Lauren Kirchner
@lkirchner.bsky.social
Investigative reporter at Consumer Reports covering product safety & env. health; previously covered tech & criminal justice at The Markup and ProPublica. Signal: @Lkirchner.44
This smiley face trash-and-recycling can at the bank, which drops everything into one singular plastic bag inside, is a metaphor for *something* but I'm not sure what
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This smiley face trash-and-recycling can at the bank, which drops everything into one singular plastic bag inside, is a metaphor for *something* but I'm not sure what
Does anyone else find this user experience odd
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Does anyone else find this user experience odd
Ok THANK you Semafor for doing the dang door-knock that finally made this story make sense! (Like, wdym "Bill DeBlasio impersonator," NYT?) Side note, this is the most actual LOL funniest article ever www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ok THANK you Semafor for doing the dang door-knock that finally made this story make sense! (Like, wdym "Bill DeBlasio impersonator," NYT?) Side note, this is the most actual LOL funniest article ever www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
In this house we believe
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In this house we believe
In other, extremely-related news, my husband now owns multiple versions of this @roryblank.bsky.social T shirt in multiple different colors and I love it
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In other, extremely-related news, my husband now owns multiple versions of this @roryblank.bsky.social T shirt in multiple different colors and I love it
Friday eve vibes
October 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Friday eve vibes
New class action lawsuit against doTERRA, the essential oil MLM, says it is an illegal pyramid scheme www.classaction.org/doterra-well...
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New class action lawsuit against doTERRA, the essential oil MLM, says it is an illegal pyramid scheme www.classaction.org/doterra-well...
🚨New @jacobsilverman.com alert! 🚨 Can’t wait to read this
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🚨New @jacobsilverman.com alert! 🚨 Can’t wait to read this
omg yes I think about this ALL the time
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
omg yes I think about this ALL the time
Great investigation from @cnbc.com about counterfeit products being sold by 3rd-party sellers on Walmart's site www.cnbc.com/2025/09/19/w...
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great investigation from @cnbc.com about counterfeit products being sold by 3rd-party sellers on Walmart's site www.cnbc.com/2025/09/19/w...
Please enjoy this art that my 4yo made at school. Like all great works of art, it expresses something deep in my soul that was henceforth inexpressible. It feels like I’m looking into a mirror.
September 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Please enjoy this art that my 4yo made at school. Like all great works of art, it expresses something deep in my soul that was henceforth inexpressible. It feels like I’m looking into a mirror.
My husband says my particular beat (product safety) can make me a bit of a killjoy. Opening my email this morning I feel like he might have a point
September 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My husband says my particular beat (product safety) can make me a bit of a killjoy. Opening my email this morning I feel like he might have a point
That one egg was 40 eggs?
August 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
That one egg was 40 eggs?
Found a treasure today. An ad in a newspaper from April 1984. “Thoughtware”:
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Found a treasure today. An ad in a newspaper from April 1984. “Thoughtware”:
Ok why is this the greatest idea ever and why have I never seen it before anywhere
August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ok why is this the greatest idea ever and why have I never seen it before anywhere
There's been lots of coverage of @SCOTUS green-lighting Trump's firing of the Democratic commissioners at @USCPSC, and I feel like I gotta correct one misunderstanding, esp by @nytimes.com. They weren't fired bc of their votes on a lithium-ion battery rule - the substance of the vote was irrelevant.
July 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There's been lots of coverage of @SCOTUS green-lighting Trump's firing of the Democratic commissioners at @USCPSC, and I feel like I gotta correct one misunderstanding, esp by @nytimes.com. They weren't fired bc of their votes on a lithium-ion battery rule - the substance of the vote was irrelevant.
Who needs doctors when ur bed has "cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring to surface health abnormalities"
June 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Who needs doctors when ur bed has "cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring to surface health abnormalities"
Love how @derekrkravitz.bsky.social's latest investigation for @consumerreports.org about grocery store pricing errors brings the receipts, extremely literally www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
May 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Love how @derekrkravitz.bsky.social's latest investigation for @consumerreports.org about grocery store pricing errors brings the receipts, extremely literally www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka says he was fired shortly after attempting to block DOGE staffers from coming into the office yesterday. From his statement:
May 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka says he was fired shortly after attempting to block DOGE staffers from coming into the office yesterday. From his statement:
Also problematic - some chips and snacks made from cassava flour. Click on the story to see the whole chart - they tested 27 different products!
May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Also problematic - some chips and snacks made from cassava flour. Click on the story to see the whole chart - they tested 27 different products!
Gluten-free / grain-free ppl, please take note: some of the CASSAVA flour @consumerreports.org tested had bonkers levels of LEAD. Read all about it in this new investigation by
@kevinloria.bsky.social: consumerreports.org/health/food-...
@kevinloria.bsky.social: consumerreports.org/health/food-...
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Gluten-free / grain-free ppl, please take note: some of the CASSAVA flour @consumerreports.org tested had bonkers levels of LEAD. Read all about it in this new investigation by
@kevinloria.bsky.social: consumerreports.org/health/food-...
@kevinloria.bsky.social: consumerreports.org/health/food-...
I love this - by Jessy Edwards in @hellgatenyc.com today hellgatenyc.com/pulitzer-fin...
May 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I love this - by Jessy Edwards in @hellgatenyc.com today hellgatenyc.com/pulitzer-fin...