Ann Forbes
@aeforbes.bsky.social
noticing–wondering–learning–creating–critiquing–revising
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news cycle got me feeling like this
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
news cycle got me feeling like this
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Heather, @hcrichardson.bsky.social thank you for encouraging us all to make our voices be heard
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social thank you for your compassionate sharing from Minneapolis
To my senators --
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social thank you for your compassionate sharing from Minneapolis
To my senators --
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Heather, @hcrichardson.bsky.social thank you for encouraging us all to make our voices be heard
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social thank you for your compassionate sharing from Minneapolis
To my senators --
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social thank you for your compassionate sharing from Minneapolis
To my senators --
Christina Pagel continues to provide keen insight into the administration's actions and consequences.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
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@bhanlon15.bsky.social
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@bhanlon15.bsky.social
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Christina Pagel continues to provide keen insight into the administration's actions and consequences.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
@chrischirp.bsky.social
@bhanlon15.bsky.social
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
@chrischirp.bsky.social
@bhanlon15.bsky.social
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social Have you seen this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r8f...
The Killing of Alex Pretti
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Billy, @bhanlon15.bsky.social Have you seen this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r8f...
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This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
His death is caused by one man and his Republican collaborators. Republicans in Congress could stop this today. Call your Senators today www.5calls.org #DefundICE
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
www.5calls.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
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photo credit: Tony Gutierrez/AP
A digital billboard in Texas - makes me think of Minnesotans ❤️
photo credit: Tony Gutierrez/AP
A digital billboard in Texas - makes me think of Minnesotans ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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photo credit: Tony Gutierrez/AP
A digital billboard in Texas - makes me think of Minnesotans ❤️
photo credit: Tony Gutierrez/AP
A digital billboard in Texas - makes me think of Minnesotans ❤️
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Severe G4 geomagnetic storm (Kp8)
Threshold Reached: 23:59 UTC
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/kp
Threshold Reached: 23:59 UTC
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/kp
January 21, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Severe G4 geomagnetic storm (Kp8)
Threshold Reached: 23:59 UTC
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/kp
Threshold Reached: 23:59 UTC
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/kp
An acute viral infection can initiate endothelial cell senescence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Virus-induced endothelial senescence as a cause and driving factor for ME/CFS and long COVID: mediated by a dysfunctional immune system - Cell Death & Disease
Cell Death & Disease - Virus-induced endothelial senescence as a cause and driving factor for ME/CFS and long COVID: mediated by a dysfunctional immune system
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
An acute viral infection can initiate endothelial cell senescence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excellent summary
www.docdroid.com/GSDDVHM/long...
www.docdroid.com/GSDDVHM/long...
Long Covid Research Infographic V2.pdf
www.docdroid.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Excellent summary
www.docdroid.com/GSDDVHM/long...
www.docdroid.com/GSDDVHM/long...
It’s almost Christmas Eve across the pond... @baldypidge.bsky.social
Colin, Merry Christmas to you and your entire family!
❤️ 🎄🌟
XO, Ann
Colin, Merry Christmas to you and your entire family!
❤️ 🎄🌟
XO, Ann
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s almost Christmas Eve across the pond... @baldypidge.bsky.social
Colin, Merry Christmas to you and your entire family!
❤️ 🎄🌟
XO, Ann
Colin, Merry Christmas to you and your entire family!
❤️ 🎄🌟
XO, Ann
"Our data show that chronic inflammation, T cell exhaustion, metabolic dysregulation and upregulation of the JAK-STAT and interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling pathways are key features of LC."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID involves activation of proinflammatory and immune exhaustion pathways - Nature Immunology
Long COVID (LC) involves a spectrum of chronic symptoms after resolution of acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Barouch and colleagues show that LC is characterized by per...
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"Our data show that chronic inflammation, T cell exhaustion, metabolic dysregulation and upregulation of the JAK-STAT and interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling pathways are key features of LC."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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(1/5) Long Covid: Latest Evidence-based Pathophysiology Clues Infographic 🧩
On this day, exactly 5 years ago I tested positive for a Covid infection that triggered the onset of my Long Covid and its devastating symptoms, which still debilitate me to this day.
