Louise

selkies.bsky.social

04 July 2026 19:02

Me, having learned who Pico Lopes is four weeks ago: There's our fella, the pride of Ireland, winner of the world cup, crown prince of Crumlin, isn't he a testament to Judy and to Carlos as well of course

Richard M. Nixon

dicknixon.bsky.social

04 July 2026 18:54

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

Conor Browne

brownecfm.bsky.social

04 July 2026 18:54

3. Ableism: 'Long Covid only affects people with a certain psychological profile'. FALSE. Underpinning this toxic combination of denial and ableism is fear. If you can't look at the reality of Long Covid head-on, it's because on a deep level that reality terrifies you. /end

Conor Browne

brownecfm.bsky.social

04 July 2026 18:54

2. This is, of course, dangerous nonsense. However, one must ask why certain people and institutions feel the need to advance these erroneous and harmful ideas. The answer is a combination of denial and ableism. Denial: 'Covid was overplayed and is no longer a threat'. FALSE.

Conor Browne

brownecfm.bsky.social

04 July 2026 18:54

1. Remember that any attempt to paint Long Covid as psychogenic in nature deliberately and completely incorrectly biologically decouples SARS-CoV-2 infection from Long Covid. In essence, this rhetoric shifts the causative factor for LC from the virus to the patient's mind.