Crucial paper published Friday that deserves much more attention in the #LongCOVID world: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TLDR: 13/15 immunocompromised patients who had chronic COVID infections (>200 days) cleared the virus in under 2 weeks when given combo antivirals/monoclonals
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The beginning of every revolution is an exit, an exit from the social order that power has enshrined in the name of law…
—Basel al-Araj
Amilcar Cabral’s words are more relevant than ever: “Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.”
George Jackson’s critique of liberalism’s counterinsurgency is more relevant than ever. “When any election is held it will fortify rather than destroy the credibility of the power brokers.”
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Damn straight facts
A still showing Muhammad Ali standing over an opponent with a quote: “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
#LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme scientists and clinicians: This energy! Bring it each day someone tries to force you to follow the status quo, bring it each time someone tries to slow you down just because their insecure ass can't keep up. People are depending on us. Move faster! Show urgency!
RIP @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. Your fierce advocacy and powerful legacy will never be forgotten, and we won't stop fighting for everything you championed.🙏😔
There is no revolution without disabled people #DisabilityJustice
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🐌📖🎊🥳 I’m thrilled my piece, Snail’s Pace: The Art of Cripping Time is featured in THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, is available now! Edited by @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, this
anthology is filled with art, poems, and essays by so many amazing writers!
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Damn straight facts
People call disabled folks “burdens,” but I’ve never met anyone more resourceful, patient, and relentless than sick and disabled people practiced at keeping each other alive.
Happy birthday Frantz Fanon!
In case you missed it, last night, Oliver Mears, head of opera at Covent Garden, went on stage at the curtain call of Il Trovatore and tried (unsuccessfully) to take a Palestine flag from a cast member.
‘Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,’ UN humanitarian agency says.
Behold the unswerving #Handala ⛵️ sailing on Sunday to break the Zionist blockade ⛓️💥 @freedomflotilla.bsky.social 🙏
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🚨 HELLO, IF YOU ARE ON A CENTRELINK PAYMENT AND HAVE “MUTUAL” OBLIGATIONS OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES, PLEASE READ + SHARE
Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already
The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop
futurism.com/meta-sketchy...
34 disabled people got arrested in a Senate office building last week protesting Medicaid cuts. Just a reminder that there are people putting their bodies on the line to stop this murderous budget. They’re fighting for their lives and yours. Are you fighting for them?
"I believe there is power in words, power in asserting our existence, our experience, our lives, through words."
― Jesmyn Ward, The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016)
Sunday!
Learn about how Pan-African thinkers mobilized solidarity, political education, and writings to defend Palestinian liberation and self-determination and linked the fate of Africa with that of Palestine.
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