Teunke Arvo
@teunkearvo.bsky.social
Independent historical researcher (involuntarily self-taught), writing at a frustratingly slow 🐌 pace due to severe chronic illness.
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“I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future.”
I’m crying. I didn’t know Alice Wong personally, but as a disabled person I felt her kinship & I’ll carry her as an ancestor for however long I have left on this earth 💔
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
I’m crying. I didn’t know Alice Wong personally, but as a disabled person I felt her kinship & I’ll carry her as an ancestor for however long I have left on this earth 💔
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future.”
I’m crying. I didn’t know Alice Wong personally, but as a disabled person I felt her kinship & I’ll carry her as an ancestor for however long I have left on this earth 💔
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
I’m crying. I didn’t know Alice Wong personally, but as a disabled person I felt her kinship & I’ll carry her as an ancestor for however long I have left on this earth 💔
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
O no! 😢 What awful news.
Yes, she was, what an enormous loss for us all.
Yes, she was, what an enormous loss for us all.
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
O no! 😢 What awful news.
Yes, she was, what an enormous loss for us all.
Yes, she was, what an enormous loss for us all.
I really wish more people were aware of what is currently happening in that corner.
Particularly GWAS and fMRI (and undoubtedly other techniques) are used to biologically “prove” their psychosomatic claims and that the conditions this field has appropriated are still very much theirs to exploit.
Particularly GWAS and fMRI (and undoubtedly other techniques) are used to biologically “prove” their psychosomatic claims and that the conditions this field has appropriated are still very much theirs to exploit.
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I really wish more people were aware of what is currently happening in that corner.
Particularly GWAS and fMRI (and undoubtedly other techniques) are used to biologically “prove” their psychosomatic claims and that the conditions this field has appropriated are still very much theirs to exploit.
Particularly GWAS and fMRI (and undoubtedly other techniques) are used to biologically “prove” their psychosomatic claims and that the conditions this field has appropriated are still very much theirs to exploit.
(A non-highlighted additional clue in the text is also to link fibro -and other conditions- to ptsd.)
Please don’t get excited just because of the title, and be aware that this is happening.
This paper hasn’t been peer reviewed yet, but it’s already been used to promote bps ideology on fibro. 5/5
Please don’t get excited just because of the title, and be aware that this is happening.
This paper hasn’t been peer reviewed yet, but it’s already been used to promote bps ideology on fibro. 5/5
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
(A non-highlighted additional clue in the text is also to link fibro -and other conditions- to ptsd.)
Please don’t get excited just because of the title, and be aware that this is happening.
This paper hasn’t been peer reviewed yet, but it’s already been used to promote bps ideology on fibro. 5/5
Please don’t get excited just because of the title, and be aware that this is happening.
This paper hasn’t been peer reviewed yet, but it’s already been used to promote bps ideology on fibro. 5/5
This is exemplary of what the psychosomatic movement is currently trying to pull, to continue with their claims (in this case on fibro being primarily a matter of perception) based on supposedly “biological” proof.
(See also the “effort preference” stunt pulled by Walitt er al on ME.). 4/x
(See also the “effort preference” stunt pulled by Walitt er al on ME.). 4/x
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is exemplary of what the psychosomatic movement is currently trying to pull, to continue with their claims (in this case on fibro being primarily a matter of perception) based on supposedly “biological” proof.
(See also the “effort preference” stunt pulled by Walitt er al on ME.). 4/x
(See also the “effort preference” stunt pulled by Walitt er al on ME.). 4/x
1st obvious clue, the current bps buzzword “transdiagnostic”. (Transl: Apply this psychosomatic theory to all these conditions.)
And then it goes on to emphasise that fibro is a problem of perception and emotional issues that lead to symptoms, not an actual immunological issue at its core.
3x
And then it goes on to emphasise that fibro is a problem of perception and emotional issues that lead to symptoms, not an actual immunological issue at its core.
3x
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
1st obvious clue, the current bps buzzword “transdiagnostic”. (Transl: Apply this psychosomatic theory to all these conditions.)
And then it goes on to emphasise that fibro is a problem of perception and emotional issues that lead to symptoms, not an actual immunological issue at its core.
3x
And then it goes on to emphasise that fibro is a problem of perception and emotional issues that lead to symptoms, not an actual immunological issue at its core.
3x
I wish more people were aware that this is what is currently happening.
Things like GWAS and fMRI are used to attempt to give psychosomatic ideology and psychiatrising a seemingly biological basis.
Plenty of clear clues in the text.
(Apologies, am too sick to add alt txt) 2/x
Things like GWAS and fMRI are used to attempt to give psychosomatic ideology and psychiatrising a seemingly biological basis.
Plenty of clear clues in the text.
(Apologies, am too sick to add alt txt) 2/x
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I wish more people were aware that this is what is currently happening.
Things like GWAS and fMRI are used to attempt to give psychosomatic ideology and psychiatrising a seemingly biological basis.
Plenty of clear clues in the text.
(Apologies, am too sick to add alt txt) 2/x
Things like GWAS and fMRI are used to attempt to give psychosomatic ideology and psychiatrising a seemingly biological basis.
Plenty of clear clues in the text.
(Apologies, am too sick to add alt txt) 2/x
This preprint is part of the current frantic efforts of the psychosomatic/bps movement to keep their slipping hold on these conditions by “proving” the biology of their claim that they are primarily a matter of perception & psyche-driven, to be helped with mind-body interventions. 1/x
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This preprint is part of the current frantic efforts of the psychosomatic/bps movement to keep their slipping hold on these conditions by “proving” the biology of their claim that they are primarily a matter of perception & psyche-driven, to be helped with mind-body interventions. 1/x
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treatment strategies. Its research will focus on examining the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the driving force behind misdirected, autoreactive T and B cell responses, and thus as the cause of ME/CFS.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
treatment strategies. Its research will focus on examining the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the driving force behind misdirected, autoreactive T and B cell responses, and thus as the cause of ME/CFS.
“The researchers found that EBV infects and reprograms B cells to drive autoimmune attacks. Instead of defending the body, these infected cells begin presenting the body’s own molecules, triggering a chain reaction that fuels the chronic inflammation that is characteristic of lupus.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“The researchers found that EBV infects and reprograms B cells to drive autoimmune attacks. Instead of defending the body, these infected cells begin presenting the body’s own molecules, triggering a chain reaction that fuels the chronic inflammation that is characteristic of lupus.”
“Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus”
#EBV #Lupus
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#EBV #Lupus
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM