Cate
@midcatecrisis.bsky.social
Chronically ill, autistic, demi/greyace
(mostly in bed, mostly homebound)
ME/CFS and probable LC
😷😷😷
Interests: climate, COVID, disability justice, parenting
Ltd cog energy, don't tend to follow back.
Toronto, Canada
She/her/they
(mostly in bed, mostly homebound)
ME/CFS and probable LC
😷😷😷
Interests: climate, COVID, disability justice, parenting
Ltd cog energy, don't tend to follow back.
Toronto, Canada
She/her/they
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Cate
@midcatecrisis.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Reintroduction of me:
- kind of a mess
- parent of middle grade kids (10&12yrs)
- have myalgic encephalomyelitis probably triggered by COVID before community spread was recognized, mostly housebound and only a few hours out of bed a day
- still a climate person in my heart but no energy to activism
- kind of a mess
- parent of middle grade kids (10&12yrs)
- have myalgic encephalomyelitis probably triggered by COVID before community spread was recognized, mostly housebound and only a few hours out of bed a day
- still a climate person in my heart but no energy to activism
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"Hey, all you people who feel strong enough moral scrupulosity pressure that you don't want to support Elon anymore - come here instead!"
That was straight up the choice they made to advertise. This is the userbase they very specifically pandered to.
That was straight up the choice they made to advertise. This is the userbase they very specifically pandered to.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Hey, all you people who feel strong enough moral scrupulosity pressure that you don't want to support Elon anymore - come here instead!"
That was straight up the choice they made to advertise. This is the userbase they very specifically pandered to.
That was straight up the choice they made to advertise. This is the userbase they very specifically pandered to.
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Every delay is a life saved.
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every delay is a life saved.
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500 enrollees in *less than two weeks*! So many clinical trials would take months, or even years, to enroll this number of people.
This is what happens when you plan a trial that meets participants where they are, is not overly onerous, and tests something people think is worth trying.
This is what happens when you plan a trial that meets participants where they are, is not overly onerous, and tests something people think is worth trying.
Our randomized, placebo-controlled trial of tirzepatide (Zepbound) for #LongCovid has already enrolled 500 participants of 1000 planned in less than 2 weeks!
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
500 enrollees in *less than two weeks*! So many clinical trials would take months, or even years, to enroll this number of people.
This is what happens when you plan a trial that meets participants where they are, is not overly onerous, and tests something people think is worth trying.
This is what happens when you plan a trial that meets participants where they are, is not overly onerous, and tests something people think is worth trying.
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The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
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“Does it really matter when you sleep?”
That’s what my husband asked me.
He’d seen me struggle with insomnia our whole marriage, but #MECFS upped the ante.
Fractured, unrefreshing sleep night after night.
“Maybe you should stop fighting it.”
1/
That’s what my husband asked me.
He’d seen me struggle with insomnia our whole marriage, but #MECFS upped the ante.
Fractured, unrefreshing sleep night after night.
“Maybe you should stop fighting it.”
1/
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Does it really matter when you sleep?”
That’s what my husband asked me.
He’d seen me struggle with insomnia our whole marriage, but #MECFS upped the ante.
Fractured, unrefreshing sleep night after night.
“Maybe you should stop fighting it.”
1/
That’s what my husband asked me.
He’d seen me struggle with insomnia our whole marriage, but #MECFS upped the ante.
Fractured, unrefreshing sleep night after night.
“Maybe you should stop fighting it.”
1/
This is absolutely sickening. I couldn’t even believe what I was reading. Dancing on the graves of disabled activists because they asked you not to kill them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is absolutely sickening. I couldn’t even believe what I was reading. Dancing on the graves of disabled activists because they asked you not to kill them.
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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May Leslie and Alice rest in peace. Thinking of their loved ones. They each clearly meant so much to so many people 🩷 I didn’t know them well but both were super encouraging about the podcast and that meant a lot to me. We will keep fighting for the future they were fighting for
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
May Leslie and Alice rest in peace. Thinking of their loved ones. They each clearly meant so much to so many people 🩷 I didn’t know them well but both were super encouraging about the podcast and that meant a lot to me. We will keep fighting for the future they were fighting for
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Alice Wong. i could literally teach an entire semester of philosophy of technology & disability through a lens of just her. You should all go spend time with her work. Her essays, podcasts, TV appearances, books, all of it; it is all so good.
