Lauren
@thesalad.bsky.social
just a millennial drifting from platform to platform.
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Lauren
@thesalad.bsky.social
· Nov 10
New username here, but if I'm following you, it's because I knew you from: livejournal, tumblr, twitter, discord, whatever island-hopping pattern we've followed on the internet over the decades. I am Lauren, Brix, Andi. If you're confused how we know each other, just ask.
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
someone please explain to me why my FSA store will approve tinted lip balm (with sunscreen) but i can't buy toothpaste or kleenex or finger nail clippers. these qualifications are absolutely made by one sweaty guy who takes inclusion cash bribes, right
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
someone please explain to me why my FSA store will approve tinted lip balm (with sunscreen) but i can't buy toothpaste or kleenex or finger nail clippers. these qualifications are absolutely made by one sweaty guy who takes inclusion cash bribes, right
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
it has been an unbelievable delight to watch a subject matter expert i respect learn something i know a tiny bit about (kerning) and be like OMG OMG HE GETS IT
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
it has been an unbelievable delight to watch a subject matter expert i respect learn something i know a tiny bit about (kerning) and be like OMG OMG HE GETS IT
Honestly shocked to be learning about this on bsky and not from #1 penny hater @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Honestly shocked to be learning about this on bsky and not from #1 penny hater @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Double-ooh-thread 👇
Seriously, though, while I could be quite interested in stories about present-day 00s (especially POC), those are not stories in which 00s are necessarily even anti-heroic.
James Bond should not survive his Queen. Take him back to the 1950s and let him be awful.
James Bond should not survive his Queen. Take him back to the 1950s and let him be awful.
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Double-ooh-thread 👇
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Once again, very psyched for everyone seeing the Northern Lights. Also very normal-jealous.
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Once again, very psyched for everyone seeing the Northern Lights. Also very normal-jealous.
this whole Bond kerfuffle is a hilarious example of one of the times when my feed gives me 900 ripping memes and no coverage of the actual news item and when i find out the actual story it's SO satisfying to reverse-apply the memes
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
this whole Bond kerfuffle is a hilarious example of one of the times when my feed gives me 900 ripping memes and no coverage of the actual news item and when i find out the actual story it's SO satisfying to reverse-apply the memes
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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shrimps is bowls
(shop is now up!)
(shop is now up!)
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
shrimps is bowls
(shop is now up!)
(shop is now up!)
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Dems to people in the US: Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Dems to people in the US: Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
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I see Senate Dems decided to sink themselves to honor the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I see Senate Dems decided to sink themselves to honor the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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all my enemies are fucking morons, which really makes things feel so much worse
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
all my enemies are fucking morons, which really makes things feel so much worse
sorry, i am just.... NOT ready for "black friday" sales in the first week of november. what the fuck. like i'm not ready for them *ever*, but as a marketer, could we not figure out a better way to convey what's happening here than slapping "black friday" on everything until it means nothing anymore
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
sorry, i am just.... NOT ready for "black friday" sales in the first week of november. what the fuck. like i'm not ready for them *ever*, but as a marketer, could we not figure out a better way to convey what's happening here than slapping "black friday" on everything until it means nothing anymore
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
Charissa was so lovely to work with, and I'm absolutely in love with how she illustrated my character. Her comms are still open - treat yourself to a spot of art, won't you?
💙☁ Commission for @thesalad.bsky.social of their OC, Njoki ☁💙
So in love with how inspiring Njoki's design is from her cloud inspired afro hair to the starry freckles ... I had a lot of fun with this. ^ _ ^ <3
[ #commission | #art ]
So in love with how inspiring Njoki's design is from her cloud inspired afro hair to the starry freckles ... I had a lot of fun with this. ^ _ ^ <3
[ #commission | #art ]
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Charissa was so lovely to work with, and I'm absolutely in love with how she illustrated my character. Her comms are still open - treat yourself to a spot of art, won't you?
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“I did not kill the president. The doctors did that. I merely shot him.”
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“I did not kill the president. The doctors did that. I merely shot him.”
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
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I wish I believed in a hell hot enough for Dick fucking Cheney.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I wish I believed in a hell hot enough for Dick fucking Cheney.
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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This is gorgeous. Mitch Albom wishes he could.
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is gorgeous. Mitch Albom wishes he could.