Mel Brookes History of the World - Last Supper YouTube video by Ukarau Kakepare (CheekyUkie)

watching #KenBurns documentary film of #LeonardoDaVinci
here is the scene re DaVinci working on one of his most famous paintings, the #LastSupper
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Review: Self-Help From the Middle Ages by Peter Jones My Spectator review of a new book exploring mental health in the medieval world

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What is truth, said jesting Pilate Who knows any more, we all say

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Then the reverse zoom when Captain Wentworth (and the other ladies) leave the room, and Anne is alone with her feelings

In part inspired by @bakerdphd.bsky.social, but fully driven by my own Austen-mania, I'm about to watch the Root/Hinds Persuasion (1995), an artful, thoughtful adaptation of my favorite Jane Austen novel. It is not quite so lovable as P&P; it has edges, and conscience, and true melancholy. Beautiful

How to Survive the Broligarchy | Carole Cadwalladr | Substack Girl power vs Tech bros. Click to read How to Survive the Broligarchy, by Carole Cadwalladr, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

How to Survive the Broligarchy
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Michael Rosen Funny Poems | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen YouTube video by Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

This little medley of Funny Poems has just reached 70k views. | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen youtu.be/i2z_4Be6lCI?... via
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@wildlifebcn.org
#GreatFen #Huntingdon #Peterborough #peatlands #fillinguptheswamp #HolmeFen #RamsayHeights #Holme

@francesleckie.bsky.social
Thank you for this, Frances. First time I've opened up your newsletter and it's simple in approach, magnificent in scope. Not sure how the $500,000 project works in the UK but that's the point - you show us how to find out. Great stuff!
#ILnewsletter #IndependentLiving

#MECFS patients and advocates not only had to fight flawed research and harmful treatments, they also had to deal with attempts to discredit them, like a PACE author calling an MP “unbecoming” and accusing MPs of defamation and libellous comments for scrutinising his work.

Scenery like I am in a Jane Austen adaptation but a bit more like This Life.

1 April 1816

Jane Austen responds to a letter from the Prince Regent suggesting she write a historic romance, saying, “I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life.”

#History #HistoryMatters

The Stairs of Knowledge at the University of Balamand in Lebanon

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#me/cfs #LongCovid #pandemic #secondwave #winter2020-21 #HallettInquiry #CovidInquiry

The case for change for people with ME — and how to get involved A guest post from Tessa Munt MP

From @tessamunt.bsky.social, making the case for an almost extinct type of politician that would hear, believe and take action when faced with one of the biggest institutional injustices in 50y.

Hard to believe for #pwME, but she is living proof they exist 👏

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Saving hedgehogs starts with small steps close to home From storybook stars to real-life strugglers, hedgehogs are vanishing in the UK. Walk 3km this spring and help them roam and survive

The Wildlife Trust's 'Hedgehog Walk' returns from 30 March through April.
Walk or wheel 3km in aid of hedgehogs - its great exercise & great fundraising.
Why is this so necessary? Read on.

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This is not a painting - its thd view from beneath an ancient pedunculate oak. Its over 400 years old
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A Constitutional Scholar on Claude's Constitution Jill Lepore on a new set of precepts that are meant to make the chatbot wise, decent, and safe.

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Hiding in plain sight: two (?) new women poets from 1589 Seven or eight years ago I was reading in the British Library a collection of strongly Protestant Latin verse published probably in Germany in 1589, dedicated to the English poet and diplomat Daniel R...

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The case for change for people with ME — and how to get involved A guest post from Tessa Munt MP

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Meningitis is back – and here is why | Devi Sridhar After two deaths, it’s right to be concerned and to discuss investment in public health. But our system is good and it’s working, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of ...

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Dr Charles Shepherd Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 - listen in! - The ME Association Dr Charles Shepherd, MEA Hon. Medical Adviser, was interviewed on […]

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The big catch-22 of ME/CFS is "Do I finish this today while I have energy since I'll crash tomorrow, or do I pace myself and finish this tomorrow"

The first option being an unavoidable self-fulfilling prophecy. 😴

When Fatigue Has No Status Exactly the same structure governs the legitimacy of fatigue. Fatigue secondary to multiple sclerosis is readily recognised as real. Fatigue of equivalent severity in ME/ CFS is contested and quietly downgraded. The lived experience may be indistinguishable. The social meaning is not. One story preserves the model ‘good person plus bad object equals illness’. The other destabilises it, and so suffering is reinterpreted as identity. As a rehabilitation physician working closely with patients with long-standing ME/CFS and functional disorders, I have repeatedly been struck by a paradox that is difficult to forget. Several patients whom I had followed for years, disabled by profound fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and loss of function, were later found to have incidental MRI findings that supported a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Each time, I expected devastation. Instead, more than one patient told me that the day they were given the diagnosis of MS was ‘the best day of my life’. Not because their suffering had changed, but because, for the first time, it had become legitimate. They were no longer exhausted without cause, disabled without explanation, or ill without status. They had crossed an invisible threshold from a condition that required justification into one that commanded recognition.

Extract from "The Hidden Hierarchy of Illness" by UK consultant Tarek Gaber

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#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

Timms review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP): Call for Evidence - The ME Association The Timms Review of Personal Independent Payments (PIP) has now […]

The Timms Review of Personal Independent Payments (PIP) has now opened to the public to submit their evidence towards the consultation.

Submissions will close at 11:59pm on the 28th May 2026.

Find out more on our blog: https://meassociation.org.uk/9cbc

#MECFS #PIP #WelfareCuts #TakingThePIP

People with #LongCovid, #MECFS and similar conditions don’t get the recognition and funding they deserve — @DrAmirKhanGP.bsky.social

Unless decision makers have been personally affected, it’s almost as if they think ‘it won’t happen to me’ — @ZackPolanski.bsky.social

Poster download in the link. White background, black letters & a QR code. It says: “WHAT IF YOU LOST HALF THE HOURS IN YOUR DAY? YOUR WEEK? YOUR YEAR? ME/CFS causes a 50% reduction in pre-illness activity (at least). Every COVID infection increases your risk. It can happen to anyone. Practice self care & protect your community: Wear A Mask”

I saw this posted elsewhere:
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This is pretty great. There are zines too.

POSTERS/FLYERS (DOWNLOAD): ME/CFS and Masking Awareness - saltydyke's Ko-fi Shop ko-fi.com/s/f0919c480c

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #LongCovid

We’ve heard some early feedback that this is a positive improvement on previous versions. We are currently reviewing the updated module in detail and will continue to share any feedback or concerns.
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