Laura Creekmore
@lauracreekmore.bsky.social
Feminist. Cardinals fan. She/her/all y’all.
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Me: they have made appliances way too complicated and ridiculous not everything needs access to the internet…
But also:
But also:
August 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Me: they have made appliances way too complicated and ridiculous not everything needs access to the internet…
But also:
But also:
Just started a three day vacation by having a nightmare I went to Fiji and there was some devastating weather warning. I woke up as the storm rolled in.
Side note: I am definitely not going to Fiji for the next 3 days.
Also, the beach at my fake Fiji was really beautiful.
Side note: I am definitely not going to Fiji for the next 3 days.
Also, the beach at my fake Fiji was really beautiful.
August 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just started a three day vacation by having a nightmare I went to Fiji and there was some devastating weather warning. I woke up as the storm rolled in.
Side note: I am definitely not going to Fiji for the next 3 days.
Also, the beach at my fake Fiji was really beautiful.
Side note: I am definitely not going to Fiji for the next 3 days.
Also, the beach at my fake Fiji was really beautiful.
Just picked up my farm share for the week. I would like to drive around with fresh basil in my car 100% of the time.
August 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Just picked up my farm share for the week. I would like to drive around with fresh basil in my car 100% of the time.
Father’s Day situation: I come home from church and he’s got it at 67 in the living room. SIXTY-SEVEN DEGREES.
June 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Father’s Day situation: I come home from church and he’s got it at 67 in the living room. SIXTY-SEVEN DEGREES.
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Are we here now? Giving this one another try.
May 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Are we here now? Giving this one another try.
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Was reading George Orwell on the Spanish civil war last night and this part stuck out.
February 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Was reading George Orwell on the Spanish civil war last night and this part stuck out.
When you go to turn the light on and discover it’s already on. Is it cataracts or just winter?! C’mon daylight saving time!!
January 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When you go to turn the light on and discover it’s already on. Is it cataracts or just winter?! C’mon daylight saving time!!
How am I supposed to decide? I need to grow them ALLLLLLLL
January 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
How am I supposed to decide? I need to grow them ALLLLLLLL
All of my posts today are about how absentminded I am. :/
January 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
All of my posts today are about how absentminded I am. :/
Here I am getting gas at Costco. After swimming. In 29 degree freezing mist. I am your smartest friend.
January 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Here I am getting gas at Costco. After swimming. In 29 degree freezing mist. I am your smartest friend.
Sitting at my desk wondering why I’m freezing. My Nest was “helping” by turning on Eco mode and I was down to 66 already. Just like the last 3000x this happened.
January 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sitting at my desk wondering why I’m freezing. My Nest was “helping” by turning on Eco mode and I was down to 66 already. Just like the last 3000x this happened.
Quick note to everyone: When you park, you need to check that you have enough room to get out. AND ALSO THAT THE PERSON YOU PARKED NEXT TO DOES. Got some extra exercise this am crawling across my car from the passenger door.
January 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Quick note to everyone: When you park, you need to check that you have enough room to get out. AND ALSO THAT THE PERSON YOU PARKED NEXT TO DOES. Got some extra exercise this am crawling across my car from the passenger door.
First swim of the year in. I loved our trip over Christmas/New Year’s but I missed my pool. So happy to smell like chlorine again.
January 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
First swim of the year in. I loved our trip over Christmas/New Year’s but I missed my pool. So happy to smell like chlorine again.
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You don’t need a store discount card, ever, because someone has always, always registered [local area code]-867-5309. I have tested this in 12 states at 40+ stores and it never fails.
January 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You don’t need a store discount card, ever, because someone has always, always registered [local area code]-867-5309. I have tested this in 12 states at 40+ stores and it never fails.
2025 is off to a bang-up start: I used up the last of my travel toothpaste on the last morning of a trip. WHY is that so satisfying?!
OTOH I misspelled “off” in the first version of this post. Imma blame that on autocorrect.
OTOH I misspelled “off” in the first version of this post. Imma blame that on autocorrect.
January 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
2025 is off to a bang-up start: I used up the last of my travel toothpaste on the last morning of a trip. WHY is that so satisfying?!
OTOH I misspelled “off” in the first version of this post. Imma blame that on autocorrect.
OTOH I misspelled “off” in the first version of this post. Imma blame that on autocorrect.
Up and at ‘em because college kid doesn’t own a coat and he has to have one by Xmas Day. For years I have religiously avoided in person shopping the week of Christmas. Here we are. Wish us luck!
December 21, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Up and at ‘em because college kid doesn’t own a coat and he has to have one by Xmas Day. For years I have religiously avoided in person shopping the week of Christmas. Here we are. Wish us luck!
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Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.
December 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.
Teacher gifts done. That is so much easier with just one kid in school but it’s been 15 years since I had only one kid in school. Wrapping up this parenting thing (youngest in 10th grade) and remembering I used to have a life.
December 17, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Teacher gifts done. That is so much easier with just one kid in school but it’s been 15 years since I had only one kid in school. Wrapping up this parenting thing (youngest in 10th grade) and remembering I used to have a life.
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This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
![I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down-I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.
And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you-or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you -you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bb6m3nt3ohlter5c35zjlt6z/bafkreibs7rspksh3k7ekvnnmxzeenwwuvr4ab6fs4usuckmu2zpdzq3hcq@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 AM
This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
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From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:
December 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:
I feel like there must be a support group specifically for my issue: Lifelong diehard Cards fans who nonetheless know all the words and can’t stop singing Go, Cubs, Go!
December 4, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I feel like there must be a support group specifically for my issue: Lifelong diehard Cards fans who nonetheless know all the words and can’t stop singing Go, Cubs, Go!
Now that I’ve bought three cans, I can tell you: The seasonal rosemary nut mix is in at Trader Joe’s. NOT TO BE MISSED.
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Now that I’ve bought three cans, I can tell you: The seasonal rosemary nut mix is in at Trader Joe’s. NOT TO BE MISSED.
Started the morning with Charlie Brown Thanksgiving soundtrack. Was seriously tempted to scrap the whole menu in favor of popcorn and buttered toast.
November 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Started the morning with Charlie Brown Thanksgiving soundtrack. Was seriously tempted to scrap the whole menu in favor of popcorn and buttered toast.
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Everybody should just say this out loud all the time — that whiteness is the origin point of “identity politics” and cannot exist without it
No, Kamala Harris did not lose because of her supposed embrace of “identity politics.” Just the reverse is true: Donald Trump won because of his very real embrace of identity politics. White identity politics.
Thread, Part 1. 1/15
Thread, Part 1. 1/15
November 27, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Everybody should just say this out loud all the time — that whiteness is the origin point of “identity politics” and cannot exist without it