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Kristin 🌻

@kjkrathwohl.bsky.social
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Surviving 30+ yrs #MECFS, #FM, #Lyme & Co #LongCovid #MillionsMissing 🌻 #RepoRights 🌻Art 🌻 Former comms USPS & The Phillips Collection 🌻 🌊🌊🌊 Banner: Lake Michigan, Mears State Park, Pentwater, MI

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h
🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11h
Executing Hassan makes him a martyr. Livestreaming his death dehumanizes us all. 
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 12h
If Kid Rock fears his grandkids fighting a civil war over religion, he should defend separation of church and state instead of fearmongering about Muslims. The answer to religious extremism isn’t Christian nationalism. It’s secular government that protects us all.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 12h
They’re saying that I want to abolish prisons, but that’s crazy. After all, we need somewhere to lock up crooks like Ashley Moody. What kind of person steals $10 millions dollars from sick kids? #AngieForFlorida
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Kirsty Hall @kirstyhall.bsky.social · 15h
MECFS eats your life. I have a medical appointment tomorrow. So today is 'not spaffing all my energy even though I really want to get on with other stuff' + showering. Tomorrow is 'do the thing'. Tuesday, and quite likely Wednesday is 'recover from the thing'. Half the week eaten by 1 hour.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 16h
Autumn Foliage Tom Thomson 1916
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 13h
Brilliant ad from Troy Jackson’s campaign. It sets politics aside and gives people resources and direction on heating their homes this winter, given the shortages caused by the war in Iran.
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Solve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Researchers at FHCSD seek patients diagnosed or w/ symptoms of Long Covid for the LC-Revitalize treatment study. Participation spans 6 mos, w/8 visits (6 in-person @ a San Diego-based clinic). Contact researchers @ longcovid@fhcsd.org / (619) 324-8677 for more info or to join.
Flyer for a Long COVID clinical study by Family Health Centers of San Diego seeking adults with persistent symptoms for research participation.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Excellent thread.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Just as terrorist groups used on-camera executions as propaganda for their cause, this video will be used in recruitment videos by America's enemies for decades to come. It also gives Hasan exactly what he likely wanted when he walked onto Ft. Hood and started shooting.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
DHS is the biggest threat to our communities. 
The pain and trauma they have inflicted on our children is unforgivable.  
But we can choose to change course, dismantle DHS, protect our children, and reimagine the safety of our communities.
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Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywildlife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 09/10/2026
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others. Read more from @heatherhogan.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...
The cover of Long COVID Superheroes features illustrated kids in pajama-capes holding hands and drifting through the air. The text reads “The Sick Times. Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book. By Heather Hogan. Arts & Culture.” An illustration of Joy Explorer, a superhero with Long COVID using a wheelchair. The text reads "Unlike Marvel-style superheroes who possess superhuman strength, invincibility, and rugged individualism, these superheroes showcase bravery by asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with themselves and others. For example, Joy Explorer, created by Sophia, uses her Joy Vision Goggles to locate small joys that keep her going. Nebuli, created by Lucy, generates pocket universes to escape the boredom of being housebound."
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mike Rogers' yacht has a yacht.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a select club Hegseth has us joining.
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Solve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sign up for our Nov. 10 webinar on the Renegade Research SIGNAL study. We’ll discuss how people with #MECFS and #LongCovid can join and borrow therapeutic devices for home use at no cost & contribute data to the BIC unhide® platform for research. Register: ow.ly/LGx250ZIvx7
Portraits of four Renegade Research reps who are panelists for the Nov. 10 Solve M.E. webinar on the SIGNAL study. The study lends therapeutic devices to people with ME/CFS and Long COVID at no cost for home use and collects their data for research.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 08/10/2026
This is bureaucratic violence. ICE quietly stopped taking fingerprints from people in detention, so USCIS denied their applications by default. Nobody weighed the merits of a single case. People's applications were thrown out because the agency holding them would not take their fingerprints.
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just like the Cornell case, summaries of interviews by the FBI in Epstein case were given to prosecutors instead of the full evidence. This is a long used practice to shield prosecutors when they fail to bring charges & it protects predators. youtube.com/shorts/d3Tnq...
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EPSTEIN FILES: The Bombshell Report No One Is Talking About
YouTube video by Courtside with Kristy Greenberg
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“At least 26 senators, more than a quarter of the chamber, hold data center-linked investments … Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island whose data center investments total between $2.1 million and $8.6 million, takes the number one spot.” 👀
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The 5 Senators—Including Maine's Susan Collins—With The Biggest Investments In Data Centers
Forbes examined financial disclosures for every sitting Senator. We found 26 Senators with at least $7 million in investments tied directly to the data center buildout, including Sheldon Whitehouse an...
