Tympanic & Frisketty
@luckyerica3.bsky.social
Yorkshire based, printmaker at West Yorks Print Works, tarot nerd, mad person and carer, passionate about disability rights, BSL and mad/crip/MMIND culture.
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I continue to mask in public and a certain kind of belligerent old man continues to push up right into my personal space at checkouts/ in queues/ in the atreet bc mask = beacon for arseholery.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People urged to wear masks when they are ill as UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of flu
NHS Providers boss says those who are ‘coughing and sneezing’ should wear face coverings on public transport
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I continue to mask in public and a certain kind of belligerent old man continues to push up right into my personal space at checkouts/ in queues/ in the atreet bc mask = beacon for arseholery.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This Saturday @tombenjamintarot.bsky.social is running a bones/charms/assemblage casting workshop 2pm EST, pay as you feel. Learn how to do this (you don't need any kit) from an experienced, kind, no bullshit diviner.
www.tombenjamintarot.com/gettinrsquo-...
www.tombenjamintarot.com/gettinrsquo-...
GETTIN’ BONED
ATTENTION! I HAD TO CHANGE THE DATE FROM 12/6 TO 12/13! FYI! The workshop is open to anyone of any skill level. It is a participatory, learn-as-you-go experience. The workshop is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN...
www.tombenjamintarot.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This Saturday @tombenjamintarot.bsky.social is running a bones/charms/assemblage casting workshop 2pm EST, pay as you feel. Learn how to do this (you don't need any kit) from an experienced, kind, no bullshit diviner.
www.tombenjamintarot.com/gettinrsquo-...
www.tombenjamintarot.com/gettinrsquo-...
Now our sessions have finished, I am happy to share my testimonial about working in supervision from with Sage M Stephanou, the Radical Queer Therapist. If you are looking for a supervisor, I highly recommend them.
www.instagram.com/sagemstephan...
www.instagram.com/sagemstephan...
Sage M Stephanou on Instagram: "The work that I do as a supervisor and educator remains mostly private because of the nature of the work...and because I still have more internal work to do around "sel...
38 likes, 13 comments - sagemstephanou on December 3, 2025: "The work that I do as a supervisor and educator remains mostly private because of the nature of the work...and because I still have more in...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Now our sessions have finished, I am happy to share my testimonial about working in supervision from with Sage M Stephanou, the Radical Queer Therapist. If you are looking for a supervisor, I highly recommend them.
www.instagram.com/sagemstephan...
www.instagram.com/sagemstephan...
Listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social Behind the Bastards series on 'The Men who might have killed us all' , a history of nuclear bombs with @margaret.bsky.social like....
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social Behind the Bastards series on 'The Men who might have killed us all' , a history of nuclear bombs with @margaret.bsky.social like....
The more I look at my chine collé etching, the more pleased I am with it. Did you know birds bones are connected to their breathing via pneumatization, where air sacs fit into bone hollows to allow for more oxygenation? The struts make their bones strong too.
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The more I look at my chine collé etching, the more pleased I am with it. Did you know birds bones are connected to their breathing via pneumatization, where air sacs fit into bone hollows to allow for more oxygenation? The struts make their bones strong too.
THIS! I know so many people who have sought help and been turned away, and are using AI as am imperfect aid to help support them where a human service used to. And they admit that they'd prefer a decent human response over a bot.
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
THIS! I know so many people who have sought help and been turned away, and are using AI as am imperfect aid to help support them where a human service used to. And they admit that they'd prefer a decent human response over a bot.
Getting a bit agitated at the memory of walking Phantom down to the vets knowing I'd come home alone but I have been doing my deep breathing, looking at a picture of him and reminding myself I'm safe, no one is hurting now, this is a memory.
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Getting a bit agitated at the memory of walking Phantom down to the vets knowing I'd come home alone but I have been doing my deep breathing, looking at a picture of him and reminding myself I'm safe, no one is hurting now, this is a memory.
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"The problem is structural; it is already embedded in the training models, diagnostic frameworks, and the cultural assumptions regarding emotions and their visibility."
Ruthina on the 'slow, subtle moments that show how care is not equally received'.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-healing...
Ruthina on the 'slow, subtle moments that show how care is not equally received'.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-healing...
When healing isn’t equal: racial bias and the burden of mental health
People of color, particularly those who are racialized, face a certain burden while seeking mental health support: the burden to explain.
www.nsun.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"The problem is structural; it is already embedded in the training models, diagnostic frameworks, and the cultural assumptions regarding emotions and their visibility."
Ruthina on the 'slow, subtle moments that show how care is not equally received'.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-healing...
Ruthina on the 'slow, subtle moments that show how care is not equally received'.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-healing...
I wish I was naughty, so very naughty
youtu.be/4D6_IhZA9Cg?...
youtu.be/4D6_IhZA9Cg?...
Radiohead sings "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
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December 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I wish I was naughty, so very naughty
youtu.be/4D6_IhZA9Cg?...
youtu.be/4D6_IhZA9Cg?...
Maybe we need a public rogues gallery of the faces of any researcher and student who data mines from ND/ mad community spaces for their own gain. A big old wall of shame for lazy people doing pseudoscientific stuff instead of decent lived exp led research?
I've known about this dodgy removed Kaggle file for years, dissuaded a few students from doing "facial ML to detect autism" with the quality and ethics of this dataset as one of many arguments - 100+ papers used it!? www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e...
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Maybe we need a public rogues gallery of the faces of any researcher and student who data mines from ND/ mad community spaces for their own gain. A big old wall of shame for lazy people doing pseudoscientific stuff instead of decent lived exp led research?
When I see the Sandie Peggie coverage, I think of all the times where a nurse in mental health services said/did a cruel thing to demean me, and I think of the hundreds of mad people tell of the same casual cruelty over the decades. Solidarity with my trans friends, I see the truth beneath the spin.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
When I see the Sandie Peggie coverage, I think of all the times where a nurse in mental health services said/did a cruel thing to demean me, and I think of the hundreds of mad people tell of the same casual cruelty over the decades. Solidarity with my trans friends, I see the truth beneath the spin.
Tonight, I'm sharing the power mapping skills I learned from NSUN with the self harm community of practice I'm a part of. We're gonna look at all the different areas of power and influence we have and how to combine it with others around us.
youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I?...
youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I?...
SNAP! - The Power (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SNAP!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Tonight, I'm sharing the power mapping skills I learned from NSUN with the self harm community of practice I'm a part of. We're gonna look at all the different areas of power and influence we have and how to combine it with others around us.
youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I?...
youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I?...
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CHARITY AUCTION TOTAL UPDATE
Going through the auctions (not all are paid for yet) we have raised £1027.01 for the charities:
Breakdown:
@galopuk.bsky.social : £216.69
@lovingmeuk.bsky.social: £353.57
Mankind Initiative: £55.17
@refugecharity.bsky.social: £272.79
@womensaid.bsky.social : £134.63
Going through the auctions (not all are paid for yet) we have raised £1027.01 for the charities:
Breakdown:
@galopuk.bsky.social : £216.69
@lovingmeuk.bsky.social: £353.57
Mankind Initiative: £55.17
@refugecharity.bsky.social: £272.79
@womensaid.bsky.social : £134.63
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
CHARITY AUCTION TOTAL UPDATE
Going through the auctions (not all are paid for yet) we have raised £1027.01 for the charities:
Breakdown:
@galopuk.bsky.social : £216.69
@lovingmeuk.bsky.social: £353.57
Mankind Initiative: £55.17
@refugecharity.bsky.social: £272.79
@womensaid.bsky.social : £134.63
Going through the auctions (not all are paid for yet) we have raised £1027.01 for the charities:
Breakdown:
@galopuk.bsky.social : £216.69
@lovingmeuk.bsky.social: £353.57
Mankind Initiative: £55.17
@refugecharity.bsky.social: £272.79
@womensaid.bsky.social : £134.63
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It's that day again. Try and have a good one. 🦉
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's that day again. Try and have a good one. 🦉
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This is Kaia. She takes road safety very seriously. Encourages you to do the same. 13/10 please buckle pup (TW: lyss121 & leleleems)
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is Kaia. She takes road safety very seriously. Encourages you to do the same. 13/10 please buckle pup (TW: lyss121 & leleleems)
I know my soul BY Claude Mckay.
I plucked my soul out of its secret place,
And held it to the mirror of my eye,
To see it like a star against the sky,
A twitching body quivering in space,
A spark of passion shining on my face.
/1
I plucked my soul out of its secret place,
And held it to the mirror of my eye,
To see it like a star against the sky,
A twitching body quivering in space,
A spark of passion shining on my face.
/1
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know my soul BY Claude Mckay.
I plucked my soul out of its secret place,
And held it to the mirror of my eye,
To see it like a star against the sky,
A twitching body quivering in space,
A spark of passion shining on my face.
/1
I plucked my soul out of its secret place,
And held it to the mirror of my eye,
To see it like a star against the sky,
A twitching body quivering in space,
A spark of passion shining on my face.
/1
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One of a series of mixed media drawings of musicians playing at an Irish music session in Mill Road, Cambridge
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of a series of mixed media drawings of musicians playing at an Irish music session in Mill Road, Cambridge
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
New event from Project LETS!
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Becoming Co-Conspirators (A Workshop for Mental Health Workers & Healers)
Holistic and Anti-Carceral Approaches to Mental Health and Crisis Response for Mental Health Workers
www.eventbrite.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New event from Project LETS!
www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-c...
www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-c...
I found it so empowering to receive training and try things out with a training group of my peers, if you would like to learn how to talk about suicide with peoope who are suffering, give yourself the gift of time spent in community, practicing your skills here.
There are still some spaces left on this training, with discounted places available for:
- voluntary sector orgs
- self-funded individuals
- people working in forensic or detention settings.
Plus free places available for people who experience voices/visions or alternative realities.
- voluntary sector orgs
- self-funded individuals
- people working in forensic or detention settings.
Plus free places available for people who experience voices/visions or alternative realities.
Sitting With Suicidality
Wed 10 Dec 2025 10.30am-4.30pm GMT, on Zoom
This training offers a space to talk about suicide and suicidality, to explore and reflect on different perspectives and assumptions, and to think about how we support people.
www.tickettailor.com/events/mindi...
Wed 10 Dec 2025 10.30am-4.30pm GMT, on Zoom
This training offers a space to talk about suicide and suicidality, to explore and reflect on different perspectives and assumptions, and to think about how we support people.
www.tickettailor.com/events/mindi...
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I found it so empowering to receive training and try things out with a training group of my peers, if you would like to learn how to talk about suicide with peoope who are suffering, give yourself the gift of time spent in community, practicing your skills here.
Much appreciation to Benefits and Work for renewing @notthevoiduk.bsky.social s annual org subscription so our members can continue to resist the DWP and use B&W's excellent guides to make the best claim/mandatory recon/ appeal/ permitted work/reasonable adjustments applications possible.
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Much appreciation to Benefits and Work for renewing @notthevoiduk.bsky.social s annual org subscription so our members can continue to resist the DWP and use B&W's excellent guides to make the best claim/mandatory recon/ appeal/ permitted work/reasonable adjustments applications possible.
When I ran a bibliotherapy sessions on an acute adult psych ward, some of the people staying on the older people's psych ward would join in. One lady asked me how I ran sessions and if it was difficult (it wasn't) and then started her own sessions back on her ward ♡
I was like, no way, despite the art and the curiosity gap hed, could the answer here be “reading books.” But it is! The hobby we are abandoning is literally *reading books*.
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
Older adults are slowly abandoning this hobby — but the health payoff is huge
What’s largely considered a solitary activity can improve communication skills and strengthen empathy and compassion, say experts in mental health and geriatric care.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When I ran a bibliotherapy sessions on an acute adult psych ward, some of the people staying on the older people's psych ward would join in. One lady asked me how I ran sessions and if it was difficult (it wasn't) and then started her own sessions back on her ward ♡
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The Bear started a community canteen called Cegin Hedyn & every Christmas Day it provides a *free* lunch to anyone who wants or needs it, no questions asked, up to 120 people, dine in or takeaway. chuck a tenner here towards it? localgiving.org/fundraising/...
Christmas Day Lunch Appeal | Localgiving
localgiving.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Bear started a community canteen called Cegin Hedyn & every Christmas Day it provides a *free* lunch to anyone who wants or needs it, no questions asked, up to 120 people, dine in or takeaway. chuck a tenner here towards it? localgiving.org/fundraising/...
'The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently reported that hospitals account for nearly one-third of the $4.9 trillion the nation spends on health care. Retail and prescription drugs, according to the report, account for only 9% of spending.'
15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently reported that hospitals account for nearly one-third of the $4.9 trillion the nation spends on health care. Retail and prescription drugs, according to the report, account for only 9% of spending.'
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15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.