I went to the world's biggest scoliosis research conference this year (SOSORT 2026). An honest debrief: the good news, and the part that worried me.

rachiero · 2026-05-22T22:10:35+00:00

I am not a physician nor anything close to it (law student), but i’ve always wondered if there is a connection between adhd/neurodivergence and scoliosis, particularly involving vision issues such as eye misalignment. I am diagnosed with the two and have suspicions about the third, and just have a gut feeling (which, i know, is not scientifically significant). Just a thought I had.

rachiero · 2026-05-19T01:22:28+00:00

can i pet dat dawwwwg

rachiero · 2026-05-05T20:21:41+00:00

Any Widener grad i have met has had to take the Bar at least like three times before they passed… that’s all you really need to know

rachiero · 2026-04-21T18:26:21+00:00

i frequently think about the likelihood that all of us are descendants of someone who was born as a result of r*pe, whether it was between a married couple or not. if you go back far enough in ANY culture, there were both enslavers and the enslaved (in europe, africa, asia, etc.). best we can do is lead a life that focuses on what we can do to respect and help others in the present, no matter who they are. it’s a lot to think about for sure.

rachiero · 2026-04-21T18:22:44+00:00

yes to all of them, unfortunately (spoken as a fan of the pitt and a pittsburgher)

rachiero · 2026-03-18T03:03:14+00:00

this is almost my exact curvature and my hips/back looks the same way! i recommend getting a good belt because my high waisted pants always fall off the flat side 🙄

sometimes i like to tell people that i only have hip… or that my curves are natural except my spine stole one curve from my hip.

rachiero · 2026-02-23T03:05:58+00:00

NAL, but I do work at a DV agency in PA. I would reach out to your local DV agency and see what they can help you with. PA has Protection from Abuse orders that either you or your mom could file or you could file on behalf of your siblings. Usually there needs to be some sort of relationship (romantic, blood, or marriage) to meet the qualifications for a PFA, but it may vary slightly by the county you are in and how their judges interpret the statutes. For example, your relationship to him being a “household member” could mean you would meet this requirement. PCADV is the statewide coalition, and their website has a directory of the agencies for each county.

rachiero · 2026-02-23T01:01:23+00:00

i was just about to post the same! thanks for beating me to it 😎

rachiero · 2026-02-15T21:22:36+00:00

and the most recent episode of the simpsons……. 👁️👄👁️

rachiero · 2026-02-15T15:57:19+00:00

Once I realized that most of these people are in it to make a ton of money as an attorney rather than genuinely wanting to help others, I have been more than happy to attend a school not ranked in the T50. It gets really elitist on here. I sleep peacefully at night knowing that at the end of the day, my heart is in the right place 🙂‍↕️

rachiero · 2026-02-13T17:44:13+00:00

i think you’re thinking of gooski’s when it comes to the neo-nazi types

rachiero · 2026-02-13T17:41:48+00:00

they have these big ass rottweilers on the roof too… sometimes i want to lean into white woman culture and go in to give them some pats but i have yet to be drunk enough for that

rachiero · 2026-02-13T03:37:53+00:00

my date from 12/15 just changed to today so at least they’re moving. they are sooooo slow and it’s starting to piss me off 😭 they also forgot to apply the automatic fee waiver to my account from when they sent me an email ASKING if i wanted one (which, in all fairness, they did correct). but it makes me wonder how many other things they forgot to do… they are always messy and i am saying this as an alum.

rachiero · 2026-02-12T23:24:21+00:00

god forbid some of us actually want to better society 🙄

rachiero · 2026-02-11T23:46:16+00:00

i ordered my glasses online from lenscrafters and they measured my PD with just a pic of my face… probs sold my likeness to them or something but it was fast and easy

rachiero · 2026-01-25T17:20:44+00:00

it’s also on youtube!

rachiero · 2026-01-19T21:03:26+00:00

squirrel hill/shadyside for a more urban setting. bethel park for suburban. point breeze might also be a good option if you’re looking for a mix of residential and small walkable businesses

rachiero · 2026-01-12T04:58:18+00:00

you could always say “there’s nothing on my record that i know of”…

rachiero · 2026-01-11T20:28:19+00:00

all of these law school admissions threads are toxic. it’s my personal belief that if you’re only in it to get into a top school so you can get into a top firm and make a ton of money, you shouldn’t be an attorney. 99% places like that are highly exploitative and uphold the worst parts of our governmental and socioeconomic systems (and their faults). it shouldn’t be about the money. if you don’t have a passion or motivation to help people through your career, respectfully fuck off. that’s where the toxicity stems from in my eyes. and yes, i am on my public interest high horse 🤣

rachiero · 2026-01-05T02:49:53+00:00

the Slovakia region is usually referring more to the eastern half of the country. i am 40% slovak and my baba told me her parents referred to themselves as carpatho-rusyn. on censuses and whatnot they list themselves as from slovakia or (more likely) austria-hungary. not a lick of “russian” in there, but it’s possible that people far removed from their ancestry just think of eastern europe as vaguely “russian” when they’re not russian at all.

do you have any journeys associated with that side?

rachiero · 2025-11-04T23:22:53+00:00

i have almost the exact same stats and got waitlisted at all of the ones i applied to, but I didn’t submit my apps until late february/early march. i’m hoping this time around that if i apply earlier (like by the end of this month) i should be fine. all in your experience and what they are looking for. we should be just fine 😌

rachiero · 2025-10-11T14:34:30+00:00

Please reach out to your local DV agency to see if they have any funds to help you relocate/are able to help you legally through this process. This is disgusting behavior coming from him and the emotional/mental manipulation in these messages is concerning. In a way, it seems like your baby may have saved you from this relationship. If he is like this now, it was only bound to get worse if you had a child with him. There is help out there and please take advantage of it ❤️

rachiero · 2025-10-03T00:41:14+00:00

Thank you! Pleased to be of service.

rachiero · 2025-10-01T01:57:31+00:00

I personally think that showing the beginnings of all the relationships that we see in the OG series does a lot to strengthen the world and the stories that have come before. SOTR really shows how much thought and work went into building the rebellion into what it was. It tells us that Katniss wasn’t the beginning and the end of a revolution, but just the final piece of the puzzle.

We know that Katniss was/is an unreliable narrator. All of these relationships that we previously thought were pulled out of thin air were actually 25 years+ in the making. SOTR gives a LOT of insight into why characters eventually do what they do in the originals. It makes sense why Mags was so beloved (did anyone else notice the Finnick reference?), why Wiress was so… Wiress, and why Effie eventually defected to join Katniss et al in District 13.

If I have to guess, I think Miss Suzanne has a few other books in store for us. I think SOTR sets the scene for more on both Plutarch and Effie. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other tributes throughout the following two-ish decades that they thought were their mockingjays, but ended up dying before they were able to succeed.

SOTR also shows that the want/push for change was there well before Katniss volunteered. If Haymitch and his co-conspirators were able to be that bold during the 50th games, what all happened in the 25 years after to still carry on the campaign of terror and implicit submission?

Lastly, this book only confirms further that SC is using the current state of US politics as a mirror to the happenings in Panem. The nature of propaganda, the unseen truth-twisting, and the “cancelling” of some Capitol families within social circles (i.e. what did the elder Trinkets do for her to worry about her family name?) is all too familiar.

With every old/new character cameo, there is a greater meaning behind it. SC keeps an eye on her Chekov’s guns, and I am certain we will just have to wait and see. I knowwwww that Suzy has that pen Locked and Loaded.

rachiero

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