I don't think doctors will acknowledge long COVID or bother to learn about it until there is a diagnostic test and easily accessible evidence based treatment. They diagnose and treat; two things they cannot do with long COVID patients. They're happy to send you off to look for other explanations.
sucks that it’s come to this, but if congressional Republicans wanted to put up a national gerrymandering ban or multi member districts etc, it would pass *for sure*. until then fight fire with fire
unless and until republicans agree to a ceasefire in the form of strict anti-gerrymandering provisions: fuck them to hell, squeeze every last drop of blood from the stone, lock them out of every seat you can
The cover of the May/June 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine depicts a drawing of two androgynous track and field athletes running on a track. In the sky, stripes in the transgender pride flag colors run parallel to the track lanes. Headline: Let Them Play, How welcoming trans athletes can improve sports culture for all by Jessica Luther.
Introducing the May/June 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @jessicawluther.com and art by Adrià Voltà.
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My new startup iamtheactualdevil dot com is receiving it's b-series funding today.
Every reporter should just be asking like: You're a big stupid dumb-dumb, right? That's a lie because you're a moron, correct? Can you just confirm, I want to use the phrase "belligerent dumbass", you would agree?
The next AG should conduct a white collar terror
You can call it a hoax. You can call it a staged event. But mostly you can call it the workings of a sick, demented man.
WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
Until I got to "wheel" I thought this was about Australian boots. I know
He's been bad for 80 year... But what if makes a turn in the next 30 seconds👀
I am personally invested in setting up the infrastructure of my work as a freelancer on technology that isn't exploiting me, or exploiting someone else to benefit me.
Even just out of pure self-interest: the death spiral of GenAI killing off things that once worked won't stop. So am preparing....
1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.
The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.
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Spent some hours illustrating Selena in honor of Selena Day on April 16. I wanted to do something special for this essay because it’s our social media manager @candibolden.bsky.social’s first byline, and I think it’s really lovely.
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This is very cool and everyone should be doing it
JD Vance gets heckled at TPUSA event: “You’re killing children!”
President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak on Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ
A+ headline.
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The real duopoly
Conservative parties are essentially opposition parties. If he had come in, done nothing, said everything is big beautiful now, he'd be +30. But he's a racist malevolent pos so
A black and white dog laying in the middle of a rainbow on the floor.
He posed! He usually looks away when I try to take his picture.
Do people ever ask themselves, why, on this beautiful planet, they are spending time defending a system where 12 billionaires have the same amount of wealth as 4.5 billion people
This is figure 1, which shows Long COVID Disease Burden vs. Other Conditions, by Sex Predominance.
A study in Communications Medicine finds that Long COVID’s disability burden rivals that of Alzheimer’s and asthma in the US, but Long COVID receives 14% of its years lived with disability-proportionate funding from the National Institutes of Health. go.nature.com/4v23Nzv #medsky 🧪
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
Drunk doctor: "Fourth, do no harm"
TRAILER: Buried Alive with M.E.
I’ve spent the last months making a film for M.E. Kills, an online exhibition by A Quiet Storm.
People with ME die every week. Many more are left to rot in dark rooms without care, disbelieved and dismissed. It’s a living death.
#pwme #millionsmissing #severeME
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France is making Sweden look like a fossil dinosaur.
(The Swedish government has just agreed to short-term VAT cuts on petrol, and is seeking approval from the EU to cut fuel taxes further, to below the mandated EU minimum.)
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Keep it up it's working
Dysautonomia in Long COVID is Prevalent and Could Explain the Frequency of Symptoms 🚨82% of long COVID patients have measurable dysautonomia. ➡️Interesting but also frustrating USA cross-sectional study of 100 long COVID patients (mean age 56, 32% women, 53% minorities) assessed autonomic dysfunction using the COMPASS-31 questionnaire, heart rate variability (HRV), NASA Lean Test, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET in a subset). ➡️Key findings on prevalence and impact:
🚨🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on XTwitter:
"Dysautonomia in Long COVID is Prevalent and Could Explain the Frequency of Symptoms
🚨82% of long COVID patients have measurable dysautonomia.
➡️Interesting but also frustrating USA cross-sectional study of..."
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I'm not religious but if you're a Christian and you don't think Trump is the antichrist, wtf
Have we tried losing sooner?
