Heather Hogan
@heatherhogan.bsky.social
your friendly neighborhood soft butch // @thesicktimes.org engagement editor // http://theheatherhogan.substack.com // #LongCOVID
I had to change one of my most important and long-running meds because of insurance. My doctors and Reddit made me afraid it was gonna feel like a month long Pikachu Thunder Wave attack directly to my brain. But actually? I feel better!! A chronic illness Christmas miracle!
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I had to change one of my most important and long-running meds because of insurance. My doctors and Reddit made me afraid it was gonna feel like a month long Pikachu Thunder Wave attack directly to my brain. But actually? I feel better!! A chronic illness Christmas miracle!
My wife just yelled “I’M GETTING EVERYTHING I WANT” which apparently is five turnovers in the first half of Monday Night Football.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My wife just yelled “I’M GETTING EVERYTHING I WANT” which apparently is five turnovers in the first half of Monday Night Football.
Over 100 people have already signed up for their cards! 🥹❄️☃️🧣
If you're a paid subscriber to my newsletter, I'd love to send you this holiday card I drew for you! Just fill out this short Google form with your address, which I will only use to send you this mail! bit.ly/49yiTof
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Over 100 people have already signed up for their cards! 🥹❄️☃️🧣
Reposted by Heather Hogan
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
Wife: What’s petit jury duty?
Me: Oh that’s where you hear evidence in a trial for those little French cakes.
Wife:
Me: Petit fours.
Wife:
Me: You know, like the Showstopper challenge in series four of the Great British—
Wife: I’ll Google it.
Me: Oh that’s where you hear evidence in a trial for those little French cakes.
Wife:
Me: Petit fours.
Wife:
Me: You know, like the Showstopper challenge in series four of the Great British—
Wife: I’ll Google it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wife: What’s petit jury duty?
Me: Oh that’s where you hear evidence in a trial for those little French cakes.
Wife:
Me: Petit fours.
Wife:
Me: You know, like the Showstopper challenge in series four of the Great British—
Wife: I’ll Google it.
Me: Oh that’s where you hear evidence in a trial for those little French cakes.
Wife:
Me: Petit fours.
Wife:
Me: You know, like the Showstopper challenge in series four of the Great British—
Wife: I’ll Google it.
Oh god I just heard a girl looking at Christmas cards go “Oh this is VERY vintage.” And her friend said “Whoa yeah, like 1990s vintage!”
a woman with gray hair is sitting at a table with her hand on her chin and a calendar on the wall behind her .
Alt: Dorothy Zbornack blinking dramatically on Golden Girls.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Oh god I just heard a girl looking at Christmas cards go “Oh this is VERY vintage.” And her friend said “Whoa yeah, like 1990s vintage!”
Reposted by Heather Hogan
For up to half of people with #LongCOVID, activities like exercise can trigger post-exertional malaise (PEM). Yet Long COVID clinics around the world are offering exercise as treatment while dismissing its serious harms.
Read more from @spichaksimon.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aaDRJW
Read more from @spichaksimon.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aaDRJW
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For up to half of people with #LongCOVID, activities like exercise can trigger post-exertional malaise (PEM). Yet Long COVID clinics around the world are offering exercise as treatment while dismissing its serious harms.
Read more from @spichaksimon.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aaDRJW
Read more from @spichaksimon.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aaDRJW
If you're a paid subscriber to my newsletter, I'd love to send you this holiday card I drew for you! Just fill out this short Google form with your address, which I will only use to send you this mail! bit.ly/49yiTof
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you're a paid subscriber to my newsletter, I'd love to send you this holiday card I drew for you! Just fill out this short Google form with your address, which I will only use to send you this mail! bit.ly/49yiTof
Me: I just love us, as a people.
Stacy: Humans??
Me: What, no. Gays.
Stacy: Humans??
Me: What, no. Gays.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Me: I just love us, as a people.
Stacy: Humans??
Me: What, no. Gays.
Stacy: Humans??
Me: What, no. Gays.
Reposted by Heather Hogan
A lovely, tender, and gently inspiring read
I had two goals for 2025: 1) Read 50 books and 2) Don’t talk about it; be about it. In my newsletter today, I wrote about what Being About It looked like for me this year, including these cold weather packs I assembled today! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A lovely, tender, and gently inspiring read
I love in the NWSL how the USWNT players all check in on each other when they fall down, even if they’re on opposite pro teams. And I love how in the WNBA, even if you won six Olympic gold medals with somebody, you will run through them like a tornado if they’re on the other team and in your way.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I love in the NWSL how the USWNT players all check in on each other when they fall down, even if they’re on opposite pro teams. And I love how in the WNBA, even if you won six Olympic gold medals with somebody, you will run through them like a tornado if they’re on the other team and in your way.
