It's ME(Jaime)
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It's ME(Jaime)
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
Scientific Director, #MEAction
Stanford Med
Université de Montréal
TIME100 Health 2024
#ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID
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Hello, new followers! Past time I did an intro thread. 👋

I'm Jaime Seltzer, Scientific Director at #MEAction, a nonprofit for people with infection-associated chronic illnesses like #MECFS & #LongCOVID. I maintain research affiliations w/Stanford U & Université de Montréal. 🧵
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A lot of people have screamed "twitter isn't real life" at us for over a decade but the admin is currently being run by content creators seeking the approval of twitter users to the extent that their "situation room" had twitter feeds up on the projectors
Like, I think that the far more likely, if “worse“ explanation for why the administration is doing this is that they like snuff films, and/or photos of themselves “looking tough” in the situation room
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.

It's 25 degrees outside.

Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"

Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Unconstitutional force. Civilians dead. Congress bypassed. Oil interests front and center.

We’ve seen this movie before and it ends in blood. But we don’t have to do it again.
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Literally fuck every government intelligence analyst who isn't picking up espionage act charges under Trump for leaking this crazy shit in advance
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Wait a minute, if I’m reading this correctly, the US didn’t do regime change in Venezuela, but instead, we helped the army-connected VP stage a coup???
From Reuters
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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what if they made the whole senate out of susan collins
Press call with Chuck Schumer says he has been talking with his caucus "I've been talking to so many members of my caucus today. Everybody is very, very just totally, totally, totally troubled."
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.

I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.

My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.

So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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NO WAR. FULL STOP.

Trump has already launched an unconstitutional war for oil. We’re organizing now.

Join us TODAY for a protest sign–making party at campaign HQ as we prepare for the larger Emergency Day of Action downtown opposing war on Venezuela.

🕝 2:30–3:30 PM
📍 7016 N Clark St, Rogers Park
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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The Mayor of New York City @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has released a statement:
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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And there ya have it…

Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Trump's chief contribution to American politics is revealing that you don't need a respectable veneer for evil, corrupt behavior. You can rob the bank, say you did it because you like money and you'll do it again, and challenge anyone to stop you
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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A history of how the #NIH came to be. The purpose of the NIH is to support science innovation. Government support of science grows the economy, brings power and prosperity to the country. This was part of the budget increase after WWI.

It became our backbone.
🧪 theconversation.com/how-the-nih-...
How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
The agency’s budget has grown steadily since the 1960s, fueling an industry that creates lifesaving medicines and attracts billions of dollars in investment.
theconversation.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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The Dems’ fear of being called a bunch of pansies for not supporting an illegal military operation once again proves that it’s just gender all the way down
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.

“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”

“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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The Trump admin is what happens when you run the Bush admin through AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM