It's ME(Jaime)
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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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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. 🧵
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Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets. Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better.

www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...
FBI denies BCA access to evidence in Minnesota ICE-involved shooting investigations
Despite the FBI's refusal to cooperate, the BCA has reaffirmed its commitment to conducting thorough, independent, and transparent investigations into all three incidents.
www.keyc.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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how does someone mow down a family of four, blame the car (no issue was found), transfer real estate to Nevada LLCs to avoid compensating the victims' families, and then walk away with nothing more than probation?
Do YOU have an aging friend/relative who should stop driving? Tell them this story from San Francisco. Ask how they will feel if they kill an entire family.

But don't tell them that even then, they'll be forgiven and be able to drive again.

This verdict is obscene.

www.ktvu.com/news/woman-a...
Woman accused of wiping out entire family in San Francisco crash likely won't get prison time
An 80-year-old woman accused of driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into a family of four, killing them, at a San Francisco bus stop nearly two years ago, appeared in court on Friday. Mary Fo...
www.ktvu.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
pretty stunning chart
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Health insurance company got a chatbot and I have to admit it does make the process faster
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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MAGA measures how "good" a father is by how many children he has. As if impregnating someone is the same thing as being a dad.

This attitudes isn't just wrongheaded. It encourages neglect — and even abuse.

An analysis.

www.salon.com/2026/02/16/m...
MAGA loves bad dads
Raising kids should be about quality, not quantity
www.salon.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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We are going to win. Because we are stronger together and because love is more powerful than hate.

(I am going to go cry now)
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I thought this was a little funny but just figured he meant microbial life somewhere else is highly probable, not that he'd personally met an alien, lol

Should've known it would be a Thing
On Valentine’s Day, Barack Obama appeared on a podcast and said aliens are real. On February 15, he clarified that he meant they’re probably out there, but he hasn’t seen any.
Obama Walks Back ‘Aliens Are Real’ Statement on Podcast
On Valentine’s Day, Barack Obama appeared on a podcast and said aliens are real. On February 15, he clarified that he meant they’re probably out there, but he hasn’t seen any.
www.vulture.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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No one cares about Newsom as a candidate this early; so it appears an endless, meaningless argument is the desired end.

Bots may be prolonging this argument with fractures on the left as the primary intended product.

Bye, see u in the primaries.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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I have studied cults my whole life. My state of Oregon has the highest per capita of cult membership in the US.

People do deprogram themselves. It’s a difficult process.

Some of the staunchest former Trump supporters seem to be showing symptoms and behavior that’s very similar.

1/
February 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Finally watching the full Bondi hearing

One of the main reasons she crashed and burned is that Democrats have finally figured out the way to deal with Trump's cabinet: ask a reasonable question, then immediately reclaim time when they refuse to answer
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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you should pay the mcdonalds lady a living wage so that she can buy music equipment and work less hours so she can make music

instead of squeeze her so hard that the only way she can "make music" is by asking a robot to steal some in the 5 minutes she has between work and bed
What do we think about the assertion in this meme? I know, we think it's asinine, but I'm looking for specific arguments as to why it's asinine.
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
No one cares about Newsom as a candidate this early; so it appears an endless, meaningless argument is the desired end.

Bots may be prolonging this argument with fractures on the left as the primary intended product.

Bye, see u in the primaries.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Yes. It is. WTF kind of question is this?
Is right now a good time for the democrats in Congress to be very public about fighting for trans rights? And I’m not sure what slur you’re accusing me of using, but if I’ve said something wrong please do let me know.
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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it's funny in a way, but the rubio speech is an AI-quality imitation of an Obama speech, but with ethnonationalism replacing pluralism. It's as if the prompt were, "write me an obama speech but make it white supremacist." Hasn't been president in a decade but they're still biting
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Hegseth (boorishly): Russia's cool. NATO sucks. Your security problem, Europe, is you're too brown and gay.

Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim.

Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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what’s with the eyeball | patreon.com/lubchansky
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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same, girl, same
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Am I going to be the only one to suggest that firing a public school teacher for speaking out on a matter of public concern raises profound First Amendment issues, and we should pause before cheering on such actions when that power can be weaponized against progressive teachers in red places? 1/3
This “beloved” Chicago teacher, James Heidorn, believes he was pushed out of his job due to a two-word post on his Facebook account.

Oddly enough, the heavily Hispanic district didn’t appreciate him posting “GO ICE”.

#ProudBlue #FuckICE #Chicago
'Beloved' Chicago teacher fired over two word post about ICE
A "beloved" Chicago teacher is reeling after he describes being pushed out of his job for a two-worded pro-ICE Facebook post
www.the-express.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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keep hitting it we gotta deplete the full health bar before it recovers
Twitter/X is currently down.
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM