tech
You're in love with the future, I don't know why.
Is AI helping us or just helping capitalism?
Maisie Bell
mental-health
Chronic illness communities are rife with medical disinformation
Chronic illness sufferers are constantly exposed to harmful or unhelpful misinformation from grifters trying to take our money.
technology
How I work: Obsidian
I quickly explain how I stick together a bunch of tools in weird and wonderful ways to try and get my life together. Obsidian is pretty fun!
trans
Facing It (Maisie Gets Facial Feminisation Surgery)
A long-form account of my experiences getting facial surgery with Facial Team.
mental health
My bullet journal isn't a mental health cure. But...
Journalling can be fun and enjoyable if you let it be. It doesn't have to be a boring chore.
this week
This week in maisieccino. 2025-07-27
This week: I get a new piece of smart tech, listen to some bleeps and bloops, and start getting serious about my health.
tech
RIP: The bottom of the webpage
miss you xoxo
mental health
Severance and Dissociation
I just finished the 7th episode of season two of Severance. Oh my gosh I have so many thoughts I need to get out into text form. This is going to contain a lot of spoilers for the show. If you haven’t watched, you should close this browser tab.
climbing
The Road to V5
Aaaaaaaa. I started 2024 just about being able to climb V3 graded routes at a few gyms around London but I wanted to do better and get to climbing V4s consistently. Actually, let me correct myself there. I started 2024 with a sprained ankle and a lot of sitting around
lgbtq+
A leap of faith.
The hardest thing about transition is trusting yourself that you’re making the best decisions possible. None of us really know for sure what the future holds and what will happen next. We’re always taking a leap of faith. Yeah, uh, this is a post about my upcoming Facial
The simple joy of climbing
I first went bouldering at a north London climbing centre in summer 2022, in order to try and impress someone I was dating at the time. We joined a friendly group of people who visited weekly and climbed together, and I initially suffered through it because they were very lovely
mental health
Whoops! Let’s try this again.
Having finally seen a psychiatrist this week to look into my serious mental health symptoms, I’ve finally been given a diagnosis and treatment plan—I have Complex PTSD, which is honestly what I began to realise I had already. But it’s definitely a big jump from thinking you