Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesThe Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Autistic & Trans? Our free online support and discussion group meets every month and has been for the past 3 years. Come join us www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu... 034
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesEb @ebthen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026They know damn well that this isn't going to benefit people or reduce "fraud". The whole point is just to not pay for the people who can't meet the administrative burden. It's not even a secret. It's their whole tactic. 1258
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesUnknown Etiology @viralpersistence.bsky.social · 03/06/2026ok last post on this: I feel like a lot of the attempt to force mind body approaches into pwLC and pwME is driven by people’s anxiety about seeing disabled women engage with the mechanical nature of human existence. and perhaps disabled people more broadly behaving unspiritually. 191
Sedimentary Stories @sedimentarystories.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I was shocked when my recent blood tests showed some problems (anemia & possible malnutrition)—it made me feel vindicated. Completely passed my POTS test that I hoped/expected to fail though during the same visit. 020
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesMartha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 01/06/2026Free & by donation groups and workshops A few essays liberated from behind a subscription paywall, Entirely new groups with new collaborators And the beginnings of maybe my biggest folly ever - A legacy folly 143
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesNull convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Doing the right thing and following through will lose you friends and that's something we all have to live with even though you'll never like it and it's never comfortable. That's a counterculture value. You will lose the people who won't accept a need to commit so you need to find your friends. 16219
Sedimentary Stories @sedimentarystories.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Who’s got new glasses & no signs of optic nerve pressure? This kid! 010
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesAngela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026To everyone still masking in 2026: You are smart & beautiful. Do not ever doubt that you are doing what is right - morally, as well as practically. Protecting yourself, your loved ones & your community does not need to be justified. We ALL deserve accessibility, health & safety. 😷✊️✌️❤️ 27016
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesTom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026From @mayalongcovid.bsky.social #MEcfs #PwME #CFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis 0229
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesKaj [they/them] @speedofhuman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is a great piece that I encourage everyone to read, but especially cis allies. 🏳️⚧️ 122
Reposted by Sedimentary Storiesace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 27/05/2026btw you can call and speak to an ADA specialist if you have q’s like this. they’re thru ADA.gov and they have a pretty tiny staff so sometimes you wait awhile but that’s fun 1-800-514-0301ada.govThe Americans with Disabilities ActDisability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, the ADA is a law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life. 22613
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Important #LongCovid finding of auto-antibodies in patients directed to neural tissue, and then, by transferring the antibodies, recapitulated the disease symptoms in mice @cellcellpress.bsky.social @virusesimmunity.bsky.social cell.com/cell/abstrac...cell.comA causal link between autoantibodies and neurological symptoms in long COVIDPassive transfer of IgG from long COVID patients induces pain behavior accompanied by intraepidermal nerve fiber damage in mice. 620490
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesMichiel @murtoz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026even in their funding announcement they minimise #ME/CFS "Thousands of patients" At least 400k have ME in the UK, potentially 1.3m when including pwLC meeting dx criteria. pwME abroad will benefit too. So it's ~204m But £4.75m for "thousands" sounds a lot more... And is still less than PACE got!gov.ukThousands of ME/CFS patients to benefit from first genomics studyPeople with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, to benefit from world-first genomics study. 2121
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesBright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 12/05/2026This is the message I just sent to the NYC Mayor's Office. Fascism's strength depends on institutional pillars of support. Currently, our own state or city governments are functioning as pillars on this matter through their silence, passivity, and complicity. We must tell them that is unacceptable. 211033
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Healthy friends are like: "You want to go deep-sea fishing this Wednesday?" ME: WTF did you just say to me? 1492
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesBrandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Encouraging my own ADHD by investing in a third computer monitor. 1242
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesDonia ♾️ ♿️ @ethyricalartist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What a great format, Tom! If there was a template it would be a great way for many to share our own "missing posters" 💙 (If anyone wants to create one - I'd do it, but have #SevereME & have been missing from my life since 1997 💔) linktr.ee/EthyricalArt... #MillionsMissing #WorldMEday #disabled #MElinktr.eeEthyricalArtist | Instagram | LinktreeSeverely disabled, chronically ill artist with disabled black cat: currently homeless. Please help by donating or buying my art, yarn, or patterns! 🐈⬛ 🙏 155
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 11/05/2026Food & sleep dude. They do wonders for maintaining your madness. When the basics in our lives are off as mad people it throws us haywire. Just getting food & sleep right is a big help in mental stability. 45414