Good night Alice. Rest in power, pending justice & peace
Good night Alice. Rest in power, pending justice & peace
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November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Alice Wong. i could literally teach an entire semester of philosophy of technology & disability through a lens of just her. You should all go spend time with her work. Her essays, podcasts, TV appearances, books, all of it; it is all so good.
Good night Alice. Rest in power, pending justice & peace
Good night Alice. Rest in power, pending justice & peace
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A giant. Every disabled person has benefited from her work, even if they don’t realize it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A giant. Every disabled person has benefited from her work, even if they don’t realize it.
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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Oh, man. She gave us so much. May her legacy thrive.
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Oh, man. She gave us so much. May her legacy thrive.
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Alice Wong was such a kind, genuine, & brilliant person who gave so very much of herself not just to the disability community, but to the world we are in together.
I learned so much from her.
She was a bright light in a dark world, & she will always shine.
May her memory forever be a blessing.
I learned so much from her.
She was a bright light in a dark world, & she will always shine.
May her memory forever be a blessing.
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Alice Wong was such a kind, genuine, & brilliant person who gave so very much of herself not just to the disability community, but to the world we are in together.
I learned so much from her.
She was a bright light in a dark world, & she will always shine.
May her memory forever be a blessing.
I learned so much from her.
She was a bright light in a dark world, & she will always shine.
May her memory forever be a blessing.
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how to say “fuck them kids” in a single image
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
how to say “fuck them kids” in a single image
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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Using asbestos as a metaphor for the current industry-driven AI push is genius.
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Using asbestos as a metaphor for the current industry-driven AI push is genius.
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more to the point: "this doesn't do anything" / "this is performative (derogatory)" is a criticism of land acknowledgements I find compelling from people actively engaged in reparations projects and pretty much no else
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
more to the point: "this doesn't do anything" / "this is performative (derogatory)" is a criticism of land acknowledgements I find compelling from people actively engaged in reparations projects and pretty much no else
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My most woke opinion is that not only does everyone deserves a comfortable place to live, good nutritious food to eat, quality healthcare, and a good education, but that we can afford to give everyone this. I will die on this hill.
And I do mean everyone, not just the people who "deserve" it.
And I do mean everyone, not just the people who "deserve" it.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My most woke opinion is that not only does everyone deserves a comfortable place to live, good nutritious food to eat, quality healthcare, and a good education, but that we can afford to give everyone this. I will die on this hill.
And I do mean everyone, not just the people who "deserve" it.
And I do mean everyone, not just the people who "deserve" it.
My most niche/least mainstream woke opinion is that the way we handle the diapering and “potty training” of infants and toddlers ends up reinforcing ableism around the diapering and toileting needs of adults.
Diapers are not “for babies” and you don’t need to tell your kids that at any point.
Diapers are not “for babies” and you don’t need to tell your kids that at any point.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My most niche/least mainstream woke opinion is that the way we handle the diapering and “potty training” of infants and toddlers ends up reinforcing ableism around the diapering and toileting needs of adults.
Diapers are not “for babies” and you don’t need to tell your kids that at any point.
Diapers are not “for babies” and you don’t need to tell your kids that at any point.
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.
We're still a long way off from a full understanding of what #viruses do to the human body.
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
Getting mono is no longer the laughing matter that it used to be treated as when I was in highschool.
#disability #healthcare #lupus
SciAm: ''Mono' Virus May Also Cause Lupus'
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
'Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus'
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I want a vaccine for Epstein-Barr.
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Only obliquely related but I thought of you when I saw this earlier. We might need an org that explicitly frames IACCs as a women’s health issue.
Btwn things like this and govt women’s health efforts, I think we’re likely leaving a lot of $ on the table (relative to the nothing we currently get.)
Btwn things like this and govt women’s health efforts, I think we’re likely leaving a lot of $ on the table (relative to the nothing we currently get.)
More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a y…
financialpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Only obliquely related but I thought of you when I saw this earlier. We might need an org that explicitly frames IACCs as a women’s health issue.
Btwn things like this and govt women’s health efforts, I think we’re likely leaving a lot of $ on the table (relative to the nothing we currently get.)
Btwn things like this and govt women’s health efforts, I think we’re likely leaving a lot of $ on the table (relative to the nothing we currently get.)