Ahimsa
@ahimsa-pdx.bsky.social
Vegetarian, book lover📚
ME/CFS since 1990 ♿️
She/Her
What's ME/CFS? = https://www.s4me.info/threads/science-for-me-fact-sheets.43310/#post-596527
Mastodon = https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx
Profile: Tabby cat w/white chest & paws
Banner: Green trees
ME/CFS since 1990 ♿️
She/Her
What's ME/CFS? = https://www.s4me.info/threads/science-for-me-fact-sheets.43310/#post-596527
Mastodon = https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx
Profile: Tabby cat w/white chest & paws
Banner: Green trees
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If you care about children, then please protect them from both the flu & COVID by wearing a mask in public and getting your updated vaccines
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
🧵 3/3
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
🧵 3/3
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
If you care about children, then please protect them from both the flu & COVID by wearing a mask in public and getting your updated vaccines
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
🧵 3/3
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
🧵 3/3
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Over the last five years of working on #LongCOVID “we were to some extent reinventing the wheel and finding things out that people had talked about in ME for years before and felt they hadn't been listened to” Professor Danny Altmann on BBC Inside Science #MECFS
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Over the last five years of working on #LongCOVID “we were to some extent reinventing the wheel and finding things out that people had talked about in ME for years before and felt they hadn't been listened to” Professor Danny Altmann on BBC Inside Science #MECFS
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please accept this photo of a dog who's wearing a turtleneck and has just received a greenie
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
please accept this photo of a dog who's wearing a turtleneck and has just received a greenie
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I proudly voted to extend the lifesaving ACA tax credits that so many Americans rely on.
Hear more from me ⤵️
Hear more from me ⤵️
I proudly voted to extend the lifesaving ACA tax credits that so many Americans rely on.
YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas
youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I proudly voted to extend the lifesaving ACA tax credits that so many Americans rely on.
Hear more from me ⤵️
Hear more from me ⤵️
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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Take action today! Please sign our letter to the HHS Secretary urging him to recognize people with ME/CFS and Long COVID as “medically frail” so that their access to Medicaid is protected. freakinfrail.org
This petition is the 1st step.
#Medicaid #PwME #MECFS #LongCovid
This petition is the 1st step.
#Medicaid #PwME #MECFS #LongCovid
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Take action today! Please sign our letter to the HHS Secretary urging him to recognize people with ME/CFS and Long COVID as “medically frail” so that their access to Medicaid is protected. freakinfrail.org
This petition is the 1st step.
#Medicaid #PwME #MECFS #LongCovid
This petition is the 1st step.
#Medicaid #PwME #MECFS #LongCovid
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For other artists: Copy-paste is your friend. I have a folder of alt text for all my pieces on my phone so I don’t have to write them from scratch every time. For my WIP posts I just update the alt text every time I post a progress shot.
A really easy New Year's resolution you can make is to try adding better alt text to your images.
Even if you don't do it 100% of the time, wholeassing alt text on some of your works means accounts like mine will share it!
Even if you don't do it 100% of the time, wholeassing alt text on some of your works means accounts like mine will share it!
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
For other artists: Copy-paste is your friend. I have a folder of alt text for all my pieces on my phone so I don’t have to write them from scratch every time. For my WIP posts I just update the alt text every time I post a progress shot.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social :
Just the two of us but we get on well together so had a good chat, a lot of which was nothing to do with ME.
Again after 3 PM when the carvery closed, we had the room to ourselves.
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Just the two of us but we get on well together so had a good chat, a lot of which was nothing to do with ME.
Again after 3 PM when the carvery closed, we had the room to ourselves.
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social :
Just the two of us but we get on well together so had a good chat, a lot of which was nothing to do with ME.
Again after 3 PM when the carvery closed, we had the room to ourselves.
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Just the two of us but we get on well together so had a good chat, a lot of which was nothing to do with ME.
Again after 3 PM when the carvery closed, we had the room to ourselves.
