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@TheSickTimes.org
Columnist
@HighCountryNews.org
[email protected]
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Disability Culture Lab
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Calling all proud Disabled, Queer performers in the Washington, D.C. area. Drag performers, burlesque artists, singers, dancers, musicians, poets, clowns, puppeteers, magicians—Disability Culture Cabaret is the (accessible) stage for you! Please apply by July 6 using the link in comments.
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Rachel Bean, still sick but less
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Very relatable as I also worked in homeless services until I was too sick post covid to work at all.
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"I was discharged from the rehab facility with a SARS-CoV-2 infection I’d caught there...not long after, I lost my job of four years working in homeless services..[and] became trapped in my inaccessible home, no longer able to walk or climb stairs."
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I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID. - The Sick Times
The 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act were supposed to address inaccessibility in housing by requiring buildings constructed after 1991 to meet certain accessibility requirements. In practice, h...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/26/i-worked-in-homeless-services-for-years-it-didnt-help-me-find-accessible-housing-when-i-got-long-covid/
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨
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Climate scientists will recognize this playbook. Controversialize science that isn’t controversial by platforming a small group of “skeptics” who generally have little to no expertise in the subject, in order to delay necessary action at the price of countless lives.
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Rebecca Nagle
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BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
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Melissa Gira Grant
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it is truly perverse working in an industry in which some of the most respected outlets insist the illness many of their own colleagues have is not real
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Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid
Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.
https://fair.org/home/media-wont-stop-psychologizing-long-covid/
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"[WIRED] has not responded to questions from FAIR about the article, including about whether it was factchecked." 🫣 A great deep dive into the media's troubling, six year trend of spreading false and harmful information on Long COVID, by
@jewstein3000.bsky.social
fair.org/home/media-w...
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Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid
Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.
https://fair.org/home/media-wont-stop-psychologizing-long-covid/
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The Sick Times
2 days ago
A new COVID-19 antiviral called Xocova (ensitrelvir) will soon be available in the U.S., the first approved as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). But its impact will hinge on how easily people can access it. Read
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social
's reporting at The Sick Times:
bit.ly/44udxGE
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Taniel
2 days ago
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross).
www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/federal-agents-track-down-syracuse-woman-demand-she-remove-instagram-post-about-ice.html
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Melissa Gira Grant
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also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers
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Sabrina Imbler
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I wrote about Mona Khalil's life and death, and what it means to do conservation work amid bombs, invasion, and occupation
defector.com/mona-khalil-...
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Mona Khalil, Who Devoted Her Life To Protecting Turtles, Killed By Israeli Airstrike | Defector
For half a century, a house on the coast in southern Lebanon has kept vigil over Al-Mansouri beach and the blue Mediterranean waters beyond. Mona Khalil’s grandfather built the house in the 1970s, aro...
https://defector.com/mona-khalil-who-devoted-her-life-to-protecting-turtles-killed-by-israeli-airstrike
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NEW: I reported on the FDA approval of Xocova (ensitrelvir). The post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) drug for COVID-19 will be available in mid-July in the U.S. with a list price of $1,400.
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FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible? - The Sick Times
Shionogi, the Japanese company that makes Xocova (ensitrelvir), said the post-exposure prophylaxis drug will be available in mid-July in the U.S. and will have a list price of $1,400. But its impact w...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/23/fda-approves-covid-19-antiviral-xocova-as-pep-but-will-it-be-accessible/
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betsy ladyzhets 😷
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Today
@thesicktimes.org
: A new COVID-19 antiviral called Xocova (ensitrelvir) will soon be available in the U.S., the first approved as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). But will it be accessible?
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social
got new info from the drug's manufacturer Shionogi for this story!
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FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible? - The Sick Times
Shionogi, the Japanese company that makes Xocova (ensitrelvir), said the post-exposure prophylaxis drug will be available in mid-July in the U.S. and will have a list price of $1,400. But its impact w...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/23/fda-approves-covid-19-antiviral-xocova-as-pep-but-will-it-be-accessible/
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It's ME(Jaime)
4 days ago
Please take a moment to read through and share information about the changes to Medicaid and what that means for the disability community!
#NEISvoid
#MECFS
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The Sick Times
8 days ago
💊 Two recent studies have added more evidence that the diabetes drug metformin can reduce the risk of Long COVID 💸 Preprint: Long COVID disproportionately impacts Indigenous people in California 🤧 A new article evaluates a diagnostic consensus for MCAS
#LongCOVID
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betsy ladyzhets 😷
7 days ago
Today
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: Nearly one year after the U.K. published its final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis, it's failed to actually improve conditions for people with ME, argues
@nickbenton.bsky.social
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The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up. - The Sick Times
No ring-fenced research funding. No care pathway for the very severe. Hospitalized patients still at risk of malnutrition. What has the delivery plan really changed for people with myalgic encephalomy...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/19/the-u-k-s-plan-for-me-has-failed-us-members-of-parliament-must-step-up/
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The Sick Times
9 days ago
Daphne Sara Safaei writes about the ways Long COVID emphasizes the racism and ableism of the public health sector, and calls for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses to be prioritized over profits.
bit.ly/4xA8uBS
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Lola Germs
10 days ago
We would all be better off if infrastructure was updated to provide cleaner indoor air in public places, using technology that is already well understood and known to be safe-- it's just not happening.
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The Sick Times
10 days ago
Celebrate Pride with The Sick Times! Many in-person events aren’t accessible to people with Long COVID and related diseases and disabilities, so we're hosting our own virtual variety show! Register now:
luma.com/ih0oq3yw?mc_...
🏳️🌈 😷 We're excited to see you there!
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Julia Métraux
10 days ago
In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at
@motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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RFK Jr. will oversee disability education policy
The dismantling of the Department of Education continues apace.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/rfk-jr-disability-special-education-hhs-kennedy-autism/
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Billy Hanlon
11 days ago
The Sick Times: “How is Minnesota Addressing Long COVID?” ‘As many governments shutter and defund their Long COVID programs, Minnesota is ramping up’ Betsy Ladyzhets speaks with Kate Murray from MDH and Terri Wilder of
#MEAction
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How is Minnesota addressing Long COVID?
Still Here: A Podcast From The Sick Times · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/19sMqMQQqVslZdMETcUCkt?si=C-2IHSszQZ2AvKOsRmpGUg
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Dr. Thrasher has finished book tour!
11 days ago
Why I Don’t Use “Patient Zero”
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"IL-6 also inhibits mitochondria, the parts of a cell that generate energy. Wallace thinks that this suppression of the cells’ powerhouses is actually what’s encouraging cancer growth. (Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a prime suspect in the cause of Long COVID.)"
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What COVID is teaching doctors about the relationship between viruses and cancer
The pandemic has left some evidence that viral infection may play a role in reawakening dormant cancer cells already present in a patient’s body before infection.
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-06-15/what-covid-teaches-doctors-about-relationship-viruses-cancer
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The Sick Times
11 days ago
"A recent essay on Long COVID published in WIRED magazine shifts the burden of proof back onto the people we should be helping; those who suffer with the disease." Todd Davenport (
@sunsopeningband.bsky.social
) on freeing people with Long COVID from the "mind-body trap":
shorturl.at/SaKG6
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C.H. Romatowski
11 days ago
“Adds to the growing body of evidence illustrating the risk…of allergic conditions after COVID-19 infection in both children and adults. Our findings highlight the potential public health burden of these conditions…and suggest a mechanistic link between COVID-19…and type 2 inflammation.”
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Post-COVID-19 Onset of Allergic Conditions in a Propensity-Matched Cohort of Children and Adults
SARS-CoV-2 offers a new context to examine the relationship between viral infection and allergic disease. A biologically plausible mechanism exists for post-infectious Th2-skewed responses, among othe...
https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(26)00227-9/abstract
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Parker Molloy
11 days ago
This seems genuinely fascistic. Hot take, I guess, but I don't think that people should be arrested and charged with terrorism for holding cardboard signs that say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."
