Chloé de Canson
@chloedecanson.bsky.social
Formerly assistant professor of philosophy • bedbound since 2022 with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis, a type of long COVID • philosophy of science, epistemology incl. social, and their history • chloedecanson.net • 🇵🇸
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“HIV taught us how chronic viral infections can affect the body long after initial illness, and how important it is to involve patients in that research,” said @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social. “Applying those lessons to #LongCovid has helped us accelerate discovery” www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
Solving Long COVID: How Decades of HIV Research Paved the Way
Discover how UCSF is leading the charge in Long COVID research, uncovering key findings that advance our understanding of the condition. UCSF researchers have adapted innovative tools and methodologie...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“HIV taught us how chronic viral infections can affect the body long after initial illness, and how important it is to involve patients in that research,” said @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social. “Applying those lessons to #LongCovid has helped us accelerate discovery” www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
Alice James’s diary entries on the suicides of random people
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Alice James’s diary entries on the suicides of random people
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The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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It's ironic to see a discipline care **so much** about unbiasedness (causal inference!) at the level of a single test but then have a research production system and culture that is basically a ferocious bias generation machine. This is not good.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It's ironic to see a discipline care **so much** about unbiasedness (causal inference!) at the level of a single test but then have a research production system and culture that is basically a ferocious bias generation machine. This is not good.
Alice James told her brother Henry James that, could she have her close friend Katherine Loring “quietly and uninterruptedly for a year to relieve her of all responsibility, she would get well”. Alice was diagnosed with hysteria and Henry cruelly surmised that her illness was a ploy to keep K close
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Alice James told her brother Henry James that, could she have her close friend Katherine Loring “quietly and uninterruptedly for a year to relieve her of all responsibility, she would get well”. Alice was diagnosed with hysteria and Henry cruelly surmised that her illness was a ploy to keep K close
It’s an honour to have joined the @patientled.bsky.social as a contributor. The PLRC published the first study on long COVID, establishing the phenotypic characteristics of the disease doi.org/10.1016/j.ec..., and the most cited paper on LC, outlining its biomedical features doi.org/10.1038/s415...
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
It’s an honour to have joined the @patientled.bsky.social as a contributor. The PLRC published the first study on long COVID, establishing the phenotypic characteristics of the disease doi.org/10.1016/j.ec..., and the most cited paper on LC, outlining its biomedical features doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Out of over half a million healthcare providers in the UK, thirty-three have viewed the module on managing severe ME that was touted as the solution to the ME crisis. This leads to people like Savannah currently being detained and tortured in NHS hospitals
5/n
Today, I received their answer. This is the data table they sent me, of the number of people who have completed each of the 3 modules up to 20 January 2026:
Today, I received their answer. This is the data table they sent me, of the number of people who have completed each of the 3 modules up to 20 January 2026:
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Out of over half a million healthcare providers in the UK, thirty-three have viewed the module on managing severe ME that was touted as the solution to the ME crisis. This leads to people like Savannah currently being detained and tortured in NHS hospitals
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
Completing a review in four days to manifest reviews for the paper I submitted six months ago
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Completing a review in four days to manifest reviews for the paper I submitted six months ago
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Call to action:
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient and has now stopped giving her fluids
Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk
www.thecanary.co
January 24, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Call to action:
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
Charles S. Peirce and Simone Weil
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Charles S. Peirce and Simone Weil
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Recent research shows blood from people with ME/CFS and Long COVID directly harms healthy muscle, reducing force, stressing mitochondria, and causing structural breakdown. Results implicate blood-borne drivers of muscle weakness, exertion intolerance, and PEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Recent research shows blood from people with ME/CFS and Long COVID directly harms healthy muscle, reducing force, stressing mitochondria, and causing structural breakdown. Results implicate blood-borne drivers of muscle weakness, exertion intolerance, and PEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
I saw someone argue for eliminating R&Rs, so that journals either accept or reject papers. Is that a popular view?
Most of my papers have been made much stronger by R&Rs, even when they had been presented, received feedback from colleagues, etc. Sth abt anonymity makes ppl more critical?
Most of my papers have been made much stronger by R&Rs, even when they had been presented, received feedback from colleagues, etc. Sth abt anonymity makes ppl more critical?
January 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I saw someone argue for eliminating R&Rs, so that journals either accept or reject papers. Is that a popular view?
Most of my papers have been made much stronger by R&Rs, even when they had been presented, received feedback from colleagues, etc. Sth abt anonymity makes ppl more critical?
Most of my papers have been made much stronger by R&Rs, even when they had been presented, received feedback from colleagues, etc. Sth abt anonymity makes ppl more critical?
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Now unlocked: Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it (link and transcripts in next posts)
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Now unlocked: Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it (link and transcripts in next posts)
“In genetics and complex disease research, scientists often apply what is known as the extreme phenotype strategy … Studying those at the farthest ends of the spectrum amplifies biological signals and accelerates the discovery of causal pathways and potential drug targets.”
"The future of Long COVID research will be measured not by how many trials are launched, but by how many lives they truly represent."
A new op-ed in @thesicktimes.org by Sevda Sarikaya
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A new op-ed in @thesicktimes.org by Sevda Sarikaya
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Severe people may hold answers to Long COVID. They must be included in research. - The Sick Times
People with the most severe symptoms represent the most clinically urgent population, yet they remain absent from the evidence base that guides care. Their exclusion is not a procedural oversight but ...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“In genetics and complex disease research, scientists often apply what is known as the extreme phenotype strategy … Studying those at the farthest ends of the spectrum amplifies biological signals and accelerates the discovery of causal pathways and potential drug targets.”
Ramsey: “I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. … My picture of the world is drawn in perspective, and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the stars are all as small as threepenny bits.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ramsey: “I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. … My picture of the world is drawn in perspective, and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the stars are all as small as threepenny bits.”
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Long COVID clinics are quietly closing, leaving thousands of patients without specialized care via @scienceline.org
scienceline.org/2026/01/long...
Thank you to the people living with Long COVID who shared their stories and to the healthcare providers and advocates for sharing their insights.
scienceline.org/2026/01/long...
Thank you to the people living with Long COVID who shared their stories and to the healthcare providers and advocates for sharing their insights.
Long COVID clinics are quietly closing, leaving thousands of patients without specialized care - Scienceline
Long COVID clinics began opening in swaths across the country in 2020 to provide specialty care for patients living with this chronic condition, which occurs following a COVID infection. As of March 2...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Long COVID clinics are quietly closing, leaving thousands of patients without specialized care via @scienceline.org
scienceline.org/2026/01/long...
Thank you to the people living with Long COVID who shared their stories and to the healthcare providers and advocates for sharing their insights.
scienceline.org/2026/01/long...
Thank you to the people living with Long COVID who shared their stories and to the healthcare providers and advocates for sharing their insights.
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„This is why the chant “Death to the tyrant, whether king or [supreme] leader” resonates so powerfully. Iranians are rejecting the Islamic Republic, but also foreign-backed alternatives such as Reza Pahlavi, who asks the protesters to fight to the end from the comfort of his home near Washington.“
Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com/iran-protest...
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com/iran-protest...
Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
„This is why the chant “Death to the tyrant, whether king or [supreme] leader” resonates so powerfully. Iranians are rejecting the Islamic Republic, but also foreign-backed alternatives such as Reza Pahlavi, who asks the protesters to fight to the end from the comfort of his home near Washington.“
“Do we doubt that each of us encounters reality not directly, but through the thicket of our individual psychic realities, with their stubborn frames and secret desires, the vast sediment of our past histories?”
‘Psychoanalysis was born of a moment not dissimilar to our own: a moment when the image of the human as a rational animal seemed fragile if not preposterous, and the progressive liberalism founded on that image was revealed to be dangerously naive.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
What has returned of late is not the unconscious itself, but the felt need, in some quarters, for the unconscious and...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Do we doubt that each of us encounters reality not directly, but through the thicket of our individual psychic realities, with their stubborn frames and secret desires, the vast sediment of our past histories?”
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Sick Times (@thesicktimes.org) is hiring! We're looking for a new part-time podcast and social media producer who will revive our weekly podcast, help expand our social media presence, and assist with other editorial tasks.
More details here, applications are due on January 20:
More details here, applications are due on January 20:
Write for us - The Sick Times
The Sick Times is accepting pitches for reported news stories and essays/commentary pieces. We take pitches only; do not send full drafts on spec. We prioritize pitches from people with Long COVID and...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The Sick Times (@thesicktimes.org) is hiring! We're looking for a new part-time podcast and social media producer who will revive our weekly podcast, help expand our social media presence, and assist with other editorial tasks.
More details here, applications are due on January 20:
More details here, applications are due on January 20: