Tade Thompson
@tadethompson.bsky.social
Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays.
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
Hugo nominated.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Etcetera
Opinions mine.
He/him
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
Hugo nominated.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Etcetera
Opinions mine.
He/him
As long as you don't feed the dress after midnight, you'll be fine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As long as you don't feed the dress after midnight, you'll be fine.
'Tis good, Leslie.
'Tis very good.
'Tis very good.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
'Tis good, Leslie.
'Tis very good.
'Tis very good.
Oh, come on.
You don't really need all ten of your toes, right?
You don't really need all ten of your toes, right?
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh, come on.
You don't really need all ten of your toes, right?
You don't really need all ten of your toes, right?
Mycobacteria are difficult, slow organisms. They hide everywhere and don't grow easily in the lab.
They also mimic other diseases, so before you realise you're dealing with TB...
The video seems...simplistic.
(Fun fact: a mycobacterium is responsible for leprosy too)
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They also mimic other diseases, so before you realise you're dealing with TB...
The video seems...simplistic.
(Fun fact: a mycobacterium is responsible for leprosy too)
2/2
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Mycobacteria are difficult, slow organisms. They hide everywhere and don't grow easily in the lab.
They also mimic other diseases, so before you realise you're dealing with TB...
The video seems...simplistic.
(Fun fact: a mycobacterium is responsible for leprosy too)
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They also mimic other diseases, so before you realise you're dealing with TB...
The video seems...simplistic.
(Fun fact: a mycobacterium is responsible for leprosy too)
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Even that is dodgy science.
When TB drugs were discovered, we didn't know how to use them in combination like we do now.
Look, these drugs are toxic and have to be given in a combination regime for a long time. As you can imagine, it takes research and trial/error to find the regimes.
And - 1/2
When TB drugs were discovered, we didn't know how to use them in combination like we do now.
Look, these drugs are toxic and have to be given in a combination regime for a long time. As you can imagine, it takes research and trial/error to find the regimes.
And - 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Even that is dodgy science.
When TB drugs were discovered, we didn't know how to use them in combination like we do now.
Look, these drugs are toxic and have to be given in a combination regime for a long time. As you can imagine, it takes research and trial/error to find the regimes.
And - 1/2
When TB drugs were discovered, we didn't know how to use them in combination like we do now.
Look, these drugs are toxic and have to be given in a combination regime for a long time. As you can imagine, it takes research and trial/error to find the regimes.
And - 1/2
'Welcome to Derry: Derry Girls' is the crossover event that we want and need.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
'Welcome to Derry: Derry Girls' is the crossover event that we want and need.
Wow, this'll be a jurisdictional nightmare.
He'd also have to show material damage.
He'd also have to show material damage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wow, this'll be a jurisdictional nightmare.
He'd also have to show material damage.
He'd also have to show material damage.
I dunno.
But it doesn't match my experience.
But it doesn't match my experience.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I dunno.
But it doesn't match my experience.
But it doesn't match my experience.
Second, I worked in a developing country for over a decade. The drugs were there.
TB isn't one of those things that you can eradicate like smallpox (which isn't even gone, btw).
There's enough local TB in developing countries for immunocompromised folks to get it from time to time.
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TB isn't one of those things that you can eradicate like smallpox (which isn't even gone, btw).
There's enough local TB in developing countries for immunocompromised folks to get it from time to time.
2/2
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Second, I worked in a developing country for over a decade. The drugs were there.
TB isn't one of those things that you can eradicate like smallpox (which isn't even gone, btw).
There's enough local TB in developing countries for immunocompromised folks to get it from time to time.
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TB isn't one of those things that you can eradicate like smallpox (which isn't even gone, btw).
There's enough local TB in developing countries for immunocompromised folks to get it from time to time.
2/2
I don't know how true that is.
First off, when you're immunocompromised, you can get TB off birds (m.avium) or cattle (m.bovis) and other animals. Humans aren't the only reservoir. Also, there are folks who get it without symptoms. You'll find it on x-ray incidentally.
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First off, when you're immunocompromised, you can get TB off birds (m.avium) or cattle (m.bovis) and other animals. Humans aren't the only reservoir. Also, there are folks who get it without symptoms. You'll find it on x-ray incidentally.
1/2
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I don't know how true that is.
First off, when you're immunocompromised, you can get TB off birds (m.avium) or cattle (m.bovis) and other animals. Humans aren't the only reservoir. Also, there are folks who get it without symptoms. You'll find it on x-ray incidentally.
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First off, when you're immunocompromised, you can get TB off birds (m.avium) or cattle (m.bovis) and other animals. Humans aren't the only reservoir. Also, there are folks who get it without symptoms. You'll find it on x-ray incidentally.
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Resistance is an important consideration when someone on treatment becomes psychotic.
Do you stop the TB treatment for the person to recover (bad for resistance)?
Do you continue the TB treatment and treat the psychosis until the TB regime is done (bearing in mind that we're talking 6-8 months)?
Do you stop the TB treatment for the person to recover (bad for resistance)?
Do you continue the TB treatment and treat the psychosis until the TB regime is done (bearing in mind that we're talking 6-8 months)?
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Resistance is an important consideration when someone on treatment becomes psychotic.
Do you stop the TB treatment for the person to recover (bad for resistance)?
Do you continue the TB treatment and treat the psychosis until the TB regime is done (bearing in mind that we're talking 6-8 months)?
Do you stop the TB treatment for the person to recover (bad for resistance)?
Do you continue the TB treatment and treat the psychosis until the TB regime is done (bearing in mind that we're talking 6-8 months)?
You have to either show your scar or be tested to work in a hospital.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You have to either show your scar or be tested to work in a hospital.
Ohhhhh, I see.
Well, I have the 'follower' requirement too and nobody has dropped in to my mentions yet.
Well, I have the 'follower' requirement too and nobody has dropped in to my mentions yet.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ohhhhh, I see.
Well, I have the 'follower' requirement too and nobody has dropped in to my mentions yet.
Well, I have the 'follower' requirement too and nobody has dropped in to my mentions yet.
Guys, I don't even see the discover feed. I nuked it ages ago, apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Guys, I don't even see the discover feed. I nuked it ages ago, apparently.
And the monster was smiling at Victor, so there's that too.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And the monster was smiling at Victor, so there's that too.
"As I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel"
Ugh, ugh, ugh!
Ugh, ugh, ugh!
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"As I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel"
Ugh, ugh, ugh!
Ugh, ugh, ugh!
If he's kissing Elizabeth and she turns dead, then into the rotting corpse of his mother....I believe Shelley's juxtaposition of this with the 'birth' of the Creature isn't an accident.
It just slams home the idea that what he really wants to do is revive his dead mama.
It just slams home the idea that what he really wants to do is revive his dead mama.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If he's kissing Elizabeth and she turns dead, then into the rotting corpse of his mother....I believe Shelley's juxtaposition of this with the 'birth' of the Creature isn't an accident.
It just slams home the idea that what he really wants to do is revive his dead mama.
It just slams home the idea that what he really wants to do is revive his dead mama.
Wait Till You See Me Dance by Deb Olin Unferth.
It's 2017, which is recentish as far as books go.
It's 2017, which is recentish as far as books go.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wait Till You See Me Dance by Deb Olin Unferth.
It's 2017, which is recentish as far as books go.
It's 2017, which is recentish as far as books go.
Some total oedipal shit going on there.
Totally disgusting.
Totally disgusting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some total oedipal shit going on there.
Totally disgusting.
Totally disgusting.
I thought that was an allusion to the dream Victor had immediately after the Creature was brought to life.
The transmogrification between his mother and Elizabeth.
The transmogrification between his mother and Elizabeth.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I thought that was an allusion to the dream Victor had immediately after the Creature was brought to life.
The transmogrification between his mother and Elizabeth.
The transmogrification between his mother and Elizabeth.
Just to be clear since I'm already seeing evidence of misunderstandings: I am only saying what my experience was. I am not telling anyone what to do or making any recommendations whatsoever. This should be obvious from my reply to Nick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just to be clear since I'm already seeing evidence of misunderstandings: I am only saying what my experience was. I am not telling anyone what to do or making any recommendations whatsoever. This should be obvious from my reply to Nick.