A well-written account of someone with #SevereME and some of the issues she has to deal with. #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

virology.ws/2026/01/27/t...

I follow both your webcomics on Tapas, but they appear to have been on hiatus for a while. Reading some of your comments above, I am assuming you are suffering burn-out. I do hope you are all right. 🙏🏻🌈💕🤓

The Marlow Murder Club, Series 3, Episode 1 - The Queen of Poisons: Part One | Watch on U Judith, Becks and Suzie investigate when the Mayor dies in the middle of a meeting.

It's back! #TheMarlowMurderClub series 3 streaming on #U.

u.co.uk/shows/the-ma...

The only left-leaning party in the list are the Greens, all the others are RW and neoliberal. Young men vote right.

Voting Intention of Men aged 18-24.

• Green: 30% 🟩
• Labour: 21% 🟥
• Liberal Democrat: 17% 🟨
• Conservative: 12% 🟦
• Reform UK: 12% 🟪

Young men vote left. [YG]

Remember that you are more likely to become disabled than not.

You can be disabled by illness, injury, climate disasters, war, police brutality, unmitigated pandemics, lack of access to healthcare, etc.

Disability justice is for us all, and it’s foundational to all other forms of justice.

Post-Exertionelle Malaise: Das wissen wir heute über „PEM“ Der Sportmediziner Christian Puta erklärt die Mechanismen der Post-Exertionellen Malaise bei ME/CFS und gibt wichtige Hinweise zum richtigen Umgang damit.

Wie erklärt man jemandem, der das noch nie gehört hat,was #PEM ist? Wie können Betroffene/Angehörige/Arbeitskollegen damit umgehen - und was ist mit Reha+Diagnosetests? Das umfassende, praxisnahe Interview mit Prof.Puta @riffreporter.bsky.social: www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/po... #MECFS #LongCovid

6 Jahre Long COVID

0 Medikamente
0 Versorgungspfade
0 Anerkennung
0 Prävention

400 Mio Menschen, die jeden Tag körperliche Fremdbestimmung, Psychologisierung, Gaslighting, Stigma, Ignoranz und Deprivation erleben

Und eine Zahl an bereits Verstorbenen, die niemand erfasst

How popular is Donald Trump in Europe? November 2025 YouGov European tracker series looks at Donald Trump's popularity in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain

When you see data for Trump’s popularity in Europe what is striking is not just has unpopularity but also that there are still some Europeans who hold a positive view of him. This is a man who’s whole strategy is to undermine the security and wellbeing of Europe.
yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

⚡️The power of medical education!

30% of clinicians thought Long Covid wasn't real.
After 90 mins of @putrinolab.bsky.social class
0% thought it wasn't real!

📺️ Full video: On Medical Education 🖇️👇️

#LongCovidAwarenessDay

Canada and Nordics seek closer 'middle power' cooperation Canada and the five Nordic countries on Sunday said they have agreed to deepen cooperation on military industrial production and other topics, in the latest ​push by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to build new ‌global alliances.

Canada and Nordics seek closer 'middle power' cooperation reut.rs/40xP8y4

#UKGov #DWP

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination
which permits #DisabilityHate
and ultimately #DisabilityDeath.

www.disabilityrightsuk.org/system/files...

The Law of Unintended Consequences is the justification of successive administrations for social policies which were always destined to cause preventable harm, & guarantees that no administration will be held to a/c for government-induced human suffering.

www.disabilityrightsuk.org/system/files...

THX 1138 (1971) Robert Duvall in THX 1138 (1971)

My fave #RobertDuvall rôle as THX 1138 in the eponymous film #THX1138.

R.I.P.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0066...

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Please consider signing this extremely necessary and urgent #petition to stop #Palantir's contracts with and access to UK data.

Link to #38degrees site:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

You are not disposable Modern economics behaves as if some people simply do not matter. In this video, I reject that idea outright. Neoliberal economic policy treats people as costs, blames them for failures they did not cr...

