Laura 📚
@lauraisnotfine.bsky.social
Existentially hungover. #ActuallyAutistic writer and literature nerd. POTS is the roommate I didn't ask for. 🏳️🌈
so to absolutely no one’s surprise this little angel baby turns into a possessed hellcat when it’s time for meds
No violence tbf, just Cirque-du-Soleil-level contortionism
No violence tbf, just Cirque-du-Soleil-level contortionism
This old man was drooling a bunch yesterday so we took him to the vet. He stayed tucked up into a purrito the whole time, just the chillest guy
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
so to absolutely no one’s surprise this little angel baby turns into a possessed hellcat when it’s time for meds
No violence tbf, just Cirque-du-Soleil-level contortionism
No violence tbf, just Cirque-du-Soleil-level contortionism
Finished reading Dune for the first time (book 1). Frank Herbert made a lot of interesting choices, and I look forward to seeing how they pan out across the series
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Finished reading Dune for the first time (book 1). Frank Herbert made a lot of interesting choices, and I look forward to seeing how they pan out across the series
This old man was drooling a bunch yesterday so we took him to the vet. He stayed tucked up into a purrito the whole time, just the chillest guy
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This old man was drooling a bunch yesterday so we took him to the vet. He stayed tucked up into a purrito the whole time, just the chillest guy
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
Dx is “his teeth are gross and need cleaning” btw
I think it’s hilarious that children, like cats, are absolutely obsessed with people that don’t “like” them lmao
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I think it’s hilarious that children, like cats, are absolutely obsessed with people that don’t “like” them lmao
things that make this linguistics student very happy
Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language
Watch: TCD debuts world's first film in ancient Sumerian
Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language.
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
things that make this linguistics student very happy
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a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
I don’t know what I expected from A Hundred Years of Solitude but the sheer amount of incest wasn’t exactly it
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I don’t know what I expected from A Hundred Years of Solitude but the sheer amount of incest wasn’t exactly it
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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LANÇAMENTO
“Rosas da Resistência”: novo livro do Instituto Marielle Franco amplifica vozes de mulheres negras
Obra traz a memória e a força política de dez mulheres negras que enfrentaram a violência política e seguem atuando na transformação social
“Rosas da Resistência”: novo livro do Instituto Marielle Franco amplifica vozes de mulheres negras
Obra traz a memória e a força política de dez mulheres negras que enfrentaram a violência política e seguem atuando na transformação social
“Rosas da Resistência”: novo livro do Instituto Marielle Franco amplifica vozes de mulheres negras
Obra traz a memória e a força política de dez mulheres negras que enfrentaram a violência política e seguem atuando na transformação social
revistaforum.com.br
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
LANÇAMENTO
“Rosas da Resistência”: novo livro do Instituto Marielle Franco amplifica vozes de mulheres negras
Obra traz a memória e a força política de dez mulheres negras que enfrentaram a violência política e seguem atuando na transformação social
“Rosas da Resistência”: novo livro do Instituto Marielle Franco amplifica vozes de mulheres negras
Obra traz a memória e a força política de dez mulheres negras que enfrentaram a violência política e seguem atuando na transformação social
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The Goodreads Choice Awards are upon us & I'm honestly really staggered & thrilled to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the first round of Fantasy picks! It's in tremendous company, & y'all should go vote for your faves if you're so inclined! The first round runs from Nov 11 - 23.
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fantasy of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Fantasy in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Goodreads Choice Awards are upon us & I'm honestly really staggered & thrilled to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the first round of Fantasy picks! It's in tremendous company, & y'all should go vote for your faves if you're so inclined! The first round runs from Nov 11 - 23.
had not one but two strangers randomly comment on how tired I look this week
end of term: 1
Me: -1000
end of term: 1
Me: -1000
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
had not one but two strangers randomly comment on how tired I look this week
end of term: 1
Me: -1000
end of term: 1
Me: -1000
Danny loved sweet potatoes. It was his favorite food group 🥹💛
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Danny loved sweet potatoes. It was his favorite food group 🥹💛
yeah okay I didn’t need to see the screens anyway
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
yeah okay I didn’t need to see the screens anyway
terrible news for me specifically
my dad wants to eat portuguese food for his bday
my dad wants to eat portuguese food for his bday
October 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
terrible news for me specifically
my dad wants to eat portuguese food for his bday
my dad wants to eat portuguese food for his bday
It’s done. I’m devastated, and sick, and relieved. She’s not in pain anymore.
I’ll suffer so she doesn’t have to
I’ll suffer so she doesn’t have to
October 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It’s done. I’m devastated, and sick, and relieved. She’s not in pain anymore.
I’ll suffer so she doesn’t have to
I’ll suffer so she doesn’t have to
The appointment for putting our kitty to sleep is three hours from now and jesus the anxiety is as bad as the grief
October 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The appointment for putting our kitty to sleep is three hours from now and jesus the anxiety is as bad as the grief
Tomorrow will be the day we didn’t want to come.
Our elderly kitty got worse, her tumor is causing her a lot of pain. We’ve known for a while now that her time was near, but it’s never easy to make the call.
It always feels like too soon.
Our elderly kitty got worse, her tumor is causing her a lot of pain. We’ve known for a while now that her time was near, but it’s never easy to make the call.
It always feels like too soon.
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tomorrow will be the day we didn’t want to come.
Our elderly kitty got worse, her tumor is causing her a lot of pain. We’ve known for a while now that her time was near, but it’s never easy to make the call.
It always feels like too soon.
Our elderly kitty got worse, her tumor is causing her a lot of pain. We’ve known for a while now that her time was near, but it’s never easy to make the call.
It always feels like too soon.
so my kitty in paliative care is on gabapentin twice a day, which means we constantly see her conked out and assume she’s dead 😃
is this normal???
is this normal???
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
so my kitty in paliative care is on gabapentin twice a day, which means we constantly see her conked out and assume she’s dead 😃
is this normal???
is this normal???
I need to come up with a final paper for my discourse analysis class
I could take it seriously… or I could analyze “gaylor” discourse on X
I could take it seriously… or I could analyze “gaylor” discourse on X
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I need to come up with a final paper for my discourse analysis class
I could take it seriously… or I could analyze “gaylor” discourse on X
I could take it seriously… or I could analyze “gaylor” discourse on X
we bought portable humidifiers for all of us and currently mine is mostly set up for our elderly cat
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
we bought portable humidifiers for all of us and currently mine is mostly set up for our elderly cat
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
we bought portable humidifiers for all of us and currently mine is mostly set up for our elderly cat
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
we bought portable humidifiers for all of us and currently mine is mostly set up for our elderly cat
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
She gets nasal congestion often (just like me) and seems to really enjoy the mist!
Autism likes to jumpscare me sometimes
I’ll think I’m doing so well and then I’ll wake up one day and my brain will just… refuse to do the thing. It’s a really weird sort of mental paralysis
All of this to say I’m ready for class but actually leaving feels impossible
I’ll think I’m doing so well and then I’ll wake up one day and my brain will just… refuse to do the thing. It’s a really weird sort of mental paralysis
All of this to say I’m ready for class but actually leaving feels impossible
August 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Autism likes to jumpscare me sometimes
I’ll think I’m doing so well and then I’ll wake up one day and my brain will just… refuse to do the thing. It’s a really weird sort of mental paralysis
All of this to say I’m ready for class but actually leaving feels impossible
I’ll think I’m doing so well and then I’ll wake up one day and my brain will just… refuse to do the thing. It’s a really weird sort of mental paralysis
All of this to say I’m ready for class but actually leaving feels impossible
I was about to leave for class when I suddenly started having really bad nausea
Now I’m afraid to order an Uber and puke in someone’s car 💀
Now I’m afraid to order an Uber and puke in someone’s car 💀
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I was about to leave for class when I suddenly started having really bad nausea
Now I’m afraid to order an Uber and puke in someone’s car 💀
Now I’m afraid to order an Uber and puke in someone’s car 💀
Lost my cat Danny to cancer in Jan, now it appears my 15yo cat has a nasty mouth tumor 😔
No answers yet, but palliative care is probably the best we can do moving forward
No answers yet, but palliative care is probably the best we can do moving forward
August 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Lost my cat Danny to cancer in Jan, now it appears my 15yo cat has a nasty mouth tumor 😔
No answers yet, but palliative care is probably the best we can do moving forward
No answers yet, but palliative care is probably the best we can do moving forward