Jess Badger
@jesshoneybadger.bsky.social
Chaotic good writer and scientist with severe, bed bound MECFS. Writing wholesome stories, science stuff, and funny anecdotes from bed. Lover of memes.
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Jess Badger
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· Nov 13
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Long Covid - a thread.
So, living with long covid isn’t great. I’m a relatively mild case and I’m managing it reasonably well with pacing but ‘managing with pacing’ still means a huge impact on life. 1/9
So, living with long covid isn’t great. I’m a relatively mild case and I’m managing it reasonably well with pacing but ‘managing with pacing’ still means a huge impact on life. 1/9
July 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Long Covid - a thread.
So, living with long covid isn’t great. I’m a relatively mild case and I’m managing it reasonably well with pacing but ‘managing with pacing’ still means a huge impact on life. 1/9
So, living with long covid isn’t great. I’m a relatively mild case and I’m managing it reasonably well with pacing but ‘managing with pacing’ still means a huge impact on life. 1/9
My child, on turning 13:
“This means I have to take off my shoes at the airport, doesn’t it?”
“This means I have to take off my shoes at the airport, doesn’t it?”
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My child, on turning 13:
“This means I have to take off my shoes at the airport, doesn’t it?”
“This means I have to take off my shoes at the airport, doesn’t it?”
Such a good point that I had never actually thought through before. Why are the patients being the one targeted over Medicaid fraud? We can’t even really do it!
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Such a good point that I had never actually thought through before. Why are the patients being the one targeted over Medicaid fraud? We can’t even really do it!
I wrote a thing!
I put my kids in Pfizer's COVID vaccine trial—here's what really happened behind the scenes
Plus, the history of mRNA vaccines. (Hint: It didn't start with COVID.)
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I wrote a thing!
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RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.
newrepublic.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.
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It doesn’t matter. It’s inside the insurance cos, and Medicare/Medicaid, VA Medical patient data is all either already accessible or at risk via DOGE. And the EO for data sharing between gov’t orgs. They’ll use AI to also parse school records, social media, etc
www.hipaajournal.com/sen-warren-s...
www.hipaajournal.com/sen-warren-s...
Sen. Warren Seeks Answers from RFK Jr. Ahead of Potential Appointment as HHS Secretary
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has written to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking answers about his plans for HHS policies and the HIPAA regulations should he be Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has written to Ro...
www.hipaajournal.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It doesn’t matter. It’s inside the insurance cos, and Medicare/Medicaid, VA Medical patient data is all either already accessible or at risk via DOGE. And the EO for data sharing between gov’t orgs. They’ll use AI to also parse school records, social media, etc
www.hipaajournal.com/sen-warren-s...
www.hipaajournal.com/sen-warren-s...
Hope this helps.
what illnesses are we supposed to be worried about today?
Regularly updated overview of public health threats in the United States by a microbiologist.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hope this helps.
I enjoyed that the Ratliff family set sail without a clear plot resolution.
Keeps things open for them to lose everything and retreat to the small town they own in Canada, perhaps?
White Lotus, meet Schitt’s Creek.
Keeps things open for them to lose everything and retreat to the small town they own in Canada, perhaps?
White Lotus, meet Schitt’s Creek.
April 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I enjoyed that the Ratliff family set sail without a clear plot resolution.
Keeps things open for them to lose everything and retreat to the small town they own in Canada, perhaps?
White Lotus, meet Schitt’s Creek.
Keeps things open for them to lose everything and retreat to the small town they own in Canada, perhaps?
White Lotus, meet Schitt’s Creek.
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Hear me out. An HBO mockumentary reality tv series called The Ratliffs that follows the disgraced North Carolina family on their road to redemption. #thewhitelotus
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hear me out. An HBO mockumentary reality tv series called The Ratliffs that follows the disgraced North Carolina family on their road to redemption. #thewhitelotus
When I look at this I think, “yup, severe MECFS is exactly where I am.”
March 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
When I look at this I think, “yup, severe MECFS is exactly where I am.”
Just popping in to remind you that your weird friend is still weird.
Just paid $24.99 to watch the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship on my personal television.
Hope you are also able to carpe diem your Saturday afternoon!
Just paid $24.99 to watch the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship on my personal television.
Hope you are also able to carpe diem your Saturday afternoon!
March 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just popping in to remind you that your weird friend is still weird.
Just paid $24.99 to watch the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship on my personal television.
Hope you are also able to carpe diem your Saturday afternoon!
Just paid $24.99 to watch the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship on my personal television.
Hope you are also able to carpe diem your Saturday afternoon!
I went outside at 3am to see the lunar eclipse so you didn’t have to.
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
March 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I went outside at 3am to see the lunar eclipse so you didn’t have to.
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
I went outside at 3am to see the lunar eclipse so you didn’t have to.
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I went outside at 3am to see the lunar eclipse so you didn’t have to.
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
The moon was normal sized and slightly red, but nothing extremely out of the ordinary. The streetlights were trying their best to outshine the moon and failed, but made a good effort.
Nature: 10/10
I love The Diplomat, but it surprises me how often they talk about clothing, choose clothing for each other, or change clothes in front of each other.
Those involved in diplomacy, when you get a minute, is this a thing? 😂
Those involved in diplomacy, when you get a minute, is this a thing? 😂
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I love The Diplomat, but it surprises me how often they talk about clothing, choose clothing for each other, or change clothes in front of each other.
Those involved in diplomacy, when you get a minute, is this a thing? 😂
Those involved in diplomacy, when you get a minute, is this a thing? 😂
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ok i admit it's important to keep your vitamins in a pill organizer that looks very different from the one you keep your dog's pills in, but at least i'm not getting worms this week
March 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
ok i admit it's important to keep your vitamins in a pill organizer that looks very different from the one you keep your dog's pills in, but at least i'm not getting worms this week
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Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
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I fight through my tears everyday to keep you updated on Social Security & dismantling of major health care programs.
I want you to know there are MILLIONS of grassroots people working on this. The judicial cases DO matter. We must live in hope NOT fear. As someone on SSDI, I get it. NEVER GIVE UP!
I want you to know there are MILLIONS of grassroots people working on this. The judicial cases DO matter. We must live in hope NOT fear. As someone on SSDI, I get it. NEVER GIVE UP!
March 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I fight through my tears everyday to keep you updated on Social Security & dismantling of major health care programs.
I want you to know there are MILLIONS of grassroots people working on this. The judicial cases DO matter. We must live in hope NOT fear. As someone on SSDI, I get it. NEVER GIVE UP!
I want you to know there are MILLIONS of grassroots people working on this. The judicial cases DO matter. We must live in hope NOT fear. As someone on SSDI, I get it. NEVER GIVE UP!
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I hope you are right about “no chance of passing.” You are the only one I would trust to say that BTW.
March 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I hope you are right about “no chance of passing.” You are the only one I would trust to say that BTW.
Disability sky:
What mobility devices do you use that benefit you?
What mobility devices do you use that benefit you?
March 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Disability sky:
What mobility devices do you use that benefit you?
What mobility devices do you use that benefit you?