It's ME(Jaime)
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
Scientific Director, #MEAction
Stanford Med
Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
Views my own
exceedhergrasp1 on Twitter
Stanford Med
Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
Views my own
exceedhergrasp1 on Twitter
Pinned
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. 🧵
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
I think so much is happening at once Trump looting America like a vulture capitalist isn’t really going to sink in until he’s gone and we’re cataloguing the damage to see what can be saved.
The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
cpb.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I think so much is happening at once Trump looting America like a vulture capitalist isn’t really going to sink in until he’s gone and we’re cataloguing the damage to see what can be saved.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
this makes me wanna throw up
The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
cpb.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
this makes me wanna throw up
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
if you hate or love "maxxing" please be advised that guys my age think it's funny as hell and will shortly be using it approx. 500 times a day. you will be cringemaxxing and despairmaxxing but no amount of cringe & no depth of despair will stop the guys my age from usemaxxing "maxxing." just fyi
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
if you hate or love "maxxing" please be advised that guys my age think it's funny as hell and will shortly be using it approx. 500 times a day. you will be cringemaxxing and despairmaxxing but no amount of cringe & no depth of despair will stop the guys my age from usemaxxing "maxxing." just fyi
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
The fact there is human sacrifice being committed daily in the kitchen of this Red Lobster has nothing to do with me. I'm just here for the Cheddar Bay biscuits.
February 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The fact there is human sacrifice being committed daily in the kitchen of this Red Lobster has nothing to do with me. I'm just here for the Cheddar Bay biscuits.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
February 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
you’re transphobic? the epstein ideology??
February 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
you’re transphobic? the epstein ideology??
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
This is a major victory for Maryland residents in the fight for safety and our rights.
Local police must be accountable to their communities, not ICE.
Local police must be accountable to their communities, not ICE.
Maryland bans partnerships with ICE, citing 'unaccountable agents'
Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation ending 287(g) agreements between the state's law enforcement agencies and the federal immigration enforcement agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is a major victory for Maryland residents in the fight for safety and our rights.
Local police must be accountable to their communities, not ICE.
Local police must be accountable to their communities, not ICE.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
How many women under oath equals one billionaire
February 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
How many women under oath equals one billionaire
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Kinda ironic that the worst possible scenario for NYT types and the people who run that paper is Mamdani as their Mayor and a woman from NYC becoming President of the United States of America
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Kinda ironic that the worst possible scenario for NYT types and the people who run that paper is Mamdani as their Mayor and a woman from NYC becoming President of the United States of America
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
"nobody on twitter is mean to me" is probably the straightest whitest male thing someone can say in 2026.
it was bad even before musk took over. its worse now.
it was bad even before musk took over. its worse now.
February 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"nobody on twitter is mean to me" is probably the straightest whitest male thing someone can say in 2026.
it was bad even before musk took over. its worse now.
it was bad even before musk took over. its worse now.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
A year ago, I stood before you and asked a provocative question:
After we have discriminated against, disparaged, and deported all our immigrant neighbors — and the problems we started with remained.
What comes next?
After we have discriminated against, disparaged, and deported all our immigrant neighbors — and the problems we started with remained.
What comes next?
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A year ago, I stood before you and asked a provocative question:
After we have discriminated against, disparaged, and deported all our immigrant neighbors — and the problems we started with remained.
What comes next?
After we have discriminated against, disparaged, and deported all our immigrant neighbors — and the problems we started with remained.
What comes next?
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
A live example of @smoothdunk2.bsky.social's always relevant comic about journalists, Twitter and Bluesky
February 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A live example of @smoothdunk2.bsky.social's always relevant comic about journalists, Twitter and Bluesky
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website.
The government doesn't get to censor science.
The government doesn't get to censor science.
February 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website.
The government doesn't get to censor science.
The government doesn't get to censor science.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
🧵
"Advice for Caregivers from Caregivers – Who are Sick Themselves" from @meactnet.bsky.social (5 pages)
www.meaction.net/_files/ugd/b...
#MEAction Caregivers' Support Group www.facebook.com/groups/meact...
