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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2h

I mostly quit FB after the inauguration and their harassment policy changes but log in every now and then to check local therapist groups, and nearly every time I now get this pop-up. FB! This doesn't make me want to use your product!!!

Facebook's suicide prevention check-in message

Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely. Like, maybe if we were more psychologically literate, legislation wouldn't have been seen as the go-to move.

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2h

Good for you!

...I once saw someone argue it's ableist to ask men not to manspread because, Celtic hips? 🙃

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2h

I woke up with asthmatic sx that didn't fully resolve until the afternoon but woke up today basically fine, and yesterday was a warmer day than today will be! Bodies are weird, 🫠

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 3h

I think the SCOTUS decision will make people angry but ultimately not do much because legitimately licensed therapists/social workers/etc were already mostly not practicing "conversion therapy" anyway.

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 3h

Unpopular opinion: legislation was not actually the best move, for unfriendly SCOTUS and other reasons.

Afaik, every state had a carve out for pastoral counseling. Therefore, the vast majority of conversion therapy efforts were never actually banned.

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Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸 @michaelostrogorsky.bsky.social · 13h

Yesterday's Harvest Supermoon Rise over Seattle:

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 13h

😍

Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 16h

So I don't follow baseball but I am vicariously invested in 1) the Mariners reaching the World Series for the first time and 2) Cal Raleigh possibly setting a new record for most home runs in a single season

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 16h

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe too pixelated to see, sorry!

Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 17h

Creepy mofo kelp crab!

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 17h

High tide!

Inlet with the tide so high there's no beach to walk on

Inlet with a tide high enough to reach the bottom of an old pier

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

So that's part of the problem? Unless I'm very sick with a respiratory infection, my peak flows have also always been normal so they say I don't need one. Though I guess I am curious what they'd be if I'm doing it just after waking at 6 or 7am. So maybe??

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

I've never officially been dxed with asthma but every year once it gets cold, I wake up every morning with a tight chest that makes it hard to breathe for several hours, &I wish I could get a doctor to take me seriously enough to regularly prescribe an albuterol inhaler because it'd help so much, 🥺

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just not going to pay mine if this happens 🙃

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

It's even worse when you need a therapist but you ARE the therapist

RotLDanielle Ryan 🎃 @danirat.bsky.social · 1d

you ever need an adult and you ARE the adult

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

(Only slightly burnt) Jambalaya!

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

Boo, I'm sorry!

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

*Hopefully* I will muster up energy to make jambalaya tonight... though, I'm kinda wishing I had gotten stuff for chili, that would've been a little more hands off

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, in the last three hours I've managed to pick up groceries + prescriptions, cleanup my kitchen (still need to run the dishwasher), and put all but one load thru both the washer and dryer.

Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2d

I've had a migraine since Saturday afternoon so none of my weekend chores (grocery run/meal prep, laundry, pharmacy run, etc) are done yet so I'm trying to do what I can today while still in pain... I desperately wish i was the last week of October and I was on the coast already, 🥺

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, ♥️

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2d

Shh, Rascal, we can't talk about that!

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2d

I've had a migraine since Saturday afternoon so none of my weekend chores (grocery run/meal prep, laundry, pharmacy run, etc) are done yet so I'm trying to do what I can today while still in pain... I desperately wish i was the last week of October and I was on the coast already, 🥺

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2d

Cheese foam!? 😳

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Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah but it tastes better than whip!

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