Lauren Donohue
@stolenbytigers.bsky.social
My cat probably won’t like you.
MLIS candidate • studying research culture, academic publishing infrastructure, and document design • really into metadata • Parsons MFADT grad • Formerly: PLOS.
MLIS candidate • studying research culture, academic publishing infrastructure, and document design • really into metadata • Parsons MFADT grad • Formerly: PLOS.
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If our media reacted to car-caused deaths with the same level of sensationalism as say, immigrants or trans people existing, there would be almost half as many cars on the road within a year.
There should be a law that whenever a vehicle hits a pedestrian or bicyclist, the street should be reduced to two lanes, narrowed to 20 feet, and have speed bumps installed so that the maximum realistic speed one can drive on it is 15 mph.
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
If our media reacted to car-caused deaths with the same level of sensationalism as say, immigrants or trans people existing, there would be almost half as many cars on the road within a year.
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Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
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it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
it cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops:
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. the "authority" they will cite is no better than citing AI slop.
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Actually my takeaway from this that the computing industry and computer touchers are addicted to the idea of the computer as a means of social control and behavioral manipulation, but are blinded to this fact because it is so engrained in the culture of tech that they can reproduce it endlessly
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Actually my takeaway from this that the computing industry and computer touchers are addicted to the idea of the computer as a means of social control and behavioral manipulation, but are blinded to this fact because it is so engrained in the culture of tech that they can reproduce it endlessly
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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When I first saw that "rage bait" is the Oxford Word of the Year, I thought, "what a sad commentary on how broken things are."
But the more I thought about it, the more hope it gave me. Having a name for MAGA's addiction is the first step to a solution.
www.salon.com/2025/12/05/r...
But the more I thought about it, the more hope it gave me. Having a name for MAGA's addiction is the first step to a solution.
www.salon.com/2025/12/05/r...
"Rage bait" as Word of the Year? It's a reason for hope
Oxford Dictionary elevates the name of the MAGA addiction — the first step to a solution
www.salon.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When I first saw that "rage bait" is the Oxford Word of the Year, I thought, "what a sad commentary on how broken things are."
But the more I thought about it, the more hope it gave me. Having a name for MAGA's addiction is the first step to a solution.
www.salon.com/2025/12/05/r...
But the more I thought about it, the more hope it gave me. Having a name for MAGA's addiction is the first step to a solution.
www.salon.com/2025/12/05/r...
Feels weird to say I like anything about this, but that David Plunkert illustration slaps!
The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Feels weird to say I like anything about this, but that David Plunkert illustration slaps!
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The racist court is saying if you consider race to ensure Black people have fair representation that is illegal. If you consider Black people to purposefully disenfranchise and take away power from Black and Brown communities that is legal.
This is a Jim Crow neo-Dred Scott court; say that clearly
This is a Jim Crow neo-Dred Scott court; say that clearly
A conclusion the Supreme Court majority could reach only by outright lying about the factual record established by the trial court.
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The racist court is saying if you consider race to ensure Black people have fair representation that is illegal. If you consider Black people to purposefully disenfranchise and take away power from Black and Brown communities that is legal.
This is a Jim Crow neo-Dred Scott court; say that clearly
This is a Jim Crow neo-Dred Scott court; say that clearly
The more I read in book history, the more I am so mad on Elizabeth Eisenstein's behalf. She writes this monumental work and her male contemporaries just went after her in a way that's so obviously and viciously gendered.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The more I read in book history, the more I am so mad on Elizabeth Eisenstein's behalf. She writes this monumental work and her male contemporaries just went after her in a way that's so obviously and viciously gendered.
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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"In a just world, where the career of a political pundit was somehow tied to his ability to analyze politics, this would be an extinction-level event for these morons."
My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
The Pundits Were All Wrong
The Republican collapse has exposed elite pundits as clueless
stringinamaze.net
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"In a just world, where the career of a political pundit was somehow tied to his ability to analyze politics, this would be an extinction-level event for these morons."
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A lot of comments under this are saying things like "It's not OUR jobs to stop this, it's the job of Congress to stop it!" and like...NO. It IS our jobs as citizens to stop this; Congress is not some customer support line for us to lodge complaints with. We must be active in our civic virtue. TLDR:
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A lot of comments under this are saying things like "It's not OUR jobs to stop this, it's the job of Congress to stop it!" and like...NO. It IS our jobs as citizens to stop this; Congress is not some customer support line for us to lodge complaints with. We must be active in our civic virtue. TLDR:
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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The Nancy Drew Conference in 1993 was hosted by the brand-new Iowa Women's Archives, and it's the event this woman is describing where Mildred Wirt Benson was first able to be fully recognized and sign copies as the original "Carolyn Keene." 📜
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr5Nua8d/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr5Nua8d/
The story of these Nancy Drew books contain a mystery fit for the young sleuth herself! 🕵️♀️ #antiquesroadshow #nancydrew #carolynkeene #booktok #yabooktok
TikTok video by Antiques Roadshow
www.tiktok.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Nancy Drew Conference in 1993 was hosted by the brand-new Iowa Women's Archives, and it's the event this woman is describing where Mildred Wirt Benson was first able to be fully recognized and sign copies as the original "Carolyn Keene." 📜
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr5Nua8d/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr5Nua8d/
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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.
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The agonizing long tail of disaster recovery is underexplored. I think a lot about this 2024 study finding that when a hurricane hits somewhere in the U.S., the people there are more likely to die *for the next 15 years*. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The agonizing long tail of disaster recovery is underexplored. I think a lot about this 2024 study finding that when a hurricane hits somewhere in the U.S., the people there are more likely to die *for the next 15 years*. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
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I worked at a university where the five highest paid employees were the men’s basketball coach, the former men’s basketball coach who was fired, the former men’s basketball coach who was fired before that one, the former president who had been fired, and the current president. In that order.
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I worked at a university where the five highest paid employees were the men’s basketball coach, the former men’s basketball coach who was fired, the former men’s basketball coach who was fired before that one, the former president who had been fired, and the current president. In that order.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
PJP is a nonprofit. That means every story we publish and every writer we train is made possible because people like you choose to support this work. We rely on our community to keep this platform free and accessible to anyone behind the walls who wants to learn, write and be heard.
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Graduate student workers are facing unprecedented repression — from mass suspensions & arrests to FBI raids & crackdowns on academic freedom.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of Working People Podcast reports on how they are fighting back, despite Trump's assault on higher ed.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of Working People Podcast reports on how they are fighting back, despite Trump's assault on higher ed.
Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression
Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.
inthesetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Graduate student workers are facing unprecedented repression — from mass suspensions & arrests to FBI raids & crackdowns on academic freedom.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of Working People Podcast reports on how they are fighting back, despite Trump's assault on higher ed.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of Working People Podcast reports on how they are fighting back, despite Trump's assault on higher ed.
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A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder. Story via @propublica.org.
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder. Story via @propublica.org.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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Also, to be clear, when a trans instructor at OU is being punished and targeted for quite fairly grading a terrible essay, it’s bizarre to see academics online debating the rubrics.
That’s…not the problem.
That’s…not the problem.
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also, to be clear, when a trans instructor at OU is being punished and targeted for quite fairly grading a terrible essay, it’s bizarre to see academics online debating the rubrics.
That’s…not the problem.
That’s…not the problem.