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Kimberly Chapman

@writercrafter.bsky.social
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Mum/writer/sugarartist/nerd/feminist/ND/bi. Canuck in Cambs UK. Books: findinggaia.com Trek: bit.ly/3s5m7ap Cake: eat-the-evidence.com She/Her. Still Covid shielding.🖖♿🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦😷 I run @spacedadsupport.bsky.social and @spacedocmom.bsky.social

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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 4h
Transphobia is horseshit. (Apologies to actual horses.)
05/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Transphobia is horseshit. (Apologies to actual horses.)
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 4h
Never be afraid to make any space you control comfortable for you to use, from disability support features to decor that makes you happy. Ignore people who complain about what you do with your own space; they're not invited over! 🖤💙😷🥄
05/10/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Never be afraid to make any space you control comfortable for you to use, from disability support features to decor that makes you happy. Ignore people who complain about what you do with your own space; they're not invited over! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whatever harmless things you do to be able to get through your day are legitimate, even if they're not things that work for someone else. Good job adapting to your own needs! I'm so proud of you. 🖤💙😷🥄
04/10/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Whatever harmless things you do to be able to get through your day are legitimate, even if they're not things that work for someone else. Good job adapting to your own needs! I'm so proud of you. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm always proud of you and glad that you're here.
04/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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I'm always proud of you and glad that you're here.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You don't know everything. None of us do. There's no shame in not knowing something, only in pretending you do when you don't. Be more honest about when you don't know in order to increase your learning opportunities.
03/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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You don't know everything. None of us do. There's no shame in not knowing something, only in pretending you do when you don't. Be more honest about when you don't know in order to increase your learning opportunities.
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Kimberly Chapman @writercrafter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
But...I don't want to look at the Telegraph. It's yucky.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Knowing your limits and defending them is part of good self care and health management. 🖤💙😷🥄
03/10/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Knowing your limits and defending them is part of good self care and health management.  emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're allowed to say, "No," to harmful or dangerous things and people. If you need to borrow my voice in your mind to help you do that, please do so. 🖤💙😷🥄
02/10/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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You're allowed to say, "No," to harmful or dangerous things and people. If you need to borrow my voice in your mind to help you do that, please do so. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you openly state your boundaries and someone says they don't wish to be friends with you because of any part of that, congratulations, your boundaries have become an excellent filter towards better friendships.
02/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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If you openly state your boundaries and someone says they don't wish to be friends with you because of any part of that, congratulations, your boundaries have become an excellent filter towards better friendships.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Accept that social groups shift over time. Friends drift apart in distance, values, and needs. New friendships form instead. Learn to see this as a natural and welcome ebb and flow instead of clinging to drifted relationships until they are crushed and break apart unpleasantly.
01/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Accept that social groups shift over time. Friends drift apart in distance, values, and needs. New friendships form instead. Learn to see this as a natural and welcome ebb and flow instead of clinging to drifted relationships until they are crushed and break apart unpleasantly.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quality healthcare can't exist in any system dictated by economic forces. For-profit care pushes only what's profitable. Underfunded care encourages insufficient care. You will all keep suffering until the money comes out of care entirely. 🖤💙😷🥄
01/10/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Quality healthcare can't exist in any system dictated by economic forces. For-profit care pushes only what's profitable. Underfunded care encourages insufficient care. You will all keep suffering until the money comes out of care entirely. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You deserve heaps and heaps of care, love, comfort, and joy today. I hope you get as much of all of that as possible! 🖤💙😷🥄🥰
30/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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You deserve heaps and heaps  of care, love, comfort, and joy today. I hope you get as much of all of that as possible! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon, smile with three hearts
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You are not obligated to attend every battle to which you are invited.
30/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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You are not obligated to attend every battle to which you are invited.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Striving for greatness and accepting yourself as you are in any given moment are not mutually exclusive endeavours.
29/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Striving for greatness and accepting yourself as you are in any given moment are not mutually exclusive endeavours.
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Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember to turn on your "Require Alt Text" button, and to check it even if you already did because BlueSky turns it off sometimes for some reason.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You're not being lazy, you're managing resources for future needs. Good job! Excellent pacing! I'm so proud of you! 🖤💙😷🥄
29/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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You're not being lazy, you're managing resources for future needs. Good job! Excellent pacing! I'm so proud of you! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Kimberly Chapman @writercrafter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was a joke based on this meme:
Tweet from 2020-12-30 by Elle_Enasalin that says, "no one is "born bi," you watch The Mummy at a formative age and the whole cast turns you bi."
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Kimberly Chapman @writercrafter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
None of us were born GenX Queer Trekkers. We watched The Great Space Coaster at a formative age and it turned us that way. And made us lifelong fans of gnu puns. youtu.be/Dddm5bQeKvg?...
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Great Space Coaster
YouTube video by senorhand
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fatphobia is ignorant bigotry. It has no place in my sickbay nor in science and medicine in general. 🖤💙😷🥄
28/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Fatphobia is ignorant bigotry. It has no place in my sickbay nor in science and medicine in general.  emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Be wary of those who insist on "debate" or "discussion" when someone's civil rights are on the table. There's no debate to be had; trans women are women, trans men are men, anyone with a uterus gets to decide what grows in it or not, and the state has no place in the bedrooms of consenting adults.
28/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Be wary of those who insist on "debate" or "discussion" when someone's civil rights are on the table. There's no debate to be had; trans women are women, trans men are men, anyone with a uterus gets to decide what grows in it or not, and the state has no place in the bedrooms of consenting adults.
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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Man vs Bear: The bear doesn't torture his prey for 7 hours before killing.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Be the kind of person you'd want to be friends with.
27/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Be the kind of person you'd want to be friends with.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good job doing whatever it was you were able to do today. 🖤💙😷🥄
27/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Good job doing whatever it was you were able to do today. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To those of you who use mobility devices: when abled folks act like your device is in their way, they're the ones who are wrong. You and your kit are not in the way. You are using the space you occupy correctly. That device is an extension of your body while in use. 🖤💙😷🥄
26/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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To those of you who use mobility devices: when abled folks act like your device is in their way, they're the ones who are wrong. You and your kit are not in the way. You are using the space you occupy correctly. That device is an extension of your body while in use. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am always immensely proud of you when you put your social justice values above your own convenience. Well done. Keep it up. The world needs you.
26/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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I am always immensely proud of you when you put your social justice values above your own convenience. Well done. Keep it up. The world needs you.
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Kimberly Chapman @writercrafter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I made a meme because of the sheer number of craft companies using AI in their photos, promos, and patterns lately and then being shocked that artists and crafters are angry about it. Please enjoy and spread around.
Screencap from Monty Python's spam routine in which the waitress says, "It's not got much spam in it," but changed to "It's not got much AI in it" with the waitress tagged as CraftInc and text at the top that says, "When you complain to a craft company that's using genAI in their patterns/promos:"
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is your duty to be a good, kind, compassionate person within your community and the wider world. It is not your duty to single-handedly fix every problem nor every problematic person. Be part of wonderful things but do not weigh yourself down with burdens that are not yours.
25/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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It is your duty to be a good, kind, compassionate person within your community and the wider world. It is not your duty to single-handedly fix every problem nor every problematic person. Be part of wonderful things but do not weigh yourself down with burdens that are not yours.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So many people just keep saying that Covid is over and so it’s time to move on, and yet the wastewater data just keeps saying that Covid is over here that Covid is over there and that Covid is moving on from one person to another.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't get lost in space, use a flared base! 🖤💙😷🥄🍆🍑🥰
25/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Don't get lost in space, use a flared base! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon, eggplant, peach, smile with three hearts
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pause whatever you're doing to stretch, unclench, go to the toilet, and drink some water. If you need to take some medication do that too. You're worth taking care of! 🖤💙😷🥄
24/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Pause whatever you're doing to stretch, unclench, go to the toilet, and drink some water. If you need to take some medication do that too. You're worth taking care of! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Dr Ben J Searle @drbensearle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Perfectionism isn't healthy (it's associated with #burnout), but it also isn't well understood. Did you know workplace experiences can affect a worker's perfectionism? Learn more in the latest issue of my ($-free & AI-free) newsletter. #IOPsychology #perfectionism mindonthejob.com/blog/2026/09...
mindonthejob.com
Read Before Burning #16: Burnout and Perfectionism - A Balanced Perspective - Mind On The Job
Some people see burnout and perfectionism as badges of honour, but neither is healthy. Could there be a way to address both of these at once?
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you had to be independent as a child due to any unpleasant circumstances, you are correct to be proud of what you accomplished all on your own while simultaneously understanding you should not have been left all on your own.
24/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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If you had to be independent as a child due to any unpleasant circumstances, you are correct to be proud of what you accomplished all on your own while simultaneously understanding you should not have been left all on your own.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unchecked cruelty can spread like wildfire, but the good news is so can unfettered kindness.
23/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Unchecked cruelty can spread like wildfire, but the good news is so can unfettered kindness.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ME/CFS is real. Long covid is real. These are debilitating conditions and not "made up" for any reason. If you do not have these conditions, you don't want them. Masks reduce your risk from a variety of viruses including the ones you don't even know about yet. 🖤💙😷🥄
23/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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ME/CFS is real. Long covid is real. These are debilitating conditions and not "made up" for any reason. If you do not have these conditions, you don't want them. Masks reduce your risk from a variety of viruses including the ones you don't even know about yet. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Attendance rewards or punishments in schools and workplaces are ableist and not conducive to good health care. In Starfleet I can issue rest orders that even those above my rank have to obey. Your society could learn a thing or two about this. 🖤💙😷🥄
22/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Attendance rewards or punishments in schools and workplaces are ableist and not conducive to good health care. In Starfleet I can issue rest orders that even those above my rank have to obey. Your society could learn a thing or two about this. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Shields exist for a good reason. If someone detects you putting up your shields and takes offense instead of worrying that they've frightened you, chances are you were right to put up those shields.
