That's our family, especially after the kids watched an episode of Nature Cat on that topic. Let the leaves be!

🤝 This is what true public health partnership looks like- collaboration between organizations and the community to protect and inform the public.
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Four individuals stand together at the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project (C19LAP) booth inside a large convention hall. Behind them is a large banner that reads “LONGHAULER ADVOCACY PROJECT” with the organization’s logo and the website www.longhauler-advocacy.org, as well as an informational poster explaining the 2024 NASEM Long COVID Definition. Boxes of N95 masks and informational materials are on display at the booth. Everyone is smiling and wearing masks, showcasing a collaborative partnership between C19LAP and the DC Public Health Association.

A screenshot of an Instagram post by @dcpublichealthassociation thanking the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project (@longhauler_advocacy) for donating high-quality masks. The caption expresses gratitude for the contribution, notes that the masks will be used at all DCPHA events leading up to Long COVID Awareness Month in March, and highlights an upcoming joint webinar to educate the public about Long COVID. The post includes hashtags such as #DCPHA #PublicHealth #LongCOVID #MaskUpDC #HealthEquity #LongHauler #CommunitySafety #APHA2025.

The COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project is proud to have donated high-quality N95 masks to the DC Public Health Association (DCPHA)!

After learning more about #LongCOVID, DCPHA will be partnering with us to continue working to raise awareness leading up to Long COVID Awareness Day in March.
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Long COVID advocacy is more than lobbying Congress: Here are some ways to get involved - The Sick Times People with infection associated chronic conditions (IACCs) use a broad range of strategies to fight for awareness and better care.

The Sick Times: “Long COVID advocacy is more than lobbying Congress: Here are some ways to get involved”

By Chelsea Rudman

People with infection associated chronic conditions (IACCs) use a broad range of strategies to fight for awareness and better care

thesicktimes.org/2025/11/11/l...

Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…

Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛

Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits • Kansas Reflector The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as Con...

Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits | via @fischler.bsky.social #ksleg

Someone you know relies on SNAP. They just don't talk about it Two years before she went on public assistance, Joanna Rakoff had a best-selling novel that won literary awards. She presented like a middle class working mom. But in reality, she was struggling — wor...

"In America today, 42 million souls rely on SNAP benefits — some 1 in 8 U.S. residents... Poverty has a thousand faces. Your neighbor... The medical resident... Your barber, mailman, Amazon delivery person... your old friend, working furiously to keep up appearances."
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?

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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Nobody Ever Told Me That Menopause is Just a Point in Time Are We There Yet? My Perimenopause Journey

I waited for menopause…only to learn I had missed it. When my doctor mentioned something about postmenopausal symptoms, I did a double-take. Wait- what? And then it hit me…

By Jen Covich Bordenick

Students, competition judges, and organizer Armani Guerra pose behind a large yellow M in an event space at the University of Michigan. The four students hold up a check representing their top prize from the competition. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Business school competition centers Long COVID and IACCs. By Betsy Ladyzhets.”

“The fact that I could do something about it [by participating in the competition] gave me a sense of agency.” - Jane Kim, Member of the winning team who has been affected by Long COVID herself

Last Friday, students at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor participated in the first-ever case competition focused on #LongCOVID and infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs).

Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's reporting from the event: bit.ly/43VHy2f

Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?

ID 1: "Primary care doctor visit to diagnose Long COVID." A stock photo of a doctor looking smug surrounded by "normal lab results, no mask, anxiety diagnosis, shrug emoji pin, 'I don't even know what specialist I should send you to.'"

ID 6: "The CDC." A person in a haunted house costume surrounded by "Delta Airlines pumpkin, a rotating horror of pandemic denying directors, jump scare COVID data dashboards, measles, mumps, rubella as a little treat."

ID 5: "Group costume: which doctor will treat my Long COVID?" Seven Spider-Men in lab coats standing in a circle pointing at each other: PCP, cardiologist, OBGYN, neurologist, gastroenterologist, rheumatologist, dermatologist."

ID 3: "Ed Yong." Science reporter Ed Yong surrounded by "blue button-up floral shirt, a literal Pulitzer Prize, binoculars 4 birding, enormous camera with a bird on it."

Happy Halloween! We have a some last-minute #LongCOVID themed costume ideas for you! 👻

Douglas County food security advocates working on emergency plan for SNAP beneficiaries; here are some resources Food security advocates throughout Douglas County are discussing an emergency response plan if SNAP benefits don’t come in for November. Here are some resources, plus info on how to help.

Food security advocates throughout Douglas County are discussing an emergency response plan if SNAP benefits don’t come in for November. Here are some resources, plus info on how to help. lawrenceks.news/4op5hAb

Kansas food pantries sound the alarm as 188,000 people prepare to lose food stamps Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is joining Democrats from 24 other states in suing President Donald Trump's administration over the lapsed funding.

More than 188,000 Kansans will not receive SNAP benefits at the start of the month due to the shutdown.

"You know, COVID scared the heck out of us. And this is right up there with that level,” said Brian Walker of the Kansas Food Bank. (@kmuw.bsky.social)

City of Lawrence Community Building won’t be open for free play, exercise; rec centers won’t be open for severe weather respite The City of Lawrence's Community Building will no longer be available for free play and exercise starting in January, and rec centers will not be open for warming and cooling during extreme weather.

The City of Lawrence's Community Building will no longer be available for free play and exercise starting in January, and rec centers will not be open for warming and cooling during extreme weather. lawrenceks.news/4p2SMdJ

Congratulations on that recognition; it's well-deserved! I remember that piece very clearly. I cried through it. Thank you for it.
-Wife of a Longhauler

Kansas Gov. Kelly sues USDA for suspending SNAP benefits More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

NEW: More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

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Things the government clearly has enough money for: Argentina, gold ballrooms, private jets for Kristi Noem.

Things the gov't says it doesn't have money for: feeding hungry citizens (a good many who work for Trump's billionaire CEO friends who pay poverty wages)

When you open your eyes all your loose ends will be woven in Good fairy to Dorothy

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Great framing.

That’s $500 million lost per day

An MRI? Of what?

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Ooo, I forgot about that trick! I've used cross-stich patterns before as well, but it was more than a decade ago. Thanks for the reminder!