Luke Kernan @lukekernan
Anthropologist (PhD), Creative Writer, Graphic Novelist, Poet—#Psychosis, #Madness, #Myth, #Comics. //✨️Founder of THE UNQUIET MINDS PROJECT✨// luke-kernan.com Joined March 2011-
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I wasn’t made for anything fleeting.. my love is carved into the bones of things
"History is best told as a story of organised crime ... It is one group creating a monopoly on resources through the use of violence over a certain territory and population.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
Your heart has 40,000 neurons. It's not just a pump. It's a brain. Listen to it.
I wrote an essay for @TheFP about how and why I got rid of my computer. Bottom line: it was an excellent decision, everything has gone smoothly, my life is way better now, and you should join me on the other side. thefp.com/p/could-you-li…
“These are the times in life — when nothing happens — but in quietness the soul expands.” Repost: @brainpickings mailchi.mp/themarginalian…
Just because you can feel someone's pain, doesn't mean you have to fix it. A little thought I had added to a picture I painted 💜
Academic articles may pay nothing and take years to publish but at least they're read by virtually no one
So much gratitude to @menshealthfdn for providing a platform for Danny to share his story about how Foundry supported him in his wellness journey! Read the interview below and watch his awesome breakdancing skills 🤩
So much gratitude to @menshealthfdn for providing a platform for Danny to share his story about how Foundry supported him in his wellness journey! Read the interview below and watch his awesome breakdancing skills 🤩
Few horizontals from last night. Was fairly diffuse for awhile then they danced like crazy. #aurora
The thing I want and love in art is life force -- experience is very nice too, but if you don't have that yet (too young) it's life force
The Unquiet Minds: Youth Anthology of Art and Poetry (2022) will be added to the @gvpl's collection. Come to the launch party and meet some local authors and their books. I will be there as the anthology's editor-in-chief. facebook.com/unquietmindspr…
Coercion in Psychiatric Wards Tied to Worse Recovery, Spanish Study Finds Spanish study finds that restraints, seclusion, and forced drugs predict trauma, poorer functioning, and higher readmission rates. By Laura López-Aybar madinamerica.com/2025/05/coerci…
To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief. #PublicationDay ! Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay-s… #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss All proceeds go to @sameerproject, please share!
Small acts of kindness and solidarity mean so much right now.
Does it f*ck you up a little inside every tax season when the government portal asks you to enter your security question of who your first love was!? Good times. 🫤😆
RADAR trial data showed people recover to their baseline levels of function and symptoms after a relapse, suggesting the hypothesis that relapse is toxic to the brain is incorrect 1/2 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
How does the brain work? Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵

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