Topher B
@testingnewapp.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mental Health (MH) Nursing Interests: MH Nursing professional identity, community assertive outreach & recruitment. I Enjoy Haiku & Lego. All my own views.
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Topher B
@testingnewapp.bsky.social
· Sep 8
How Do Mental Health Nursing Students in the United Kingdom Experience Assessment Against the NMC Generic Standards of Proficiency? A Cross‐Field Comparison
In 2018 the UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) moved from field-specific to generic standards of proficiency in training all four fields of nursing practice. Some educators claim these proficie....
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How Do Mental Health Nursing Students in the United Kingdom Experience Assessment Against the NMC Generic Standards of Proficiency? A Cross‐Field Comparison -Kenwright, McCrorie, Bye, Awty, Doherty & Cromar-Hayes -2025- IntJ of MH Nursing -Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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wind blows to the north,
sent on a silent thunder.
a bright door shatters.
strange winter dreams
#haikuwinter #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry
sent on a silent thunder.
a bright door shatters.
strange winter dreams
#haikuwinter #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
wind blows to the north,
sent on a silent thunder.
a bright door shatters.
strange winter dreams
#haikuwinter #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry
sent on a silent thunder.
a bright door shatters.
strange winter dreams
#haikuwinter #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry
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Merry Christmas 🎄
European Robin by Theresa Catherine Ridgway in the UK. #EuropeanRobin #RedRobin #Robin #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #christmas #merrychristmas
European Robin by Theresa Catherine Ridgway in the UK. #EuropeanRobin #RedRobin #Robin #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #christmas #merrychristmas
December 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Merry Christmas 🎄
European Robin by Theresa Catherine Ridgway in the UK. #EuropeanRobin #RedRobin #Robin #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #christmas #merrychristmas
European Robin by Theresa Catherine Ridgway in the UK. #EuropeanRobin #RedRobin #Robin #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #christmas #merrychristmas
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mostrecent 🪶
I just photographed this #HolidayRobin in the garden 🥰
#birds #FestiveDailyRobin #SensoryArt #Joy #FlyDay #photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
I just photographed this #HolidayRobin in the garden 🥰
#birds #FestiveDailyRobin #SensoryArt #Joy #FlyDay #photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
December 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mostrecent 🪶
I just photographed this #HolidayRobin in the garden 🥰
#birds #FestiveDailyRobin #SensoryArt #Joy #FlyDay #photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
I just photographed this #HolidayRobin in the garden 🥰
#birds #FestiveDailyRobin #SensoryArt #Joy #FlyDay #photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
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"Being in balance, together,
Is not a fixed state,
Not a battle over differences
Or bending to each other
But a slender cord of
Grace between you,
Tough and elastic,
That leaves you
Steady and free."
Is not a fixed state,
Not a battle over differences
Or bending to each other
But a slender cord of
Grace between you,
Tough and elastic,
That leaves you
Steady and free."
A #birddivination to help with the myriad complex balances of love. Find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Being in balance, together,
Is not a fixed state,
Not a battle over differences
Or bending to each other
But a slender cord of
Grace between you,
Tough and elastic,
That leaves you
Steady and free."
Is not a fixed state,
Not a battle over differences
Or bending to each other
But a slender cord of
Grace between you,
Tough and elastic,
That leaves you
Steady and free."
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A #birddivination to help with the myriad complex balances of love. Find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A #birddivination to help with the myriad complex balances of love. Find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
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‘Panopticon is not merely a prison design, but a metaphor for a new mode of power in modern societies-one that operates through psychological control and internalized surveillance rather than overt, physical punishment […] embodying the shift from external force to internalized discipline.’
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April 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
‘Panopticon is not merely a prison design, but a metaphor for a new mode of power in modern societies-one that operates through psychological control and internalized surveillance rather than overt, physical punishment […] embodying the shift from external force to internalized discipline.’
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The 40th anniversary of 'Commando' (1985), shown in Dundee, for 2 quid, with proceeds going to charity, and a facilitated discussion on men's mental health following the film? 30th November 12pm, all of your dreams come true. www.citizenticket.com/events/scott...
Commando (1985) with discussion on men's mental health - Buy tickets
Screening of Commando at Dundee Contemporary Arts, hosted by Mental Health in Movies.
www.citizenticket.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The 40th anniversary of 'Commando' (1985), shown in Dundee, for 2 quid, with proceeds going to charity, and a facilitated discussion on men's mental health following the film? 30th November 12pm, all of your dreams come true. www.citizenticket.com/events/scott...
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Long live The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things”) and apolytus (“the moment you realize you are changing as a person") www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/d...
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name
“Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Long live The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things”) and apolytus (“the moment you realize you are changing as a person") www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/d...
