2 in both of these series. 📖📚
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I don’t usually comment on a lot of Gaza stuff opting for 🇵🇸🍉 b/c it’s always entirely overwhelming for 1 person… but the weather there has been nothing short of horrendous & folks are showcasing that over and over. I link a lot of Gaza accounts sporadically, but please help anyone in anyway you can.
🚨URGENT
This is our suffering & our life inside the tents in Gaza. The tents flood from rain, the mattresses get wet, we can't sleep, we get cold😭
📍We appeal to you to donate to us so we can buy tent covers to protect us from the rain⛺️
Pls Help⬇️🤲
urls.fr/DzYN15
Verified✅ @alexanderchee.bsky.social
This is our suffering & our life inside the tents in Gaza. The tents flood from rain, the mattresses get wet, we can't sleep, we get cold😭
📍We appeal to you to donate to us so we can buy tent covers to protect us from the rain⛺️
Pls Help⬇️🤲
urls.fr/DzYN15
Verified✅ @alexanderchee.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I don’t usually comment on a lot of Gaza stuff opting for 🇵🇸🍉 b/c it’s always entirely overwhelming for 1 person… but the weather there has been nothing short of horrendous & folks are showcasing that over and over. I link a lot of Gaza accounts sporadically, but please help anyone in anyway you can.
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Would you like to learn about how vaccines protect the aging brain from dementia? I'll be doing this free webinar on the topic with Anthony Levinson & @miramcmaster.bsky.social . Free, fun, and fact-based. I would love to see you there.
ALC | Watch | McMaster University Alumni Webinars and Online Events
alumlc.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Would you like to learn about how vaccines protect the aging brain from dementia? I'll be doing this free webinar on the topic with Anthony Levinson & @miramcmaster.bsky.social . Free, fun, and fact-based. I would love to see you there.
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But the most APT observation of dual state theory is that those who are living in the normal state can check out completely to what is happening in the dual state
B/c they assume the laws of the normal state apply to those living under the prerogative state so it will all sort itself out
B/c they assume the laws of the normal state apply to those living under the prerogative state so it will all sort itself out
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
But the most APT observation of dual state theory is that those who are living in the normal state can check out completely to what is happening in the dual state
B/c they assume the laws of the normal state apply to those living under the prerogative state so it will all sort itself out
B/c they assume the laws of the normal state apply to those living under the prerogative state so it will all sort itself out
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An honest, heartwarming, and full of laughs tribute to Alice Wong by @thrasherxy.bsky.social.
"giving pleasure, joy, affirmation and care to people you only meet once—or who you might never meet all, such as all the Palestinians Alice cared for these last two years—is the very meaning of love."
"giving pleasure, joy, affirmation and care to people you only meet once—or who you might never meet all, such as all the Palestinians Alice cared for these last two years—is the very meaning of love."
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
An honest, heartwarming, and full of laughs tribute to Alice Wong by @thrasherxy.bsky.social.
"giving pleasure, joy, affirmation and care to people you only meet once—or who you might never meet all, such as all the Palestinians Alice cared for these last two years—is the very meaning of love."
"giving pleasure, joy, affirmation and care to people you only meet once—or who you might never meet all, such as all the Palestinians Alice cared for these last two years—is the very meaning of love."
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if you're looking for a very, very very worthy cause to donate to, this one is it!! scarleteen has been around since /i/ was a queer teenager seeking more comprehensive sex ed than school could ever (or would ever) give me
Today is the midpoint of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fund drive to cover the health care costs of the staff and volunteers providing advice, tips, and tools for young people worldwide. 128 people have donated over $8,000 to support our work. Join them today! www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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www.classy.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
if you're looking for a very, very very worthy cause to donate to, this one is it!! scarleteen has been around since /i/ was a queer teenager seeking more comprehensive sex ed than school could ever (or would ever) give me
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Music shared because it's a badass anthem about how much rape culture sucks.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Music shared because it's a badass anthem about how much rape culture sucks.
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Alice Wong's family & friends have invited Alice's "friends, community, & her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." If you are able, please consider joining me in supporting Alice's ongoing work.
