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Lauren W.
@livewildly.bsky.social
Melting pot of loves including: musical theater, books, systems thinking, gardening badly, ttrpgs, and religious trauma

Per my therapist: Master of Resigned Determination

she/they
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attention texans: are you a lawyer, do you know lawyers willing to file pro bono habeas petitions for Minnesotans that have been sent here?

please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Got junk mail at my current address with my maiden name on it.

That has not been my name for 15 years. It has not been my name at any point while living here.

Is this the beginning of a Twilight Zone episode?
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Absolutely stunner of a kitten needs a new home in the LA area. Do your thing, interwebs.
Need comfort in these dark times? This darling 6 month old kitten needs a home due to owner’s advancing disability.

Who doesn’t love a seal point with mittens? And dog friendly!

Located in Pasadena CA, he will need his shots and microchip done by his new human.

DM me for contact phone number.
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
$220 to run a diagnostic check on the door fault error. $540 for the part and time to fix it.

Cars are a scam.
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Every day for the last four days I check the 10-day forecast for New York City hoping there will be a glimmer of good news for my trip.

It keeps getting worse.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Someone's got the etsy witches on this, right? Just in case.
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Oh hey, @murray.senate.gov is my senator. Stop being a coward. They're not following the rules. Time to step up and raise hell even if you aren't the majority.
Murray says in her statement "the hard truth is that Democrats must win political power to enact the kind of accountability we need."
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Time to step up.
two seattle schools had to shelter in place due to ICE today. they’re coming.
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
All of my joints hurt. Is it because I had a birthday?
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Please support this fundraiser for people in the Bryant neighborhood in Minneapolis. Give and give again. Every dollar helps. We are who we have.
This was just given to me by someone on the frontline in Minneapolis.

This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers, and friends to help with housing payments for the neighbors in the Bryant neighborhood.

Share, give, share, and give again!

#MutualAid
#AbolishICE
Donate to Support Bryant Families in Urgent Need, organized by Bryant Neighborhood
This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers,… Bryant Neighborhood needs your support for Support Bryant Families in Urgent Need
www.gofundme.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Is it safe to talk about the fact that Rand was also a terrible writer and storyteller?

I started one book after my debate teacher is high school recommended her and I made it maybe three chapters before putting it down. How anyone finishes those books is beyond me.
One of offspring’s Christmas presents from me.
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Writers, authors, scholars, professors, teachers:

I need compelling persuasive/argumentative NONFICTION texts my students can read and study in ordered to better understand the genre. Preferably no more than 10 pages and about issues that are current.
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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WWI in tweets 😂
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.

@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
as a black comedy, someone should write a version of WWI leadup that has social media. Don't bother about incongruity of fitting 21st century social media tech into early 1900s. Just imagine what it would have been like
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Really appreciate this perspective.
If you want to meaningfully resist fascism, you need to make peace with inconveniencing yourself and being inconvenienced by others. Fascism relies on you privileging your individual comforts over others' basic safety.
January 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Saw a road rage incident on the way home. The justifiably angry person proceeded to block an entire intersection and got out of his car to yell at the other person.

We’re all fraying at the edges.
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Can I say something that’s going to make men mad?
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Sometimes you feel good about your look and then the barista turns around and gasps.

Happy morning to me. ☺️
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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There’s a community food giveaway on January 20, 2026 from 3:30PM- 5:30PM. This will be at Folwell Elementary located at 3611 21st Ave South. You can even pick up food for families in need during these times. 1/
January 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We need a couple groceries. My uterus demands I remain horizontal and Aaron didn’t think before pouring scotch. Using Doordash for groceries for the first time, pray for us.
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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This. We must build a massive national movement & that will require many on-ramps…

…but no easy outs for those part of the pundit class or institutional leadership actively pushing collaboration or worse. Embrace institutional shifts, hold leaders accountable.

& FUCK that guy specifically.
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...

...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Links to local Minneapolis groups to support further down in this thread.
I’m disappointed to read this post from a sitting DNC Vice-Chair. Our communities are experiencing an invasion and a violation of human rights in MN.

South Minneapolis in particular has been the epicenter of this pain. Let’s contribute to actual fundraisers helping keep families afloat.
I work with state parties every single day. There are only a handful of national leaders who actually raise real money for the year organizing state parties do--Ken Martin (dnc chair), Simon Rosenberg (Hopium), Sen. Warren and Actblue. Come for Simon and you come for all of us.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
To do list:

- Get jewels
- Get corsets
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And sew your jewels into your corsets
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I shall take myself tomorrow for a late birthday present or two.
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Setting an alarm to give my dog all the trazadone at 3pm because the Seahawks games starts at 5pm. iykyk
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Another way to support the targets of government sanctioned violence.
A group of 6 families are coordinating transportation, groceries, rent & utilities for 60+ Folwell families in South Minneapolis (this number grows daily). Most of the students have now shifted to e-learning. Please help our neighbors who are impacted by immigration enforcement.

gofund.me/21bb0eb2c
Donate to Help Our Community with Food and Rent Assistance, organized by Sean S
Our community is being threatened and people are afraid. This is a hyper-local… Sean S needs your support for Help Our Community with Food and Rent Assistance
gofund.me
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM