@brittashoot.com looks at the recent phase 2 clinical trial for bezisterim, which shows early promise in treating Long COVID cognitive symptoms, fatigue, and PEM. It's one of the only Long COVID trials so far to have promising results (though they are preliminary). thesicktimes.org/2026/10/27/n...

Today @thesicktimes.org: A detailed look at the recent bezisterim phase 2 clinical trial, notable as one of very few Long COVID trials so far to have promising results (though they are preliminary!). By @brittashoot.com: thesicktimes.org/2026/10/27/n...

Novel drug bezisterim plans for further study in Long COVID. Here’s how the phase 2 trial came together. - The Sick Times

Novel anti-inflammatory drug shows early promise in treating Long COVID cognitive symptoms, fatigue, PEM. The study looked at multiple endpoints and consulted with people living with the disease.

thesicktimes.org

I get (too well) the executive function challenges that keep folks out of the profession but I also can’t get over how few journalists seem to be neurodivergent when a big part of the job is asking annoying questions and refusing to let something go 😆

remember to change your filters when they get nasty!

Britta Shoot@brittashoot.com · 5mo ago

Remember to change out your filters when they get gross!

literally the least important thing they do but all power to the Panthers stencil game

Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 3w ago

Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

Today @thesicktimes.org: Big feature by @khaoticaa.bsky.social exploring the immense challenges that trans people with Long COVID face in getting healthcare. "Neglect within healthcare and the queer community both contribute to the medical and social erasure of trans people."

Trans people with Long COVID navigate a new “dark age” in trans health - The Sick Times

We spoke with and surveyed dozens of trans people navigating gender-affirming care and Long COVID during Trump’s second term.

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Journo request 🗞️: I'm looking to speak with California law experts (healthcare regulatory/admin law) about compliance on a #LongCOVID bill, AB 3119, and would be grateful to hear more expert perspectives 🙏 calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202...

AB 3119: Physicians and surgeons, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants: continuing medical education: infection-associated chronic conditions. | Digital Democracy

Digital Democracy overview of bill AB 3119: Physicians and surgeons, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants: continuing medical education: infection-associated chronic conditions.

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There are a lot of decent people doing good work right now, and hope is breaking through. As a result, our enemies are thrashing about and lashing out in extremely dangerous ways. We must be alert and aware and resist overwhelm and panic. Where can you contribute?

Keep deleting & rewriting a post about how nice it was to report on a community event this weekend and encounter other maskers in the room. Among other benefits, the group normalizing makes my job much easier. More people talk, agree to interviews, when I’m one more masked person, not the only one

2026 isn't "a weird time in history," we're living through the inevitable conclusion to doing everything wrong

Birding is basically asexual cruising, highly skilled loitering in odd areas. Hang around parks, beaches, water treatment areas; listening, watching. Notice other people with appropriate gear, nod silently then huddle close, unspeaking, all looking in different directions. Wait for action.

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

she's got that joie de leave

not me simultaneously writing stories about a drug TRIAL and a hiking TRAIL 😵‍💫

bobcat in a box

Eclectic, human-created radio programming is made possible not just because of student devotion, but also because many campus stations house irreplaceable collections of physical media. @brittashoot.com details the free speech fight playing out on campuses where student radio is disappearing.

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University's recent transfer of its radio station's broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

prismreports.org

You could explain existentialism to somebody, or you could just have them walk into a CVS where “more than this“ by Roxy Music is playing 

with all respect: i'm losing touch with what AI does because i have no interest in it and it's not my business. nobody worries about me losing touch with developments in particle physics or artificial bull insemination. it's not my fault the richest guys on earth want me to make their toy my life

Will Oremus@willoremus.com · last mo.

feels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does

This is one of those important, overlooked stories that's hard to report & even harder to place. I'm grateful @prismreports.org understood what's at stake for students fighting these fragmented free speech battles, while they also endure the chaos in higher ed & the nation in general 📻⬇️

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

prismreports.org

Remember when the Democratic party removed "ending the death penalty" from its 2024 platform.

While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to medical care. Read more from @octoberk.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...

This is one of those important, overlooked stories that's hard to report & even harder to place. I'm grateful @prismreports.org understood what's at stake for students fighting these fragmented free speech battles, while they also endure the chaos in higher ed & the nation in general 📻⬇️

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

prismreports.org

Great article about how college radio still serves as a crossroads for the various pressures on higher education -- and I get to say mean stuff about Vanderbilt selling WRVU: prismreports.org/2026/09/29/c...

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

prismreports.org

Come work with me! @taskandpurpose.com is hiring a senior reporter to help us cover conflicts, veterans' issues, quality of life and the Pentagon. Great, small team that punches above our weight and does good journalism. app.trinethire.com/companies/85...

“When campus radio stations’ FM broadcast licenses are sold or transferred, communities lose media made by & for young people.” @brittashoot.com reports on the free speech fight playing out on college campuses where student radio stations are disappearing.

College radio stations are disappearing

Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media

prismreports.org