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Mixæl Laufer @mixaelslaufer.bsky.social · 1h

I've been hoping studies like this would happen since 2020. This is just the very beginning, but it is the beginning. Scientists may have found a “unifying theory” of chronic fatigue | ScienceDaily share.google/7NxfWS1IJtm2...

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Scientists may have found a “unifying theory” of chronic fatigue

Scientists found that five seemingly unrelated conditions, including long Covid, ME/CFS, and PTSD, may disrupt many of the same biological networks involved in immunity, metabolism, and cellular energ...

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Decomposing Dame (Diandra Mae) @diandramae.com · 21h

Could be applied to so many situations…😆

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“If we weren’t so ill, those of us with this awful disease would be shouting it from the rooftops.” Eleanor Dent describes being largely housebound with #MECFS, from difficulties getting benefits to harmful advice, and still no treatment after 24 years.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the only map of england everybody else needs (best selling music by territory, Actually Helpful for understanding some things; also Suck It Morrissey.)

map of england where every county is lableled by their best selling band

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LBC: 'Chronic illness cases surge post-covid, leaving young patients searching for answers' 'Diagnoses of a chronic condition..have risen five-fold since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to experts...Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)...' www.lbc.co.uk/article/chro...

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Chronic illness cases surge post-covid, leaving young patients searching for answers | LBC

Experts are reporting a five-fold surge in diagnoses of a rare chronic condition since the COVID-19 pandemic began

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

She's from Texas, I can tell by the way He's two steppin' 'round the room And judgin' by the smile that's written on his face I only went with her cause she looks like you, My god

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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/09/2026

this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“We’re just having a laugh!” At who. At who. Is it at fucking sick people begging to keep up a venue where they can maybe socialize safely for a bit without risking getting sicker?? Is that the fun morning drama in your life right now? Jesus Christ.

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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌭 Workers making some of the UK’s biggest food brands are still on the picket line in a fight for fair pay and decent conditions This week they are in crucial negotiations. Please share and tell Pilgrims and their clients like Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's to pay up! 📣

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

wear a mask, don't wear a mask, whatever, I could care less, but if I do catch you sneering at anyone who does choose to wear one, I am not going to be polite, nice or kind about it. Signed, someone whose mother died LAST YEAR of COVID complications. (Partly) because she saw no need to mask.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Now that it’s time to pay the piper, the state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences." Julia Doubleday takes down an ableist Telegraph column that denies the reality of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/21/c...

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COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times

The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...

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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks! 😊 All the mucosal vaxes aim to reduce infection/transmission:, they'll vary in how much they can. Where they are at depends on where you live (some countries already have one or two). For US/Europe etc, several close to phase 3. My backgrounder: hildabastian.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/w...

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“When Will We Get a Sterilizing Covid Vaccine?”

I get this question a lot. It’s hard to answer in a few words. I know there has been at least one prediction that it could happen this year. I think the question is too complicated for an eas…

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is great to see, but also how did Young Simon Amstel travel back to the early 80s

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.

Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When people are busy conceding to a reality constructed from the top down they really, really, really do not like running into people who are saying hell no to that bs.

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Sarah @no1sarah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Disability status is indeed a social identity akin to sexuality, gender, or race, because it describes the way we must move through the world in relation to others, and how others discriminate against us." open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...

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COVID is disabling young women, not Tiktok

“Sickfluencers” are merely symptoms of a mass disabling event

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The 80s is dying, and the 90s struggles to be born; Now is the time of monsters

Jim'll Paint It's disturbing/brilliant rework of The Prodigy's Music for the Jilted Generation album cover.
The band is Brucie's and the title is Music for the Jilted Generation Game and it's Brucie's rictus showbiz grin morphing up out of grey goo/through a grey sheet.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18/09/2026

Breaking News: HarperCollins has dropped the backlist of children's author David Walliams, The Bookseller understands. 👇

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David Walliams' backlist dropped by HarperCollins

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A wildlife photographer in Iceland captured a massive herd of reindeer coming within meters of him while he hid among the rocks: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A decade or more ago I stopped engaging with entertainment (books, tv, film, even music) where the central premise is a woman gets killed or tortured. It cuts down stuff to a manageable choice and has done wonders for my feelings of wellbeing and trust. Because, fuck that for funsies.

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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You and me both, Anthropic, you and me both.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"All I can think of is the fact that there was a time every year starting in 2020 that we had entire months of 'a 9/11 a day' in Covid deaths, and even still no one wants to acknowledge that, and it will happen again in this 13th U.S. Covid wave, and I can only hope someone notices."

