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.
At least it would be some honesty. 🤷🏼♀️
Absolutely (hissing with fury, finger jabbing your chest) Fuck. You. Prick. And, I hope I can count on your vote in May!
January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
At least it would be some honesty. 🤷🏼♀️
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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the last year has left me with unending faith in the courage of ordinary people and bottomless contempt for the fecklessness of our ruling class
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
the last year has left me with unending faith in the courage of ordinary people and bottomless contempt for the fecklessness of our ruling class
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We're just a wee news site in a vast internet, but we're not alone - our readers are what makes us strong enough to take on disinfo and bias and bring our trans community the news.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:53 AM
We're just a wee news site in a vast internet, but we're not alone - our readers are what makes us strong enough to take on disinfo and bias and bring our trans community the news.
We're in the middle of a fundraising drive, and we need your help! Become a member, donate, share this post.
We're in the middle of a fundraising drive, and we need your help! Become a member, donate, share this post.
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Super excited. Congrats and everyone should take a look at this.
Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Super excited. Congrats and everyone should take a look at this.
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Heads up everyone, it’s not just Minnesota. These fuckers are still doing their fascist bullshit across the nation.
Tonight, most (if not all) the Zipps bar locations throughout Maricopa were raided by federal agents. Community members arrived to legally observe and agents pepper sprayed the crowd least one location. Workers were taken.
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Heads up everyone, it’s not just Minnesota. These fuckers are still doing their fascist bullshit across the nation.
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ICE physically attacks lawyer—stand between her and clients they're trying to detain.
"Don't push me!" lawyer yells. "Why you trying to pick them up?"
"It's none of your business," agent scolds.
"It is my business—I'm their attorney," she replies. "It's EXACTLY my business!"
Portland, Oregon
"Don't push me!" lawyer yells. "Why you trying to pick them up?"
"It's none of your business," agent scolds.
"It is my business—I'm their attorney," she replies. "It's EXACTLY my business!"
Portland, Oregon
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM
ICE physically attacks lawyer—stand between her and clients they're trying to detain.
"Don't push me!" lawyer yells. "Why you trying to pick them up?"
"It's none of your business," agent scolds.
"It is my business—I'm their attorney," she replies. "It's EXACTLY my business!"
Portland, Oregon
"Don't push me!" lawyer yells. "Why you trying to pick them up?"
"It's none of your business," agent scolds.
"It is my business—I'm their attorney," she replies. "It's EXACTLY my business!"
Portland, Oregon
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If Dems are squeamish about "abolish," fine, the demand is still simple: zero funding for ICE and CBP.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge says ICE has been violating court orders repeatedly — detaining noncitizens or rushing them to Texas despite judges' commands.
He wants ICE's director to answer for it "personally," and could level contempt sanctions.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
He wants ICE's director to answer for it "personally," and could level contempt sanctions.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If Dems are squeamish about "abolish," fine, the demand is still simple: zero funding for ICE and CBP.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
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"Return CBP to the border"
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"Return CBP to the border"
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
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A fundamental epistemic moral shift is needed in how we order society & ourselves.
Turning away from domination/extraction toward sustainable just interconnectedness.
We have to imagine this in order to build it.This is possible only if we eliminate billionaire oligarchs & hold them accountable.
Turning away from domination/extraction toward sustainable just interconnectedness.
We have to imagine this in order to build it.This is possible only if we eliminate billionaire oligarchs & hold them accountable.
What people need to understand is that the fascist GOP is an extension of the moneyed class. Its policies of repression are an outgrowth of the way this group preys upon society. This is the reason it feels like every institution is “failing” rn, bc in fact they operate at our collective expense.
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A fundamental epistemic moral shift is needed in how we order society & ourselves.
Turning away from domination/extraction toward sustainable just interconnectedness.
We have to imagine this in order to build it.This is possible only if we eliminate billionaire oligarchs & hold them accountable.
Turning away from domination/extraction toward sustainable just interconnectedness.
We have to imagine this in order to build it.This is possible only if we eliminate billionaire oligarchs & hold them accountable.
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An important point. A study of police in Chicago police between Jan. 2011 and Dec. 2015, “found that more than half of the officers received fewer than one complaint a year. By contrast, the worst 1 percent of officers generated about 25 percent of the complaints.” www.theroot.com/how-to-go-fr...
