Alejandro MartinezMar 4
John Siracusa

Dianna Cowern (aka Physics Girl on YouTube, and possibly @dianna) has been fighting COVID-induced ME/CFS since 2022. She just posted her first video in three years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m3AMRlYfc

You can learn more about her battle and amazing comeback here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeIeIcDHD0

My first science video in 3 years

YouTube
Mar 3 at 5:30pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJohn SiracusaMar 3
Sorry for the…typo? Something? I pre-wrote the earlier toot in BBEdit and then copy/pasted it! I did the same on Bluesky, with minor edits, and there was no weirdness there! (I didn’t edit the part that had weirdness.) Weird…ness.
Show threadDavid AnsonMar 3
@siracusa Finally outsourced your writing to AI, huh? :) Mostly kidding about that, though, it was nice to hear you take a more reasoned stance about blindly trusting the output of LLM’s on the recent ATP.
Show threadJoseph LamoreeMar 3

@siracusa Probably...

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Neutrinos.

Show threadJonathanMar 3
@siracusa please tell me this document is called toots.txt
Show threadJohn SiracusaMar 3
@rawrdimus Untitled <some big number>, of course.
Show threadJoseph DuffyMar 3
@siracusa ShevqeIeIcDHD0d? That's a heck of typo 😆
Show threadMike TaffetMar 3
@josephduffy @siracusa thank you for preserving this very important historical event.
Show threadMike TaffetMar 3
@siracusa @dianna fingers got a little excited when typing “uploaded” there.
Show threadMachielMar 3
@siracusa So glad she is back and doing better!
Show threadLeon CowleMar 3
@siracusa @dianna Soooooooo excited to see a new 'Physics Girl' video. I mean, for the content, sure, but even more so for seeing her making one! Fantastic news. Thanks for sharing, John.
Show threadBen MunsonMar 3
@siracusa @dianna my wife has been suffering from ME/CFS for the past seven years, as well as a constellation of other chronic illnesses. It is no joke.
Show threadBernd KilgaMar 3

@siracusa Thanks for sharing. It's important that others learn about this.

Soon it will be 4 years since I was diagnosed with ME/CFS. It's hard to describe how extreme this condition is. The hurdles are very individual, but the brutal crashes are identical for most of my fellow sufferers. I don't see a real way out, but it is possible to adapt to a certain extent and live a life. At least for me.

Thank you also for your podcast work, it gives me more stability than you can imagine.

Show threadBrian VastagMar 3
@siracusa @dianna Good to see...there is a trajectory with ME/CFS that is fairly common (although far from universal) where partial recoveries spontaneously occur after a few years. Some people can and do experience remissions too. Hoping for the best for her.
Show threadGabriel Adrian SamfiraMar 3

@siracusa @dianna

<3

I am so glad she is well enough to create new content!

Show threadtylercheungMar 3
@siracusa @dianna apparently Ian Goodfellow as well, of Google/Apple AI/ML fame. Its def a rough disease
Show threadoscarfalconMar 3

@siracusa @dianna

Glad she's back!

Show threadan actual busMar 4
@siracusa @dianna YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO this is the best news I've seen lately, granted the bar is not high but dang I'm glad she's doing better 😁
Show threadgerry3Mar 4
@siracusa wow, i was literally just wondering how she was doing earlier today
Show threadJanne OjaniemiMar 4
@siracusa @dianna this makes me incredibly happy. Had to do a double-take when I saw the video in my feed.
Show threadJeffrey M FosterMar 4
@dianna @siracusa THANK YOU for sharing this. My wife has been going through the same thing for around the same timeframe and it’s been tough, people don’t always accept it or acknowledge it.