Allison ๐ฑ ๐บ ๐ @allisonzee.bsky.social Singing is the best medicine for whatever ails you. Covid Cautious out of love & humanity (& because I have Long Covid). A better world is possible. She/her.
Julie Lam @msjulieslam.bsky.social MaskTogetherAmerica.org Founder, writer, photographer, independent COVID/Long COVID reporter, RECOVER rep. (IgAN Long COVID Warrior) MaskTogetherAmerica.org
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. ๐ค๐ป ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐๐ป Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
Positive Deviance @positivedeviance.bsky.social Arts + Culture in the Pandemicene
Trans Writes @transwrites.world A trans led project for platforming trans voices. Co-founded by
@hleehurley.substack.com and @Gemma.transwrites.world
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
forever philly, longtime nyc
member @transjournalists.org
TIPS: lex_mcmenamin.68 on Signal
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social LGBTQ+ health reporter at @19thnews.org, previously breaking news at Axios. Southern, trans and tired. ๐ฒ Text me on Signal @orionr.80 or email me at orummler@19thnews.org
https://19thnews.org/author/orion-rummler/
Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social Freelance medical journalist. Science editor for @pozmagazine.bsky.social, Hep & CancerHealth. Words for aidsmap, Slate, Bay Area Reporter. Research beagle adopter.
Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social Garrison Davis, writer and host for It Could Happen Here, Executive Disorder, and other @CoolZoneMedia.bsky.social shows. WGAE โ
๐ฝ New York City ๐
Alice Winterland @alicewinterland.com Queer woman from Canada
Woman in STEM, Activist, and an Actor ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ซ๐ญ
I stand for the liberation of all Peoples
https://linktr.ee/alicewinterland
๐ด๐ฉ Trans Kafka (any pronouns) ๐๐๐ IS A REAL HUMAN PERSON! @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social CHINGA LA MIGRA
Kind not nice ๐ฑ Bi Queer Transmasc Genderfluid ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Appalachian white occupier ๐งฃLeftist ๐ด๐ฉ Mad Neurodiverse Chronic Pain Crip โฟ Poet, farmer, historian, gender theorist, child advocate, abolitionist, dissident.
29, US, PA->MO->CA refugee
Trans Formations Project @transformations.bsky.social Trans-led, grassroots collective dedicated to providing accurate, actionable, and accessible info for the ongoing anti-trans legislative crisis in the US.
https://www.transformationsproject.org/
linktr.ee/TransFormationsProject
Ryan Boren @ryanboren.bsky.social Co-Creative Director @stimpunks.org
I helped start WordPress.org, WordPress.com, WordCamp.org, and Automattic.com.
๐ฝโ๏ธCJ De Barra ๐๐ป @cjdebarra.bsky.social Author of Neuroqueer: a neurodivergent guide to love, sex and everything in between & the Notts Queer History Archive ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer non binary journalist with adhd ๐ต๐ธ
Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social NDHums is a safe and generative research network and space that accomodates the diverse, individual needs of scholars working in the humanities | https://ndhumanities.com | Funded by the Wellcome Discovery Platform https://medhumsplatform.org |
emma machado @emmachados.bsky.social (she/her) wannabe PhD wrangler | Sociothings and discourse analysis enthusiast | Exploring queer linguistic identity at the University of Salamanca | Fueled by cats and cinema | ES/EN
@ettieneb.bsky.social @ettieneb.bsky.social
Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social IRISH MODERNISM AND THE POLITICS OF SEXUAL HEALTH (OUP); Director and Qualitative Research Lead of Transnnual; BAIS and BSLS Executive; Co-host of 'Censored'; FRHistS and FHEA.
Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social Weird books for weird people.
autpress.com
Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social Neurodiversity, disability, access, medical humanities, genre fiction. "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Mad Crip Symposium @cripmadsymposium.bsky.social Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies.
11th June
https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/intersections-of-sociology-with-crip-theory-critical-disability-studies-and-mad-studies/
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle โข waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas โข big fan of being a big fan of things โข go read https://anildash.com
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [Unofficial] @wheresyoured.at.web.brid.gy The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.
๐ bridged from ๐ https://wheresyoured.at/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/wheresyoured.at
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Techdirt [Unofficial] @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy ๐ bridged from ๐ https://techdirt.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/techdirt.com
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow โ No trackers, no aโฆ @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy ๐ bridged from ๐ https://pluralistic.net/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/pluralistic.net
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literacy crisis actor. Opinions mine.
๐Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
- emilygorcenski.com
- registry.blue
Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
https://linktr.ee/lucyparsonslabs
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Paris Marx @parismarx.com ๐ฅ PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE ๐ฅ
๐๏ธ @techwontsave.us
๐ฌ https://disconnect.blog
๐ https://hyperscalebook.com
Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com ARC Future Fellow โ Monash University /// co-host โ This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social This account will prob be about biomed researchโcomplex chronic illnesses and Covidโw/some material on disability justice and organizing.
