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Dr. Alex
@alex-delapaz.bsky.social
Nuanced human
Radical Physical Therapist
Lifter of weights
Reader of books
Keep every option on the table. #Optionality is an #antifragile concept.

Once we take options off the table, we limit ourselves to what’s left. Sometimes what’s left is good stuff. Sometimes we naively eliminate the best option, because of norms and “ethics.”

What to do? Depends on your options.
September 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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IT WOULDN'T BE STANDING, OK?!?!??
a man is talking about dogs and cats living together in a movie .
ALT: a man is talking about dogs and cats living together in a movie .
media.tenor.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
July 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ign.com IGN @ign.com · Jun 28
Capcom has confirmed it experimented with plans to make Resident Evil: Requiem an open-world game, and for it to feature online elements, before it ultimately changed course.

#IGNSummerOfGaming
Capcom Experimented With Open-World and Online Resident Evil: Requiem Ideas, Before Going 'Back to the Drawing Board'
bit.ly
June 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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It’s called…

California
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Jose
Fresno
Santa Barbara
Santa Ana
Santa Monica
Monterey
Santa Clara
San Luis Obispo
Rancho Cucamonga
Fontana
San Mateo
Escondido

These are Spanish names!
My ancestors were here first so how dare you call us “illegal”?!
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Verbal/written warnings for violating the constitution?

Meanwhile, I get investigated for months, while paying for attorney fees mind you, for one single complaint to the PT board for __. Then when the complaint is learned to be unwarranted, I still get penalized for unrelated parallel offenses.
President Donald Trump had targeted the law firm of Jenner & Block, blocking security clearance for several attorneys through executive order.
Republican-appointed judge warns Trump over 'doubly' violating Constitution
www.newsweek.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
May 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
@arlenr24.bsky.social We have reached the pinnacle of maximizing numbers and colors. We no longer have to make choices in video games. The video game presents us with a problem, then the game solves that problem for us, all while we get to observe our numbers and colors increase and progress.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · May 7
ICYMI: Blizzard is preparing to add a new feature to World of Warcraft that might sound strange at first: an option to have the game tell you what spell you should optimally cast next in combat, with an additional option to simply let the game cast the ideal next spell for you.
World of Warcraft Is Getting a One-Button Option That Will Automatically Cast the Ideal Next Spell — but at a Cost
bit.ly
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I blame @mobulasana.bsky.social for poor messaging and advising
“Science and technology do not have values in themselves. It is we human beings who have values. And it is the responsibility of scientists and technologists, both as specialists and as citizens of the world, to help advise policy makers and governments,” Alan Lightman and Martin Rees write.
How Scientists Can Be Good Citizens
We have a responsibility to ensure that our discoveries are used in the public interest. That isn’t always easy.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Welp, back to my $1200/month payments. It’s been real, economy.
Student loan collections resume for millions of Americans as of Monday, after the Education Department ended the COVID-era pause.
Trump admin may withhold student loans from new borrowers: Report
www.newsweek.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?

A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My turn: As a Physical Therapist, UHC reimburses me less $ than Oregon State Medicaid does. LESS THAN MEDICAID.
February 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I often think this speech from Jurassic Park, and it reminds me of some of today's challenges. Imagine Ian is talking about AI or the ability for anyone to say anything to any audience (social media) - all without considering ethics.
January 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So then they wanted you to lie? Fucking unreal.
Fun Fact: I was also charged with slander against the police for saying what happened during that interrogation, that they slapped me. EVEN MY MOM was charged with criminal slander against the police, and arrested, for repeating to the press that they hit me.
January 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Yeah let’s not include an OG. Nobody wants OGs. Everyone wants new age youngsters who tap out of battles because of the lack of safe spaces and non-violent communication.
January 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
One of my favorite games of all time! For SNES it was so huge! My first time navigating a three dimensional world. My fingers and brain could not figure out how to jump diagonally.
Finally beat Mario RPG

10/10 game. Loved every second
January 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Author Richard Reeves on what Trump’s win says about modern masculinity
January 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Yesterday my office manager had an appointment scheduled with our medical biller, to learn the ins and outs of what they do. We have been paying them 8% commission since 2015 and we never thought to ask.
January 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sometimes I forget how much I’ve grown. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally.

It wasn’t easy.
It wasn’t pain-free.
And I’m not done, not yet.

#growth
#change
#dowhatyouhate
January 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Melanie Thernstrom, who has grappled with chronic pain for 30 years, suspects that Luigi Mangione’s “bleak inner reality” was forged in part by his own losing battle with pain.
Essay | Chronic Pain Can Cause a Kind of Madness. I Know This Personally.
Luigi Mangione’s evolution from tech bro to violent vigilante may never be fully understood. But his bleak inner reality seems to have been forged in part by his losing battle with ‘unbearable pain.’
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Tomorrow is going to be terrible or amazing. There's one sense in which that's beyond your control. If you accept that, there's another sense in which you and only you control the switch that makes your day terrible or amazing. Own that fucking switch.
December 4, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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Biden could cancel student and medical debt - do some thing positive on his way out -
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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American dating culture is broken, and a 4B-style sex strike won’t fix it, Faith Hill writes. To restore faith in romance, the country must reckon with a deepening divide between men and women:
The End of American Romance
A dating crisis that’s even worse than it may seem
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving but now it’s my favorite time of the year….DMX Christmas season is here!
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM