Lauren Hynek
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Lauren Hynek
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Writer, mom, widow, exhausted spinner of all the plates.

Lanthanum, Uranium, Rhenium, Nitrogen Hydrogen, Yttrium, Neon, Potassium (IYKYK)
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On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Marvel Studios leaving Georgia and taking all its productions to the UK because they don’t have to pay for employees’ health insurance there due to universal healthcare is a valuable lesson for America.

We’ll ignore it but the lesson still stands. Universal healthcare creates jobs.
Is Marvel leaving Georgia? Production shifts to UK spark industry shakeup
Marvel’s blockbuster era in Georgia may be ending, as the studio pivots overseas for its next wave of superhero films.
www.usatoday.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
[There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight’s letter.]
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So grateful to the federal employees who are doing their best to stand against a coup. But where are any of our leaders to back them up and DO…anything?
Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
February 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Trump fired the head of TSA, pushed out FAA chief, did a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers and disbanded a safety commission.

Washington Crash Renews Concerns About Air Safety Lapses www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety
Clues emerging from the moments before an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet suggest breakdowns in the system meant to help aircraft land safely at the busy Reagan National Airport.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM