An informational graphic titled "SHARED AUTONOMIC & NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION" under the categories "LATEST RESEARCH" and "ME/LONG COVID." The center features a photo of two researchers in a laboratory wearing white coats, hairnets, and blue gloves, carefully examining a blue liquid in a test tube. Below the image, text reads: "This study shows that Long COVID and ME/CFS share a common autonomic and neurovascular profile, including reduced cerebral blood flow, autonomic dysfunction, and small fiber neuropathy, supporting a shared underlying pathophysiology rather than distinct diseases." The bottom right attributes the source to "Novak et al, 2026, Plos One," and the bottom center features the "LONG COVID ADVOCACY" logo.

1/ A new study from Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, led by prominent researchers Peter Novak, David Systrom, and colleagues, compared 143 Long Covid, 170 ME/CFS, 73 healthy controls, and 290 hEDS patients to map shared autonomic and neurovascular dysfunction. 🧵

I was once accused of 'wanton positivity' which is hilarious if you know me. I should have out it on a t-shirt.

John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst? Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...

‘Our tech overlords like the idea of being Thomas Edison, genius inventor-businessman, but they often have more in common with P.T. Barnum, genius of marketing and hype. Altman could go toe-to-toe with Barnum, and I wouldn’t want to pick a winner.’

John Lanchester:

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I saw the play End on Monday and thought it was excellent. Re funeral music, my sister chose Shot By Both Sides by Magazine as the coffin was taken out!
By coincidence I'm going with my parents and children to see The Spy Who... this afternoon.

Cover for THE LIBRARIANS: smoke from the barrel of a handgun rises to become the silhouette of a woman.

Looking for something to read for Halloween? The fateful murder mystery-themed Game Night in THE LIBRARIANS takes place the night before Halloween!

I'm v e r y old!

The Face Bra - Ally McBeal - Hilarious! YouTube video by Jammers90

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I'm sure that Jane Krakowski's character in Ally McBeal series had a story-line about inventing a 'face bra' to be worn at night to prevent sagging.

Keir Starmer removes Labour whip from at least four ‘persistent rebel’ MPs Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff pushed out and three trade envoys lose roles

The problem with this, is that whilst they're voting against him, they are broadly voting in line with public opinion. He's sending them a message, but he's sending a stronger, more consequential message to us

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Thanks

Can an MP ask this in parliament please? @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social

There is no long covid screening going on or testing in hospitals. Yet research shows COVID infections can cause serious blood clots, especially in those unvaccinated. Over 3.2 million had self reported via

A copy of Who Wants Normal? sits on a wooden table. There are some flowers and a blanket near it, for arty reasons.

Today is 3 months since Who Wants Normal? was published. Thanks so much to everyone who’s bought a copy, left a review, or shared a favourite quote on socials.

As the news cycle has become more toxic, this is a book that says disabled people are here, worthy and rather glorious, actually.

Yes, agreed. Do you think the Greens will start poaching disaffected Labour MPs, or will they join Corbyn's thing?

mention climate change. You'd think that with 3 heatwaves already this summer now was quite a good time to mention that!
Also the old dirty power producers get massive tax breaks/subsidies, plus electricity is over-taxed compared to gas.
This sort of thing is why Labour lose votes to the Greens.

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social re Reform wanting to withdraw clean energy subsisdies, the Labour Party spokesperson says "leaving bills higher for families, threatening hundreds of thousands of good jobs across the country and putting our energy security at risk." Interesting that they choose not to

huge swathe of south London had the Green Party in second place. What is to stop all those rebel MPs just joining the Greens? Green policies are more like what Labour's used to be. Are you aware of the Green Party are actively seeking defectors? Thanks.

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social seeing my MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy having her Ghana trade envoy role removed despite her Ghanaian heritage shows how vindictive the Labout whips are. Is it because she posts consistently about Gaza? And also opposed the Welfare Bill I think. Anyway, at the last election a

I love the way that had the five of them lined up between the pillars. What came first, the task or the location? #Taskmaster

"It was hard if you DID it" #Taskmaster

"Your back's hurting? Ok good." Fair to Alex I think 🤣 #Taskmaster

Such a great series, really well done guys. I think you should go to 25 series then stop when you've done Champion of Champion of Champions. Otherwise you'll have to do 125 series and even at the prodigious rate of output you have I don't think Alex and Greg would last that long 🤣

#taskmaster wow, is it Jason's turn???

32 rooms! 51 minutes! Oh Mat, poor Mat. #taskmaster

It'll either be terrible or brilliant, that's the rule on #Taskmaster

#taskmaster the way Jason threw Patatas down! 🫣

But of course his contrariness trumps everything else!

#taskmaster ok. The butterflies is the cutest thing but Greg doesn't often score cute very highly.

#taskmaster Alex with long hair! Not bad actually.

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Damn right.