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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Vote YES, Virginia. Click the link to hear Obama speak on protecting free and fair elections. www.instagram.com/reel/DVgPM9o... Visit Virginians for Fair Elections here: www.virginiansforfairelections.com?gad_source=1...
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Virginians for Fair Elections - Vote Yes by April 21
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy — and right now, they're under threat.
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Whitney Dafoe @whitneydafoe.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I had a very serious medical incident happen right after posting my last video about talking again and have been through a lot…I'm ok now, I’m recovering… Read or listen to the whole piece on my blog👇 www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=... #mecfs #chronicillness #pwME #LongCovid #resiliance
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We’re releasing a new State-by-State Resource Directory to help people living with ME/CFS and other disabling chronic illnesses find local and national support. Free, practical, and built for real life. 🔗https://bit.ly/3ZBBIAC
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/02/2026
The 19 Buddhist monks carrying a message of peace made it to Richmond on Monday, the 100th day of their walk from Texas to D.C. The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. wapo.st/3NUrWaj
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A moving 'thank you' from a longCOVID patient to the ME/CFS community. Worth a read. centerleftstack.substack.com/p/those-who-...
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Those Who Were Already Here
Learning to Live Inside a History I Did Not Choose
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Politics Chat, January 27, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
WE THE PEOPLE Stand together. Share broadly on social media. Pass it on to friends and neighbors. Take the message viral. Inspired by Heather Cox Richardson's Tuesday, January 27 Politics Talk on YouTube.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Mim @mimgolub.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
On January 21 at 1:00pm ET, Linda Tannenbaum (CEO and Founder) and Danielle Meadows, PhD (VP of Research Programs) will host a webinar with the objective of answering your questions about OMF and its research. Register for the webinar: ow.ly/IyGz50XWboB Submit question: ow.ly/81OM50XWboA
Large text reads, 'INSIDE OMF: YOUR QUESTIONS, OUR ANSWERS.' There are two photos: on the left is Linda Tannenbaum smiling, and on the right is Danielle Meadows, also smiling.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 06/01/2026
Today, I am reflecting on the bravery of the officers who heroically defended our Capitol on January 6, 2021, from violent insurrectionists sent by Trump. We must never forget the five officers, all Virginians, who lost their lives due to the attack. youtube.com/shorts/0PLaJ...
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The January 6 Insurrection
YouTube video by Senator Kaine
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Just caught this 2011 interview with Bill Moyers posted recently by @democracynow.org -- He saw it coming a long, long time ago. Guessing he wasn't alone. Anyone working in the industry felt it. Thank goodness for independent journalism.👏👏 www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r...
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Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting
The legendary journalist Bill Moyers died in June at the age of 91. Moyers, whose long career included helping found the Peace Corps and serving as press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, was an...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Because of our community, 2025 moved the field forward. Since 2012: $60M+ raised, 76 projects, 53 publications. With just a few days left in 2025, will you consider making a gift? A year-end gift keeps research moving. Donate hope today👉 www.omf.ngo?form=donatenow
Key highlights from 2025: 40 active research projects underway; 16 new scientific publications and one preprint; StudyME registry with over 14,500 participants supporting 21 studies worldwide; launch of BioQuest, the largest biomarker discovery study in ME/CFS research; progress in the Life Improvement Trial (LIFT); and release of a Clinical Care Guide for ME/CFS and Long COVID through the Medical Education Resource Center.
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Laurie True Blue, PHR, SHRM-CP @laurietrueblue.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
✨Last Chance to Triple Your Impact! In this interview, all of OMF’s Directors talk about how their overarching hypotheses of #MECFS might explain how symptoms look different in different people. 🔗 Watch now and support OMF's research: www.omf.ngo/interview-wi... #GivingTuesday
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Giving Tuesday is coming up soon. 💙 This year, we’re rallying our community to help expand access to informed, compassionate care for people with ME/CFS and Long COVID. More details coming soon, stay tuned.
Giving Tuesday, Dec 2. Spread the word! Bateman Horne Center logo at the bottom.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Only 48 hours left to make your gift count 3x ⏳✨ Triple Giving November is your chance to help accelerate research into #MECFS and #LongCOVID. Every donation is tripled through December 2 (up to $1M). There’s still time! 💙 Donate today: ow.ly/kUgC50XA0Mb
Estelle holds a white sign with black text that reads: “ME/CFS is a profound loss of identity. It is watching most of the things we once held dear growing further out of reach.”
Below the photo, on a blue background, large white text reads: “48 hours left! Make your gift count 3x.Donate today: www.omf.ngo.”
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
CHIPPING AWAY AT THE MYSTERIES OF #ME/CFS Renowned geneticist has spent the past 12 years focused on the disease that has taken so much from his son By Rachel Tompa In @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @whitneydafoe.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
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Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/09/2025
Current and former federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously. To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica. Here's how to get in touch.
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Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You.
We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 27/08/2025
Some Republicans have already publicly admitted they regret voting for massive health care cuts in the “Big, Ugly Bill.” On Health Care Day of Action, I’m asking you join me in urging GOP elected officials to reverse these cuts before it’s too late.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
From a Mother’s Love to a Global Movement: A Conversation with Linda Tannenbaum, OMF's Founder & CEO. Led by Catarina Santos, co-produced by Joana Ferraz of Millions Missing Aliança—both mothers impacted by #MECFS & #LongCOVID. Watch now👉 ow.ly/L1GL50WJxHW.
The graphic features Linda Tannenbaum with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue top and a silver necklace. The text below her photo reads: “A Conversation with Linda Tannenbaum, OMF’s Founder & CEO.” In the bottom left corner, there is an Aliança Millions Missing logo.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
From Brent's mom: Brent worked with OMF. He is now severely ill and house-bound. He can’t read or write. He can barely communicate but wanted to share this message with other patients.
Brent is lying in bed with a cover over his eyes. A sign on his chest reads, 'Don't give up.'
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Yesterday, Aug. 8, was Severe ME/CFS Awareness day. This message from a young woman in Norway was posted on the Open Medicine Foundation site, and it echoes so beautifully the thoughts of my severely ill 38 yo son. His message to other patients is, "Don't give up." www.omf.ngo/severe-me-cf...
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Honoring Severe ME/CFS Awareness Day - Open Medicine Foundation
Honoring Severe ME/CFS Awareness Day: Recognizing the resilience of those with severe ME/CFS and raising awareness to support urgent research and care.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Holocaust Survivor Bernard Marks, 87 survivor of Auschwitz & Dachau confronting elected sheriff & I.C.E. Director
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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jane-g.bsky.social @jane-g.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Mike's number is 202.224.5444. Tell him what YOU think. Here's the whole list of senators. You have a right to call any senator not just your own. Be vocal. Be visible. Be disruptive. 202.224.#### Use the last 4 digits in PHONE column
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 12/06/2025
What happened to @padilla.senate.gov is an attempt to intimidate anyone with a dissenting view of this Administration and stop them from exercising their First Amendment rights. We will not be silenced. youtu.be/7dNpkFlP0BQ
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DHS Assault of Senator Padilla is Unacceptable
YouTube video by Senator Kaine
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Not all resistance wears a bullhorn. Some write letters. Some carry water. Some raise their voices. Some raise the spirits. Some paint banners, others hold them. Every role matters. This is a chorus, not a solo. Show up how you can. We need you all. #Resist
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This came up on a feed today. Thank you Ed Yong for this thorough and well-written article on ME/CFS and long COVID. Important to help people -especially medical professionals - understand about these very real and devastating conditions. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Fatigue Can Shatter a Person
Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far. In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
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Atul Gawande on Instagram: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantling of USAID (even assuming...
9 likes, 0 comments - atul.gawande on May 24, 2025: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantlin...
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inkwrat @inkwrat.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
At a time when it's easy to lose hope, we want to remind people that our dreams are still attainable. We are still united in the pursuit of good. And each of us is just one of a million others who also refuse to give up. So stay strong. You are not alone. ~Janis Ian
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One In A Million (Live) - Janis Ian with Joan Baez
YouTube video by Janis Ian
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
ER visits can be tough with ME/CFS & Long COVID. This popular MERC’s guide helps providers manage OI, MCAS, sensory concerns & more. Download & share bit.ly/3AEsKoW 💙 Share to improve emergency care! @openmedf.bsky.social #MERC #MECFS #LongCOVID #UrgentCare
Black and white photo of a hospital emergency room entrance with the text 'ME/CFS in the ER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW' on the bottom, along with the MERC logo at the bottom right.
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Today is the #MillionsMissing protest in DC for ME/CFS. As caretaker for my grown son I witness daily how severe ME/CFS has stolen years of his life and taken him from those who love him . He would be thrilled to walk outside for 5 minutes, read a book, listen to music, cook, see friends again....
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Irish ME/CFS Association @irishmecfsassoc.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
11/ #May12 is #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Day & May is #MECFSawarenessmonth Please help by reposting and/or liking this 12-minute documentary which features Whitney Dafoe & others www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Hw... Day11 #PwME #SevereME #mecfs @janetdafoe.bsky.social
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Invisible Illness - Stories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
YouTube video by Palo Alto Online
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
here's what you can do to derail Schedule F and restore an independent civil service: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
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A tangible thing you can do today to fight Trump's takeover of the federal government
Write a comment on a rule that will neuter Schedule F
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skmasters.bsky.social @skmasters.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
For those who can attend today, April 19, in RVA : Capitol Square 12- 1:00 today. 50501 Freedom Rising. events.pol-rev.com/events/1a18a...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Writing about this right now, just need to scream. "Investigators wishing to expand participation in STEM for women & underrepresented groups must ensure that all outreach, recruitment, or participatory activities in NSF projects are open & available to all Americans" www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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Updates on NSF Priorities
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