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Dr. Elena Mikalsen

@drelenamikalsen

My views are my own. Psychologist and dog rescuer. Parenting and anxiety expert. Interviews in Teen Vogue, KSAT, Voice of America, WOAI. Author of WRAPPED IN THE STARS, THE HOUSE BY THE CYPRESS TREES, and ALL THE SILENT VOICES.

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This is over Kerrville

11.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas storms are something

11.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦β—οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Last August, Ukraine offered the U.S. its battle-tested technology for intercepting Shaheds and proposed joint production, - Axios

Trump administration dismissed the offer at the time, but after Iranian drone attacks in the current conflict, the U.S. has now asked Ukraine for anti-drone help.

10.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 12

No clue what time it is or what I am supposed to do.

08.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wikipedia page:
Tsundoku (積んθͺ­) is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them. The term is also used to refer to unread books on a bookshelf meant for reading later.

Wikipedia page: Tsundoku (積んθͺ­) is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them. The term is also used to refer to unread books on a bookshelf meant for reading later.

TIL there is a specific Japanese word for acquiring piles of books with the intention of reading them in the future:

Tsundoku

08.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

Haha yes

02.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shhh we like it this way

02.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The U.S. Released the Epstein Files. The Arrests Are Overseas.

This article should have made the basic point that other countries are governed by the rule of law. It’s not about β€œeagerness” to prosecute and it’s not a puzzle. It’s a marker of a deep US problem.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

01.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 3062 πŸ” 1062 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 21

Cute

02.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: FBI investigating whether gunman in Texas was motivated by U.S. attack on Iran - NYP

01.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7

Mass shooting in U.S. doesn’t even make the news anymore. My kid is looking for information on friends on social media

01.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI investigating β€˜potential nexus to terrorism’ in deadly mass shooting in downtown Austin | CNN The FBI is investigating a β€œpotential nexus to terrorism” in a deadly mass shooting that erupted just before 2 a.m. CT Sunday in Austin’s entertainment district, leaving at least three people dead, in...

Meanwhile a mass shooting in Austin. My daughter is a UT student and says the location is where students usually go. www.cnn.com/2026/03/01/u...

01.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Adorable

28.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Losing count of all illegal wars so far during this regime

28.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No war unless we can profit from it

28.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how our Senate and Congress were firmly against all wars and military action for the last 4 years when Ukraine was obliterated but now it’s absolute silence

28.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

❗️explosions in Odesa , Ukraine ❗️drone attack

28.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

What the hell is happening

28.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why even have a Congress

28.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Always great to wake and learn your country is at war

28.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump’s State of the Union Variety Show Were you not entertained?

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

25.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Do it girl

25.02.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate that he hijacked this. It was a beautiful moment in sports and it belongs to all of us not to him

25.02.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This

25.02.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Activities that were better than watching SOTU tonight
Picking your nose
Cleaning your fridge
Sorting your junk mail
Deleting spam texts

25.02.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nine Kingdoms

25.02.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People, I didn’t watch it, don’t want to hear about it unless we have a new government or something.

25.02.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not that we could survive even an hour outdoors in the Arctic

25.02.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Husband and I watched people being stupid on Alone. Much better way to spend the evening.

25.02.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And to be clear, I am watching Shrinking

25.02.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1