I can't retrieve Wes Streeting posts on x that have been flagged for me . Good news perhaps.

Looks like Hartlepool guy from.big family going to Blackpool.

See Karen realise she has autistic burnout

They certainly are disputing the reality of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses when they insist these are normal reactions to life events. Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling. Privilege does not provide immunity.

Just leaving this here www.thenational.scot/news/2545164...

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Back at EFG London Jazz Festival The Jazz Social.

Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds

Book cover in my actual hands. Love getting to see the physical thing in real life 💚💛 🇮🇪 @paigingbrenna.bsky.social #chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration

As mentioned. Jazz Choir was moved due to capacity issues to another location from Woolwich Works. See Karen take opportunity to audition for Strictly.

New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...

Autistic unmasking isn’t a single act. It’s a series of negotiations with your own safety. The question isn’t “who am I?” It’s “where can I exist without disappearing?”

Thread some personal ideas about masking as autistic person and response to felt pressure to be what I thought was a "real autistic advocate " on social media.

Thinking about my strategy of last few months having got ideas about not masking from loud articulate autistic voices who have like minded people within a community of support. I thought I should just unmask and be myself.

This is a real posh dance space. We had to take shoes off. Picture later.

'Neurodiversity-affirming autism assessment and support: a scoping review' includes monotropism in its table of important neurodiversity-affirming theoretical concepts, along with the social model of disability, double empathy, stimming, stigma and camouflaging. helda.helsinki.fi/items/4e1849...

When I tell people I am exhausted it's not even the half of it. I've been out of work for 3 months now and while it's a blessing to not have to blend in anymore, I am still recovering. The years of trying to "behave" and stay "in line" when it was hurting took an unpayable toll.

Our over 60s jazz choir venue moved for today to a dance studio. As Woolwich Works has other stuff on.

My debate re future directions is obvious to see in three recent eBay resale purchases. Formulation in psychology ,Deconstructing psychopathology and Jamie Oliver Eat yourself healthy. 😅

ATTN GLUTTONS: Please savor this mouth-watering review of The Solitary Gourmet, a comic about eating in the age of loneliness (1994-present) by Jirō Taniguchi & Masayuki Kusumi, up today at TCJ (The Chowbell Jouissance)

“Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Then your seeds will start to grow.”

Another in my series of libraries Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

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#Autistic adults (aged 50+) meet up group. Our next online session is 11am-noon on Thursday 13th November. It's an informal peer group chat. All autistic (incl self diagnosed) people aged 50 or over are welcome. It's free, but register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AutisticElders #Autism

Autism question! Does anyone have any good links/resources for, like, what to *do* when you're diagnosed autistic? How to examine your thinking/beliefs, work out what masking is, learn self compassion etc etc? Broad question, but I really should do something with this knew self knowledge.

Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

I have reached the stage in Library choices where even.the young adult Graphic novels are too Graphic.

The Jazz Social.

At Jazz Social. London Jazz Festival. Best fortnight of the year.

It turns out seeing a picture of self as Sally Bowles character from cabaret theatre version and vision of arrival at various events is not a good thing. Apparently people who understand theatre think she probably would have borderline personality disorder dx.

'“Following a summer of further racist disorder, it is little wonder a growing number of nursing staff report feeling unsafe, particularly when having to work on their own and often at night.' 2/2

'Prof Nicola Ranger, the union’s general secretary, said: “A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.' 1/2

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base

When #BrainFog hits and no matter how hard you concentrate you can't process what is being said, it can lead to all sorts of misunderstandings - ppl thinking we're lazy/selfish/not trying etc. Being able to explain what's going on is really helpful - for both sides of the conversation!

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Prescription prepayment certificate for 3 months. Last one ever pending nasty shock in the budget.60 in January.

Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.

Some tiny white flowers on this "String of buttons" (Crassula perforata) for #MacroMonday 🌱 #succulents #gardeningfeed #plantsky

“I will read the seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.” Toad read a long story to his seeds.

I meet young people weighed down with the state of the world & you can really see how remarkable, resourceful, thoughtful souls are facing into a void of not knowing what to do. Many of the usual paths seem inaccessible. You can see how debilitating it is. Just a sense of being lost. I feel for them

Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish

Lyonel Feininger ‘Der Kopflose Radler’ (The Headless Rider), “Das Narrenrad”, 1898 archive.org/details/dasn...

Anger tells you there is something precious that needs your protection.

I was just in a primary school which had a big display of “Letters from the Industrial Revolution” written by the kids. Absolutely adorable. One began: “Hey Liam, I have to tell you something but I haven’t told Dad yet. I need to leave Manchester for a while to do chimney sweeping in Leeds.”

The bonus of having lived in London a while. Dave and myself know of various hotels that have tea and coffee facilities.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is the species you have the #least photos of. I have single images of quite a few species so decided to go with this male Yellow Warbler on spring migration. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography

Join us for Cafe Autistique 3 Dec at @contactmcr.bsky.social. Talks from: Niamh Farrell on transgender autistic individuals' experiences with social communication & Busra Besdere on primary school teachers’ experiences supporting autistic student mental health. Reserve a spot tinyurl.com/4x9974fc

If short of ideas make chicken stock. Fortunately I have kept old reliable electric pressure cooker that I can programme automatically.

The blue sky equivalent for me of x orthopaedic American surgeon . Follow me and I find "ordained by God" not to talk to me I don't think.