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Academic background: Comparative Literature (European 19th c) Bluesky focus: LC/ME, Russian invasion into Ukraine, Arts/Culture

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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The potential causes of myasthenia and fasciculations in severely ill #ME/CFS patients: the role of disturbed electrophysiology Klaus J. Wirth Jürgen M. Steinacker
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Frontiers | The potential causes of myasthenia and fasciculations in severely ill ME/CFS patients: the role of disturbed electrophysiology
Patients with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are bedridden and suffer from hypersensitivities to light and noise, severe ...
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/06/2026
1) 🇧🇪 Researchers from Leuven and Hasselt university published a protocol for an extensive ME/CFS study. It includes cytokine measurements, MRI and PET scans, gut microbiome analysis, and salivary cortisol following a stress test.
Figure 1. Overview of the cross-sectional and longitudinal parts of the study design
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#ME/CFS is a severe neuroimmunological disease that often leads to a high degree of physical disability. ME/CFS patients often have a very low quality of life. A quarter of all patients can no longer leave the house, many are bedridden and estimated to be over 60 percent unable to work. According to
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Start — Deutsche Gesellschaft für ME/CFS
Informationen über die Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis bzw. das Chronische Fatigue-Syndrom und die Arbeit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für ME/CFS.
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The extent to which #ME/CFS has been under-researched compared to other conditions… (HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s, RA, MS) Via @rorpreston.bsky.social @crunchme.bsky.social The gap in accumulated research on ME/CFS compared to other diseases like HIV/AIDS & MS has widened through decades of neglect
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The gap in accumulated research on ME/CFS compared to other diseases like HIV/AIDS & MS has widened through decades of neglect
Cumulative Publications to Date
Data Source: PubMed, CrunchME analysis
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Russian Colonel Oleg Sokolenko, the military commissar of Rostov's Pervomaysky and Proletarsky districts, has died after falling from a window of his own apartment. Sokolenko was found unconscious beneath his apartment building with injuries consistent with a fall. He later died from his injuries.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🇦🇲❗️Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Armenia if it continues its rapprochement with the EU, - Kommersant Russia may suspend agreement signed in 2013 on the supply of natural gas, petroleum products, and rough diamonds to the republic if Yerevan continues its EU accession process.
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Russian high culture: bombing the already dead
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@bettinasemolina.bsky.social @sannara.bsky.social @oleander.bsky.social @infinyti.bsky.social @maosbot.bsky.social @ahandvanish.bsky.social @rosannawregor.bsky.social @osayko.bsky.social Please circulate this wonderful poem by Veronica. Thank you
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@chronicmyalgice.bsky.social @purplespeedwell.bsky.social @grachstephanie.bsky.social @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social @danwyke.bsky.social @petecaruso.bsky.social @lisa25.bsky.social @moleyme.bsky.social Please enjoy this powerful poem by Veronica, who suffers from severe ME
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Please look at this wonderful poem by Veronica, and please circulate so others can be touched by it too. @neuroweaveratl.bsky.social @knitty19.bsky.social @alanasaltz.bsky.social @auroraaus.bsky.social @patientled.bsky.social @cortjohnson.bsky.social @cyruxime.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
another wonderful poem by Veronica: @jessikafe.bsky.social @oomaverse.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social @arisonsned.bsky.social @stenhelmfrid.bsky.social @abrokenbattery.bsky.social @erinsandersnp.bsky.social @richardvallee.bsky.social @richellesepulveda.bsky.social @z3r0gravitas.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another wonderful poem by Veronica, who has severe ME. Please circulate so more folks can hear her voice. @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social @talmandaniel.bsky.social @sabineg.bsky.social @juliawithmecfs.bsky.social @lindaoh.bsky.social @theoldlostroad.bsky.social @tapanuiflu.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Magnificent poem by Veronica about ME. @bettinagrande.bsky.social @privilegienschreck.bsky.social @mareksjf.bsky.social @shelmish.bsky.social @coldon1983.bsky.social @jefflubellc19.bsky.social @kateviolette.com @guusontheinternet.bsky.social @paulkeeble.co.uk @christina4hope.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
More wonderful poetry by Veronica, who has severe ME. @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @buonsenso.bsky.social @emptystands.me @fatigatioev.bsky.social @erinraeburn.bsky.social @dgmecfs.bsky.social @annabookwriter.bsky.social @julialmv.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@pausedme.bsky.social @nickbenton.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social @komarnyckyj.bsky.social @chromatowski.bsky.social @looftsabine.bsky.social Another wonderful poem by Veronica. For those interested there is a whole thread with her many published poems on S4ME. Please circulate.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13/01/2026
🤨 Russia is rewriting economics through Stalin. A new state-backed textbook will lean on Joseph Stalin’s writings and challenge what its editors call “myths” about democracy and free markets. united24media.com/latest-news/...
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Stalin’s Writings to Feature in Russian Economics Textbook Rejecting “Only Democracies Prosper” Idea
Russia is set to launch a university-level economics textbook influenced by Stalin's ideas, aiming to challenge established narratives on democracy and protectionism.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/12/2025
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev says the talks were 'constructive' and will continue on Sunday aje.io/hv747z
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev says the talks were 'constructive' and will continue on Sunday
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Following Russian strikes on Odesa’s port infrastructure, sunflower oil spilled into the sea, triggering an ecological disaster and causing mass bird deaths.
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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇦 Staff from the embassies of Germany , France and the UK joined Ukrainian artists in Kyiv to sing Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) together as a sign of support and solidarity. 📹 german_embassy_ukraine/Instagram
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
#UkrainianView PUTIN SIGNS INTO LAW UKRAINE RUSSIFICATION ACT Yesterday the Russian dictator signed a new bill into law that aims to remove all possible traces of Ukrainian language and culture by 95% before the end of 2036, from the occupied territories. This is his answer to peace and shows the
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Stephen Komarnyckyj @komarnyckyj.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/12... Trump claims Russia agreed to his peace plan while Zelensky did not even read it. The lies are ugly and blatant and show that he will cut off aid. America is a partner in genocide. The Nazi Soviet pact replayed but with the US replacing the Third Reich.
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Трамп заявив, що РФ "погодилася" на його мирний план, а Зеленський навіть не читав
Трамп заявив, що Росія підтримала мирний план щодо України, але Зеленський ще не читав документ.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2025
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
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car leak @sigaretter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
usa’s new ally btw
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Boomerin @goldie1968.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Let's ask the US to leave NATO, offer a fair price for their used equipment, rename NATO and then include Ukraine. I know, I am dreaming. Europe will not even dare to start thinking about this...
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🌎𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚒 @heidicatlady.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Why can’t humanity stop destructive leaders like Putin from gaining power? The senseless loss is incomprehensible. Utterly senseless
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Stephen Komarnyckyj @komarnyckyj.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
And means that much of our account of Ukraine last century is more about delegitimising Ukrainian statehood and masking Russian genocide than it is about finding the truth. (5/96)
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Interested in ME/CFS research? Want to do a PhD with @aryback.bsky.social, @avakhamseh.bsky.social, @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social & @cgatist.bsky.social? Then apply for a *funded* Future Medicine PhD Fellowship. See: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please contact us to discuss before applying.
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Personalised blood-based biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) symptom severity at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Personalised blood-based biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) symptom severity at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little. @fatigatioev.bsky.social @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social @erinraeburn.bsky.social @annabookwriter.bsky.social @bettinagrande.bsky.social @dbkell.bsky.social @jefflubellc19.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little once again. Pls circulate @paulkeeble.co.uk @stenhelmfrid.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social @richardvallee.bsky.social @alanasaltz.bsky.social @abrokenbattery.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little. Pls circulate @benhmecfs.bsky.social @cgatist.bsky.social @sabinehermisson.bsky.social @ozfish.bsky.social @gronnet.bsky.social @fioname.bsky.social @nelehelena.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little. Pls circulate @janetdafoe.bsky.social @danwyke.bsky.social @ahandvanish.bsky.social @rosannawregor.bsky.social @osayko.bsky.social @tessfalor.bsky.social @sibylledahrendorf.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little once again. Pls circulate @komarnyckyj.bsky.social @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social вона також дуже добре знає українську мову, оскільки її мати українка
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little once again. Pls circulate @kirsties.bsky.social @drjogreer.bsky.social @kristinwrites.bsky.social @cabruce.bsky.social @phoenixme.bsky.social @allyann.bsky.social @sabrinapoirier.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poems on S4ME @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social @julierehmeyer.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @naomidharvey.bsky.social @paulaknight.bsky.social
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain and to live a little once again. Pls circulate. @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social @julierehmeyer.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social @naomidharvey.bsky.social @paulaknight.bsky.social
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Robert Saunders (aka McMullen) @roberthmcmullen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pan... Discussion of Veronica’s poetry on S4ME with Veronica: www.s4me.info/threads/publ...
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The Panther (poem) - Wikipedia
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Robert Saunders (aka McMullen) @roberthmcmullen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Poignant sequel to Rilke’s poem The Panther by Veronica Ashenhurst who has severe ME/CFS: www.westtrestlereview.com/wtr_septembe...
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Rilke's Panther Befriends Me by Veronica Ashenhurst
Now, the cat soars through rooms of sky, roars at stars, and recalls old years of midnight hunts. He springs his unbound will, and comes to condole with me. I can see his paws, claws withdrawn like sw...
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Yulia 🇺🇦 @yuliayary.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Think of your home town. All the places you spent as a child, your parents’ house, your first workplace. Now imagine every day there’s a terrorist attack there and all these places are getting damaged. I don’t need to imagine, because I am Ukrainian and this is our reality #UkrainianView
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OSINT Intuit™ @urikikaski.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Pairing attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid with an information campaign to undermine public morale, the aim is clear: if Putin can’t win through military strength, it will aim to crush the resolve of Ukrainians to keep fighting. 2/23
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Anastasia Masliy was 19 years old. Russia killed her last night in Kyiv, along with her mother. The women suffocated in their own bathroom, hiding from the fire started by a Russian drone 🕯
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
What Russians did the last 48h: - Bombing a kindergarten in Kharkiv - carpet bombing of Kherson with unguided MLRS fire - hunted farmers on their fields with FPV drones - Killed a 84-year old female with a FPV drone - Fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Ukrainian life now: a toddler helps Dad put on his artificial leg.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23/10/2025
Today, an estimated 1.6 million Ukrainian children remain in territories occupied by Russia. Cut off from Ukraine’s education system, they are exposed daily to Russian propaganda, militarization, and pressure to abandon their national identity.
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Investigation: After occupying their land, Russia trains Ukrainian children for a lifetime of war
Editor's note: Some names including Oksana's have been changed for security reasons. Oksana was just 14 when Russia occupied her village, and only 16 when Russian forces began training and indoctrina...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Russia is a war machine he set in motion, but it has no brakes. Putin simply cannot stop the military economy and has no idea what to do with his army of thugs who are practically uncontrollable in civilian life. Putin can live and stay in power only as long as the war continues. That’s it.
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Treaty of Westphalia @twestphalia.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Folks— this is a must read: it’s Curtis Yarvin 101
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Russian drones over Kharkiv again‼️
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Mirja Nicolas @privilegienschreck.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
@vmatthiesboon.bsky.social: "What hit me particularly hard was not only that society had largely left Long COVID patients behind, but particularly that social activists who are usually so concerned with issues of justice also turned their backs on postviral patients. 1/
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