Alexandra Fil
@alexandrafil.bsky.social
Aspiring Environmental Science Communicator. Half of my personality is media and the other half is my dogs. I spend a lot of time at happyhagfish.com and you should, too.
I wasn't aware of this, but what good news!
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October 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I wasn't aware of this, but what good news!
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"In my 42 years as a top expert in women’s healthcare, I’ve learned more about females than any man should ever want to learn."
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September 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"In my 42 years as a top expert in women’s healthcare, I’ve learned more about females than any man should ever want to learn."
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Thank you so much for letting me share this! I’ll definitely be more careful the next time I’m prompted to tip at a church fundraiser
@alexandrafil.bsky.social raises important questions about tipping at church fundraisers. When this Greek Festival "tips" went to the church, not workers, it highlighted the need for transparency in religious fundraising.
bit.ly/tipthechurch
#TippingCulture #ChurchTransparency #GreekFestival
bit.ly/tipthechurch
#TippingCulture #ChurchTransparency #GreekFestival
Tipping the church and the ethics of giving
At Greek festivals, where tips support the church, one writer questions financial transparency, gratuity culture, and where the money really goes.
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thank you so much for letting me share this! I’ll definitely be more careful the next time I’m prompted to tip at a church fundraiser
Baking these yummy (but extremely ugly) chocolate chip oatmeal cookies was a fun lesson in chemistry! While assembling the dough, I forgot to add the egg and extract until after I had combined the wet and dry ingredients. I also switched a refrigeration step. The result was flat, ugly cookies 🤷♀️
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Baking these yummy (but extremely ugly) chocolate chip oatmeal cookies was a fun lesson in chemistry! While assembling the dough, I forgot to add the egg and extract until after I had combined the wet and dry ingredients. I also switched a refrigeration step. The result was flat, ugly cookies 🤷♀️
Hello friends! By any chance are you a fan of Pokémon? Are you also raising a kiddo or two? Then you could qualify for this study! Help out research AND gush about your fandom. And don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
September 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello friends! By any chance are you a fan of Pokémon? Are you also raising a kiddo or two? Then you could qualify for this study! Help out research AND gush about your fandom. And don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
What an incredible talent! I spent days trying to redraw the #violetheadedhummingbird and almost lost my mind
Ooooo thank you for this. I had a wonderful time trying to capture his slightly annoyed expression
May 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
What an incredible talent! I spent days trying to redraw the #violetheadedhummingbird and almost lost my mind
My buddy @thisbugistrying.bsky.social wants to watch episodes of the cute show “The Librarians” and talk about them. Would anyone like to join us?
May 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My buddy @thisbugistrying.bsky.social wants to watch episodes of the cute show “The Librarians” and talk about them. Would anyone like to join us?
I asked my sister to take a cute picture of me holding a pretty cake and she delivered
May 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I asked my sister to take a cute picture of me holding a pretty cake and she delivered
April 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Only the greatest best movie ever made (not actually this movie is awful but I’ve watched it maybe 10+ times) #thehunchbackofnotredame2
April 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Only the greatest best movie ever made (not actually this movie is awful but I’ve watched it maybe 10+ times) #thehunchbackofnotredame2
Reposted by Alexandra Fil
Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.
@kelmtay.bsky.social sent me a photo of an #easternbluebird so in return she gets a drawing of an eastern bluebird #bird #birdart
April 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@kelmtay.bsky.social sent me a photo of an #easternbluebird so in return she gets a drawing of an eastern bluebird #bird #birdart
Thank you so much for the opportunity! For anyone interested in learning about Pascha (and why wouldn't you be???), I wrote a guest post about it :)
This Sunday marks both Easter and Pascha. @alexandrafil.bsky.social explores the poignant divide between American and Greek Easter traditions in her first holiday without her Yaiyai. bit.ly/3G8D6nN
#Pascha #GreekEaster #faith
#Pascha #GreekEaster #faith
I wish Pascha were on a different day - FāVS News
This year marks author's first Greek Pascha (Easter) without her Yaiyai (grandmother), which will be even less about tradition now and more about honoring the love that made it all meaningful.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you so much for the opportunity! For anyone interested in learning about Pascha (and why wouldn't you be???), I wrote a guest post about it :)
I miss cute little anthropromorphized mascots and games that were basically busy work but so fun
We're resurrecting the golden age of the internet.
