<p>Hi, friends.</p><p>I wrote an article on being a Mastodon moderator. I talk about the process, our mental health, the challenges of mutual aid, and more.</p><p>It leaves me a little vulnerable, but I think it’s an important story to tell.</p><p>If you like it, boosts are welcomed. If you have questions, feel free to reach out.</p><p>Okay, here goes…</p><p><a href="https://markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon-moderator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon-moderator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon</span><span class="invisible">-moderator</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/moderation/" rel="tag">#Moderation</a> <a href="/tags/moderators/" rel="tag">#Moderators</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/iamanxiouswritingaboutthis/" rel="tag">#IAmAnxiousWritingAboutThis</a></p>
mentalhealth
<p>Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump<br>---</p><p>Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/vet</span><span class="invisible">erans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/army/" rel="tag">#Army</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/ptsd/" rel="tag">#PTSD</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/socialwork/" rel="tag">#SocialWork</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="https://andysmanclub.co.uk/event/10th-anniversary-walk-talk/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="andysmanclub.co.uk/event/10th-anniversary-walk-talk/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andysmanclub.co.uk/event/10th-</span><span class="invisible">anniversary-walk-talk/</span></a></p><p>Ever needed to talk about your <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> but not sure you can walk through that door* and sit with a group of strangers? Why not take this chance to have a short 30min walk to meet some of the lads outside. Volunteers and some regular attendees will be there so you can get a few perspectives on the first visit. And they won't be strangers.No judgement or forced advice</p><p>*There's an online meeting too<br><a href="/tags/andysmanclub/" rel="tag">#AndysmanClub</a><br>THANKS FOR BOOSTING 😊</p>
Edited 32d ago
<p>Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault<br>---</p><p>A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>Hello people of <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> would like to sincerely apologize for having to ask 4 help again. I understand that keep seeing my requests is annoying & I truly wish I was in a position where I did not need 2 ask. Aside from my cousin, I honestly don't have anyone else I can turn 2 right now.💔<br>After going through a very difficult time in my life, including a suicide attempt,I'm grateful that I was given another chance 2 recover & slowly rebuild and create a better life.</p><p><a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/support/" rel="tag">#support</a></p>
<p>Slice of Life Wallpaper: Part Ten</p><p>Find peace and see the deeper benefits and beauty of solitude through this human curated collection of digital artwork wallpapers.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/slice-of-life-wallpaper-part-10/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/slice-of-life-wallpaper-part-10/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/slice-</span><span class="invisible">of-life-wallpaper-part-10/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/wallpaper/" rel="tag">#wallpaper</a> <a href="/tags/sliceoflife/" rel="tag">#SliceOfLife</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>On Taking Care of The Self</p><p>It is with a slow dawning that I have come to notice, day after day, the multitude of unspoken assumptions that haunt me like ghosts, ever present yet scarcely acknowledged. They're the soft, invisible mandates that require me to approve of particular narratives, to the quiet adoption of certain scripts that have become, in our present age, almost cultural orthodoxy. Among these scripts, perhaps the most ubiquitous is the well‑intentioned, if not occasionally perfunctory, messaging of […]<br><br><a href="https://untilted.weblog.lol/2026/06/on-taking-care-of-the-self" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="untilted.weblog.lol/2026/06/on-taking-care-of-the-self"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">untilted.weblog.lol/2026/06/on</span><span class="invisible">-taking-care-of-the-self</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/personalblog/" rel="tag">#PersonalBlog</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#Blog</a> <a href="/tags/weblog/" rel="tag">#Weblog</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/selfcare/" rel="tag">#SelfCare</a> <a href="/tags/selfcompassion/" rel="tag">#SelfCompassion</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/gratitude/" rel="tag">#Gratitude</a> <a href="/tags/pressure/" rel="tag">#Pressure</a> <a href="/tags/expectations/" rel="tag">#Expectations</a> <a href="/tags/mental/" rel="tag">#Mental</a> <a href="/tags/physical/" rel="tag">#Physical</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/adjacent/" rel="tag">#Adjacent</a> <a href="/tags/thisisnotawordpressblog/" rel="tag">#ThisIsNotAWordPressBlog</a></p>
<p>Hi everybody!</p><p>The reviews are in for last week's* disjointed premier episode of The Mutual Misfits Variety Hour, "Bless This Mess", and I'd be remiss if I didn't share some of them with you:</p><p>"Very soothing." - multiple listeners</p><p>"Like Bob Ross dragging his fingernails across a chalkboard." - anonymous</p><p>"It's certainly.. something." - anonymous</p><p>"Even I can do better than that" - Ralphie Wiggum</p><p>So I'm excited to share the next installment of our podcast, "Sloppy Second Episode"! This installment lives up to its title with zero editing, zero scripting, zero preparation, and zero talent. Because that's just how I roll, mofos!</p><p>If you're looking for something to occupy your mind before a colonoscopy or just looking for a relaxing way to self-induce a coma, then I highly recommend you check it out.</p><p>Several people are saying the same!</p><p><a href="https://makertube.net/w/vyo7u4F1AutBqUtbMMXaCN" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/vyo7u4F1AutBqUtbMMXaCN"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/vyo7u4F1AutBqU</span><span class="invisible">tbMMXaCN</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mutualmisfitsvarietyhour/" rel="tag">#MutualMisfitsVarietyHour</a> <a href="/tags/mmvh/" rel="tag">#MMVH</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#Peertube</a></p><p>*last week four weeks ago</p>
<p>NEW: “He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.</p><p>Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/camp-east-montana-mental-health-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/camp-east-montana-mental-health-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cam</span><span class="invisible">p-east-montana-mental-health-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>