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 07/10/2026
Oklahoma’s abortion bans cruelly force women who receive a fatal fetal diagnosis to continue their pregnancies even though their child will not survive, or flee the state for care. We’re fighting for change. Are you with us? 👉 bit.ly/47Ftr2y
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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The 1st webinar in the ME/CFS Exchange Webinar Series is Thursday, Oct. 8 at 1 pm ET. It will focus on post-acute infection symptoms. Registration required: ow.ly/2ABp50ZOPKP Hosted by NIH NINDS in partnership with MECFSnet. #NIH #PwME #MECFS
MEAction shares that NIH announces ME/CFS Exchange webinar series starting October 8. Hosted by NINDS in partnership with MECFSnet. Text: Moderator and 4 speakers are listed.  October 8th at 1 to 3 pm ET. virtual.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 06/10/2026
A little baffled by this one, spanning two 10-second frames at 2:02:51 - 2:03:03 today That's a long time for a meteor, but is the most likely explanation. Looking due south from Crestone, Colorado USA #astronomy #astrophotography #UFO
A composite photo of the night sky. In the lower left corner heading diagonally down below the horizon is a very bright streak of light, with a short break between frames. The light is tinged orange/red on the ends. The glow from the object is illuminating the clouds above.Crop of prior composite photo of the night sky shows the object traveling diagonally down below the horizon. It is a very bright streak of light, with a short break between frames. The light is tinged orange/red on the ends. The glow from the object is illuminating the clouds above.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also, the DoD just put Anduril founder Palmer Luckey on "Project Meridian," its commission to determine the future of warfare, which may just involve buying lots of Anduril products, who knows. Luckey has made over 1,000 contributions to Republicans since 2017, 23 of which were for over $100K each.
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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
...and 35 years ago on Oct 11th the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings began. Nothing has changed.
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Immune amnesia from #measles. With growing cases and the anti-vax craze, we're going to be in big trouble with a variety of infections. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But that’s—that’s where my family is.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And the NYT is so proud of its both-sidesing the article is leading the website. Readers are offended, as well they should be. Most recommended comment:
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The headline refers to "exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk"; the article then spends a lot of time detailing a single incident, which has been widely exaggerated beyond all proportion and recognization, and finally turns to Ramaswamy's career exploits, which are by no measure being exaggerated beyond defensible arguments as to their social impact. Why couldn't this article be accurately headlined: In Ugly Fight For Ohio Governor, Exaggeration of Single Personal Incident Is Pitted Against a Plutocrat's Career and Its Consequences. Concerned readers are eager to know.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"May Block..." My God. www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Schumer warns Democrats may block Trump’s judge picks if they flip Senate
Republicans used their Senate majority to block vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination after the 2012 death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Global study (N=6M; 1990-2025) finds--although women are less likely to be prescribed pain meds--their self-reported pain across 11 bodily sites was higher than for men. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Interesting paper on lay scientists / citizen scientists by @chloedecanson.bsky.social; 1uotes @tomkindlon.bsky.social, @chromatowski.bsky.social, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social's interviews, @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social, @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, & more. 🧪
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
P.S. — Want to know who paid for the political mailer you just received? Check out Popular Information’s new tool! paidforby.info paidforby.info
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Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
Forget the speech, the optics are speaking louder.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is in the Chicago neighborhood hit hardest by the ICE assault on our city.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
The administration is threatening access to historical and irreplaceable records, including closing down one facility in California that is home to countless photos and family heirlooms. Congress must exercise its oversight power to save decades of regional and national history.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tennessee Prison Chief Frank Strada is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers claim was the fifth “botched” execution under his leadership across two states since 2022. Fuck resignation, where are the criminal charges? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say
Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt, which sent Pike to hospital in critical condition
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: Each election year, USPS takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. But this year, the agency has pushed back the start date by five days for a set of new measures, leaving postal workers with a truncated timeline to manage mail ballots.
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/10/2026
Talk about not reading the room...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scientists spend another summer tagging sharks in Boston Harbor www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
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Scientists spend another summer tagging sharks in Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor has become a hot destination, and not only for humans. Scientists with the New England Aquarium have tracked sharks for years now. WBUR’s Amanda Beland went along on a trip to learn…
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act. This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans. /1
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell
New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university’s 2024 investigation
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Kennedy before he adopted his Foghorn Leghorn MAGA character.
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Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What happened in Tennessee with the botched execution of Christa Pike is just one more reason we need to get rid of the death penalty.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 01/10/2026
Can irony kill you?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"COVID fatigue linked to reduced brain blood flow" Brain scans found lower overall cerebral blood flow in people with Long COVID, especially in regions involved in attention, sensory processing and cognitive control. Lower blood flow was also linked to slower reaction times and concentration.
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COVID fatigue linked to reduced brain blood flow
Playing with your children or meeting a friend for coffee are everyday activities that many people move between without giving much thought to how much mental or physical energy they take.
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David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's my interview with Guardian columnist @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about his recent column on the awful treatment of people with ME/CFS: virology.ws/2026/10/01/t...
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Trial By Error: Interview with George Monbiot on Recent Guardian Column | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH As I mentioned last week, George Monbiot, the British investigative journalist and longtime contributor to The Guardian, published a c ...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are competing to say howlingly racist things to grab attention and drum up the hate in advance of the election. This is what they're running on.
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