Karen C-M
@karencampbellmoore.bsky.social
Spend most of my free time on books and word puzzles & games
Chronically ill, disabled from long COVID
Work in tech, background in business and econ
Chronically ill, disabled from long COVID
Work in tech, background in business and econ
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yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
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Going back to Summers' talk about how women don't want to work hard and don't have high end aptitude, we could ask:
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Going back to Summers' talk about how women don't want to work hard and don't have high end aptitude, we could ask:
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
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A lot of the scammers/romance scammers who create fake profiles to win people's trust to ask them from money, or for nudes to extort them for money, or who hack into people's accounts & take them over are human trafficked people who were looking for tech work & kidnapped. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has pledged to close scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A lot of the scammers/romance scammers who create fake profiles to win people's trust to ask them from money, or for nudes to extort them for money, or who hack into people's accounts & take them over are human trafficked people who were looking for tech work & kidnapped. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Great work from Rachel Fairbank on the winding story of metformin for #LongCOVID at @thesicktimes.org.
Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
#MedSky
Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
#MedSky
Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick Times
Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.
thesicktimes.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Great work from Rachel Fairbank on the winding story of metformin for #LongCOVID at @thesicktimes.org.
Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
#MedSky
Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
#MedSky
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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“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 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“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.
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For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessible—and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The human costs of Trump's war on government
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessible—and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It’s hard to travel as a person with a disability.
If you’re an ambulatory wheelchair user, you’re judged, sneered at and treated with disdain.
Often your wheelchair ends up damaged.
The wheelchair passenger protection rule was a huge win for disabled people. Of course they’re taking it away
If you’re an ambulatory wheelchair user, you’re judged, sneered at and treated with disdain.
Often your wheelchair ends up damaged.
The wheelchair passenger protection rule was a huge win for disabled people. Of course they’re taking it away
USDOT will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule reut.rs/4pMMWy0
USDOT will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday that it will not enforce key provisions of a Biden administration rule issued in December requiring new consumer protections for disabled passengers using wheelchairs.
reut.rs
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It’s hard to travel as a person with a disability.
If you’re an ambulatory wheelchair user, you’re judged, sneered at and treated with disdain.
Often your wheelchair ends up damaged.
The wheelchair passenger protection rule was a huge win for disabled people. Of course they’re taking it away
If you’re an ambulatory wheelchair user, you’re judged, sneered at and treated with disdain.
Often your wheelchair ends up damaged.
The wheelchair passenger protection rule was a huge win for disabled people. Of course they’re taking it away
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EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
reactormag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
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Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does).
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does).
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
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It’s up to the discretion of RFK Jr to define what ”medically frail” is when it comes to potential Medicaid work requirement exemptions—which may play a huge role in deciding which chronically ill and disabled people could qualify. My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. is getting personal authority over who to kick off of Medicaid
“It's just a way of cutting people off of coverage and then blaming them for it.”
www.motherjones.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s up to the discretion of RFK Jr to define what ”medically frail” is when it comes to potential Medicaid work requirement exemptions—which may play a huge role in deciding which chronically ill and disabled people could qualify. My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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BOOK REC REQUEST!
Does anyone have any good middle grade book suggestions with characters who use mobility aids? I have a student who is a voracious reader and I would love to get some books for my classroom library that represent her ❤️
Does anyone have any good middle grade book suggestions with characters who use mobility aids? I have a student who is a voracious reader and I would love to get some books for my classroom library that represent her ❤️
August 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
BOOK REC REQUEST!
Does anyone have any good middle grade book suggestions with characters who use mobility aids? I have a student who is a voracious reader and I would love to get some books for my classroom library that represent her ❤️
Does anyone have any good middle grade book suggestions with characters who use mobility aids? I have a student who is a voracious reader and I would love to get some books for my classroom library that represent her ❤️
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I am going to be a massive humorless asshole about woo-woo shit, no matter how seemingly harmless, for the rest of my life due to this. astrology, homeopathic medicine, etc etc it's all bullshit and it's not fucking harmless. there are people who will die due to this who would have otherwise lived.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I am going to be a massive humorless asshole about woo-woo shit, no matter how seemingly harmless, for the rest of my life due to this. astrology, homeopathic medicine, etc etc it's all bullshit and it's not fucking harmless. there are people who will die due to this who would have otherwise lived.
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He doesn’t want to “reduce chronic illnesses,” he wants to reduce people with chronic illnesses
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault
These attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people
www.medpagetoday.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
He doesn’t want to “reduce chronic illnesses,” he wants to reduce people with chronic illnesses
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For the last day of Disability Pride Month, here's my angry story about accessibility.
Come for the punny superhero lols, stay for the much-needed catharsis at the end.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Come for the punny superhero lols, stay for the much-needed catharsis at the end.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For the last day of Disability Pride Month, here's my angry story about accessibility.
Come for the punny superhero lols, stay for the much-needed catharsis at the end.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Come for the punny superhero lols, stay for the much-needed catharsis at the end.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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There is no “After Covid”
The problem with the phrase "causes of death other than COVID" is that, according to these studies, long-COVID and related complications are causes of death other than COVID.
Life Expectancy in California Has Not Rebounded After Covid
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There is no “After Covid”
People enthusiastically sharing their interests is genuinely my favorite type of content
July 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
People enthusiastically sharing their interests is genuinely my favorite type of content
Small good news
Update: This rule is being delayed for at least 60 more days due to all the feedback that was received. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
July 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Small good news
My June reads were straight bangers, so I want to shout out the authors for #booksky
Talia Hibbert writes realistic disability rep and a swoonworthy MMC in a romance that is equal parts sweet and spicy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Talia Hibbert writes realistic disability rep and a swoonworthy MMC in a romance that is equal parts sweet and spicy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My June reads were straight bangers, so I want to shout out the authors for #booksky
Talia Hibbert writes realistic disability rep and a swoonworthy MMC in a romance that is equal parts sweet and spicy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Talia Hibbert writes realistic disability rep and a swoonworthy MMC in a romance that is equal parts sweet and spicy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Also, unlike many chronic illnesses, POTS has objective diagnostic criteria. Dude is acting like these kids are getting diagnosed on vibes; that’s not how it works. You get diagnosed on evidence of postural tachycardia—it’s in the name!
POTS is not a social contagion.
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism
July 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Also, unlike many chronic illnesses, POTS has objective diagnostic criteria. Dude is acting like these kids are getting diagnosed on vibes; that’s not how it works. You get diagnosed on evidence of postural tachycardia—it’s in the name!
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POTS is not a social contagion.
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism
July 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
POTS is not a social contagion.
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism
It’s a devastating chronic illness that is often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
The increase in cases is an inevitable consequence of letting covid spread unchecked for years.
Mocking patients for using accessibility devices is wrong. This is hardcore ableism