Shannon Williams
@smirkpretty.bsky.social
Life (such as it is) with #ME/CFS and Long COVID. #Disability justice. The pandemic is NOT over. Don't let them take your art, never abandon the beloved future. Eat the rich. Queer she/her
Read me at https://shannonelysewilliams.substack.com/
Read me at https://shannonelysewilliams.substack.com/
Neoliberal self-serving spineless dinosaurs. The entire old-guard Democratic establishment needs to burn to the ground.
March 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Neoliberal self-serving spineless dinosaurs. The entire old-guard Democratic establishment needs to burn to the ground.
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"When faced with two awful choices, pick the one that requires less courage."
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"When faced with two awful choices, pick the one that requires less courage."
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving crew.
They could have just voted for Harris and given the money to charity and taken the tax deduction 🤷♀️
March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving crew.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that DOGE is subject to government transparency laws, allowing the public to access government records—a legal defeat for the White House, which had designated DOGE as an office exempt from open records laws.
March 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that DOGE is subject to government transparency laws, allowing the public to access government records—a legal defeat for the White House, which had designated DOGE as an office exempt from open records laws.
Hard to believe 6 days old is "old news" but here we are. I just want to cheer on everyone in my circle who has cancelled WaPo subscriptions. Including my parents who have been getting daily Post delivery since 1979 (even the 7 years they lived in Vermont). www.npr.org/2025/02/28/n...
Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hard to believe 6 days old is "old news" but here we are. I just want to cheer on everyone in my circle who has cancelled WaPo subscriptions. Including my parents who have been getting daily Post delivery since 1979 (even the 7 years they lived in Vermont). www.npr.org/2025/02/28/n...
Encouraging to see a study that supports what so many afflicted know intuitively. Next challenge: getting our doctors to catch up to the research. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage to physical and mental wellbeing, study finds
A ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed...
www.eurekalert.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Encouraging to see a study that supports what so many afflicted know intuitively. Next challenge: getting our doctors to catch up to the research. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Color me shocked.
“Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.”
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Color me shocked.
Amen to this. We need each other. Our precious world needs us organized, which starts with connection.
February 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Amen to this. We need each other. Our precious world needs us organized, which starts with connection.
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Reposted by Shannon Williams
Elon Musk paid less for the United States government than he did for Twitter. Remarkable how low the bidding was.
February 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Elon Musk paid less for the United States government than he did for Twitter. Remarkable how low the bidding was.
WE are our leaders. No one else is stepping up anymore.
THIS!
Where are our leaders? Democrat & Republican? Elected & appointed? The ones from past administrations - why aren’t they standing up NOW??? They know & they need to do something!
#coup #democracy
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
Where are our leaders? Democrat & Republican? Elected & appointed? The ones from past administrations - why aren’t they standing up NOW??? They know & they need to do something!
#coup #democracy
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
Where Are Our Leaders
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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February 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
WE are our leaders. No one else is stepping up anymore.
Paying attention to Chronic Illness, Long COVID, and ME/CFS still matters, even now. Especially now. shannonelysewilliams.substack.com/p/focal-poin...
Focal Point: Notes on Getting a Grip
Which stories get told when so much is at stake?
shannonelysewilliams.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Paying attention to Chronic Illness, Long COVID, and ME/CFS still matters, even now. Especially now. shannonelysewilliams.substack.com/p/focal-poin...
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Is it just me, or is giving a shit about other people considered far left now?
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Is it just me, or is giving a shit about other people considered far left now?
It can't come fast enough.
First Opinion “NIH must address the twin crises of long Covid and ME/CFS — together
The RECOVER Initiative offers an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research” www.statnews.com/2025/02/04/r... W. Ian Lipkin & Elizabeth Ansell #LongCOVID #MECFS #IACCs #PAIS in @statnews.com
The RECOVER Initiative offers an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research” www.statnews.com/2025/02/04/r... W. Ian Lipkin & Elizabeth Ansell #LongCOVID #MECFS #IACCs #PAIS in @statnews.com
NIH must address the twin crises of long Covid and ME/CFS — together
NIH has an historic opportunity to transform post-viral illness research by bringing ME/CFS into its long Covid RECOVER Initiative.
www.statnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It can't come fast enough.
When you find yourself asking yet again, "But what can I do?"
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When you find yourself asking yet again, "But what can I do?"
One week into the new administration's tactic of coordinated chaos. Here is my take on some lessons that folks with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and other chronic illnesses can contribute to the work ahead. shannonewilliams.org/2025/01/27/c...
Chronic Resistance: Notes on Surviving the Horrors
Half the US reels from this first week of mayhem. A good portion of the rest of the world too. As always, Democratic party leaders are unwilling to make the radical changes necessary to produce a c…
shannonewilliams.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One week into the new administration's tactic of coordinated chaos. Here is my take on some lessons that folks with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and other chronic illnesses can contribute to the work ahead. shannonewilliams.org/2025/01/27/c...
A reminder to those of us in higher ed... also to all of us.
Read this urgent essay by AAUP urging academic institutions and faculty to resist “anticipatory obedience” to the Trump administration and to take proactive measures to protect faculty rights and institutional values: bit.ly/3E4a4EO
@wakeforest.bsky.social
@historians.org
#AAUP
@wakeforest.bsky.social
@historians.org
#AAUP
January 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A reminder to those of us in higher ed... also to all of us.
It's Appalachia in 1910. Why give a single thought to workers or the environment when there's all this delicious extractive wealth to devour? The amazing Dayvid Figler and @danielrothberg.bsky.social expose Musk's Boring Company shenanigans in Las Vegas lasvegas.citycast.fm/explainers/e...
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight - City Cast Las Vegas
Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Trump on slashing regulations and oversight, the Vegas Loop might be a harbinger for the country.
lasvegas.citycast.fm
January 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's Appalachia in 1910. Why give a single thought to workers or the environment when there's all this delicious extractive wealth to devour? The amazing Dayvid Figler and @danielrothberg.bsky.social expose Musk's Boring Company shenanigans in Las Vegas lasvegas.citycast.fm/explainers/e...
"Your bloodwork is fine. Everything is fine. Have you tried yoga?" www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
The Blackhole of ME/CFS Medical Care
My bloodwork never matches how I feel. Treatments don't work or make me worse. I am constantly dumping energy into seeking new treatments that likely won't work. This system has failed us...
www.whitneydafoe.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Your bloodwork is fine. Everything is fine. Have you tried yoga?" www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
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New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 🇯🇵
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.
@margaret.bsky.social @mcveysam.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.
@margaret.bsky.social @mcveysam.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
January 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 🇯🇵
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.
@margaret.bsky.social @mcveysam.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.
@margaret.bsky.social @mcveysam.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...