Dr. Lauren
@dragonmustang01.bsky.social
Astronomer, Data Scientist, dog parent, soccer player, and gamer. Resident Critrolestats number nerd. They/she Aroace
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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"you'll get more conservative as you get older"
i most certainly haven't, but i have noticed that i don't watch stuff with subtitles if i don't have to
i most certainly haven't, but i have noticed that i don't watch stuff with subtitles if i don't have to
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"you'll get more conservative as you get older"
i most certainly haven't, but i have noticed that i don't watch stuff with subtitles if i don't have to
i most certainly haven't, but i have noticed that i don't watch stuff with subtitles if i don't have to
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It's ... *checks calendar* November and the gators are still sunbathing in Houston.
🎥 @takoranchero via TikTok
#onlyinhouston #bayougator #houstonbayous #fyp #funny #texas #houston
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#onlyinhouston #bayougator #houstonbayous #fyp #funny #texas #houston
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's ... *checks calendar* November and the gators are still sunbathing in Houston.
🎥 @takoranchero via TikTok
#onlyinhouston #bayougator #houstonbayous #fyp #funny #texas #houston
🎥 @takoranchero via TikTok
#onlyinhouston #bayougator #houstonbayous #fyp #funny #texas #houston
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I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week
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check in on your gay friends at this difficult time
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
check in on your gay friends at this difficult time
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A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
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this is about where I’m at
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
this is about where I’m at
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
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Had to turn off the radio early this morning cause the Nevada coward was on and I didn't want Orly to think i was swearing at him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Had to turn off the radio early this morning cause the Nevada coward was on and I didn't want Orly to think i was swearing at him.
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I could play it back to listen in on the whole conversation but I could also punch myself in the head with a sampling drill and I was not going to do that, either.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I could play it back to listen in on the whole conversation but I could also punch myself in the head with a sampling drill and I was not going to do that, either.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
The most *generous* scenario here is that you can't control your caucus, in which case you are ineffective as minority leader and need to step down.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The most *generous* scenario here is that you can't control your caucus, in which case you are ineffective as minority leader and need to step down.
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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i am receptive to the idea that those things are simply too important to not have with no way out, especially this time of year, but also demonstrating to people who will take them hostage that you’ll fall in line if they raise the stakes high enough isn’t tenable either
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
i am receptive to the idea that those things are simply too important to not have with no way out, especially this time of year, but also demonstrating to people who will take them hostage that you’ll fall in line if they raise the stakes high enough isn’t tenable either
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i don’t play pundit and try to guess how stuff will play to voters whose politics generally make no sense to me, but if ending the shutdown was about the important business of getting SNAP benefits and air travel back online, it also rewards hostage taking in a way that seems pretty ominous to me
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
i don’t play pundit and try to guess how stuff will play to voters whose politics generally make no sense to me, but if ending the shutdown was about the important business of getting SNAP benefits and air travel back online, it also rewards hostage taking in a way that seems pretty ominous to me
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
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If I have learnt a single thing from 8 years of arguments about The Last Jedi, it’s that George Lucas was absolutely right to just explicitly and clunkily spell out themes like “I knew there was more to you than money!” when the franchise started rather than trusting it was clear to the audience
(I know I’m screaming into the void on this but it doesn’t oeacenik, the “both sides are bad and the weapons manufacturers are the real villains” view is advocated by a *bad guy* whose views are explicitly rejected!)
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If I have learnt a single thing from 8 years of arguments about The Last Jedi, it’s that George Lucas was absolutely right to just explicitly and clunkily spell out themes like “I knew there was more to you than money!” when the franchise started rather than trusting it was clear to the audience
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I genuinely love watching dogs so aren't so good at agility.
Okay, I just love watching agility.
My favorites are the dogs who just bark the entire time, bc they NEED for everyone to know that they are having THE BEST TIME.
Okay, I just love watching agility.
My favorites are the dogs who just bark the entire time, bc they NEED for everyone to know that they are having THE BEST TIME.
you know what mia I'm glad you were a beagle. it's actually better for everybody that you were a beagle
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I genuinely love watching dogs so aren't so good at agility.
Okay, I just love watching agility.
My favorites are the dogs who just bark the entire time, bc they NEED for everyone to know that they are having THE BEST TIME.
Okay, I just love watching agility.
My favorites are the dogs who just bark the entire time, bc they NEED for everyone to know that they are having THE BEST TIME.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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No, but it gets SO MUCH FUNNIER THOUGH!!
Josh Kraft (the son of the New England Patriots' owner) spent a RECORD amount of money on his primary campaign against Mayor Wu, just to get absolutely BODIED by 49 percentage points in the primary, lmfao.
I love this goddamn state. 🫡
Josh Kraft (the son of the New England Patriots' owner) spent a RECORD amount of money on his primary campaign against Mayor Wu, just to get absolutely BODIED by 49 percentage points in the primary, lmfao.
I love this goddamn state. 🫡
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
No, but it gets SO MUCH FUNNIER THOUGH!!
Josh Kraft (the son of the New England Patriots' owner) spent a RECORD amount of money on his primary campaign against Mayor Wu, just to get absolutely BODIED by 49 percentage points in the primary, lmfao.
I love this goddamn state. 🫡
Josh Kraft (the son of the New England Patriots' owner) spent a RECORD amount of money on his primary campaign against Mayor Wu, just to get absolutely BODIED by 49 percentage points in the primary, lmfao.
I love this goddamn state. 🫡