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Lex

@lexwrites.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, bee-witch, Oregonian, real-life physician. Honorary graduate of Starfleet Medical Academy. None of this is medical advice. 🖖🏼 🌈 she/they

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Seems like if I defied a court order, a judge would issue a warrant for my arrest...

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Come on, NYC. Thrill me.

#Mamdani

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 7h

Just marveling at how so many news outlets are describing him as a "powerful" former VP in their headlines. Orwellian Newspeak is so real right now.

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like curtains might be extra important in this case 😆

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 22h

Like... The whole toilet? Or just the seat? Important distinctions, here.

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Essential to take the time to appreciate those things, lest we all slip (further) into insanity.

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 7d

They throw in a spread of choice 😊

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 9d

The bagel shop in my town gives a free bagel and coffee to anyone who needs it every morning. It's a lovely community service.

Here I am thinking how I should give the bagel shop some money since SNAP benefits are about to run out and those bagels will be essential agents of mutual aid.

#goUSA

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 12d

I've been a bit speechless on Bsky lately. The world continues to turn, outrageous and unacceptable things continue to happen, meanwhile my personal life continues to serve as a startling contrast of joy and potential.

Such is the state of things here in my surreal late 2025 world.

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 14d

And pieces of our history get demolished along the way, without our consent.

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 17d

Those are rough weeks. I hope you get a break in there somewhere...someday 😅

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 19d

Always so thoughtful, checking in with all corners of the Left.

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 26d

Yknow, I think your calculation is spot on. That -62 words felt about equivalent to +620 words. I wasn't going in with the revision intention...sometimes the urge just comes on unbidden.

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 27d

Too true. That one word is keeping me from collapsing into utter despair. 😳

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Spend an hour and a half working on my WIP, cleaning up a couple things in a previously-written chapter. Feeling accomplished after a couple weeks away from the page.

End of session wordcount: -62 words.

...of course.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Writesky #Amwriting

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 4

I was so torn between palliative and CL psychiatry (went CL). Palliative is such an impactful field. ♥️

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 3

May we all Fall so well.

Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · Oct 3

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 3

I feel the same way about drag. 💙 Inhabiting that part of myself always feels so empowering. Fabulous picture!

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 3

Aerial class, where the true radicalization happens.

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 3

He keeps violating laws, and nothing happens even when courts find he has violated them. If I violate laws and a court judges me so, I go to jail.

Seems like there's an inequity in there somewhere.

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Oct 1

Put it out into the universe just like my occasional attempts at...

a group of people sitting around a table with the words computer end program written on the bottom

Alt: Lieutenant Barclay standing on the bridge of the enterprise saying "computer, end program" after which the bride disappears to show the inside of a holodeck

media.tenor.com

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Sep 29

Someone needs to take the big red "war" button away from fascist grandpa.

Trump questioned perception of Portland before approving military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

www.kgw.com

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Eric Lorenz @ericlorenz.bsky.social · Sep 28

Writing Tip o' the Day: Sight and sound are the biggies, but there is no sense more closely linked to memory than smell. A well-described, vivid scent will instantly immerse your reader in the scene. Don't ignore this description.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

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Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Sep 27

Good guy Bernie Sanders standing up for physicians in training. 💙

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Sep 27

The resident physicians at Howard University Hospital make history by carrying on Howard's vital legacy.

They should not have to work second jobs and be paid the lowest wages of residents in the District of Columbia.

I call on Howard to reach a fair contract.

Lex @lexwrites.bsky.social · Sep 24

Pretty sure there are extra penalties in hell for killing someone with vegan chocolate. You're probably okay.