Jenny Meagher Daniel Missailidis, PhD Dr Monique Ryan MP CC: NCNED Danielle Hitch Julie Hughes

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

So someone has helped themselves to some of the shopping I just got delivered. Not a porch pirate, as I took it in as soon as it arrived.... Woolworths

Closure of long COVID clinic leaves patients without tailored support and care – Croakey Health Media croakey.org/closure-of-lon…

Therapy helps but let’s be clear. You can’t CBT your way out of capitalism. You can’t mindfulness your way out of racism. You can’t self care your way out of oppression. You can’t journal your way out of ableism. This isn’t about coping, it’s about deconstructing the systems.

"A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood." —Chinese Proverb

ordering from the indian restaurant and I just burst out laughing

This was written by a child suffering with LC. It is powerful, moving and the saddest poem I’ve ever read.

Disability aids that most people don’t think about: Stair railings Chairs and stools Automatic can opener Glasses Voice activated things like Alexa and Siri Grabber tools Navigation like Google Maps Pop Sockets for phones Plastic straws Not every aid is a wheelchair

Please I’m begging you.

Presenteeism: the act of coming to work while sick. This isn’t a virtue. If you come to work ill, you are not a hero. You’re an assh*le.

How goods Australia Just crashed out #bathurst1000 and cracks a tin with the battlers 🍻

Our study is still open for participants, and we are particularly looking for people without Long COVID for our control group. Very interesting early results!!

Bansky Is always right

Dr. Sean Mullen Ping Andrew Hewat Danielle Hitch The Australian Colin Kinner Guardian Australia The King's Fund Queensland Health ACSQHC The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Why women are more likely to develop long COVID? This new preprint is fascinating - it’s the first to experimentally explain why women are more prone to long COVID, even though men more often end up hospitalized during acute infection🧵

What should we make of this data on life satisfaction of Australians from pre-C19 pandemic times across the continuing pandemic? From @Aihw 17th biennial report card. Living with C19 writ large! Professor Deborah Lupton @dalupton.bsky.social Danielle Hitch Andrew Hewat Colin Kinner Dr. Sean Mullen David Joffe MB BS (Hons), PhD, FRACP 🇦🇺

It’s a slow-moving spiral: first their health, then their grades, then their future. Those for whom Covid looms very present are feeling forgotten, subject to pervasive skepticism and a kind of cultural fatigue when it comes to their illness. 🔗 rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Isabel Kent Henderson (she/her) FamilyCaregivers Patients 4 Change Shibley Hayman Buwaneswaran Buwan ⭕️ Thanks for posting Isabel I & my family provide a range of supports to elderly neighbour. On recent acute 🏥 admission they wanted to say I was her carer 3 x 'no I'm her neighbour not her carer' To agree would have seen the box ticked & less 🏥 to 🏠 visits on discharge