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 my annual mission to learn to sign a Christmas carol.
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How to Sign: We Wish You A Merry Christmas in BSL | British Sign Language | Christmas Carol
YouTube video by Commanding Hands
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December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I continue my annual mission to learn to sign a Christmas carol.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I printed this image with ink made from Brenham Pallasite meteorite dust. "Catherine wheel" public torture device.
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria: woodcut c. 1497 by Albrecht Dürer(German, 1471–1528). Torture wheel broken by God's intervention in the form of a meteorite fall.
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria: woodcut c. 1497 by Albrecht Dürer(German, 1471–1528). Torture wheel broken by God's intervention in the form of a meteorite fall.
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I printed this image with ink made from Brenham Pallasite meteorite dust. "Catherine wheel" public torture device.
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria: woodcut c. 1497 by Albrecht Dürer(German, 1471–1528). Torture wheel broken by God's intervention in the form of a meteorite fall.
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria: woodcut c. 1497 by Albrecht Dürer(German, 1471–1528). Torture wheel broken by God's intervention in the form of a meteorite fall.
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For this month’s @outsidemag.bsky.social column, I took a rat taxidermy class, and it was… surprisingly sweet? As the teacher said, “We’re reclaiming what’s beautiful and interesting about the things we’ve been told are bad or gross.”
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
The Surprisingly Tender Art of Rat Taxidermy
I joined a taxidermy class and discovered a craft that’s far more thoughtful than I expected
www.outsideonline.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For this month’s @outsidemag.bsky.social column, I took a rat taxidermy class, and it was… surprisingly sweet? As the teacher said, “We’re reclaiming what’s beautiful and interesting about the things we’ve been told are bad or gross.”
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
I love my rat. His name is Meatball.
25,000 people who use BSL as their main language and are excluded from NHS healthcare is more people than fit in the 02 area, for a visual.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
25,000 people who use BSL as their main language and are excluded from NHS healthcare is more people than fit in the 02 area, for a visual.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#3GoodThings
• descaled the iron and the kettle.
• had coffee at a cafe, sat next to the cutest rescue staffie dog at a neighbouring table ♡
• somewhat organised for Xmas.
• descaled the iron and the kettle.
• had coffee at a cafe, sat next to the cutest rescue staffie dog at a neighbouring table ♡
• somewhat organised for Xmas.
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#3GoodThings
• descaled the iron and the kettle.
• had coffee at a cafe, sat next to the cutest rescue staffie dog at a neighbouring table ♡
• somewhat organised for Xmas.
• descaled the iron and the kettle.
• had coffee at a cafe, sat next to the cutest rescue staffie dog at a neighbouring table ♡
• somewhat organised for Xmas.
My gen z cousin (graduate degree) was shortlisted for a council apprentice job, he was interviewed out of 200+ applicants, they made him wait an entire month for an answer, only to give a 'no, but we liked you so apply again in future.' It's hard out there for any young person.
Not even young people who are looking for work, young people who are disabled.
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My gen z cousin (graduate degree) was shortlisted for a council apprentice job, he was interviewed out of 200+ applicants, they made him wait an entire month for an answer, only to give a 'no, but we liked you so apply again in future.' It's hard out there for any young person.
#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."
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Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
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Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
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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?