Journalists at The Marshall Project have persistently covered how people are dying in prisons and jails across the United States. In Dying Behind Bars, we’ve discovered that, while prisons and jails are meant to be tightly surveilled environments, dying in them is a fundamentally opaque process.

Aaaahh I want to LIVE in these colors, which works out, because.. I did... About 2 hours ago... 🪶

This year I learned I’m a toaster oven person, and a food processor still hangs around my kitchen in case I ever have the need to make falafels.

Damn. Here’s the Gizmodo story: gizmodo.com/covid-19-is-... And the study in question: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#Medsk🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth Study findings revealed that while #COVID infection & vaccination produce substantial & detectable antibody responses against #SARSCoV2, these responses are highly specific & offer only marginal cross-reactive immune recognition with seasonal coronaviruses.

As of late I’ve been trying to say “on site” rather than “in person”. And “remote” rather than “virtual”. It’s not serving anyone, I don’t think, to foster the idea that online doesn’t also involve real persons.

Slowly, ever so slowly, even some researchers at the CDC are starting to see the light & benefits of P*A*C*I*N*G for people suffering from #ME/CFS and post COV-2 ME #LongCOVID #StopRestPace #PacingPassItOn 🏷️ @sunsopeningband.bsky.social @physiosforme.bsky.social @longcovidphysio.bsky.social

"Being physically able to walk a 5k should not be a prerequisite to be able to travel by air." THIS! Also even more people have POTS, MECFS and new disabilities now thanks to long covid.

"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that

‚I also spent every day for over two years conscientiously following the article's advice to pursue activity (…). It seemed to me, as a doctor, that this was the logical way to recover from a debilitating post viral state, but it did not work.‘ IT DID NOT WORK. 1989. #LongCovid #ME

1) This hypothesis paper argues that herpesviruses aren't either active (lytic replication) or passive (latency) but that there's a third state called 'abortive lytic replication' where the virus is active but doesn't replicate itself. They suspect this plays a role in ME/CFS.

This could be big if other states consider it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Here's the adult vaccination recommendations as of Nov 2024. Why did I save these? Because I knew someone was going to try to stomp on this, and not today, Satan. Not today. #CDC #vax #vaccines #getvaxxed

Let’s Talk About Death. From end-of-life care to burials and beyond, we answer your questions on mortality.

We've been warning you that abortion bans will restrict overall access to ob/gyn care!!

PSA: It’s not too late to get your flu shot, as the record-breaking flu season will continue for several months. While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!

1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade. 2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years. 3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost. RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.

!!!! I finished my zine!! It’s a 16 page mini-zine about access to nature as a human right! Once I get it scanned I’ll upload it to my itch page for you to read, print, and distribute :D I’ll also make physical copies available on my etsy if you don’t have printer access

THIS 👇🏻

I wrote about #LongCOVID stealing my lifelong favorite hobby of cycling, learning that e-bikes aren't "giving up" or "cheating," and how riding with assistance gave me back one of the greatest joys of my life. bit.ly/48ohIH5

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

“…lied to by omission by our govts and public health …” and our media—including the CBC itself bsky.app/profile/stai...

Just contacted my colleagues about getting this (& other books in the series) for our libraries.

Shocker.

“Not Recovered” protest for Long COVID, ME, and related diseases takes over The Hague. thesicktimes.org/2025/12/02/n...

TIME: 'The Afterlife of Alice Wong' by Rose Angelina Martin 'I first dove into Wong’s writings in the midst of my burgeoning disabled political identity and heavy chronic pain..I caught COVID-19 immediately for the first and second time... and developing long COVID...' time.com/7336976/disa...

Precision Life Press Release: Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with long COVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities Read more: https://precisionlife.com/news-and-events/me-genetics-study #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #DecodeME

Adriana was a nurse. She went to ER for severe headaches & they sent her home She was brain dead the next day They turned her into an incubator to gestate a 9 week old fetus. Chance is still hospitalized. The forced birth brigade call it a miracle but won’t support the family.

They should do MyChart Wrapped

I survived a week in the Midwest, and even was able to share my AuDHD diagnosis with family. We’re all so stimmy, how did I ever miss it!?

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Louisiana people with the complexion for protection, there is a similar state law as it pertains to items you can openly carry in public that could have the same effect here.

“…if Condé can get away with this—and with President Donald Trump sabotaging the National Labor Relations Board, the company appears to be betting that it can—it will send a message to unions and employers across our industry that the foundations of labor law are collapsing.”

This is absurd & wrong

I promise I will always cause an uproar when it comes to Social Security and healthcare in general. NEVER GIVE UP! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

#MEAction has been working hard this year to be a lantern in the darkness. We have had some wins, moments that stood out, and times where this community made a difference. See our list: www.meaction.net/post/meactio... We need your support. Your gift will be matched up to $50k! #pwME #pwLC #MECFS

Interesting. I definitely agree with too late, but as for too little… the “lockdowns” did work to bring case numbers down. UK got so close to elimination. Using airborne precautions would have saved lives and reduced the length of the more harsh measures…

National Guard member Dylan Blaha refused to be deployed against the American people. He reminds those in the military that they have the right to disobey illegal orders.

1/ Hey, epidemiologist here 👋 I've been seeing a lot of concern as we enter flu season, so I want to do a quick breakdown of what's going on with #H3N2, the flu strain everyone's been talking about, how it’s mutating, and the best ways you can protect yourself. 🧵

Free legal services outside the Portland ICE facility provided by the Justice Bus!

The irony here is painful. Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name. But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased. Exactly how disabled people often are.

I mention sometimes how investigating local governments turned me into an anarchist. This is a major example. Black community tries to get a pool fixed? "Change is slow," multi-year process then never happens. Chamber of commerce wants something evil and costly? Happens within months, even weeks.

I wish to be both myself and not-myself, a state of paradoxical longing that I think every person with chronic pain occupies at some point or another. I wish for time to split and allow two paths for my life and that I could move back and forth between them at will.” - Alice Wong

9) Proteins were measured with the SomaScan assay, which uses DNA-based reagents. Link to the paper: Germain et al. 2025. Temporal dynamics of the plasma proteomic landscape reveals maladaptation in ME/ CFS following exertion.

Here are some of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong’s powerful words 💜

There's also racial dynamics that's often ignored. It's white figureheads that are often the loudest about remote learning being bad, meanwhile Indigenous and Black kids lost caregivers from Covid at higher rates. And the horrors they faced are almost never mentioned in opinion pieces.

it was disability visibility that really solidified for me an understanding of who i am and how my body interacts with this society. i truly don’t know where i’d be without her work, without her love and dedication to the disabled community

in tribute to @charliebrowntc.bsky.social , a king among cats, let us have a thread of Great Departed Cats, to show the angels that are now greeting him. this is my baby Fez, who left us in 2022. one time some butter fell off the counter onto his side and Sandal chased him for like twenty minutes.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I almost forgot I have tactile issues that I have carefully built my wardrobe around, until I put on seamed socks for the first time in years and almost lost my shit: An Autism Story