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
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Post-holiday crash hit hard. Walked to the end of the driveway for trash cans & now can’t stay upright. This is post-exertional malaise in action: seemingly minor tasks stealing days of function. I wrote about why I can’t just meet for dinner:
#PEM #MECFS #LongCOVID
substack.com/@darthfoo/p-...
#PEM #MECFS #LongCOVID
substack.com/@darthfoo/p-...
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Post-holiday crash hit hard. Walked to the end of the driveway for trash cans & now can’t stay upright. This is post-exertional malaise in action: seemingly minor tasks stealing days of function. I wrote about why I can’t just meet for dinner:
#PEM #MECFS #LongCOVID
substack.com/@darthfoo/p-...
#PEM #MECFS #LongCOVID
substack.com/@darthfoo/p-...
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The big data and increased computing power that enable artificial intelligence are emboldening Republicans to deploy more sophisticated techniques to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s DOJ Wants Your Data
Donald Trump and the Republican Party know that they are likely to be voted out of power in November 2026. The tools they are counting on to prevent this are the same ones being deployed by the larges...
www.democracydocket.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The big data and increased computing power that enable artificial intelligence are emboldening Republicans to deploy more sophisticated techniques to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Check out “Coffee” with a Clinician: Basics of Long COVID, ME/CFS, & Comorbidities, coming up on Jan. 14th. Great opportunity to hear from Lucinda Bateman, the Chief Medical Officer of Bateman Horne Center.
Registration link below.
batemanhornecenter.org/event/coffee...
Registration link below.
batemanhornecenter.org/event/coffee...
Coffee with a Clinician
Join expert medical providers to learn how BHC manages care for individuals with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions.
batemanhornecenter.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Check out “Coffee” with a Clinician: Basics of Long COVID, ME/CFS, & Comorbidities, coming up on Jan. 14th. Great opportunity to hear from Lucinda Bateman, the Chief Medical Officer of Bateman Horne Center.
Registration link below.
batemanhornecenter.org/event/coffee...
Registration link below.
batemanhornecenter.org/event/coffee...
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The 12 Days of Belly Rubs are going exactly the way Joe likes 🐾
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The 12 Days of Belly Rubs are going exactly the way Joe likes 🐾
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Keeping a close eye on the neighbourhood 🐾
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Keeping a close eye on the neighbourhood 🐾
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Impact happens when a community shows up, and in 2025, donations of all sizes helped advance research, education, and support at Bateman Horne Center.
Our Impact Report shares what you made possible.
📖 Read the full report → https://bit.ly/4aTYV7X
Our Impact Report shares what you made possible.
📖 Read the full report → https://bit.ly/4aTYV7X
December 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Impact happens when a community shows up, and in 2025, donations of all sizes helped advance research, education, and support at Bateman Horne Center.
Our Impact Report shares what you made possible.
📖 Read the full report → https://bit.ly/4aTYV7X
Our Impact Report shares what you made possible.
📖 Read the full report → https://bit.ly/4aTYV7X
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Avoid writing text that has every letter alternating between uppercase and lowercase. This is difficult for sighted readers to comprehend, especially users with reading or cognitive disabilities. Screen readers won't know to read this, so it will often be gibberish.
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Avoid writing text that has every letter alternating between uppercase and lowercase. This is difficult for sighted readers to comprehend, especially users with reading or cognitive disabilities. Screen readers won't know to read this, so it will often be gibberish.
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A big thank you to everyone who did anything, big or small, for the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome +/or Long Covid cause in 2025 (including simply sharing messages on social media). 👏
Together we can make a difference. 👍
#MEcfs #LongCovid
Together we can make a difference. 👍
#MEcfs #LongCovid
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A big thank you to everyone who did anything, big or small, for the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome +/or Long Covid cause in 2025 (including simply sharing messages on social media). 👏
Together we can make a difference. 👍
#MEcfs #LongCovid
Together we can make a difference. 👍
#MEcfs #LongCovid
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TOMORROW is the last day to donate to receive a tax deduction for 2025. meaction.net/donate
We do NOT yet have the funds to fully support our mission. Please give if able.
