Cassie aka Lamia
@intersectionscch.bsky.social
They/Them
AKA MentalLamia
FKA MentalWoke
Centering Intersections of Trauma, Identity & Mental Wellness
Black Queer Mental Wellness
Black Liberation
Therapy, Supervision, Consulting, Gaming
Views are my own
https://bio.link/mentalwoke
AKA MentalLamia
FKA MentalWoke
Centering Intersections of Trauma, Identity & Mental Wellness
Black Queer Mental Wellness
Black Liberation
Therapy, Supervision, Consulting, Gaming
Views are my own
https://bio.link/mentalwoke
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Hello!
I'm Cassie aka Lamia!
I'm an LCSW, Trauma Specialist, Organizer & Activist, Gamer, Streamer, Writer, Consultant, and soon to be Death Doula. Basically I do a lot.
You can inquire about hiring me for Workplace or Personal consulting, Trainings, Cultural and Sensitivity Consulting, and more!
I'm Cassie aka Lamia!
I'm an LCSW, Trauma Specialist, Organizer & Activist, Gamer, Streamer, Writer, Consultant, and soon to be Death Doula. Basically I do a lot.
You can inquire about hiring me for Workplace or Personal consulting, Trainings, Cultural and Sensitivity Consulting, and more!
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SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
Switching to Gaggl for the last hour of stream!
🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Switching to Gaggl for the last hour of stream!
We also now know that between Jan 1, 2024 and Nov 14, 2025 By adding an alternative path to Clinical licensure, we have 762 more fully licensed clinicians who otherwise would have been stuck in testing hell being paid less for the same work with less job mobility.
Ed Timmons on the impact of Illinois Social Work Exam Reform.
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Effect of Master’s Level Social Worker Licensing Reform in Illinois
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Shortages of healthcare professionals, particularly in mental health, remain an ongoing policy dilemma. Licensing requirements may be one potential factor contr
papers.ssrn.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We also now know that between Jan 1, 2024 and Nov 14, 2025 By adding an alternative path to Clinical licensure, we have 762 more fully licensed clinicians who otherwise would have been stuck in testing hell being paid less for the same work with less job mobility.
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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A widely circulated clip of this interaction yesterday is missing this crucial angle- where you can clearly see that this neighbor didn’t trip on the curb, they were callously thrown to the ground by an officer after being pepper sprayed in the face.
Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A widely circulated clip of this interaction yesterday is missing this crucial angle- where you can clearly see that this neighbor didn’t trip on the curb, they were callously thrown to the ground by an officer after being pepper sprayed in the face.
🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
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I really hate asking this, esp before the holiday, but I’m having an emergency. My filling broke and I have a painful abscess that needs immediate care. I don’t have dental insurance and could really use a hand. I’m so sorry to ask. I can barely eat or sleep. #mutualaid
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
Support Candace the Magnificent
Support Candace the Magnificent
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I really hate asking this, esp before the holiday, but I’m having an emergency. My filling broke and I have a painful abscess that needs immediate care. I don’t have dental insurance and could really use a hand. I’m so sorry to ask. I can barely eat or sleep. #mutualaid
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
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VERY excited for this chapter. Need to edit it down by about 10-20 mins., QA, and properly attribute source texts, but it's been a white whale of mine for YEARS.
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Reading empirical studies – Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (2nd Edition)
This book is under construction and currently in beta testing. It will be ready to adopt in Summer 2026. Welcome Saint Joseph's University MSW students!-Matt
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
VERY excited for this chapter. Need to edit it down by about 10-20 mins., QA, and properly attribute source texts, but it's been a white whale of mine for YEARS.
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
I will be airing my talk on Ai and Big Tech's Impact on Mental Health with a Q&A on Friday at 12pm on my twitch channel.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I will be airing my talk on Ai and Big Tech's Impact on Mental Health with a Q&A on Friday at 12pm on my twitch channel.
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somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
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Always a good time to remind you that YOU DO NOT CROSS A PICKET LINE.
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Always a good time to remind you that YOU DO NOT CROSS A PICKET LINE.
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If anyone is able to help me recover what was lost from this unpaid invoice, you may do so through ko-fi.
I'm so sick of this, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. I unfortunately did $300 worth of labor, with nothing to show for it.
ko-fi.com/therosecleric
I'm so sick of this, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. I unfortunately did $300 worth of labor, with nothing to show for it.
ko-fi.com/therosecleric
Support The Rose Cleric ❤️
Support me on Ko-Fi
ko-fi.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If anyone is able to help me recover what was lost from this unpaid invoice, you may do so through ko-fi.
