Alicia M Walker🌊🏳️‍🌈

May we both know the feeling of true inspiration and get our books written soon! 🤞

Y'all, I've been WRESTLING a new book for months now. It's been winning! I've been flailing, fumbling & generally feeling inept.
Yesterday: moment of inspiration & after a lot of sweat, effort & teeth gnashing today... I *think* I'm onto something.
🤞I really am

I saw that later! You're absolutely right: you miss one day and WOW

S38 The Challenge rewatch: This mini final cracked the season wide open.
Olivia forgave Nelson. We absolutely did not.
Also… the Jordan Factor™ is undefeated.
S38 rewatch Ep 9 is up. 🎧
open.spotify.com/show/1w8mfBa...

I must've missed it, too. What happened?

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Outstanding season of @thetraitors.bsky.social

Terrifically entertaining (and goodness knows we all need a distraction now more than ever)

Season 50, Episode 1 - 25 Years of Strategy in the Making | Survivor Recap

Another Survivor Podcast (Nobody Asked For) is live.
1 of us has watched since Day 1 & 1 of us just jumped in.
We’re overanalyzing blindsides & having opinions no one requested.
Grab your torch. 🔥
Same couch energy. Same petty confidence. New island.

open.spotify.com/episode/0I45...

Oh, cool! Loans are scary, for certain.
For me, it was scarier to keep marching in place. You know?
I hope you pursue it if it's something that will bring you joy.
I was 44.5 when I graduated w/my PhD. Doing this at 30? Pfft. That's nothing! You've got this!!!

It was definitely different than going in my teens/ early 20s.
I had to be very disciplined with my time. The loans scared me but less than continuing to not pursue the thing I wanted most.
What are you thinking of going to school for? That's exciting!

15 years ago today I got word that I was funded in a PhD program

Wow. Look at that. 15 years ago today, I got the news that would utterly change the trajectory of my life.

So grateful. It's never too late to pursue your wildest dreams. I was 40+ at the time.

We've Lost the Spaces That Foster Friendship We keep offering individual fixes for loneliness while ignoring the disappearance of the spaces where adults once built real relationships.

We didn’t suddenly forget how to make friends.
No partner, no app, no self-help hack can replace real, recurring community.
New @PsychToday, building on research from Bound by BDSM, on what we’re missing in the loneliness conversation.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hidd...

It's getting ready!

"Give love like it's on sale and going out of style."
--Robert Conway [paraphrased]

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Fully didn't clock that! 😄

Yeah they’re not the ones literally being imprisoned by the government for expressing views contrary to US government policy

I see a screwdriver in your future!

S38 E8 rewatch of The Challenge is up, & we’re recording while a winter storm threatens to take out the grid.
If we lose power, just know it was worth it for Bananas’ birthday, “you don’t know ball,” & that ICE COLD cuddle-buddy betrayal.
🎧 spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/oYJ4f3GuV0b

Coral roses, yellow flowers, bouquet

I'll say it again, I have the SWEETEST students. An intro student brought to these to me. Love the color of the roses! But also just such a lovely and thoughtful thing to do. Grief has made things challenging lately, and these make me smile every time I look at them.

Season 38, Episode 7 - Big Swings & Bare Cheeks | The Challenge Recap

Big Swings & Bare Cheeks: this week's rewatch recap of S38 of The Challenge. We break down the messy gameplay & questionable fashion choices.

🎧 & follow:
open.spotify.com/episode/2yjf...

I'm not going this year either.

Lol. Nicest compliment maybe ever?
"Let me know if you ever need a hype man because if you told me you were planning a moon landing with chopsticks and a helium tank, yeah, I would believe it. 😝"

😄😆😂

I'm so sorry. Sending light and love

Alex 9/11/1993-2/14/2017

Unbelievable that today marks 9 years since my beautiful, kind, funny boy left this plane. I don't know how we survive every day without him.
Miss him every day, but today is particularly hard. "Grief is all the love that now has nowhere to go."

2 dozen red roses

What a lovely surprise!

We are currently collecting data on poly/open relationships via survey and interviews.

This man has a decades-long record of lying for profit and personal gain. Any politician who said he'd keep his word was just doing the same thing themselves.

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Sigh. Today was a no good, very bad day.
But the bright spot was being delivered cookies by a very sweet girl scout, who spent time talking with me about the items in my office (a lot of sentimental items in there). Really brightened my day.

Is 2 the limit, though? 🤔

Anyone fell in love more than twice?

They surveyed 10,000+ people and, on average, participants had experienced passionate love twice in their lifetime, while 14% had never experienced it.

ojs.interpersonajournal.com/index.php/oj...

Season 38, Episode 6 - Eat Your Feelings: Frosting > Therapy | The Challenge Recap

We're rewatching S38 of The Challenge and discussing it. This week's ep is
called Eat Your Feelings: frosting > therapy, and yes, I am the feelings eater in question.
We break down the episode. I break down emotionally.
🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/0lKY...

Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows

Remember last week how Dr. Oz called AI the best solution for rural healthcare shortages?

Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...