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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hm.

Washington Post Instagram post

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Overlaid text reads:

1 in 6
Americans are exhausted
'most days, report finds

And it's worse for women and young adults

A UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients
Laine Bergeson, June 1, 2026
Topics: COVID-19
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 1h

“It has been very difficult, very frustrating, very tiring,” one Utah immigration attorney said. “We are sad, but we keep fighting, you know, because that’s all we can do: keep fighting for our clients.”

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‘They disappear’: ICE shuttles Utah detainees all over the country. Finding them can take days.

One person arrested by ICE in Utah had 20 separate detention stays over 499 days in custody before his deportation to Somalia.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 6h

"“This was sold to the physician community as: ‘We’re going to turn this around in 72 hours, it’s super fast’,” says Jeb Shepard, director of policy at the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA), “and instead we’ve had people waiting four weeks or beyond."" www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...

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AI is now deciding who gets healthcare in 6 US states – and it's already harming patients | BBC Science Focus Magazine

An AI pilot programme is attempting to cut down on ‘wasteful’ medical procedures, and patients are paying the price

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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 22h

WOAH! $1235/$1872! $637 to go!! Can we hit that by tomorrow?

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 21h

You need to understand, the HK pro-democracy channels were not just broadcasting the local struggle. We were following what was going on in Catalonia, in Lebanon, in Chile. To the extent that one of the most famous pieces of graffiti that came out of our city actually was from Santiago

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.

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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, to recap: a mom became homeless, went to DFCS for housing aid, had her children taken away instead, and was then *billed* for their foster care—leaving her $13k in debt and making it harder to secure the very housing she needed to get them back. Hard to imagine a crueler, more perverse system.

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new report from the Government Accountability Office found key data is missing in the effort to combat child labor violations, including for more than half of the child workplace fatalities in the US from 2013 to 2023 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds

Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.

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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Back in NoMA & Union Station this weekend! Saw lots folks, passed out hygiene kits, Narcan, snacks, electrolyte packs, & water. DC is getting cold & we’ll start bringing cold weather gear soon. Help us keep rolling & stock up! CashApp: $RemoraHouseDC & more ways to donate linked in our bio!

A rolling cart with a hand painted sign hanging from it that says “remora house dc mutual aid” is filled with distro supplies and sits in front of a metal sculpture in a small park.

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Ginger Billie @gingerbillie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Does anyone have recommendations for #mecfs #longcovid muscle pain? Since the last crash my biceps/quads cramp/burn/tingle with pretty much any light use. The pain is awful and I can’t use Tylenol long term.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026

Lastly, this has been the toughest month of my career for subscription cancellations. I know money is tight for everyone right now, but I couldn't continue my career without reader support. If you have $5/mo or $50/year (or $10/$100), now would be a great time to subscribe. bsky.app/profile/kate...

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"

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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HELP KEEP OUR FRIEND HOUSED! A dear friend & organizer lost her job & needs help making rent on the first. $1,037 to go by October 1st! Please donate & share! Venmo: @CharitySade C*shApp: $CharitySade

ID: graphic with a photo of a very cute little dog playing in the grass in the background. A yellow speech bubble has been added to look as though the dog is saying "help keep my mom housed, y'all!". Text at the bottom on a bright yellow pointy text bubble with turquoise outline reads "A Black, disabled, queer femme and dear friend and comrade of FTP recently lost her job and needs urgent assistance to cover rent/utilities by 10/1. She is not eligible for unemployment and cannot currently meet the new (bs) requirements for SNAP benefits. Let's get her the rest of the way to her goal!!!Goal: $835/1872. Venmo: @ charitysade, cashapp: $charitysade

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.

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Eduardo Ramirez @eduardoramirez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One thing I’ve found helpful is to own your feelings. Not ‘some people may be offended’ but ‘I don’t like that kind of joke’. It’s wasn’t ignore some hypothetical woke-scold. Much more effective to remind people they are offending the person in front of them.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s not a story that anyone wants to hear but in February 2018 I caught a friend’s sore throat. While he recovered fully, I just kept declining, and by June I was 99% bedbound. Eight years later, that’s where I remain. We desperately need better defenses against all respiratory viruses.

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Candice Norwood @candicenorwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've written a few stories for @19thnews.org recently about currently or formerly incarcerated women who described the harms they faced in U.S. jails and prisons, and have fought for new laws, policies and resources to improve conditions for others. I want to share their stories with you 🧵

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

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Sebastian (they/them) @sickseb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The administration is able to essentially hide a multiplied ICE force not only in unmarked cars, and not only behind masks, but also within local law enforcement through the 287(g) program"

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 28/09/2026

If you happen to see this and need a 20% discount for a carseat or stroller or something similar at Target and live within striking distance of Rockville MD, drop me a line. It has to be quick though. And I can't stress enough: DO NOT USE THESE. THEY ARE NOT SAFE.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wrote a bunch of threads on Umbrella through the years, so might as collect them all here

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've been assuming that my adrenal issues caused my sleep phase shift, but reading this article has me wondering if it's the other way around if trying to force my body to keep typical hours is what damaged my adrenal glands and then all the downstream systems and organs. Kinda neat to ponder 🧵

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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

halfway to my goal!!!! 🤩❤️‍🔥 thank you for all the support and help, it means the world to me! ko-fi.com/sweatermuppe...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Washington DC wildlife: Male downy woodpecker snagging an earwig from a rotted branch this morning in Rock Creek Park by the maintenance yard. 🪶

Close-up of woodpecker with hind part of earwig sticking out of beak.

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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mullin can’t speak honestly about Delaney Hall if he’s never walked through its doors. People are suffering. I’ve seen it firsthand, I’ve heard from detainees. It’s brutal. So because Mullin can’t show up for his job, I made sure he heard the truth from me.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #borbs, here's the Very Round I'iwi I found for you all a few months back. #birds 🦉🌿📷

A Very Round I'iwi (small vermillion honeycreeper with a long curved beak and black wings) standing atop an 'ohia tree in the soft light of a misty day at Hosmer Grove

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 24/09/2026

If you appreciate my work I would greatly support! Not mandatory and all of it goes towards my fund to move out of Texas and also prepare for grad school.

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Emissary of Night is writing about US foreign affairs

I analyze and write about US Palestinian relations, among other things

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 25/09/2026

Wait you guys are getting job interviews?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system.

Each detention unit would sit on asphalt or concrete behind an office's existing security fence, with a counter for processing people and a separate holding area fitted with a toilet and sink for detainees according to the draft work statement.
The agency also wants a 300-square-foot unit for interviewing people in custody and a 60-square-foot "Virtual Immigration Court Unit" for hearings run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that operates the immigration courts.
Both must also be designed for their purpose before delivery.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you checked out all the amazing things Pillow Writers has going on lately? So many options! pillowwriters.wordpress.com They are an international ME/CFS writing community, free and open to anyone with ME/CFS or Long Covid. We are honored to host this amazing group! #pwME #pwLC

Calendar listing October events for Pillow Writers with dates and times in GMT and PST, featuring sessions like Early Pillows, Standard Pillows, Pillow Crafters, WIMEL, and Softest Pillows. On cream background with fall leaves at the top.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026

Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo

A map of North and Central America showing dozens of flights emanating out ICE Air's hub of Alexandria, LA

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Maelee @bakednbougie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been out of my meds for days My internet bill is due And rent is due in less than a week I really need help surviving right now fam linktr.ee/Maelee21 My SSI case is going extremely slowly and I'm doing my best to keep fighting despite constant upheaval🙏🏽 #Blackmutualaid #Queercrowdfund

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Chuckles I'm In Danger

Alt: Chuckles I'm In Danger

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 25/09/2026

Study: More evidence of reduced blood flow to the brain of people with Long COVID Analysis: The U.S. is ill-equipped to respond to LC and future mass disabling events Preprint: Assessed over 700 LC clinical trials and found that they emphasized treating symptoms thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/r...

A visual shows functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain, which allow researchers to visualize the activity of the brain. Three scans surround a 3-d image of a human head with a view into their brain. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Long COVID research updates. A small study found more evidence of reduced blood flow to the brain of people with Long COVID. New analysis: The U.S. is ill-equipped to respond to Long COVID and future mass disabling events. A recent preprint assessed over 700 Long COVID clinical trials and found that they emphasized treating symptoms.”

A small study in NeuroImage: Reports has found more evidence of reduced blood flow to the brain of people with Long COVID. The authors concluded that this abnormality was linked with fatigue, after they assessed brain imaging results of 22 people with Long COVID and compared them with 19 controls. Participants of the study performed a 20-minute cognitive test called psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), while undergoing a type of MRI that tracks blood flow. People with Long COVID reported much higher fatigue than controls both before and after the task, and “exhibited significantly longer reaction times during the PVT,” the authors concluded.

The U.S. is ill-equipped to respond to Long COVID and future mass disabling events, a new analysis argues in The Journal of Medical Humanities. Author Philip Finkelstein evaluated the disease through the lens of securitization, or, how public challenges are viewed as existential security threats. He found that modern security strategies remain “shortsighted and poorly attuned to threats that operate insidiously, eroding societies from within.” He stated that to properly address the security of Long COVID on society, the U.S. would need to invest in long-term care, workplace accommodations, and social support, but that these solutions are not “geopolitically advantageous.”

A recent preprint shared in Research Square assessed over 700 Long COVID clinical trials and found that they emphasized treating symptoms. Only 57 of the 714 trials addressed post-exertional malaise (PEM), prevalent in a subtype of Long COVID, and only eight of those trials used PEM as primary endpoint. “There is a substantial unmet need for well-powered, mechanism-based, disease-modifying trials with biomarker-driven designs and objective, exertion-based endpoints,” the researchers concluded. Still, researchers stated they used a conservative research strategy, which may have missed some studies.

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.

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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“She nearly lost her home to foreclosure and her teenage daughter was entrusted with running her household. Her college-age son left a football scholarship to return home and help with costs around the home. Mason has three children and also raised four of her brother’s children.”

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am so desperate for someone to publish their data on how many of “healthy control” volunteers screened positive for Long Covid. I’ve been hearing of this problem for years, I think it would be so valuable to document it.

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Red-necked phalarope spinning and scooting about in the Capitol Reflecting Pool this afternoon. 🪶

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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