On this day, exactly 5 years ago I tested positive for a Covid infection that triggered the onset of my Long Covid and its devastating symptoms, which still debilitate me to this day.
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(1/5) Long Covid: Latest Evidence-based Pathophysiology Clues Infographic 🧩
On this day, exactly 5 years ago I tested positive for a Covid infection that triggered the onset of my Long Covid and its devastating symptoms, which still debilitate me to this day.
On this day, exactly 5 years ago I tested positive for a Covid infection that triggered the onset of my Long Covid and its devastating symptoms, which still debilitate me to this day.
Swirling wind blown snow
Has a dizzying effect
Chaos all around
Has a dizzying effect
Chaos all around
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Swirling wind blown snow
Has a dizzying effect
Chaos all around
Has a dizzying effect
Chaos all around
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You @baldypidge.bsky.social & Rosie were featured today by Sammie @longcovidkids.bsky.social during #ICanCME ❤️
You are all such good advocates!
You are all such good advocates!
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
You @baldypidge.bsky.social & Rosie were featured today by Sammie @longcovidkids.bsky.social during #ICanCME ❤️
You are all such good advocates!
You are all such good advocates!
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Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social today in support of Sammie and @longcovidkids.bsky.social .
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social today in support of Sammie and @longcovidkids.bsky.social .
Monochromatic
Midday meandering moth
Mystic messenger
Midday meandering moth
Mystic messenger
September 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Monochromatic
Midday meandering moth
Mystic messenger
Midday meandering moth
Mystic messenger
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the world is upside down, the appropriate response to deafening silence in the wake of mass-disabling of our children is to scream at the top of your lungs. That's what Violet was doing on Tuesday. That's not anxiety, that's humanity.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
the world is upside down, the appropriate response to deafening silence in the wake of mass-disabling of our children is to scream at the top of your lungs. That's what Violet was doing on Tuesday. That's not anxiety, that's humanity.
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NEW: At a UN event today, advocate Violet Affleck gave a short speech on pediatric #LongCOVID. She also talked about how clean air and masking could help address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from the disabling disease.
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...
Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event - The Sick Times
During today’s United Nations (UN) event “Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action,” advocate Violet Affleck spoke about how clean air and masking are vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pa...
thesicktimes.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NEW: At a UN event today, advocate Violet Affleck gave a short speech on pediatric #LongCOVID. She also talked about how clean air and masking could help address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from the disabling disease.
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...
I feel like I know Rosie even though an ocean separates us. She is an amazing young woman who acquired Long COVID as a teen. She & her father @baldypidge.bsky.social have been public about her journey.
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I feel like I know Rosie even though an ocean separates us. She is an amazing young woman who acquired Long COVID as a teen. She & her father @baldypidge.bsky.social have been public about her journey.
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Rosie challenged visitors to contribute to Rona Lisa 2 by thinking of kind things they could say to people with #longcovid #mecfs. They were invited tonwrit on post its and add them to the piece.
September 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Rosie challenged visitors to contribute to Rona Lisa 2 by thinking of kind things they could say to people with #longcovid #mecfs. They were invited tonwrit on post its and add them to the piece.
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If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so.
She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs
She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so.
She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs
She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs
"After an episode of PEM, patients may return to their prior cognitive baseline...or decline to a new, lower baseline, suggesting cumulative neurological injury. Conversely, strict avoidance of PEM— ...may allow partial neurological recovery."
Recent work demonstrates that exercise exceeding the aerobic threshold causes skeletal muscle damage and necrosis in LC patients with #PEM (3). Since the aerobic threshold is pathologically lowered in this group, even minimal daily movements may induce metabolic tissue damage. Necrosis is a
August 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"After an episode of PEM, patients may return to their prior cognitive baseline...or decline to a new, lower baseline, suggesting cumulative neurological injury. Conversely, strict avoidance of PEM— ...may allow partial neurological recovery."
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It is only when we give up hope, that we lose.
Or to quote Victor Frankl: “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”
Or to quote Victor Frankl: “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It is only when we give up hope, that we lose.
Or to quote Victor Frankl: “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”
Or to quote Victor Frankl: “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”