Sooos14@
@soort14.bsky.social
Using nature,gardening and many forms of creativity to help my mental health. Encouraging others to use creativity to help with their own mental wellness. #MentalHealthMatters #Anxiety #IntrusiveThoughts #Depression #Hyper-vigilance #SensoryOverloadPain
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🚨 Mental health research has the power to transform lives. But for too long, it hasn’t had the funding, visibility or urgency it deserves.
Our new report with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social outlines ten changes we need to see to transform mental health research.
Read the full report 👉 bit.ly/4oy6KDE
Our new report with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social outlines ten changes we need to see to transform mental health research.
Read the full report 👉 bit.ly/4oy6KDE
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚨 Mental health research has the power to transform lives. But for too long, it hasn’t had the funding, visibility or urgency it deserves.
Our new report with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social outlines ten changes we need to see to transform mental health research.
Read the full report 👉 bit.ly/4oy6KDE
Our new report with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social outlines ten changes we need to see to transform mental health research.
Read the full report 👉 bit.ly/4oy6KDE
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🚨 With growing demand and limited support from other services, our Advice Team are needed more than ever.
For the next week, every donation will be matched as part of the Big Give Campaign.
This #GivingTuesday, donate £10 to help us reach more people, and we’ll receive £20 👉 rethink.org/biggive
For the next week, every donation will be matched as part of the Big Give Campaign.
This #GivingTuesday, donate £10 to help us reach more people, and we’ll receive £20 👉 rethink.org/biggive
Accessible, always-on mental health advice for all – Big Give
Since 1992, Rethink’s Advice and Information Service (RAIS) has given people affected by mental illness personalised, practical advice via our website, phone and webchat. With growing demand and limit...
rethink.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 With growing demand and limited support from other services, our Advice Team are needed more than ever.
For the next week, every donation will be matched as part of the Big Give Campaign.
This #GivingTuesday, donate £10 to help us reach more people, and we’ll receive £20 👉 rethink.org/biggive
For the next week, every donation will be matched as part of the Big Give Campaign.
This #GivingTuesday, donate £10 to help us reach more people, and we’ll receive £20 👉 rethink.org/biggive
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I’m on the Radio 2 Book Club with Sara Cox, for the Christmas special! If you’re after some books for those tricky relatives, or just yourself, have a listen. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Radio 2 Book Club - The Radio 2 Book Club Christmas Special - BBC Sounds
Sara welcomes Simon Savidge back to the pod to give us some festive book recommendations
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m on the Radio 2 Book Club with Sara Cox, for the Christmas special! If you’re after some books for those tricky relatives, or just yourself, have a listen. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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You’re buying someone you love a book for Christmas. Or maybe you’re telling yourself you’ll give it to them but really you know it’s for you. I’m not judging. I am telling you that indie bookshops love you and Jeff Bezos doesn’t. Shop @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Two Roberts
Check out The Two Roberts - <p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025</b><br /><b>A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK </b><br /><b>A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE <i>GUARDIAN</i>, THE <i...
uk.bookshop.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You’re buying someone you love a book for Christmas. Or maybe you’re telling yourself you’ll give it to them but really you know it’s for you. I’m not judging. I am telling you that indie bookshops love you and Jeff Bezos doesn’t. Shop @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Today is World AIDS Day.
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today is World AIDS Day.
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This episode of R4’s Guide Books, featuring Sarah Perry and @sineadgleeson.bsky.social, is a really interesting discussion on health and how a writer’s feelings about their body feed into their work. Thanks @damianbarr.bsky.social for the link. #BookSky 💙📚
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This episode of R4’s Guide Books, featuring Sarah Perry and @sineadgleeson.bsky.social, is a really interesting discussion on health and how a writer’s feelings about their body feed into their work. Thanks @damianbarr.bsky.social for the link. #BookSky 💙📚
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An important conference I was honoured to be invited to in Algiers today and tomorrow. I can't attend as my son is graduating (🎉🎉) but do read this. Africa from South to North and East to West, is strongly mobilising.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An important conference I was honoured to be invited to in Algiers today and tomorrow. I can't attend as my son is graduating (🎉🎉) but do read this. Africa from South to North and East to West, is strongly mobilising.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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It's #HebdenBridge Open Studios next weekend, here's a little taster of what's on offer.
Experience suggests that trawling studios for excellent art is thirsty work, while a pint can help facilitate reflection on your haul.
Experience suggests that trawling studios for excellent art is thirsty work, while a pint can help facilitate reflection on your haul.
Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It's #HebdenBridge Open Studios next weekend, here's a little taster of what's on offer.
Experience suggests that trawling studios for excellent art is thirsty work, while a pint can help facilitate reflection on your haul.
Experience suggests that trawling studios for excellent art is thirsty work, while a pint can help facilitate reflection on your haul.
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🎥 Hull showcases its growing artistic potential as the filming location for brand new Punjabi-language film, Dastaar
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🎥 Hull showcases its growing artistic potential as the filming location for brand new Punjabi-language film, Dastaar
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
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Last month I left the Bylines Network and started work as a Community Organiser with an amazing education charity called The Brilliant Club.
Here's an article from me in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk that explains a little bit about what I do now.
You can ollow TBC here ⏩
@brilliantclub.bsky.social
Here's an article from me in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk that explains a little bit about what I do now.
