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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Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
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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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"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
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1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
February 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
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Breaking MS NOW:
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
Memo shows White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens
Agents will be required to turn over names of immigrants who voted before they became citizens — and then explain to the White House why they weren’t charged with a crime.
www.ms.now
February 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Breaking MS NOW:
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
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Happening now: a delegation with the faith group Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership has gathered outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility.
Those waiting to offer Ash Wednesday ashes and communion to those inside the facility have been joined by others for a small prayer service.
Those waiting to offer Ash Wednesday ashes and communion to those inside the facility have been joined by others for a small prayer service.
February 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Happening now: a delegation with the faith group Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership has gathered outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility.
Those waiting to offer Ash Wednesday ashes and communion to those inside the facility have been joined by others for a small prayer service.
Those waiting to offer Ash Wednesday ashes and communion to those inside the facility have been joined by others for a small prayer service.
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One year ago today, I was arrested for protesting MAGA extremism at the Huntington Beach City Council.
If I’m going to ask people to stand up for democracy, for our schools, for our freedoms, then I have to be willing to stand up first.
That’s who I am, and it’s why I’m running for State Assembly.
If I’m going to ask people to stand up for democracy, for our schools, for our freedoms, then I have to be willing to stand up first.
That’s who I am, and it’s why I’m running for State Assembly.
February 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM
One year ago today, I was arrested for protesting MAGA extremism at the Huntington Beach City Council.
If I’m going to ask people to stand up for democracy, for our schools, for our freedoms, then I have to be willing to stand up first.
That’s who I am, and it’s why I’m running for State Assembly.
If I’m going to ask people to stand up for democracy, for our schools, for our freedoms, then I have to be willing to stand up first.
That’s who I am, and it’s why I’m running for State Assembly.
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Just awful. People (like Ryan mentioned in the article, who is living out of his van) have been staying awake all night for weeks keeping watch over the memorial for this exact reason.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage from a burning pile of wood was minimal but police are investigating.
www.startribune.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Just awful. People (like Ryan mentioned in the article, who is living out of his van) have been staying awake all night for weeks keeping watch over the memorial for this exact reason.
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one thing that i find interesting about this is that established artists — like, people who are objectively good at it — all seem to stop producing interesting work once they turn right wing
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
one thing that i find interesting about this is that established artists — like, people who are objectively good at it — all seem to stop producing interesting work once they turn right wing
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okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
I feel comfortable saying Rise of Skywalker was the worst Star Wars because it is the only one I genuinely do not remember enough of it to offer a coherent explanation of the plot. I think a knife and Poe’s ex-wife were somehow involved.
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
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If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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you’re transphobic? the epstein ideology??
February 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
you’re transphobic? the epstein ideology??
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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.
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How many women under oath equals one billionaire
February 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
How many women under oath equals one billionaire
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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
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"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.
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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?
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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
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"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
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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.