Only 8 days left to contribute to Dave Tuller’s crowdfunder Dave has been a great ally for #pwME +has robustly challenged BPS psychiatry whilst getting on w his own useful research Please contribute to this fund if you can do so - and share if you cannot. crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

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Today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Also, even if that were true, that’s fucking monstrous? Are we not supposed to care when people who have other health problems die?

Non paywalled article. The fab thing about this article is it started out wanting to be pro exercise and couldn't find anyone to back it up properly. Great to see a journo doing a good job! archive.is/2026.04.22-1...

💡 "We should be as cautious with exercise in long covid as we have come to be in ME/CFS...I don’t know how often we need to continue to put our finger on that light socket.” @sunsopeningband.bsky.social GREAT article - completely debunks those trying to push exercise 🙌

Exercise is always a good thing, right? Well, maybe not. For people with long covid or ME/CFS, it can be devastating. And science needs to catch up (all views my own blah blah blah) www.newscientist.com/article/2523...

They think you're stupid.

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#pwME 2 requests if I may Has anyone had experience of York tests? Did they help? Also I have a friend that is being told they likely have FND. I'm concerned as they have not had great medical support have structural spinal issues & fibromyalgia. Any advice/quality research to recommend?

This is a war based on lies

🇺🇦 Good news for Ukraine. Europe must keep supporting our allies in their battle against Putin's illegal war.

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question: When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

ICYMI: Watch our webinar with Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen on her Catalyst Award-winning study on #GLP1 drugs, #MECFS, and subtyping. youtu.be/v_c3wSmmJeA

A new visual from wecrunchme showing how #ME/CFS creates extreme physical limitations - worse than those typically seen in patients with cancer, heart disease, or other common chronic conditions. This uses the SF-36 measure, with results from Nacul et al. (2011) paper. @rorpreston.bsky.social

Donated David Tuller DrPH has shown he has a: -good skill set for this type of work -good knowledge base from following the field closely for many years -an appetite as it can be very draining Proponents of exercise/psychologicalisation/etc are still around #MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME

Insights into Pathophysiological Pathways in ME/CFS Through Genetic Correlation and Mendelian Randomization www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9... Uses data from DecodeME Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update #MEcfs #PwME

We all need to lodge an official complaint. It takes no time at all, and I've dropped a link to BBC Complaints in the comments. This is shocking.

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

I'm proud to share that an article I published in @cenmag.bsky.social last February, "Long COVID studies stymied by pharma's lack of cooperation," has been selected as a finalist in the trade journalism category of the @nihcm.bsky.social Journalism Awards:

New pre-print study possible thanks to @decodemestudy.bsky.social’s data Insights into Pathophysiological Pathways in #ME/CFS Through Genetic Correlation and Mendelian Randomization Matthias Wielscher, Leonardo Vincenzi, Wolfgang P Weninger, Eva S Schernhammer Medical University of Vienna

A tragic cautionary tale that was posted on my Facebook page. 😢 #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

why the everloving FUCK are MEA funding bacme to develop meaningless proms when funcap already exists? And when we need MEASURABLE outcome measures. Not vibes. These questions show a fundamental lack of understanding of our lived experience and will harm patients. MEA is once again ignoring #pwME.

Davit Tuller has been a great enforcer of science and academic integrity for ME/CFS. He has continuously debunked fraudulent "science" like the infamous PACE trial. Please support his work if you can. #MECFS #LongCOVID

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It's harder to measure but I feel like RFK Jnr shutting down funding for MRNA research is actually up there with DOGE cuts and this latest Iranian war as a contender for Most Evil Things Trump II has done. Accounted properly, this regime is really wracking up 20th-century-dictator kill counts imo.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

Some folks really disagree that Israel is the JUNIOR partner in this relationship with the US. I'm sometimes surprised at who disagrees when it's so obvious to me.

“What ME/CFS research has surfaced slowly over time is something that medicine is still in its infancy in understanding: what happens after exertion, the biology of recovery. And the data in ME/CFS are now too coherent to dismiss.”

Boosting this critically-important article on #MECFS and its cardinal feature, #PEM, post-exertional malaise. In Pursuit of Understanding the Crash by Todd Davenport. open.substack.com/pub/likeanno...

Professor Rob Wust on MECFS Muscle Necrosis (Muscle death) following exercise. The silent damage from 'pushing through' #longcovid #mecfs #longcovidtheanswers youtube.com/shorts/f_KwY...

But we do know this: - Long COVID & ME/CFS are different to deconditioning - PEM is real - The biology is measurable #LongCovid #PwME #MECFS #PEM #SafeRehab #TeamClots

Big unanswered question: Is poor blood flow causing mitochondrial dysfunction or the other way around? We don’t know yet. #LongCovid #PwME #MECFS #PEM #SafeRehab #TeamClots

Really enjoyed listening to Prof Wust @UofTCOVIDRehab Forum. Thought I'd share some of the key messages 🧵 #LongCovid #PwME #MECFS #PEM #SafeRehab #TeamClots

Cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses during a 2-day CPET in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: translating reduced oxygen consumption to impairment status to treatment considerations M. Hanson et al. @cornellmecfs.bsky.social @workwellfoundation.bsky.social

New #CPET Guidelines: What They Mean for People with #ME/CFS by @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social Oct 10, 2025 New CPET Guidelines: What They Mean for People with ME/CFS The American College of Sports Medicine’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, for the first time, includes a section

#CPET is an objective marker for #PEM in #ME/CFS Compiled by Jørn Tore Haugen, Last revised: January 26th, 2026 Studies of ME patients using two-day CPET (Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test) show that the disease is not caused by exercise phobias, deconditioning or ‘illness beliefs’. Measurements

Did you know that ~70% of first-year medical students use Anki flashcards to study for their medical exams? We created an Anki flashcard deck for infection-associated chronic illnesses, including #MECFS, #LongCOVID, #POTS, #MCAS, #hEDS, & more. Great convo & links! - www.reddit.com/r/medicalsch...

@solveme.bsky.social Video: Dr. Avik Roy (Simmaron Research) reports ME/CFS immune cells show impaired energy production, with both oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis diminished. He and Dr. Gottschalk discuss targeted clinical trial research. youtu.be/OMmjcTKxivU

Berkeley's final crowdfunder for Trial By Error has almost reached 150 donations and 25% of the goal!!! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

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"This failure of biological recovery does not occur in healthy controls, deconditioned people, or in other chronic diseases, including heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and multiple sclerosis. It is not fatigue. Rather, it is failed metabolic recovery."

Important post from Dr Todd Davenport about PEM. likeannopeningbandforthesun.substack.com/p/in-pursuit...

‘UK is not an ordinary third country. It is a former EU member and needs to be treated as such.’ Roberta Metsola opens the #EUUKForum complimenting Starmer on his political courage for seeking closer EU relations.

This is wonderful news. The UK has officially signed up to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ scheme from 2027 It means students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe 👏

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