https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/12/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-treatments-social-services

me and my M.E. comrades have been waiting decades for a top quality journalist to publish such a thoughtful, authoritative, impeccably researched, game-changing article about our condition. 

i am especially enjoying the beautiful paradox contained within this story: how perfect that it was a consequence of the unhinged actions – actions which result from mistaken beliefs regarding long covid – of one of the medical professionals who have worked so hard to keep this information concerning M.E. out of the public domain, which finally brought it into the light.

so thanks are due to psychiatrist professor michael sharpe for so generously sharing his magical thinking about long covid. and most of all thanks to you george monbiot. thank you so much.

happily, we can now enjoy blackbird song again.

more problematically, groups of mostly, but not exclusively, white human males will return to their habit of congregating in pub gardens for the purpose of carrying out mirthless and exhausting studies into which among them can laugh loudest for longest. we all recognise their familiar call, more shout-shriek than laugh; mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah.

scientists haven’t yet fully understood the cause of this disturbing behaviour, and thus far no solution has been found. if any amateur naturalists out there have any suggestions, please leave a comment and include the hashtag #inheaven’snamepleasemakeitstop.