OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a landscape with hills under a starry night sky

'Starry Starry night' hand embroidered artwork by Vicki Foster, contemporary textile artist #WomensArt

📌Pope Leo XIV TODAY:

“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion and the name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

He is NOT backing down.

Long Covid projected to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year New research forecasts hit to GDP from lower productivity and workers quitting because of long-term illness

Financial Times: 'Long Covid projected to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year'

'New research forecasts hit to GDP from lower productivity and workers quitting because of long-term illness'

www.ft.com/content/de44...

Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage A ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and

Article: Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage

This happens to nearly all myalgic encephelomyelitis patients. It’s brutal, but validating and important to see the harm named and studied.

#GreatestMEdicalScandal

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

I don’t know anything about The Canary, but this single article will be more effective than 10,000 Covid conscious accounts on Bluesky. Spread it far and wide!

LitCovid LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

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The only aspect poorly understood about #COVID is WHY it is still being ignored by most governments, when we have 480,000+ published studies about COVID that attest to it not being just like "any other respiratory illness":

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...

Painted eggshells fragments by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt #Easter

a woman coughing Headline: Covid Is Mild And Over So Wash Your Hands To Avoid Breathing It In Story by William Munny and Bennett Jerseyboat Photo by Adobe

Covid Is Mild And Over So Wash Your Hands To Avoid Breathing It In

These stories must be told

What can wage development before and after a G93.3 diagnosis tell us about prognoses for myalgic encephalomyelitis? Prognoses for persons affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) are rarely studied systematically. Existing studies are often based on smaller sample…

ME/CFS should meet the “severe and lifelong” criteria as recovery is rare: "full recovery from zero or very low labor capability around .. diagnosis leads to a total return to jobs with normal wages in only exceptional cases" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@tessamunt.bsky.social #MEcfs

"That’s a delivery driver who has not yet had the car crash that will paralyse him, a trainee teacher who’ll go on to get a bipolar diagnosis, a nurse who’s just caught that bad cough that will sadly develop into long Covid."

You simply don't know if you're going to be affected by this brutal cut

Charities and disabled people’s organisations, including Mind, Scope, MS Soc, Turn2Us and Mencap told the Guardian that a wide range of debilitating conditions may not meet the strict eligibility criteria. This includes MS, learning disabilities, bipolar, Parkinson’s, ME and long Covid. 3/5

‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities

‘A cruel penalty’: hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit cut if their conditions are deemed not to be lifelong.

My report in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/5

Disabled benefit claimants face lower payments if conditions not deemed lifelong, charities say Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisations

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit almost halved if the government assesses their condition might one day improve. Charities warn the move could cause large-scale hardship, including “destitution.”

My report in tomorrow’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities

A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong

Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities

A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong.

A backbench revolt fought off previous govt attempt to cut disability benefits. Same needed again.

No attempt to cut corporate welfare - auto, steel, Internet, energy, shipbuilding receive subsidies.

Extremely glad we managed to shine a light on this disease which could easily affect any of us. Please do have a listen

🎧 👇

The DHSC paused action on commissioning a specialised service for very severe ME/CFS until April 2027 at earliest. This isn’t acceptable @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social!
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#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME

Swedish study reveals COVID-19 may increase glandular fever risk Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead to serious illnesses in the future.

"Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead to serious illnesses in the future."

www.news-medical.net/news/2026031...

ME: Swansea man was active but now he can't walk or talk at 28 Tomos is one of thousands with ME in Wales, with services described as “a desert” for those most affected.

Fair play to BBC news. They've written a host of pieces about Long Covid, and ME (CFS) lately. Insane that millions suffer in the UK but doctors are still not routinely taught about it. Meaning patients are often abandoned with no treatment beyond anti-depressants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dr @binitakane.bsky.social explains how a theory that #MECFS is caused by deconditioning and a fear of exercise permeated medicine and framed the illness as psychological. This led to the patients being neglected, gaslit, and some would say abused. Causing huge trauma for the community.

I love saying 'i'm just not feeling great today," like there's been a single day in the last few years that i have mybodyistryingtokillme.com

The Power of Poetry   with things falling apart and anarchy let loose,   it was only poetry, he found, which had any use,   so he reached for his copy   of The Complete Works of Yeats   and bludgeoned the President of the United States Brian Bilston

On World Poetry Day, here’s a reminder of the power of poetry and its potential to change the world.

Module 3 Report Chair's statement YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry

"We coped, but only just"
UK Covid Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett makes a statement on the Inquiry's 3rd Report, on the impact onlf the Covid pandemic on UK healthcare
Live here
youtu.be/GTv9YhYlLsw?...
The report covid19.public-inquiry.uk

We can't think from this that the Covid-19 pandemic happened in the past, and the government needs to prepare for a future one. But Covid-19 is ongoing, and it needs to control its spread and is to protect healthcare workers and patients *now*, and to support those with Long Covid.

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

Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Call for Evidence This Call for Evidence is being administered by DWP on behalf of the Timms Review steering group and seeks to gather feedback and insight relating to the areas outlined in the Terms of Reference of th...

📢Have your say on the future of Personal Independence Payment.

The Government wants to hear from disabled people, DPOs, carers, clinicians & experts.

You’ve got until May 28th. Form available in various accessible formats here👇

www.gov.uk/government/c...