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Alice Wong's family & friends have invited Alice's "friends, community, & her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." If you are able, please consider joining me in supporting Alice's ongoing work.
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
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To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
Why We’re Running a Series About Access
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
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this is a rich (ha) text but I'm especially losing my mind at "she seeks to force residents of Seattle to pay for “free” child care and other goodies"
like man, a person thought up that sentence and allowed it to leave their brain? and other people allowed it to go to print?
like man, a person thought up that sentence and allowed it to leave their brain? and other people allowed it to go to print?
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
this is a rich (ha) text but I'm especially losing my mind at "she seeks to force residents of Seattle to pay for “free” child care and other goodies"
like man, a person thought up that sentence and allowed it to leave their brain? and other people allowed it to go to print?
like man, a person thought up that sentence and allowed it to leave their brain? and other people allowed it to go to print?
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Here's what I wish people understood: Trump supporters in poorer areas are generally the wealthy people in those areas -- the people who have kept their neighbors poor.
The tribune of the poor, the downtrodden? Studies clearly indicate that Trump’s most ardent supporters, especially in poorer areas, are, by local standards, quite wealthy / financially stable. Economic anxieties are mostly downstream from anxieties over racial and cultural status.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here's what I wish people understood: Trump supporters in poorer areas are generally the wealthy people in those areas -- the people who have kept their neighbors poor.
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I find it so interesting all the people who are replying to you with variations of "so what? It doesn't say anything about Schumer; it's just his name".
If you saw your dad's name in these files, wouldn't you immediately be on the phone to him wanting an explanation???
If you saw your dad's name in these files, wouldn't you immediately be on the phone to him wanting an explanation???
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I find it so interesting all the people who are replying to you with variations of "so what? It doesn't say anything about Schumer; it's just his name".
If you saw your dad's name in these files, wouldn't you immediately be on the phone to him wanting an explanation???
If you saw your dad's name in these files, wouldn't you immediately be on the phone to him wanting an explanation???
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Teddy Ruxpin will see you in Valhalla brother!
"Without too much prodding, the AI toys discussed topics that a parent might be uncomfortable with, ranging from religious questions to the glory of dying in battle as a warrior in Norse mythology."
"Without too much prodding, the AI toys discussed topics that a parent might be uncomfortable with, ranging from religious questions to the glory of dying in battle as a warrior in Norse mythology."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Teddy Ruxpin will see you in Valhalla brother!
"Without too much prodding, the AI toys discussed topics that a parent might be uncomfortable with, ranging from religious questions to the glory of dying in battle as a warrior in Norse mythology."
"Without too much prodding, the AI toys discussed topics that a parent might be uncomfortable with, ranging from religious questions to the glory of dying in battle as a warrior in Norse mythology."
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Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
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And that's always the way, right?
If speaking out usually paid material dividends, everyone would do it.
But in fact, it usually earns punishment. Personally and professionally.
That is a big part of what makes it brave.
If speaking out usually paid material dividends, everyone would do it.
But in fact, it usually earns punishment. Personally and professionally.
That is a big part of what makes it brave.
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And that's always the way, right?
If speaking out usually paid material dividends, everyone would do it.
But in fact, it usually earns punishment. Personally and professionally.
That is a big part of what makes it brave.
If speaking out usually paid material dividends, everyone would do it.
But in fact, it usually earns punishment. Personally and professionally.
That is a big part of what makes it brave.
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People who bring up flu deaths in response to COVID advocates are misinformed, and have decided that roughly 50k annual US deaths are the cost of business.
What's silly about this is that COVID mitigations also kill off the flu. I know this because we literally killed a strain of the flu.
What's silly about this is that COVID mitigations also kill off the flu. I know this because we literally killed a strain of the flu.
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN
For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Starting this fall, however, all the flu shots distributed in the ...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
People who bring up flu deaths in response to COVID advocates are misinformed, and have decided that roughly 50k annual US deaths are the cost of business.
What's silly about this is that COVID mitigations also kill off the flu. I know this because we literally killed a strain of the flu.
What's silly about this is that COVID mitigations also kill off the flu. I know this because we literally killed a strain of the flu.