@bethtucson.bsky.social
On the upward trail. Current tea: Sunrise Keemun. Probably time to read The Good Companions again.
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Health Rising: Something in the Blood” Again! ME/CFS & Long COVID Serum Locks the Muscles Down
“..both diseases..the mitochondria in the muscles appeared to be under severe stress…mitochondria in muscle tissues exposed to ME/CFS serum..were eating up oxygen..”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
“..both diseases..the mitochondria in the muscles appeared to be under severe stress…mitochondria in muscle tissues exposed to ME/CFS serum..were eating up oxygen..”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
"Something in the Blood" Again! ME/CFS and Long COVID Serum Locks the Muscles Down - Health Rising
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Muscles on a Chip Whoa, another muscle study. We recently reported on a proteomic study suggesting that muscle repair problems contribute to post-exertional malaise in ME/CF...
www.healthrising.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Health Rising: Something in the Blood” Again! ME/CFS & Long COVID Serum Locks the Muscles Down
“..both diseases..the mitochondria in the muscles appeared to be under severe stress…mitochondria in muscle tissues exposed to ME/CFS serum..were eating up oxygen..”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
“..both diseases..the mitochondria in the muscles appeared to be under severe stress…mitochondria in muscle tissues exposed to ME/CFS serum..were eating up oxygen..”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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Univ. of Edinburgh: 'Scale of how chronic fatigue syndrome affects patients' blood shown for first time'
'Largest ever biological study of ME/CFS has identified consistent blood differences associated with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance & liver disease'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...
'Largest ever biological study of ME/CFS has identified consistent blood differences associated with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance & liver disease'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...
Scale of how chronic fatigue syndrome affects patients' blood shown for first time
People with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals, a new study reveals, suggesting a path toward mor...
medicalxpress.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Univ. of Edinburgh: 'Scale of how chronic fatigue syndrome affects patients' blood shown for first time'
'Largest ever biological study of ME/CFS has identified consistent blood differences associated with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance & liver disease'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...
'Largest ever biological study of ME/CFS has identified consistent blood differences associated with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance & liver disease'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...
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Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
May 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
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Banger Preprint 🔥
'Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest'
'This study was supported the Patient-Led Research Collaborative for Long COVID...the Solve ME 2022 Ramsay Grant Program...'
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
'This study was supported the Patient-Led Research Collaborative for Long COVID...the Solve ME 2022 Ramsay Grant Program...'
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest
Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where...
www.medrxiv.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Banger Preprint 🔥
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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Prof McBride, USNA 1974, PhD Johns Hopkins, went on to say, “Your acquiescence was a repudiation of the Naval Academy’s historic mission. You may take some solace that the removal of these books was a lawful order. However, such an interpretation runs contrary to larger Constitutional issues ..
April 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Prof McBride, USNA 1974, PhD Johns Hopkins, went on to say, “Your acquiescence was a repudiation of the Naval Academy’s historic mission. You may take some solace that the removal of these books was a lawful order. However, such an interpretation runs contrary to larger Constitutional issues ..
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in his first ever appearance, superman beats up spousal abusers, halts an unjust execution and exposes government corruption.
i love how people think they *just now* made superheroes woke
superman, woke since 1938
i love how people think they *just now* made superheroes woke
superman, woke since 1938
April 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
in his first ever appearance, superman beats up spousal abusers, halts an unjust execution and exposes government corruption.
i love how people think they *just now* made superheroes woke
superman, woke since 1938
i love how people think they *just now* made superheroes woke
superman, woke since 1938
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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
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Invited Review
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Physiology | American Physiological Society
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of unclear etiology that affects many individuals worldwide. One of its hallmark symptoms is prolonged fatigue following exertion, a feature also observed...
journals.physiology.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Invited Review
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Senior Investigator Dr. Paul Hwang PhD they have identified WASF3 as a potential mediator of mitochondrial dysfunction and bioenergetic deficiencies in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome #ME/CFS, a poorly understood, debilitating disorder with no
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/science/card...
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/science/card...
Cardiovascular and Cancer Genetics
The goal of Dr. Hwang's translational work is to provide insights into developing novel strategies for preventing cancer and improving cardiovascular health.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
March 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Senior Investigator Dr. Paul Hwang PhD they have identified WASF3 as a potential mediator of mitochondrial dysfunction and bioenergetic deficiencies in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome #ME/CFS, a poorly understood, debilitating disorder with no
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/science/card...
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/science/card...
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This NIH study provides strong biological evidence for the underlying energy metabolism dysfunction in #ME/CFS. The link between viral infections, ER stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction also suggests possible parallels with #LongCOVID, emphasizing the urgency for research into effective treatments
Invited Review
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Paul M. Hwang et al. NIH
Published Online:17 FEB 2025https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00056.2024
Abstract
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Physiology | American Physiological Society
ME/CFS is a debilitating multisystem disorder of unclear etiology that affects many individuals worldwide. One of its hallmark symptoms is prolonged fatigue following exertion, a feature also observed...
journals.physiology.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This NIH study provides strong biological evidence for the underlying energy metabolism dysfunction in #ME/CFS. The link between viral infections, ER stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction also suggests possible parallels with #LongCOVID, emphasizing the urgency for research into effective treatments
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I’ve had a several dozen requests to write or be interviewed about the 5th anniversary of Covid and said no to all of them… except this one with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. Here’s our chat on the things we’ve memory-holed, and where we go from here.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
Ed Yong on the Pandemic’s Legacy on Science Research and Reporting | KQED
As part of our series looking at the legacy of the pandemic five years on, we talk to Ed Yong about how COVID changed our relationship with health news, reporting and research.
www.kqed.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I’ve had a several dozen requests to write or be interviewed about the 5th anniversary of Covid and said no to all of them… except this one with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. Here’s our chat on the things we’ve memory-holed, and where we go from here.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.
March 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.
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one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
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Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.
March 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.
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As Facebook doesn’t value moderating content responsibly, @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver has launched a useful website to help make your accounts less valuable to Meta, with steps on how to limit how your data is used for advertising. Visit: johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As Facebook doesn’t value moderating content responsibly, @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver has launched a useful website to help make your accounts less valuable to Meta, with steps on how to limit how your data is used for advertising. Visit: johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
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I think if you don't want to buy things from major retailers today or any day that is great, and I would also love for everyone to remember that successful movements usually need to involve labor, and to start thinking of yourself as a worker first and a consumer second
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I think if you don't want to buy things from major retailers today or any day that is great, and I would also love for everyone to remember that successful movements usually need to involve labor, and to start thinking of yourself as a worker first and a consumer second
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If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
journals.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/...
The corresponding author is the NIH researcher Paul Hwang who did the interesting WASF3 study
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Image from Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs #CFS
journals.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/...
The corresponding author is the NIH researcher Paul Hwang who did the interesting WASF3 study
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Image from Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs #CFS
February 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
journals.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/...
The corresponding author is the NIH researcher Paul Hwang who did the interesting WASF3 study
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Image from Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs #CFS
journals.physiology.org/doi/10.1152/...
The corresponding author is the NIH researcher Paul Hwang who did the interesting WASF3 study
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Image from Science for ME weekly update
#MEcfs #CFS
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myshetland.co.uk/a-morning-wi...
My morning with an otter! (I have now words, ok, I have lots of words but it was the very best morning ever)
#billyandmolly #otterlovestory #shetland #shetlandislands #otter
My morning with an otter! (I have now words, ok, I have lots of words but it was the very best morning ever)
#billyandmolly #otterlovestory #shetland #shetlandislands #otter
A Morning with Molly
Oh crikey, where to begin. Last night I received a message asking me if I wanted to come over to photograph Molly, the otter featured in the National Geographic film “Billy & Molly: An Ot…
myshetland.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
myshetland.co.uk/a-morning-wi...
My morning with an otter! (I have now words, ok, I have lots of words but it was the very best morning ever)
#billyandmolly #otterlovestory #shetland #shetlandislands #otter
My morning with an otter! (I have now words, ok, I have lots of words but it was the very best morning ever)
#billyandmolly #otterlovestory #shetland #shetlandislands #otter
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There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard's vote.
— David Foster Wallace
— David Foster Wallace
February 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard's vote.
— David Foster Wallace
— David Foster Wallace
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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
February 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.