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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 1d

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 1d

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margot @marmb.bsky.social · 1d

pleasure working with @thesicktimes.org <3

Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 1d

Hypermobility is a common, overlapping condition with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier for people to be diagnosed with the syndrome.

A new feature by Margot Armbruster in @thesicktimes.org

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/07/g...

Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier. - The Sick Times

Current diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a common comorbidity of Long COVID, are restrictive. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is developing new hEDS criteria that will be r...

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece on joint hypermobility, which is common among people with Long Covid and related chronic conditions.

I’d add getting diagnosed can lend important insight into how to protect yourself. Better to know in advance than find out the hard way that, say, yoga could really mess you up.

Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 1d

Hypermobility is a common, overlapping condition with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier for people to be diagnosed with the syndrome.

A new feature by Margot Armbruster in @thesicktimes.org

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/07/g...

Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier. - The Sick Times

Current diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a common comorbidity of Long COVID, are restrictive. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is developing new hEDS criteria that will be r...

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 1d

Hypermobility is a common, overlapping condition with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier for people to be diagnosed with the syndrome.

A new feature by Margot Armbruster in @thesicktimes.org

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/07/g...

Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier. - The Sick Times

Current diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a common comorbidity of Long COVID, are restrictive. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is developing new hEDS criteria that will be r...

thesicktimes.org

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Joe Rivano Barros @jrivanob.bsky.social · 1d

Logan Hollarsmith, who was born in San Francisco & was one of the Gaza flotilla members held in an Israeli prison, is being released

his mother says no local elected except Sup. Fielder reached out to her—& almost none returned our requests for comment

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3d

a respected senior CDC official telling the public that the federal agency has undergone a hostile takeover and it barely makes the news because that’s the state of the world today

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 3d

This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy

A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease

Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods

www.theguardian.com

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 4d

It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social!

I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event

Long Covid researcher and activist Kayli Jamison speaks at today's Long Covid launch event at the Museum of Vancouver

Selfie at event wearing a white headstrap zimi mask with purple flowers

One of the stories that resonated - "I was able to venture out for an ice cream cone with a friend this day. I don't feel comfortable eating in restaurants or going to bars like most people my age. Spring and summer are nice beaches they give me more options to spend time outdoors with fewer people around - which means I get to see the people I love more often. Even short moments like this help me feel a little more like a "normal" 24 year old again

Some of the personal stories on display. A combo of text and pictures artistically laid out on white walls with brightly coloured orange and yellow backgrounds

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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 5d

Today @thesicktimes.org: Armani Guerra shares his personal experience with Long COVID, and how it led him to start the first-ever case competition for IACCs at the University of Michigan's business school. thesicktimes.org/2025/10/03/l...

Long COVID inspired me to start an IACC case competition at my business school. Here’s how you can get involved. - The Sick Times

On October 31, at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, top graduate students will compete to develop innovative business solutions for the IACC community. This event, whi...

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 5d

Since developing Long COVID, Armani Guerra has battled debilitating symptoms, even as he applied for and began his MBA at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Now, he is organizing the first-ever IACC Case Competition. bit.ly/46Bv0iy

A black and white photo of Armani Guerra wearing a suit and tie. Behind him is a blue-ish tinted photo of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with yellow business doodles on top of it. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Long COVID inspired me to start an IACC case competition at my business school. Here’s how you can get involved. By Armani Guerra.”

I set out to recruit fellow MBA candidates at my business school to develop the first international case competition focused on IACCs like Long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and more. A task I initially thought would be difficult proved easy, as my peers empathized with my story and saw the daily toll this illness had on me, when I barely made it to class each day.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote this piece about 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

On the costs of speaking the truth in today's world.

And how Jamal's memory still stalks Saudi Arabia--- and the Washington Post.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 7d

Ridiculously, Medicare Telehealth coverage keeps are getting tied to continuing resolutions. Bills could be passed separately. But political bureaucracy. This means Medicare Telehealth waivers are kaput as of today. My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another shutdown casualty: Medicare telehealth coverage

It's got bipartisan support—and millions of Americans need it. But Congress keeps failing to lock in funding for Medicare telehealth services.

www.motherjones.com

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Jenka!!

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks so much Marthine 🙏

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Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social · 7d

I loved this essay when I read it. Glad to see the recognition for Miles's beautiful writing here!

Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

👀 I'm listed in the notables for the 2025 Best American Science and Nature Writing!

My essay "Back from the dead: Learning how to live and die with Long COVID" for @highcountrynews.org was long listed by editor Susan Orlean. You can read it free here:

www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/...

Learning how to live and die with long COVID - High Country News

The late artist David Wojnarowicz’s work has brought me back from the dead.

www.hcn.org

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

Israel, while committing two years of genocide in Palestine, is now abducting humanitarian vessels from the Sumud flotilla, blocking life saving aid from reaching Gaza. ILLEGAL in both international and maritime law. Our global leaders are complicit in this genocide.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

🚨 BREAKING: The Sirius-Haifa (carrying Drop Site editor Alex Colston) has been boarded by Israeli military...Contact with Colston has been lost; as part of security protocols, he and other...

🎥 “The Ship Sirius: A day in the life,” a video report from Alex Colston (@recolston.bsky.social)...

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

Many thanks to the team at HCN (which had five notables) and my editor @janehu.bsky.social!

Grateful to be included in this list and for all the work editor @jaimealyse.bsky.social puts into this series 🙏 Here are the 2025 notables:

jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25

Coming soon! The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2025

Discover the 2025 Best American Science & Nature Writing anthology, curated by Susan Orlean and featuring exceptional science writing that explores the wonders of our natural world.

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 7d

👀 I'm listed in the notables for the 2025 Best American Science and Nature Writing!

My essay "Back from the dead: Learning how to live and die with Long COVID" for @highcountrynews.org was long listed by editor Susan Orlean. You can read it free here:

www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/...

Learning how to live and die with long COVID - High Country News

The late artist David Wojnarowicz’s work has brought me back from the dead.

www.hcn.org

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

Turning Point is leading the charge to quash free speech at universities and get professors fired but y’all insisted that its founder’s dehumanizing rhetoric was “political opinion” and “debate” so now here come the full-on Nazi purges.

UNC professor responds to being put on leave for alleged affiliation with anti-fascist organization

An outspoken University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor was placed on administrative leave following reports of concern about his alleged advocacy for politically motivated violence.

www.wral.com

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 8d

A new RECOVER study found reinfection more than doubled risk of pediatric Long COVID.

"The take-home message from this study is clear: Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and can be exacerbated by reinfections and sustained by high viral circulation."

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

www.thelancet.com

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Morgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 8d

It shouldn't be groundbreaking to write about an illness that affects 400 million+ people worldwide but publishing has not expressed interest in these stories to date. So, thanks to @tricialockwood.bsky.social for writing this book. May there be more from others soon.

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 8d

"Given the stigma that surrounds Long COVID, Lockwood’s unfailingly honest account of her experience, and her willingness to use her privileged position to tell this story, is brave."

@mldavies.bsky.social reviews Patricia Lockwood's new novel for @thesicktimes.org

thesicktimes.org/2025/09/30/p...

Patricia Lockwood explores the depths of Long COVID in the new novel “Will There Ever Be Another You” - The Sick Times

In her new novel Will There Ever Be Another You, which chronicles her experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, literary icon Patricia Lockwood writes, “‘Please don’t write about it,’ people were already b...

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Morgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 8d

Very proud to have reviewed Patricia Lockwood's new novel, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU, for @thesicktimes.org.

This is an important book, the first to take the experience of Long COVID seriously. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/30/p...

Patricia Lockwood explores the depths of Long COVID in the new novel “Will There Ever Be Another You” - The Sick Times

In her new novel Will There Ever Be Another You, which chronicles her experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, literary icon Patricia Lockwood writes, “‘Please don’t write about it,’ people were already b...

thesicktimes.org

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