Think: AIM away messages, MySpace Top 8, customizable chaos, autoplay songs & viral vines.
We’re building it into #TheNeptuneApp — tell us what you miss most from the old web 👇
#wtfisneptune #vintageinternet #htmlheartthrob #socialnostalgia
Think: AIM away messages, MySpace Top 8, customizable chaos, autoplay songs & viral vines.
We’re building it into #TheNeptuneApp — tell us what you miss most from the old web 👇
#wtfisneptune #vintageinternet #htmlheartthrob #socialnostalgia
April 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I miss cute little anthropromorphized mascots and games that were basically busy work but so fun
Reposted by Alexandra Fil
This has been my most effective reasoning with undergraduates. “Using chat GPT to write for you is like bringing a robot to the gym to do the lift for you”.
People understand the purpose of struggle when it comes to sports and athletics. It is useful for translating this principle to other realms.
People understand the purpose of struggle when it comes to sports and athletics. It is useful for translating this principle to other realms.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This has been my most effective reasoning with undergraduates. “Using chat GPT to write for you is like bringing a robot to the gym to do the lift for you”.
People understand the purpose of struggle when it comes to sports and athletics. It is useful for translating this principle to other realms.
People understand the purpose of struggle when it comes to sports and athletics. It is useful for translating this principle to other realms.
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You would think after 10 years the pain of losing you would not be so intense. But I still miss you and wish you were here.
April 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You would think after 10 years the pain of losing you would not be so intense. But I still miss you and wish you were here.
This is an interesting piece about the psychological impact of caregiving. As someone forced into the role right out of college (and multiple times since then), I found some parts difficult to read.
Helping a sick family member over months or years can be an enormous strain. It can also disrupt your identity. Psychologists say embracing this change can open up new ways for caregivers to cope.
Caregiving can test you, body and soul. It can also unlock a new sense of self
Helping a sick family member over months or years can be an enormous strain. It can also disrupt your identity. Psychologists say embracing this change can open up new ways for caregivers to cope.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is an interesting piece about the psychological impact of caregiving. As someone forced into the role right out of college (and multiple times since then), I found some parts difficult to read.
After reading this blog post, I may need to reconsider my disdain for all things Disney-adjacent 🍎
Am I just bitter that the stories of my youth no longer transport me emotionally as they once did?
happyhagfish.com/2025/04/01/w...
Am I just bitter that the stories of my youth no longer transport me emotionally as they once did?
happyhagfish.com/2025/04/01/w...
Why You Should Give Disney’s Live-Action “Snow White” a Chance
Sometimes the key to happiness is keeping an open mind
happyhagfish.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
After reading this blog post, I may need to reconsider my disdain for all things Disney-adjacent 🍎
Am I just bitter that the stories of my youth no longer transport me emotionally as they once did?
happyhagfish.com/2025/04/01/w...
Am I just bitter that the stories of my youth no longer transport me emotionally as they once did?
happyhagfish.com/2025/04/01/w...
Reposted by Alexandra Fil
Animation is a caricature of life, not a lesser imitation of it. Remaking cartoons in live-action, or giving the characters realistic proportions, hairs, warts, etc., robs them of the stylized exaggeration that made them appealing in the first place.
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Animation is a caricature of life, not a lesser imitation of it. Remaking cartoons in live-action, or giving the characters realistic proportions, hairs, warts, etc., robs them of the stylized exaggeration that made them appealing in the first place.
Today I made a loud grunting noise at the gym. I have become what I once most hated.
March 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today I made a loud grunting noise at the gym. I have become what I once most hated.
Yes! I’ve been donating to @kqednews.kqed.org for a while now and it’s so worth it to support quality local news! (I love the bay area specific stories)
Just invested in truth by donating to my local NPR station. Quality journalism needs our support now more than ever. Which newsroom will you help sustain? #SupportLocalJournalism #NPR #TruthMatters #PublicMedia
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Yes! I’ve been donating to @kqednews.kqed.org for a while now and it’s so worth it to support quality local news! (I love the bay area specific stories)
Reposted by Alexandra Fil
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
March 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
Reposted by Alexandra Fil
Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
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March 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote