It's ME(Jaime)
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
Scientific Director, #MEAction
Stanford Med
Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
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Stanford Med
Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
Views my own
exceedhergrasp1 on Twitter
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Hello, new followers! Past time I did an intro thread. 👋
I'm Jaime Seltzer, Scientific Director at #MEAction, a nonprofit for people with infection-associated chronic illnesses like #MECFS & #LongCOVID. I maintain research affiliations w/Stanford U & Université de Montréal. 🧵
I'm Jaime Seltzer, Scientific Director at #MEAction, a nonprofit for people with infection-associated chronic illnesses like #MECFS & #LongCOVID. I maintain research affiliations w/Stanford U & Université de Montréal. 🧵
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First chick of the kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched!!!! Look at this grumpy little puff of feathers!! www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r...
First kākāpō chick in four years hatches on Valentine's Day
The first kākāpō chick of the breeding season has hatched on Pukenui Anchor Island.
www.doc.govt.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
First chick of the kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched!!!! Look at this grumpy little puff of feathers!! www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r...
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I can’t help thinking there’s so much money changing hands wrt ICE detention that there aren’t even enough investigative reporters to track
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
Michigan ICE detention center owner reports $254 million profit, record new business in 2025
The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 mill...
www.michiganpublic.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I can’t help thinking there’s so much money changing hands wrt ICE detention that there aren’t even enough investigative reporters to track
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
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libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
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it’s insane that a decade ago we all agreed that giving mass shooters the attention they desired was a bad thing but now because rightwingers will quite literally lie about the shooter every single time we all have to be acutely aware of the shooters intentions and ideology
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
it’s insane that a decade ago we all agreed that giving mass shooters the attention they desired was a bad thing but now because rightwingers will quite literally lie about the shooter every single time we all have to be acutely aware of the shooters intentions and ideology
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London, that Black Death place? 💀
JFC
JFC
![Pictured Roald Dahl’s daughter, Olivia
Measles encephalitis caused the death of Roald Dahl's daughter Olivia in 1962.
He became an ardent supporter of measles vaccination as a result of the tragic loss of his daughter. In 1986 he wrote a letter to parents encouraging them to get their children vaccinated [which is reproduced here]. Sept 7, 2022](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxp6cbwbebsz7tpacgg2gq6e/bafkreigd2nxzww5llv2dsxr3lpdkpszbargzcph2wk72mkr2dsjah7mud4@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
London, that Black Death place? 💀
JFC
JFC
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BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
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eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
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I wrote about the Evelyn Normielib ass judges out here ruling that the Trump administration must be cleansed with constitutional fire
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Federal Judges Can Barely Conceal Their Disgust For the Trump Administration’s Lawlessness
When federal judges are appending Bible verses to their signature blocks, that is generally a sign that democracy is not in a good place.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I wrote about the Evelyn Normielib ass judges out here ruling that the Trump administration must be cleansed with constitutional fire
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
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The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
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YES. I've been begging for this. They are running illegal detention facilities in office buildings. Municipalities shut down businesses all the time for health code or zoning violations far less severe than ICE's. Pressure your cities!
New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
Activists Want the City to Enforce Code Against the Dallas ICE Field Office. Can It Be Done?
Cities across the state and nation are finding ways to hold ICE accountable. Will Dallas?
www.dmagazine.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
YES. I've been begging for this. They are running illegal detention facilities in office buildings. Municipalities shut down businesses all the time for health code or zoning violations far less severe than ICE's. Pressure your cities!
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dem leaders getting absolutely dogwalked by random focus group participants at this point
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
dem leaders getting absolutely dogwalked by random focus group participants at this point
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
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Anyone picking the centrist path is a Republican. Jig is up, baby. Clinton Wing of the Dem party is done. Go that way and die. If you want to win a seat, get on the side of the good guys. Or run as a Republican.