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s. e. smith
12 days ago
Environmental remediation is hard, dirty, complicated work, and this worker isn't the only one facing health issues because his employers failed to protect him. Great longform investigative piece really digging into his story.
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He helped rid the Fox River of toxic chemicals. Then cancer came for him.
The PCB cleanup of the Fox River was an environmental success. But lax safety rules left workers exposed to cancer risks, an investigation found.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2026/05/27/fox-river-pcb-cleanup-worker-seeks-answers-after-cancer-diagnoses/89732202007/
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Nina Lakhani
14 days ago
An absolute travesty of justice and another nail in the coffin for fairness in the UK as four anti-genocide activists convicted of criminal damage by a jury have been sentenced as terrorists by an out-of-control judge aligned with the government
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Pro-Palestine activists sentenced as terrorists over damage at Israeli arms factory in UK
Four found guilty get tougher conditions as judge says actions were ‘designed to intimidate the UK government and a section of the public’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/12/palestine-action-activists-sentenced-terrorists-damage-elbit-systems-uk-israel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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MedPage Today
13 days ago
Neurologic manifestations in Ebola survivors persisted more than 7 years after acute infection, data from the prospective PREVAIL III study showed. Read more at:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/121707
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Ebola's Brain Effects Persist More Than 7 Years After Infection
Many survivors still had neurologic symptoms, most notably memory loss
https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/121707
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Jules Boykoff
14 days ago
Activists in Los Angeles from
@nolympicsla.bsky.social
bring their messages—"FIFA Brings ICE" & "Red Card US Empire"—to a World Cup fan zone in LA
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Is anyone else’s ad algorithm on socials just exclusively electrolyte supplement companies talking shit about each other…
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betsy ladyzhets 😷
14 days ago
Today
@thesicktimes.org
: We republished a great essay from
@sunsopeningband.bsky.social
, responding to last week's WIRED piece. "Any claim that exercise still needs to be tested is not made from a position of impartiality. These claims are made from the decision to ignore the existing literature."
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We must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trap - The Sick Times
There is a recurring pattern in the history of medicine that still pops up from time to time. When our understanding of a disease lags far behind the need for explanations, biology becomes a matter of...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/12/we-must-free-long-covid-and-the-people-living-with-it-from-the-mind-body-trap/
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"The existing scientific literature describes [Long COVID as] a multi-system disease of bioenergetic failure, immune dysregulation, and vascular dysfunction." Todd Davenport on freeing people with Long COVID from the "mind-body trap". Today in
@thesicktimes.org
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thesicktimes.org/2026/06/12/w...
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We must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trap - The Sick Times
There is a recurring pattern in the history of medicine that still pops up from time to time. When our understanding of a disease lags far behind the need for explanations, biology becomes a matter of...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/12/we-must-free-long-covid-and-the-people-living-with-it-from-the-mind-body-trap/
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The Sick Times
15 days ago
New study: more evidence of alterations associated with Alzheimer’s disease in people with Long COVID NIH recently launched the second phase of their adult observational study within RECOVER Veteran Affairs is leading a potentially harmful trial of dieting and exercise for LC
shorturl.at/d5mco
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨
21 days ago
“The community is not a mob protecting a story. It is a population that watched a treatment paradigm hurt its own members and now flinches when the same machinery rolls out under a new name. That flinch is learned, and it was learned the hard way.”
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Britta Shoot
17 days ago
I don't know how to convince you to take care of your comrades. But Long COVID impacts every fight for justice, every social movement. Honor the energy and integrity of the folks in my latest
@thesicktimes.org
feature. Be careful with each other so we can be dangerous together.
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Every social justice movement is impacted by the Long COVID crisis - The Sick Times
Long COVID disrupts struggles for justice, as activists and organizers with the disease are forced to suspend or change their tactics, facing a community that largely ignores COVID precautions.
