heather
@heatherfeather.bsky.social
heather 🍂
saskatoon
single sick&disabled (me/cfs) trans lesbian
30
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i am sometimes too sick to post alt text
i'm a former "essential worker" dealing with long covid caught in 2020. if you feel like helping a broke bitch, https://paypal.me/gaaaaay
saskatoon
single sick&disabled (me/cfs) trans lesbian
30
- - -
i am sometimes too sick to post alt text
i'm a former "essential worker" dealing with long covid caught in 2020. if you feel like helping a broke bitch, https://paypal.me/gaaaaay
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so the problem here is that my vibe is "chaotic multidisciplinary artist-academic with wanderlust and too many feelings" but my physical day-to-day is "tuberculosis patient sent to the seaside"
i trust rabbit with my life
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
i trust rabbit with my life
there is a worship of physique and manual labour in some dyke places (online) that sometimes feels aligned with an unspoken belief in the superiority of people with able bodies or a possibly a "meritocracy" view of physical fitness
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
there is a worship of physique and manual labour in some dyke places (online) that sometimes feels aligned with an unspoken belief in the superiority of people with able bodies or a possibly a "meritocracy" view of physical fitness
just saw someone use a slur for "protestants"
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
just saw someone use a slur for "protestants"
i can't help but feel if i was the same chronically ill trans dyke in a very large city i would at least have some sort of shot with someone but over here there's just no chance
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
i can't help but feel if i was the same chronically ill trans dyke in a very large city i would at least have some sort of shot with someone but over here there's just no chance
weird how crows and ravens get an association with Darkness and Nighttime when those guys don't even want to leave their roost when the weather is sorta shitty and they are almost always in bed before sundown
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
weird how crows and ravens get an association with Darkness and Nighttime when those guys don't even want to leave their roost when the weather is sorta shitty and they are almost always in bed before sundown
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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2) The antibodies of fibromyalgia patients bind more strongly to mast cells than antibodies of healthy controls or patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
2) The antibodies of fibromyalgia patients bind more strongly to mast cells than antibodies of healthy controls or patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
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November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
i'm still in sleep debt from august. i didn't think that was possible but it seems to be exactly what's happening
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
i'm still in sleep debt from august. i didn't think that was possible but it seems to be exactly what's happening
thinking about the one time someone tried unsuccessfully over about 4 hours to pick me up with some pretty gay-guy-coded flirtation and it just totally passed me by that any flirting was even attempting to happen. like, sorry, you were dialing in at the wrong frequency 😭
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
thinking about the one time someone tried unsuccessfully over about 4 hours to pick me up with some pretty gay-guy-coded flirtation and it just totally passed me by that any flirting was even attempting to happen. like, sorry, you were dialing in at the wrong frequency 😭
dreamt that i had owned a playstation vita and went looking for it. that was the dream. "heather owns a playstation vita"
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
dreamt that i had owned a playstation vita and went looking for it. that was the dream. "heather owns a playstation vita"
today i found out one of the most prominent ME/CFS researchers (one of the few to actually have funding) is hanging out on twitter responding to mild criticism of his survey design with this
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
today i found out one of the most prominent ME/CFS researchers (one of the few to actually have funding) is hanging out on twitter responding to mild criticism of his survey design with this
so the problem here is that my vibe is "chaotic multidisciplinary artist-academic with wanderlust and too many feelings" but my physical day-to-day is "tuberculosis patient sent to the seaside"
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
so the problem here is that my vibe is "chaotic multidisciplinary artist-academic with wanderlust and too many feelings" but my physical day-to-day is "tuberculosis patient sent to the seaside"
following chronic illness subreddits is like
- person in MCAS group doesn't understand that they also have POTS
- person in POTS group doesn't understand that they also have ME/CFS
- person in ME/CFS group doesn't understand that they also have MCAS
loop
forever
- person in MCAS group doesn't understand that they also have POTS
- person in POTS group doesn't understand that they also have ME/CFS
- person in ME/CFS group doesn't understand that they also have MCAS
loop
forever
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
following chronic illness subreddits is like
- person in MCAS group doesn't understand that they also have POTS
- person in POTS group doesn't understand that they also have ME/CFS
- person in ME/CFS group doesn't understand that they also have MCAS
loop
forever
- person in MCAS group doesn't understand that they also have POTS
- person in POTS group doesn't understand that they also have ME/CFS
- person in ME/CFS group doesn't understand that they also have MCAS
loop
forever
this is all total horseshit
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is all total horseshit
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in western medicine the burden of proof for calling an illness "psychosomatic" is so low that it's basically free. as long as you don't literally see someone bleeding out the ears you can just say "you're making it up" and it's considered a legitimate explanation with 0 repercussions if you're wrong
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
in western medicine the burden of proof for calling an illness "psychosomatic" is so low that it's basically free. as long as you don't literally see someone bleeding out the ears you can just say "you're making it up" and it's considered a legitimate explanation with 0 repercussions if you're wrong
love the name of the oort cloud. oort oort
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
love the name of the oort cloud. oort oort
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Another way to look at the Zohran-Trump thing is that Trump still fundamentally thinks of his cartoonish fascism as kayfabe with no real-world consequences, and when he's separated from genuine, consequential Nazis like Miller and Vance he's just an old man putting on a show again
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Another way to look at the Zohran-Trump thing is that Trump still fundamentally thinks of his cartoonish fascism as kayfabe with no real-world consequences, and when he's separated from genuine, consequential Nazis like Miller and Vance he's just an old man putting on a show again
this is one overview on why increased physical activity is not safe in ME/CFS. you can't safely undergo activity when your body will start slowly disintegrating if you go over some unknown activity threshold (that we currently have no way to measure).
a self-perpetuating cycle that includes damage to the mitochondria and necrosis (cell death) of muscle tissue.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
![Several mechanisms triggered by an infection can result in circulatory disturbance and hypoperfusion of muscles including autoantibodies [41], inflammation [22], sympathetic overactivity [10], endothelial dysfunction [42], impaired red blood cell deformability [43] and diminished preload [10]. Upon exertion, hypoperfusion of skeletal muscles leads to rise in protons, intracellular sodium and calcium [12], muscle necrosis [9], mitochondrial damage and enhanced production of reactive oxygens [13, 22]. In ME/CFS, the activation of the sodium pump (Na+/K+‐ATPase) upon exertion may be diminished due to low ATP and dysfunctional ß2AdR and CGRP. At a certain level of intracellular sodium, the sodium‐calcium‐exchanger NCX changes its transport mode from calcium export to calcium import causing calcium overload that causes mitochondrial and myocyte damage. As a result, low ATP and ROS production further impair the sodium pump. ROS also impairs vascular function and perfusion. A vicious circle arises.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxlg4ooqbhefhfa4gv373dtm/bafkreifycc6dml5ny5hliatsgyru3emlhjrfn3erh3luyzj72obceooag4@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
this is one overview on why increased physical activity is not safe in ME/CFS. you can't safely undergo activity when your body will start slowly disintegrating if you go over some unknown activity threshold (that we currently have no way to measure).
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
does the dolphin in xenogears have any relation to the dolphin in aero fighters 2
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
does the dolphin in xenogears have any relation to the dolphin in aero fighters 2
feel like shit because i went to a grocery store for 30 minutes
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
feel like shit because i went to a grocery store for 30 minutes
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![>>Satire - Yoga Instructor Shocked as Stretching Fails to Cure Autoimmune Disorder [woman stretching doing yoga] mybodyistryingtokillme.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreicflmkefr2cjqr6fkiynhhgwmspteymlyahhla7y7msq2qb5bbcii@jpeg)
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This investigation doesn’t actually look at whether kids are actually just sick more often, which they are. Chronic illness isn’t mentioned either.
Despite the data encompassing 2018/19 to 2024/25, the pandemic isn’t even mentioned.
cbc.ca/9.6988661
Despite the data encompassing 2018/19 to 2024/25, the pandemic isn’t even mentioned.
cbc.ca/9.6988661
Kids are missing more school. Experts say mental health is a factor | CBC News
A CBC investigation finds that school time lost due to reported illness is up in all districts that provided data — more than tripling in some places compared to five years ago. While the data doesn’t...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This investigation doesn’t actually look at whether kids are actually just sick more often, which they are. Chronic illness isn’t mentioned either.
Despite the data encompassing 2018/19 to 2024/25, the pandemic isn’t even mentioned.
cbc.ca/9.6988661
Despite the data encompassing 2018/19 to 2024/25, the pandemic isn’t even mentioned.
cbc.ca/9.6988661