POTS or Dysautonomia can be incredibly debilitating. It’s more than “just fainting”… it’s a malfunctioning of your autonomic nervous system. That’s the system that regulates breathing, blood pressure, heart rate & more www.disabledginger.com/p/living-lif...

October is #Dysautonomia awareness month

New town locations now out: - Adlington, Cheshire East - South Gloucestershire - Enfield - Heyford Park in Cherwell - Leeds - Manchester, Victoria North - Marlcombe, East Devon - A ‘Renewed Town’ in Milton Keynes; - Plymouth - Tempsford - Thamesmead, Greenwich; - Worcestershire Parkway, Wychavon

taking all my willpower not to resubscribe to Apple TV+ right now , purely for the new series of #SlowHorses - best show I’ve watched in years……

Important new international #fibromyalgia study: "The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5 million individuals" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Someone on an ME/CFS forum has said: "I see some familiar genes from DecodeME*: RABGAP1L, OLFM4, DCC" *Similar ME/CFS study #Fibro #FMS #FM

the fact that I take folinic acid and the price will now increase and stock deplete is a very Monday feel for a Tuesday

This episode rather demonstrates the damage you can do by getting it wrong in the first place. Later corrections never make the same splash as the initial 'mistake'.

BREAKING: Reporters at the Pentagon have been told they can no longer report information which has not been approved, and those who refuse will lose their press credentials, the Washington Post reported.

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

One thing I would love to see is dental professionals quit shaming patients for (what they see as) poor dental hygiene. If you’re poor, you don’t go until there’s a problem, and by then what was a minor problem is major. EDS and other chronic diseases cause problems on their own.

Shingles incidence also rising in context of covid immune damage. & In UK vaccine is only offered publicly to 70+ but (even without greater covid indicidences) other countries do 50+. Pals in their early 40s recently had shingles following covid & found it v tough :( academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

We're on the cusp of a global debt crisis. To see that, don't look at 30-year yields, which get pulled down by falling short-term yields. Look at 10y20y forward yields (red) that strip out short-term yields. Those are up everywhere and at alarming levels in places like Japan, the UK and France...

Publication Day for me today. Finally, 6 months after it was originally supposed to be out. What a battle it's been - due to the terrible behaviour of my ex-publishers - to stop this being completely lost. Emotion of "THANK FUCK" has rarely been more strongly felt. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

saw a good quote reminder over the weekend which will guide this week for me #MondayMotivation “You can’t control how other people behave, only your own reactions to them”

I'm really looking forward to receiving the emergency alert test from the government on my phone today. So excited. I can't remember the last time anyone phoned me. I'm putting on clean socks.

yes, it’s Friday night, but I’m resigned to the fact I’m middle aged and boring. Anyone got any tips for a decent suction but lightweight cordless vacuum? I think I’ve narrowed it down to a gtech airRAM K9 or a Shark PowerPro Pet ….. max £200 budget 🙏🏻

Artificial sweeteners aged the brain by over 1.5 years, study says www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h... #Alzheimers #dementia #diabetes #health #wellness

excellent article - glad this is in mainstream news like this for general public to see / read 🗞️

read all 3 skeets in this thread #goodnews

girl cat wasn’t very well this evening, which meant she got special freeze dried fish treats whilst being washed in the kitchen sink. She’s been laying on a special towel for a couple of hours now 🐾

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📅 Monday 6th October 20:00 🖥️ Online, via Zoom 🎟️ Tickets are free and available at the below link 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/1553059606...

As we approach the end of August, the new DecodeME website, over on the University of Edinburgh, will now be the central place for our updates and contact information. You can find our new website here: decodeme.ed.ac.uk

Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform

NEW: President Trump, speaking on the phone to Fox and Friends, describes the the Crimea annexation as the “worst property deal the world has ever seen” - and blames Obama.

Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation. Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

ordered/paid for 2 identical items from a reputable company online; only 1 item has been delivered but order says “1 package” and I have the completion email saying all is delivered…..2 HOURS later on the only Customer Service option (WhatsApp), there’s no resolution 😡 🥱 I envisage issues!

🐈‍⬛ today I bought her a gift, the 3,006th throw which she hasn’t sat on yet

Trial of the Pendle Witches began at Lancaster #OTD 1612, involving all but two of 12 from near Pendle Hill accused of witchcraft. Ten were hanged, another died in prison. It was a notorious trial, though England was less witch-obsessed than many other countries.

one of our cats is on my bath towel (she RAN to it) at the end of my bed where my feet need to be - she knows I will not move her + I’ll now need to buy a new bath towel (because no amount of lint rolling & washing will get 100% of the cat hair out) It is her towel now

Concerned locals. Ordinary mums and dads. Just members of.. checks notes... Combat 18. standuptoracism.org.uk/robert-jenri...

🤩 excellent thread!

I have spent more money this week than I have in any other week in nearly 3 years (that time was buying a house) - it felt dreadful & my savings are looking mighty depleted 😭 but the leak is fixed, the floor is fixed & replacement air-con is ordered 😮‍💨 no more, please!

Unfortunately, if you had a book preordered / backed with Unbound / Boundless and it's not in your hands today, you're probably not recieving it, and that money is lost in the ether. If this is the case, please do try not to blame the authors involved. I promise they are devastated.

An executive for The Masked Singer snorts an entire rail in one go and prepares to make the pitch of his life

A tale of two towers? We spoke to people living in new builds and council blocks, built decades apart, who face the same problem. Their flats are unbearably hot in the summer. Not only is this uncomfortable, it can be deadly With @michaelgoodier.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I knew about 7 being the popular number but not the other two facts here (although, now it’s out in the public sphere, will everyone swap to something different 🤔 )

It is August 12th and I can officially report that Asda has Christmas chocolate on the shelves.

Let's start a conversation 🥂

oh to be described as deceptively cute 🤣 🐋

Wikipedia has lost a High Court challenge against the UK Government over verification requirements in the Online Safety Act

ICYMI: Best for Britain's new research into the state of English Swimming waters is turning heads.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

I’m not, and will never be, a “gamer”. Last console I enjoyed was the sega megadrive Sonic game circa 1995 BUT I saw someone mention “co-op” games online, picked up Switch “It Takes Two” to play with my wife & it is quite fun! 🕹️ (think she may be frustrated by my controller skills & poor jumps 🤣)

good news Sunday 🐦‍⬛

Articles written about what tech bros say ai will do are not reporting, they are advertising.

"In a rare moment of unity, the far right began singing “fuck Keir Starmer” to the tune of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes and the anti-fascists joined in."

#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we all need some www.bbc.com/news/article...