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Read & Resist Fest 2026

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Make art not sense

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Scenes from yesterday’s woodsy walk at Hampshire College.

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Another #rainbow #cat spotted in the wild, along with a #unicorn! My inner child is so stoked. 🌈😻🦄

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A groovy sticker on an envelope that I received this week with two of my favorite things: #cats and #rainbows. 😻🌈

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POV: you’re taking your son’s autographed photo of Ray Wise to the frame shop and you stumble upon the most perfect frame for the #twinpeaks fan art you made over the summer

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“Nostalgic candy,” aka, when the supermarket makes you feel old…

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At the puppet festival in Brattleboro, VT. 👺

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Kiddo found this freaky mushroom blob out on a walk and brought it home so I could photograph it 😂📷

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And now for a series of Japanese food & cat art…

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Spotted this shrub with funky purple berries that look like Nerds! I had never seen this kind of plant before, but it appears to be a Purple Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma).

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Well, that was a blast! We went to a Twin Peaks panel last night and got to meet the great Ray Wise, aka Leland Palmer. We also chatted with Sabrina Sutherland, who produced a lot of the show. It was my first “fan convention” event and it was just epic, especially for my kiddo. ❤️ #twinpeaks

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She’s up on the pouf for the first time since last winter! I guess pouf season has officially commenced.

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Spotted about town.

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I made my grandma’s Alsatian apple tarte, and my Nana’s sweet & sour meatballs, along with brisket and roasted broccoli, for a gathering I hosted on Friday night. I love getting ancestral, especially this time of year. L’shana Tova! 🍎🍯

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Swoon! ❤️

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I’m on my second week of this life: listening to Rammstein with my high-schooler on the ride in to school, with pastoral drop-off moments. 🐔🌻🐐

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Ace emergency: minouchka.micro.blog

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Kitty emergency.

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Newport, RI.

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Providence.

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Accidentally put a b&w filter on these pictures of a really funky tree with curly swirly bark!

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@rachelkoppelman.bsky.social It worked!

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So I’m doing an experiment in cross-posting. I have hopefully set things up so that this post, here on micro.blog, will populate within Mastodon and Blue Sky — two accounts that I set up a while ago and have not done much with.

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Here’s a recent photo of my cat lounging like a weirdo walrus.

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Something magical was happening and I wanted to capture it to share with you all, but I didn’t have my phone with me. I ran back to the house to grab it, knowing that the moment would pass by the time I returned. But the photos I got were not a bad consolation prize, even if not what I’d hoped for.

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You, too, can relive your childhood of Brownie sashes and DIY fashion! Iron-on patches and plain tote from 25 Central in Northampton. My afternoon project (which my teenager says came out “vibesy”) and the soundtrack I ironed-on to.

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@void2259 I really like all of these!

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What were the new ideas that you were trying for each of these?

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social No worries - Bluesky only seems to show the parts of the thread with direct responses.

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I have a decent library of research, too — and I know that research can be flawed. I defer to people who know how to pick studies apart since that’s not my expertise! 😉

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social Yes, I had posted this and several other papers in the thread above. I am sincerely wanting to understand and not spread misinformation. It’s not every day that I get to engage with a nanoparticle expert, but I’m hoping for a better response to legitimate research than “homeopathy is quackery!” 🙄

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social It seems that there’s some evidence for a nanoparticle model based on research and scholarship. With your expertise, I’m curious to know more about what you see as flaws or refutations here.

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I think it’s very interesting and I’d love to hear from an expert who knows way more about this than I do.

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social Juan, I’m genuinely interested in understanding how the nanoparticle model either works or doesn’t work with respect to homeopathy. Yes, I am a homeopath with my own personal experience, biases, etc. And, I’m just genuinely interested in contributing to an understanding of how it works.

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@thenurturedway.bsky.social Holy shit. I will happily back you up over there if you can direct me to the post at hand. I’m so sorry that you experienced that kind of pile-on. That’s just gross. Happy to support an anti-bigoted perspective so that basic human decency doesn’t get drowned out in the world of so-called healers.

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@thenurturedway.bsky.social I am with you, Meg. I can’t even.

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social I’m not trying to “grab” anything. I’m trying to understand the mechanisms behind it through scientific inquiry.

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As a PhD in Nanomedicine, surely you’re able to offer substantive refutations of the research beyond “homeopathy is quackery”? Or point me in the right direction of someone who can…

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social I think the many people who have experienced benefits from homeopathy would beg to differ with your assertion.

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You may not understand how it works, and you may not have experienced any benefits, but just because something hasn’t worked for you doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work.

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social The Relationship between Nanoparticles and Homeopathic Medicine: A Mini Review
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Homeopathy as Systemic Adaptational Nanomedicine: The Nanoparticle-Cross-Adaptation-Sensitization Mode
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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social A model for homeopathic remedy effects: low dose nanoparticles, allostatic cross-adaptation, and time-dependent sensitization in a complex adaptive system
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Homeopathy as a Nanomedicine: A Scientific Approach
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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social Are you familiar with nanoparticles and their applications in medicine?

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Homeopathy works by virtue of nanoparticles – not “nothing.”

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This has been well-documented. These are just a few of the studies demonstrating this phenomenon:

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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social Are you aware of specific instances in which homeopathy has had a beneficial effect?

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Are you aware of specific instances in which conventional medicine has caused harm?

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It seems to me that it makes sense to acknowledge the benefits and limitations of each.

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@jonathanstea.bsky.social The Physics and Chemistry of High Dilutions
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The Spin of Electrons and the Proof for the Action of Homeopathic Remedies
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@jonathanstea.bsky.social Here are several published scientific articles explaining how homeopathy works vis-à-vis quantum physics:

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Explaining Homeopathy with Quantum Electrodynamics
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@skepticjonguy.bsky.social Anything can be harmful if used incorrectly.

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Are you aware of specific instances in which homeopathy has directly caused harm?

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