CB Beal

The Macon Telegraph, US.
7th February 2021.

#longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #mecfs #mecfs

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.

It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

San Diego researchers followed 172 low-income long COVID patients using Fitbit data.

Those who stayed less active reported better sleep and improved social participation after 6 months compared to more active peers.

formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e77644

Characterization of Post-Viral Infection Behaviors Among Patients With Long COVID: Prospective, Observational, Longitudinal Cohort Analyses of Fitbit Data and Patient-Reported Outcomes Background: Long COVID encompasses a range of health problems that can be highly debilitating. While some research has relied on self-reported measures of symptoms and functioning, few studies have ch...

Slowly, MErtally slowly, even some researchers at the CDC are starting to see the light & benefits of P*A*C*I*N*G for people suffering from #ME/CFS and post COVID-19 triggered ME #LongCOVID #PEM
#StopRestPace #PacingPassItOn

Glad to join these incredible speakers to talk about #LongCOVID and what we’ve learned from reporting on it @thesicktimes.org! 😷🙏🏼

Image description: the above words superimposed on a photo of an old-fashioned alarm clock in the snow. Words read: Public invitation to reflect, share, and witness. 6 New Year's reflection questions. Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions. 6/Thursday evening/New Year's Day Imagine forward to this coming year, what would you like your theme song to be? Drop the title, singer, lyrics, or link here. A title completely made-up up by you may be in order and will be witnessed as well.

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Imagine forward to this coming year, what would you like your theme song to be?

Drop the title, singer, lyrics, or link here.
A title completely made-up up by you may be in order and will be witnessed as well.

this is an image of an old-fashioned alarm clock as if it is fallen into the snow, surrounded my twigs and dried leaves. Super imposed on the image of these words: 6 New Year's reflection questions. Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions. 5/Thursday morning/New Year's Day Reflect back on something challenging in your life this year that you did not share on social media. Without telling us what the challenge is, what message would you like to receive about this challenge? Everyone’s next move toward wholeness, justice, and liberation is their next move. It doesn’t have to be mine or yours. We bear witness, we throw confetti, we honor in good faith. Bear witness, no advice. (That said, trolls/bots will be blocked.)

5/Thursday morning/New Year's Day
Reflect back on something challenging in your life this year that you did not share on social media. Without telling us what the challenge is, what message would you like to receive about this challenge?

An image of an old fashioned alarm clock in the snow with twigs and branches poking about. Words overlaid read: 6 New Year's reflection questions. Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions. 4/Wednesday Evening/New Year's Eve Reflect back on the past year. What might your theme song have been? Everyone’s next move toward wholeness, justice, and liberation is their next move. It doesn’t have to be mine or yours. We bear witness, we throw confetti, we honor in good faith. Bear witness, no advice. (That said, trolls/bots will be blocked.)

6 New Year's reflection questions.
Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions.

4/Wednesday Evening/New Year's Eve
Reflect back on the past year. What might your theme song have been?

"What time is it on the clock of the world?"

~Grace Lee Boggs

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6 New Year's reflection questions. Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm.
Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions.

3/ What line of a poem, scripture, quote, or lyric has stuck with you much of the year?
If you’re willing, share it with us here.

Image description. An image of an old-fashioned alarm clock, fallen into the snow. With these words Public. 6 New Year's reflection questions. Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions. 2/Tuesday night, Dec. 30. In the last year, you resisted white supremacy, theocracy, homophobia, misogyny, transmisogyny, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, ableism, fat oppression, and other systems of oppression. Tell us one thing that has meaningfully changed in your life because of this. I’m not asking for what you did or how you resisted; that may not be for social media. I’m asking how you changed. Everyone’s next move toward wholeness, justice, and liberation is their next move. It doesn’t have to be mine or yours. We bear witness, we throw confetti, we honor in good faith. Bear witness, no advice. (That said, trolls/bots will be blocked.)

6 New Year's reflection questions.
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In the last year, you resisted all sorts of systems of oppression. Tell us one thing that has meaningfully changed in your life because of this.

I’m not asking what you did or how you resisted; that may not be for social media. I’m asking how you changed.

Me: At the lake, with coffee and sunrise. At the event defense, shoulder to shoulder. At my computer, experiencing generosity of others.

Infographic. Headline reads: “People from diverse religious traditions have come together in public support of trans, nonbinary, and intersex communities.” On the left, text reads “1,042,” with the caption “Signers as of December 8, 2025.” In the center is a dark blue silhouette map of the United States labeled “50 STATES + D.C.” with text noting support from every U.S. state and Washington, D.C. On the right is a globe icon with text reading: “International support, including signers from Canada.” Below, a section titled “30 Faiths Represented” lists examples including African Methodist Episcopal (AME), American Baptists, Buddhists, Catholic, Humanists, Lutherans, Methodists, Muslim, Nondenominational Christian, Reformed, Sufi, Swedenborgian, and more. Another section states: “34% of signers are clergy from across denominations.” At the bottom left is the text “UUA.org,” and at the bottom center is the UUA flaming chalice logo with the words “Unitarian Universalist Association.”

Faith communities are often portrayed as uniformly opposed to trans, intersex, & nonbinary people. The response to a recent landmark interfaith statement tells a different story — with 1,000+ people of faith and major religious leaders speaking out. Read more & add your voice: https://bit.ly/4qjrlNk

this is an image with words overlaid a top of photo of an old-fashioned alarm clock in the snow. It reads: 6 reflection questions over three days: Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological. No Resolutions. Number 1. This morning's invitation is to reflect on this question. Feel free to share below on this public post. 1) Where/how did you experience the sacred (however you define it) deeply this year? ~ Everyone’s next move toward wholeness, justice, and liberation is their next move. It doesn’t have to be mine or yours. We bear witness, we throw confetti, we honor in good faith. Bear witness, no advice. (That said, trolls/bots will be blocked.)

6 reflection questions over three days: Dec 30-Jan 1, am and pm. Personal, political, theological.
No Resolutions.

1) Where/how did you experience the sacred (however you define it) deeply this year?

The purpose of these posts is individual reflection and shared witness, not identical experience.

this is an image of a light skinned person in a tattoo parlor. They are wearing a Halyard N95 mask, a sleeveless T-shirt. Additionally, fake glasses and a Santa hat have been added to the image. There are three small tattoos on the upper right arm, one of which is reddened and has been just done.

#oneofthetwo maskers @jonstewart was mocking.
Me living my best life while protecting myself and my 2 elderly parents.
U really should apologize for acting like a 13 yr old in the lunch room mocking the science geeks and library nerds. Lots of us were those kids, and we're right.
😷

a man and a woman are sitting at a table and the man says nevermind . Alt: In an image from Saturday Night Live in the 1970's a man (Chevy Chase at the newsdeak) is looking at a woman (Emily Litella). They are both sitting at a table and the woman says, "nevermind". The backstory is that this character always goes on the fake television show with a rant against something outrageous, and then discovered that she misunderstood the premise and says, "never mind ."

::Takes off shirt. A mouse poop falls out onto clean bed::

Me: ah ah ah eewww ackgurgleflapflapflap ah ah

Then me: Oh. I had black rice for supper.

Emily Litella: Never mind.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Me: Omg the bed. Have they been in the bed? Ewwwww!! Ack!

::Takes bedding off the bed, rolls up sheets, shoves in a plastic bag, knots top, throws bag down stairs, uses all the hand sanitizer that is upstairs::

All. Of. It.

::Remakes bed::

OK, CB. Just go to sleep; deal with it tomorrow.

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::wipes off side table, Lysols the hell out of it::

::alternates between continuing to get ready for bed and spinning around looking for invaders::

Me: How have I not noticed?

::bends over the bed to turn on electric blanket switch then sees more::

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appears to be four mouse turds on the corner of a bedside table. In the background are stairs going down. Stacked along the stairs or piles of books.

Before the pandemic was the MOUSEDEMIC!

Christmas eve night, 2018.

CB/Me ::starts getting undressed for bed, notices mice droppings::

Me: Omg mice!
Also me: goddamnedsonofamouse WTH. This is so gross.

