Lauren Olamina
@olamina.bsky.social
Reading, listening, parenting, watching, eating, cooking, baking, hiking, yoga. Bull City. she/her
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misleading headline from Reuters. farther down in the article there is mention of former “DOGE” officials being repurposed into other parts of the federal govt.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
misleading headline from Reuters. farther down in the article there is mention of former “DOGE” officials being repurposed into other parts of the federal govt.
My little city has a lot of love. It’s nice to get some goodwill from folks elsewhere, too. I really appreciate someone so thoughtful—and I really mean thinks about people and place and love with attention and insight—thinking of us.
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My little city has a lot of love. It’s nice to get some goodwill from folks elsewhere, too. I really appreciate someone so thoughtful—and I really mean thinks about people and place and love with attention and insight—thinking of us.
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The rage and anxiety I feel about ICE in NC.
But not helplessness. Lots of good people are out here.
Follow SiembraNC and many local organizations sharing info if you want to know how to help.
But not helplessness. Lots of good people are out here.
Follow SiembraNC and many local organizations sharing info if you want to know how to help.
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The rage and anxiety I feel about ICE in NC.
But not helplessness. Lots of good people are out here.
Follow SiembraNC and many local organizations sharing info if you want to know how to help.
But not helplessness. Lots of good people are out here.
Follow SiembraNC and many local organizations sharing info if you want to know how to help.
Solomon remains a sage. This is accurate, and I don’t recall anyone else making this point.
The thing is… old white men love to talk about themselves
You don’t have to sleep with them
You don’t have to sleep with them
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Solomon remains a sage. This is accurate, and I don’t recall anyone else making this point.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
It’s so true. It’s actually horrifying to see the memes and jokes about this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
I made a Thanksgiving organizational spreadsheet which includes toggles for what time dishes need to be prepared, when they need to be cooked, what dietary restrictions they meet, who the chef is. etc, etc. I’m oddly very proud of it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I made a Thanksgiving organizational spreadsheet which includes toggles for what time dishes need to be prepared, when they need to be cooked, what dietary restrictions they meet, who the chef is. etc, etc. I’m oddly very proud of it.
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Tooout un article sans jamais citer le BUMIDOM, punaise ! :émoji colère:
Now watching Murder In: Albi.
The first Black Chief of Police in the town was adopted from orphanage in Tarn by a white French couple. The murders are linked to a local orphanage.
A former social worker asked if she was from Creuse. She said "We took in a lot of children 'like you' there."
The first Black Chief of Police in the town was adopted from orphanage in Tarn by a white French couple. The murders are linked to a local orphanage.
A former social worker asked if she was from Creuse. She said "We took in a lot of children 'like you' there."
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tooout un article sans jamais citer le BUMIDOM, punaise ! :émoji colère:
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I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
Native American nearly deported after Polk County jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Jail staff in Des Moines told Leticia Jacobo she would be turned over to immigration agents — even though Jacobo is Native American.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
What? As your auntie, let me tell you, if your love looks like Heathcliff and Cathy’s—absolutely not. If you think it’s the greatest love story, seek therapy, and I’m sorry someone hurt you.
The film does look very pretty, so there’s that.
The film does look very pretty, so there’s that.
We have thoughts about the #WutheringHeights trailer but we have to stop laughing first before we can express them
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/we-h...
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/we-h...
We Have Thoughts About the WUTHERING HEIGHTS Trailer - Tom + Lorenzo
Here's the trailer for Emerald Fennell's upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights. We should tell you that we laughed uproariously through the whole
tomandlorenzo.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
What? As your auntie, let me tell you, if your love looks like Heathcliff and Cathy’s—absolutely not. If you think it’s the greatest love story, seek therapy, and I’m sorry someone hurt you.
The film does look very pretty, so there’s that.
The film does look very pretty, so there’s that.
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regional dialect question:
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
regional dialect question:
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
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I’m convinced that they do these sporadic public displays just to signify that they finally have the meritocracy they have dreamt of which is one in which the most decorated and qualified woman can have her career derailed at the whims of the most mediocre and unqualified man.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’m convinced that they do these sporadic public displays just to signify that they finally have the meritocracy they have dreamt of which is one in which the most decorated and qualified woman can have her career derailed at the whims of the most mediocre and unqualified man.
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⚠️ Someone you don't agree with is NOT blind or crazy or demented for being unaware or dangerous.
Blind people are not unaware and people with progressive memory impairment are not inherently dangerous.
Disabled folks are weary enough without your extra #Ableism thanks ✌️
#CripLife #DisabledLife
Blind people are not unaware and people with progressive memory impairment are not inherently dangerous.
Disabled folks are weary enough without your extra #Ableism thanks ✌️
#CripLife #DisabledLife
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
⚠️ Someone you don't agree with is NOT blind or crazy or demented for being unaware or dangerous.
Blind people are not unaware and people with progressive memory impairment are not inherently dangerous.
Disabled folks are weary enough without your extra #Ableism thanks ✌️
#CripLife #DisabledLife
Blind people are not unaware and people with progressive memory impairment are not inherently dangerous.
Disabled folks are weary enough without your extra #Ableism thanks ✌️
#CripLife #DisabledLife
This is adorable. I’m moderately concerned that the trend will pick up and I’ll have to figure out to afford outfitting my tweens like 1940s cinema stars, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is adorable. I’m moderately concerned that the trend will pick up and I’ll have to figure out to afford outfitting my tweens like 1940s cinema stars, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
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Hey so Michael Burry (the dude Christian Bale plays in The Big Short) just took out a billion dollar short bet against a few HUGE Ai companies…………
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hey so Michael Burry (the dude Christian Bale plays in The Big Short) just took out a billion dollar short bet against a few HUGE Ai companies…………
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
Reminder that he made mega bank betting on the housing market to fail back in 2008. No one believed that was even possible at the time.
Saw the GDT Frankenstein. It was so good. My response is more basic than the film deserves: it’s really sad. The script and performances are really moving—but I’m just sad.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Saw the GDT Frankenstein. It was so good. My response is more basic than the film deserves: it’s really sad. The script and performances are really moving—but I’m just sad.
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They’re booting Black people off campus, but don’t worry, they’re being replaced with the suicide bots.
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
They’re booting Black people off campus, but don’t worry, they’re being replaced with the suicide bots.
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Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%