Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
@argphd.bsky.social
Disabled Prof. Long Covid. He/him.
Songs written: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zmhm5
“Until we are sick, we understand not.” (Keats)
“By reason of my infirmities, I am, . . . like a plant, always held to the same place." (Basil)
Songs written: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zmhm5
“Until we are sick, we understand not.” (Keats)
“By reason of my infirmities, I am, . . . like a plant, always held to the same place." (Basil)
Pinned
Sources: Andy Radde-Gallwitz has a headache.
Mind is a small bucket
Underneath the brain
Where from distilled cerebral fluid
Thoughts and numbers drain.
Underneath the brain
Where from distilled cerebral fluid
Thoughts and numbers drain.
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Mind is a small bucket
Underneath the brain
Where from distilled cerebral fluid
Thoughts and numbers drain.
Underneath the brain
Where from distilled cerebral fluid
Thoughts and numbers drain.
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
I believe today is Emily Mendenhall's release date for "Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID First Edition"
Looking forward to reading this! 📚 📚 📚
h/t @emendenhall.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading this! 📚 📚 📚
h/t @emendenhall.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I believe today is Emily Mendenhall's release date for "Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID First Edition"
Looking forward to reading this! 📚 📚 📚
h/t @emendenhall.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading this! 📚 📚 📚
h/t @emendenhall.bsky.social
Trolling everyone in this airport by reading a book.
January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Trolling everyone in this airport by reading a book.
Jon, Jon, O Jon. Love ya for getting us through the aughts, but the 20’s have been far worse because of #LongCovud. Which I’ve had for five years as of today, so I’m #OneOfTheTwo. Don’t be an ass.
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Jon, Jon, O Jon. Love ya for getting us through the aughts, but the 20’s have been far worse because of #LongCovud. Which I’ve had for five years as of today, so I’m #OneOfTheTwo. Don’t be an ass.
One thought I keep close by, that makes me feel some trace of nobility (lol, I know): if recovery ever comes, I will never forget or walk away from my brothers and sisters with this illness and similar conditions and with disabled people generally. I’ll remember what it’s like to have no voice.
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
One thought I keep close by, that makes me feel some trace of nobility (lol, I know): if recovery ever comes, I will never forget or walk away from my brothers and sisters with this illness and similar conditions and with disabled people generally. I’ll remember what it’s like to have no voice.
I don’t talk — post — personally about it often because it’s fucking boring and absurd and leaves me cold and empty, feeling nothing.
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I don’t talk — post — personally about it often because it’s fucking boring and absurd and leaves me cold and empty, feeling nothing.
Five years ago today I tested + for Covid. I developed Long Covid. Lost my ability to work, exercise, socialize, travel, write or read scholarship, drink alcohol, eat sugar, hold long conversations. Let me be clear: lost & not regained. A life of fatigue & headache. Mostly homebound. What a world.
December 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Five years ago today I tested + for Covid. I developed Long Covid. Lost my ability to work, exercise, socialize, travel, write or read scholarship, drink alcohol, eat sugar, hold long conversations. Let me be clear: lost & not regained. A life of fatigue & headache. Mostly homebound. What a world.
I’d agree. 90s albums that’ve been important to me as a musician, writer:
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
Robert Earl Keen, Gringo Honeymoon
Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
Lucinda (below)
Gillian Welch, Revival
Prine, Lost Dogs
Dwight Yoakam, Gone
Dylan, Time Out of Mind
Del McCoury Band, Cold Hard Facts
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
Robert Earl Keen, Gringo Honeymoon
Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
Lucinda (below)
Gillian Welch, Revival
Prine, Lost Dogs
Dwight Yoakam, Gone
Dylan, Time Out of Mind
Del McCoury Band, Cold Hard Facts
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’d agree. 90s albums that’ve been important to me as a musician, writer:
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
Robert Earl Keen, Gringo Honeymoon
Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
Lucinda (below)
Gillian Welch, Revival
Prine, Lost Dogs
Dwight Yoakam, Gone
Dylan, Time Out of Mind
Del McCoury Band, Cold Hard Facts
Tom Petty, Wildflowers
Robert Earl Keen, Gringo Honeymoon
Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
Lucinda (below)
Gillian Welch, Revival
Prine, Lost Dogs
Dwight Yoakam, Gone
Dylan, Time Out of Mind
Del McCoury Band, Cold Hard Facts
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
‘Bed rest caused muscle atrophy, and the reduced oxidative phosphorylation related to reductions in maximal oxygen uptake.
