Lauren Vogelbaum
@vogelbomb.bsky.social
Writer/performer around Atlanta and the Internet
Podcast host: Savor | BrainStuff | American Shadows
Friendly neighborhood iHeartPodUnion shop steward
she/they
(i was grammarmonkey on twitter if that helps)
Podcast host: Savor | BrainStuff | American Shadows
Friendly neighborhood iHeartPodUnion shop steward
she/they
(i was grammarmonkey on twitter if that helps)
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To all my fellow footy/soccer fans- I'm excited to announce the new podcast Ain't It Footy with me, Jamel Johnson and Chris Martin (not Coldplay). First episode drops next Tuesday! Please subscribe!
Introducing: Ain’t It Footy
Podcast Episode · Ain’t It Footy · S1 Trailer · 1m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
To all my fellow footy/soccer fans- I'm excited to announce the new podcast Ain't It Footy with me, Jamel Johnson and Chris Martin (not Coldplay). First episode drops next Tuesday! Please subscribe!
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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bro do you even exhibit awe and wonder at the world? do you have whimsy bro?
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
bro do you even exhibit awe and wonder at the world? do you have whimsy bro?
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Somehow, “if a man really liked you, he’d call you” has become received wisdom, but “if a woman really wanted to be having sex with you, she’d be having sex with you” has not.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Somehow, “if a man really liked you, he’d call you” has become received wisdom, but “if a woman really wanted to be having sex with you, she’d be having sex with you” has not.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
oh my fuck, listen up, websites: i never want to "ask AI" a question about your website content! i came to your website to read your content! i thought that was the entire idea of websites!
that applies to shopping sites and it goes double for scientific journals for fuck's fucking fuck
that applies to shopping sites and it goes double for scientific journals for fuck's fucking fuck
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
oh my fuck, listen up, websites: i never want to "ask AI" a question about your website content! i came to your website to read your content! i thought that was the entire idea of websites!
that applies to shopping sites and it goes double for scientific journals for fuck's fucking fuck
that applies to shopping sites and it goes double for scientific journals for fuck's fucking fuck
<333 practical effects, puppets forever
The model effects in ALIENS are so effective you don't realise that they're using puppets in the final boss fight on the Sulaco. It's so well done, will pitch perfect lighting that marries the marionettes with the full-size action superbly.
These physical effects are a testament to talent.
These physical effects are a testament to talent.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
<333 practical effects, puppets forever
you have had a long day, here is a photo of a cat
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
you have had a long day, here is a photo of a cat
hats off to my kitten, who out of four litterboxes throughout the house chose the one in my office in which to poop this morning. really adds to the back-to-work atmosphere
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
hats off to my kitten, who out of four litterboxes throughout the house chose the one in my office in which to poop this morning. really adds to the back-to-work atmosphere
my @savorpod.bsky.social long game revealed
Gemini: The newspapers will get it wrong when they say you "resorted to cannibalism". As if it hadn't been the plan all along.
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
my @savorpod.bsky.social long game revealed
my sass level can be accurately measured by my use of alliteration
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
my sass level can be accurately measured by my use of alliteration
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
i cannot imagine being more viscerally repulsed by a sitting president, though to be fair, i wasn't alive for a lot of them and many weren't featured in auto-playing video clips on every informational resource available
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
i cannot imagine being more viscerally repulsed by a sitting president, though to be fair, i wasn't alive for a lot of them and many weren't featured in auto-playing video clips on every informational resource available
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I recommend always offering drink options without booze up front. I tend to lead with "we have beer, wine, soda, seltzers ..." and let them tell me what they want without having to decline alcohol in the first place. Also, think ahead about sober friends and try to have some options.
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I recommend always offering drink options without booze up front. I tend to lead with "we have beer, wine, soda, seltzers ..." and let them tell me what they want without having to decline alcohol in the first place. Also, think ahead about sober friends and try to have some options.
me when the alarm goes off the second time
#TuesdayFeels: A skeleton, seated on his grave, awakes to the last trump on judgement day.
Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
me when the alarm goes off the second time
this is true about podcasts as well. really. "like and subscribe" is a tiresome phrase for good reason: it helps in many industries
how much and in what exact circumstances? no one knows, lol, in fact lolol
how much and in what exact circumstances? no one knows, lol, in fact lolol
If you ever want to see more of something you read but don't feel like you can do anything about it because you're not an influencer or a publisher or a journalist, even just leaving a five star review online moves the needle. Even telling a friend "you'd like this too"!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
this is true about podcasts as well. really. "like and subscribe" is a tiresome phrase for good reason: it helps in many industries
how much and in what exact circumstances? no one knows, lol, in fact lolol
how much and in what exact circumstances? no one knows, lol, in fact lolol
i don't have a lot of personal experience with most of these, but hognose snakes are so dramatic about it, i love them so much
ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
i don't have a lot of personal experience with most of these, but hognose snakes are so dramatic about it, i love them so much
just pour the coffee in my eyes, i do not need to see any more
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
just pour the coffee in my eyes, i do not need to see any more
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
oh, just crying about the time odo and lwaxana were stuck in a lift together because majel barrett is so good that the scene fixes something in me i didn’t realize was broken, how are you?
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
oh, just crying about the time odo and lwaxana were stuck in a lift together because majel barrett is so good that the scene fixes something in me i didn’t realize was broken, how are you?
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
oh good, the neighbors' lawn care team brought a wood chipper today
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
oh good, the neighbors' lawn care team brought a wood chipper today
sentences that could either mean you're a serial killer or an infotainment podcaster: "i love talking about skin!"
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
sentences that could either mean you're a serial killer or an infotainment podcaster: "i love talking about skin!"