Laura Foley
@lauramich.bsky.social
Instructional designer. Accidental accessibility advocate. Word nerd. Mama.
Also more evidence of the American drive to punish 1,000 innocent people rather than risk having one guilty person go free.
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Also more evidence of the American drive to punish 1,000 innocent people rather than risk having one guilty person go free.
TBF, I regard clumping litter to be one of the great innovations of our time.
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
TBF, I regard clumping litter to be one of the great innovations of our time.
I really, really, REALLY wish Pritzker were getting even a fraction of the attention as phony Newsom.
September 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I really, really, REALLY wish Pritzker were getting even a fraction of the attention as phony Newsom.
Missouri heroine Jess Piper has thoughts: substack.com/@jesspiper/n...
Jess Piper (@jesspiper)
I’ve kept quiet about my feelings about him until he got into my lane. He is suggesting that Missouri Democrats run “pro-life” candidates.
After we overturned an abortion ban?!?!
He doesn’t know sh...
substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Missouri heroine Jess Piper has thoughts: substack.com/@jesspiper/n...
Well, as the mom of a 12 y/o (13 next month), your "Big Rock Candy Mountain" story has me in literal tears. So ... thanks? ... for that. (And, with a much fuller heart, for everything.)
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well, as the mom of a 12 y/o (13 next month), your "Big Rock Candy Mountain" story has me in literal tears. So ... thanks? ... for that. (And, with a much fuller heart, for everything.)
Team frozen garlic cubes
September 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Team frozen garlic cubes
TBF, on the day I gave birth, I did not anticipate that I would someday have to explain truck nuts to that child.
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
TBF, on the day I gave birth, I did not anticipate that I would someday have to explain truck nuts to that child.
We need rando cakes in these trying times
August 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We need rando cakes in these trying times
No, it's a little less than 10 minutes/mile. It's hardly a Boston Marathon qualifying pace, but definitely faster than average foot speed.
(Still: Abolish ICE.)
(Still: Abolish ICE.)
July 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
No, it's a little less than 10 minutes/mile. It's hardly a Boston Marathon qualifying pace, but definitely faster than average foot speed.
(Still: Abolish ICE.)
(Still: Abolish ICE.)
Josh Hawley: 0 days of not being an embarrassment to Missouri.
July 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Josh Hawley: 0 days of not being an embarrassment to Missouri.
By that measure, my 12 y/o is a lifelong vaccine skeptic. I have to psych him up every time.
But his papa (who died when he was 9) is buried in a historic cemetery. When we see the graves of 19th-c kids who died, I remind him that's why he gets shots.
But his papa (who died when he was 9) is buried in a historic cemetery. When we see the graves of 19th-c kids who died, I remind him that's why he gets shots.
June 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
By that measure, my 12 y/o is a lifelong vaccine skeptic. I have to psych him up every time.
But his papa (who died when he was 9) is buried in a historic cemetery. When we see the graves of 19th-c kids who died, I remind him that's why he gets shots.
But his papa (who died when he was 9) is buried in a historic cemetery. When we see the graves of 19th-c kids who died, I remind him that's why he gets shots.
Noooo, why would you starve the hungry little caterpillar like that? He's hungry!
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Noooo, why would you starve the hungry little caterpillar like that? He's hungry!
I volunteer once every couple of months (with a group my late husband was part of) at the soup kitchen. On my last shift, I was slinging meatball subs for an hour solid. The line just went on.
June 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I volunteer once every couple of months (with a group my late husband was part of) at the soup kitchen. On my last shift, I was slinging meatball subs for an hour solid. The line just went on.
100%. And, if it HAD happened, Gore would have been executed on the White House lawn within 24 hours. He wouldn't have been lauded as a hero and reelected.
May 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
100%. And, if it HAD happened, Gore would have been executed on the White House lawn within 24 hours. He wouldn't have been lauded as a hero and reelected.
Neurodivergent students are also vulnerable to false accusations. Which is of course a double whammy for ND students of color.
May 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Neurodivergent students are also vulnerable to false accusations. Which is of course a double whammy for ND students of color.
Just showed this to my 12 y/o. He knows about the TikTok fish.
May 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just showed this to my 12 y/o. He knows about the TikTok fish.
A few weeks ago at the nursery
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A few weeks ago at the nursery
It wasn’t done with a Sharpie. By that measure, he’s leveled up.
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It wasn’t done with a Sharpie. By that measure, he’s leveled up.
I love this, but I think it can be said of the other -isms, too. Consider how immigrants are both "lazy" and "draining society" AND "stealing all the jobs." The math doesn't math.
April 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I love this, but I think it can be said of the other -isms, too. Consider how immigrants are both "lazy" and "draining society" AND "stealing all the jobs." The math doesn't math.
I’m from Missouri, which sent Josh Hawley BACK to the Senate. Solidarity.
April 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’m from Missouri, which sent Josh Hawley BACK to the Senate. Solidarity.
I read this story on my phone at the time while waiting at the pharmacy to pick up meds for my dying husband. It made me laugh when laughter did not come easily. Thank you.
January 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I read this story on my phone at the time while waiting at the pharmacy to pick up meds for my dying husband. It made me laugh when laughter did not come easily. Thank you.
1. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. 2. Welcome to the mouthwatering combo of figs and goat cheese. The first time I had them, I skipped cake to keep shoving figs in my face.
January 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. 2. Welcome to the mouthwatering combo of figs and goat cheese. The first time I had them, I skipped cake to keep shoving figs in my face.
Kiddo and I got ours the Saturday before the end of daylight savings. An extra hour to sleep off the side effects!
December 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Kiddo and I got ours the Saturday before the end of daylight savings. An extra hour to sleep off the side effects!