The Waymo cars I've seen aren't wheelchair accessible, and if there isn't a driver, then how are wheelchair users supposed to use them without sacrificing their independence?

Literally have all of these. When it’s your normal, you try not to think about how overwhelming it all is, but when you see it as a list…it’s wild to think so many of us combat all of this daily and have for years…

Tom Kindlon@tomkindlon.bsky.social · yesterday

I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed #MEcfs #CFS #PwLC 1/

I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed #MEcfs #CFS #PwLC 1/

4) For example, if participants reported PEM but had remained neatly within their allowance, then it means the limit was too high and needs to be reduced. Curiously, they also adjusted the limit if patients did not report PEM for three consecutive weeks.

1) Had a closer look at this randomised trial on pacing from earlier this year. It tested an app, warning system, and wearable device to help Long Covid patients pace, but unfortunately, it didn't have an effect on post-exertional malaise (PEM) and other symptoms.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.

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🚨 Croatian virologist Beata Halassy used viruses from her own lab to shrink her recurrent breast cancer by over 60% The result: Her tumor shrank by over 60%, was successfully removed, and she has remained in long-term remission

NICE sound complacent requiring more evidence before a real shift in practice. However in some guidelines the evidence is labelled poor quality and yet they accept practitioner opinion (Hypothyroidism). As usual more funding required to prevent the most prevelant cancer in women.

Breast cancer checks missing lots of at risk younger women, says study

Up to 95% of younger women who are at higher risk of developing breast cancer are being missed by current NHS checks, researchers warn.

bbc.co.uk

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

Real‑time air‑quality monitoring, cooling centres, and early evacuation warnings save lives. Clean air must be treated as essential public‑health infrastructure. Source: University of Cambridge (CC BY‑NC‑SA 4.0). #AirQuality #ClimateAdaptation #PM25 #WildfireSmoke www.cam.ac.uk/news/wildfir...

Cambridge researchers say wildfires and heatwaves are 'no longer once‑in‑a‑generation disasters'. Health systems must treat climate adaptation with the seriousness of vaccination and clean water. Link to article: Dr Kim van Daalen, @dphpc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk/news/wildfir...

@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC@drjoepajak.bsky.social · 4d ago

Wildfire smoke, candle soot, indoor volatile organic compounds, cigarette smoke, and climate‑driven extreme weather, aren't separate issues. They’re parts of the same story about how air moves, how particles travel, and how our buildings, and our lives, were shaped for a world that no longer exists.

Evidence of the great benefits of AI: it used to take a huge amount of time and effort to make yourself look this stupid; now AI allows you to humiliate yourself almost instantly.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

I find this piece depressing, firstly the experience of the young women and girls is terrible, second the phrase “while there had been clear messaging for girls and young women about empowerment over the last 40 years, boys had been left behind”.

Rape threats part of misogyny Tyneside schoolgirls face

A group of teenagers make a film describing their experiences, ahead of changes to the curriculum.

bbc.co.uk

Course you would, “love”… And Brexit will suddenly be amazing. And climate change will go away. And Trump will give us the bestest trade deal ever. And voters will love you for scrapping their rights, to please your moneyed mates… Now, pipe down and focus on your upcoming fight with a bin.

If women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic

Whenever I hear people saying that figures who were vile in public, and actively made life worse for other people through their actions or words, were kind in private, I think that they should have applied themselves to greater consistency across all areas of their lives.

People are complaining that for two hours in the early morning on one single day, the Exploratorium in San Francisco will require respirator masks. Never mind that this allows disabled and immune compromised kids to safely share in something they’re otherwise excluded from. Fuck them kids.

The medical guidance on dealing with Covid has never changed for immunocompromised or high-risk people. It has always been to wear a mask in crowded and indoor spaces. People will literally yell at kids with cancer and the rest of polite society goes “oh well, personal responsibility…”

Really? Facts are of no interest in this “debate”. #LongCovidDenier

Stop stressing out your immune system with viruses. The following study was in people aged over 50 yrs, but watch this space... www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...

newsGP - COVID-19 linked to higher shingles risk for over 50s

Unvaccinated people over 50 who have had COVID-19 may be more at risk of developing shingles, a recent study has indicated.

www1.racgp.org.au

Shingles is a sign of an aging or damaged immune system... in young people it's associated with immune system problems.

Who did benefit from air filtration fitted at work to address the Covid risk? Schools, nurseries, care homes and all healthcare settings you suggest? To protect the most vulnerable as early as the science told us it was needed. No, the government were the only ones whose workplace was adpated.

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 3d ago

But if we’re doing policy, let’s talk about January and February 2020, when Britain could have controlled the spread of Covid. Let’s talk about public health experts BEGGING for masking and air filtration and being told not to infringe people’s right to infect others.

But if we’re doing policy, let’s talk about January and February 2020, when Britain could have controlled the spread of Covid. Let’s talk about public health experts BEGGING for masking and air filtration and being told not to infringe people’s right to infect others.

On a simple moral level: hey. Guess what? We are, as a country, doing next to nothing to help people whose lives were burned down during the pandemic lockdowns. We are doing very little for Long Covid, for trauma. We are also AFAIK possibly even less prepared for a pandemic now than we were in 2020.

JCVI "Members considered that in the absence of vaccination, future generations would be exposed to COVID-19 in childhood, with a relatively mild disease. This early infection would then provide protection against severe disease throughout life. Circulation of COVID-19 in childhood could..."

"... therefore periodically boost immunity in adults through exposure." I remind you this is the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on vaccine policy.

" the JCVI declined to recommend the COVID vaccine to all children between 12 and 15 years old, saying that the benefits were only “marginally greater than the potential known harms”, and the margin was “too small to support universal Covid-19 vaccination for this age group at this time”. "

Do you know how often my dreams revolve around the idea that I have missed a portion of my life? That people I love have straight up forgotten me? I am not a horror writer, and yet these feelings are so deeply unsettling that I am quite literally writing gothic horror about it.

Anna Holmes@annabookwriter.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Oh no staying home was traumatic” Sure. Now imagine being forced to stay home for 3.5 years while also being too sick to move AND the world moves on without you. I know which I’d have rather dealt with.