Patients with LONG COVID & ME/CFS did not have muscle atrophy,
but had less capillaries & more glycolytic fibers,
none of which were associated with maximal oxygen uptake’
Patients with LONG COVID & ME/CFS did not have muscle atrophy,
but had less capillaries & more glycolytic fibers,
none of which were associated with maximal oxygen uptake’
Latest pre-print from Amsterdam's wonderful Rob Wust and friends
I guess your LC PEMS isn't psychosomatic🤦🏻♂️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
I guess your LC PEMS isn't psychosomatic🤦🏻♂️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest
Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where...
doi.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
‘Bed rest caused muscle atrophy, and the reduced oxidative phosphorylation related to reductions in maximal oxygen uptake.
Patients with LONG COVID & ME/CFS did not have muscle atrophy,
but had less capillaries & more glycolytic fibers,
none of which were associated with maximal oxygen uptake’
Patients with LONG COVID & ME/CFS did not have muscle atrophy,
but had less capillaries & more glycolytic fibers,
none of which were associated with maximal oxygen uptake’
What a big day for food. Let’s give food a hand.
December 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
What a big day for food. Let’s give food a hand.
Explain grammar without using your hands.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Explain grammar without using your hands.
“He died as he had lived, predictably.”
Would be a funny line to drop at the right moment
Would be a funny line to drop at the right moment
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“He died as he had lived, predictably.”
Would be a funny line to drop at the right moment
Would be a funny line to drop at the right moment
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
A German Prof posted he’s excited to read a new journal volume over Christmas break. I once sat on a panel at a conference for a book of his, and a different German academic on the panel said he’d excitedly read the book on summer holiday. I consider both friends. Was I ever like that? Yikes 😂
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A German Prof posted he’s excited to read a new journal volume over Christmas break. I once sat on a panel at a conference for a book of his, and a different German academic on the panel said he’d excitedly read the book on summer holiday. I consider both friends. Was I ever like that? Yikes 😂
I can’t even begin to follow this story
Megyn Kelly continues to slam Ben Shapiro and Bari Weiss in a new interview with Vanity Fair.
Full Story: bit.ly/4qmiLx6
Full Story: bit.ly/4qmiLx6
December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I can’t even begin to follow this story
I bet they have more lumberjacks than we do though
The number of people living with long Covid in the U.S. is greater than the entire population of Canada
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I bet they have more lumberjacks than we do though
When I say, “Hang in there!,” I mean, “You are dangling like a fly freshly caught in a silky thread of The Universe’s spidery web; and the only other thing possible is, you fall to the unknowable abyss below; so, continue!”
December 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
When I say, “Hang in there!,” I mean, “You are dangling like a fly freshly caught in a silky thread of The Universe’s spidery web; and the only other thing possible is, you fall to the unknowable abyss below; so, continue!”
Like a Thief
The Second Coming came about;
Christ went on quite the rampage.
Christians didn’t like it:
Some property was damaged.
The Second Coming came about;
Christ went on quite the rampage.
Christians didn’t like it:
Some property was damaged.
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Like a Thief
The Second Coming came about;
Christ went on quite the rampage.
Christians didn’t like it:
Some property was damaged.
The Second Coming came about;
Christ went on quite the rampage.
Christians didn’t like it:
Some property was damaged.
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
The number of people living with long Covid in the U.S. is greater than the entire population of Canada
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The number of people living with long Covid in the U.S. is greater than the entire population of Canada
“Homoousios” 😂
* former job
* not really
* former job
* not really
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Homoousios” 😂
* former job
* not really
* former job
* not really
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LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Lane Kiffin expected to take LSU job as Ole Miss sets team meeting: Source
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
This can be confusing if you have #MECFS or #LongCovid
Many resources, guides, experts say post exertional malaise (PEM) = post exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)
I actually prefer the way Davenport separates them 🧵
Many resources, guides, experts say post exertional malaise (PEM) = post exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)
I actually prefer the way Davenport separates them 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This can be confusing if you have #MECFS or #LongCovid
Many resources, guides, experts say post exertional malaise (PEM) = post exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)
I actually prefer the way Davenport separates them 🧵
Many resources, guides, experts say post exertional malaise (PEM) = post exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)
I actually prefer the way Davenport separates them 🧵
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz ❌👑
Beautiful @thesicktimes.org essay on how to be a friend to your friends who are affected by Long Covid—and why you should.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Beautiful @thesicktimes.org essay on how to be a friend to your friends who are affected by Long Covid—and why you should.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
Def worth a few minutes of your time.
This is very good. Please read.
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is very good. Please read.