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/05/2026i am fine spending my tax dollars on schools and roads and medicine and the like. i would prefer not to spend my tax dollars on a new stadium while my teacher friends go on furlough. Oregon is in financial crisis. $200 million for a nicer stadium is idiotic. 472608380
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Guys. Heads up. Let’s talk about Hantavirus. There have been SEVERAL bad takes and BLATANT misinformation circulating regarding this outbreak so I figured it was a good idea to make a thread about it. Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Know your facts. Here’s ALL you need to know. 🧪🧵⬇️ 12584244497
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I frequently links to maps and visuals that are over the Bluesky image resolution cap. I’ve never maintained a centralized location, so here is that. If anyone is interested, there are a couple of hundred here and growing. The viewer itself is for motor accessibility; the raw files are there too.dr.eamer.devViewer: Curated Visual Reference CollectionCurated high-resolution infographics, maps, charts, and visualizations with thorough alt text. 1206
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 07/05/2026Shout out to the #LongCovid & #CovidConscious communities who warned us. They said: -keep masking in public spaces -invest in high quality indoor air filtration -don't declare the pandemic is over prematurely -demand single payer health care The majority of us didn't listen. It's a shame. 626186
Reposted by Sedimentary Storiesjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026it's so cool and sexy how a medication i've been taking for over a decade that is key to helping me do things like "remember to eat" and "shower" is now something that necessitates drug testing bc a boiled raisin in washington d.c. thinks it's the same as meth 325047
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesMe and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The extremely rare catcopus. 307185703331
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 05/05/2026In "Illness as Metaphor," Susan Sontag unpacked the ways in which common metaphors linked illness to people's psychological traits & reinforced victim-blaming narratives. (Sontag was being treated for cancer as she wrote the book.) The pseudoscience of "The Body Keeps the Score" works the same way 🧵 112027
Reposted by Sedimentary Stories🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 19/04/2026Email me proof of donation above $10 and get one of my games of your choice. 21845
Reposted by Sedimentary Storiesbabs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026help @maskblocla.bsky.social keep LA's air a lil cleaner! YOU can sustain this mutual aid organization by coming to this event AND / OR by donating something to be auctioned or raffled (or donating to our venmo)! www.instagram.com/p/DX-hwLWHWSR/ 02925
Reposted by Sedimentary Storiesvalebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Post-COVID condition (PCC) in children and young people (CYP, PCCcyp) remains a significant health burden. Early identification of patients at risk for severe disease, including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is crucial for timely and adequate care. #MEAwarenessMonthlink.springer.comRisk factors for severe post-COVID condition in children, adolescents, and young adults - European Journal of PediatricsPost-COVID condition (PCC) in children and young people (CYP, PCCcyp) remains a significant health burden. Early identification of patients at risk for severe disease, including myalgic encephalomyeli... 183
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesSokera! || Shop Closed for Wedding! @pyixus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026May 5th. As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Strikingly, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases. Murder is the third leading cause of death for us.niwrc.orgMMIW: Understanding the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Beyond Individual Acts of Violence | NIWRC 199111
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Josh Turek in the Iowa State Senate Democratic Primary debate said the first bill he'd introduce in the Senate would be to push a bill that would end subminimum wage for disabled people. #CripTheVote 49320
Reposted by Sedimentary Stories#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026One week until May 12th - #MEAwarenessDay & #MillionsMissing. The week is May 9- 16. Your story matters! Resources & prompts in our toolkit: bit.ly/MM2026toolkit We will soon be sharing sample posts created by volunteers to help get us all started! #FrailAndFurious #pwME 01815
Reposted by Sedimentary Stories🏴🚩 Trans Kafka (any pronouns) 🍉🍉🍉 IS A REAL HUMAN PERSON! @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I am on cymbalta, an antidepressant that is also the most effective medication treatment we currently have for fibromyalgia. If I am forced off my cymbalta, I will be unable to walk from pain. Going off cymbalta without ramping down causes severe, violent, and life threatening withdrawal symptoms. 2136
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesZohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This is some Streisand Effect shit. The govt has always downplayed research findings they don’t like, and most of them are never noticed anyway. Doing this was not smart. 0141
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Just published👇 "While individual nondrivers have diverse transportation circumstances, they share common travel characteristics that distinguish them from drivers. Given the substantial size of this population, their perspectives & needs must be meaningfully integrated into transportation planning"sciencedirect.comUnpacking living without driving: Travel modes, barriers, and transportation insecurity among nondrivers in Washington State, USANearly one-third of eligible residents in the United States do not have a driver's license. An even larger share of the population likely lives withou… 22111
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesBalaeniceps tex 𓅣🌏🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☭ @socialistpuffin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Please help Alex and Emery!!! 034
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesSara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Want another peek at Mother Tongue? Here are some pages on deaf accents, Martha's Vineyard sign language, and what it takes to make a utopia. Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for hosting this piece. lithub.com/deafness-sho...lithub.comDeafness Should Be Allowed to Be UnremarkableAccent is dependent upon a variety of factors influencing the speaker’s will and ability to modulate it, including whether the speaker is trying to hear themself against background noise, if they a… 12511
Reposted by Sedimentary Storiesbetsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Today @thesicktimes.org: Advocates in France interrupted a recent Long COVID conference, calling for biological research, not “psychologization.” @mileswgriffis.bsky.social interviewed the organizations behind this action. thesicktimes.org/2026/05/05/l...thesicktimes.orgLong COVID advocates demand biological research at a conference in Paris - The Sick TimesWe spoke with the two organizations behind the viral moment where advocates interrupted speakers at the Long COVID EU Project event. 49739
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026In addition to this nakedly eugenicist bullshit— Doctors have spent the last god knows how long prescribing antidepressants for chronic illness like it’s going out of style, and now that it will be, they are not fucking prepared. 25616
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Autistic young people have a right to an education, but the mainstream media thinks reasonable adjustments and supports are unnecessary, too costly, or over the top by @charliclement.bsky.socialthecanary.coAutistic children aren’t just uncomfortable – causing them distress cannot be normalisedAutism is being attacked from every angle: demonising parents and vilifying those seeking a diagnosis. The mainstream media are propping this up more than anyone 0219
Sedimentary Stories @sedimentarystories.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Finally made it to a Bateman Horne Center support group for #pwME & it was such a lovely space. batemanhornecenter.org/outreach/batemanhornecenter.orgSupportSubscribe to BHC newsletter and support group reminders. 010
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesShannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Misinformation from top health officials in the Trump administration has created a “crisis of public trust”—and Congress should conduct oversight hearings & possibly impeach officials such as RFK Jr, the U.S. HHS secretary, according to a recently released report from @autisticadvocacy.org and AAPD. 01712
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesMichiel @murtoz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I need every man following me to read the below thread. All of it. And then take action to stop this misogynistic BS. Offer to accompany the women and femme and fab folk in your life to their medical appointments. Been doing this for a decade and I am still shocked in almost every appointment. 1199
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesClayton @claytonwk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026From JT Flowers (Albina Vision Trust, TriMet board member) Instagram: He’s proposing to extend service cuts to August 2027 and a bunch of other good stuff! 06731
Sedimentary Stories @sedimentarystories.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Late DX folks: How do you process the grief of realizing that an earlier diagnosis would have saved you a bunch of stress/heartache/shame? So many things from my childhood I was punished & mistreated for were b/c I was autistic & had un-DXed hypermobility. 220
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 04/05/2026For autistics, "Too much noise & clutter & stimulation can be exhausting, painful & impossible." It is better to "be able to spend some time in an environment where we can control our sensory input, and not have to filter anything for a while." @oolong.co.uk: thinkingautismguide.com/2019/02/star...thinkingautismguide.comStarting Points for Understanding AutismI believe that the best path to understanding autism is a thinking style which tends to concentrate resources in a few interests and concerns. 09430
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesSarah Carter @ephemerawoman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Please alt-text your images - supercooldesign.co.uk/blog/how-to-... Cone on pals, you’re better than thissupercooldesign.co.ukHow To: Write Good Alt Text - SupercoolAdding useful alt text to images is one of the easiest ways to make your website more accessible. But it's not necessarily an easy thing to do well … 1154
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesRichard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I had great fun writing this about David Attenborough's childhood fossil collecting. I went to Leicester for the day, tracing his route from his former home (on the university campus) to the fossil sites like Tilton-on-the-Hill which he visited as boy #earthscience www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.com'It was one of the key moments of my life': The thrilling fossil discoveries that sparked Attenborough's love for natureFossils fascinated Sir David Attenborough throughout his childhood. The BBC retraces the steps of Sir David's formative experiences roaming the British countryside. 23514
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 04/05/2026ICYMI: Our investigation verified 50 suicides of trans people in the UK over the past decade, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. wearequeeraf.comTrans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population, new investigation revealsDespite warning signs that trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population, official data remains inadequate – while rights and healthcare rollbacks continue 09332
Reposted by Sedimentary StoriesDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 03/05/2026For everyone sitting comfortably thinking “my kid doesn’t have long COVID, so I don’t have to worry about these things”… Your kid doesn’t have symptomatic long COVID YET. 624370