Carole Bruce
@cabruce.bsky.social
Previously a psychotherapist.
Bedridden #ME 32years
Daughter severe ME, eldest son MS.
I like art, nature, books, people, music, poetry and podcasts!
Bedridden #ME 32years
Daughter severe ME, eldest son MS.
I like art, nature, books, people, music, poetry and podcasts!
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Carole Bruce
@cabruce.bsky.social
· Nov 14
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
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This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Wise words in these turbulent times. Wise words for any time.
Rainer Maria Rilka. Austrian 1875-1926.
Rainer Maria Rilka. Austrian 1875-1926.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wise words in these turbulent times. Wise words for any time.
Rainer Maria Rilka. Austrian 1875-1926.
Rainer Maria Rilka. Austrian 1875-1926.
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After a number of requests I’ve made all of the TV clips on my YouTube channel public. They’re now searchable on and will appear on my homepage and in the videos tab.
youtube.com/@brokenbattery
youtube.com/@brokenbattery
Broken Battery
Severe ME patient currently on a 10% battery, the gas goes out more than I do. I also compile ME/CFS Awareness videos.
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
After a number of requests I’ve made all of the TV clips on my YouTube channel public. They’re now searchable on and will appear on my homepage and in the videos tab.
youtube.com/@brokenbattery
youtube.com/@brokenbattery
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1. The approach of mainstream Democrats is summed up in this astonishing February advice from the Democratic strategist James Carville:
“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
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“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
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Opinion | James Carville: It’s Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
1. The approach of mainstream Democrats is summed up in this astonishing February advice from the Democratic strategist James Carville:
“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
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“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
🧵
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📢 Exciting news!
Today, we are proud to launch the Overlapping Illness Alliance, a coalition of charities working to improve recognition, care and support for those living with complex, overlapping conditions.
Today, we are proud to launch the Overlapping Illness Alliance, a coalition of charities working to improve recognition, care and support for those living with complex, overlapping conditions.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 Exciting news!
Today, we are proud to launch the Overlapping Illness Alliance, a coalition of charities working to improve recognition, care and support for those living with complex, overlapping conditions.
Today, we are proud to launch the Overlapping Illness Alliance, a coalition of charities working to improve recognition, care and support for those living with complex, overlapping conditions.
Reposted by Carole Bruce
The Big Survey is now live!
It has been such a privilege to get to work on this with such a wonderful, inspiring team at @actionforme.bsky.social, including our brilliant Patient and Public Involvement Group, made up of people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid.
It has been such a privilege to get to work on this with such a wonderful, inspiring team at @actionforme.bsky.social, including our brilliant Patient and Public Involvement Group, made up of people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid.
Our 2025 Big Survey is now open! 🎉
For more information, our FAQs, and to take part, head to our web page: www.actionforme.org.uk/research-campaigns/our-research-work/big-survey/
Thank you for supporting our research💙
🤝in collaboration with
@durhamimh.bsky.social @kacheston.bsky.social
For more information, our FAQs, and to take part, head to our web page: www.actionforme.org.uk/research-campaigns/our-research-work/big-survey/
Thank you for supporting our research💙
🤝in collaboration with
@durhamimh.bsky.social @kacheston.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Big Survey is now live!
It has been such a privilege to get to work on this with such a wonderful, inspiring team at @actionforme.bsky.social, including our brilliant Patient and Public Involvement Group, made up of people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid.
It has been such a privilege to get to work on this with such a wonderful, inspiring team at @actionforme.bsky.social, including our brilliant Patient and Public Involvement Group, made up of people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid.
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
The fact that they belittle @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party surge just shows, I’m afraid, how out of touch mainstream politicians and media are with the longing for radical change and honesty that so many of us of all ages feel.
Labour grandee Harriet Harman has compared Zack Polanski to Nigel Farage, sparking a sarcastic reaction from the Green leader
Zack Polanski reacts as Labour grandee compares him to Nigel Farage
www.thenational.scot
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The fact that they belittle @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party surge just shows, I’m afraid, how out of touch mainstream politicians and media are with the longing for radical change and honesty that so many of us of all ages feel.
Interested in ME/CFS research?
Want to do a PhD with @aryback.bsky.social, @avakhamseh.bsky.social, @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social & @cgatist.bsky.social?
Then apply for a *funded* Future Medicine PhD Fellowship.
See: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact us to discuss before applying.
Want to do a PhD with @aryback.bsky.social, @avakhamseh.bsky.social, @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social & @cgatist.bsky.social?
Then apply for a *funded* Future Medicine PhD Fellowship.
See: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact us to discuss before applying.
Personalised blood-based biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) symptom severity at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Personalised blood-based biomarkers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) symptom severity at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So few researchers or medics of any kind have started from the lived experience of an individual #ME patient and seen the whole picture that is being presented. It may be unique and a very different and difficult way of working but it may be the only way forward.
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
So few researchers or medics of any kind have started from the lived experience of an individual #ME patient and seen the whole picture that is being presented. It may be unique and a very different and difficult way of working but it may be the only way forward.
This is the loveliest book. Cloth bound with words and drawings that are so healing. An antidote to so much of the horror of the world. 💛
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is the loveliest book. Cloth bound with words and drawings that are so healing. An antidote to so much of the horror of the world. 💛
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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Dr Clare Gerada has been appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and is now a baroness — I’ve put together a short thread about her involvement in #MECFS.
twitter-thread.com/t/1981309222...
twitter-thread.com/t/1981309222...
🧵Dr Clare Gerada has been appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and is now a Baroness. She is married to psychiatrist Sir Simon Wessely, the main architect of the now-discredited psycholog...
🧵Dr Clare Gerada has been appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and is now a Baroness. She is married to psychiatrist Sir Simon Wessely, the main architect of the now-discredited psycholog...
twitter-thread.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dr Clare Gerada has been appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and is now a baroness — I’ve put together a short thread about her involvement in #MECFS.
twitter-thread.com/t/1981309222...
twitter-thread.com/t/1981309222...
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Genuinely never realized why the pity response to disability is so uncomfortable, even frustrating, until I realized: it's because "ohhh how sad!" is about the listener.
"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."
It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing
"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."
It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Genuinely never realized why the pity response to disability is so uncomfortable, even frustrating, until I realized: it's because "ohhh how sad!" is about the listener.
"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."
It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing
"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."
It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing
Reposted by Carole Bruce
Delighted to welcome a Labour councillor defection to @greenparty.org.uk in Swindon!
"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."
swindonlink.com/news/greenco...
"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."
swindonlink.com/news/greenco...
Former Labour councillor becomes Swindon Borough Council's first Green
Swindon Area Green Party has announced its first Swindon Borough Councillor.
swindonlink.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Delighted to welcome a Labour councillor defection to @greenparty.org.uk in Swindon!
"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."
swindonlink.com/news/greenco...
"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."
swindonlink.com/news/greenco...
So many families, like ours, have been hugely enriched by the blending of people born far away with our own solidly English roots.
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So many families, like ours, have been hugely enriched by the blending of people born far away with our own solidly English roots.
And now so many #LongCovid patients, children included, meet the criteria for #ME from which the world moved on last century as we were handed over to the psychiatrists whose job was to stigmatise us. It worked!
“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy. It feels like the world has moved on.”
It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.
It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.
Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation
Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.
www.rollingstone.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
And now so many #LongCovid patients, children included, meet the criteria for #ME from which the world moved on last century as we were handed over to the psychiatrists whose job was to stigmatise us. It worked!
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More archiving.
This article by Kenneth Friedman compares the histories of ME/CFS and HIV/AIDS
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This article by Kenneth Friedman compares the histories of ME/CFS and HIV/AIDS
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Advances in ME/CFS: Past, Present, and Future
The forerunner of what is today termed myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) was described by the U.S. Public Health Service in 1934. At the present time, we still do not know it...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
More archiving.
This article by Kenneth Friedman compares the histories of ME/CFS and HIV/AIDS
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This article by Kenneth Friedman compares the histories of ME/CFS and HIV/AIDS
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#ME Installation in front of the Ministry of Research, Berlin.
Body bags depicting the unseen, imprisoned lives in the tiniest, darkest spaces in which ME patients live their half lives.
Also a memorial for those that have died from this appallingly neglected illness.
Body bags depicting the unseen, imprisoned lives in the tiniest, darkest spaces in which ME patients live their half lives.
Also a memorial for those that have died from this appallingly neglected illness.
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#ME Installation in front of the Ministry of Research, Berlin.
Body bags depicting the unseen, imprisoned lives in the tiniest, darkest spaces in which ME patients live their half lives.
Also a memorial for those that have died from this appallingly neglected illness.
Body bags depicting the unseen, imprisoned lives in the tiniest, darkest spaces in which ME patients live their half lives.
Also a memorial for those that have died from this appallingly neglected illness.
Reposted by Carole Bruce
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...