Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
Informed decisions & verifiable facts please, not opinion & belief. UK. 🇬🇧
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#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
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#Gardening
#VisibleApp
Mine of occasionally useful information.
NHS and healthcare 💙
#Equality #Justbe #Inclusion
#LGBTQ+ 🌈 ally
#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
#Gardening
#VisibleApp
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Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
· Oct 17
If you are ME/CFS community, please find useful information in below posts 💙❤️🫂
Becoming more relevant with every day that passes.
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#Money
#Greed
#Inequality
#NewWorldOrder
#Poverty
#TaxTheRich
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
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#Money
#Greed
#Inequality
#NewWorldOrder
#Poverty
#TaxTheRich
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
Opinion | I Starred in ‘Cabaret.’ We Need to Heed Its Warning. (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Becoming more relevant with every day that passes.
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#Money
#Greed
#Inequality
#NewWorldOrder
#Poverty
#TaxTheRich
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
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#Money
#Greed
#Inequality
#NewWorldOrder
#Poverty
#TaxTheRich
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
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🥧 The super‑rich are at Davos carving up the world, and leaving the rest of us with crumbs. The 12 richest people in the world now have more wealth than the poorest 4 billion.
So, we popped into @oxfamgb.bsky.social's pie shop, where everyone gets a fair slice, to talk about a #WealthTax.
So, we popped into @oxfamgb.bsky.social's pie shop, where everyone gets a fair slice, to talk about a #WealthTax.
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
🥧 The super‑rich are at Davos carving up the world, and leaving the rest of us with crumbs. The 12 richest people in the world now have more wealth than the poorest 4 billion.
So, we popped into @oxfamgb.bsky.social's pie shop, where everyone gets a fair slice, to talk about a #WealthTax.
So, we popped into @oxfamgb.bsky.social's pie shop, where everyone gets a fair slice, to talk about a #WealthTax.
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First shower of 2026. Only managed to wash lower half. Arms on fire. Hair will have to wait. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
First shower of 2026. Only managed to wash lower half. Arms on fire. Hair will have to wait. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid
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This is an extremely disturbing situation. I am familiar with legal noises from this cohort of people. How awful. I've been totally out of commission with a back injury the last two weeks so just becoming aware of this mess...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@davetuller1.bsky.social
An academic has been intimidated into downplaying her views on CBT and GET by Wessely threatening to sue. The book is out in the world and will influence readers. We need this story to be more widely known.
Can you help?
#LongCovid
#ME
@davetuller1.bsky.social
An academic has been intimidated into downplaying her views on CBT and GET by Wessely threatening to sue. The book is out in the world and will influence readers. We need this story to be more widely known.
Can you help?
#LongCovid
#ME
The journalist who coined the phrase “the #GreatestMEdicalScandal of the 21st century” got interested in ME after this same psych lobby accused him of spreading Long Covid by writing about it. He was so taken aback by their absurdity that he investigated further:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This is an extremely disturbing situation. I am familiar with legal noises from this cohort of people. How awful. I've been totally out of commission with a back injury the last two weeks so just becoming aware of this mess...
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You might be wondering what inspired this…
A famous pro-infection expert has said there is no more long C19 than normal.
Because in their world a six year old virus causing disability is normal.
We don’t even know what the final normal will look like in fifty years time.
A famous pro-infection expert has said there is no more long C19 than normal.
Because in their world a six year old virus causing disability is normal.
We don’t even know what the final normal will look like in fifty years time.
There is no “normal” level of long C19.
The baseline is no C19, and no long C19.
The baseline is no C19, and no long C19.
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
You might be wondering what inspired this…
A famous pro-infection expert has said there is no more long C19 than normal.
Because in their world a six year old virus causing disability is normal.
We don’t even know what the final normal will look like in fifty years time.
A famous pro-infection expert has said there is no more long C19 than normal.
Because in their world a six year old virus causing disability is normal.
We don’t even know what the final normal will look like in fifty years time.
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"The fat cats have got what you need, not the immigrants" 🎯🎯🎯
Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley on Bold Politics in audio tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 7pm on YouTube: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley on Bold Politics in audio tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 7pm on YouTube: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"The fat cats have got what you need, not the immigrants" 🎯🎯🎯
Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley on Bold Politics in audio tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 7pm on YouTube: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley on Bold Politics in audio tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 7pm on YouTube: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
The latest CO2 data just came in from Mauna Loa and the 3-year rate of CO2 growth just hit a new record high, now growing at a rate of 7.97 ppm per 3 years.
(That dip in the mid-1990's is Mt. Pinatubo. Google is your friend.)
Code Yikes!
The latest CO2 data just came in from Mauna Loa and the 3-year rate of CO2 growth just hit a new record high, now growing at a rate of 7.97 ppm per 3 years.
(That dip in the mid-1990's is Mt. Pinatubo. Google is your friend.)
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
The latest CO2 data just came in from Mauna Loa and the 3-year rate of CO2 growth just hit a new record high, now growing at a rate of 7.97 ppm per 3 years.
(That dip in the mid-1990's is Mt. Pinatubo. Google is your friend.)
Code Yikes!
The latest CO2 data just came in from Mauna Loa and the 3-year rate of CO2 growth just hit a new record high, now growing at a rate of 7.97 ppm per 3 years.
(That dip in the mid-1990's is Mt. Pinatubo. Google is your friend.)
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I’m sick of all the emotional grenades lobbed at people w/ ME—the articles/studies/books/guides w/ harmful information or both sidesing. I’m sick of feeling pressured to read things not bc I expect to learn anything helpful, but so I’ll be able to defend myself when it’s inevitably used against me.
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I’m sick of all the emotional grenades lobbed at people w/ ME—the articles/studies/books/guides w/ harmful information or both sidesing. I’m sick of feeling pressured to read things not bc I expect to learn anything helpful, but so I’ll be able to defend myself when it’s inevitably used against me.
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This is what historian Robert Kagan on what it means for the world.
We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
4/
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM
This is what historian Robert Kagan on what it means for the world.
We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
4/
We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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Can't recommend this article highly enough.
Seeing key events listed chronologically clearly shows how much work remains to be done if there is to be justice for #pwME & an end to the relentless corruption.
#ME #MEAwareness #MedSky
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
Seeing key events listed chronologically clearly shows how much work remains to be done if there is to be justice for #pwME & an end to the relentless corruption.
#ME #MEAwareness #MedSky
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
ME/CFS Scandal Follow up
The ME/CFS scandal goes much deeper than my 27-minute explainer video. That was just an introduction — how for decades patients were told…
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Can't recommend this article highly enough.
Seeing key events listed chronologically clearly shows how much work remains to be done if there is to be justice for #pwME & an end to the relentless corruption.
#ME #MEAwareness #MedSky
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
Seeing key events listed chronologically clearly shows how much work remains to be done if there is to be justice for #pwME & an end to the relentless corruption.
#ME #MEAwareness #MedSky
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
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This was my favorite part 😆
(I was surprised to find myself grinning while reading such a shameful compilation, but this section brought me joy)
(thank you @abrokenbattery.bsky.social for compiling all of this!)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME #SevereME #MedSky #ChronicIllness #Disability
(I was surprised to find myself grinning while reading such a shameful compilation, but this section brought me joy)
(thank you @abrokenbattery.bsky.social for compiling all of this!)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME #SevereME #MedSky #ChronicIllness #Disability
![“Medium
June 2018
Following a Twitter exchange about the PACE trial, Simon Wessely tags his old school friend Mike Godwin, suggesting that a critic's tweet is an example of his famous law [35]. After examining the evidence, Godwin concludes that PACE is
"so profoundly flawed that it cannot be trusted". He also signs David Tuller's open letter requesting an independent reanalysis of the trial [36].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hcna5ngafyx3bmh4ky27nj6h/bafkreigzcoz22y3xldxt3472276boxhipnjieuvepo73lpkzzu5hugo7ji@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This was my favorite part 😆
(I was surprised to find myself grinning while reading such a shameful compilation, but this section brought me joy)
(thank you @abrokenbattery.bsky.social for compiling all of this!)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME #SevereME #MedSky #ChronicIllness #Disability
(I was surprised to find myself grinning while reading such a shameful compilation, but this section brought me joy)
(thank you @abrokenbattery.bsky.social for compiling all of this!)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME #SevereME #MedSky #ChronicIllness #Disability
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I'm so sorry that this has & is impacting you so badly.
You make really important point which the ME orgs, @meassociation.org.uk & @actionforme.bsky.social should be tackling urgently with the government on our behalf, this is their responsibility.
You make really important point which the ME orgs, @meassociation.org.uk & @actionforme.bsky.social should be tackling urgently with the government on our behalf, this is their responsibility.
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I'm so sorry that this has & is impacting you so badly.
You make really important point which the ME orgs, @meassociation.org.uk & @actionforme.bsky.social should be tackling urgently with the government on our behalf, this is their responsibility.
You make really important point which the ME orgs, @meassociation.org.uk & @actionforme.bsky.social should be tackling urgently with the government on our behalf, this is their responsibility.
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@actionforme.bsky.social How do we get a £ doubling of PIP onto the APPG agenda?
Any front-line treatments are likely years away and ME/LC are financially ruinous as we're having to treat ourselves meanwhile, with zero clinical support from NHS.
#APPG #MECFS #pwME #LongCovid #CruelBritannia
Any front-line treatments are likely years away and ME/LC are financially ruinous as we're having to treat ourselves meanwhile, with zero clinical support from NHS.
#APPG #MECFS #pwME #LongCovid #CruelBritannia
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
@actionforme.bsky.social How do we get a £ doubling of PIP onto the APPG agenda?
Any front-line treatments are likely years away and ME/LC are financially ruinous as we're having to treat ourselves meanwhile, with zero clinical support from NHS.
#APPG #MECFS #pwME #LongCovid #CruelBritannia
Any front-line treatments are likely years away and ME/LC are financially ruinous as we're having to treat ourselves meanwhile, with zero clinical support from NHS.