Thank you to everyone who has given either financially or your time this year. We are grateful!
We do NOT yet have the funds to fully support our mission. Please give if able.
Thank you to everyone who has given either financially or your time this year. We are grateful!
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
TOMORROW is the last day to donate to receive a tax deduction for 2025. meaction.net/donate
We do NOT yet have the funds to fully support our mission. Please give if able.
Thank you to everyone who has given either financially or your time this year. We are grateful!
We do NOT yet have the funds to fully support our mission. Please give if able.
Thank you to everyone who has given either financially or your time this year. We are grateful!
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In "2025 Advocacy in Review: What You Helped Push Forward," Solve Director of Advocacy Monique Wike looks back at a year of gridlock for biomedical research and public health and how community members kept #MECFS on the agenda.
Read it here:
solvecfs.org/2025-advocac...
Read it here:
solvecfs.org/2025-advocac...
2025 Advocacy in Review: What You Helped Push Forward - Solve ME/CFS Initiative
In 2025, advocates led meetings, shared their stories, and pushed lawmakers to act on our community’s top federal priorities. It made a difference.
solvecfs.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In "2025 Advocacy in Review: What You Helped Push Forward," Solve Director of Advocacy Monique Wike looks back at a year of gridlock for biomedical research and public health and how community members kept #MECFS on the agenda.
Read it here:
solvecfs.org/2025-advocac...
Read it here:
solvecfs.org/2025-advocac...
@nickmark.bsky.social
Hi! Are you the same Dr. Nick Mark that has the account @[email protected] on Mastodon?
Do you know what happened to the med-mastodon.com server? It has been down for more than a day, see
fedilist.com/instance/med...
Hope you get this and can respond. Thanks!
Hi! Are you the same Dr. Nick Mark that has the account @[email protected] on Mastodon?
Do you know what happened to the med-mastodon.com server? It has been down for more than a day, see
fedilist.com/instance/med...
Hope you get this and can respond. Thanks!
fedilist.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@nickmark.bsky.social
Hi! Are you the same Dr. Nick Mark that has the account @[email protected] on Mastodon?
Do you know what happened to the med-mastodon.com server? It has been down for more than a day, see
fedilist.com/instance/med...
Hope you get this and can respond. Thanks!
Hi! Are you the same Dr. Nick Mark that has the account @[email protected] on Mastodon?
Do you know what happened to the med-mastodon.com server? It has been down for more than a day, see
fedilist.com/instance/med...
Hope you get this and can respond. Thanks!
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My mother died of Covid complications this year. She not only refused to believe Covid was ‘that serious’ she also refused to mask when people visited her at our home in India.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My mother died of Covid complications this year. She not only refused to believe Covid was ‘that serious’ she also refused to mask when people visited her at our home in India.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
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So far, I have dodged 4 infected people (close contact, 2 healthcare workers) within the past week.
They almost sent out a phlebotomist with the flu to draw my pre-surgery labs. 😬
I asked if they could send someone else, because I cannot get sick.
1. I don't want the flu.
2. That would delay
They almost sent out a phlebotomist with the flu to draw my pre-surgery labs. 😬
I asked if they could send someone else, because I cannot get sick.
1. I don't want the flu.
2. That would delay
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So far, I have dodged 4 infected people (close contact, 2 healthcare workers) within the past week.
They almost sent out a phlebotomist with the flu to draw my pre-surgery labs. 😬
I asked if they could send someone else, because I cannot get sick.
1. I don't want the flu.
2. That would delay
They almost sent out a phlebotomist with the flu to draw my pre-surgery labs. 😬
I asked if they could send someone else, because I cannot get sick.
1. I don't want the flu.
2. That would delay
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN