“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”
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Making sense of ME/CFS 1 Psychologizing kids with asthma, in the past and today Attributing physical illness to a neurotic personality isn't new. K. Johnstone Apr 18, 2026 When we struggle to make sense of how physical illness is dismissed and psychologized, it helps to remember that this problem isn’t new. Physical illness was also minimized and psychologized in the past, in ways that can seem ridiculous to us now. Looking to the past can help us get some perspective on our current struggles.
"Psychologizing kids with asthma, in the past and today: Attributing physical illness to a neurotic personality isn't new." by K. Johnstone @kjohnstone.bsky.social (Apr 18, 2026)
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#chronicillness #invisibleillness
I’ve been waiting for 33 years for any treatment for #ME, unable to work, leave the house, see people. The Delivery plan for ME has been shelved. There are many thousands of us in a similar position and when we are strong enough to be, we are very, very angry.
A #Motability customer has launched a legal action against the Treasury over budget measures that he says will put at risk the mobility “lifeline” the scheme provides to disabled people.
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Important post from Dr Todd Davenport about PEM.
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A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands with tools like Siri and Alexa became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices.
NEW: We documented almost 100 cases of deepfake sexual abuse happening in schools around the world—with more than 600 children being victimized by their peers.
Mostly boys in 25+ countries created explicit imagery of girls they often know from school over the last couple of years
This story is horrific. Worth noting that Target is not the only retailer using AI for theft prevention. It’s an entire industry. And if you’re looking for alternatives that are safer to shop at in this regard, you’re very likely out of luck. Small, non-corporate businesses probably your best bet.
As a therapist and a healthcare worker, chatbots are becoming a public health crisis, and I’m tired of hearing people who don’t see the harm every day explain why this is totally fine and just like people pearl-clutching over cellphones. It’s getting worse and we haven’t scratched the surface.
NEW: Analysis by @wired.com and @indicator.media reveals the first global look at the plague of AI-generated sexual abuse material impacting girls in countries around the world. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/deepfa...
"I don't want to be part of an undemocratic party" says former face of Reform in Wales.
Really missing the other place and the valuable info I could glean from my contacts posts about treatments. And just the method to search people I follow. Sigh. But still not worth the compromise of supporting that platform.
Lovely!
**CALL OUT** I’m looking to gather experiences of disabled people who have been criticised or harassed by the public about their Blue Badge or Motability car etc when out.
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Seem to remember nasturtiums and marigolds. Might be worth checking and they're pollinators. And edible!
No shade to the OP for admitting this, but it shocks me that people my age don’t know this.
You fundamentally cannot understand how the world functions, how power works, if you don’t know history.
I hope the wooziness eases 🤞
And yay well done self injecting! I found it weird and scary but now it's easy.
Warming ampoule to body temp might help with stinging. Firstly is it same kind of B12 as you get at GP? Eg. Hydroxy Vs Methyl as some react well to one but not other. Are you taking cofactors particularly folic acid & higher than daily rec? Finally try up food based potassium might ease things.
Are there any #MECFS friendly doctors in #Adelaide that can treat a patient with #SevereME who is housebound, and about 99% bedridden?
I can’t get to a doctor’s office and need someone who can treat me at home.
It’s that, or be neglected to death.
Any ideas?
This should be part of their sales pitch
🤔😱😂
There isn't a wrong answer by the way. We're left without proper help to figure this out. So whatever you choose is right for you.
I hear you. It's hard to bear.
It's what drove/drives me to keep experimenting on myself. But that has risks and isn't easy.
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts an apple orchard in bloom in the centre, allotments to the left and sheep in their field at the bottom. Train tracks go past the top of the orchard and allotment.
Sewn train tracks past an apple orchard (to the left).
An angled view of a sewn vegetable allotment surrounded by rough land, trees and with train tracks to the left.
An angled view of embroidered bushes and paths going through them leading to an orchard, allotment and fields.
'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!
MAKE NO ONE CAN TAKE SELF PUBLISHING AWAY FROM YOU. NO ALGORITHMS OR OLIGARCHS CAN CENSOR YOU. NO GATEKEEPERS CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUABLE. NO GRANT FUNDING CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR WORDS. NO INSTITUTION CAN BAR YOU FROM ENTERING. NO KNOWLEDGE IS UNAUTHORIZED. THAT IS WHY YOU MUST ZINES!
Love this public service announcement on a neighborhood bulletin board (looks like it got wet in the rain, that's why it's a bit blurry) "NO ONE CAN TAKE SELF PUBLISHING AWAY FROM YOU. NO ALGORITHMS OR OLIGARCHS CAN CENSOR YOU. NO GATEKEEPERS CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS NOT IMPORTANT..."🌹🥀
Help!
I'm looking for people with ME/long covid or similar who do something creative (eg painting, photography) that is inspired by nature to feature in my book.
Ideally people more severely affected than me, so bed bound or partially bed bound
#mecfs
OpenAI's former Safety Lead just confirmed what our research has shown: AI companies can deploy safeguards to prevent harm in a matter of hours.
They're choosing not to.
AI-assisted violence isn't inevitable. It's a decision.👇
NEW:
Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, new research has uncovered.
As the Artemis II crew came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the “lunar limb.” Seen from afar, it almost looks like a circular arc – except when backlit, as in other images captured by the Artemis II crew. In this photo, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while Australia and Oceania are in the daylight. In the foreground, the Ohm crater is visible, with terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Peaks such as these form in complex craters when the lunar surface is liquified on impact, and the liquefied surface splashes upward during the crater’s formation.
oh dang y'all saw this one right
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