Lauren Royal
@laurenroyal.bsky.social
NYT & USA Today bestselling historical romance author. I ♡ my family, kittens/cats, games, Oxford commas, Hamilton, and HGTV.
Long Covid ✧ Crohn’s ✧ celiac ✧ gluten-free ✧ ADHD. ✡ She/her
#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver
#LoveIsLove #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Long Covid ✧ Crohn’s ✧ celiac ✧ gluten-free ✧ ADHD. ✡ She/her
#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver
#LoveIsLove #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Lauren Royal
@laurenroyal.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Dear Romance Readers: I don’t list Bluesky on my website or anywhere else, and that’s because I’m unmasked here—and by that I don’t mean I’ve stopped wearing N95 masks in public. 😷 What I mean... (1/3)
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We went from “you can’t trust anything on Wikipedia” to it being one of the only places on the web that’s likely to be correct and unbiased more often than wrong or driven by private interests.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We went from “you can’t trust anything on Wikipedia” to it being one of the only places on the web that’s likely to be correct and unbiased more often than wrong or driven by private interests.
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Dear politicians & influencers, sorry but your maskless airplane selfies look cringe to me. They signal you're fine spreading airborne viruses to everyone trapped in a metal tube with you & normalize flying in a climate crisis
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Dear politicians & influencers, sorry but your maskless airplane selfies look cringe to me. They signal you're fine spreading airborne viruses to everyone trapped in a metal tube with you & normalize flying in a climate crisis
I love this!
The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I love this!
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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Here’s the Mexican Marines removing signs stating that the Mexican beach is a restricted area by the US Department of Defense. Yes, it’s real.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here’s the Mexican Marines removing signs stating that the Mexican beach is a restricted area by the US Department of Defense. Yes, it’s real.
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Remember when some of us were talking about toxic positivity? This is where we warned everyone it would take us: Companies make smiling an official job requirement while our governments abandon their responsibilities and tell everyone the real problem is their attitude and appearance.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Remember when some of us were talking about toxic positivity? This is where we warned everyone it would take us: Companies make smiling an official job requirement while our governments abandon their responsibilities and tell everyone the real problem is their attitude and appearance.
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A new NEJM paper just dropped evaluating a quadrivalent modified mRNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine in a phase 3 trial. This is the largest test yet of whether the mRNA platform that transformed COVID-19 vaccination can improve our fight against flu.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine | NEJM
Influenza remains a major health burden despite the use of licensed vaccines. Nucleoside-modified
messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccines have shown promising immunogenicity against
influenza and...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A new NEJM paper just dropped evaluating a quadrivalent modified mRNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine in a phase 3 trial. This is the largest test yet of whether the mRNA platform that transformed COVID-19 vaccination can improve our fight against flu.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
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Good advice from Chicago’s mayor!
November 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Good advice from Chicago’s mayor!
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
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A border patrol agent went into a women’s bathroom with a loaded weapon and tried to hit on someone inside.
A CBP agent being paid by the federal government sexually harassed a woman in a public washroom.
Not a trans person. Not a drag queen.
A CBP agent being paid by the federal government sexually harassed a woman in a public washroom.
Not a trans person. Not a drag queen.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A border patrol agent went into a women’s bathroom with a loaded weapon and tried to hit on someone inside.
A CBP agent being paid by the federal government sexually harassed a woman in a public washroom.
Not a trans person. Not a drag queen.
A CBP agent being paid by the federal government sexually harassed a woman in a public washroom.
Not a trans person. Not a drag queen.
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Massachusetts AG Campbell: What you heard from the president and the speaker is total bullshit.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Massachusetts AG Campbell: What you heard from the president and the speaker is total bullshit.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
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BOOM
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BOOM
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
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🚨Another Veteran of the USAF has been violently arrested by ICE - at 0600, in Portland, OR. This time, the arrest was on Veteran’s Day. If anyone has any information about anyone seen in this video, please follow up with the account on IG. 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🚨Another Veteran of the USAF has been violently arrested by ICE - at 0600, in Portland, OR. This time, the arrest was on Veteran’s Day. If anyone has any information about anyone seen in this video, please follow up with the account on IG. 1/2