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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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...
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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.
For a long time my Christmas Eve tradition was listening to Neil Gaiman read Dickens prompt copy of A Christmas Carol and I've searched for an alternative, here it is. Can't beat a bit of M R James.
The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
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art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For a long time my Christmas Eve tradition was listening to Neil Gaiman read Dickens prompt copy of A Christmas Carol and I've searched for an alternative, here it is. Can't beat a bit of M R James.
Up for a blood test and feeling grateful to John Cade, POW survivor, for following his hunch that mania may be a endocrine related physiological affliction, and his guinea pigs.
cen.acs.org/articles/91/...
cen.acs.org/articles/91/...
Discoveries: How Lithium Became A Drug
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Up for a blood test and feeling grateful to John Cade, POW survivor, for following his hunch that mania may be a endocrine related physiological affliction, and his guinea pigs.
cen.acs.org/articles/91/...
cen.acs.org/articles/91/...
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I think this is actually pretty good, but I thought it sucked at the time
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I think this is actually pretty good, but I thought it sucked at the time
The Creatives4Sudan auction raised £19,000! *does a little dance*
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SUDAN ARCHIVES - Jameela Elfaki & Tabidee - AZEEMA x COSMOS
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December 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Creatives4Sudan auction raised £19,000! *does a little dance*
m.soundcloud.com/azeemafm/sud...
m.soundcloud.com/azeemafm/sud...
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It seems like an oxymoron, but this is a really beautiful video about suicide. (And creativity. And what happens to the love and pain when we lose someone tragically.)
youtu.be/iAOu7bCzQUk?...
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This video is about suicide
YouTube video by struthless
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December 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It seems like an oxymoron, but this is a really beautiful video about suicide. (And creativity. And what happens to the love and pain when we lose someone tragically.)
youtu.be/iAOu7bCzQUk?...
youtu.be/iAOu7bCzQUk?...
'Only one side gets to hold the fire at any given moment. Only one side can afford to come across as reckless. Recklessness, you might say, is a measure of cultural power.'
www.gq.com/story/how-th...
www.gq.com/story/how-th...
How the Right Coopted Psychedelics
What was once a signature party favor of the left has been subsumed by optimization-obsessed conservatives. How did we get here?
www.gq.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
'Only one side gets to hold the fire at any given moment. Only one side can afford to come across as reckless. Recklessness, you might say, is a measure of cultural power.'
www.gq.com/story/how-th...
www.gq.com/story/how-th...
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Today, in Understory (a support group for activists that I co-facilitate), we talked about the writing exercise I created to help folks get oriented for the year ahead. I don't think we can balance caring for ourselves, tending to our relationships, and taking action by accident in these times.
Worksheet: Staying Whole in 2026
If you want to enter 2026 with intention, I encourage you to take twenty minutes to write yourself a plan — not a resolution, but a map for staying intact. Write by hand if you can. Don’t worry about ...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today, in Understory (a support group for activists that I co-facilitate), we talked about the writing exercise I created to help folks get oriented for the year ahead. I don't think we can balance caring for ourselves, tending to our relationships, and taking action by accident in these times.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
Planning theatre stuff for next year, I got to see a few good shows in 2025. I really fancy this in May.
youtu.be/aNk5WZCsxgA?...
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Looking For Me Friend: The Music Of Victoria Wood Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Paulus - The Cabaret Geek
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December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Planning theatre stuff for next year, I got to see a few good shows in 2025. I really fancy this in May.
youtu.be/aNk5WZCsxgA?...
youtu.be/aNk5WZCsxgA?...
This week it'll be a year since Phantom died in my arms. He was my best buddy, my cptsd guardian when I went outdoors, the closest to a baby I'll have. He was my reason to get up every day, tbh. I'm still here and he's still all my best memories. All your dogs are good dogs, hug them for me.
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This week it'll be a year since Phantom died in my arms. He was my best buddy, my cptsd guardian when I went outdoors, the closest to a baby I'll have. He was my reason to get up every day, tbh. I'm still here and he's still all my best memories. All your dogs are good dogs, hug them for me.
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She brings that up - and the fact she fought to ensure no one would find out. She thinks we should all be harbouring our diagnoses as dirty little secrets.
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
She brings that up - and the fact she fought to ensure no one would find out. She thinks we should all be harbouring our diagnoses as dirty little secrets.