ruthmachen.bsky.social
Geographer researching environmental knowledge politics, science-policy and theorising values. Lecturer at Newcastle APL. Learning how to exist in academia with long Covid.
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@ruthmachen.bsky.socialThanks so much everyone for a massive response. I've now had as many emails as I can cope with, so no more please - thank you. They paint a really grim and heatbreaking picture. The neglect and abuse of patients goes on and on. I hope to try to do the issue justice. #ME/CFS
Show PostIntending to write another column about the treatment of #ME/CFS patients this week, pegged to new research findings on the biological basis. My question for sufferers: Are any of you still being offered inappropriate (psych/GET etc) "treatments"? Please email george at monbiot dot info. Thanks.
Show PostTrying to describe what it’s like working inside British universities at the moment is very hard. One small vignette: not a single week of my teaching this semester looks the same as any other. We have virtually no courses/modules that are taught by
Show PostSpoke to NPR about why the "AI agents going rogue" narrative misses the actual threats AI is posing: environmental, military, social, etc. Also: why the "look how powerful the AI is" plays into the hands of the AI companies benefiting from presenting AI in that way. www.npr.org/2026/09/13/n...
Show PostLast week, Long Covid Support became Long Covid UK. Same charity. Same mission. New look. Head to our brand new website to have a look around! www.longcovid.org #LongCovidUK #Rebrand
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