Book 78 of 2026: A Sea of Lemon Trees by Maria Dolores Aguila. Historical fiction #NovelInVerse about a school segregation case in CA. Beautifully written. A lot of Spanish mixed in so it helps to have some knowledge. Historical note at the end puts it in context. #BookSky #KidLit

I’ve read 11 and a half of these www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

I have read 33 and a half.

Blue Sunday ,The Tea Party for M.E., is tomorrow - May 17, 2026! Everyone is invited! A huge thank you to Anna Redshaw for creating this event. More info: https://ow.ly/BcyJ50Z0yxi #MEAction NC invites everyone at 1 pm. https://ow.ly/iYCA50Z0yxj#MEAction #BlueSunday202 #TeaPartyForME2026

My favorite thing about this thread is how few repeats there are. And that it took ten comments before there was even one repeat title.

Finally sat down and helped teen track and manage income vs expenses for her cookie sales. It’s rough (a lot of estimates) but it’s a good start and we’ll refine it over time.

Book 77 of 2026: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. What to say? Weird, wry, funny, ridiculous—a fun experience. #ReadAloud with my teen, who rates it five stars and insists we continue on with Soul Music. And so we will! #BookSky #Discworld #Pratchett www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...

Book 76 of 2026: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. To me this didn’t live up to the hype. It really picks up in the second half and it is masterfully concluded. Lots of wisdom throughout but i felt it moved slowly. #BookSky www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

My children are engaging in the time honored tradition of looking up potty words in other languages and calling each other by them. (I’m indulging this bc they’re doing it With actual paperback dictionaries, so there’s some basic life skills involved here)

Thank you eds @melruthwrites.bsky.social & @kristinwrites.bsky.social for this Righteous Rage issue, a sub call I felt in my bones. My story's a tribute to my Aunt Barb, a lifelong fighter for justice. 🙏🏽 my @smokelong.bsky.social buddies & editors for your feedback. epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

I love having an extensive home library. My son watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and was telling me all about it. I said, “wanna read the book?” and sent him upstairs to find the box set! (Which was a SCORE at a used book sale years ago!) #KidLit #RaisingReaders #Narnia

New orders taking advantage of the 2EQUALS3 buy 2, get 1 free sale ending soon: Question of Family Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever Where We Set Our Easel ▪︎ Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever Poems to Stage Dive to Ladies, Ladies, Ladies The Last Analog Teenagers + EVERYONE GETS EXTRA GOODIES!

Blue Sunday, the Tea Party for ME, is always the Sunday after #MEAwarenessDay & is a sweet way for healthy allies to support ppl with ME. You throw a little tea party (for friends or just yourself), donate the cost of a tea/pastry to an ME org of your choice, & post a pic online to raise awareness 💙

Shaina shared her #Medicaid story at #MillionsMissing. Access to Medicaid is lifesaving. Our #FrailAndFurious campaign focuses on protecting Medicaid for ME, Long COVID, other IACCs & disabilities. Join our fight! Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/AtklkLnMztI $7k match! https://ow.ly/TUg750Z0j7j

This is a worthy #BookList #BookSky time.com/collection/o...

I hate stopping reading with like 10% of a book left and I’m in that spot in three separate books rn and ahhhhhh (two are read alouds with different kids) #BookSky

@cureid.bsky.social now makes it easier to see what treatments made people better or worse. Please continue to report what you try & the effects. This is one of the sources I cite in grant applications & sometimes it's the only/best data we have on a given treatment. cure.ncats.io/explore/long...

I will reserve judgment until the rest of the list is published. But hmmm. #BookSky

To help a friend with #severeME, send a card showing that you are thinking of them and don't expect a reply. Offer to collect prescriptions, help with shopping, posting letters and parcels. #MEAwarenessWeek

What are your research priorities? Over 1k patients and caregivers have already shared theirs. The CTN Lite survey closes May 15. Help shape treatment research for ME/CFS. Caregivers can complete on behalf of patients & answers save if you need to take breaks. https://forms.gle/1RAx657KFx9HoaLS9

#JewishAmericanHeritageMonth Contributor Spotlight!! DAN BERICK Dan has the story “Lights and Companions” in Issue 4: Exclusion with us. 1/ epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...

Rejection. Boo. Was a longshot so not unexpected. I just really love this piece!

Anyone know of a Duolingo alternative that a kid with adhd won’t hate? Kid hated Duolingo and that’s totally fine, we dropped it immediately. Just curious if there’s other stuff out there. Exploring options.

Preparing for summer. We are doing some school-ish things. Typing lessons for the younger 3- set them up typing dot com accounts, a teacher account for me, added them to my classes. Created myself a doc with the login info bc I will not remember. 15 min a day goal on weekdays they’re home.

Amazing matching funds offer for some excellent #MECFS orgs! 💙 #MEAwarenessDay

POTS says please lie down. Reflux says please sit up. They are fighting. I lose either way. 👎👎

Boo for heartburn but yay for middle of the night/early morning emails to old friends

If you're thinking of donating this #MillionsMissing, please consider donating to the #MEAction Emergency Department project! If you donate, there is a triple match right now-- details in replies.

You will see me in the post below and, yes, I am medically frail like millions of pwME. I live between bed and bathroom, fearful that any life event could disrupt my tiny life. If we didn’t laugh a bit, we would have to cry. But after a laugh, make sure that you have signed the letter to HHS below.

I did the scary thing and shared this with some IRL people just now via text. #MEAwarenessDay #UnitedForME

We showed up in front the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today, joined by Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Policy and Chief of Staff/Senior Advisor to Office of the Surgeon General. #MillionsMissing #FrailAndFurious #WorldMEday

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Signing & sharing this letter to HHS to help save Medicaid for severely ill folks with ME & Long Covid is one easy way to start being an ally ☺️ #MEAwarenessDay actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...

Tens of thousands of dollars of off-label meds & treatment experiments & I’m still mostly bedbound & too sick to work/socialize/do anything but exist & suffer for years on end. No research funding = no validated treatment = millions of young lives rotting away #MEAwarenessDay #GreatestMEdicalScandal

#MEAwarenessDay #UnitedForME My experience with #MECFS and #LongCovid has changed how my family deals with viral illness — particularly regarding REST. The sick person rests. No chores. School/schoolwork can wait. Will this prevent postviral illness? Idk. But it’s important.

The full quote is that #pwME "feel effectively the same every day as an AIDS patient feels two months before death; the only difference is that the symptoms can go on for never-ending decades." Prof. Mark Loveless, Head of the AIDS and ME/CFS Clinic at Oregon Health Sciences University

today is a bummer, hope those w/ this horrid disease will find some ease 💙

#MEAwarenessDay #UniteForME I recently did an interview with @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social on “momming from bed,” a glimpse into what it’s like to be a mother of young children with #MECFS #LongCovid #POTS #MCAS etc who spends 99% of her time in bed. I’m on page 43.

The thing about ME/CFS patients is that it's definitionally difficult for them to advocate for themselves. They just... vanish from society. Which is why it's up to the rest of us to spread the word. To learn more or donate to research, some good orgs are: www.omf.ngo batemanhornecenter.org

This is important. There will be work requirements (!) for people with ME/CFS and Long Covid to receive Medicaid, unless these conditions are classified as making people “medically frail.” Which, uh… yeah they most definitely do. Many patients are bedbound, housebound; all are very limited.👇

#MEAwarenessDay #UnitedForMe My teen is wearing her @meactnet.bsky.social T-shirt to high school today ❤️ I feel loved.

Just leaving this here bc uh-huh epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...

Last kid gets home in about an hour. I’m about to start advocating for Cake For Dinner at 4:15.

My kid is home sick today. Her best friend just stopped by on the way home from school to check on her and oh my ❤️

I think first grade reading fluency hw is done for the school year! 🎉

Best poetry books for teens?

All previous and current participants of SmokeLong workshops! Please let us know when you publish something you started in a SmokeLong workshop by entering The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition. It's annual but not limited to the year. And it's free! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

My three younger kids made me the greatest (to moms eyes anyways) Google slides show for my birthday. It has lots of cats (they love them), kangaroo rats (I love them), a sleeping sloth (bc obv), and a stick figure me standing on a beach and at a library. ❤️😍

Tomorrow is #WorldMEDay #MEAwarenessDay and in person #MillionsMissing at HHS! Our virtual action goes from May 9th-16th. Take action toolkit: bit.ly/MM2026toolkit Thanks to @hospmom.bsky.social for sharing this pic. (& designing Tees that benefit #MEAction - www.bonfire.com/store/jessne...) ⬇️

All of New York state, not just the city, and also applies to anyone with a kid under 6