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Charli (she/any)
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Burned out medical mom, disabled AF. Ex-professional clown/musician
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Charli (she/any) @charli-swears.bsky.social · Jan 7
Please men, stop following me unless you’re:
-Queer
-Neurodivergent
-Rabidly exvangelical
-Heavily into social justice and human rights
-Disabled
-A musician with at least one of these qualities
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tomkindlon.bsky.social
(US) Protect Medicaid access for people with ME/CFS and Long COVID

www.meaction.net/freakin-frail

Screenshot from February 2026 AMMES newsletter

#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome @meactnet.bsky.social
Photo of US Congress building Protect Medicaid access for people with ME/CFS and Long COVID Congress has mandated that Medicaid recipients work 80 hours a month unless they can prove they are “medically frail,” or risk losing their Medicaid. Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness, and may cause permanent harm. Before states start enforcing these new work rules, the HHS Secretary must issue guidance that will shape how states decide who counts as "medically frail." Join us in demanding that people with ME/CFS and Long COVID are fully protected. Please sign the petition today! Read more here>>
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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tomkindlon.bsky.social
Brigitte, a mainstream German women's magazine, has published a special edition about #MECFS

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Google translation
www-brigitte-de.translate.goog/gesund/mecfs...

Screenshot from @chronicliving123.bsky.social newsletter

#CFS #PwME @lammasleaves.bsky.social
'Brigitte' Magazine (German) German women's magazine, Brigitte, a mainstream publication with a large circulation, has published a special edition about ME/CFS. I've not read it all yet, but by all accounts it's well-informed about the history of, and biomedical research into, the condition. Interviews and feature articles with patients, carers, doctors and researchers explain the condition and the impact it can have. Most interesting to therapists is an in-depth interview with renowned ME advocate and psychotherapist, Dr Bettina Grande, who explains how therapy can (and how it can't) help people with ME/CFS. *** You have to allow adverts to read the magazine for free. You may be able to have your browser translate the text. Alternatively, you could copy and paste it into 'google translate' or similar, to read it in your own language.
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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wilwheaton.net
The people, united, will never be defeated. ✊
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 18d
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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maxberger.bsky.social
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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tomkindlon.bsky.social
South African professional soccer player, Jethren Barr, who last played in Ireland is forced to retire from football due to ME/CFS

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#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
WHAT FORCED BARR INTO RETIREMENT? “What a journey it’s been for me in this game, but the time has come to hang up my gloves,” said Barr. “In my heart, it’s come 10 years too early but ME/CFS is really no joke. I want to thank everyone, from the coaches to the fans to all the clubs that allowed me to live my dream.” In July 2025, Barr revealed that he had a chronic condition Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. ME/CFS is an illness that causes extreme fatigue and cannot be cured but can be managed. That has kept Barr away from competitive football and he last played an official match in November 2024 for Drogheda who were his last club. The goalkeeper was emotional as he revealed battling ME/CFS. Photo of Jethren Barr
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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karnythia.bsky.social
Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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parkermolloy.com
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
the aurora and the milky way from above 🌎🌌

📸: don pettit
The Earth from the ISS with the red and green glow of the aurora and the Milky Way above.
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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montereybayaquarium.org
Need some motiv-ocean to leap into the weekend?

🐟 Leaping blennies are amazing amphibious fish who can launch themselves off rocks and into the air up to 50 times their body length.

🌊 These extraordinary terrestrial fish shore do know how to make a splash, both in and outside the water!
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
oh btw a new jwst image dropped today and it’s absolutely breathtaking
Gaseous yellow-orange filaments look like a rose seen from the side and tilted slightly from upper left to lower right, slightly higher than the center of the frame. Extending from the rose to upper left and lower right are gaseous outflows that appear as red lobes that have an overall shape of tall, narrow triangles with rounded tips. Each red triangle is made up of wavy, irregular lines. Dozens of stars are scattered across the field. One particularly bright white star with eight diffraction spikes is located at the top of the yellow rose. Another bright blue star with even more prominent diffraction spikes is to its lower left. The background of space is black. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Yu Cheng (NAOJ)
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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pjvphotography.bsky.social
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
A pika sits on a mossy rock. Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head. An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye. An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
charli-swears.bsky.social
Newsom’s a shitty rich transphobe with a hilarious social media team. I’m really glad he’s taking on dump, an arguably much worse shitty rich transphobe. But let’s remember that once they come for any group of people, they will eventually come for everyone who isn’t a shitty rich white man
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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alicesperi.bsky.social
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.

My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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antifapatriot.bsky.social
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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astera-art.bsky.social
Flowers. Because that’s the only grace I can offer in a day like this.
#photography, #flowers
Pretty yellow flowers for some light in dark and pointless days of war and suffering.
June 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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swilua.bsky.social
*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*

my son: you could call it “plague dogters”

me: I have given birth to a genius
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
charli-swears.bsky.social
I just got an ad to meet gay guys on another platform and it took my #ace brain a second to realize it was a hookup app. Bc like, who doesn’t need more gay guys in their life?
March 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
charli-swears.bsky.social
One of my lesser favorite parts of having #mecfs is being my worst self while recovering from necessary appointments, and still having to parent disabled teens.
March 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
A group of Musk staffers attempted to take control of California’s water pumps during the devastating wildfires. Inspired by Trump, the mission involved direct pressure on federal officials and even a failed attempt to activate the pumps themselves.
March 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
Screen grab of Twitter post my pundit Matt Yglesias saying that California governor Newsom is not only correct on merit to oppose trans athletes, but that it's bizarre to see the Democratic party line up on an issue that is opposed 70-30.
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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generalstrikeus.bsky.social
This… is the General Strike. ✊🪧

Join in: www.generalstrikeus.com.
March 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
These sites might be useful:

1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
charli-swears.bsky.social
Instead of reading “Gulf of Mexico” the Mapquest map reads “Gulf of Having a small penis is fine actually, it’s the ‘gulf of america energy’ that’s…disappointing”
February 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.

www.dei.watch
DEI WATCH
This guide is broken into three categories: 1) DISMANTLED - companies that have ended or scaled back their DEI efforts; 2) COMMITTED - companies that have active DEI initiatives; and 3) FUNDED - organ...
www.dei.watch
February 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM