Helen
@hmdw16.bsky.social
Generally pretty quiet. Psych. Cats. 🪶
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when someone asks me “how’s it going” and i say “yeah! all good”
this is pretty much the image my mind is actually conjuring
this is pretty much the image my mind is actually conjuring
August 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
when someone asks me “how’s it going” and i say “yeah! all good”
this is pretty much the image my mind is actually conjuring
this is pretty much the image my mind is actually conjuring
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It’s Mother’s Day where I am, as it is in many countries this 11th of May – though not the UK! – and #RecipeOfTheDay is the perfect treat for it: Strawberry Shortcakes! If you’re celebrating, I wish you joy; if this is a hard day for you, I send heartfelt love, too www.nigella.com/recipes/stra...
Strawberry Shortcakes
I've long been fascinated by this American confection, which isn't really a scone so much as a tender, buttery sponge with scone-like properties, split and crammed with strawberries. There is nothing,...
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May 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s Mother’s Day where I am, as it is in many countries this 11th of May – though not the UK! – and #RecipeOfTheDay is the perfect treat for it: Strawberry Shortcakes! If you’re celebrating, I wish you joy; if this is a hard day for you, I send heartfelt love, too www.nigella.com/recipes/stra...
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A little something for the weekend: #RecipeOfTheDay is Negroni Sbagliato! www.nigella.com/recipes/negr...
Negroni Sbagliato
The classic Negroni is made with Campari, red vermouth and gin. This one, more of a Negroni spritz, using prosecco in place of the gin, is said to have been created by happy accident at the Bar Basso ...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A little something for the weekend: #RecipeOfTheDay is Negroni Sbagliato! www.nigella.com/recipes/negr...
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“what do you understand about your condition?”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
April 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“what do you understand about your condition?”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
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Reposting just because I love it!
April 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reposting just because I love it!
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“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.”
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
February 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.”
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
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Why is it always “Have you joined @bsky.app yet?” and never “Do you want me to buy you the entire Penguin Clothbound Classics collection?” 🤨
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Why is it always “Have you joined @bsky.app yet?” and never “Do you want me to buy you the entire Penguin Clothbound Classics collection?” 🤨
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When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
January 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
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an oldie but goodie...
January 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
an oldie but goodie...
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What I need is gym bro TikTok, but with old guys like me talking about that one cool trick to target the brachioradialis when you’ve got tendonitis in your ECRB, a small tear in the long head of your bicep, and a 5 PM dinner reservation at the broiler.
December 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM
What I need is gym bro TikTok, but with old guys like me talking about that one cool trick to target the brachioradialis when you’ve got tendonitis in your ECRB, a small tear in the long head of your bicep, and a 5 PM dinner reservation at the broiler.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Whoever battles Naughtiness should see to it that in the process he does not become Naughty himself.
Great Philosophers on Santa’s Naughty and Nice Lists
(With thanks to Dr. Henry Gorman) - - -Aristotle: Be good for goodness’ sake. Plato: To be “good” or “nice” is to cultivate one’s knowledge of Sant...
buff.ly
December 24, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Friedrich Nietzsche: Whoever battles Naughtiness should see to it that in the process he does not become Naughty himself.
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Today’s poem is called ‘To Be Pacific’.
December 6, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘To Be Pacific’.
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For all things psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Message below if you’d like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/C36fgiD
November 8, 2024 at 5:57 AM
For all things psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Message below if you’d like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/C36fgiD
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IT'S THE FESTIVE BIG GREEN BOOK SWAP
You let me know what kinda stuff you like reading
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea!)
Read & chat with your book buddy
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
You let me know what kinda stuff you like reading
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea!)
Read & chat with your book buddy
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
IT'S THE FESTIVE BIG GREEN BOOK SWAP
You let me know what kinda stuff you like reading
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea!)
Read & chat with your book buddy
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
You let me know what kinda stuff you like reading
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea!)
Read & chat with your book buddy
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
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Just a little over a week until #HCWvsHunger 2024.
I have 16 spots left in the firsr starter pack and would love to make a second!
Let me know if you’re on board to feed some people 🍎
I have 16 spots left in the firsr starter pack and would love to make a second!
Let me know if you’re on board to feed some people 🍎
November 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Just a little over a week until #HCWvsHunger 2024.
I have 16 spots left in the firsr starter pack and would love to make a second!
Let me know if you’re on board to feed some people 🍎
I have 16 spots left in the firsr starter pack and would love to make a second!
Let me know if you’re on board to feed some people 🍎
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Is it cool if I post videos here?
November 9, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Is it cool if I post videos here?
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Just heard from my friends Makeship that my plushie (cuddly toy) will be available to order next Friday.
It's been hard creating something matching my cuteness - excited for you to see it
www.makeship.com/products/lar...
It's been hard creating something matching my cuteness - excited for you to see it
www.makeship.com/products/lar...
Larry the Cat Plushie
Only marginally less adorable than the real thing, this plush of Larry the Cat gives everyone the change to have their own Chief Mouser. Featuring his trademark union flag bow tie, pretty green eyes a...
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November 9, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Just heard from my friends Makeship that my plushie (cuddly toy) will be available to order next Friday.
It's been hard creating something matching my cuteness - excited for you to see it
www.makeship.com/products/lar...
It's been hard creating something matching my cuteness - excited for you to see it
www.makeship.com/products/lar...
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Christopher Wood, The Fisherman’s Farewell, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1129584
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1129584
October 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Christopher Wood, The Fisherman’s Farewell, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1129584
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1129584
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'In 1810, the inspector general of quarries, nobleman Louis-Étienne Héricard de Thury, decided some respect should be shown for the dead and arranged skulls and long bones - femur, tibia, humerus - into decorative walls, known as hagues.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light
Researchers hope to uncover how people died and how diseases have developed over 1,000 years
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2024 at 7:33 AM
'In 1810, the inspector general of quarries, nobleman Louis-Étienne Héricard de Thury, decided some respect should be shown for the dead and arranged skulls and long bones - femur, tibia, humerus - into decorative walls, known as hagues.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...