I changed my surname by deed poll in 2014 and it cost me £40 for a solicitor to prep the deed and give me three registered copies to take to the bank, get new passport with etc. Passports has got easier as the witness can confirm via email vs physically signing your form.

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#Tarot don't support cis dude tarot artists who are transphobic and deign to tell us cis women how we should to feel about transgender sisters. No to El Goliath, no to men who market themselves as shamans and say this stuff.

If anyone is thinking about this, you can access bystander training online, it's good to have somewhere to ask questions and practice the techniques:

When you're a relief printmaker, any packing texture is exciting. I could totally print this. It would make a wicked fabric block printed on repeat.

This week we've been clearing and moving stuff to redecorate the living room, anti social behaviour neighbour has started up and we've had to complain, then the housing association is sending a random contractor inspection of the whole flat. Home is v stressful right now.

#Printmaking Tetrapak intaglio: birbperson in progress Linocut: starry night etching of scrap lino in progress. Risograph: small prophets ready to print.

today's card pull: sometimes we're our own worst enemy w our internal narratives. if you have to go to ground do that, but make sure you root well & nourish yourself with the soil, transforming your anxieties with a dose of reality so you can take some positive action not clouded by doubt! #tarotsky

Me going about my day with neuropathy pain.

Don’t forget that NSUN is open for blog pitches! If you have a blog idea that relates to NSUN’s work around mental health justice, take a look at our guidelines and submit your 100-200 word pitch today. www.nsun.org.uk/our-members/...

Over the course of the next four years, HarperVoyager will publish the four giant volumes of The Bird That Drinks Tears saga, also known as the LOTR of Korea, beginning with The Heart of the Nhaga next month. This is the first available excerpt in English.

If you ever wanted to get started in watercolor, I have a mini guide on my blog with my personal recommendations! I don't go over all possible options, this is just what I use to keep it simple. My goal is to offer a starting place :) #watercolor #paints #guide www.kamakru.com/blog/2024/2/...

*grabs a blast marker, rolls a die on the Warp Storm table....*

#3GoodThings • I'm doing the small, constructive tasks in front of me and that's all anyone can do. • I cooked tea despite some fatigue, I felt less fatigue than earlier this week. • mint choc chip ice cream.

Job coach is s bullshit job. A ill/disabled worker needs clinical assessment or occupational therapy assessment, or union/legal aid representation. They usually need PIP, access to work funding and accommodations. No one needs bullshit 'job coach.'

Since 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) has been observed on the third Thursday of May to bring about exposure and awareness to digital accessibility. Of course, for many accessibility enthusiasts, every day is a day to bring not just awareness, but action. accessibility.day

Just swimming by to say hello.

ADHD has been oversimplified, misreported and misunderstood, argues professor Gaia Scerif. “It’s a spectrum,” she argues, and the environment a person is in can often determine whether support is actually even needed. A must read interview this morning. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

I felt safe in Dewsbury Country Park, Crow Nest Park with a big staffie bull terrier and a rape alarm, but I wouldn't go now without a dog because I reckon if I were attacked, I'd be blamed for being alone in a park.

'Through creative writing, art, audio and video, we show what it means to love, support, and be with someone in extreme mental distress. Many of us feel that psychosis has been highly medicalised, and the voices of carers have become marginalised.'

Last night we (soft) launched ReWrite Psychosis, a platform for creative work exploring the experience of psychosis for families. Take a look! Home - Rewrite Psychosis share.google/Wz27ilB0tFsX...

Rest in peace, Amin. aje.news/dnuqtg

It's grim to think about but the The England & Wales age-specific suicide rate was highest for women aged 45 to 49 years (7.9 suicide deaths registered per 100,000 people). Living alone, bereavement and being in financial difficulty are significant risk factors for womens suicide too.

Shout out to Guide Dogs for the Blind, I took their free, online seminar when ny grandad developed Charles Bonnett syndrome and we were supporting him in and out of cars/ through doors. It's amazing how ableism overtakes common sense!

Check out my latest blog on when to help a disabled person - with examples from my trip to Scotland (from the hot chocolate lady who scored 5/5, to the toilet man - who's actions he thought were 'helpful' earned him a 0/5 - DO NOT RECOMMEND

Good news, the baby shower theme is Winnie the Pooh and while someone somewhere must be able to strip to A.A Milnes whimsical vibes, I think we're safe from a bump n grind!

We're doing an optional Show and Tell of 'we lived, meaningful moments occurred' at Not the Voids 2nd birthday party zoom. We invited folx to email images/photos/memes and I'm not crying, I just have something in my eye, somebody's chopping onions.

lighting a candle for all trans people to live fucking long lives and get old as fuck and happy and comfortable and satisfied

Our washing machine got delivered and fitted *and* the delivery guys pulled a good natured prank on my Mr by pretending he'd missed their call and thus the delivery whilst I watched on, laughing like Muttley.

It's absolutely shocking that Ch4 CPL staff took Shona to get the morning after pill after Brad violated her boundary around ejsculation but did not give her immediate access to a rape crisis service. Especially given his controlling behaviour on camera. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Heading to the #Horror Studies Now conference next week? @horrorstudies.bsky.social Drop by the MUP stand to meet @mlhouston.bsky.social, browse our #HorrorStudies books, and find out more about our brand new *Foundations of Horror Studies* series, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Made a new edition of dog-day cicada linocuts! #cicada #linocut #printmaking #sciart #DogDayCicada

I say this a lot but having worked in a gallery and spent time chatting with the general public about why they buy the art they buy, it's so random, so arbitrary, so personal to that person that you cannot possibly predict who'll buy what. /1

"Trust grows when people feel believed before they have to fight to prove that they deserve care." Take a look at the latest blog on the NSUN website: 'When mental health services do not feel safe: why migrants may mistrust care in the UK' by Araya. www.nsun.org.uk/when-mental-...

Ah! 19 May: the feast day of St Dunstan – famous for grasping Satan by the nose with a pair of hot tongs 🧵

Endocrinology consultant again suggested I am menopausal and wants to test that in 6 months time. I looked at the A to Z of symptoms and saw the low level maladies I've been putting up with even though thyroid and vit D is good now and I ought to be full of the joys of Spring...

In Phibsborough, pilgrims gathered at a shrine to the housing gods. It started with a chicken baster, says artist Alison Byrne, which she would take with her to house viewings for luck.

After new information through FOI that yet another Trust has stopped using Oxevision, we can now reveal that just 19 out of the 50 mental health Trusts are still using the system - well below the 50% that Oxehealth (now LIO) once boasted!

Hey Bloomsbury is having a 30% off sale right now on the Deaf Baby Instruction Manual. If you have a deaf baby, and you need instructions, you can get a copy for less than $20! www.bloomsbury.com/us/deaf-baby...

New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 Margaret goes deeper into the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement @margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod

'She'll give birth with her cuffs on, your honour' are sadly what happened in the Bronx this week. legalaidnyc.org/news/woman-f...

"Solidarity Now! Protect our communities" Mural seen in Seattle

Brand new edited volume!! Loneliness in Our Time: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by Axel Seemann, Emily Hughes, Tom Roberts and Joel Krueger. Open access! www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

A friend sent me these gorgeous patches, I cannot wait to sew them onto something.

I'm making less art than normal what with redecorating to do but I'm working on a tetrapak shadow puppet/harpies print and adding final touches to SK04. At first I was like, how come these two are floating so disconnected /1

The Seattle Times published a full obituary for Juniper Blessing. It's a moving tribute to a life well-lived. May she rest in peace, and may UW honour and carry on her legacy. Scholarships named for her might be a good start.

How are madness, the mental health crisis, and climate justice interlinked? What does it mean to say that climate justice is mental health care? Join us for an NSUN-hosted Q&A to learn more on June 10th, online. www.nsun.org.uk/news/mental-...

It's been the best thing I could do with my life, I've met an incredible bunch of strangers who've taught me so much, I've got to know & love them, I'm privileged to share worst days and victories, art, writing, pets on keyboards, listen to our memories, rage and laugh in solidarity together.

Not the Void UK has been running for two years on Sunday, back on May 24th 2024, we put out an open invitation to anybody who wanted to explore forming a peer support group using the Alternatives to Suicide method. I had no idea what people would say. /1