Waking up, just felt like putting on Handel’s Messiah. Yes, I know it’s really an Easter oratorio. My nostalgia doesn’t care.

Also, my autocorrect believes someone named Hansel wrote it.

#LongCovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #fibromyalgia

In case anyone wonders why complex diseases that affect women more than men are left uninvestigated, it is due to gender bias and not only 👇

"The female problem: how male bias in medical trials ruined women’s health
Centuries of female exclusion has meant women’s diseases are often missed, misdiagnosed or remain a total mystery"
https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/13/the-female-problem-male-bias-in-medical-trials

"The healthcare gender bias: do men get better medical treatment?"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/20/healthcare-gender-bias-women-pain

Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you to all the people who have liked, boosted and commented on my images, and to all the new followers I have. It's rather humbling. 😊

Today's shot comes from a magical day in the Scottish #Highlands, a few years ago, when I was photographing red squirrels.

These charming characters are incredibly agile and can jump great distances between trees.

Here I managed to capture one as it appears to be flying down my lens.

#redsquirrel #scotland #wildlife #fun

"In the U.S.’s efforts to 'move on' from thinking about #Covid, it has created a 'new normal' that is deeply abnormal — one in which we normalize resorting to crisis measures, such as treating patients in tents, instead of using common-sense public health strategies. Treating Covid like the flu — or the #flu like Covid — has effectively meant that we treat neither illness as if it were a serious threat to health systems and to public health."

https://www.statnews.com/2022/11/22/tripledemic-hurricane-include-community-prevention-efforts/

A quick 40 minute sketch... decided to try digital pencils rather than my usual actual pencils, and it turned out OK particularly given how long it took. Just one thing lacking for me.. the ability to smudge pencil marks with a digital finger/thumb as I often do in traditional drawing. I'm sure I'll find a way to work around this.

#MastoArt #PencilDrawing #DigitalArt

#CuratorPrompts #CuratorPrompts116

A study from the American Psychological Association (APA) published this week found that six in 10 psychologists “no longer have openings for new patients”. The shortage comes as demand for therapy soars

#psychology #MentalHealth

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/21/therapist-shortage-us-psychologists-pandemic

A shout out to the #admins who are keeping the riff raff off their instances.

You know who you are!

Despite the illusion the "everybody here is nice" there is a maelstrom of trollery just outside the gate.

It is thanks to the admins and #moderators that folks can enjoy the sense of comfort.

The #fediverse is full of creepazoid instances which are banned and blocked on most but not all instances.

Feel free to copy/repost/boost/retoot this with reference to your admin on your instance!