Halloween - Lego Ghost & Haunted House
October 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Halloween - Lego Ghost & Haunted House
Halloween - Lego Witch Head
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Halloween - Lego Witch Head
pebble thrown lightly,
pond moves mirrors reflections.
small wave distorts view.
#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry
#haikusaturday
pond moves mirrors reflections.
small wave distorts view.
#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry
#haikusaturday
October 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
pebble thrown lightly,
pond moves mirrors reflections.
small wave distorts view.
#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry
#haikusaturday
pond moves mirrors reflections.
small wave distorts view.
#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry
#haikusaturday
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Emotional Prince William holds back tears as he discusses impact of suicide reut.rs/4haefPa
Emotional Prince William holds back tears as he discusses impact of suicide
Prince William choked back tears as he discussed the devastating impact of suicide with a woman whose husband took his own life in a short film released by the British royal's office on Friday to mark World Mental Health Day.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Emotional Prince William holds back tears as he discusses impact of suicide reut.rs/4haefPa
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“Our object is […] to understand power by looking at its extremities, at its outer limits at the point where it becomes capillary….” – From Foucault, “Society Must Be Defended,” p. 27.
May 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Our object is […] to understand power by looking at its extremities, at its outer limits at the point where it becomes capillary….” – From Foucault, “Society Must Be Defended,” p. 27.
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Heed your daemon – Rudyard Kipling on writing www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/05/r...
Heed Your Daemon: Rudyard Kipling on Writing
It is worth remembering that anything worth doing, anything bound to earn its keep in the house of tomorrow, takes a long time, takes riding the troughs of doubt with unassailable devotion, takes b…
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October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Heed your daemon – Rudyard Kipling on writing www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/05/r...
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#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikusaturday #haiku575 #haikupoetry #haikufeels
frog pauses and looks.
mayfly scates across water.
ripples as echos.
(5-7-5) mayfly
frog pauses and looks.
mayfly scates across water.
ripples as echos.
(5-7-5) mayfly
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikusaturday #haiku575 #haikupoetry #haikufeels
frog pauses and looks.
mayfly scates across water.
ripples as echos.
(5-7-5) mayfly
frog pauses and looks.
mayfly scates across water.
ripples as echos.
(5-7-5) mayfly
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The art of choosing love over not-love – on Rumi's birthday, his immortal antidote to our human tragedy www.themarginalian.org/2022/04/02/r...
The Art of Choosing Love Over Not-Love: Rumi’s Antidote to Our Human Tragedy
“You’ll long for me when I’m gone… You’ll kiss the headstone of my grave… Kiss my face instead!”
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September 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The art of choosing love over not-love – on Rumi's birthday, his immortal antidote to our human tragedy www.themarginalian.org/2022/04/02/r...
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#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
a hummingbird zips
to a wilting blue salvia--
last sips of summer
short form:
wilting blue salvia--
a hummingbird's last sips
of summer
Please add a version if you feel like it.
5/7/5:
a hummingbird zips
to a wilting blue salvia--
last sips of summer
short form:
wilting blue salvia--
a hummingbird's last sips
of summer
Please add a version if you feel like it.
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
a hummingbird zips
to a wilting blue salvia--
last sips of summer
short form:
wilting blue salvia--
a hummingbird's last sips
of summer
Please add a version if you feel like it.
5/7/5:
a hummingbird zips
to a wilting blue salvia--
last sips of summer
short form:
wilting blue salvia--
a hummingbird's last sips
of summer
Please add a version if you feel like it.
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku
liminality,
low mist hovers serenely,.
ghostly border place.
(5-7-5) mist
liminality,
low mist hovers serenely,.
ghostly border place.
(5-7-5) mist
September 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku
liminality,
low mist hovers serenely,.
ghostly border place.
(5-7-5) mist
liminality,
low mist hovers serenely,.
ghostly border place.
(5-7-5) mist
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikuSunday #dailyhaiku #Sundayhaiku
spiral dancing form,
the heart too a coiled shape.
delicate its space.
(5-7-5) felt
spiral dancing form,
the heart too a coiled shape.
delicate its space.
(5-7-5) felt
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikuSunday #dailyhaiku #Sundayhaiku
spiral dancing form,
the heart too a coiled shape.
delicate its space.
(5-7-5) felt
spiral dancing form,
the heart too a coiled shape.
delicate its space.
(5-7-5) felt
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku
old rivers course pass,
modern time & changing routes,
aquaducts serve well.
(5-7-5) changing flow
old rivers course pass,
modern time & changing routes,
aquaducts serve well.
(5-7-5) changing flow
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku
old rivers course pass,
modern time & changing routes,
aquaducts serve well.
(5-7-5) changing flow
old rivers course pass,
modern time & changing routes,
aquaducts serve well.
(5-7-5) changing flow