#Caregiver #Caregivers #Caring #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
1/
"Advice for Caregivers from Caregivers – Who are Sick Themselves" from @meactnet.bsky.social (5 pages)
www.meaction.net/_files/ugd/b...
#MEAction Caregivers' Support Group www.facebook.com/groups/meact...
#Caregiver #Caregivers #Caring #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
1/
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🧵
"Advice for Caregivers from Caregivers – Who are Sick Themselves" from @meactnet.bsky.social (5 pages)
www.meaction.net/_files/ugd/b...
#MEAction Caregivers' Support Group www.facebook.com/groups/meact...
#Caregiver #Caregivers #Caring #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
1/
"Advice for Caregivers from Caregivers – Who are Sick Themselves" from @meactnet.bsky.social (5 pages)
www.meaction.net/_files/ugd/b...
#MEAction Caregivers' Support Group www.facebook.com/groups/meact...
#Caregiver #Caregivers #Caring #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
1/
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
It sure seems like when we have our basic needs met, and don't have to hustle to survive, humans will almost always choose to create art.
And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.
And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It sure seems like when we have our basic needs met, and don't have to hustle to survive, humans will almost always choose to create art.
And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.
And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Abuse isn’t enough, they have to silence kids too:
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Abuse isn’t enough, they have to silence kids too:
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
They also did it in Charlottesville. I know a lot of people thought her death would move the political needle but they are just going to call her a race traitor in their little groups just like they did white protesters during the height of the Civil Rights movement. These people love to hate.
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
They also did it in Charlottesville. I know a lot of people thought her death would move the political needle but they are just going to call her a race traitor in their little groups just like they did white protesters during the height of the Civil Rights movement. These people love to hate.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Texas voters: early voting is happening right NOW.
Don’t sit this one out. Make your plan, find your polling place, and cast your ballot early: www.commoncause.org/resources/fi...
Don’t sit this one out. Make your plan, find your polling place, and cast your ballot early: www.commoncause.org/resources/fi...
Find My Polling Place
www.commoncause.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Texas voters: early voting is happening right NOW.
Don’t sit this one out. Make your plan, find your polling place, and cast your ballot early: www.commoncause.org/resources/fi...
Don’t sit this one out. Make your plan, find your polling place, and cast your ballot early: www.commoncause.org/resources/fi...
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
A Republican lawmaker's apparent affair with an aide who later died by suicide has roiled a close primary election in Texas. www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-g...
GOP Lawmaker Reportedly Had Affair With Aide Who Died By Self-Immolation
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) accused his primary opponent of using the story to smear his aide's memory.
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
A Republican lawmaker's apparent affair with an aide who later died by suicide has roiled a close primary election in Texas. www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-g...
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Anybody surprised that ICE is destroying evidence?
“Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children’s letters that threatened to shed light on the horrific living conditions.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
“Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children’s letters that threatened to shed light on the horrific living conditions.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
ICE Raids Family Detention Dorms After Kids’ Letters Expose Abuse
A report on letters from children detained in the Dilley camp revealed how bad conditions are.
www.yahoo.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Anybody surprised that ICE is destroying evidence?
“Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children’s letters that threatened to shed light on the horrific living conditions.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
“Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children’s letters that threatened to shed light on the horrific living conditions.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
If you only follow 46 accounts on a site that doesn’t use an algorithm that’s a skill issue tbh.
Follow more accounts, learn more.
Follow more accounts, learn more.
I learn more on X.
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you only follow 46 accounts on a site that doesn’t use an algorithm that’s a skill issue tbh.
Follow more accounts, learn more.
Follow more accounts, learn more.
Reposted by It's ME(Jaime)
Recall the majority opinion in Plyler the justices pointedly said they wanted to avoid creating and underclass of people who wouldn't have a public education due to a legal status beyond their control. And now HF wants to go back to that. Fog horning racism.
The Heritage Foundation is now calling for the overturn of Plyler vs. Doe, the Supreme Court ruling that banned states from denying an education to the children of undocumented immigrants.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Recall the majority opinion in Plyler the justices pointedly said they wanted to avoid creating and underclass of people who wouldn't have a public education due to a legal status beyond their control. And now HF wants to go back to that. Fog horning racism.