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Mark Dignam MDANT

@markdignam69.bsky.social

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Gender-neutral honorific of the No-Shows Chronically under-slept You can’t kill pain, it just comes back as the undead… (Habitual parentheses and ellipsis user…) Settling silently into the sand…

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · Nov 16

Decided to change my profile pic from “the other place”.
This time, I’ve gone for a self-portrait of the back of my head… Oh, and it’s years old…

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 4h

Oh wow! The response has been amazing. She’s getting people contacting her from all over the world. Music really is magical, isn’t it?! ❤️

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Count Grumpula @maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social · 1d

Sat on a throne (not like that) eating a King Size Pot Noodle with a tiny fork while staring at a framed photograph, a single tear rolling down my cheek.

The camera pans round behind me and shows the photo to be Sweep the Dog with his ears up.

#celebritytraitors

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you so much! No, she’s a full-on songwriter and that’s about a very real situation that happened to her earlier this year… 🙏

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 4h

That’s exactly how you do the human league dance… 🤷‍♂️

Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 4h

Born this way. 🤷‍♂️

Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 4h

Some of us are not that young anymore…

She Guevara 🗳💚 @sheg7.bsky.social · 13h

"Catherine Connoly, the Irish presidential candidate, is in tune with the dangerously woke youth of her country"

Simpson meme: 2 election signs are hung up. Both from opposing sides. Both say "a vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy"

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

British.

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 5h

I hope the dancing is really, REALLY bad, Mairi…

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 7h

Released forty four years ago today and still sounds like it came from the future.

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 5h

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 6h

Of course?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23h

Solidarity is the only way

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Evan Above!☝️ @ombluenose.bsky.social · 19h

“True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.”
- Torquato Tasso.

#photography

True love is waiting for the sun to rise!

The beginning of the day in Marseille.

The sun is rising behind this building and the orange glow begins to spread across a clear sky. Everything else is in darkness.

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 3d

@memorialdevice.bsky.social could you do the honours pls our kid 🙏🙏🙏✊️✊️✊️

@librariesconnected.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social @leedslitfest.bsky.social @leedslistcom.bsky.social

Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI tix for the Keshed launch in Leeds are available now if anyone fancies it. The awesome Terri White in the host's seat. It's gonna be fucking ace, T is the best interviewer i've ever had and one of my very best mates so the chat will be fire 💣💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Book Launch: Keshed by Stu Hennigan | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Book Launch: Keshed by Stu Hennigan today.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"But the moment someone asked, “What do you do for #work?” the simplicity crumbled. That question carries so much weight. Most people expect a neat, socially acceptable answer.": buff.ly/bdEov7L

via @cppedsa.bsky.social
#society #career #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness

The Quiet Weight of Chronic Illness Grief – EDSAwareness.com

Living with a rare, chronic illness is profoundly isolating—not only physically, but emotionally. Even when surrounded by others, I often feel like a ghost, disconnected from the world around me. I…

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"I wasn’t even able to remove my own shirt, as the #pain was excruciating and I was weakened beyond measure. The #nurses had to cut it up with a pair of scissors, before dressing me up in the luminous green #hospital garb.": buff.ly/umOf8M0

#ChronicPain #PulmonaryEmbolism

An Experience from Hell: Pulmonary Embolism, DVTs & Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Read about my experience with pulmonary embolism, DVTs and Antiphospholipid Syndrome - a thromboembolism event that hurt like hell.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"This myth [of #planning better] often comes from internalized #ableism. We think, “If I were just more disciplined or organized, I’d be fine.” But no planner, productivity hack, or color-coded system can outsmart your body.": buff.ly/jrAb50y

by @thethrivingspoonie.com
#ChronicIllness #NEisVoid

6 Energy Saving Tips for Chronic Illness to Help You Handle Energy Fluctuations Without Guilt

Explore energy saving tips for chronic illness to help you manage unpredictable energy levels and stay flexible throughout your day.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"These moments aren’t unusual — they’re part of the ongoing mental math I do in public places, gauging whether I’ll be able to keep up, where I’ll rest, or how long I can last in this space.": buff.ly/OTb7Ndo

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #disability #MS #disabled
via @bezzycommunity.bsky.social

(Dis)Abled: When You Don’t Fit Neatly in Either Box

When the fluctuating symptoms of multiple sclerosis cause you to feel able-bodied sometimes and disabled at other times, it can feel hard to fit in anywhere.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"the 1s who #try tend to carry others too. They #listen longer. They check in. They offer before they ask..sometimes, that’s the very reason they’re #forgotten. Their #energy poured into others leaves little left to amplify themselves": buff.ly/ma2V9XT

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#BeKind

The Ones Who Tried, and Disappeared Anyway

Some tried quietly, gave everything, and disappeared anyway. This is for them. A reflection on effort, invisibility, and the ache of going unseen.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

"the surgeon concluded with certainty that I had suffered a spontaneous #BilateralPatellarTendonRupture. The probability of a dual rupture is next to never. Just how bad it was couldn’t be determined without cutting me open to see.": buff.ly/YPhAk4q

#KneeSurgery #surgery #ChronicIllness #lupus

Patellar Tendon Rupture — What Does It Feel Like?

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 1d

“This is 1 of the most debilitating symptoms for me. #Fatigue can range from mild, which impacts my ability to function somewhat but I can fight thru it, to severe, with which I cannot keep my eyes open or function at all.": buff.ly/NGUS15n

via @themightysite.bsky.social
#fibromyalgia #ChronicPain

10 Lesser-Known Symptoms of Fibromyalgia I Experience

Have you experienced all of these?

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 1d

Not _exactly_ reggae but this outstanding… One of my all time favourites.

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d

@alinaetc.bsky.social couple more. Had a manic episode and fled to the coast cos i had a compulsion to watch the sun set over the sea from the graveyard at St Mary's in Whitby. Was so wired i haunted the streets all night watch it rise from the watery depths with all the same splendour in reverse 🙏

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 1d

Black people dropping like flies on the Celebrity Traitors…

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The Invisibles @invisiblesthe.bsky.social · 1d

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