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mirthfulvulture.bsky.social
“Elves are never happy” Psychologist working in addiction medicine
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It’s not so soft tbh.

submitted 11 days ago • 58 comments

Water sausage swimming lessons.

submitted 32 days ago • 498 comments

"The logic behind this rhetoric is a symptom of a deeply sick society—one that views people only as valuable if they serve the economy." Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne on the government narrative of "back to work" as the solution for all health problems www.bmj.com/content/389/...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's annual report cautions against the negative impacts of drug policies on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, inviting national preventive mechanisms to monitor drug treatment centres. Read on: idpc.net/publications...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

“Prescribing is for drugs that are, in general, deemed too dangerous for the public to have direct access to. Are we really meant to encourage people to consider exercise in the same domain?” www.bmj.com/content/389/...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools. They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

submitted 56 days ago • 961 comments

lol

submitted 94 days ago • 7 comments

“I want to shake the forest of my profession until more leaves fall, but I will stop short of striking a match and setting it ablaze. I’ll be content if we can sit together in the autumnal carpet, contemplating the remains of our good intentions.” www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/confession...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

"As of Tuesday, January 21, she will be one of more than 200 staff specialist psychiatrists working in public mental health in NSW to resign, facing an uncertain future." Excellent reporting on state's public psychiatry crisis by @biancanogrady.bsky.social www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

submitted 118 days ago • 5 comments

The failed promise of institutionalization.. www.thepolicypost.net/2025/01/the-...

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

A thought provoking debate piece in @addictionjournal.bsky.social and it raises points which are useful to consider when considering non-combustible nicotine use Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

NDIS and ministers talk big game on fraud & rorting but biggest budget savings booked under new legislation come from kicking (mostly) kids off scheme, cutting plans under cover of 'integrity'. Half a BILLION a year just on eligibility revocations alone. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

submitted 125 days ago • 14 comments

MOM SAYS SHE IS PROUD OF BOTH OF US EQUALLY

submitted 157 days ago • 122 comments

One of the more absurd things that gets said in the ER a lot is that a chief complaint probably isn’t serious or real when it’s an unhoused patient. Gonna blow some minds and point out that *people sleeping outdoors with no money are actually going to get sick more often*.

submitted 145 days ago • 6 comments

Mandatory trainings should let you take the quiz first and only make you watch the actual videos if you fail. #AcademicSky

submitted 160 days ago • 5 comments

Surprisingly, there are quite a few organisms interested in living in or around sea cucumber butts. Perhaps unsurprisingly, sea cucumbers evolved anal teeth to prevent just this. Yes, teeth around their anus. This is actually how a lot of sea cucumbers are identified...

submitted 175 days ago • 2 comments

Client: King Lear Presentation: Older male approaching retirement reporting increased conflict with daughters. Irritable with pressured speech. Impression: Situational stress Plan: Recommended daily walks in nature. #socialprescribing

submitted 179 days ago • 0 comments

Happy holidays. Original oil by Billy Wungaman

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