You can ollow TBC here ⏩
@brilliantclub.bsky.social
Parent Power takes to Barnsley
Barnsley Parent Power launches to help families tackle barriers to higher education and boost social mobility
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last month I left the Bylines Network and started work as a Community Organiser with an amazing education charity called The Brilliant Club.
Here's an article from me in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk that explains a little bit about what I do now.
You can ollow TBC here ⏩
@brilliantclub.bsky.social
Here's an article from me in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk that explains a little bit about what I do now.
You can ollow TBC here ⏩
@brilliantclub.bsky.social
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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It is Pay What You Can Day at Charleston in Lewes. The gallery is open from 10am. Support Scottish artists and Scottish storytellers. Happy St Andrew’s Day.
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It is Pay What You Can Day at Charleston in Lewes. The gallery is open from 10am. Support Scottish artists and Scottish storytellers. Happy St Andrew’s Day.
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After my husband died by suicide, my mental health plummeted and I found myself in some dark places.
Eventually, I realised that hiding away, and fighting the changes in my life was futile, I had to accept and embrace my new reality 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #SuicideLoss #Resilience #Hope
Eventually, I realised that hiding away, and fighting the changes in my life was futile, I had to accept and embrace my new reality 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #SuicideLoss #Resilience #Hope
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
After my husband died by suicide, my mental health plummeted and I found myself in some dark places.
Eventually, I realised that hiding away, and fighting the changes in my life was futile, I had to accept and embrace my new reality 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #SuicideLoss #Resilience #Hope
Eventually, I realised that hiding away, and fighting the changes in my life was futile, I had to accept and embrace my new reality 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #SuicideLoss #Resilience #Hope
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On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
“A extrema-direita violenta na Europa não é a maioria, mas a maioria que a tolera é cúmplice”
Historiadora Olivette Otele fala sobre racismo e do risco de a maioria silenciosa se tornar cúmplice da extrema-direita. Esteve no ICS a falar sobre africanos europeus.
www.publico.pt
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
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LAST CHANCE! Enter before Monday and hopefully you’ll win this castle stay 🤞
If there’s one thing I know about my friends & followers it’s that they wouldn’t say no to a free stay in a castle!! How does Augill look to you?! 😍🥰❤️
Buy a hardback copy of Legenda from Hatchards before 30th Nov to enter! Christmas is coming. Link here hatchards.co.uk/win/legenda-ca…
Buy a hardback copy of Legenda from Hatchards before 30th Nov to enter! Christmas is coming. Link here hatchards.co.uk/win/legenda-ca…
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
LAST CHANCE! Enter before Monday and hopefully you’ll win this castle stay 🤞
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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Thousands of Yorkshire homes at increased risk of flooding
Are insurance companies still providing suitable coverage for rising climate change impacts?
By Brian McHugh
Are insurance companies still providing suitable coverage for rising climate change impacts?
By Brian McHugh
Thousands of Yorkshire homes at increased risk of flooding
Are insurance companies still providing suitable coverage for rising climate change impacts?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thousands of Yorkshire homes at increased risk of flooding
Are insurance companies still providing suitable coverage for rising climate change impacts?
By Brian McHugh
Are insurance companies still providing suitable coverage for rising climate change impacts?
By Brian McHugh
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In my latest Substack story, I reflect on a period marked by profound grief, hitting a personal low, and the very first steps toward rebuilding.
⚠️ Note: Along with reference to suicide loss, this article and video include references to self-harm.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
⚠️ Note: Along with reference to suicide loss, this article and video include references to self-harm.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Hitting rock bottom
Daddy Blackbird #32
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In my latest Substack story, I reflect on a period marked by profound grief, hitting a personal low, and the very first steps toward rebuilding.
⚠️ Note: Along with reference to suicide loss, this article and video include references to self-harm.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
⚠️ Note: Along with reference to suicide loss, this article and video include references to self-harm.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
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"Beneath us, at an immense distance, was the sun, black but shining; round it were fiery tracks on which revolv'd vast spiders, crawling after their prey, which flew, or rather swum, in the infinite deep."
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"Beneath us, at an immense distance, was the sun, black but shining; round it were fiery tracks on which revolv'd vast spiders, crawling after their prey, which flew, or rather swum, in the infinite deep."
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.
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Videos claiming that a new law will require digital ID for purchases above £20, and could see fines for repeated cash payments, are false.
There is no evidence of any such policies being introduced.
There is no evidence of any such policies being introduced.
No, you won’t need digital ID for cash payments over £20 in the new year – Full Fact
Videos circulating online claim that from 2026 purchases above £20 will need digital ID verification, and repeated cash payments could result in fines. But neither of these claims are true.
fullfact.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Videos claiming that a new law will require digital ID for purchases above £20, and could see fines for repeated cash payments, are false.
There is no evidence of any such policies being introduced.
There is no evidence of any such policies being introduced.
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Satire is dead when a hard right party, which denies being fascist, launches a black shirt… 🧐
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Satire is dead when a hard right party, which denies being fascist, launches a black shirt… 🧐
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Some book recommendations for serious lovers of history www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
www.historytoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some book recommendations for serious lovers of history www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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Just because someone carries it well doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy 💔
Be gentle. People are holding more than they show 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Hope
Be gentle. People are holding more than they show 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Hope
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just because someone carries it well doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy 💔
Be gentle. People are holding more than they show 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Hope
Be gentle. People are holding more than they show 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Hope