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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You can vote once a day - I’m switching to the black cockatoo about to go extinct due to an expansion of a bauxite mine

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 7h

I’m allergic to to capsicum (peppers). It would kill me to be sprayed with it

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 9h

Took me a while but I got there. Wordle 1,574 6/6

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 9h

Would love to read it. As a white Australian whose family have been here nearly 200 years, I have a lot to learn about colonialism - although when I first went to England in the ‘70s I was often dismissed as ‘from the colonies’ (as an insult)

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 9h

Try this - www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21676/...

Charlie Kirk and America’s decline

It is perilous and foolish to speak into the maelstrom. As a rule, I tend to avoid it. This week, events compel me to break my rule. I am speaking of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its subseque...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 9h

Charlie Kirk and America’s decline by Stan Grant - interesting analysis in the context of Lorenz’s 8 deadly sins. I only knew Lorenz as an ethologist - these are new to me - behind a pay wall
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Charlie Kirk and America’s decline

It is perilous and foolish to speak into the maelstrom. As a rule, I tend to avoid it. This week, events compel me to break my rule. I am speaking of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its subseque...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 11h

The majority of heat related deaths in European cities this summer were caused by climate change. These figures should terrify us.

This shows us that heat plans not enough – we need strong EU climate targets to cut the emissions causing this dangerous heat.

www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 10h

Interesting

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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · 21h

Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever?

Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍

🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3

#plantscience #science

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 20h

I was wearing a new kind of mask and I’m pretty sure it leaked

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have bee...

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

Thread by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on one page #ME #GreatestMedicalScandal skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have bee...

skywriter.blue

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

Important thread for #pwME and others who are unable to work or seek work ⚕️

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

Richard Robson was struck by an idea in 1989. Decades later, his story shows the importance of fundamental science.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve definitely connected with people (colleagues and pwME) who I later met IRL and consolidated other friendships with that I would not have done without social media. I find this harder in Blue Sky because of the time zone differences

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

They’re weird - the first time I saw Hoya flowers as a kid I thought they were plastic

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 1d

One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇

Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

Employment | New York Botanical Garden

Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

www.nybg.org

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see another Aussie Nobel prize winner - I heard Richard Robson (I think it was him) talk at the Academy of Science when he was elected - it was unbelievably fascinating chemistry 🧪 www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

University of Melbourne professor wins Nobel Prize

Richard Robson, 88, was among three scientists who won the award in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

www.theage.com.au

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

So it’s a real disease afterall (she says facetiously) #ME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

I should know this as I’m involved in a project on Tamarind but ….

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 2d

Please support Dr David Tuller's important work: he has the necessary skills, knowledge & networks to be able to challenge those who promote dubious psychobabble theories & that conditions can be overcome with enough effort/discipline

crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768

#MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, & so on...

Ten years ago this month, I launched Trial By Error with a 15,000-word investigation of the fraudulent PACE trial, which tested cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy as curative treatments for what was then being chronic fatigue syndrome. What I thought was a one-off somehow morphed into an extended academic project on psycho-behavioral research across a broad range of conditions, including what is known as Long COVID.

Amazingly, the pandemic and its consequences have rendered much of my earlier work relevant in a way I could never have anticipated. I had planned to end the project a couple of years ago, but decided to continue as I saw the same investigators I'd already criticized for their flawed research pursuing the exact same strategies in taking on Long COVID.

This current crowdfunding will cover my work on Trial By Error and my position at Berkeley from January-June, 2026. Assuming it goes well, there will be one more crowdfunding campaign next spring to cover July-December, 2026. I plan to retire from Berkeley at the end of 2026. (I will be 70 on October 10, 2026.)

I have been busy since last spring’s crowdfunding!!!

*I’ve written dozens of posts on Virology Blog, many explaining why awful papers about psycho-behavioral interventions for ME/CFS and Long Covid are, in fact, awful.

*I've covered news events and developments not only in the UK and US but also in multiple European countries as well as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

*I've posted video interviews with Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki about the latest in Long COVID research, University of Edinburgh geneticist Chris Ponting about the DecodeME findings; Columbia University's Ian Lipkin about immune-related abnormalities in ME/CFS; the UK ME Association's Charles Shepherd about the UK government's pathetic plan for ME/CFS; and others.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

They’re double that price at the pharmacy here

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 2d

I buy my RATests in bulk at $1 each - they’re expensive $10? In Australia so prohibitive for a family

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