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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#3GoodThings
• saw a play today, it had traverse seating, was fun.
• being here less is helping me to face big grief feelings.
• hugs.
• saw a play today, it had traverse seating, was fun.
• being here less is helping me to face big grief feelings.
• hugs.
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#3GoodThings
• saw a play today, it had traverse seating, was fun.
• being here less is helping me to face big grief feelings.
• hugs.
• saw a play today, it had traverse seating, was fun.
• being here less is helping me to face big grief feelings.
• hugs.
In 2018, MIND surveyed UK GPs about their own mental health. 40 % of GP respondents reported personal experience of mental health problems, and (20 per cent) use or had used mental health services (both higher % than the patient population.)
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The fact that many GPs don't believe people with mental health conditions will not be news to those of us with mental health conditions who have had to deal with these cunts.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In 2018, MIND surveyed UK GPs about their own mental health. 40 % of GP respondents reported personal experience of mental health problems, and (20 per cent) use or had used mental health services (both higher % than the patient population.)
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Logging out to take care of grief stuff in me rather than avoid and distract myself on here, back soon. Be excellent to each other and don't let the bastards grind you down.
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Logging out to take care of grief stuff in me rather than avoid and distract myself on here, back soon. Be excellent to each other and don't let the bastards grind you down.
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Like an Otter in Water I loved making this black and white Otter linoprint. Inspired by seeing these magical creatures in the wild back in the summer. Beautiful playful Lutra Lutra. A small edition of 20 ready to go at handmadebyhaggy.etsy.com.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Like an Otter in Water I loved making this black and white Otter linoprint. Inspired by seeing these magical creatures in the wild back in the summer. Beautiful playful Lutra Lutra. A small edition of 20 ready to go at handmadebyhaggy.etsy.com.
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Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
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if all the people who thought this way disappeared the world would be unequivocally better in every way
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
if all the people who thought this way disappeared the world would be unequivocally better in every way
'James leaves behind a husband and four children. “I grieve not just her loss as my sister,” said Boyle, “but all the milestones in her children’s lives, where her absence will be so deeply felt.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers
Women in Ireland and the UK linked to Free Birth Society among scores around world to have suffered loss or serious harm after births
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
'James leaves behind a husband and four children. “I grieve not just her loss as my sister,” said Boyle, “but all the milestones in her children’s lives, where her absence will be so deeply felt.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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If we're talking about education, as a former SAT tutor and the parent of a #deafkid, I'll say this is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad take.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If we're talking about education, as a former SAT tutor and the parent of a #deafkid, I'll say this is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad take.
Very interesting data on the onset of influenza illnesses in Korea and the prevalence of suicide in the following 8 weeks. Also, I didn't know pollen count in Spring impacted the seasonal suicide rate in Finland.
Here’s something you won’t see #suicideprevention industry pamphlets.
That’s because it doesn’t support the psychiatry model in which #suicide is mostly mental.
It’s not. >50% is purely physical.
#Suicideresearch should up its game.
#suicidology should be 100% 1st person
That’s because it doesn’t support the psychiatry model in which #suicide is mostly mental.
It’s not. >50% is purely physical.
#Suicideresearch should up its game.
#suicidology should be 100% 1st person
Fluctuations in influenza-like illness epidemics and suicide mortality: A time-series regression of 13-year mortality data in South Korea
We explored the association between influenza epidemic and suicide mortality rates in a large population using a time-series regression of 13-year mortality data in South Korea. Weekly suicide mortalities and influenza-like illness (ILI) were ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Very interesting data on the onset of influenza illnesses in Korea and the prevalence of suicide in the following 8 weeks. Also, I didn't know pollen count in Spring impacted the seasonal suicide rate in Finland.
"It is akin to having a freezing cold house, with the windows and doors wide open, the radiators leaking and the boiler on the brink. And your first port of call being to summon a bulldozer. And only then, standing amid the wreckage of your home, to ring for a plumber."
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
thesecretbarrister.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"It is akin to having a freezing cold house, with the windows and doors wide open, the radiators leaking and the boiler on the brink. And your first port of call being to summon a bulldozer. And only then, standing amid the wreckage of your home, to ring for a plumber."
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
In case anyone needs a moment among the rage.
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Brandi Carlile: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In case anyone needs a moment among the rage.
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Feeling sad with everyone who had a place where they belonged who now has to leave, as well as everyone who knows they don't have the energy to organise separate groups from scratch, who has been doing that vital organising and is tired.
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Feeling sad with everyone who had a place where they belonged who now has to leave, as well as everyone who knows they don't have the energy to organise separate groups from scratch, who has been doing that vital organising and is tired.
The definition of terrorism in the UK includes 'creating a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public' and at what point are we calling rich, radicalised actors attacking the fabric of human rights law to harm a section of the public what it is?
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The definition of terrorism in the UK includes 'creating a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public' and at what point are we calling rich, radicalised actors attacking the fabric of human rights law to harm a section of the public what it is?
West Yorkshire Print Works #Printmaking workshops for 2026 are live, including Risograph vision boards, multi plate etching in steel, woodblock printing on fabric, William Morris inspired lino print on fabric and mordant dye processes.
wypw.org/learn-to-pri...
wypw.org/learn-to-pri...
In-House Courses - West Yorkshire Print Workshop
wypw.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
West Yorkshire Print Works #Printmaking workshops for 2026 are live, including Risograph vision boards, multi plate etching in steel, woodblock printing on fabric, William Morris inspired lino print on fabric and mordant dye processes.
wypw.org/learn-to-pri...
wypw.org/learn-to-pri...
Bridget from tech pod 'there are no girls on the internet' covered the latest Teens and Screens report and as Mike implies, tech guys are lying: young people are into movies, they rated going to the cinema with friends as their preferred activity.
www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screen...
www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screen...
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Bridget from tech pod 'there are no girls on the internet' covered the latest Teens and Screens report and as Mike implies, tech guys are lying: young people are into movies, they rated going to the cinema with friends as their preferred activity.
www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screen...
www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screen...
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It is fundamentally an excellent piece because it captures not just how bad the book is but the righteous rage so many of us feel about the depravity of these people, who do not deserve these positions of power, are not good writers or journalists, & cheapen everything that the rest of us try to do
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It is fundamentally an excellent piece because it captures not just how bad the book is but the righteous rage so many of us feel about the depravity of these people, who do not deserve these positions of power, are not good writers or journalists, & cheapen everything that the rest of us try to do
Sheep in the Winter Night BY Tom Hennen.
Inside the barn the sheep were standing, pushed close to one
another. Some were dozing, some had eyes wide open listening
in the dark. Some had no doubt heard of wolves. They looked
weary with all the burdens they had to
carry, like being thought
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Inside the barn the sheep were standing, pushed close to one
another. Some were dozing, some had eyes wide open listening
in the dark. Some had no doubt heard of wolves. They looked
weary with all the burdens they had to
carry, like being thought
/1
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sheep in the Winter Night BY Tom Hennen.
Inside the barn the sheep were standing, pushed close to one
another. Some were dozing, some had eyes wide open listening
in the dark. Some had no doubt heard of wolves. They looked
weary with all the burdens they had to
carry, like being thought
/1
Inside the barn the sheep were standing, pushed close to one
another. Some were dozing, some had eyes wide open listening
in the dark. Some had no doubt heard of wolves. They looked
weary with all the burdens they had to
carry, like being thought
/1
Also, I got to say the word 'Ferrule' aloud twice today, which was fun. And I caught my autocorrect the second it corrected 'liberation' to 'lovemaking' and thus saved the person I was emailing a really awkward wtf response.
#3GoodThings
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Also, I got to say the word 'Ferrule' aloud twice today, which was fun. And I caught my autocorrect the second it corrected 'liberation' to 'lovemaking' and thus saved the person I was emailing a really awkward wtf response.
Mr Pheasant who likes to wander proudly around the lower field in the most mizzling grey damp weather and Mrs Pheasant who reluctantly follows but clearly dislikes it.
trying to think of good UK-Based Nature Phenomena. so far I got:
- starling murmurations in Somerset
- bluefin tuna jumping in Cornwall
- salmon jumping in NE England
what else. more ideas pls. ideally ones which aren't jumping fish
- starling murmurations in Somerset
- bluefin tuna jumping in Cornwall
- salmon jumping in NE England
what else. more ideas pls. ideally ones which aren't jumping fish
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mr Pheasant who likes to wander proudly around the lower field in the most mizzling grey damp weather and Mrs Pheasant who reluctantly follows but clearly dislikes it.
Errmerrrgerrd I am a sucker for jewellery like this, sharing to enable any other magpies who cannot resist a trinket ♡♡♡
I’ll be listing several pieces of jewellery I’ve made using tiny sterling Victorian, Edwardian & Georgian charms,stamp holders & lockets I’ve collected over the last decade in my etsy shop on Sunday eve, 8 UK time. Each is a one-off piece. Dispatch in time for🌲 (incl to the U.S.-tariffs sorted)🪶🗝️👇🏼🌲
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Errmerrrgerrd I am a sucker for jewellery like this, sharing to enable any other magpies who cannot resist a trinket ♡♡♡
#3GoodThings
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#3GoodThings
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.
• looked over safeguarding policy for a UK LEE project re suicide research and it has lots of good, solid, harm reduction, responsibility to not for' stuff woven into it.
• sunshine in my eyes, on my skin = vitamin D
• Button Seamstress shared her expertise re shirt buttons.