Chris Wexler
@chriswexler.bsky.social
ME/CFS, POTS, and Disautotomia triggered by Long Covid. LC since April 2020, life fully redefined by illness November 26, 2022.
Former Tech CEO & Ad Exec.
Former Tech CEO & Ad Exec.
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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New HHS guidance
if a man made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New HHS guidance
This is very hopeful. It would legitimize so many people’s lived experience. They couldn’t ignore us anymore. studyfinds.org/blood-test-a...
First-Ever Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Blood Test Achieves 96% Accuracy
After years of being told their crushing exhaustion might be “all in their head,” people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may finally have something they’ve desperately needed: ...
studyfinds.org
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is very hopeful. It would legitimize so many people’s lived experience. They couldn’t ignore us anymore. studyfinds.org/blood-test-a...
So taking out churn (~4,000) and assuming $12 monthly revenue per user (I assume this is low) and the average user that cancelled would stay for 9 months (again, assume this is low) they lost $189.1 MILLION conservatively for flushing their reputation down the toilet. What a disastrous business move
SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:
September 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So taking out churn (~4,000) and assuming $12 monthly revenue per user (I assume this is low) and the average user that cancelled would stay for 9 months (again, assume this is low) they lost $189.1 MILLION conservatively for flushing their reputation down the toilet. What a disastrous business move
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Disney execs hastily assembling Andor S3 about a group of charismatic Coruscant businessmen who just keep their head down and work with the Empire until the Battle of Endor and then say they were actually against the Empire all along and everyone cheers
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Disney execs hastily assembling Andor S3 about a group of charismatic Coruscant businessmen who just keep their head down and work with the Empire until the Battle of Endor and then say they were actually against the Empire all along and everyone cheers
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Byron Buxton went off on his bobblehead day yesterday and completed the first cycle in Target Field history!
🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED BYRON BUXTON BUCK TRUCK BOBBLEHEAD 🚨
🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED BYRON BUXTON BUCK TRUCK BOBBLEHEAD 🚨
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Byron Buxton went off on his bobblehead day yesterday and completed the first cycle in Target Field history!
🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED BYRON BUXTON BUCK TRUCK BOBBLEHEAD 🚨
🚨 REPOST NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED BYRON BUXTON BUCK TRUCK BOBBLEHEAD 🚨
I wonder if this is a mechanism that triggers brain fog in MECFS or Long Covid. Interesting. neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience...
Energy Starvation Triggers Dangerous Glutamate Surges in the Brain - Neuroscience News
A new study shows that when energy is depleted—such as during a stroke—neurons begin releasing glutamate in abnormal, self-amplifying bursts that can damage nerve cells.
neurosciencenews.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I wonder if this is a mechanism that triggers brain fog in MECFS or Long Covid. Interesting. neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience...
Hey #MECFS and #LongCovid community. We have a patient here in Minnesota that is suffering from temporary paralysis after a bad MCAS reaction to new medication.
Has anyone else heard of this? The doctors are stumped. Need the communities help!
Has anyone else heard of this? The doctors are stumped. Need the communities help!
December 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hey #MECFS and #LongCovid community. We have a patient here in Minnesota that is suffering from temporary paralysis after a bad MCAS reaction to new medication.
Has anyone else heard of this? The doctors are stumped. Need the communities help!
Has anyone else heard of this? The doctors are stumped. Need the communities help!
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There is information hidden in absence, where nothing is something & where 0 helps us understand everything that isn't something. 0 is an eccentric outlier, a numeral like the rest but one which blows up math. There is a lot of power in the empty set, even crows & monkeys recognise it's numerosity.
December 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM
There is information hidden in absence, where nothing is something & where 0 helps us understand everything that isn't something. 0 is an eccentric outlier, a numeral like the rest but one which blows up math. There is a lot of power in the empty set, even crows & monkeys recognise it's numerosity.
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Can self-actualisation be sub-contracted to a machine? I used to worry about automation bias. But DEVO analysed it already "Freedom of choice is what you got, freedom from choice is what you want". A choice needs alternatives, which requires imagination. But many will gladly opt for the magic 8 ball
November 30, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Can self-actualisation be sub-contracted to a machine? I used to worry about automation bias. But DEVO analysed it already "Freedom of choice is what you got, freedom from choice is what you want". A choice needs alternatives, which requires imagination. But many will gladly opt for the magic 8 ball
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MRI shows that lower pulmonary gas exchange in the lungs of long-COVID patients may be associated with cognitive symptoms, according to researchers at the University of Iowa
#LongCovid
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
#LongCovid
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Lungs might hold clues to long COVID brain fog - UPI.com
The "brain fog" of long COVID might be due to impaired lung function following a person's infection, a new study says.
www.upi.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:35 PM
MRI shows that lower pulmonary gas exchange in the lungs of long-COVID patients may be associated with cognitive symptoms, according to researchers at the University of Iowa
#LongCovid
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
#LongCovid
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Maybe, just maybe, a disease that attacks the brain that triggered the lockdowns may be playing a bigger role. Just a fucking guess.
www.psypost.org/covid-19-loc...
www.psypost.org/covid-19-loc...
COVID-19 lockdowns linked to accelerated brain aging in adolescents, particularly in girls
New research suggests pandemic lockdowns accelerated adolescent brain aging, with girls' brains aging 4.2 years and boys' 1.4 years. This may increase neuropsychiatric disorder risks, highlighting the...
www.psypost.org
November 25, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Maybe, just maybe, a disease that attacks the brain that triggered the lockdowns may be playing a bigger role. Just a fucking guess.
www.psypost.org/covid-19-loc...
www.psypost.org/covid-19-loc...
“Not This Day…” is my new motto for my life with #LC & #MECFS.
Today is not the day to give up. Keep fighting. Keep trying to get better.
Today is not the day to do the things I love and want to do - because I want to get better - but I won’t let loss define me.
Today is not the day to give up. Keep fighting. Keep trying to get better.
Today is not the day to do the things I love and want to do - because I want to get better - but I won’t let loss define me.
September 29, 2023 at 9:03 PM
“Not This Day…” is my new motto for my life with #LC & #MECFS.
Today is not the day to give up. Keep fighting. Keep trying to get better.
Today is not the day to do the things I love and want to do - because I want to get better - but I won’t let loss define me.
Today is not the day to give up. Keep fighting. Keep trying to get better.
Today is not the day to do the things I love and want to do - because I want to get better - but I won’t let loss define me.