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Publisher: "So what's the cover vibe?" Hugh: "Umm the threatening menace of a confrontation with excess?" Publisher:

The front cover of a River Cottage book called MEAT by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Hugh is outside the door of a cottage in a butcher's apron, holding a huge rack of ribs under one arm, with the other hand on the door handle, and giving a menacing look straight at the camera.

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This article almost made me cry it's so spot on

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A lot of people have said to me “but why would the government lie about the risks from Covid?” And I’m sorry but the answer is always because capital is valued over lives and they want you to go back to work, it was true in the mines, true on the railroads, true post-9/11, and true now.

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bit harsh, looks quite nice actually

A tourist brochure entitled This Is Mid Wales

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is great to see, linking previously unlinked similarities between conditions that cause people so much suffering

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Expectations adequately lowered

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today we have written to the Health and Environment Secretaries, backed by 20 experts. UK guidance says shut the windows. But research found smoke in all 23 Manchester homes monitored during July's fires. Don't just tell people to stay inside. Tell them how to stay safe. 1/2

llustration of a semi-detached UK house split into two living rooms, showing that wildfire smoke can enter homes even with windows closed. Both rooms contain a family; the left room is smoky and the right room has clearer air and an air purifier, while a masked man leaves the house. Text reads, “Wildfire smoke doesn't stop at the front door,” with labels “Following UK guidance” and “Following WHO / CDC guidance.” Bottom text notes that smoke entered all 23 monitored Manchester homes in July despite closed windows, and urges people to be told how to stay safe.

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Always my next day caff hangover cure: a tea, a coke and an orange juice. I assumed everyone did this?

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Man on The One Show: This is George the Mississippi Alligator, found in the bathtub of the home of a man who went into hospital, it was only 18 inches then. I think people buy things on the spur of the moment and don't really think about the repercussions 🤯

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

it is exceedingly logical for my already autoimmune ass to avoid contracting further pathogens, especially sars2. but don’t think health makes you exempt—it’s worth avoiding even if without an existing condition—becuase all it takes is one acute infection to develop a chronic one.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Vaccines really are amazing scientific accomplishments. The shingles vaccines reduces risk of heart disease. The HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer virtually obsolete. We’re close to an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer. Science for the win! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Does the shingles vaccine cut heart-disease risk? Mounting evidence suggests a link

Large study finds that people who received the ‘recombinant’ vaccine for the viral condition had a lower risk of cardiovascular problems.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

you'll never guess what the context for this post is

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The Layered Approach recognizes that certain strategies might not be accessible or feasible for everyone. More tools provide more options and protection. —Check out the 14 strategies in our #LongCOVID Defense Guide on #MaskTogetherAmerica’s website: masktogetheramerica.org/layered-char...

Long COVID Defense Guidance
The Swiss Cheese Layered Approach recognizes that certain strategies might not be accessible or feasible for everyone. More tools provide more options and protection.

Visual: The virus emoji represents SARS-CoV-2.
A slice of Swiss Cheese represents a preventative measure
A mouse represents a misinformation spreader
There are 14 strategies in our Long COVID Defense Guide, depicted by 14 slices of Swiss Cheese, invaded by mice and viruses:
1. Check Wastewater Viral Activity Levels in Your Community
2. Wear High-Quality Masks
3. Go Virtual
4. Increase Ventilation + Filtration — Move Events Outdoors with Precautions
5. Isolate + Test When Exposed
6. Isolate + Test When Symptoms Present
7. Stay Up to Date with Vaccines
8. If Infected — Seek Early Treatment and Care
9. Rest, Pause Exercise, Pace Yourself
10. Test Negative Twice 48 hours Apart Before Leaving Isolation
11. Self-Diagnosis for Long COVID
12. Seek Diagnosis and Care From Long COVID Clinics
13. Find Community Support
14. Take Precautions to Prevent Reinfection
Read on our website: https://bit.ly/MTA_LCDefenseGuide

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Incredible observational skills, love to see it

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As it is Skynet Day, it seems as good a time as any to share that data center based LLM Ai is caught in a death spiral which is going largely unreported in the media. In short, major insurers are creating carve outs for Ai, refusing to insure it, causing corporations to abandon its front facing use.

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fourlights @angiechaseface.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes, I'm in the actively find it distracting camp m'self

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My disappointment about the Uprising Robinhood is that has a few lines. The first is it isn't giving American audiences credit. How are they supposed to judge whether or not the want a Peasants Uprising film if you never offer them one?

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