Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A great AI explainer for anyone (like me) who is overwhelmed with the terminology, concepts and terminology.axios.comAI 101: Explaining AI to anyoneMost people still don't know what it is, how it works or whether to trust it. 000
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you find it difficult to imagine how an LLM can hack into anything, this segment will help.thisamericanlife.orgEscape Claudes - This American LifeTwo chatbots, stuck in a loop, each trying to help the other. 000
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hard pass.youtube.comMeta Is Using You To Build A Robot EmpireYouTube video by Proton 000
Reposted by Brian ShuellIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And that, as they say, is the ball game. 🧪 arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 1317897
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...smithsonianmag.comFor Many Americans, Covid Is Still a Chronic, Disabling Disease. These Scientists Are Working Tirelessly to Bring Them ReliefLong Covid saps the strength and vitality of patients, who have little recourse to fight it. A team of specialists—including an afflicted researcher working mostly from her bed—is looking for answers 021
Reposted by Brian ShuellTom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Todd Davenports PhD’s thread on ME/CFS vs Long Covid threadreaderapp.com/thread/20916... #MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME @sunsopeningband.bsky.socialthreadreaderapp.comThread by @sunsopeningband on Thread Reader App@sunsopeningband: Given the online discourse of the past couple of days, I can see that it's time for more #ThoughtsFromthePEZDispenser. PEM has longstanding consensus case definitions. It's always be... 12911
Reposted by Brian ShuellJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894211286
Reposted by Brian ShuellLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️ 194335127163
Reposted by Brian ShuellElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/07/2026NEW: EFF’s @doctorow.pluralistic.net joins Jon Stewart’s @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to examine how the AI industry relies on inflated expectations, question what AI can genuinely do, and explore how AI supercharges problems like surveillance, labor exploitation, and corporate consolidation.youtu.beAI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon StewartYouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart 014043
Reposted by Brian ShuellIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We have so many responses that it's likely we will have to close the survey once it's been open a week rather than a month. If you have the time, I hope you'll consider taking the survey this weekend! You can find it here: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...surveys.mayoclinic.orgQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 22311
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026With great power comes great responsibility.bbc.comOpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attackIt is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement. 000
Reposted by Brian ShuellMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20368812624829
Reposted by Brian ShuellPhillyPhile215 @phillyphile215.bsky.social · 12/05/2026“They rename it ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ to downplay its seriousness & they mock the hundreds of severely ill patients who are calling the CDC begging for help…” #WorldMEDay #MEcfs #InternationalMEAwarenessDay 173
Reposted by Brian ShuellSenator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 30/04/2026In 2020, President Trump wrote an executive order that he didn't sign. It would have directed the Defense Secretary to seize ballots and voting machines. He has said he regretted not signing that order. I asked Secretary Hegseth about that today and he refused to answer. youtube.com/shorts/6sZTR...youtube.comWill Hegseth Send Troops to the Polls?YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin 148936
Reposted by Brian ShuellAlexandra Thompson @alexthompo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Exercise is always a good thing, right? Well, maybe not. For people with long covid or ME/CFS, it can be devastating. And science needs to catch up (all views my own blah blah blah) www.newscientist.com/article/2523...newscientist.comExercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than goodExercise has been touted as a tool for managing and treating long covid, but much of the evidence has neglected one of its most debilitating symptoms: post-exertional malaise 15924
Reposted by Brian ShuellKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026stable genius right here…👇 10588074
Reposted by Brian ShuellProton @proton.me · 11/04/2026Your inbox shouldn’t know you that well. 122217
Reposted by Brian ShuellSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Tell your Senators to sign the Dear Colleague letter in support of ME/CFS research funding. Contact them by April 15th with our easy-to-use action tool here: solvecfs.quorum.us/campaign/157943 01711
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026onelifelivedwell.substack.comReimagining YouFinding identity, meaning, and purpose when life doesn’t look the way it used to. 000