::takes picture for landlord,below::

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this is an image with the first sentence of the main post, as well as two emojis of a yellow person's head with a face mask on it. The image is on a green background, the color of old green Tupperware.

The people rolling back vaccine protections are the same people that told you it was safe to take off your masks.
😷 FOOL ME ONCE... 😷

PS They didn't actually fool me, but if their skilled disinformation fooled you, it's never too late to start masking again. Also ventilate and clean the air.
k, thx

Minimalist white poster with a subtle crumpled-paper texture; small ‘whn.global’ logo centered at the top. A small intro line sits above a huge headline where ‘COVID’ is bright red and ‘is different.’ is black. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. COVID is different. SARS-CoV-2 behaves differently from the viruses most of us grew up with. And treating it like “another flu” is costing people their health.’ Footer: The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.

Same white, paper-texture poster and top ‘whn.global’ logo. Large title reads ‘What makes COVID different?’ with ‘COVID’ in red, followed by a bulleted list. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. What makes COVID different? • It can breach the blood–brain barrier • It can damage your endothelial lining and increase clot risk • It can persist in tissues • It can lower key immune cells • It may increase cancer risk • You can catch it multiple times per year These are not “normal cold virus” behaviors.’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

Same clean white poster with paper texture; ‘whn.global’ at top. Big statement line mid-page where ‘Long COVID’ appears in red and the rest in black; two short paragraphs below. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Long COVID is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Persistent symptoms come from real, documented damage. Not anxiety, not imagination, not “just needing rest.” Hundreds of thousands of studies show SARS-CoV-2 affects the body in ways we’re still uncovering. Just because you’ve had multiple infections and “felt fine” doesn’t mean it will stay that way.’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

Same minimalist white, paper-texture layout with ‘whn.global’ at top. A large heading ‘Here’s what you can do.’ sits above a simple bullet list; the final URL slug ‘covid-is-different’ is in red. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Here’s what you can do. • Improve air quality (filters, ventilation) • Wear a high-filtration mask in shared indoor air • Test when exposed or symptomatic • Stay home when sick • Use layered protections with friends, family, and workplaces Read more at whn.global/covid-is-different’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Five stick figures with various hats and hairstyles stand and walk around. All are wearing varieties of face mask (surgical, KN94 and N95.) Most are looking at their phone screens — one is conversing with another who is telling him something from her phone. Square “thought bubbles” above the phone users indicate what’s on their phone screens: all have variations of charts with data rising exponentially.

I am mildly obsessed with how Covid shows up in pop culture. This single panel from a larger comic by @xkcd.com is so evocative!

Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...

Metformin started soon after #COVID19 infection linked to ~50% lower risk of long COVID or death at 6 months, echoing prior RCT signals.

Cheap, generic, worth a hard look.

#LongCOVID #EpiSky #MedSky #bsky

📃Scientific paper: Impact of Preexisting Rare Diseases on COVID-19 Severity, Reinfection, and Long COVID, and the Modifying Effects of Vaccination and Antiviral Therapy: A Retrospective Study from the N3C Data Enclave

Ref.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2025

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"just as it is the view of many reasonable people now. The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions—even when that is exactly what they have announced that they will do."

Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny.
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"and they clearly do not want to go down that road. When one acts as a European power, the whole atmosphere tends towards ethical reflection upon one’s better self and away from revisiting one’s earlier oppositional posture.'

Such was the view of many reasonable people in 1933,
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"newspapers]; they will not suddenly deprive German Jews of their constitutional rights, nor enclose them in ghettos, nor subject them to the jealous and murderous impulses of the mob. They cannot do this because a number of crucial factors hold powers in check…
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"example, a leading newspaper for German Jews published an editorial expressing this mislaid trust:
'We do not subscribe to the view that Mr. Hitler and his friends, now finally in possession of the power they have so long desired, will implement the proposals circulating in [Nazi
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Lesson 2: Defend Institutions.
"We tend to assume that institutions will automatically maintain themselves against even the most direct attacks. This was the very mistake that some German Jews made about Hitler and the Nazis after they had formed a government. On February 2, 1933, for
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