Lara
@ledmusings.bsky.social
✨ Writer, Artist, Social Sci Nerd
🪶 Comms Strategist
🌴 Based in La La Land
🫶 Special Appreciation for: whimsy, real-talk, and immersive theater
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Lara
@ledmusings.bsky.social
· Aug 8
While I've experimented with different uses for AI, I'm still a beginner when it comes to understanding the technology behind it. I'm starting from ⬛ 1 and learning everything I can, sharing my notes as I go: musemeetsmachine.substack.com. Subscribe and we'll learn together! #ai
The entire country needs to take a 1-week dopamine detox from social media and see a) if we can do it or have a true addiction b) if everyone snaps out of their respective ideological stupors like the grownups waking up from their spell-induced dance trance at the end of Hocus Pocus.
September 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The entire country needs to take a 1-week dopamine detox from social media and see a) if we can do it or have a true addiction b) if everyone snaps out of their respective ideological stupors like the grownups waking up from their spell-induced dance trance at the end of Hocus Pocus.
New Substack post on "Muse Meets Machine," in which I outline my process of creating a more detailed report explaining a16z's latest list of the Top 50 Gen AI Web Products, and then provide the report. Spoiler alert: this took me one million hours.
musemeetsmachine.substack.com/p/so-what-wo...
musemeetsmachine.substack.com/p/so-what-wo...
September 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
New Substack post on "Muse Meets Machine," in which I outline my process of creating a more detailed report explaining a16z's latest list of the Top 50 Gen AI Web Products, and then provide the report. Spoiler alert: this took me one million hours.
musemeetsmachine.substack.com/p/so-what-wo...
musemeetsmachine.substack.com/p/so-what-wo...
While I've experimented with different uses for AI, I'm still a beginner when it comes to understanding the technology behind it. I'm starting from ⬛ 1 and learning everything I can, sharing my notes as I go: musemeetsmachine.substack.com. Subscribe and we'll learn together! #ai
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
While I've experimented with different uses for AI, I'm still a beginner when it comes to understanding the technology behind it. I'm starting from ⬛ 1 and learning everything I can, sharing my notes as I go: musemeetsmachine.substack.com. Subscribe and we'll learn together! #ai
To all of our incredible #teachersky #edusky #educators: If you have any input, suggestions or requests, I'd love to create something that serves you! Thanks for doing what you do 🙏
#curriculumdesign #communications
#curriculumdesign #communications
Question for my #teachers out there: I'm working on developing communications-oriented curricula for high school students. Topics I want to cover (probably in separate curricula) include: understanding the media ecosystem, media literacy, and perhaps something around digital marketing storytelling.
August 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
To all of our incredible #teachersky #edusky #educators: If you have any input, suggestions or requests, I'd love to create something that serves you! Thanks for doing what you do 🙏
#curriculumdesign #communications
#curriculumdesign #communications
Question for my #teachers out there: I'm working on developing communications-oriented curricula for high school students. Topics I want to cover (probably in separate curricula) include: understanding the media ecosystem, media literacy, and perhaps something around digital marketing storytelling.
August 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Question for my #teachers out there: I'm working on developing communications-oriented curricula for high school students. Topics I want to cover (probably in separate curricula) include: understanding the media ecosystem, media literacy, and perhaps something around digital marketing storytelling.
Are women still “too emotional to lead” or can we move on
June 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Are women still “too emotional to lead” or can we move on
Happy national INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! 🫶📚
April 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Happy national INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! 🫶📚
Dressage: where the horse’s fancy footwork reflects largely on specific, clear prompting from its experienced human rider. It also drinks a lot of water.
Remind you of anything?
Clue: Old MacDonald had a horse. A-I-A-I- ...oh.
#AI
Remind you of anything?
Clue: Old MacDonald had a horse. A-I-A-I- ...oh.
#AI
April 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Dressage: where the horse’s fancy footwork reflects largely on specific, clear prompting from its experienced human rider. It also drinks a lot of water.
Remind you of anything?
Clue: Old MacDonald had a horse. A-I-A-I- ...oh.
#AI
Remind you of anything?
Clue: Old MacDonald had a horse. A-I-A-I- ...oh.
#AI
Under-sit/stand-desk-treadmill-pad: GAME CHANGER. #workstationtips
April 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Under-sit/stand-desk-treadmill-pad: GAME CHANGER. #workstationtips
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
My favorite #medialiteracy question to ask: "SAYS WHO?" I taught a media literacy workshop to middle schoolers and introduced them to the "Says Who Rule." Whenever we're reading something, we should think about who wrote it, for what publication, and, of course, where their money comes from.
April 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My favorite #medialiteracy question to ask: "SAYS WHO?" I taught a media literacy workshop to middle schoolers and introduced them to the "Says Who Rule." Whenever we're reading something, we should think about who wrote it, for what publication, and, of course, where their money comes from.
oh ok
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
April 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
oh ok
#journalists: I haven't really seen a quality exploration of the ways lobbyists/campaign finance have blocked some of the reforms that seem otherwise obvious to make (gov telling us how much we owe in taxes, family leave blocked due to lobbying by formula companies).
I'm sure this has *nothing* to do with the fact that Intuit, the company that owns TruboTax, which makes money off filing income taxes with the IRS, gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his inauguration slush fund. #Corruption
New, from me: The Trump administration is killing Direct File, the free IRS e-filing tool.
Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public.
It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public.
It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
April 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#journalists: I haven't really seen a quality exploration of the ways lobbyists/campaign finance have blocked some of the reforms that seem otherwise obvious to make (gov telling us how much we owe in taxes, family leave blocked due to lobbying by formula companies).
As usual, @theonion.com nails it. Currently writing a post about language that I’m planning to share on Monday.
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...
theonion.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As usual, @theonion.com nails it. Currently writing a post about language that I’m planning to share on Monday.
Do any other #ADHD #neurospicy #entrepreneurs have trouble conceptualizing email sequences for their business? I feel like I'm clawing through a foam party. Every time I think I capture a thread, it slips away as my brain zooms out again.
April 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Do any other #ADHD #neurospicy #entrepreneurs have trouble conceptualizing email sequences for their business? I feel like I'm clawing through a foam party. Every time I think I capture a thread, it slips away as my brain zooms out again.
Recently discovered the #Zettelkasten method of cataloguing ideas and am seeing Notion templates pop up. Anyone used it? I know Luhmann created it pre-computer so I'm curious as to how it holds up. #productivity #writingcommunity
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Recently discovered the #Zettelkasten method of cataloguing ideas and am seeing Notion templates pop up. Anyone used it? I know Luhmann created it pre-computer so I'm curious as to how it holds up. #productivity #writingcommunity
You know it's been a productive day when at 6:50 pm you look up and have collected -- count 'em -- 5 beverage glasses, somehow placed evenly (?) across your desk. Coffee mug in the middle, of course! #adhd #neurodivergence
April 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
You know it's been a productive day when at 6:50 pm you look up and have collected -- count 'em -- 5 beverage glasses, somehow placed evenly (?) across your desk. Coffee mug in the middle, of course! #adhd #neurodivergence
Learning to mine your own mind is essential for those dipping a toe into #thoughtleadership. I see #writers who are true thinkers struggling to write online, not because they can't come up with content ideas, but that they can't recognize a BIG idea as the source of many smaller #contentideas.
April 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Learning to mine your own mind is essential for those dipping a toe into #thoughtleadership. I see #writers who are true thinkers struggling to write online, not because they can't come up with content ideas, but that they can't recognize a BIG idea as the source of many smaller #contentideas.
Noticing that many services don't integrate with Substack. What gives?
April 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Noticing that many services don't integrate with Substack. What gives?
Looking for some tips from Bsky's #WritingCommunity -- any ADHD-friendly tips for tracking and cataloguing research for a book project? I don't know if I trust myself to dump everything into the same place (Notion, etc.) on a prolonged basis.
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Looking for some tips from Bsky's #WritingCommunity -- any ADHD-friendly tips for tracking and cataloguing research for a book project? I don't know if I trust myself to dump everything into the same place (Notion, etc.) on a prolonged basis.
April 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking for some tips from Bsky's #WritingCommunity -- any ADHD-friendly tips for tracking and cataloguing research for a book project? I don't know if I trust myself to dump everything into the same place (Notion, etc.) on a prolonged basis.
It's #NationalLibraryWeek AND my birthday! This year I want to finish some of the writing projects that are most important to me and share them with the world.
April 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It's #NationalLibraryWeek AND my birthday! This year I want to finish some of the writing projects that are most important to me and share them with the world.
Ok, social impact campaign idea: reach out to elderly women directly impacted by these government cuts and have them make videos shaming and reprimanding Trump, Musk, the entire prepubescent cast of DOGE + GOP + inactive Dem lawmakers, by name. I'm talking videos, billboards, TikTok you name it.
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Ok, social impact campaign idea: reach out to elderly women directly impacted by these government cuts and have them make videos shaming and reprimanding Trump, Musk, the entire prepubescent cast of DOGE + GOP + inactive Dem lawmakers, by name. I'm talking videos, billboards, TikTok you name it.
April 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you tease me with an email subject line promising information and make me scroll to the bottom to find out that accessing that information requires a paid subscription, you have just lost a potential paying customer. I will never, ever pay you, purely out of spite, and because I don't trust you.
April 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If you tease me with an email subject line promising information and make me scroll to the bottom to find out that accessing that information requires a paid subscription, you have just lost a potential paying customer. I will never, ever pay you, purely out of spite, and because I don't trust you.