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026techpolicy.pressAI Warfare Is Outpacing Our Ability to Control ItWe must set global norms before these technologies become entrenched in how wars are fought, writes Anna Hehir. 011
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 05/04/2026CNBC: "OpenAI’s Fidji Simo takes medical leave, announces leadership changes" 'OpenAI hired Simo in May, and her condition, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS, relapsed a few weeks before she started in the role' www.cnbc.com/2026/04/03/o...cnbc.comOpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave, announces leadership changesOpenAI President Greg Brockman will oversee product in Simo's absence. 1101
Reposted by Brian ShuellGrace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 03/04/2026“We talked about all M.E. had taken from us. From her, it had stolen her career, her imagined children, snowboarding, often even the strength to get out of bed. But the worst theft was her brilliant technologist’s mind. She told me she constantly felt concussed…” 💔 0187
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026📢 Medical providers: your signature is needed. We're asking CMOs to share accurate ME/CFS resources & support its inclusion in licensure/exam pathways. go.solvecfs.org/e/1109402/Cl... #MECFSgo.solvecfs.orgClinician Sign-On: Chief Medical Officer Outreach LetterThank you for lending your clinical voice to this effort. By signing on, you are joining fellow healthcare providers in asking Chief Medical Officers to take two concrete steps: disseminate accurate M... 032
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026If you or someone you know is suffering with #MECFS, you can take action by signing a letter asking State Medical Boards and State Health Leadership to recognize ME/CFS competency as a patient safety and standard-of-care issue. Please take action now! go.solvecfs.org/e/1109402/St... #MECFSgo.solvecfs.orgCommunity Letter Sign-on FormThank you for adding your voice to this effort. By signing on, you are joining patients, caregivers, clinicians, and allies across the country in asking State Medical Boards and State Health Leadershi... 021
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@peters.senate.gov Please support our 3 asks for FY27 Appropriations: • $15.4M for the CDC ME/CFS Program • $50M for the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap • ME/CFS in the PRMRP #MEAwareness #MECFS 064
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@slotkin.senate.gov Please support our 3 asks for FY27 Appropriations: • $15.4M for the CDC ME/CFS Program • $50M for the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap • ME/CFS in the PRMRP #MEAwareness #MECFS 063
Reposted by Brian ShuellSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Today for #MECFSAdvocacyWeek: make your voice heard at the federal level. Contact your reps: solvecfs.quorum.us/campaign/157943 Share our posts: tinyurl.com/MECFSFederalAdvocacyDay #MECFS #pwME #MEAwarenessHour 02516
Reposted by Brian Shuell#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026ME/CFS affects ~9 million Americans. There are no FDA-approved treatments. We need medical research funding to change that. Today advocates are asking Congress to change that - join us! It takes 5 minutes: ow.ly/2hKo50YySls #MECFS #MEAwarenessHour Solve M.E. #MEAction Network 04223
Reposted by Brian ShuellC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@beyer.house.gov As a constituent with ME/CFS, I’m asking you to support 3 asks for FY27 Appropriations: • $15.4M for the CDC ME/CFS Program • $50M for the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap • ME/CFS in the PRMRP Please support all 3—my whole family in VA-08 is counting on you! #MEAwareness #MECFS 073
Reposted by Brian ShuellC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@markwarner.bsky.social As a constituent with ME/CFS, I’m asking you to support 3 asks for FY27 Appropriations: • $15.4M for the CDC ME/CFS Program • $50M for the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap • ME/CFS in the PRMRP Please support all 3—my whole family in VA is counting on you! #MEAwareness #MECFS 073
Reposted by Brian ShuellC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@kaine.senate.gov As a constituent with ME/CFS, I’m asking you to support 3 asks for FY27 Appropriations: • $15.4M for the CDC ME/CFS Program • $50M for the NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap • ME/CFS in the PRMRP Please support all 3—my whole family in VA is counting on you! #MEAwareness #MECFS 1157
Reposted by Brian ShuellSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 12/03/20269 million Americans have ME/CFS. There are still no FDA-approved treatments. This year, Congress can change that. Here's what we're asking for in FY27 appropriations: 🧵 13616
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Tulane University: “Tulane study reveals key differences in long-term impacts of COVID-19 and flu” “The findings, published in Frontiers in Immunology, help explain why long COVID often includes neurological symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue…” news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-st...news.tulane.eduTulane study reveals key differences in long-term impacts of COVID-19 and fluTulane University News and Press Releases 1107
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026‘Nearly Every’ Child With Measles Suffers This Hidden Threatmedscape.com‘Nearly Every’ Child With Measles Suffers This Hidden ThreatImmune amnesia — measles’ little-known complication — can leave unvaccinated children at a higher risk for infections for years. 010
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Bloomberg: How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2. By Jason Gale www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comHow Covid Quietly Rewires the BrainResearchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2. 25025
Reposted by Brian ShuellWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad 9633119213634
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 17/02/2026"With an autocrat, you cannot give an inch"wsj.comColbert Slams FCC and CBS, Priming for Fight Over Equal-Time RulesIn a biting monologue on ‘The Late Show,’ the comedian said his network was cowering to regulators prematurely. 000
Reposted by Brian ShuellC.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026ME/CFS is debilitating enuf to tend to disappear those affected from public life, so many people have no idea what it looks like. If you’re curious, this Sundance-premiered, Oscar-shortlisted doc streams free on YouTube and does a remarkable job making visible an illness usually obscured from view.youtube.comUNREST Feature Documentary (With Captions and Multilingual Subtitles)YouTube video by Unrest Film 25222
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 06/02/2026✅ ✅ Submitted support for Maryland's TEDCO Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program (HB0027) this AM! 1134
Reposted by Brian ShuellMatt Lazell-Fairman @mfairma.bsky.social · 06/02/2026May still be time to sneak in a testimony for anyone wanting to support the effort to get dedicated research funds for Long Covid in Maryland. #LongCovid #MECFS 084
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026CISA was DOGEd last year. AI will be taking corporate jobs that have security privileges. Seems like a perfect storm for cyber security nighmare.wsj.comHackers Recruit Unhappy Insiders to Bypass Data SecurityThe souring economy has hackers on the hunt for disgruntled workers open to assisting with cyberattacks through authorized access into their employer’s digital systems. 000
Reposted by Brian ShuellAndrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026If you are worried how data will be used against ICE protesters. Or how smart homes reveal your secrets. Or smart cars or medical devices will become evidence in court. Listen to this conversation. There are risks, rewards, and even solutions… 214370
Reposted by Brian ShuellRhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Ok y'all. Whats going on is making me cry on the regular. It feels weird to be here at the GRAMMYs - but I want to honor the music of my ancestors by playing it- we gonna do some busking tomorrow, come say hello if you’re in town for the shindig. 12852173
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 01/02/2026NYT: 'Religious Leaders in Minnesota Say It’s Their Duty to Resist ICE' 'Progressive clergy members are in the spotlight — protesting, organizing and getting arrested. It’s a split screen to the Trump administration’s muscular, conservative Christianity' www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/b...nytimes.comReligious Leaders in Minnesota Say It’s Their Duty to Resist ICE 0136
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 31/01/2026'In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream' “Doing nothing isn’t okay.” “This movement that we’re building is about love and it’s about the powerful futures that we want to build each other." minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/21/i...minnesotareformer.comIn the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream • Minnesota ReformerThe week before an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, her 67-year-old neighbor Terri Sullivan heard that a school in nearby Richfield that serves mostly Latino students needed ... 183
Reposted by Brian ShuellBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 31/01/2026NPR: 'A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota' 'Since making the pattern available for $5, the shop has raised nearly $400,000, Mashaal said Friday.' www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...npr.orgA red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in MinnesotaA Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu... 212459
Reposted by Brian ShuellJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgSt. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting residentThe police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in... 31668892374
Brian Shuell @bshuell.bsky.social · 06/12/2025A very good 17 minute documentary on POTS. If you are someone you love suffers from POTS this might be a helpful video to share with them and would be good to share with Healthcare providers.youtube.comPOTS : An Invisible Illness | Full MovieYouTube video by PCARES 082
