Henry Anderson
@macanders.bsky.social
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I was forced to do absolutely nothing because of very severe #MECFS for 9 years, but at least now I can read and write a little. People with ME/CFS have their boundaries tested constantly just trying to live and we naturally do more when we are able to. Activity phobia in ME/CFS is BPS folklore.
September 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I was forced to do absolutely nothing because of very severe #MECFS for 9 years, but at least now I can read and write a little. People with ME/CFS have their boundaries tested constantly just trying to live and we naturally do more when we are able to. Activity phobia in ME/CFS is BPS folklore.
“I may not have amazing victories, but I can amaze you with defeats that I came out of alive.”
-Anton Chekhov.
-Anton Chekhov.
September 14, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“I may not have amazing victories, but I can amaze you with defeats that I came out of alive.”
-Anton Chekhov.
-Anton Chekhov.
Wilderness, Ivan Shishkin, 1881
September 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Wilderness, Ivan Shishkin, 1881
The Battlefield at Marathon, 1849, Carl Rottmann. Oil on canvas.
September 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The Battlefield at Marathon, 1849, Carl Rottmann. Oil on canvas.
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He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
August 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
"Dusk", Carl Moll, 1900, Oil on canvas.
August 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
"Dusk", Carl Moll, 1900, Oil on canvas.
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As a full time carer for someone with very severe ME, I am starting to feel that indifference is the real killer.
Today @thesicktimes.org: Nearly one year after the U.K. published its final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis, it's failed to actually improve conditions for people with ME, argues @nickbenton.bsky.social. thesicktimes.org/2026/06/19/t...
The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up. - The Sick Times
No ring-fenced research funding. No care pathway for the very severe. Hospitalized patients still at risk of malnutrition. What has the delivery plan really changed for people with myalgic encephalomy...
thesicktimes.org
June 22, 2026 at 6:55 AM
As a full time carer for someone with very severe ME, I am starting to feel that indifference is the real killer.
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As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again.
Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again.
Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The deepest wound of severe M.E is not simply the loss of bodily capacity, but the loss of a shared world in which that loss can be intelligently spoken.
August 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The deepest wound of severe M.E is not simply the loss of bodily capacity, but the loss of a shared world in which that loss can be intelligently spoken.
“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.”
-Franz Kafka.
-Franz Kafka.
July 24, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.”
-Franz Kafka.
-Franz Kafka.
Frederick Judd Waugh, Looking West, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1896, Watercolour
July 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Frederick Judd Waugh, Looking West, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1896, Watercolour
Lubber Fiend - a beneficent goblin supposed to perform chores etc. round the house or farm at night.
June 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Lubber Fiend - a beneficent goblin supposed to perform chores etc. round the house or farm at night.
Along the way to the Coldrum Long Barrow built six thousand summers ago.
June 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Along the way to the Coldrum Long Barrow built six thousand summers ago.
“I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.”
Venerable Bede, whose day this is.
Venerable Bede, whose day this is.
May 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.”
Venerable Bede, whose day this is.
Venerable Bede, whose day this is.
The robots are nearly here -“Figure 03 is a robot designed for household tasks such as laundry, cleaning, and dishwashing.”
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
Introducing Figure 03
Introducing Figure 03
www.figure.ai
May 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The robots are nearly here -“Figure 03 is a robot designed for household tasks such as laundry, cleaning, and dishwashing.”
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
www.figure.ai/news/introdu...
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The most severely ill people with ME have nowhere to go, no treatment, no ward, no NHS service. They are dying and they need help. They need a specialised service to be commissioned now!
May 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The most severely ill people with ME have nowhere to go, no treatment, no ward, no NHS service. They are dying and they need help. They need a specialised service to be commissioned now!
Remembering Terry Pratchett and his gifted storytelling - satirical, humorous and profound, born on this day 1948 and gone too soon.
- “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
- “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
April 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remembering Terry Pratchett and his gifted storytelling - satirical, humorous and profound, born on this day 1948 and gone too soon.
- “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
- “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
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There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.
April 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.
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In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song...
Some to go further north to Hudson's Bay,
Some that have come too far north back away...
- Robert Frost
To any one place cover us with song...
Some to go further north to Hudson's Bay,
Some that have come too far north back away...
- Robert Frost
March 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song...
Some to go further north to Hudson's Bay,
Some that have come too far north back away...
- Robert Frost
To any one place cover us with song...
Some to go further north to Hudson's Bay,
Some that have come too far north back away...
- Robert Frost
“With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair also increases: the more consciousness, the more intense the despair.”
-Søren Kierkegaard
-Søren Kierkegaard
March 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
“With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair also increases: the more consciousness, the more intense the despair.”
-Søren Kierkegaard
-Søren Kierkegaard