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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

This new book by @cartoonkate.bsky.social is a breath-takingly beautiful thing: I'd go so far as to say a work of genius.

It's my privilege to be interviewing her about it at the East Gate Bookshop, Totnes on 23rd October. Please join us if you can:
www.totnespulse.co.uk/product/tick...

Ticket: Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen

Kate Evans is a writer, cartoonist, illustrator and studied English literature at the University of Sussex in Brighton. From 1995 to 1998 Evans dedicated herself to environmental activism, providing c...

www.totnespulse.co.uk

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 43m

Well, there’s always the option of accusing them of utter irrational prejudice for ‘unconscious’ reasons.

Though personally I think they’ve been overdetermined by ideas floating around in their subcultural soup but have yet to make a cartoon about thae Gordion knot.

#ME #IntergenerationalTrauma

Title - This Week in Disbelief..

This is a cartoon in 3 vertical sections -

Section 1 title - "The Most Hated Doctor in Britain" has been appointed by a Labour government as vice-chair of an investigation into whether mental health problems and neurodivergence are being
OVERDIAGNOSED.

Section 2 title - Prof Simon Wessely, the careerist punitive psychiatrist whose views on #MEcfs have led to decades of underfunding, medical ignorance.
unnecessary disability and definitely preventable deaths. seems wedded to these powerful persecutory roles.

Section 3 title - How can we understand this commitment to coercion from a doctor?
Does he perhaps:
• Crave recognition from powerful groups?
• Struggle with unresolved trauma?
• Chase career and social gains?
• Lack self-awareness & empathy?
• Think the ends justify the means?

In the bottom right hand corner is wise Cat who’s saying “Or perhaps he's just a dick?!”

The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

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Dr Melanie Zeppel @drmelz.bsky.social · 2h

Climate Attribution study from ANU shows emissions from Woodside's Scarborough project linked to 484 deaths from heatwaves in Europe alone.

#Climate 🧪

theabj.com.au/2025/10/15/s...

Scientists link emissions from Woodside’s Scarborough gas project to hundreds of heat-related deaths

A new climate attribution study has drawn a direct line between emissions from a single fossil fuel project and measurable

theabj.com.au

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Anaya Malik @amjeditor.bsky.social · 1h

⚠️ New evidence shows children with rheumatologic disease who are carefully weaned off long-term steroids face fewer adrenal crises, underscoring the importance of monitored tapering in clinical practice.

www.emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/rh...

#AMJRheumatology #AutoimmuneDisease

Children Weaned Off Steroids Avoid Crises

Retrospective study finds adrenal crisis is rare after weaning high dose glucocorticoids in children with nephrotic syndrome or juvenile idiopathic arthritis, supporting protocolized tapering under sp...

www.emjreviews.com

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ME Foggy Dog @mefoggydog.bsky.social · 1h

*Foggy* The JustGiving pages for
CureME/MEcfs biobank and
@smileformeuk.bsky.social
are live on the #BEDforSevereME webpages now!!!! Whoop!!!

Check it out! mefoggydog.org/bed-for-seve...

29th October here we come!!

#pwME #MEcfs #SevereME

Donate to Support BED for Severe M.E. | ME Foggy Dog

Each organisation is doing vital work to support those affected by Severe M.E., and we want to help them go even further.

mefoggydog.org

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 52m

Handy cut-out-and-keep for annoying relatives/friends/drs
💙💙

#ME #Disability #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
@nhsengland.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

There is an image of a cat wearing glasses and reading books. Round the cat’s neck is a pendant with the words “Wise Cat”

The title says - “Do you suffer from outdated prejudices about #ME and #Long Covid?”

Wise Cat is saying “Stuff those prejudices down and see if you can squeeze a thought into the gap - here’s a link”.

The link is - https://meassociation.org.uk

Round the outside of the cartoon is a dotted line with scissors on it and the words ‘cut out and keep for those annoying relatives/friends/doctors’

The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 55m

Useful background research. Thank you. 🙏🏼

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know, and these people are highly opaque about their motives and methods. But it was one of a tranche of sci-comm groups launched by RCP ghouls at the same time: www.monbiot.com/2003/12/09/i...

Invasion of the Entryists

How a cruel and bizarre cult colonised the interface between science and the media.

www.monbiot.com

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ME/CFS Science @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social · 1d

1) 🇬🇧 For ME/CFS patients in the UK only: Action for ME has opened its 2025 Big Survey! Last time, it had more than 4000 respondents, but hopefully this one will be even bigger.

The deadline for submitting your response is 27 January 2026.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 2h

Transcript: hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : ' Postural Tachycardia Syndrome' on Tuesday 14 October 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 4h

Full Westminster debate on PoTS (28 mins), led by Cat Smith MP. MPs from across parties raised long waits for diagnosis, lack of NHS care. Minister Ashley Dalton responded for the Govt.

youtu.be/1Qj2umTb-3A?...

Westminster Debate on PoTS (Postural Tachycardia Syndrome)

YouTube video by Broken Battery

youtu.be

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 13h

(MA, US)
MAESTRO Study Seeking Participants

talresearchgroup.mit.edu/mitmaestro

Screenshot from Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association October newsletter

#LongCovid #Lyme @immunofever.bsky.social

MAESTRO Study Seeking Participants

The Tal Research Group at MIT — headed by Dr. Mikki Tal and home of our Annual Meeting's guest speaker, Beth Pollack — is conducting the largest clinical study in MIT's history. The MAESTRO study aims to increase our understanding of the base causes of chronic infectious illness. The study is ongoing, and they are still seeking participants who have Long COVID, acute or chronic Lyme disease, and healthy controls.

If you are interested in participating in this study, you can find more information here.

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 6h

#ChronicIllness
#LongCovid #ChronicIllnessHumour #MCAS #PunitivePsychiatry #EnoughIsEnough

Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 1d

#ME #Disability #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
@nhsengland.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@davidjoffe64.bsky.social
@drjoepajak.bsky.social

This is a cartoon pretending to be a shop coupon.

There is an image of a cat wearing glasses and reading books. Round the cat’s neck is a pendant with the words “Wise Cat”

The title says - “Do you suffer from outdated prejudices about #ME and #Long Covid?”

Wise Cat is saying “Stuff those prejudices down and see if you can squeeze a thought into the gap - here’s a link”.

The link is - https://meassociation.org.uk

Round the outside of the cartoon is a dotted line with scissors on it and the words ‘cut out and keep for those annoying relatives/friends/doctors’

The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7h

Why is microbial protein not OK, while this, which it aims to replace, is?

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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 19h

🙏 @vladvexler.bsky.social this describes exactly the point being made by Justice4ME.uk.
7 days left to Judicial Review of (England and Wales) UK government Final Delivery Plan for ME. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social we want to help you get this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KS...

When symptoms scarily escalate in ME and Long Covid

YouTube video by Vlad Vexler ME Diary

www.youtube.com

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Thémis @themis2023.bsky.social · 17h

But it turns out that they were inspired by misinformation that had already been circulating since 2020 against NPIs, including lockdowns (I am writing an article documenting all this).
2/

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 15h

Look forward to reading that - publicise it widely! 👍

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 20h

And all grades of hospital staff who can no longer work because of Long Covid, most of whom have just been dismissed into the misery of the benefit system with King Wessely determining in advance that they’re illness-fakers
As though anyone would CHOOSE illness and poverty 😤.

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 20h

Bishops Stortford is far enough thank you.
(Actually never been there but don’t let that get in the way of a good joke)

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 20h

Or ‘club them’ together?

a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is shuddering

media.tenor.com

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 20h

Truly truly appalling
The lies+elisions of politicians should be grounds for criminal negligence trials for causing disability, +manslaughter charges for preventable deaths
Politicians would pay attention if their equivocating was actually punished and not rewarded by million $ speaking tours

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 20h

Yes. And then to be told you’re imagining it/making it up/should try harder, is just adding insult to injury.

No wonder #pwME (who have the worst quality of life of any illness) have secondary emotional distress - it’s a reasonable response to appalling treatment.

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 1d

Personally I think the worst symptom is PEM aka not being able to move without exhaustion - but what do I know, I’m not a man.

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Wrambbit @wrambbit.bsky.social · 1d

Please consider gift links

Those with Long Covid who rely on disability payments can barely afford healthy food-nevermind subscriptions to MSM

In🇨🇦we were told nothing about Covid would be paywalled.Another Covid lie🤷🏻‍♀️

Paywalls are yet another cruel barrier to the disabled’s access to care😔

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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 22h

If post-polio has been influenced by the punitive/political psychiatric model (and which post-infectious diseases process hasn’t?) then the likelihood is that the virus
IS there, ISBidentifiable by its ongoing catastrophic autoimmune effects+researchers just haven’t looked in the right places Grrrr

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