Me: Do you wanna watch an episode of Yellowjackets and then the NWSL Championship and then discuss, at length, which experience was gayer?
Wife: God yes.
Wife: God yes.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Me: Do you wanna watch an episode of Yellowjackets and then the NWSL Championship and then discuss, at length, which experience was gayer?
Wife: God yes.
Wife: God yes.
I had two goals for 2025: 1) Read 50 books and 2) Don’t talk about it; be about it. In my newsletter today, I wrote about what Being About It looked like for me this year, including these cold weather packs I assembled today! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I had two goals for 2025: 1) Read 50 books and 2) Don’t talk about it; be about it. In my newsletter today, I wrote about what Being About It looked like for me this year, including these cold weather packs I assembled today! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Local news started up after the basketball game literally with “Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump: two proud New Yorkers, learning to work together.” Unfuckinreal. 😑
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Local news started up after the basketball game literally with “Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump: two proud New Yorkers, learning to work together.” Unfuckinreal. 😑
Several people hollered “GO BATS!” at me on my walk to the pharmacy and I was like “Yes finally people are recognizing masking as caped crusader superhero behavior!” But then I realized I’m not wearing a New York Liberty hoodie; I’m wearing a Gotham FC hoodie on NWSL finals eve. 😂🦇
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Several people hollered “GO BATS!” at me on my walk to the pharmacy and I was like “Yes finally people are recognizing masking as caped crusader superhero behavior!” But then I realized I’m not wearing a New York Liberty hoodie; I’m wearing a Gotham FC hoodie on NWSL finals eve. 😂🦇
15 U.S. states have an official state dinosaur! 🦕🦖
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
15 U.S. states have an official state dinosaur! 🦕🦖
Reposted by Heather Hogan
Four in five exercise trials of Long COVID don't even mention post-exertional malaise anywhere in the trial registration.
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Four in five exercise trials of Long COVID don't even mention post-exertional malaise anywhere in the trial registration.
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you're over legacy media, I've got great news! You can donate to our non-profit newsroom at @thesicktimes.org to help us keep investigating injustices, challenging powerful institutions, and offering a platform for those affected by the #LongCOVID crisis. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Pretty fuckin rude to pay a therapist hundreds of dollars a month to help you realize you were a large part of the problem. 😤
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pretty fuckin rude to pay a therapist hundreds of dollars a month to help you realize you were a large part of the problem. 😤
Reposted by Heather Hogan
Did you know that trans people are more likely to report having Long COVID than cis people are?
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Did you know that trans people are more likely to report having Long COVID than cis people are?
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
On this annual Transgender Day of Resilience (TDOR), we’re sharing our resource on Long COVID in trans people.
Created with @longcovidjustice.org
longcovidjustice.org/lc-in-trans-people
Deciding if you’re gonna close the book and go to sleep on time, or read ten more minutes til the women kiss each other on the mouths — and then stay up three more hours.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Deciding if you’re gonna close the book and go to sleep on time, or read ten more minutes til the women kiss each other on the mouths — and then stay up three more hours.
Reposted by Heather Hogan
Please share widely
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Please share widely
Nothing’ll turn a day around like getting a notification that your fave fic got updated!
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Nothing’ll turn a day around like getting a notification that your fave fic got updated!
I ran into traffic at a busy intersection when my Walgreens bag with a tiny tube of $200 prescription ointment flew out of my bike basket. I know I've built up a lot of goodwill because my neighbors were like STOP HONKING AT HER!! even though I must have looked unhinged scrambling around out there.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I ran into traffic at a busy intersection when my Walgreens bag with a tiny tube of $200 prescription ointment flew out of my bike basket. I know I've built up a lot of goodwill because my neighbors were like STOP HONKING AT HER!! even though I must have looked unhinged scrambling around out there.
This fuckin loading screen on my health insurance app when I’m logging in to, once again, beg them to pay for *actual* medicine.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This fuckin loading screen on my health insurance app when I’m logging in to, once again, beg them to pay for *actual* medicine.