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your friendly neighborhood soft butch // @thesicktimes.org engagement editor // http://theheatherhogan.substack.com // #LongCOVID

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Literally no one is doing what Frankie is doing, and it’s more important than ever. Give them a sub if you’re into sports and social justice!

11.03.2026 22:56 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

🧡🧡🧡

11.03.2026 20:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Bombing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script Israel has long targeted sport facilities and athletes in Gaza. Now with US help, it’s doing the same thing in Iran.

ESPN isn't covering the bombing of one the most famous stadiums on earth so.... my latest piece @thenation.com "The Razing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

11.03.2026 15:37 👍 274 🔁 143 💬 2 📌 7
Black text on a teal background reads: The Sick Times
SHARE YOUR ACTIONS!
We're putting together an article and podcast episode summarizing advocacy and awareness efforts for Long
COVID Awareness Day and
Month 2026.
Please share our form with advocates organizing events and actions! Advocates, please fill this out after your event/action!
For questions or to share additional information and/or media that doesn't fit in the form, reach out to us at editors@thesicktimes.org.

Black text on a teal background reads: The Sick Times SHARE YOUR ACTIONS! We're putting together an article and podcast episode summarizing advocacy and awareness efforts for Long COVID Awareness Day and Month 2026. Please share our form with advocates organizing events and actions! Advocates, please fill this out after your event/action! For questions or to share additional information and/or media that doesn't fit in the form, reach out to us at editors@thesicktimes.org.

We're putting together an article summarizing advocacy and awareness efforts for #LongCOVID Awareness Day and Month 2026. Please share this form with advocates organizing events and actions! bit.ly/4sxqtpg

11.03.2026 14:15 👍 35 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 1
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The Greatest Feeling in the World Seven months with an electric bike.

“When I got home, I sat on the floor, wearing my helmet, and sobbed until I was hoarse with the overwhelm of my joy. I’d just ridden a bike for an hour! A bike! For an hour!”

The “greatest feeling in the world” after Long COVID. E-bikes and accessibility, via @heatherhogan.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

10.03.2026 17:06 👍 267 🔁 56 💬 7 📌 13

To anyone who says “e-bikers are lazy and ruining cycling” you merely laugh and tell them to fuck off.

It’s like someone telling you you’ve ruined their hotdog because you put something they didn’t like on yours.

10.03.2026 17:07 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

E-bikes are amazing!

10.03.2026 19:13 👍 31 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

I went birding at my favorite local spot for the first time since 2019 because of my scooter and there was so much joy. This post explains it well

10.03.2026 17:11 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

🧡🧡🧡

10.03.2026 18:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

just fyi, the page gets a little blurry toward the end. you might wanna check your formatting. 🥹

10.03.2026 17:12 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you!

10.03.2026 18:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Best thing you’ll read all day.
“‘It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.’”

10.03.2026 17:37 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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The Greatest Feeling in the World Seven months with an electric bike.

I see the "e-bikers are lazy and ruining cycling" discourse has arrived with the warm weather, and so let me just share this thing I wrote about how getting an e-bike after I got #LongCOVID gave me back one of the most joyful parts of my life that I thought was lost to me forever. bit.ly/48ohIH5

10.03.2026 16:38 👍 169 🔁 31 💬 9 📌 5

Springtime sun: *shines*

Me: Holy crap I’m an alive human being???

10.03.2026 01:04 👍 47 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

09.03.2026 19:24 👍 11282 🔁 2529 💬 308 📌 125

😂

09.03.2026 21:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Heard a man growl “LOOKIE!“ at a woman in the grocery store. I whipped around to tell him what for and actually he was an animatronic Cookie Monster promo robot. COOKIE, he said. COOKIE.

09.03.2026 20:33 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

“The body keeps the score.” - me realizing I can play Classic Nintendo games on my Switch and beating original Mario in 25 minutes on one life

09.03.2026 01:47 👍 28 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

08.03.2026 23:25 👍 5428 🔁 936 💬 61 📌 0

all-time jingle!

08.03.2026 00:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your 2026 Winter Paralympics Primer The Paralympics are the most mind-blowing sporting event on earth. Let's tune in and saying WOW and WHAT and HOW for the next two weeks!

IT IS TIME FOR THE WINTER PARALYMPICS!!!!

The Paralympics are the most consistently mind-blowing sporting event on the calendar. I promise you simply reading about how various Paralympic events work will make you say WHAT?!? or HOW?!?!? out loud at least once

06.03.2026 18:09 👍 371 🔁 121 💬 5 📌 8

🥰🥰🥰

07.03.2026 01:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would your ten-year-old self be proud of you?

I am sitting on the couch, next to my wife, with a cat in my lap, playing Mario on a little screen, watching nonstop women’s basketball on a big screen, Bagel Bites in the oven. My ten-year-old self would think I’m a god.

07.03.2026 00:42 👍 75 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 4
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When a nation loses care & concern for children, a nation becomes irredeemable.

Small men wage endless wars because they are looking to profit, while it costs innocent lives.

We will not tolerate Trump's callous disregard for human life. The war in Iran must come to an end NOW.

06.03.2026 03:09 👍 302 🔁 67 💬 12 📌 2
A grey and white tabby cat lying upside down in his mom’s lap

A grey and white tabby cat lying upside down in his mom’s lap

Socks’ second oncology appointment went great today! He has lost NO weight and now we just gotta make sure his blood ingredients remain correct after all the radioactivity, before he starts round three of chemo. Thank you for all your kindness to him and to us!

05.03.2026 18:35 👍 56 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A bunch of delivery drivers pulled their scooters up to an intersection at the same time from different directions and they all started doing little honks at each other like a gaggle of geese!

04.03.2026 22:40 👍 33 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
An illustration from Long COVID Transformed My Mommy shows two kids in bed with their mother. She wraps them both up in a hug.

An illustration from Long COVID Transformed My Mommy shows two kids in bed with their mother. She wraps them both up in a hug.

An illustration from Long COVID Transformed My Sister Into a Turtle shows a turtle wearing sunglasses and headphones. The text reads, "My mommy is like a turtle that doesn't want to come out of her shell. She avoids loud noises and bright lights. She prefers cozy, quiet places."

An illustration from Long COVID Transformed My Sister Into a Turtle shows a turtle wearing sunglasses and headphones. The text reads, "My mommy is like a turtle that doesn't want to come out of her shell. She avoids loud noises and bright lights. She prefers cozy, quiet places."

We haven’t seen many narratives about — or for — kids whose family members have #LongCOVID. Author and educator Sara Robitaille seeks to change that with her two new children’s books, Long COVID Transformed My Mommy and Long COVID Transformed My Sister into a Turtle. bit.ly/4csWXfE

04.03.2026 19:10 👍 111 🔁 47 💬 6 📌 3

Can I get an AI to turn off the AI ads please? Now that's something that would save me real time

04.03.2026 17:57 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

EXACTLY!

04.03.2026 18:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I DON'T NEED AN "AI ASSISTANT" TO READ A FREAKING PDF FOR ME, ADOBE, GET OFF OF MY SCREEN!!!!!!!

04.03.2026 17:52 👍 34 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0