Lauren O'Neal
@laurenoneal.bsky.social
Nonfiction editor at Penguin Random House. I put the chic in Chicago Manual of Style.
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Happy War (Xmas Is Over)
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Happy War (Xmas Is Over)
Aha. They were not worried about protecting themselves from going to war, they were worried about protecting war from girls.
I swear to god, a kid I went to high school with who was posting the “Harris will send me to war” memes reposted this with “we’re so back”
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Aha. They were not worried about protecting themselves from going to war, they were worried about protecting war from girls.
Love how there wasn't actually any difference between the Nobel Peace Prize and the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Love how there wasn't actually any difference between the Nobel Peace Prize and the FIFA Peace Prize.
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So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.
Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.
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decided to go smell the rotten milk in the back of the Washington Post fridge... I don't even know what to say about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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I was gonna say I wish hell was real, but actually, I think it is and we already live there.
Trump: We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition... We are going to run the country.
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I was gonna say I wish hell was real, but actually, I think it is and we already live there.
The slopmonger wants to feed us slop.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The slopmonger wants to feed us slop.
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
Yes. Kathy Hochul is converting to Islam.
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Yes. Kathy Hochul is converting to Islam.
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One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!
Aside from the ethical considerations, I just don't understand how people use Twitter without recoiling in disgust. Like, forget whether it's right or wrong to use it, just, how could you possibly *enjoy* using it?
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Aside from the ethical considerations, I just don't understand how people use Twitter without recoiling in disgust. Like, forget whether it's right or wrong to use it, just, how could you possibly *enjoy* using it?
I still use the same clock radio that informed me when 9/11 was happening 😭
Do people outside of TV and the movies still use alarm clocks? Or does everyone pretty much use their cell phone.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I still use the same clock radio that informed me when 9/11 was happening 😭
If Mamdani can do even just one or two of the things he promised, it will make such a huge positive impact.
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If Mamdani can do even just one or two of the things he promised, it will make such a huge positive impact.
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The NYT editorial board members are wearing Black armbands while crying and vomiting today.
Tomorrow's Editorial: "Just because you won the election DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN ACT LIKE YOU ARE THE MAYOR."
Tomorrow's Editorial: "Just because you won the election DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN ACT LIKE YOU ARE THE MAYOR."
January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The NYT editorial board members are wearing Black armbands while crying and vomiting today.
Tomorrow's Editorial: "Just because you won the election DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN ACT LIKE YOU ARE THE MAYOR."
Tomorrow's Editorial: "Just because you won the election DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN ACT LIKE YOU ARE THE MAYOR."
I'm losing my health insurance in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I'm losing my health insurance in 2026.
Processing my pre–NYE party social anxiety by taking a covid test for no reason.
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Processing my pre–NYE party social anxiety by taking a covid test for no reason.
In 2025, I:
- went from not exercising at all to completing 110 Peloton rides
- helped get Zohran elected
- edited a national bestseller www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...
- went from not exercising at all to completing 110 Peloton rides
- helped get Zohran elected
- edited a national bestseller www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...
Hell Bent by Brian Recker: 9780593853191 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former evangelical pastor explains why we can stop worrying about hell and start focusing on love "If you’ve ever struggled with...the idea of eternal conscious torment,...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In 2025, I:
- went from not exercising at all to completing 110 Peloton rides
- helped get Zohran elected
- edited a national bestseller www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...
- went from not exercising at all to completing 110 Peloton rides
- helped get Zohran elected
- edited a national bestseller www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...
A "big tent" can accommodate random Trump voters who change their minds and switch sides. Marjorie Taylor Green would need to spend the rest of her life making daily public apologies and never holding a position of power ever again just to be allowed to look at the tent.
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A "big tent" can accommodate random Trump voters who change their minds and switch sides. Marjorie Taylor Green would need to spend the rest of her life making daily public apologies and never holding a position of power ever again just to be allowed to look at the tent.
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"it's in our DNA to do things that are absolutely not in our DNA" is so stupid it goes all the way around and loops back to stupid again
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"it's in our DNA to do things that are absolutely not in our DNA" is so stupid it goes all the way around and loops back to stupid again
Tfw you believe in eugenics but not, like, for yourself
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tfw you believe in eugenics but not, like, for yourself
I dragged him to fulfill my winter fantasy of ice skating and then it turned out he actually knows how to ice skate.
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I dragged him to fulfill my winter fantasy of ice skating and then it turned out he actually knows how to ice skate.
We are pioneering new and dystopic ways of cutting off our nose to spite our face.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are pioneering new and dystopic ways of cutting off our nose to spite our face.