"The politics... that I am promoting would reject the idea of anyone being #disposable. As a result, we could have a caring economy, but it would be more efficient, resilient, and democratic as a consequence, because everyone would be included." #RichardMurphy

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

The NeoLiberal Democrats As the FT has reported: The Liberal Democrats have set out plans to replace the UK Treasury with a “Department for Growth” in Birmingham, in a bid to close the “yawning gap” between London and the res...

#LibDems aka #FibDems omitting to point out that their 'new' policy is merely a re-affirmation of failed, #antisocial #Neoliberalism and demonstrates their #EconomicIlliteracy!

Via #RichardMurphy

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

The review highlights the disabling nature of #MECFS in its severe forms, the absence of a diagnostic test & effective treatments, and the lack of knowledge about this disease by medical professionals. Biomedical research has been scarce and underfunded.
#SevereME #pwME
www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/15...

The Resolution Foundation’s “Unsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction The Resolution Foundation (RF) sent me a very breathy press release / email this morning, promoting this: As they say: The 13 million working-age families across the poorer half of the country are ...

#RichardMurphy provides an in-depth analysis of in-work #poverty and counters the superficial and anti-social #neoliberal suggestions for solving the issue with genuine solutions. It is a long read, but worth it.
Link to Richard's blog-site:
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

The poverty of care The latest poverty data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is already being met with a familiar shrug. The BBC appears not to have noticed the report. Politicians are not debating it. And the headlin...

"it means recognising that #poverty is a political choice. Scotland shows that different outcomes are possible. Until the UK chooses differently, poverty will remain not just widespread, but deeper, more persistent and more destructive with each passing year."

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...

Read YoyoBuddy | Tapas Web Community Your home for the world’s most exciting and diverse web comics and novels. Discover stories you’ll love from all genres, only on Tapas!

#Yoyobuddy has reached 237 short episodes. An #alien and a friendly #demon meet, become pals and set off to explore Earth's surface. Lots of lol moments. Full vibrant drawings. One of the #webcomics I look foward to. Give it a try, it is free to read!

YoyoBuddy on Tapas. tapas.io/series/YoyoB...

Europeans challenge US big tech with alternative app menu Driven by concerns over privacy and geopolitical vulnerability, Europeans are increasingly adopting local "app menus" and open-source software to reduce reliance on US big tech.

Some suggestions for switching from US to European tech options.

cybernews.com/tech/europea...

Podcast: UBI and the Common Sense Policy Group Universal basic income (UBI) is often dismissed as unaffordable, unrealistic, or politically impossible. But the conversation I had recently with Howard Reed and Elliott Johnson of the Common Sense Po...

#RichardMurphy changes opinion #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome:

“They test policies for feasibility, affordability, and popularity. They recognise that introducing UBI in stages makes it familiar and non-threatening. They're willing to work with any party”

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...

Just published in BMJ Open

Large UK Long Covid cohort study finds that recovery is low and negatively associated with fatigue severity

bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1...

Medicine is not neutral We like to believe medicine exists solely to heal. History tells a different story. From slavery to women’s dissent, from homosexuality to neurodivergence, medical authority has repeatedly been used t...

#RichardMurphy questions the neutrality of #medicine.

I have a comment (#48) published including reference to #MECFS & #pwME.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...

Brexit has made everything worse, new poll reveals The UK’s disillusioned Gen Z are losing faith in democracy, survey finds

20-22% still think that #BREXIT was good for #UK - gobsmacked!

“Brexit has made everything from #economy to #immigration worse in #Britain, new poll reveals”

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Indy Scapegoats The Poor!

First blog-post of the year, and I am raging! “The Indy Scapegoats The #Poor” - anti-social #neoliberalism at its worst! #TheIndependent #TheIndy

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

#SørenKierkegaard, Works of Love (Kjerlighedens Gjerninger), 1847

#Quotation #Quote

My comment on #RichardMurphy’s blog + brief explanation of #neoliberalism - the #EconomicSystem that Reform, Tories, Blue Labour & FibDems support to the detriment of ordinary Brits. The Greens are looking for a new #EconomicModel.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-a...

#YearOfFoodLove 2025 #Waitrose & Partners

Think I may have to cut back on the lemonade! Ha ha ha

More than happy to support #DuchyOrganic comestibles.