Lauren Hallden
@laurenhallden.com
Product Designer, mushroom hunter, creator of Philly Day Hiker and a bunch of other things.
Got the baby a mini dust pan and brush; now when I sweep up after his dinner, he waggles his brush at the floor and then pulls up on the trashcan to “throw it out.”
It’s WILD to watch his brain work.
It’s WILD to watch his brain work.
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Got the baby a mini dust pan and brush; now when I sweep up after his dinner, he waggles his brush at the floor and then pulls up on the trashcan to “throw it out.”
It’s WILD to watch his brain work.
It’s WILD to watch his brain work.
Me: *blows on the baby’s food to cool it down*
Baby: 👀
Baby: *screws up his face and snorts out his nose, trying to copy me*
Baby: 👀
Baby: *screws up his face and snorts out his nose, trying to copy me*
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Me: *blows on the baby’s food to cool it down*
Baby: 👀
Baby: *screws up his face and snorts out his nose, trying to copy me*
Baby: 👀
Baby: *screws up his face and snorts out his nose, trying to copy me*
The baby has been offering me his teething straw to chew on, which is adorable and also gross.
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The baby has been offering me his teething straw to chew on, which is adorable and also gross.
Watching the baby grab stuff with his left hand and climb stairs leading with his left foot and I’m like “oh you’re like me! sorry about that.”
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Watching the baby grab stuff with his left hand and climb stairs leading with his left foot and I’m like “oh you’re like me! sorry about that.”
We are in the midst of the post-thanksgiving diaper poopstravaganza
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We are in the midst of the post-thanksgiving diaper poopstravaganza
Feels like we’re all just counting down til the ill-advised defamation lawsuit now
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Feels like we’re all just counting down til the ill-advised defamation lawsuit now
As your kids get older do you end up feeling like there are enough hours in the day, again, or?
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As your kids get older do you end up feeling like there are enough hours in the day, again, or?
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Me: “it’s a ball!”
Baby: “…buh.”
Me: “Ball!”
Baby: “bah!!”
Baby: “…buh.”
Me: “Ball!”
Baby: “bah!!”
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Me: “it’s a ball!”
Baby: “…buh.”
Me: “Ball!”
Baby: “bah!!”
Baby: “…buh.”
Me: “Ball!”
Baby: “bah!!”
“From The Complete Guide to Freebirth, Lopez had learned that women’s ‘bodies do not grow babies that we cannot birth’.” Ok. So the whole history of maternal mortality during birth is just…made up? “Modern medicine”, before it even existed? Sigh.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“From The Complete Guide to Freebirth, Lopez had learned that women’s ‘bodies do not grow babies that we cannot birth’.” Ok. So the whole history of maternal mortality during birth is just…made up? “Modern medicine”, before it even existed? Sigh.
I loved his brain. I hated the idea of an intruder therein. 🤡
A crackpot with control over the infrastructure trying to force reality to bend to his fringe beliefs.
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I loved his brain. I hated the idea of an intruder therein. 🤡
Husband came home in the middle of the workday, poked his head into my office and I yelled “this is my goblin lair, I’ll clean it later!!”
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Husband came home in the middle of the workday, poked his head into my office and I yelled “this is my goblin lair, I’ll clean it later!!”
My baby is desperate to learn to walk, but he can't balance his weight over his heels yet, so he's using everything he can find as a walker. Toy fire trucks. This thing.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My baby is desperate to learn to walk, but he can't balance his weight over his heels yet, so he's using everything he can find as a walker. Toy fire trucks. This thing.
This week's Criminal podcast is one of the worst stories about crappy software and crappy management I've ever heard.
thisiscriminal.com/episode-341-...
thisiscriminal.com/episode-341-...
Episode 341: The Post Office (11.21.2025)
Scott Darlington ran the post office in a village outside Manchester – until he was accused of theft and fraud. “I started thinking, ‘Maybe I’ve done this and I just haven’t realized that it’s been me...
thisiscriminal.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This week's Criminal podcast is one of the worst stories about crappy software and crappy management I've ever heard.
thisiscriminal.com/episode-341-...
thisiscriminal.com/episode-341-...
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Also: Anthropic raised $13bn in September and now another $15bn? But also will “only” burn about $6.2bn in the next two years before being cash flow positive? Doesn’t really make sense at all
www.theinformation.com/articles/ant...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ant...
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also: Anthropic raised $13bn in September and now another $15bn? But also will “only” burn about $6.2bn in the next two years before being cash flow positive? Doesn’t really make sense at all
www.theinformation.com/articles/ant...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ant...
John is singing to the baby and the song goes:
Alpha baby
He’s misunderstanding wolf population dynamics
Alpha baby
He’s using protein supplements
Alpha baby
He’s misunderstanding wolf population dynamics
Alpha baby
He’s using protein supplements
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
John is singing to the baby and the song goes:
Alpha baby
He’s misunderstanding wolf population dynamics
Alpha baby
He’s using protein supplements
Alpha baby
He’s misunderstanding wolf population dynamics
Alpha baby
He’s using protein supplements
My baby did not cry once on his first plane ride, and also managed a whole room singing polish happy (early) birthday without freaking out. He is a champion. More coping skills than I have.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My baby did not cry once on his first plane ride, and also managed a whole room singing polish happy (early) birthday without freaking out. He is a champion. More coping skills than I have.
Reposted by Lauren Hallden
Haven't been this unnerved since I saw the sign in the Bloomberg newsroom that read: "Pod Casts"
(they fixed it)
(they fixed it)
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Haven't been this unnerved since I saw the sign in the Bloomberg newsroom that read: "Pod Casts"
(they fixed it)
(they fixed it)
This may be the first time Elon hasn’t lied about something?
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This may be the first time Elon hasn’t lied about something?
Doing that thing where I'm 48 hours from a flight and my anxiety is like PRESENT AN ACCOUNTED FOR MA'AM. DO YOU NEED ME TO REMIND YOU EVERY 5 MINUTES THAT YOU MIGHT DIE
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Doing that thing where I'm 48 hours from a flight and my anxiety is like PRESENT AN ACCOUNTED FOR MA'AM. DO YOU NEED ME TO REMIND YOU EVERY 5 MINUTES THAT YOU MIGHT DIE
Reposted by Lauren Hallden
Adam Corolla is the textbook example of why divorce protections are important for nonworking spouses - he used to brag routinely on his show about how his wife didn't have to work because he earned so much. It was a point of pride for him that she quit her job when they got married.
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Adam Corolla is the textbook example of why divorce protections are important for nonworking spouses - he used to brag routinely on his show about how his wife didn't have to work because he earned so much. It was a point of pride for him that she quit her job when they got married.
Look I have the political instincts of a three-toed sloth but my guess is that the average voter barely knows ACA plans were subsidized. Seems more likely a price spike would be tied to inflation or corporate greed, then maybe the *actual ruling party doing this*, THEN maybe chuck?
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Look I have the political instincts of a three-toed sloth but my guess is that the average voter barely knows ACA plans were subsidized. Seems more likely a price spike would be tied to inflation or corporate greed, then maybe the *actual ruling party doing this*, THEN maybe chuck?
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The ones that are sat unpowered in Santa Clara are *48MW projects*. How, exactly, are we going to get the 200, 500 or 1.4GW ones up and running? I don't think this is a regulatory issue!
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The ones that are sat unpowered in Santa Clara are *48MW projects*. How, exactly, are we going to get the 200, 500 or 1.4GW ones up and running? I don't think this is a regulatory issue!
Large employers really are like “surprise! It’s the day before a holiday so you’re getting early dismissal. We intentionally didn’t tell you in advance so you couldn’t plan to use this time productively, and your daycare staffed for a full day ❤️. See you on Wednesday fam!!”
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Large employers really are like “surprise! It’s the day before a holiday so you’re getting early dismissal. We intentionally didn’t tell you in advance so you couldn’t plan to use this time productively, and your daycare staffed for a full day ❤️. See you on Wednesday fam!!”
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This one's nearly worth getting framed.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This one's nearly worth getting framed.