Lauren Vogelbaum
@vogelbomb.bsky.social
Writer/performer around Atlanta and the Internet
Podcast host: Savor | BrainStuff | American Shadows
Friendly neighborhood iHeartPodUnion shop steward
she/they
(i was grammarmonkey on twitter if that helps)
Podcast host: Savor | BrainStuff | American Shadows
Friendly neighborhood iHeartPodUnion shop steward
she/they
(i was grammarmonkey on twitter if that helps)
oh, just crying about the time odo and lwaxana were stuck in a lift together because majel barrett is so good that the scene fixes something in me i didn’t realize was broken, how are you?
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
oh, just crying about the time odo and lwaxana were stuck in a lift together because majel barrett is so good that the scene fixes something in me i didn’t realize was broken, how are you?
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
oh good, the neighbors' lawn care team brought a wood chipper today
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
oh good, the neighbors' lawn care team brought a wood chipper today
sentences that could either mean you're a serial killer or an infotainment podcaster: "i love talking about skin!"
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
sentences that could either mean you're a serial killer or an infotainment podcaster: "i love talking about skin!"
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I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
an important thread here on milvish contributions to society
sure I love Tolkien—I love going to comicon as an orc or a wizard or a milf or one of the dwarves
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
an important thread here on milvish contributions to society
small-restaurant owners who name your restaurants sex-related puns: why though
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
small-restaurant owners who name your restaurants sex-related puns: why though
So cool! OK so basically when you overdose on opioids, the drug is blocking up your nervous system and your body forgets how to breathe. Naloxone is a reversal drug that knocks the opioid out of place so you can start breathing again. It's HARMLESS if you're not on opioids.
Baltimore installs overdose reversal medication boxes in every metro station
baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-in...
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Baltimore installs overdose reversal medication boxes in every metro station
Every metro subway station in Baltimore has been outfitted with boxes of naloxone, the life-saving overdose reversal medication commonly referred to as Narcan. “When we talk about making these kinds…
baltimorebeat.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So cool! OK so basically when you overdose on opioids, the drug is blocking up your nervous system and your body forgets how to breathe. Naloxone is a reversal drug that knocks the opioid out of place so you can start breathing again. It's HARMLESS if you're not on opioids.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
i have never meant “hookay that’s enough emails for today” with quite this intensity
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
i have never meant “hookay that’s enough emails for today” with quite this intensity
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New pots online now! Now with free UK shipping and a special holiday sale for you bluesky lot! 15% off with code BLUESKY15 😉 lasts til new years
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New pots online now! Now with free UK shipping and a special holiday sale for you bluesky lot! 15% off with code BLUESKY15 😉 lasts til new years
em dashes are the commander riker of punctuation and i shall not be letting go of them
They'll have to try to pry my em dashes from my bisexual— and neurodivergent— hands.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
em dashes are the commander riker of punctuation and i shall not be letting go of them
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
hello i would like to share an artist’s shop with you. i have the iridescent centipede earrings and they are so shiny and cute. looking at this art makes me happy, maybe you will like it too electriccat.ninja/collections/...
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
hello i would like to share an artist’s shop with you. i have the iridescent centipede earrings and they are so shiny and cute. looking at this art makes me happy, maybe you will like it too electriccat.ninja/collections/...
bread is so good ;____;
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
bread is so good ;____;
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
can't believe it took a typo for me to put this together, but BrainStuff absolutely implies the existence of BrawnStuff
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
can't believe it took a typo for me to put this together, but BrainStuff absolutely implies the existence of BrawnStuff
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okay so WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS my gifts for trans people program will be open for applications in just a little over 2 hours, at 9AM Mountain. if you are trans and want something in my shop but can't afford it for any reason, this page nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan... has the info and links.
We Want You To Have This: Jewelry Gifts For Trans People
Requests for gifts are now closed! The next round will be on Saturday, October 25th at 9AM. If you submitted for the 10-8-25 round you will receive your gift card in your email by 10-9-25 afternoon. J...
nora.jewelry
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
okay so WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS my gifts for trans people program will be open for applications in just a little over 2 hours, at 9AM Mountain. if you are trans and want something in my shop but can't afford it for any reason, this page nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan... has the info and links.
we used to have a proper antidrug campaign, which only murdered innocent people in our own country
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
we used to have a proper antidrug campaign, which only murdered innocent people in our own country
another fall season, another time i almost got help-i'm-stuck while halfway into my edwardian mourning gown
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
another fall season, another time i almost got help-i'm-stuck while halfway into my edwardian mourning gown
link to submit public comment to the Federal Register at end of thread, read the thread it is good, also here's the link again: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
1/ Last month, the EPA proposed a rule that will significantly weaken safety reviews for toxic chemicals used in the U.S. Weakening these reviews can open the door to more exposure to toxic chemicals, including PFAS and formaldehyde.
Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals
New rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
link to submit public comment to the Federal Register at end of thread, read the thread it is good, also here's the link again: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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I just learned that Robert Picardo played the swamp hag Meg Mucklebones in Ridley Scott's Legend and I don't know what to do with this information so I'm putting it here.
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I just learned that Robert Picardo played the swamp hag Meg Mucklebones in Ridley Scott's Legend and I don't know what to do with this information so I'm putting it here.
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Call for trans zine recommendations: my Trans Studies students are going to be doing a unit on zines next month, and one activity we're doing is looking at as many physical zines as I can get my hands on. If you know of cool trans zines that ARE PURCHASABLE ON PAPER, please let me know!!!
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Call for trans zine recommendations: my Trans Studies students are going to be doing a unit on zines next month, and one activity we're doing is looking at as many physical zines as I can get my hands on. If you know of cool trans zines that ARE PURCHASABLE ON PAPER, please let me know!!!
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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
April 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…