I'm so sick of this, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. I unfortunately did $300 worth of labor, with nothing to show for it.
ko-fi.com/therosecleric
I'm so sick of this, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. I unfortunately did $300 worth of labor, with nothing to show for it.
ko-fi.com/therosecleric
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Being visible does not mean wealth. I especially need people to understand that the marginalized folks in these spaces are struggling to survive while they create.
Failing to pay them fairly and on-time is not only negligent, but an exploitative act of violence.
Failing to pay them fairly and on-time is not only negligent, but an exploitative act of violence.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Being visible does not mean wealth. I especially need people to understand that the marginalized folks in these spaces are struggling to survive while they create.
Failing to pay them fairly and on-time is not only negligent, but an exploitative act of violence.
Failing to pay them fairly and on-time is not only negligent, but an exploitative act of violence.
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"It's hard to know who to follow / when everyone 'round you's a leader"
On Ep 2 of #onemillionexperimentsinthefield, we head to Kiss’s childhood stomping grounds in the Bronx to explore how, when organizing for freedom, small sometimes equals strong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
On Ep 2 of #onemillionexperimentsinthefield, we head to Kiss’s childhood stomping grounds in the Bronx to explore how, when organizing for freedom, small sometimes equals strong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"It's hard to know who to follow / when everyone 'round you's a leader"
On Ep 2 of #onemillionexperimentsinthefield, we head to Kiss’s childhood stomping grounds in the Bronx to explore how, when organizing for freedom, small sometimes equals strong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
On Ep 2 of #onemillionexperimentsinthefield, we head to Kiss’s childhood stomping grounds in the Bronx to explore how, when organizing for freedom, small sometimes equals strong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
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Bo Burnham Inside - Can Anyone Shut Up Monologue
YouTube video by unchartedchartz
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is 8am and I have just learned that you can cut yourself on aluminum foil. And it burns.
Maybe I should go back to bed.
Maybe I should go back to bed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It is 8am and I have just learned that you can cut yourself on aluminum foil. And it burns.
Maybe I should go back to bed.
Maybe I should go back to bed.
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"The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing."
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.
www.streetroots.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing."
Oh! FYI
Tuesday Tea & Co-working is either going to be late or not happen depending how hard the post con crash is.
Tuesday Tea & Co-working is either going to be late or not happen depending how hard the post con crash is.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Oh! FYI
Tuesday Tea & Co-working is either going to be late or not happen depending how hard the post con crash is.
Tuesday Tea & Co-working is either going to be late or not happen depending how hard the post con crash is.
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they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
I have made it home.
Time to pass out.
Time to pass out.
a bear playing a guitar in front of a camera with the words to that same old place sweet home chicago
Alt: a bear playing a guitar in front of a camera with the words to that same old place sweet home chicago
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I have made it home.
Time to pass out.
Time to pass out.
On the way home from PAX. Thanks to everyone who came to see me at a panel or in the Intersection, especially folks who helped make sure I had food.
Travel safe everyone.
Travel safe everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On the way home from PAX. Thanks to everyone who came to see me at a panel or in the Intersection, especially folks who helped make sure I had food.
Travel safe everyone.
Travel safe everyone.
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Thank you to everyone at #PAXU who came to our "Panel Don't Kill My Vibe" panel! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, and I had a great time with @intersectionscch.bsky.social @alixama.bsky.social @fullrubberducky.bsky.social
@damphyr.com &
@naladraws.com!
@damphyr.com &
@naladraws.com!
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you to everyone at #PAXU who came to our "Panel Don't Kill My Vibe" panel! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, and I had a great time with @intersectionscch.bsky.social @alixama.bsky.social @fullrubberducky.bsky.social
@damphyr.com &
@naladraws.com!
@damphyr.com &
@naladraws.com!
GOOD MORNING PAX UNPLUGGED! 🌞 FINAL DAY!
At 12p in Crab God, Panel Don't Kill My Vibe will be ruining your faves and talking about how to stand for something without being an overbearing ass.
Otherwise find me at the Intersection!
At 12p in Crab God, Panel Don't Kill My Vibe will be ruining your faves and talking about how to stand for something without being an overbearing ass.
Otherwise find me at the Intersection!
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
GOOD MORNING PAX UNPLUGGED! 🌞 FINAL DAY!
At 12p in Crab God, Panel Don't Kill My Vibe will be ruining your faves and talking about how to stand for something without being an overbearing ass.
Otherwise find me at the Intersection!
At 12p in Crab God, Panel Don't Kill My Vibe will be ruining your faves and talking about how to stand for something without being an overbearing ass.
Otherwise find me at the Intersection!