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Anyone picking the centrist path is a Republican. Jig is up, baby. Clinton Wing of the Dem party is done. Go that way and die. If you want to win a seat, get on the side of the good guys. Or run as a Republican.
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Lovaas was a monster
The 'conversion therapy' practiced on LGBTQ+ kids was adapted to force autistic kids to 'act normal'.
I rarely see the connection between the two made explicit.
I rarely see the connection between the two made explicit.
This is not a subject I'm able to broach without my blood boiling, Rekers did so much harm to generations of LGBTQ people, he was a founder member of NARTH, a member of the Family Research Council, whereas his co-fraud Ole Ivar Lovaas went on to applying this kind of abuse to autistic children.
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Lovaas was a monster
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A HUGE core memory of mine that probably shaped a lot of how I approached school was that in music class we were learning the Vitamin Song and I asked about Vitamin K and the music teacher (Who I ever since compared to Madame Medusa from Rescuers) insisted there wasnt one and reported me to admins.
It's Vitamin K, which helps blood clot. Parents are refusing it because "it's a shot" and they don't know enough about human health to understand how to take care of a child.
More infants with preventable brain bleeding, that's what they mean by Making America Healthy Again. (gift link)
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A HUGE core memory of mine that probably shaped a lot of how I approached school was that in music class we were learning the Vitamin Song and I asked about Vitamin K and the music teacher (Who I ever since compared to Madame Medusa from Rescuers) insisted there wasnt one and reported me to admins.
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Gotta hand it to Stephen Colbert, started out his national career on the Dana Carvey show, the only truly punk rock network comedy show that was so punk rock it pissed off everyone and got pulled almost immediately, and his closing chapter in his career is now hosting the late night show killed…
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Gotta hand it to Stephen Colbert, started out his national career on the Dana Carvey show, the only truly punk rock network comedy show that was so punk rock it pissed off everyone and got pulled almost immediately, and his closing chapter in his career is now hosting the late night show killed…
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CNN deliberately chose a commentator young enough to identify with Epstein's victims to show that "sensible young ladies" aren't getting all hysterical about the child and teen rape.
I hate, HATE it when they do this sort of thing, and they do it all the time.
I hate, HATE it when they do this sort of thing, and they do it all the time.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
CNN deliberately chose a commentator young enough to identify with Epstein's victims to show that "sensible young ladies" aren't getting all hysterical about the child and teen rape.
I hate, HATE it when they do this sort of thing, and they do it all the time.
I hate, HATE it when they do this sort of thing, and they do it all the time.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Rep. Randy Fine, prompts calls for his resignation from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group after suggesting in a social media post that he'd choose dogs over Muslims.
Republican congressman's anti-Muslim remark prompts calls for his resignation
Rep. Randy Fine's post on X drew fire from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group.
nbcnews.to
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Rep. Randy Fine, prompts calls for his resignation from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group after suggesting in a social media post that he'd choose dogs over Muslims.
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People in Minneapolis saying "nothing's changed" last week shows how much DHS wants to find a sweet spot of demoralization without provocation and how they're unwittingly showcasing all the injustices we used to be used to.
After the Murder Circus Leaves Town
The media is wired to chase the Trump administration’s bouncing ball of outrage. But the old outrages remain, newly invisible and demanding our attention.
www.truthdig.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
People in Minneapolis saying "nothing's changed" last week shows how much DHS wants to find a sweet spot of demoralization without provocation and how they're unwittingly showcasing all the injustices we used to be used to.
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People's obsession with AOC's bog standard answer on Taiwan is funny in light of the fact that Whitmer explicitly admitted on the same panel that she doesn't know anything about Ukraine whatsoever
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
People's obsession with AOC's bog standard answer on Taiwan is funny in light of the fact that Whitmer explicitly admitted on the same panel that she doesn't know anything about Ukraine whatsoever
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And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
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whoever runs in the Biden lane in the 2028 primary is going to get obliterated
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
whoever runs in the Biden lane in the 2028 primary is going to get obliterated
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Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession