Laura Seeger
@lauraseeger.bsky.social
Soon to be retired ... Digital Media Specialist in Ohio State University History Dept. Lover of history, art, design, movies, nature and dogs. Happily married to a fab guy. (Opinions and posts all my own.)
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Finally, a team I care about! 🤣
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finally, a team I care about! 🤣
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My dog as a man (per Chatgpt)
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My dog as a man (per Chatgpt)
Did anybody else grow up with their mom making this bunny cake? I did. This is my attempt this year. #nostalgia
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Did anybody else grow up with their mom making this bunny cake? I did. This is my attempt this year. #nostalgia
My fav Easter bunny.
April 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My fav Easter bunny.
Brilliant! I love this.
Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
April 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Brilliant! I love this.
Blue Jackets won 7-0 today. It was exciting!
April 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Blue Jackets won 7-0 today. It was exciting!
“I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness,” Gov. Janet Mills of Maine
She's awesome!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
She's awesome!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’
Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness,” Gov. Janet Mills of Maine
She's awesome!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
She's awesome!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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My Latest: Cory Booker showed us what courage looks like by standing up and speaking out in one’s town square. He showed us how it can help shape reality. He demonstrated that it can inspire others and thus can make a real difference in the fight for democracy.
The Power of Standing Up
From Marc | Cory Booker showed us what courage looks like by standing up and speaking out in one’s town square.
www.democracydocket.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My Latest: Cory Booker showed us what courage looks like by standing up and speaking out in one’s town square. He showed us how it can help shape reality. He demonstrated that it can inspire others and thus can make a real difference in the fight for democracy.
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Look, as with historical tariffs and foreign relations, there are two key questions to factor in, neither we can know very well in the present moment:
1. how long will the tariffs stay on;
2. how will other nations compensate and retaliate.
Note: there are also security and alliance questions...
1. how long will the tariffs stay on;
2. how will other nations compensate and retaliate.
Note: there are also security and alliance questions...
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Look, as with historical tariffs and foreign relations, there are two key questions to factor in, neither we can know very well in the present moment:
1. how long will the tariffs stay on;
2. how will other nations compensate and retaliate.
Note: there are also security and alliance questions...
1. how long will the tariffs stay on;
2. how will other nations compensate and retaliate.
Note: there are also security and alliance questions...
This is so good and important things to think about.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is so good and important things to think about.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
Prof. David Staley has been writing a series on Substack of future scenarios in one sentence. They are so clever! This is my fav so far.
(You don't have to subscribe to read them, but it would be nice if you did, right?)
davidjstaley.substack.com/p/one-senten...
(You don't have to subscribe to read them, but it would be nice if you did, right?)
davidjstaley.substack.com/p/one-senten...
One-sentence Future: Pillow Talk
AI-enhanced pillows in smart homes begin conversing at night, sharing users’ dreams, anxieties, and biometric data, inadvertently forming a subconscious social network, at which point a rogue firmware...
davidjstaley.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Prof. David Staley has been writing a series on Substack of future scenarios in one sentence. They are so clever! This is my fav so far.
(You don't have to subscribe to read them, but it would be nice if you did, right?)
davidjstaley.substack.com/p/one-senten...
(You don't have to subscribe to read them, but it would be nice if you did, right?)
davidjstaley.substack.com/p/one-senten...
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MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again
The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
www.thealtmedia.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
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There are definitely Presidential pardons that should be voided.
The hundreds this guy issued to violent felons who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
The hundreds this guy issued to violent felons who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
March 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There are definitely Presidential pardons that should be voided.
The hundreds this guy issued to violent felons who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
The hundreds this guy issued to violent felons who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
Went down a rabbit hole again searching for video images... but here's a really neat photo of Chekhov and Tolstoy from 1901. (Wikiwand)
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Went down a rabbit hole again searching for video images... but here's a really neat photo of Chekhov and Tolstoy from 1901. (Wikiwand)
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Protesters from Jewish Voice For Peace occupy Trump Tower to protest the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
March 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Protesters from Jewish Voice For Peace occupy Trump Tower to protest the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
The goal is definitely NOT to help American farmers. Obviously everything is being torn down, including food for kids.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The goal is definitely NOT to help American farmers. Obviously everything is being torn down, including food for kids.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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House Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Trump-Musk spending bill.
MAGA extremists are marching America toward a Republican recession.
MAGA extremists are marching America toward a Republican recession.
March 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
House Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Trump-Musk spending bill.
MAGA extremists are marching America toward a Republican recession.
MAGA extremists are marching America toward a Republican recession.
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scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam
March 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…