Lauren
@laurenthemself.bsky.social
Does stuff to words. Social justice bard. Queer. Aussie, but not a death spider.
Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded.
#OutliersWriters
Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded.
#OutliersWriters
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Christmas Suicide Squad/Space Jam style thing where Krampus, Ebenezer Scrooge, the dad from Jingle All The Way, The Wet Bandits and Hans Gruber have to team up to stop the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (mid-mental breakdown) from reaping the souls of every child on Earth
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Christmas Suicide Squad/Space Jam style thing where Krampus, Ebenezer Scrooge, the dad from Jingle All The Way, The Wet Bandits and Hans Gruber have to team up to stop the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (mid-mental breakdown) from reaping the souls of every child on Earth
This has come round again due to being relisted on the front issue and some people are just so miserable that there's a box that they don't need to tick because it's not pertinent to their circumstances. Also woeful grasp of analogy and absolutely Kindergarten Cop understanding of gender.
www.news.com.au/technology/m...
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
www.news.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This has come round again due to being relisted on the front issue and some people are just so miserable that there's a box that they don't need to tick because it's not pertinent to their circumstances. Also woeful grasp of analogy and absolutely Kindergarten Cop understanding of gender.
First session of our new D&D campaign, set a time jump into the future, and one of the first things we did is establish that our previous party still own their tavern and run Battle of the Bards competitions there. #roleplaying #priorities
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
First session of our new D&D campaign, set a time jump into the future, and one of the first things we did is establish that our previous party still own their tavern and run Battle of the Bards competitions there. #roleplaying #priorities
If I had UBI to cover the basic food, bills, cozzie livs stuff, I would still work because I assume that my physiotherapy and psychiatrist wouldn't be covered by it. But I probably wouldn't pick up extra weekend work. I'd let myself have dedicated free time to do all the things I don't right now.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If I had UBI to cover the basic food, bills, cozzie livs stuff, I would still work because I assume that my physiotherapy and psychiatrist wouldn't be covered by it. But I probably wouldn't pick up extra weekend work. I'd let myself have dedicated free time to do all the things I don't right now.
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I've written something about the upcoming ban on all social media for under 16s in Australia.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/under-16s-...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/under-16s-...
Under 16's Banned from Social media!!
The nanny state gone mad!...say very rich people who run social media companies
llewellyn.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I've written something about the upcoming ban on all social media for under 16s in Australia.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/under-16s-...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/under-16s-...
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you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
I keep seeing these huge Santas on people's front lawns and I cannot describe how intensely it makes me want a front lawn Gävlebocken.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I keep seeing these huge Santas on people's front lawns and I cannot describe how intensely it makes me want a front lawn Gävlebocken.
Me: *opens next audio file*
Witness: *YELLING AT COUNSEL*
Me: Oh, I see cross-examination has commenced.
Witness: *YELLING AT COUNSEL*
Me: Oh, I see cross-examination has commenced.
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Me: *opens next audio file*
Witness: *YELLING AT COUNSEL*
Me: Oh, I see cross-examination has commenced.
Witness: *YELLING AT COUNSEL*
Me: Oh, I see cross-examination has commenced.
Mogget???
The wizard checks the runes on the little cat's collar to make sure they haven't faded or worn out.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Mogget???
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The wizard sleeps well. The little cat appears to be reading a grimoire in the library.
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The wizard sleeps well. The little cat appears to be reading a grimoire in the library.
www.news.com.au/technology/m...
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
www.news.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
www.news.com.au/technology/m...
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
Amazing how few commenters on this article are aware of the ability to legally be listed as anything other than two bimodal sexes on Australian documents such as passports and birth certificates.
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sinead’s master list of basic makeup tips for those starting out:
- lips + mascara will do a lot to pull a look together if you wanna go simple to start
- if you hold your jaw open while you apply eye makeup, your eyes will be held a decent bit more still
(1/11)
- lips + mascara will do a lot to pull a look together if you wanna go simple to start
- if you hold your jaw open while you apply eye makeup, your eyes will be held a decent bit more still
(1/11)
was asked to give advice to a young woman starting out using makeup. put together a sorta long list of tips for newbies. 💄
would there be interest in me sharing that list here?
don’t wanna bother if it’s not gonna be useful to anyone. is just a bunch of easy lil things that help with learning 💜.
would there be interest in me sharing that list here?
don’t wanna bother if it’s not gonna be useful to anyone. is just a bunch of easy lil things that help with learning 💜.
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
sinead’s master list of basic makeup tips for those starting out:
- lips + mascara will do a lot to pull a look together if you wanna go simple to start
- if you hold your jaw open while you apply eye makeup, your eyes will be held a decent bit more still
(1/11)
- lips + mascara will do a lot to pull a look together if you wanna go simple to start
- if you hold your jaw open while you apply eye makeup, your eyes will be held a decent bit more still
(1/11)
@rianjohnson.bsky.social WUDM was a delight! I'm hung up on the numbers on the church wall, 146 and 370 if I've remembered correctly. Are they references to hymn numbers?
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
@rianjohnson.bsky.social WUDM was a delight! I'm hung up on the numbers on the church wall, 146 and 370 if I've remembered correctly. Are they references to hymn numbers?
I thought when I started playing #BluePrince that I was very clever setting up a notebook with pages numbered 1–46 to make notes for all the rooms.
Ha. Hahahahaha. Noooo.
Ha. Hahahahaha. Noooo.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I thought when I started playing #BluePrince that I was very clever setting up a notebook with pages numbered 1–46 to make notes for all the rooms.
Ha. Hahahahaha. Noooo.
Ha. Hahahahaha. Noooo.
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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If I had a nickel for every actor from Gilmore girls who has appeared on greys anatomy I’d actually have a hefty pile of nickels. No idea if that’s good or not because wtf is a nickel and also what’s the conversion rate
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If I had a nickel for every actor from Gilmore girls who has appeared on greys anatomy I’d actually have a hefty pile of nickels. No idea if that’s good or not because wtf is a nickel and also what’s the conversion rate
I genuinely try so hard not to read the comments on articles on news.com.au, but it's becoming abundantly clear that some people think that voting No to the Voice to Parliament meant that Aboriginals had to shut up forever, and just... no.
Speaking out in other ways is what you get now, No voters.
Speaking out in other ways is what you get now, No voters.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I genuinely try so hard not to read the comments on articles on news.com.au, but it's becoming abundantly clear that some people think that voting No to the Voice to Parliament meant that Aboriginals had to shut up forever, and just... no.
Speaking out in other ways is what you get now, No voters.
Speaking out in other ways is what you get now, No voters.
The trouble with Stephen King withdrawing his novel 'Rage' from sale is that the number of people who will understand what I mean if I say that this defence lawyer is cross-examining this complainant like they're Charlie Decker and Don Grace is very few.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The trouble with Stephen King withdrawing his novel 'Rage' from sale is that the number of people who will understand what I mean if I say that this defence lawyer is cross-examining this complainant like they're Charlie Decker and Don Grace is very few.
Can anyone provide me with the timestamp(s) for when 'Iris' gets played in Deadpool and Wolverine, or a way to ID when it's imminent e.g. what's happening in the scene? I would really like to watch the movie, but I can't listen to that song.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Can anyone provide me with the timestamp(s) for when 'Iris' gets played in Deadpool and Wolverine, or a way to ID when it's imminent e.g. what's happening in the scene? I would really like to watch the movie, but I can't listen to that song.
Parents: please teach your children the correct words for their body parts including genitals, and please teach them it's not okay to be touched without consent, particularly on the genitals.
Even if your child is never victimised, if one day a friend tells them that something wrong has happened...
Even if your child is never victimised, if one day a friend tells them that something wrong has happened...
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Parents: please teach your children the correct words for their body parts including genitals, and please teach them it's not okay to be touched without consent, particularly on the genitals.
Even if your child is never victimised, if one day a friend tells them that something wrong has happened...
Even if your child is never victimised, if one day a friend tells them that something wrong has happened...