Simone
@phoenixme.bsky.social
Bed-bound activist with severe ME/CFS.
ME/CFS, chronic illness, #AusPol, #USPol, climate justice, social justice, crochet, cats, sci fi. Views expressed are my own.
If I had any spoons, I'd be dangerous.
Boonwurrung country, Australia
ME/CFS, chronic illness, #AusPol, #USPol, climate justice, social justice, crochet, cats, sci fi. Views expressed are my own.
If I had any spoons, I'd be dangerous.
Boonwurrung country, Australia
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Simone
@phoenixme.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Someone once suggested a new name for #mecfs:
Post-Exertional Neuro Immune Syndrome.
After all, it is a bit of a d**k.
Post-Exertional Neuro Immune Syndrome.
After all, it is a bit of a d**k.
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Extraordinary article from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. But I’m going to say this again, where are the Democrats saying that any illegal or forced annexation of Greenland will be reversed as soon as they take power. Why aren’t they making this clear www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Extraordinary article from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. But I’m going to say this again, where are the Democrats saying that any illegal or forced annexation of Greenland will be reversed as soon as they take power. Why aren’t they making this clear www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
I stand with @cathywilcox.bsky.social who, once again, has hit the nail on the head. Astonishing, but not surprising, that SMH has apologised for this cartoon. #AusPol
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I stand with @cathywilcox.bsky.social who, once again, has hit the nail on the head. Astonishing, but not surprising, that SMH has apologised for this cartoon. #AusPol
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
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"Australia is told [of] an unprecedented wave of antisemitism, a crisis requiring extraordinary measures, including a Royal Commission. But police data, court findings, and parliamentary evidence tell a very different story"
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
Antisemitism crisis. What is real and what is not - Michael West
Anthony Albanese has announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Attacks and antisemitism. Is Australia's antisemitism crisis exaggerated?
michaelwest.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
"Australia is told [of] an unprecedented wave of antisemitism, a crisis requiring extraordinary measures, including a Royal Commission. But police data, court findings, and parliamentary evidence tell a very different story"
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
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If the Royal Commission is to investigate issues of social cohesion it cannot ignore the implications of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and the role of all religious extremism. The RC must ensure the separation of church and state and not preference any religion or group.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
If the Royal Commission is to investigate issues of social cohesion it cannot ignore the implications of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and the role of all religious extremism. The RC must ensure the separation of church and state and not preference any religion or group.
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The bullies that went after first the Bendigo and now Adelaide writers festival for daring to include a Palestinian voice don't give a fuck that this will wreck the festival. They just want to make it clear they'll do this again and again, so you're best complying in advance.
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The bullies that went after first the Bendigo and now Adelaide writers festival for daring to include a Palestinian voice don't give a fuck that this will wreck the festival. They just want to make it clear they'll do this again and again, so you're best complying in advance.
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Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
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Remarkably, Alem Matthees, the Australian patient whose freedom of information request liberated the raw data from the PACE TRIAL, has reported some improvements in his condition: virology.ws/2026/01/02/t...
Trial By Error: My Unexpected E-Mail Exchange with Alem Matthees | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH In recent months, one of the most high-profile people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)—Australian Alem ...
virology.ws
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Remarkably, Alem Matthees, the Australian patient whose freedom of information request liberated the raw data from the PACE TRIAL, has reported some improvements in his condition: virology.ws/2026/01/02/t...
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If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
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If X represents pre-existing anti-Semitism. And Y represents any increase following Israel's genocide in Gaza; - The difference between X and Y is the anti-Semitism caused by Benjamin Netanyahu around the world.
No one demanding a RC wants this in the terms of reference.
No one demanding a RC wants this in the terms of reference.
January 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
If X represents pre-existing anti-Semitism. And Y represents any increase following Israel's genocide in Gaza; - The difference between X and Y is the anti-Semitism caused by Benjamin Netanyahu around the world.
No one demanding a RC wants this in the terms of reference.
No one demanding a RC wants this in the terms of reference.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
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Francesca Albanese explains the crime of genocide to Tucker Carlson by pointing not only to the German genocide of Jews, Romani, Sinti 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. but the genocides committed in eg Namibia, Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia as well as Canada, Australia and the USA. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Francesca Albanese explains the crime of genocide to Tucker Carlson by pointing not only to the German genocide of Jews, Romani, Sinti 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. but the genocides committed in eg Namibia, Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia as well as Canada, Australia and the USA. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
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Wording of the apology was good, backed by Treaty.
The fact in 2025 the opposition didn’t support this is shameful.
#springst #auspol
#alwayswasalwayswillbe
The fact in 2025 the opposition didn’t support this is shameful.
#springst #auspol
#alwayswasalwayswillbe
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Wording of the apology was good, backed by Treaty.
The fact in 2025 the opposition didn’t support this is shameful.
#springst #auspol
#alwayswasalwayswillbe
The fact in 2025 the opposition didn’t support this is shameful.
#springst #auspol
#alwayswasalwayswillbe
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'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.
thepoint.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”
Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”
Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
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“Disclosure without consequences. A smoke alarm without batteries - installed when the house is already ablaze”. Carmen Lawrence 👇 exposes the Faustian “trigger” PM Albanese proposes in his EPBC Act. Coal/gas: let ‘er rip.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Disclosure without consequences. A smoke alarm without batteries - installed when the house is already ablaze”. Carmen Lawrence 👇 exposes the Faustian “trigger” PM Albanese proposes in his EPBC Act. Coal/gas: let ‘er rip.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Some healthcare providers are still referring to #mecfs and #longcovid as psychological or "functional" despite considerable research to the contrary. Here, I review the latest findings and expert thinking, with potential for treatment: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Research Into ME/CFS Pathology Points to Possible Treatments
With greater understanding of the complex pathomechanisms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers aim to target treatments.
www.medscape.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Some healthcare providers are still referring to #mecfs and #longcovid as psychological or "functional" despite considerable research to the contrary. Here, I review the latest findings and expert thinking, with potential for treatment: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Gift horse.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Gift horse.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Remember during oral argument on the presidential immunity case when conservative justices scoffed at and mocked the hypothetical that a president with immunity could just start killing whoever he wanted and there was nothing that could be done if he has immunity?
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Remember during oral argument on the presidential immunity case when conservative justices scoffed at and mocked the hypothetical that a president with immunity could just start killing whoever he wanted and there was nothing that could be done if he has immunity?
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This announcement leaves so many unanswered questions:
- Why is Brereton still a Major-General in the ADF?
- What happens to all the defence referrals he has been working on, and making decisions on, until now?
- Why is he paid over $800k a year not to work on defence referrals?
- Why is Brereton still a Major-General in the ADF?
- What happens to all the defence referrals he has been working on, and making decisions on, until now?
- Why is he paid over $800k a year not to work on defence referrals?
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This announcement leaves so many unanswered questions:
- Why is Brereton still a Major-General in the ADF?
- What happens to all the defence referrals he has been working on, and making decisions on, until now?
- Why is he paid over $800k a year not to work on defence referrals?
- Why is Brereton still a Major-General in the ADF?
- What happens to all the defence referrals he has been working on, and making decisions on, until now?
- Why is he paid over $800k a year not to work on defence referrals?
If you missed Emerge Australia’s Action Forum at Parliament House today, you can read the thread below. #mecfs #longCOVID
Welcome to Emerge Australia’s #mecfs and #longCOVID Action Forum event in Parliament House, Canberra, today. Our event, “From stigma to science: educating for change” is live streamed. You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We will be live posting on this thread. 🧵
We will be live posting on this thread. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
If you missed Emerge Australia’s Action Forum at Parliament House today, you can read the thread below. #mecfs #longCOVID
The USA has a President who is breaking laws, abusing human rights and behaving like a King. He got lost three times walking around a room in Japan. Surely Sarah Ferguson could find more pertinent questions to ask Kamala Harris about than Joe Biden’s competence as President. #abc730
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The USA has a President who is breaking laws, abusing human rights and behaving like a King. He got lost three times walking around a room in Japan. Surely Sarah Ferguson could find more pertinent questions to ask Kamala Harris about than Joe Biden’s competence as President. #abc730