@laurenoel.bsky.social
Books, cats, classical music. Confused as usual, but attempting to keep up.
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no ChatGPT for me, I will consult the Dark Oracle and find the answers I seek pinned to my door by a jeweled dagger within the fortnight
December 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
no ChatGPT for me, I will consult the Dark Oracle and find the answers I seek pinned to my door by a jeweled dagger within the fortnight
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5pm on November 1: let’s go for a walk, it’s still light out!
5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.
5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
5pm on November 1: let’s go for a walk, it’s still light out!
5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.
5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
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May 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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if anyone needs me I am busy writing a reverse Forrest Gump where JD Vance inadvertently causes every terrible world event from 1994 onwards
April 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
if anyone needs me I am busy writing a reverse Forrest Gump where JD Vance inadvertently causes every terrible world event from 1994 onwards
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me in 2005: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because it's a movie about a dinosaur theme park
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
March 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
me in 2005: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because it's a movie about a dinosaur theme park
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
me in 2025: Jurassic Park is unrealistic because the rich CEO of the dinosaur park is not immediately handed complete control of the US National Park Service
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if you're reading this 50 years from now I need you to know that this series of world events isn't as dumb as it probably seems, it's actually much, much dumber than you can possibly imagine
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
if you're reading this 50 years from now I need you to know that this series of world events isn't as dumb as it probably seems, it's actually much, much dumber than you can possibly imagine
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honestly Canada’s best defense against invasion is the fact that this administration would definitely invade Minnesota by mistake, forget to bring winter coats, fire all the support staff and then forget what they came for
February 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
honestly Canada’s best defense against invasion is the fact that this administration would definitely invade Minnesota by mistake, forget to bring winter coats, fire all the support staff and then forget what they came for
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1000X this -- we are one of the most capable sets of actors for showing what is going on to the public, and we can do it nationally. Failing to do so is a dereliction of duty. We did it at UM - copy us: www.michigandaily.com/news/governm...
UMich faculty hold teach-in to discuss Trump administration
University of Michigan students gathered to hear faculty experts explain the impacts President Trump’s administration may have on democracy.
www.michigandaily.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
1000X this -- we are one of the most capable sets of actors for showing what is going on to the public, and we can do it nationally. Failing to do so is a dereliction of duty. We did it at UM - copy us: www.michigandaily.com/news/governm...
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born too late to explore the primordial ooze, born too soon to explore the stars, but apparently born just in time to experience the 100th consecutive millennia of men yearning to be feudal serfs under the thumb of a petty dictator
January 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
born too late to explore the primordial ooze, born too soon to explore the stars, but apparently born just in time to experience the 100th consecutive millennia of men yearning to be feudal serfs under the thumb of a petty dictator
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when the electricity goes out and the price of gas doubles, at least the Americans will be able to power their homes by harnessing the energy generated by the founding fathers spinning in their graves
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
when the electricity goes out and the price of gas doubles, at least the Americans will be able to power their homes by harnessing the energy generated by the founding fathers spinning in their graves
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every clip of the Hegseth hearing is like:
Q: can you name a country in Europe?
Hegseth: WWII happened because female soldiers from North Dakota invaded Australia
Q: can you name a country in Europe?
Hegseth: WWII happened because female soldiers from North Dakota invaded Australia
January 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
every clip of the Hegseth hearing is like:
Q: can you name a country in Europe?
Hegseth: WWII happened because female soldiers from North Dakota invaded Australia
Q: can you name a country in Europe?
Hegseth: WWII happened because female soldiers from North Dakota invaded Australia
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backsliding into fascism just 80 years after WWII is like failing an open-book test in a room where the answers are written on the board and also being constantly read out loud over a loudspeaker
December 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
backsliding into fascism just 80 years after WWII is like failing an open-book test in a room where the answers are written on the board and also being constantly read out loud over a loudspeaker
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thinking about 2025 in the year 2000: I hope we have flying cars and take vacations to mars
thinking about 2025 now: I hope we have electricity and the children survive the polio
thinking about 2025 now: I hope we have electricity and the children survive the polio
December 14, 2024 at 3:40 AM
thinking about 2025 in the year 2000: I hope we have flying cars and take vacations to mars
thinking about 2025 now: I hope we have electricity and the children survive the polio
thinking about 2025 now: I hope we have electricity and the children survive the polio
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I’m not sure there’s anything you can say about a society that wants to protect kids from Anne Frank’s Diary but won’t protect them from guns.
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus,’ ‘The Fixer’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The district in the Rio Grande Valley immediately agreed with activists who said the books were "filthy and evil."
www.jta.org
June 28, 2024 at 5:35 AM
I’m not sure there’s anything you can say about a society that wants to protect kids from Anne Frank’s Diary but won’t protect them from guns.
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personally I think we should predict more things with rodent-based divination. get those furry buns back up here and tell me what interest rates will be like next year
February 2, 2024 at 9:35 PM
personally I think we should predict more things with rodent-based divination. get those furry buns back up here and tell me what interest rates will be like next year
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I do not hope that 2024 will be better. I do not hope that I will be better in 2024. 2024 and I will simply trudge forward together, hand in hand, two wretched and irredeemable goblins shuffling ever deeper into an endless bog.
January 1, 2024 at 4:50 AM
I do not hope that 2024 will be better. I do not hope that I will be better in 2024. 2024 and I will simply trudge forward together, hand in hand, two wretched and irredeemable goblins shuffling ever deeper into an endless bog.
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this holiday season, get her what she really wants (a once-in-a-century real estate market crash that lets her afford a modest 1-bedroom condo with just her own salary)
December 13, 2023 at 9:06 PM
this holiday season, get her what she really wants (a once-in-a-century real estate market crash that lets her afford a modest 1-bedroom condo with just her own salary)