#APPG #MECFS #pwME #LongCovid #CruelBritannia
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Post a few hours ago from Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA.
"Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem..."
#Gaza
"Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem..."
#Gaza
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Post a few hours ago from Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA.
"Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem..."
#Gaza
"Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem..."
#Gaza
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Can anyone think of a single other time when a UN member state destroyed a UN agency headquarters?
European Union 's "good ally" attacks United Nations aid agency in occupied State of #Palestine 's East #Jerusalem.
"Demolition equipment and bulldozers, accompanied by security forces, demolish the #UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem."
www.threads.com/@moein_gaza/...
#FreePalestine #News #WorldNews
"Demolition equipment and bulldozers, accompanied by security forces, demolish the #UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem."
www.threads.com/@moein_gaza/...
#FreePalestine #News #WorldNews
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Can anyone think of a single other time when a UN member state destroyed a UN agency headquarters?
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Davos starts today. But it’s been seven years since Rutger Bregman said everything that needed saying… and the rich and powerful are still pretending like they haven’t heard a thing.
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Davos starts today. But it’s been seven years since Rutger Bregman said everything that needed saying… and the rich and powerful are still pretending like they haven’t heard a thing.
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‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality.
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM
‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality.
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
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Marc’s views on Covid have also been somewhat at odds with several research papers.
I think anyone who constantly underplays the long term harms to population health from this virus despite overwhelming evidence is doing the public a disservice
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I think anyone who constantly underplays the long term harms to population health from this virus despite overwhelming evidence is doing the public a disservice
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Marc’s views on Covid have also been somewhat at odds with several research papers.
I think anyone who constantly underplays the long term harms to population health from this virus despite overwhelming evidence is doing the public a disservice
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I think anyone who constantly underplays the long term harms to population health from this virus despite overwhelming evidence is doing the public a disservice
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views.
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
ME/CFS Scandal Follow up
The ME/CFS scandal goes much deeper than my 27-minute explainer video. That was just an introduction — how for decades patients were told…
medium.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views.
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
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8/ The episode with Wessely exemplifies power dynamics. Weber: charismatic authority & institutions shape what counts as legitimate. Foucault: knowledge–power disciplines discourse, deciding what is acceptable to publish or defend.
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
8/ The episode with Wessely exemplifies power dynamics. Weber: charismatic authority & institutions shape what counts as legitimate. Foucault: knowledge–power disciplines discourse, deciding what is acceptable to publish or defend.
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1/ In response to Emily Mendenhall’s recent Substack on critiques of her book Invisible Illness by the community & Wessely's legal threats.
Anthropology is often open to dialogue & critique, so let’s situate this moment historically & structurally. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
Anthropology is often open to dialogue & critique, so let’s situate this moment historically & structurally. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
Bluesky Blowup
How the ME/CFS patient community is reading Invisible Illness
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
1/ In response to Emily Mendenhall’s recent Substack on critiques of her book Invisible Illness by the community & Wessely's legal threats.
Anthropology is often open to dialogue & critique, so let’s situate this moment historically & structurally. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
Anthropology is often open to dialogue & critique, so let’s situate this moment historically & structurally. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
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What a deep and thoughtful review of the Invisible Illness. It’s so helpful to read what people agree & disagree with. Thoughtful and respectful dialogue is so critical to help us all work together to advocate for reimagining what medicine could do.
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
'These are not verifiable conditions'
Thoughts on Emily Mendenhall’s new book ‘Invisible Illness: a history, from hysteria to Long Covid' - by Dr Elke Haussman
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
What a deep and thoughtful review of the Invisible Illness. It’s so helpful to read what people agree & disagree with. Thoughtful and respectful dialogue is so critical to help us all work together to advocate for reimagining what medicine could do.
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
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Thank you. Your book really helped me to clarify my thinking.
I completely agree - all of us who are focused on the best for patients need to be able to talk to each other and work together.
#LongCovid
#ME
I completely agree - all of us who are focused on the best for patients need to be able to talk to each other and work together.
#LongCovid
#ME
What a deep and thoughtful review of the Invisible Illness. It’s so helpful to read what people agree & disagree with. Thoughtful and respectful dialogue is so critical to help us all work together to advocate for reimagining what medicine could do.
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/these-are-...
'These are not verifiable conditions'
Thoughts on Emily Mendenhall’s new book ‘Invisible Illness: a history, from hysteria to Long Covid' - by Dr Elke Haussman
longcovidadvocacy.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Thank you. Your book really helped me to clarify my thinking.
I completely agree - all of us who are focused on the best for patients need to be able to talk to each other and work together.
#LongCovid
#ME
I completely agree - all of us who are focused on the best for patients need to be able to talk to each other and work together.
#LongCovid
#ME
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Okay - here it is. Writing this with an open heart and welcome arms for respectful dialogue.
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
Bluesky Blowup
How the ME/CFS patient community is reading Invisible Illness
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Okay - here it is. Writing this with an open heart and welcome arms for respectful dialogue.
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...
"My favourite graph about fewer people were like that when I was young"
January 19, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"My favourite graph about fewer people were like that when I was young"