Andy Radde-Gallwitz
@argphd.bsky.social
Disabled Prof. Long Covid, ME/CFS: my new Muses. He/him.
Songs written: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zmhm5
“Until we are sick, we understand not.” (Keats)
“By reason of my infirmities, I am, . . . like a plant, always held to the same place." (St. Basil)
Songs written: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zmhm5
“Until we are sick, we understand not.” (Keats)
“By reason of my infirmities, I am, . . . like a plant, always held to the same place." (St. Basil)
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Andy Radde-Gallwitz
@argphd.bsky.social
· Apr 17
I post on:
1. Research & advocacy on Long Covid and ME/CFS, cursed conditions in need of treatment and of greater public awareness.
2. Things related to my (former) career of research & teaching in the history of theology, philosophy, and literature.
3. Poetry & jokes
4. Politics
1. Research & advocacy on Long Covid and ME/CFS, cursed conditions in need of treatment and of greater public awareness.
2. Things related to my (former) career of research & teaching in the history of theology, philosophy, and literature.
3. Poetry & jokes
4. Politics
In my nap today I was talking to Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore so now I’m listening to Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. This is called “living the dream.”
September 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
In my nap today I was talking to Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore so now I’m listening to Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. This is called “living the dream.”
I wrote this fragment back in January on how chronic illness messes with one’s sense of self. Decided to share it on this day when I feel like shouting into the void. Hope it speaks to you.
andrewraddegallwitz.substack.com/p/illness-an...
andrewraddegallwitz.substack.com/p/illness-an...
Illness and irony
A fragment on chronic illness from a writer with Long Covid and ME/CFS
andrewraddegallwitz.substack.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I wrote this fragment back in January on how chronic illness messes with one’s sense of self. Decided to share it on this day when I feel like shouting into the void. Hope it speaks to you.
andrewraddegallwitz.substack.com/p/illness-an...
andrewraddegallwitz.substack.com/p/illness-an...
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers.
We should just publicly fund political campaigns
Everyone gets $500
That’s it
Everyone gets $500
That’s it
September 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers.
A few anti-carpe-diem lines from me as this day dwindles in the EST Zone:
Handful
Day arrives to spill through fingers.
Day arrives to slip through hands.
Day seized is day imagined
Morning fragment caught
In thought — already gone.
Handful
Day arrives to spill through fingers.
Day arrives to slip through hands.
Day seized is day imagined
Morning fragment caught
In thought — already gone.
September 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
A few anti-carpe-diem lines from me as this day dwindles in the EST Zone:
Handful
Day arrives to spill through fingers.
Day arrives to slip through hands.
Day seized is day imagined
Morning fragment caught
In thought — already gone.
Handful
Day arrives to spill through fingers.
Day arrives to slip through hands.
Day seized is day imagined
Morning fragment caught
In thought — already gone.
Wissenschart: the very serious academic science of potty humor
September 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Wissenschart: the very serious academic science of potty humor
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
Novel drug bezisterim may help improve fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and neurological symptoms in people with Long COVID, according to preliminary clinical trial results that the treatment’s developer, BioVie, shared this morning.
thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/b...
thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/b...
September 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Novel drug bezisterim may help improve fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and neurological symptoms in people with Long COVID, according to preliminary clinical trial results that the treatment’s developer, BioVie, shared this morning.
thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/b...
thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/b...
The last sentence. I’m really no expert on prison abolition, but I’m sure that “deserve” is the most devilish word in our language, and when combined with “criminal,” it chases all possible thinking out far into the wilderness.
People (correctly) recognize that what going on in immigration enforcement and punishment is unjust torture of actual people that don't deserve it.
People don't realize that prisoners face the same things and that they DO NOT deserve it.
Adding the "criminal" label automatically removes empathy
People don't realize that prisoners face the same things and that they DO NOT deserve it.
Adding the "criminal" label automatically removes empathy
September 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The last sentence. I’m really no expert on prison abolition, but I’m sure that “deserve” is the most devilish word in our language, and when combined with “criminal,” it chases all possible thinking out far into the wilderness.
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
Over at the newsletter I wrote about the completely insane last few weeks of AI doomsday rhetoric and media coverage
AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control
The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function.
karlbode.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Over at the newsletter I wrote about the completely insane last few weeks of AI doomsday rhetoric and media coverage
This morning I wrote down in my journal what I’m grateful for, and I have felt happier. I hate it when stupid shit like that works.
September 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This morning I wrote down in my journal what I’m grateful for, and I have felt happier. I hate it when stupid shit like that works.
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
Learn about Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), a condition common in ME/CFS and long COVID, causing symptoms to worsen after minor activity. Join our free course to understand more. zurl.co/4IRf7 💡
September 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Learn about Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), a condition common in ME/CFS and long COVID, causing symptoms to worsen after minor activity. Join our free course to understand more. zurl.co/4IRf7 💡
The 70s: a decade of disco and dobro
September 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The 70s: a decade of disco and dobro
They’re singing their slavemaster song
September 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They’re singing their slavemaster song
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
(I'm going to trust that all of you are smart enough to know that I know that this was not the worst thing that happened to anyone on sept 11, anyway here's a perfect song)
Bob Dylan - Mississippi (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
(I'm going to trust that all of you are smart enough to know that I know that this was not the worst thing that happened to anyone on sept 11, anyway here's a perfect song)
Why are the Talbots holding the dog’s tongue?
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Why are the Talbots holding the dog’s tongue?
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
This was a balm for my spirit. I desperately want this all to be public knowledge, especially among doctors & journos…the history of pseudoscience grifters in the ME space, their ties to disability insurers, & how the same bad actors are now profiting off Long Covid patients
#GreatestMEdicalScandal
#GreatestMEdicalScandal
The podcast Conspirituality discusses #LongCovid #ME/CFS, the pseudoscientific alternative treatment Lightning Process, the FALCON trial, the PACE trial, and more in their latest episode titled "Long Covid Profiteers".
www.conspirituality.net
www.conspirituality.net
Conspirituality
www.conspirituality.net
September 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This was a balm for my spirit. I desperately want this all to be public knowledge, especially among doctors & journos…the history of pseudoscience grifters in the ME space, their ties to disability insurers, & how the same bad actors are now profiting off Long Covid patients
#GreatestMEdicalScandal
#GreatestMEdicalScandal
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
Time for a long COVID update. We look at new Boston Children's Hospital research on viral reactivation, and how Canadian insurance money is funding Long COVID neuro-bollocks while Medicare is being choked by Carney.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/326-long-covid-update
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/326-long-covid-update
325: Long COVID Profiteers — Conspirituality
Conspiracy theorists have decided Novak Djokovic has long COVID — despite no evidence — because he's become an anti-vax icon courted by RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz. So we thought it was high time for a long CO...
www.conspirituality.net
September 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Time for a long COVID update. We look at new Boston Children's Hospital research on viral reactivation, and how Canadian insurance money is funding Long COVID neuro-bollocks while Medicare is being choked by Carney.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/326-long-covid-update
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/326-long-covid-update
Because we can’t reduce the two descriptions — the mental or spiritual and the physical — we have a conceptual and linguistic dualism, but this doesn’t require a corresponding ontological dualism.
September 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Because we can’t reduce the two descriptions — the mental or spiritual and the physical — we have a conceptual and linguistic dualism, but this doesn’t require a corresponding ontological dualism.
Look, I didn’t do a whole PhD in religion so I could lie around and not Do Threads.
The mental is not to be identified with the spiritual; it is the spiritual account of reality; and the physical is the causal/explanatory account of reality, which science models using mathematics, itself
The mental is not to be identified with the spiritual; it is the spiritual account of reality; and the physical is the causal/explanatory account of reality, which science models using mathematics, itself
Extremely impt point. I reject the notion that some mental states are physical, others spiritual not only on experiential grounds but also theological grounds. Yes 🧵 👇
( I've eventually accepted that *genuinely* many/most clinicians view neuropsych symptoms as originating from a spiritual source by any other name. It makes no sense to me, but I have too much evidence to dismiss this how most think about and frame it. No shade on the presenters at all!)
September 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Look, I didn’t do a whole PhD in religion so I could lie around and not Do Threads.
The mental is not to be identified with the spiritual; it is the spiritual account of reality; and the physical is the causal/explanatory account of reality, which science models using mathematics, itself
The mental is not to be identified with the spiritual; it is the spiritual account of reality; and the physical is the causal/explanatory account of reality, which science models using mathematics, itself
Extremely impt point. I reject the notion that some mental states are physical, others spiritual not only on experiential grounds but also theological grounds. Yes 🧵 👇
( I've eventually accepted that *genuinely* many/most clinicians view neuropsych symptoms as originating from a spiritual source by any other name. It makes no sense to me, but I have too much evidence to dismiss this how most think about and frame it. No shade on the presenters at all!)
September 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Extremely impt point. I reject the notion that some mental states are physical, others spiritual not only on experiential grounds but also theological grounds. Yes 🧵 👇
School bus drivers are the true pedagogues.
September 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
School bus drivers are the true pedagogues.
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
This Thursday 9/10, join us for a talk with @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social on their new book "End Times Fascism & the Fight for the Living World"!
September 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
The legal battle to access the raw data that disproved the PACE trial was an enormous victory for ME patients. It showed that exercise & CBT are NOT legitimate treatments for ME & it led to harmful medical guidelines in the US, the UK, & around the world being overturned. #GreatestMEdicalScandal
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The legal battle to access the raw data that disproved the PACE trial was an enormous victory for ME patients. It showed that exercise & CBT are NOT legitimate treatments for ME & it led to harmful medical guidelines in the US, the UK, & around the world being overturned. #GreatestMEdicalScandal
American political discourse desperately needs the category of the petty bourgeois.
September 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
American political discourse desperately needs the category of the petty bourgeois.
The mystical trope of losing one’s personality and individuality in absorption into the One is perversely realized in promotion through bureaucratic corporate and university ranks.
(I’m not claiming this is an original idea).
(I’m not claiming this is an original idea).
September 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The mystical trope of losing one’s personality and individuality in absorption into the One is perversely realized in promotion through bureaucratic corporate and university ranks.
(I’m not claiming this is an original idea).
(I’m not claiming this is an original idea).
Reposted by Andy Radde-Gallwitz
I'm featured alongside colleagues from UCSF in this overview of Long COVID research and reasons for hope for the future:
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...
There's an audio version on apple news (behind a paywall unfortunately):
apple.news/AxJhSAYZ3Sze...
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...
There's an audio version on apple news (behind a paywall unfortunately):
apple.news/AxJhSAYZ3Sze...
![Julia (a white woman with a mostly brown [some gray] hair in a pixie cut wearing a teal short sleeved shirt, jeans, and glasses) sitting in her wheelchair reaching for raspberries, her mother (a white woman with short gray hair wearing white glassses and a white blouse with yellow flowers on it) stands nearby with a container of blueberries. They are in a (very brightly lit for photography purposes) wood paneled kitchen with white countertops.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3ufy6o6m3fpqtoeug3o2hhyf/bafkreif7efpyc7ipyttn2hfovndnbksvydmdhoaewqv5cjzzm4p4mdf2ce)
September 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I'm featured alongside colleagues from UCSF in this overview of Long COVID research and reasons for hope for the future:
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...
There's an audio version on apple news (behind a paywall unfortunately):
apple.news/AxJhSAYZ3Sze...
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...
There's an audio version on apple news (behind a paywall unfortunately):
apple.news/AxJhSAYZ3Sze...