Post exertional malaise (PEM) is the hallmark symptom of #MECFS It’s not fatigue following activity. It is a dramatic deterioration and worsening of symptoms. Short video explainer - triggers, symptoms, and management. Repost for the last day of #MEAwarenessMonth

I'll just leave this here... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My final piece on Graham Platner and the US Senate race. At almost 5000 words, it's long but based on several meetings with Platner and others. I'm not arguing with people online, so there are no comments. Life is too short to be stressed. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

Today is International #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis Awareness Day. This Times of London feature on M.E. came out yesterday. Not pay-walled, extremely informative. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

12-yr-old Aveline loved trapeze and sports. Long Covid changed everything. “Within a day my entire life was flipped around… it’s been a constant battle against my own body.” “It’s really isolating. All my friends go to school together and I would give anything to be there.”

"The larger outbreak [..] is also clearly caused by endemic transmission within the US (and Canada) and not from ‘immigration’ or other people traveling into the country as we have heard from HHS officials". www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/h...

Easily my favorite rescue ever I would say. Going to see him is always a highlight. Big Shaq is a legend

It seems to me like Bluesky is really taking off recently. It’s having a growth spurt I think. I’m going to post a lot more original content here now. I help save street dogs in Thailand and try to post content that is uplifting and that will make you smile! The old dogs are my fav ❤️

Do I know anybody with ME or long Covid that lives in LIHTC housing or has had trouble getting into LIHTC housing? Other terms for LIHTC are “section 42” or “income restricted.” @meactnet.bsky.social if so, I would love to speak to you! Looking for sources for a potential story.

#MillionsMissing 2026 #FrailAndFurious tees are now available! https://www.bonfire.com/store/meaction-1/#MillionsMissing#FrailAndFuriousWe have lots of styles and colors to choose from! You can choose tees with a logo on the back on ones without. A portion of your purchase helps support our work! #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid

Dubious measles remedies @nytimes.com After a child in Texas died of the measles, RFK Jr. downplayed the outbreak as “not unusual” in cabinet meetings and television appearances, even though it was the largest since the disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

UK: 'Long Covid sufferers have been abandoned and forgotten about' Darren thought COVID was just “a bad flu” in 2021 and bounced back quickly, but 5 years later he’s living with long COVID and severe fatigue, unable to work, socialise, or even shower more than once a week. Source: archive.md/0GjDl

Trying so hard to get Sonny a home. Unfortunately he cannot travel as he hates small spaces like a crate. So unless someone has a private jet internationally he needs a good home in Thailand. A total gentleman of a dog. We'll keep trying everything

He spent his entire life on a chain in Thailand but there isn't an ounce of anger or regret in him. Look at how happy Rusty is now in England

Claude supports a moratorium on data centers. youtube.com/watch?v=h3At...

Jared Kushner makes up for his flaws as an investor by being a wildly corrupt appendage of his father-in-law’s wildly corrupt administration. The U.S. becomes less safe and more corrupt every day Jared Kushner remains involved in our political system.

NEW: The Trump Admin is unlawfully trying to abandon science and eliminate the federal government's responsibility to regulate climate change. As a mom, I want my boys and every Massachusetts kid to grow up breathing clean air and playing safely outdoors. I'm leading legal action to fight back.

🚨🧵by Zdenek Vrozina on XTwitter: "An interesting and biologically plausible pilot study that provides a fairly strong signal that pediatric Long COVID may be associated with impaired microcirculation and increased arterial stiffness..." 19-tweet🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/20343...

Please read this. "Rarely do we live through an opportunity to build out an entirely new field so consequential for health and well-being. Let us be the generation that discovers how to make sure we all breathe safe air." ssir.org/articles/ent...

A great write-up on brand-new research I was involved in. We used a really different approach from the ones that we & many others have used previously to estimate how many Covid deaths there *really* were--almost 20% more than known. Our results broadly accord w others but add new demographic detail

Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America’s generic drug prescriptions at risk www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/s...

“This is not a temporary slowdown. It is a structural collapse”. A former NIH Program Officer takes a deep dive into the data on the destruction of NIH research funding mechanisms.

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Did you know that Medicaid isn't called 'Medicaid' everywhere, to the point that ONE out of THREE people who are on Medicaid don't ✨know✨ it? So how can they be incentivized to fight for their healthcare if they don't know it's their healthcare? (Alt in the comments, it's a lot!)

While the billionaire class is getting richer and richer, Gallup reports that 33% of Americans are cutting back on food, utilities and prescription drugs because of the high cost of health care. We need an economy that works for all, not just the 1%. We need Medicare for All.

If you live anywhere there are wildfires, now is the time to ensure your home is prepared and your to-go bag is packed. With Nebraska already having its largest wildfire in history and the low snowpack across the West, it’s shaping up to be a significant fire season. www.fire.ca.gov/home-hardening

I’m disgusted that my tax dollars go to support this genocidal regime. Family Outing in West Bank Ends in Hail of Israeli Gunfire www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/w...

@carladenyer.bsky.social Well over 1,000 people just called for exactly this by signing the Long Covid Kids and Long Covid Support petition in just a few hours. you.38degrees.org.uk/p/LCME The millions left with chronic illness have been swept under the carpet by the new government. Please support🙏

This is why, btw petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/12/18/t...

I had almost forgotten about this #MECFS interview last year, but suddenly there it is on youtube! Still holds true 🙂: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVvG...

This heartwarming story does not surprise me because AI has made incredible leaps in just a few years. But I’m happy this story will piss off conspiracy theorists like RFK Jr. and anti-vaxxers who don’t trust science and mRNA vaccines.

Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

While China invests in its people and infrastructure, the US wastes taxpayer dollars on steak and crab. Neither party ever wants to address the Pentagon’s out of control budget. They just vote to increase it every year. dailycaller.com/2026/03/09/p...

“Research on COVID-19 has revealed it’s not just a respiratory disease, but a vascular one too.”— Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation www.heartandstroke.ca/articles/a-q...

I'll have a livestream to discuss early indications on Tuesday (Mar 10 at 3pm PT) and then likely also a new Weather West post later this week. Stay tuned...

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7

Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure. Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

Steve Pearce is unfit to lead the BLM. By advancing his nomination, Senate Republicans chose oil & gas interests over the public lands veterans rely on for health and livelihoods. Veterans will remember this betrayal.

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Trump’s Strikes on Iran Could Cost American Economy as Much as $210 Billion, Director of Penn Wharton Budget Model Expert Says fortune.com/2026/03/02/h...

Hey, great news gang! Vinay Prasad is out at the FDA. Again. Let’s hope it sticks this time.

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

Yesterday, Texas Latino voters showed up and showed OUT. In five Rio Grande Valley counties, more people voted in the Democratic primary than voted for Kamala Harris in '24 That’s not a coincidence; that’s a community that’s had enough of the raids, the tariffs, and the chaos. November is coming. 🔥

A large immigration detention camp in Texas has been closed to visitors and attorneys due to a measles outbreak, a lawmaker said.