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Alexa Heinrich (she/her)
@alexaheinrich.bsky.social
1.4K followers 260 following 980 posts
Social media strategist and accessibility advocate. Creator of Accessible Social. Wealthy dragonfruit farmer in the Sims.

TheRealAlexa.com/hello
https://accessible-social.com/
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“Alex, what are you most excited about in the new house? Oh, your closet? Is that because you’ll have more space to store your clothes?”

Yeah, sure, storage for my clothes. 💅
Six rows of clear shelves nailed to the wall of a closet. Each shelf holds nine bottles of nail enamel, creating a rainbow of nail polish.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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No Northern Lights for me tonight, but I did get this cool long exposure shot of the night sky that was briefly interrupted by a plane. First time I’ve ever tried to photograph the stars, too! ✈️
Streak of light caused by a plane cuts vertically through the star-filled night sky.
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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She is officially done and we cannot wait to move in next week!
Gray single-story home.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED. I saw the Northern Lights. Breathtaking experience.
Northern Lights shine in the sky of northern Illinois. They’re mostly red and green and the star filled sky above them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Been a while since I made a GIF.
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Well, it’s a year later and I have more hair than I know what to do with most days (by my standards)! Thanks to a combination of adjusting my meds, wearing a silk bonnet to bed, and changing some of the products I use in my hair, it’s stronger, shinier, and just a smidge out of control sometimes. 😂
Alexa in profile. Her brunette hair curls along the top of her head all the way down to the nape of her neck. The sides of her head are still kept buzzed.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I said what I said.
Completely blacked out image with a single small icon in the upper left corner indicating that the image is broken or did not load properly. There is text next to the icon that would normally be the image's alt text if it were added. The text reads, "You may as well post this if you’re not going to write alt text for the images you share on social media."
October 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Got a crispy new lens for my camera, and look how good it made my girl look!
Black cat with glowing yellow-green eyes.
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It's #SPCDay, a day where St. Petersburg College reflects on its history, celebrates with the current Titan community, and prepares for the future by raising funds for important initiatives and programs!

Help us meet this year's goal and support student success by donating at stpe.co/spcday. 💙
A college mascot resembling a gladiator stands on a lit stage. It holds a trident in one hand and a gold shield that reads "St. Petersburg College" in the other hand.
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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There is something incredibly pure when children play with bubbles. It feels like the epitome of innocent joy. 🫧
Two small children play in a cloud of iridescent soap bubbles on a warm summer day.
September 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Okay, I totally get the hype around @thesavbananas.bsky.social. Every moment of the game was entertaining as heck, and hardly anyone left, even after an 80-minute rain delay.

Really loved seeing Chicago White Sox greats Ozzie Guillén and Paul Konerko at Comiskey again too!
Rate Field, formerly Comiskey Park and current home of the Chicago White Sox MLB team, lit up on a stormy night for the Bananas game. Former White Sox player and manager Ozzie Guillén can be seen smiling on the outfield Jumbotron.
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Happy Father’s Day, Daddy. 💖
Actor Pedro Pascal smiling.
June 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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This sassy gremlin has been tolerating me for eight years now. I love you, Serif. 🖤
Small black cat with bright green eyes stares up into the camera.
May 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Love a fresh haircut, especially with how overgrown and chaotic my hair was before. Looking sharp again!
Selfie of Alexa with a fresh haircut. Her hair is long on top and faded on the sides. Profile of Alexa with a fresh haircut. Her hair is long on top and in the back and faded on the sides.
April 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The birthday girls. I turned 34 today, and Serifina turned 8. Can you tell how much she didn't want to take this picture? 😅🎉😹
Alexa holds up her black cat for a selfie. Serifina's displeased face covers the lower half of Alexa's face.
March 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My nurse is taking excellent care of me.
Alex lies on her side in bed while her black cat Serif sleeps on her shoulder.
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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This probably isn't good.
Banner notification on the website of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The notification reads, "This site will undergo maintenance on January 30, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET."
January 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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For folks looking for a new captioning app now that #CapCut is unavailable, I really like MixCaptions. Relatively inexpensive and good editing options for captions.

I’ve been using it for years now and there’s a desktop version! I pay $3.99 annually.
Pricing options for the MixCaptions app. Users can pay $2.99 a month for short video description, $3.99 a year to unlock MixCaptions editor, $9.99 a month to transcribe videos on Mac, $9.99 a month to transcribe videos for Pros, or $24.99 a month for a monthly business subscription.
January 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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When your human lounges in bed until noon so you decide to yank down her bath towel and make a nest on the bathroom floor in front of the vent. 😂
Alexa’s black cat Serifina snuggled into the nest she made from Alexa’s blue bath towel.
November 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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I have an alt text extension installed on my browser. The green bar at the bottom of this image means AI auto-generated the alt text.

I really want to know if the AI thought Biden and Obama were in the Oval Office because it recognizes them or because the hallway ceilings behind them are curved.
Screenshot of a Facebook post from President Barack Obama wishing President Joe Biden a happy birthday. The image in the post shows Obama and Biden walking through a hallway in the White House. They are not in the Oval Office. Text below the image indicates that the AI-generated alt text assigned to the image is, "May be a black-and-white image of 3 people and the Oval Office."
November 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Designed my own holiday sweater this year. ❄️
Red sweater decorated with line-art sparkles and snow. Text reads “Reigning Naughty List Champion Since 1991” in loopy hand-lettered script.
November 14, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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Whenever Matt Gaetz is brought up, my mother loves to mention how she thinks he looks like Syndrome, the villain from the first Incredibles movie. Cracks me up every time because she's really not wrong. 😂
Syndrome the villain from the animated Pixar movie, The Incredibles. He has a sinister look on his face, a very square jawline, a large forehead, and red hair that stands on end.
November 14, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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So um yeah I’m quoted in a 300-page book along with Accessible Social, which is really hecking cool! 🤩
Page of a book. Alexa is mentioned in a section about online accessibility. The part mentioning her reads, “However, our favourite is by Alexa Heinrich, who created a free resource called Accessible Social (Heinrich, 2022). It’s a hub for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators and internet users who want to understand how they can make their social media more accessible.” Cover of the book “Building a Culture of Inclusivity: Effective Internal Communication for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” by Priya Bates and Advita Patel. The cover is mostly a dark purple with some abstract line art along one side.
August 12, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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She’s normally too cool for daytime snuggling, because god forbid someone see her being cuddly and sweet, so I will not be questioning this. 🖤
Overhead view of Alexa sitting in her office chair with her black cat Serif lounging across her lap.
July 27, 2023 at 2:28 PM
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I miss Chicago all the time.
Birds-eye view of downtown Chicago, the surrounding neighborhoods, and Lake Michigan as seen through the window of an airplane. The plane’s wing slices diagonally through part of the photo.
July 26, 2023 at 1:27 PM