1/ Depression is the psychic equivalent of fever. Fever is a non-specific response to an enormous range of underlying physiological conditions, from the common cold to ebola. Depression is likewise a *non-specific* response to an enormous range of underlying conditions. It is
10 years ago I met a disabled little boy in a respite children’s home in Leicester. Only it wasn’t a respite for him, it was his home and he’d lived there for 3 years. His foster mum who he’d lived from birth died suddenly when he was 3 and he never ate or drank again. 🧵
Maps twist our perception of the world
Here are 20 to rethink it:
1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are
(map by @neilrkaye)
Back in June, I help my mom clean out her pool shed. There's a strand of old twinkle lights with plastic flamingos. "Throw them out," she says. "They don't work." But I see that the flamingos came off easily, so I start to pull them off. "I can do something with these."
When you’re happily having dinner and the ocean decides to scare the shit out of you!
Cue debate around just how strong those windows are… #DrakePassage#SouthernOcean#BigSwell
One of the darkest days for women’s rights in my lifetime. Obviously the immediate consequences will be suffered by women in the US - but this will embolden anti-abortion & anti-women forces in other countries too. Solidarity doesn’t feel enough right now - but it is necessary.
Got mugged last night (I’m fine)
Guy wanted my wallet but I couldn’t find it quick enough so he took my whole bag
I walked past the bodega it happened in front of just now and found my wallet out front, cash still inside
Highly recommend havin a wallet that looks like trash
Bullies bullying, even after Eden’s death. Your heart would be broken listening to the Heaslip family. Time to reevaluate how we deal with bullies, social media & mental health services #rtept
between repeal and the unnecessary death of Savita Halappanavar and the cervical cancer scandal and the ulster rugby rape trial and the murder of Ana Kriegel and the sealing of the mother and baby home documents and the murder of Urantsetseg Tserendorj and the two woman that are