Carole Bruce
@cabruce.bsky.social
Previously a psychotherapist.
Bedridden #ME 32years
Daughter severe ME, eldest son MS.
I like art, nature, books, people, music, poetry and podcasts!
Bedridden #ME 32years
Daughter severe ME, eldest son MS.
I like art, nature, books, people, music, poetry and podcasts!
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Carole Bruce
@cabruce.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I know that too many people are wishing that things were different, especially now on Christmas Day, but I hope you find even a tiny moment of peace and love today and much more in the future ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I know that too many people are wishing that things were different, especially now on Christmas Day, but I hope you find even a tiny moment of peace and love today and much more in the future ❤️
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Thinking of all the #pwME who are alone over Christmas & New Year, who wont be able to see family & friends
I'm so very sorry
Please know that you aren't forgotten, some of us will still be here online & we can get through this time together, as we always do
Sending love🌟💙🌟
I'm so very sorry
Please know that you aren't forgotten, some of us will still be here online & we can get through this time together, as we always do
Sending love🌟💙🌟
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thinking of all the #pwME who are alone over Christmas & New Year, who wont be able to see family & friends
I'm so very sorry
Please know that you aren't forgotten, some of us will still be here online & we can get through this time together, as we always do
Sending love🌟💙🌟
I'm so very sorry
Please know that you aren't forgotten, some of us will still be here online & we can get through this time together, as we always do
Sending love🌟💙🌟
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Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital
MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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Another very deserving entry in our advent calendar!
Thanks @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for everything you’ve done to bring the issue to light and uncover the #GreatestMedicalScandal 🙏
Thanks @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for everything you’ve done to bring the issue to light and uncover the #GreatestMedicalScandal 🙏
December 17th. Thank you for being #ThereForME, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social!
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another very deserving entry in our advent calendar!
Thanks @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for everything you’ve done to bring the issue to light and uncover the #GreatestMedicalScandal 🙏
Thanks @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for everything you’ve done to bring the issue to light and uncover the #GreatestMedicalScandal 🙏
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December 17th. Thank you for being #ThereForME, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social!
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
December 17th. Thank you for being #ThereForME, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social!
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
George is a well-known journalist who has focused on uncovering the reality of the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century”. Nominated by Carole B @cabruce.bsky.social. ✨
Thank you. My MP, @simonforstroud.bsky.social
had a prior engagement but asked me to send his apologies. If you come across him in the tea room you might like to mention the APPG to him. He is a GP and would be a very valuable voice in the ME cause.
had a prior engagement but asked me to send his apologies. If you come across him in the tea room you might like to mention the APPG to him. He is a GP and would be a very valuable voice in the ME cause.
My reflections after today’s APPG ME meeting….
‘As we look to 2026, it’s clear that there’s plenty that needs MPs’ engagement. Across the ME community there’s so much shared lived experience and analysis to inform the work that we do. So, let’s get on with it! Let’s all work together next year!
‘As we look to 2026, it’s clear that there’s plenty that needs MPs’ engagement. Across the ME community there’s so much shared lived experience and analysis to inform the work that we do. So, let’s get on with it! Let’s all work together next year!
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thank you. My MP, @simonforstroud.bsky.social
had a prior engagement but asked me to send his apologies. If you come across him in the tea room you might like to mention the APPG to him. He is a GP and would be a very valuable voice in the ME cause.
had a prior engagement but asked me to send his apologies. If you come across him in the tea room you might like to mention the APPG to him. He is a GP and would be a very valuable voice in the ME cause.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
The root of everything we are experiencing today. Yet governments are complicit in perpetuating this situation, apparently unable to move beyond their outmoded beliefs .
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The root of everything we are experiencing today. Yet governments are complicit in perpetuating this situation, apparently unable to move beyond their outmoded beliefs .
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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I signed the letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. Overnight, I've received some 2,000 attack emails, identical text but different purported senders and subject headers. Still coming through now. Other signatories also getting it. Definitely an op.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader
Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan Barghouti
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I signed the letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. Overnight, I've received some 2,000 attack emails, identical text but different purported senders and subject headers. Still coming through now. Other signatories also getting it. Definitely an op.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
us02web.zoom.us
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"These results confirm that #ME is a deeply polygenic & biologically heterogeneous condition with at least 4 major disease mechanisms implicated by genetic signals
Neurological dysregulation🧠
Inflammation🔥
Cellular stress response⚠️
Calcium signalling🚥"
#pwME
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Neurological dysregulation🧠
Inflammation🔥
Cellular stress response⚠️
Calcium signalling🚥"
#pwME
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
The most detailed genetic analysis of myalgic encephalomyelitis ever conducted
Groundbreaking ME study identifies 250+ genes, links with long COVID, and uncovers new drug repurposing opportunities to advance targeted treatments
precisionlife.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"These results confirm that #ME is a deeply polygenic & biologically heterogeneous condition with at least 4 major disease mechanisms implicated by genetic signals
Neurological dysregulation🧠
Inflammation🔥
Cellular stress response⚠️
Calcium signalling🚥"
#pwME
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Neurological dysregulation🧠
Inflammation🔥
Cellular stress response⚠️
Calcium signalling🚥"
#pwME
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
#ME people. Do ask your MP to attend this if at all possible.
@simonforstroud.bsky.social any chance you might be free?
@simonforstroud.bsky.social any chance you might be free?
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#ME people. Do ask your MP to attend this if at all possible.
@simonforstroud.bsky.social any chance you might be free?
@simonforstroud.bsky.social any chance you might be free?
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Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
share.google/1aKjHRJ596x6...
share.google/1aKjHRJ596x6...
Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
share.google/1aKjHRJ596x6...
share.google/1aKjHRJ596x6...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Huge congratulations @catherinehale.bsky.social such an important and useful article on ELC especially for #ME and #LongCovid patients.
So excited to share our new article on energy limiting conditions (ELC) and energy impairment in @ijdsj.bsky.social with Anna Ruddock and Ana Be. Open access www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
It discusses the emancipatory research process that gave rise to these terms >>
It discusses the emancipatory research process that gave rise to these terms >>
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Huge congratulations @catherinehale.bsky.social such an important and useful article on ELC especially for #ME and #LongCovid patients.
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📺 Westminster Hall Debate on ME today at 16:30
#ThereForMP @tessamunt.bsky.social will be leading the debate today focused on government support for #PwME
You can tune in here 👇
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
#ThereForMP @tessamunt.bsky.social will be leading the debate today focused on government support for #PwME
You can tune in here 👇
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Westminster Hall
www.parliamentlive.tv
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📺 Westminster Hall Debate on ME today at 16:30
#ThereForMP @tessamunt.bsky.social will be leading the debate today focused on government support for #PwME
You can tune in here 👇
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
#ThereForMP @tessamunt.bsky.social will be leading the debate today focused on government support for #PwME
You can tune in here 👇
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How Labour Negate Progressive Ideas Through ‘Divide and Rule’ | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
Just to say how much I love and appreciate every one of the #ME brigade that post on here. Some can only watch and that’s ok, some have valuable information and that’s ok, some are scared and that’s ok, all of us understand and care and dare to hope for better days to come. 💙
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just to say how much I love and appreciate every one of the #ME brigade that post on here. Some can only watch and that’s ok, some have valuable information and that’s ok, some are scared and that’s ok, all of us understand and care and dare to hope for better days to come. 💙