Don’t do it Independents. Maintain your current status and integrity,work together when needed and remember each electorate’s constituency is the driving force and they have voted against the centralised control of a party. Ignore Racist Nation and do the work as you have proven in spades.

This! ‘There's this recognition that on so many of these big challenges we are facing, it's not necessarily left versus right, it's actually vested interests and their stranglehold on the major parties versus the Australian people." #auspol #insiders www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

BMJ Rapid Response: Experts reject dangerous psychosomatic claims in BMJ, framing severe ME/CFS as a biological multi-system illness. PEM is a measurable reality, not a belief. Patients need biomedical science. bmj.com/content/389/...

This guy has MS but has made a pretty bloody accurate (and funny) video of what #mecfs is really like: www.instagram.com/reel/DYcl4xN...

Now that trump is in love with China where will Barnaby Joyce and his war with China go? Scrap AUKUS.

On 26th May, Action For ME are hosting a webinar on Sequence ME and Long Covid, including a Q&A session with Professor Chris Ponting, lead researcher.  When: 26 May, 14:30-15:30pm GMT Sign up to join here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N98uaEqUQOK1wwh_Mt0evA#/registration #pwME

It's #mecfs Awareness Day. It's also federal Budget day in Australia - an excellent time to pull #mecfs out of its eternal lousy funding vacuum & INVEST IN OUR SCIENTISTS. 1/2

It's #MEAwarenessDay - and federal Budget day in #Australia. #mecfs costs Australia up to $10 billion a year - yet federal govts haven't even given $10 million over 25 years❗️Will you be the one to tackle this egregious case of false economy @jimchalmers.bsky.social❓️

Today is #MEAwarenessDay, in recognition of millions worldwide who suffer for decades, with no diagnostic tests or treatments. It's also federal Budget day. What a great opportunity to finally fund research at a level that will get us out of bed & back to life! @jimchalmers.bsky.social

What do ppl think about this? Is Sam Maiden shooting the breeze, making a mountain out of a molehill, or really onto something? (In any case, her presumption that Labor's left faction still has any power, let alone a lot of power, makes me laugh😏) #auspol #auspol2026 www.news.com.au/national/pol...

LeAnn Rimes has cancelled several shows after Covid led to severe laryngitis. So many still refer to the pandemic in past tense but it's still disrupting lives, careers & health www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/...

The life-altering chronic disease #mecfs has a range of triggers. Sometimes anaesthetics are the likely culprit, as this story from Aoteoroa New Zealand shows: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hdc-anaes...

🚨A big shout-out: Tomorrow The Klaxon kicks off its annual fundraising campaign as part of the Local and Independent News Association (LINA). From 7am AEST (Sunday) LINA will double all donations for a short period of time. If you could support us it would be hugely appreciated!

Props to a brave and courageous woman who should never have had to fight this battle

Since 2013 I’ve raised £20,000+ for ME research charities. This year I’m raising money for Sequence ME & Long Covid as I think this is our best chance of understanding the causes and mechanisms of ME/CFS, which will lead to the development of effective treatments: www.justgiving.com/page/robafme

Exercise tests show 66% of severe post-infection patients can't work, with ME/CFS patients most affected 92 patients tested: those with ME/CFS had 16% lower oxygen uptake, 18% less power output vs others. Test results matched disability levels reported #LongCovid

🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers being discussed this week on the Science for ME forum. 20 - 26 Apr 2026

Hi Bluesky Would someone let my X followers know that I have been suspended by twitter.I will be more active on this site. I will explain the suspension at a later date as it is an intriguing story that’s not devoid of politics. Many thanks.

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We’re excited to share a new study about the ME/CFS diagnostic & treatment algorithm that #MEAction’s Scientific Director & Mayo Clinic researcher-clinicians created, as part of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine grant. www.meaction.net/post/meactio... @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social

EYES: The Window to #LongCOVID Sharing Two 2025 studies: Non-Hospitalized LC Patients Exhibit Reduced Retinal Capillary Perfusion: A Prospective Cohort Study (Journal of Imaging, Feb 16) Ocular Symptoms in LC: A Cross-Sectional Study (Clinical Ophthalmology, Oct 22) www.instagram.com/p/DXWyP6SkTfL/

More upbeat chat than usual this week, on account of a few good things happening! Great guests with @paulbongiorno.bsky.social and @auspoldaily.bsky.social. It's a low bar, but it'll make you less angry/dumb than Insiders.

🚨The ALP's rigging of Victorian "donations" laws – in favour of it and Coalition –– deemed unconstitutional in explosive, unanimous High Court decision. Federally, the "anti-Independents" duopoly stitch-up is also before the courts. Massive ramifications... theklaxon.com.au/labor-party-...

Today marks 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody made 339 recommendations to address systemic racism and over-incarceration of First Nations people. Since then, more than 630 First Nations people have died in custody, including 12 so far in 2026.

🚨Australia's MAGA movement –– run by a handful of billionaires –– is preparing to launch an attack ad over surging fuel prices....While failing to mention the cause is MAGA US President Donald Trump's invasion of Iran. Funded by... guess who? theklaxon.com.au/7j6m

Great to see The Klaxon's investigative series on climate disinformation recognised by the Local & Independent News Association (LINA): “Journalism like this helps protect the integrity of Australian democracy"

Snap protest in Melbourne/Naarm in solidarity with Lebanon as the Zionist entity attempts to annex more of other peoples' land in West Asia. Free all of us from this malignancy.

Long COVID is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. New research from Karolinska Institutet shows people with Long COVID have a higher risk of heart issues like arrhythmias and coronary disease—even if they weren’t hospitalised during their initial infection.

Was reluctant to watch Albo's Press Club speech after last night's patronising twaddle, but I did anyway and actually it wasn't that bad. Still small-target stuff, but a level above last night's effort. Indicative of what he thinks of MSM vs 'ordinary' Australians? 🤔😏 #auspol

Albo about to address the nation

albo yelling that there is NO fire in a crowded theatre, chuckling to himself at his ingenuity

A national address needs a national leader and a clear set of actions, this one had Albanese and a series of empty phrases workshopped through focus groups. What an empty man he is and what a hollow government.

Everything we’ve come to expect from Albanese - builds up expectation and then nothing #fizza #auspol

>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people.

Now let's see if Albo can find a way to get booed at a Mormon church. He's collecting the whole set.

Do not use 1800 RESPECT. FOI reveals that “once a week, every week”, 1800 RESPECT is being subpoenaed, handing over confidential client notes and audio recordings of victim counselling sessions, to accused rapists and their legal teams. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...

ICYMI… theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...

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Disappointed I was the only MP to vote against 2nd reading of Govt-Oppn bill that will give the Minister power to stop entire classes of temp visa holders arriving in Aus. A discriminatory policy letting the Govt decide which imperilled ppl are worth saving. #auspol #politas

Excellent episode of The Sunday Shot today @davemilner.bsky.social 😊 The interview with Kon K from @asrc1.bsky.social is a balm for the spirit in these ridiculously fraught times! youtu.be/WmvagFHNLpA?...

Very sad to read of this 23-year-old with severe ME, ill since age 4. Authorities are trying to claim that improvement/recovery is possible with the right attitude! ☹️ An example of the problem biopsychosocial models for ME/CFS cause. virology.ws/2026/03/13/t... #MEcfs #PwME #CFS #SevereME

Former Australian pollie #DougCameron has lent his name to a campaign to kickstart an independent inquiry into #AUKUS. Link is below if you'd like to help. chuffed.org/project/1730...

The massive rise in Islamophobia, consciously fuelled by large sections of the media, is a national disgrace. I'd love to hear the PM and LOTO speak out about this and the dangers of white supremacy but ....crickets

Increasingly clear that the future of the species hinges on the American/Israeli empire collapsing before the climate does

📧 It’s not too late to send a prepared email to your federal MP‼️ Click on the above link and follow easy prompts. 👉This meeting could be most important federal advocacy opportunity for 2026. 🗣️Let’s make the most of the chance to improve the lives of ppl living w #MyalgicEncephslomyelitid #MECFS 🙏💙💪

Upcoming Solve ME/CFS webinar Apr 28, 2026, 6 PM ET: The Discovery of Target Antigens for Dysfunctional T Cells in ME/CFS and Long COVID. Researchers are studying microbial and human protein fragments that may trigger dysfunctional T cell responses. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

You can tell how much Labor and the Coalition care about the poor Iranians by the way they hastily built a series of offshore concentration camps to imprison Iranian refugees *forever* when they tried to escape the regime.

📢 #MECFS needs political attention - and MPs need to hear from us. Email your MP (2 mins!) and urge them to attend the Parliamentary Friends of ME/CFS meeting on 10 March. Take action 👉 zurl.co/DG4nc#MECFS Let’s fill the room. 💙 #FairGoForME #MECFSAllianceAustralia

Stop pretending to be dumb: the Iran War is about Greater Israel, not “liberation” theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Be warned, @davemilbo.bsky.social is an equal opportunity curser, equally adept with swearwords from 4 to 7 letters! He's also adept at excoriating the hypocrisy & BS currently surrounding the "liberation of Iran" war. Don't forget #SundayShot #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...