It’s notable that both of the killers were, with varying degrees of success, spraying irritants in bystanders’ eyes seconds before the shooting.
A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 AM
An important point. A study of police in Chicago police between Jan. 2011 and Dec. 2015, “found that more than half of the officers received fewer than one complaint a year. By contrast, the worst 1 percent of officers generated about 25 percent of the complaints.” www.theroot.com/how-to-go-fr...
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“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?
― Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?
Grainy footage, filmed with contraband cell phones, forms the backbone of The Alabama Solution, a 2025 Oscar-nominated documentary that exposes the horrifying realities of life inside Alabama’s prisons.
They Collaborated on an Oscar-Nominated Film – Then Got Thrown Into Solitary
The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.
truthout.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?
― Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?
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Evening update! 💕 We have some new folks on the wishlists and are working on a way for Amazon avoidant folks to sponsor filament! 💕
If you need whistles, want to help, or want more info on printing: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you need whistles, want to help, or want more info on printing: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Evening update! 💕 We have some new folks on the wishlists and are working on a way for Amazon avoidant folks to sponsor filament! 💕
If you need whistles, want to help, or want more info on printing: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
If you need whistles, want to help, or want more info on printing: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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We can still abolish and persecute ICE, as a treat
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We can still abolish and persecute ICE, as a treat
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Minnesota sees Maine. Help our Eastern cousins! No one should ever stand alone against bullies.
Harm-reduction: www.preblestreet.org/2026/01/22/p...
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Minnesota sees Maine. Help our Eastern cousins! No one should ever stand alone against bullies.
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Someone in Bree's mentions is like warning her that there are some racist romance authors and they're not all like us, which....
Ahem.
We know. Every skill you see being deployed here was learned in the first place through romance on romance violence.
Ahem.
We know. Every skill you see being deployed here was learned in the first place through romance on romance violence.
January 26, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Someone in Bree's mentions is like warning her that there are some racist romance authors and they're not all like us, which....
Ahem.
We know. Every skill you see being deployed here was learned in the first place through romance on romance violence.
Ahem.
We know. Every skill you see being deployed here was learned in the first place through romance on romance violence.
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I love you and America’s Finest News Source but I am begging folks outside of Minneapolis to not spread misinformation.
WE HAVE NOT WON YET. We will not be complacent. We still need your support.
And we won’t have truly won until ICE is abolished. We won’t let others be subjected to this either
WE HAVE NOT WON YET. We will not be complacent. We still need your support.
And we won’t have truly won until ICE is abolished. We won’t let others be subjected to this either
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I love you and America’s Finest News Source but I am begging folks outside of Minneapolis to not spread misinformation.
WE HAVE NOT WON YET. We will not be complacent. We still need your support.
And we won’t have truly won until ICE is abolished. We won’t let others be subjected to this either
WE HAVE NOT WON YET. We will not be complacent. We still need your support.
And we won’t have truly won until ICE is abolished. We won’t let others be subjected to this either
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wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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THIS THIS THIS
*( I think they will now spend a lot of time dedicating to that and the resistance is not willing to do the hard work of actually deconstructing that )
But yes they wanted better PR and they are having a hard time getting that now
*( I think they will now spend a lot of time dedicating to that and the resistance is not willing to do the hard work of actually deconstructing that )
But yes they wanted better PR and they are having a hard time getting that now
You can still do death squads in the 21st century but as ICE and MAGA appear to be learning, that only really works well when you've already got pretty decisive control over public communications. They very much do not.
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
THIS THIS THIS
*( I think they will now spend a lot of time dedicating to that and the resistance is not willing to do the hard work of actually deconstructing that )
But yes they wanted better PR and they are having a hard time getting that now
*( I think they will now spend a lot of time dedicating to that and the resistance is not willing to do the hard work of actually deconstructing that )
But yes they wanted better PR and they are having a hard time getting that now
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on the west coast watching friends have a snow day in Mamdani's New York
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM
on the west coast watching friends have a snow day in Mamdani's New York
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I admit, it feels very weird to be advertising for clients with everything that is going on here, but bills must still be paid. I have openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental editing on novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Always happy to answer qs!
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I admit, it feels very weird to be advertising for clients with everything that is going on here, but bills must still be paid. I have openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental editing on novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Always happy to answer qs!