ME โ05, LC โ23, many of their friends along the way. Very severely ill (FUNCAP 0.9). No unsolicited advice please!
Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social Author of Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand. I mostly write about complex chronic illness and math. Bylines in NYT, WashPost, Discover, Wired, Slate, Stat News, Science News, lots more. She/her.
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
๐ท Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social Part chaplain, part cross-pollinator, part coach, part builder. Multiracial multicultural institution dreamer. Brava pero vulnerable.
www.bravaleaders.com
Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social Co-founder/editor @TheSickTimes.org
Columnist @HighCountryNews.org
miles@thesicktimes.org #LongCOVID
Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social 95% of posts on #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #LongCovid or #chronicillness.
With ME/CFS 37 years, severe ME 32 years.
@IrishMECFSAssoc trustee 29 years
26 publications in peer-reviewed journals
Social media: https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kindlon
The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social
Website: thesicktimes.org
Newsletter: thesicktimes.org/newsletter
Donate: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org
It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social Scientific Director, #MEAction
Affiliations: Stanford Genome, Universitรฉ de Montrรฉal
TIME100 Health
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
Views my own
Hannah Davis @ahandvanish.bsky.social Research, algorithmic art & music, machine learning, anti-bias in AI data. #LongCovid research & advocacy @patientled.bsky.social.
Patient-Led Research Collaborative @patientled.bsky.social Patient-Led Research for #LongCovid! http://patientledresearch.com
Dan Wyke @danwyke.bsky.social Severe M.E., person-centred counsellor (not practicing), recovering poet (Rack & Waterloo Press)
emily fraser ๐ฟ๐โจ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social Former doc filmmaker/cinematographer/teacher, current full-time sick person, occasional poet
#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social A global network of people empowering one another to fight for equity for myalgic encephalomyelitis. Home of the #MillionsMissing linktr.ee/meactnet
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid #MECFS #ChronicIllness #DisabilityJustice
Stephanie Grach M.D. M.S. @grachstephanie.bsky.social Physician specializing in ME/CFS, Long COVID, & associated complex disease | Assistant Professor of Medicine | She/Her/Hers | https://t.co/TkYm2MXvir
Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social OMF is fundraising to support open, collaborative research to find effective treatments and a cure for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related diseases.
Lisa McCorkell @lisamccorkell.bsky.social formerly a patient-led research collaborative co-lead, always a co-founder | MPP | she/her | natures 10 in 2022
Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social currently: sick / haunted in Western Mass, host of No End In Sight - a podcast about life with chronic illness, creator of #NEISVoid | previously: Stories We Donโt Tell in Toronto | she / her
Janet Dafoe @janetdafoe.bsky.social ME/CFS patient advocate and caregiver. Mom to Whitney. Spouse of Ron Davis. Child Psychologist.
Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social Long Covid, MECFS, ADHD, etc.
Patient-led research is my jam.
A bit obsessed with GIP.
Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social ME/CFS | Long COVID | IACC
S๐ฟphie CD @sophie-cd.bsky.social Australian, Cypriot & Greek anti-disease designer existing in Berlin. Been to hell & back thanks to the pandemic. check @sophsoph.psd & @berlin_buyers_club on the gram ๐ค
Whitney is Wicked @itswhitneywitch.bsky.social Disability Justice
Living with ME, EDS, POTS, MCAS, vascular compressions, spinal comorbidities & more
Ambulatory wheelchair user
Cozy gamer, lazy gardener, hopeful baker
Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social So did the divine right of kings. Long covid class of March 2020, the kind with ME. Would like one more tattoo, minimum. She/her. Ashland, WI โ> MSP.
