Cath
@cathdicentra.bsky.social
Passionate about: ME/CFS, moths, native plants, early music
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Some fun facts: only half of US citizens have passports. Almost 10% either don’t have, or can’t access, their birth certificates. We don’t carry our passports to prove ID or age; most people carry driver’s licenses for that. In several states you don’t need to prove legal residency to get those.
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Some fun facts: only half of US citizens have passports. Almost 10% either don’t have, or can’t access, their birth certificates. We don’t carry our passports to prove ID or age; most people carry driver’s licenses for that. In several states you don’t need to prove legal residency to get those.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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This is absolutely unethical - I would be furious!
Can you actually lie to participants in a clinical trial and still pass ethical review? It seems so, at least at Western University in Ontario, Canada. virology.ws/2025/12/11/t...
Trial By Error: In Protocol for Long COVID Exercise Trial, Investigators Advocate Lying to Participants | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH Researchers are planning yet another trial of a rehabilitative exercise program for Long COVID—but, in this one, they propose to lie t ...
virology.ws
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is absolutely unethical - I would be furious!
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
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I've known Jay for decades; they're a great friend and a wonderful person. They're a federal employee who was just coming off unpaid medical leave when the government shutdown hit: they were making progress digging out of the hole but the sides of the hole are now capsizing, sigh.
[THREAD]
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
Pay me on Cash App
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cash.me
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I've known Jay for decades; they're a great friend and a wonderful person. They're a federal employee who was just coming off unpaid medical leave when the government shutdown hit: they were making progress digging out of the hole but the sides of the hole are now capsizing, sigh.
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[THREAD]
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
Pay me on Cash App
Instantly exchange money for free on Cash App
cash.me
October 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
[THREAD]
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
Ok. [deep breath] Numbers.
💊: $155
🏡:
-$1200 ASAP (Sep late fees)
-$980 by 10/14 for Oct
⚡️: $265 by 10/9
If 100 folks give $26, I keep medicated, housed, lights.
PLEASE SHARE! 💜 #signalboost
#mutualaid
#crowdfunding
PayPal: [email protected]
Square: cash.me/$popinjay
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TWO years on, very severe M.E. patient Karen Gordon STILL fears for her life due to #NHSfailings — & still needs our help.
Anyone who hasn’t yet, please SHARE & consider signing her petition🙏
rb.gy/12xvic
An update of which is here:
chng.it/CGMQTDVvRb
#SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS
Anyone who hasn’t yet, please SHARE & consider signing her petition🙏
rb.gy/12xvic
An update of which is here:
chng.it/CGMQTDVvRb
#SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS
We Can Make an Impact.
Save Karen Gordon from Dying of Malnutrition and Dehydration due to NHS Failings.
chng.it
October 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TWO years on, very severe M.E. patient Karen Gordon STILL fears for her life due to #NHSfailings — & still needs our help.
Anyone who hasn’t yet, please SHARE & consider signing her petition🙏
rb.gy/12xvic
An update of which is here:
chng.it/CGMQTDVvRb
#SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS
Anyone who hasn’t yet, please SHARE & consider signing her petition🙏
rb.gy/12xvic
An update of which is here:
chng.it/CGMQTDVvRb
#SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS
Leafhoppers are so cool! I found adult male, adult female, and nymph Jikradia olitoria a couple days ago, in the same location. The male is especially striking. #iNaturalist #entomology #Naturalists #InverteFest
August 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Leafhoppers are so cool! I found adult male, adult female, and nymph Jikradia olitoria a couple days ago, in the same location. The male is especially striking. #iNaturalist #entomology #Naturalists #InverteFest
This is heartbreaking.
Within a week of the plan being published, There were three petitions for people with severe ME being held against their will by the NHS. And now this mother of a child with ME being *arrested* for her death despite the harms caused by THE NHS!!!
July 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is heartbreaking.
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And NO mention of the fact that we are in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic of a highly transmissible virus that is causing a tsunami of disability/long term organ harm, while we do absolutely ZERO to prevent infection/transmission -
Via @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Via @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Number of family caregivers has skyrocketed in U.S. - UPI.com
The number of Americans caring for an older or disabled family member has risen dramatically during the past 10 years, according to a new AARP policy report.
www.upi.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And NO mention of the fact that we are in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic of a highly transmissible virus that is causing a tsunami of disability/long term organ harm, while we do absolutely ZERO to prevent infection/transmission -
Via @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Via @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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I hate how often I have to sign petitions like this. The NHS needs to get their act together instead of neglecting ME patients.
CW: Medical abuse of a person with severe ME.
As if to underscore the plan's inadequacy, this petition just found me this morning. YET ANOTHER young woman being refused essential care by the NHS because they *STILL* don't believe ME is biological. Please sign and share widely.
As if to underscore the plan's inadequacy, this petition just found me this morning. YET ANOTHER young woman being refused essential care by the NHS because they *STILL* don't believe ME is biological. Please sign and share widely.
Sign the Petition
Save Savannah Victora-May - Prevent Another ME/CFS Tragedy
www.change.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I hate how often I have to sign petitions like this. The NHS needs to get their act together instead of neglecting ME patients.
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Smol reminder that I have a shop where you can buy the paints I keep yelling about making!👇
(I have no chill about pigments in my item descriptions either tho, sorry. 🤷)
(I have no chill about pigments in my item descriptions either tho, sorry. 🤷)
Hello! Just a regular enby bag of moths here. I make paints and zines. Find them at lycomorpha.etsy.com
& Thanks for doing this share. 💖
& Thanks for doing this share. 💖
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Smol reminder that I have a shop where you can buy the paints I keep yelling about making!👇
(I have no chill about pigments in my item descriptions either tho, sorry. 🤷)
(I have no chill about pigments in my item descriptions either tho, sorry. 🤷)
@mrsjohnboywalton.bsky.social This is an excellent thread, with responses that apply to chronic mystery illnesses, not only ME/CFS.
July 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@mrsjohnboywalton.bsky.social This is an excellent thread, with responses that apply to chronic mystery illnesses, not only ME/CFS.
Here we go again..... I ***hate*** it that people with severe #ME/CFS have to fight so hard for life-giving care.
Please read the petition and sign.
Please read the petition and sign.
In interviews about Land Beneath the Waves, I've been asked if things have improved for people with #ME/CFS since Mum was diagnosed in the 70s. It may have in some ways, but still have so far to go as Karen Gordon's treatment in #ConquestHospital in #Hastings demonstrates. Pls sign the petition...
East Sussex Healthcare Trust patient with severe ME/CFS - Karen Gordon continues to have her life threatened by NHS mistreatment of her care - legal action is now being threatened by the hospital.
chng.it/q5Z7dDStyg
chng.it/q5Z7dDStyg
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here we go again..... I ***hate*** it that people with severe #ME/CFS have to fight so hard for life-giving care.
Please read the petition and sign.
Please read the petition and sign.
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We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are fighting for funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
We have a letter urging Dr. Bhattacharya to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap.
Sign our new letter now: bit.ly/MEcfsRoadmap
The more signatures we gather, the louder our call for action.
#PwME #MECFS #NIH
This is the final day of David Tuller's crowdfunding, and he's within $1,400 of reaching his goal. Please contribute if you're able - he does amazing work. #me/cfs #longcovid #chronicillness
well, the crowdfunder has reached two-thirds of the goal and there's still several days left! It's a very tough time all around so I'm pleased it's done this well: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120
David Tuller's Trial by Error Spring 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Spring 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
May 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the final day of David Tuller's crowdfunding, and he's within $1,400 of reaching his goal. Please contribute if you're able - he does amazing work. #me/cfs #longcovid #chronicillness
This is a great thread, with lovely artwork.
In #JapaneseFolklore, many rivers and ponds are believed to be inhabited by nushi, which are guardian spirits. They can be both benevolent and dangerous. There was one pond near the Asuwa River that was said to be home to a terrifying catfish nushi. Because of...
#SwampSunday #FolkloreSunday
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#SwampSunday #FolkloreSunday
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April 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is a great thread, with lovely artwork.
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Love this - powerful.
March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Love this - powerful.
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Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.
Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!
#EduSky #STEMEd
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February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I *think* these tracks show a hawk carrying heavy prey laboring to take off... Any thoughts? Other conclusions?
Photos in residential area of eastern Nebraska.
Photos in residential area of eastern Nebraska.
February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I *think* these tracks show a hawk carrying heavy prey laboring to take off... Any thoughts? Other conclusions?
Photos in residential area of eastern Nebraska.
Photos in residential area of eastern Nebraska.