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Alan Rankin

@grandadalan.bsky.social

Struggling to be average one day at a time. Sometimes I just sit and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

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Palestine Will Be Free (@palestinewillbefree) DO NOT LOOK AWAY Utterly horrific scenes from the latest massacre committed by the Jewish supremacists against civilians while they were trying to get drinking water on Al-Thalathini Street in Gaza C...

Why are journalists barred from Gaza?

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02.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

About 40 countries,out of 166, use mail-in ballots as part of their national elections.

18.08.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rumoured that Keir Starmer bringing another letter from King Charles, apologies he will not personally be able to host DJT state visit because of health concerns, but Prince Andrew will.

18.08.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A narcissist wants the authority of a King while having the accountability of a toddler.

21.02.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
YouTube video by SciShow Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse

@laylamoran.bsky.social A concise explainer about exercise and ME/CFS and Long Covid:

youtu.be/wxSwYUennBA?...

21.02.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจNEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.

REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

21.02.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40758    ๐Ÿ” 23823    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1950    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1243
Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
YouTube video by SciShow Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse

A concise ME/CFS and exercise explainer:

youtu.be/wxSwYUennBA?...

21.02.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who is more wise, in your opinion?

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18.01.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi Pete Hegseth, fancy a hug?

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17.01.2025 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Police SHUT DOWN BBC Gaza Protest - But New Revelations Will Shock You w/. Ben Jamal
YouTube video by Owen Jones Police SHUT DOWN BBC Gaza Protest - But New Revelations Will Shock You w/. Ben Jamal

From across the pond:

youtu.be/VWCVfpdTwDg?...

16.01.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Choroid plexus volume is enlarged in long COVID and associated with cognitive and brain changes - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Choroid plexus volume is enlarged in long COVID and associated with cognitive and brain changes

๐Ÿง  Daily Feed of Brain Damage ๐Ÿง 

From @harryspoelstra.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.01.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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15.01.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sadly, we all know the answers to these questions ๐Ÿซค๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

14.01.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21859    ๐Ÿ” 6111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 736    ๐Ÿ“Œ 312

Thinking about the possibility of Zionists agreeing to, or keeping any ceasefire/peace agreement is as depressing as thinking a Chief Justice will refuse to uphold swearing in someone disqualified by 14th amendment section 3.

15.01.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The future is not what it used to be. The expectations of many will disappear. How will the
โ€˜poorly educatedโ€™, the poorly prepared, and the selfish react to materialised reality?

14.01.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alan Rankin Are you feeling harassed? If so, why?

Are you feeling harassed? If so why?

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09.01.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Need hope for so many aspects of the future. Taking a brief look back with help from Ilan Pappe and โ€˜A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.โ€™

06.01.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Living with ME Nine people with ME reveal their unremitting struggles as they negotiate life with their illness, including their battles to be believed, diagnosed and supported.

My first post here, so I thought I'd make it about 2 things that have shaped my life #MECFS & #photography. For the past 3 years I've been photographing other people who also have ME, & I was delighted when @wellcomecollection.bsky.social published a selection
wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...

04.01.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I share the feeling. I order and buy from my local bookshop. I appreciate the service provided and the human friendship.

04.01.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For everyone with #ME however mild or severe, for those that have died and those who care for people with ME. Also for the scientists who are working to solve the puzzle of the illness and the medical staff who care about us.

To 2025 ๐Ÿ™ Happy New Year.

01.01.2025 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
London Police SHUT Down Pro-Palestinian Carol Service Organised By Jews, Christians and Muslims
YouTube video by Owen Jones London Police SHUT Down Pro-Palestinian Carol Service Organised By Jews, Christians and Muslims

A Christmas story from London 2024

youtu.be/6gGowhg5LJs?...

31.12.2024 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More than โ€œBrain Fogโ€: Cognitive Dysfunction and the Role... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal e activity is considered when working with people with long COVID, particularly when identifying triggers of post exertional symptom exacerbation. There are many potential mechanisms that could be dri...

This team also highlights the similarities in symptoms and level of disability with those living with other chronic conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome #ME #LongCovid
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...

31.12.2024 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Epstein-Barr virus hijacks B cell metabolism to establish persistent infection and drive pathogenesis
@TrendsImmuno Opinion @Bojana_MD @HessLab
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Waggoner Lab @LabWaggoner Follow Epstein-Barr virus hijacks B cell metabolism to establish persistent infection and drive pathogenesis @TrendsImmuno Opinion @Bojana_MD @HessLab cell.com/trends/immunol...

Humans:

โ€œWe should exercise our immune muscles by catching viruses.โ€

Viruses:

28.12.2024 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 362    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

โ€ฆand it was written โ€˜the love of money is the root of all evilโ€™

29.12.2024 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didnโ€™t want to neglect serendipity. What if we are looking for something which is broken and itโ€™s not broken but working better than it should?

28.12.2024 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When focussing on the jigsaw pieces, perhaps it helps to keep in mind the big picture.

28.12.2024 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is focussing on everything the same as not focussing on anything? What to focus on and why a necessary step to progress. (IMHO)

27.12.2024 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Needs to be watched, and implications understood, before Sunday 29th
www.youtube.com/live/lUASY40...

27.12.2024 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What happens next depends on what happened before. Feeling hopeless precedes feeling hopeful. (I hope so)

26.12.2024 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Millions of men, women and children all over the world are desperate for a treatment or cure for a disease that has robbed them of their lives. Please support the work of the Open Medicine Foundation (www.omf.ngo) as they search for the cause and a cure.

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #mecfs

21.12.2024 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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