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
betsy ladyzhets ๐ท @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social editor/co-founder @thesicktimes.org | journalist covering Long COVID & related crises | she/her/๐ณ๏ธโ๐
email: betsy@thesicktimes.org | signal: betsyladyzhets.25 | https://thesicktimes.org/
Marรญa Richardson @diatoma.bsky.social Ella/she/her. I write, I read, I draw plants. Chronically ill en la Ciudad de Mรฉxico. #ME #MECFS #POTS #LongCovid
Long COVID Justice @longcovidjustice.org We are leading grassroots efforts to confront the Long COVID crisis, while centering racial, social, economic & disability justice. Our work is done by and for chronically ill & disabled people, our families and communities. linktr.ee/longcovidjustice
Brian Vastag @brianvastag.sciencemastodon.com.ap.brid.gy Occasional science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai #Hawaii. Sometimes [โฆ]
๐ bridged from https://sciencemastodon.com/@brianvastag on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Angela MV (she.he.they) @angelamswinca.bsky.social ๐ฆ ๐ทโฟ๏ธ#LongCovid disabled | ๐ข fmr prez Body Politic | ๐ LAX | โ๏ธhealth justice | โ๐ฝโ๐พโ๐ฟracial justice
alt text profile pic: tan skinned person in a tan KN95 mask and suit, dark wavy hair with short bangs
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez @mvgutierrezmd.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Rehab Med in SATX | Mom, runner, #LatinasInMedicine, #Physiatry, #LongCOVID
Isabel Ramirez-Burnett @isabelrb.bsky.social CEO | Renegade Research | Project Director of Remission Biome
NBC-HWC, AIP-C
@remissionbiome.bsky.social
Karen Lubell @karenlubell.bsky.social Caregiver. #mespine #cci #eds #mecfs
elle carnitine ๐ชณ @ellecarnitine.bsky.social immunocompromised โข made & kept sick by the state โข ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ
Caroline Elizabeth Christian @carolinechristian.bsky.social Professor #ssu, writer, mother disabled by #hEDS #MECFS #LC; I write a blog called Frozen in Amber about the science of and lived experience w/ #hEDS #MECFS #LC | chronicallycaroline.com
Elizabeth Milo @akaemilo.bsky.social Derailed by #MCAS #hEDS #MEcfs #Dysautonomia #GravesDisease
Animals deserve better.
Missing Ireland.
Writer at ElizabethMilo.com
#MaskUp
Megan Hooker @meg01.bsky.social Lover of the smell of rain in the desert, free flowing rivers, a good monsoon storm and veggie gardens. Perpetual student of Feldenkrais and Organic Intelligence. Former river advocate on a life detour from ME/CFS.
Yr buskined mistress & yr warrior love @rhymeswithvery.bsky.social ACT I: Books, bookstores, publishing, the Bay Area, my dog, trees, rocks, crows, large bodies of water. ACT II: #FcktheNIH, post-vaccine syndrome, #ME, other new health disasters, good people, disability justice. ACT III:
steffi @mecfshawaii.bsky.social Patient Advocate / pwLC / Caregiver to pwME ๐ฆ๐ฆ #ME #EDS #POTS #MCAS #LongCOVID #MEActionHawaii
Post-Viral Trials @postviraltrials.bsky.social News and information about interventional trials for Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, and other post-viral illnesses. Message or tag me if youโre in a trial or otherwise have information to share.
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
// melissagiragrant.com
ยป melissa@melissagira.com
ยป tips (encrypted): melissagira.01 on Signal
@nyguild.bsky.social member
Michael Stingl @neurostingl.bsky.social Facharzt fรผr Neurologie
ME/CFS โช Long Covid โช Nervenultraschall โช ENG/EMG โช Hirngesundheit โช Telemedizin
Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social PhD MICROBIOLOGIST
AMR, Biofilms, Phage Therapy, Drug Design and some other similar topics ๐คซ๐
@remissionbiome.bsky.social team
@renegaderesearch.bsky.social volunteer
DEFEND SCIENCE, RESIST IGNORANCE ๐ซ
#SonKale06
Ankara
Sabrina Poirier @sabrinapoirier.bsky.social #CommunityEngagement Expert. Life sidelined by #MECFS #MCAS #POTS #Fibro #Gastroparesis +
#MECFS & #LongCovid #ResearchPartner & #Advocate โข Chair of #MedicalEducation Group โข #PwME #Disability
(Unceded) #Canada
https://linktr.ee/sabrinapoiriercanada
Dr. Sabine Hermisson ๐ฆ @sabinehermisson.bsky.social PD Dr. (religion, empirical education research)
mother of Mila who suffers from very severe ME/CFS (Bell 0)
https://milaandmecfs.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/mila-spiegel.pdf
Vienna, Austria
#CleanAir
Michal Caspi Tal, PhD @immunofever.bsky.social Immunoengineer at MIT BE developing predictive diagnostics. Captivated by #inflammation, #SexDifferences #Lyme, #COVID, #IACI, #IACC and #onehealth. Mom of 2. prev/ PhD in Immunology @Yale; PostDoc @Stanford
https://talresearchgroup.mit.edu/
Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social angry mast cells (HaT and #MCAS) + #POTS + neurodivergent. Disabled queer. white. emperor of typos. brain fog zone โ ๏ธ. they/them
๐ถ iii'm still masking ๐ถ
working on porting more of my body science infodumps and such to:
liminalnest.wordpress.com
#NEISvoid
Fi Lowenstein @filowenstein.bsky.social writer + journalist covering health justice, wellness culture, LGBTQ+ stuff + more...
https://www.fionalowenstein.com/
The Long COVID Survival Guide:
https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2022/long-covid-survival-guide/
they/them
Wes Ely, MD, MPH @weselymd.bsky.social Husband & Dad. ICU Doc. Vanderbilt. @CIBScenter studies Covid & Long Covid, ICU Survivorship, Dementia, Delirium, PICS. Fighting misinformation. Posts my own. Still learning.
RemissionBiome MECFS/LongCovid Patient-led Research Project @remissionbiome.bsky.social Project run by #RenegadeResearch @renegaderesearch.bsky.social a non-profit 501c3 decentralized org pioneering patient/caregiver led research focused on #MECFS & #LongCovid โข Renegade-Research.org โข RemissionBiome.org ๐ Donate now โถ๏ธ tinyurl.com/44azdsxm
Tess Falor, Ph.D. @tessfalor.bsky.social Founder - Renegade Research
#MECFS #LongCovid
Bridget Copley PhD @moppety.bsky.social Parisienne Buffalonian linguist spoonie mom. http://bcopley.com "The line separating good and evil passes...right through every human heart." -Solzhenitsyn
Jonas R. Kunst @kunstjonas.bsky.social Professor of Communication and Psychology at BI Norwegian Business School and the University of Oslo
Past Yale, Harvard, UiB. Editor-in-Chief at Advances.in
Father. Views are my own.
Ezra S @ezra.zone creator of longcovidstudies.net, member of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, and freelancer.
Olenka Sayko @osayko.bsky.social Theater/film/music/book lover. Lipstick hoarder. Ukrainian-American. Life on pause due to #LongCOVID of the #MECFS / #POTS / #MCAS variety. Left-ish libertarian-ish. Suffering NY Rangers fan. Audiobook connoisseuse.
Ben H @benhmecfs.bsky.social ME/CFS patient advocate, Open Medicine Foundation science correspondent. Bedbound. Former: exercise physiology, biochemist in training, athlete-Powerlifter, PT, Gym Manager. Jazz grad/Musician. F1/Boxing.
Daniel Lewis @daniellewis.bsky.social My #LongCovid is mainly #PEM + #POTS + #MCAS
Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social The charity supporting & advocating for children & young people with Long Covid & overlapping illness.
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
#LongCovidAwareness #MECFS
Cort Johnson @cortjohnson.bsky.social Long (long) time person with ME/CFS/FM, Translator ME/CFS/ fibromyalgia/long COVID/POTS, etc. research and advocate. Creator of Health Rising and Phoenix Rising. Roaming the western US since 2012
Vicky van der Togt @vickyvdtogt.bsky.social Facilitator | Researcher | Advocate
Alexis M. ๐ @turnoftheshrew.bsky.social begrudgingly online for chronic illness research & disability justice community. living meaningfully & unapologetically as a hermit against my will.
Dysautonomia International @dysautonomia.bsky.social We are the leading non-profit advocating for over 70M people around the world living with autonomic nervous system disorders. Research, Clinician Education, Patient Empowerment, Public Awareness & Advocacy is what we do. DysautonomiaInternational.org
Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social I have had myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) since 2020 and spend the majority of my time in bed, of necessity. Mostly homebound. I used to be a climate activist, but spend any available energy parenting now. FUNCAP 2.5
Toronto, Canada
Autigender She/they ๐ท
Emmi Skyten @emmiskyten.bsky.social Sustainability science studies on hold because of POTS + Long covid / suspected ME. Previously interesting, now mostly into resting.
Here to connect with other sick people and for science stuff.
MEActMaryland @meactmaryland.bsky.social #MEActionMaryland
Maryland chapter of the #MEAction Network: advocacy, education & support for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis #MECFS & complex chronic illnesses in MD/DMV
https://youtube.com/@meactmaryland
https://linktr.ee/meactmd
Janna Moen, PhD @jannamoen.bsky.social Postdoctoral scientist studying the neurobiology of #longCOVID in the Iwasaki lab @ Yale. Patient, scientist, advocate. | โฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | she/her
My long COVID research newsletter: lcbreakdown.substack.com
Dr. Markus Fraczek @mareksjf.bsky.social โข Scientist โ PhD mathematical physics (not MD) โ Dr. rer. nat.
โข Interests: Medicine โ History โ Global Politics
โข #MECFS โก๏ธ http://mecfs.de/was-ist-me
โข EN โ PL โ DE
TwoShaws @twoshaws.bsky.social #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pwME #SevereME #HyperPOTS #MCAS #PEM #PostExertionalNeuroImmuneExhaustion #PostExertionalSymptomExacerbation ๐ท
melinda_is_done ๐ฆ @melindaiscomplex.bsky.social My body has given up but I haven't...
Bed-tethered disabled Advocate on hiatus (but RESISTing) due to severe ME & LC & comorbids. Co-founder #MEAction Maryland.
Orioles/Ravens/Caps fan. She/her
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