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/09/every-social-justice-movement-is-impacted-by-the-long-covid-crisis/
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betsy ladyzhets 😷
17 days ago
Today
@thesicktimes.org
:
@brittashoot.com
on how Long COVID takes people out of social justice movements. "Long COVID has taken many beloved people from us and caused others to lose capacities to be part of some community activities where they were very much needed," wrote
@deanspade.bsky.social
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Every social justice movement is impacted by the Long COVID crisis - The Sick Times
Long COVID disrupts struggles for justice, as activists and organizers with the disease are forced to suspend or change their tactics, facing a community that largely ignores COVID precautions.
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/09/every-social-justice-movement-is-impacted-by-the-long-covid-crisis/
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If you have any tips about the editorial process behind WIRED's pseudoscientific article on Long COVID and want to speak, text me on Signal at milesgriffis.31
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Morgan Leigh Davies
18 days ago
I am extremely pleased to have this essay, on how American fiction has grappled with COVID, in
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
. This is a subject I care deeply about and had been wanting to write about at length for a long time. Please give it a read.
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We Still Haven’t Processed the Pandemic
Novels set during the height of COVID-19 fail to tell the full story of that era of mass death and despair.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-still-havent-processed-the-pandemic
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Joseph Cox
18 days ago
This is an outrageous story. A farmer donated 87 acres to a small Texas city on the condition it be used as a public park. Years later, the farmer has passed away, the city sold the land to a developer, and now it will be the site of a 135,000 square foot data center
www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...
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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead
In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas town to use as a park. The town sold to a data center developer for $10 million.
https://www.404media.co/a-farmer-donated-land-to-turn-into-a-park-the-city-is-building-a-massive-data-center-instead/
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Adia Benton
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it’s happening again
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨
22 days ago
Reminder that when people w/ ME or Long Covid express anger about the
#GreatestMEdicalScandal
of the 21st century, it’s because real people—mostly young women—are being abused by the medical system, abandoned by society, blamed for their suffering, & robbed of their lives. RIP Mirjam 💙🕯️
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Emily Johnson
19 days ago
Highly unusual for a journalism article to not be retracted when several sources and people mentioned in the article were misrepresented and have come forward about it — your move,
@wired.com
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Parker Molloy
19 days ago
The Pod Save America bros hosted one of the most transphobic columnists in mainstream media for a friendly chat. *groan*
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Howard French
19 days ago
Bari Weiss was exactly like this on a smaller stage, as my editor when I wrote book reviews for the WSJ over a decade ago, constantly trying trying to inject her politics into my pieces, even post copy editing.
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Gabe Ortíz
20 days ago
“Before the Pink Triangle was christened w/Champagne, it was blessed by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who have been a part of the tradition for decades.” “Blessed be all those who came before us, who stood up and fought,” prayed Sister Sinfurs.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p...
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‘We will not be silent’: Pink Triangle shines over S.F. as a symbol of resistance
Amid ongoing attacks on the LGBTQ community, San Francisco leaders and residents celebrated the 31st annual Pink Triangle installation to kick off Pride Month.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pink-triangle-lgbtq-pride-22288623.php
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Check out the latest episode of Still Here! I talked with author Aisha Mirza about low-spoon cooking and the isolation of chronic illness 🍜🥣😷
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talia jane
21 days ago
Newark Police Department is not allowing people to access Delaney Hall if they’re wearing masks and *the mayor’s office* is the one that instituted that requirement, according to one NPD cop denying access.
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WIRED: Long COVID is “psychogenic” and researchers are “baffled” LC Researchers: We identified a causal link showing a subset of people with Long COVID have autoimmunity and it’s been replicated and published in a top science journal
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Research updates, June 2 - The Sick Times
The COVID-19 antiviral ensitrelvir (Xocova), was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The oral drug was approved as PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, meaning it is taken within 72 h...
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/02/research-updates-june-2/
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Who Even Reads
21 days ago
We are so honored to have
@thesicktimes.org
republish our article on bookstores with masking and other covid mitigation measures! Subscribe to Who Even Reads and The Sick Times for more content like this! 📚💙
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