Me, the one time a week after I socialize.

We've known about ME for decades.
#MEAwarenessMonth

😷=🩷

The telegraph has been decrying the death of the (white) male writer for years. Meanwhile, as I rearranged the new-in nature hardbacks on wed night I realised I had 4 displays shelves all by men - 90% white men - mostly on birds. All interesting books, but (!). It was partly a fluke of timing.

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Brian Eno 2h. On the Arrest of Young People at a Quaker Meeting House Last night, six young people were arrested by police during a peaceful gathering at a Quaker Meeting House. They had assembled to talk, reflect, and organise around two issues of overwhelming moral gravity: the climate emergency, and the continuing destruction in Gaza. That the police chose to forcibly enter a Quaker space-a site known throughout history for its deep commitment to peace and nonviolence—is both alarming and telling. These young people were not disrupting the peace. They were enacting it. We live in a time where the greatest threats to our future go unchallenged by those in power, while those who speak out are increasingly met with suspicion, hostility, and force. When the state begins to treat moral concern as criminal intent, we should all be paying close attention. The people arrested last night were not extremists. They were citizens who care-young people who see the interconnected crises of climate collapse and human suffering and refuse to turn away. They gathered not in violent defiance, but in peaceful conscience. I stand with them. I believe their voices are not only valid, but vital. If the institutions meant to protect us cannot bear to hear these voices, then it is not the protesters who are disrupting order—it is the silence of those who look away. - Brian Eno

Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.

Imagine telling researchers on the frontlines of cancer, infection, or rare disease that their work is now considered ‘entitlement’ 🤷🏼‍♂️

These aren’t handouts - they’re investments in health, innovation, and lives

This chart should alarm every single one of us 📉

"The real mortality figure is probably unknowable, not least because so many families have been killed at once, leaving no one to account for some babies or toddlers ever having existed."

mayatcontreras › ice 19h I think the media needs to stop saying the word "arrested" especially when a person has not been formally accused of any crimes and the person's lawyer cannot locate them. People are being *kidnapped* by the federal government, kidnapped. abo NEWS abcnews * 22h A Tufts University PhD student on a visa was arrested by immigration authorities outside of Boston on Tuesday night, according to the school and the student's lawyer.

I said this on the other site, but I think the media needs to stop using the word “arrested” if a person hasn’t committed any crimes, hasn’t been read Miranda rights, hasn’t been formally charged with anything and their family and lawyer doesn’t know where they are. It’s kidnapping. It’s abduction.

Four panels show the growth and changes of Luna, a calico cat. In the top left panel, the white cat mom with her kittens on the birthday is shown. The top right panel shows Luna at a few weeks old, looking straight at the camera. To the left of her, two of her white-colored siblings are asleep. The bottom left panel shows Luna at four months old, lying on a grey sheet, on the first day she moved in with me. The bottom right corner shows Luna being relaxed and sleeping on her back, belly showing, on a blue and green blanket. The photo is only a few weeks old and shows her as a fully-grown calico cat.

The moonlight of my heart, Luna, turned 2 this week.
The biggest blessing in my chronic-illness life 🩷✨🐈

Care...is our right. Today and always
#LongCovidAwareness

Digital graphic with a deep blue background, featuring an image of Spock in a round frame edged with purple and light blue. Text in bright purple reads "What would Spock say?" The main text advocates for Long Covid research funding, listed above hashtags #LongCovidAwareness, #VoiceOfReason, #Postcards4LC, and #FundLongCovid. A hand icon is in the upper right corner.

💌 Some wise souls have joined us for #LongCovidAwarenessDay
Agreeing we urgently need funding for:

⭐ biomarkers
⭐ pathophysiology
⭐ treatments

@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@england.nhs.uk
@nihr.bsky.social

#Postcards4LC

“Imagine that this disease comes from a common virus – one so common you might catch it at the supermarket, at school, or on the bus. Imagine that recent studies have shown that this virus – the one that’s everywhere you go – can linger in your body for more than a year after infection.“

It's Long Covid Awareness Day.

I'm three years in. How about y'all?

There are two pictures. The picture on top is black and white with a white woman with dark short hair lying in bed. On the bottom colorful photo is the same white woman with slightly longer hair wearing a blue headband and a bright red jacket. She smiles into the camera while standing next to a young girl whose face is hidden behind a heart. They are standing in front of a lake with mountains in the distance that are partly hidden behind clouds.

Image description: A protest graphic for Long Covid Awareness Day 2025 made by Berlin Buyers Club. The text Still Sick Still Ignored Still Fighting Long Covid Awareness Day 2025 is in white and pink text on a black background. There is a smiley face in red with letter x for eyes and a zigzag style mouth suggesting the emoji is sick and tired. The small text Berlin Buyers Club is in the top left hand corner.

It's #LongCovidAwarenessDay2025
5 years of a global pandemic, 3 years of #LongCovid #mecfs and a bunch of other diagnoses for me.💙
It's a different life and I feel like I woke up in a parallel universe.
Thanks Berlin Buyers Club for the signs! 🖤🤍💙
#5YearsLongCovid
#HalfADecadeOfNeglect

Cognitive dysfunction is BRUTAL 😶‍🌫️😢

The momen c0v p@ndemic broke out, I was telling my friends how MAYBE we'll have more cases of ME and finally a cure. 1/n

#LongCov #sarscov2 #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PostViralSyndromes #EBV #HHV6 #Coxie #MyalgicE #TimeForUnrest #MillionsMissing

5 years with Long Covid... (3 for me personally) 😷

#LongCovidAwareness #5YearsLongCovid

Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.

We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.

Thanks for these amazing resources! 💙

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👩‍💻Need some help with #LongCovidAwarenessDay?

We've got you covered with a social media pack!

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YOU KNOW THE RULE

"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

If you think this is something that only concerns the global south, you may want to pick up a good book.

Actually practically any book older than about 80 years will do.

At least the pandemic is over (cough *sarcasm* cough) and we're "back to normal" 🤦🏻

#LongCovid #ChronicIllness #disability

Light peach background with black writing at the top that says, "What is Cognitive Impairment?" Lower and to the left is copy that says, "People with ME/CFS experience slowed information processing, trouble finding words, and low cognitive stamina. Often, this worsens when in PEM." Next to this copy is a cartoon image of a woman with her hands to the sides of her head. Her expression shows that she may be overwhelmed or frustrated because she doesn't understand.

Cognitive impairment in ME/CFS can include: ➡️ Slower reaction times ➡️ Memory & focus issues ➡️ Difficulty processing info
Cognitive impairment can worsen with PEM & orthostatic stress.
Learn more 🎥: loom.ly/ouYbrjA
#MECFS #InvisibleIllness #MECFS101 @openmedf.bsky.social

Many of us haven't moved on. The pandemic is ongoing. Glad to see some allies out there still 😷

🆕 Full article in the Sunday Times

"I didn’t know that doctors wouldn’t believe you and think that it’s in your head,"

“I didn’t know that there was a lack of funding. Until you actually experience it, you don’t realise how alone you are with it all."

archive.ph/2025.02.23-0...

Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely

“Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely”

What chance of effective intervention under this new anti-science regime?

www.theguardian.com/...