22/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Shields exist for a good reason. If someone detects you putting up your shields and takes offense instead of worrying that they've frightened you, chances are you were right to put up those shields.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Forgive your past self for ignorant mistakes as you improve your current self on your path to being an even better self in the future.
21/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Forgive your past self for ignorant mistakes as you improve your current self on your path to being an even better self in the future.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"No pain, no gain," is only said by the health-privileged and they're mostly wrong about it for their own bodies too. For anyone with a chronic illness, more pain is likely to equal less gain. Listen to your body, not ignorant people. 🖤💙😷🥄
21/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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"No pain, no gain," is only said by the health-privileged and they're mostly wrong about it for their own bodies too. For anyone with a chronic illness, more pain is likely to equal less gain. Listen to your body, not ignorant people. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
People pressuring you to do things that jeopardize your health and safety are not your friends. Don't make me pull out the mom-line about "if your friends jumped off a bridge"! I'd rather say, "Good job!" to those of you who prioritize your safety above social pressure. 🖤💙😷😷😷😷😷🥄
20/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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People pressuring you to do things that jeopardize your health and safety are not your friends. Don't make me pull out the mom-line about "if your friends jumped off a bridge"! I'd rather say, "Good job!" to those of you who prioritize your safety above social pressure. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked x5, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You don't always tell people you value that you value them because it can be difficult to find the right way to say it. That works the other way too: you are valued by people who haven't ever told you. Never imagine you are not valued simply because it hasn't been said.
20/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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You don't always tell people you value that you value them because it can be difficult to find the right way to say it. That works the other way too: you are valued by people who haven't ever told you. Never imagine you are not valued simply because it hasn't been said.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you’re avoiding activism because you’re afraid people in your life won’t like you anymore when you speak out for social justice, I have some terrible news about the people in your life.
19/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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If you’re avoiding activism because you’re afraid people in your life won’t like you anymore when you speak out for social justice, I have some terrible news about the people in your life.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People who suffer with chronic pain get so used to coping with it that it becomes invisible to outsiders. Doctors who disbelieve patients about chronic pain because the patient doesn't "look" like they're in "enough" pain are ignorant and need an attitude adjustment. 🖤💙😷🥄
19/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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People who suffer with chronic pain get so used to coping with it that it becomes invisible to outsiders. Doctors who disbelieve patients about chronic pain because the patient doesn't "look" like they're in "enough" pain are ignorant and need an attitude adjustment. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The hardest time to take care of yourself is the time when you need it the most, which makes it really tricky. It's okay to stop before you're so depleted that you no longer know how to stop. 🖤💙😷🥄
18/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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The hardest time to take care of yourself is the time when you need it the most, which makes it really tricky. It's okay to stop before you're so depleted that you no longer know how to stop. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If something in your life breaks because you've become better at protecting yourself, that broken thing didn't belong in your life in the first place.
18/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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If something in your life breaks because you've become better at protecting yourself, that broken thing didn't belong in your life in the first place.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is a particularly unfair irony that when we persevere through our weakest moments, we are actually at our strongest, and yet all we feel is our weakness. We need others around us to remind us how strong we really are and that our weaknesses are not failings.
17/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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It is a particularly unfair irony that when we persevere through our weakest moments, we are actually at our strongest, and yet all we feel is our weakness. We need others around us to remind us how strong we really are and that our weaknesses are not failings.
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So much of what your era thinks about food and health is wrong, yet your health care workers routinely use that misinformation to torture people out of being able to eat. I wish I could give you all replicators instead. 🖤💙😷🥄
17/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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So much of what your era thinks about food and health is wrong, yet your health care workers routinely use that misinformation to torture people out of being able to eat. I wish I could give you all replicators instead. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon
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Doctor Beverly Crusher @spacedocmom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good job with everything you did yesterday to get yourself through the day, and extra love and lollipops for the good job I know you're going to do again today. I'm so proud of you! 🖤💙😷🥄🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭
16/09/2026
Doctor Beverly Crusher
@SpaceDocMom
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Good job with everything you did yesterday to get yourself through the day, and extra love and lollipops for the good job I know you're going to do again today. I'm so proud of you! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon, lollipop x5
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don't put up with random people hurling nonsense at me and neither should you. Enforce your entirely valid boundaries at will. You are worth protecting.
16/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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I don't put up with random people hurling nonsense at me and neither should you. Enforce your entirely valid boundaries at will. You are worth protecting.
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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do not allow bigots to twist words of social justice empowerment against you or other vulnerable people. You are allowed to rebuke such attempts with all of your might and then walk away with determined, unabashed Pride.
15/09/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
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Do not allow bigots to twist words of social justice empowerment against you or other vulnerable people. You are allowed to rebuke such attempts with all of your might and then walk away with determined, unabashed Pride.
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