Laurel
@laurellyonlol.bsky.social
Anti-authoritarian atheist lefty. Translator. She/her, English/Spanish. Brexit? No, ex-Brit!
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This is clear messaging to the far-right parties of the EU member countries, because that is their messaging: Nation only without the oppression from Brussels. A weak Europe is created through isolationism of its countries. This is Putins goal. The USA now pushing these goals for him.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is clear messaging to the far-right parties of the EU member countries, because that is their messaging: Nation only without the oppression from Brussels. A weak Europe is created through isolationism of its countries. This is Putins goal. The USA now pushing these goals for him.
I just realised Aardman Animation went from animated shorts to animated trousers
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I just realised Aardman Animation went from animated shorts to animated trousers
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The real horseshoe theory is a bunch of people in our politics have been hit in the head by a fucking horseshoe.
January 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The real horseshoe theory is a bunch of people in our politics have been hit in the head by a fucking horseshoe.
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"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
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Now I wonder why they might do that?
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
...excuse me.
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
...excuse me.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Now I wonder why they might do that?
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
...excuse me.
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
<INSURRECTION ACT!!>
...excuse me.
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Aye.
If someone builds a CSV of all the people and orgs giving away food, I’ll buy a domain, build and host a searchable database for it.
Holla at me.
If someone builds a CSV of all the people and orgs giving away food, I’ll buy a domain, build and host a searchable database for it.
Holla at me.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Aye.
If someone builds a CSV of all the people and orgs giving away food, I’ll buy a domain, build and host a searchable database for it.
Holla at me.
If someone builds a CSV of all the people and orgs giving away food, I’ll buy a domain, build and host a searchable database for it.
Holla at me.
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grokipedia claimed elon musk lifts weights and then completely crashed out, so pretty much exactly hitting my expectations for day one
i think the site may just be down already. won't open on my phone either
grokipedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
grokipedia claimed elon musk lifts weights and then completely crashed out, so pretty much exactly hitting my expectations for day one
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Hey #sfba friends -- here are a couple of posters for you, created by the same artist who made them for Chicago. Print and share with everyone who needs them!
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hey #sfba friends -- here are a couple of posters for you, created by the same artist who made them for Chicago. Print and share with everyone who needs them!
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp
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TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
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El activismo medioambiental y la defensa de los derechos humanos están siendo perseguidos. No permitamos que nos silencien. Firma la petición: go.greenpeace.es/3EWQ4Ve
Greenpeace en peligro
El activismo medioambiental y la defensa de los derechos humanos están siendo perseguidos. No permitamos que nos silencien. Firma la petición
go.greenpeace.es
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
El activismo medioambiental y la defensa de los derechos humanos están siendo perseguidos. No permitamos que nos silencien. Firma la petición: go.greenpeace.es/3EWQ4Ve
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Remarkable how many cuts of meat sound like veteran news anchors facing multiple accusations of workplace harassment:
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback
August 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Remarkable how many cuts of meat sound like veteran news anchors facing multiple accusations of workplace harassment:
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback
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When I worked on The Office, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a little thread on them…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
March 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When I worked on The Office, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a little thread on them…
🧵1/X
#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
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And per @ritholtz.bsky.social , no forecast, no market prognosticator can predict what will happen when you put one single person in charge of everything and allow him to do whatever he wants. I am now referring to this as the One Fucking Guy Theory
April 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
And per @ritholtz.bsky.social , no forecast, no market prognosticator can predict what will happen when you put one single person in charge of everything and allow him to do whatever he wants. I am now referring to this as the One Fucking Guy Theory
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this is the basic timeline
July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
this is the basic timeline
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Really badass graffiti spotted in town
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Really badass graffiti spotted in town
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.