Lauren
@thesalad.bsky.social
just a millennial drifting from platform to platform.
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Lauren
@thesalad.bsky.social
· Nov 10
New username here, but if I'm following you, it's because I knew you from: livejournal, tumblr, twitter, discord, whatever island-hopping pattern we've followed on the internet over the decades. I am Lauren, Brix, Andi. If you're confused how we know each other, just ask.
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"Do I love being angry at showrunners enough to rewatch The Magicians" and other cyclical mid-winter questions. My god I desperately need a new prestige fantasy/sci-fi show to fill the void in my guts
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Do I love being angry at showrunners enough to rewatch The Magicians" and other cyclical mid-winter questions. My god I desperately need a new prestige fantasy/sci-fi show to fill the void in my guts
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Dick didn’t come up with the titles.
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Dick didn’t come up with the titles.
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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Landlords need to stop existing unless they are willing and able to treat their tenants with respect and do their damn jobs.
Absolute insanity that they can be such utter garbage and keep their property, get paid, and have control over their tenants safety just because they ‘own’ property.
Absolute insanity that they can be such utter garbage and keep their property, get paid, and have control over their tenants safety just because they ‘own’ property.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Landlords need to stop existing unless they are willing and able to treat their tenants with respect and do their damn jobs.
Absolute insanity that they can be such utter garbage and keep their property, get paid, and have control over their tenants safety just because they ‘own’ property.
Absolute insanity that they can be such utter garbage and keep their property, get paid, and have control over their tenants safety just because they ‘own’ property.
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why is it whamageddon when last christmas is a fun little christmas ditty and not christmas-shoes-ageddon because that shit will fucking ruin your day with how bad it is
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
why is it whamageddon when last christmas is a fun little christmas ditty and not christmas-shoes-ageddon because that shit will fucking ruin your day with how bad it is
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Today is World AIDS day, and the current US govt refuses to acknowledge it, for the first time since 1988. Here’s a memory I’d like to share, to show how in even the worst of times, people came together to support each other. May the memory of those we lost continue to be a blessing.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today is World AIDS day, and the current US govt refuses to acknowledge it, for the first time since 1988. Here’s a memory I’d like to share, to show how in even the worst of times, people came together to support each other. May the memory of those we lost continue to be a blessing.
Oh, my heart. It's not even a little bit unique of me, but Ros & Guil rewrote my brain in college, and I'm forever in Stoppard's debt for showing me how tragic comedy can be.
Couldn't we just stay put?
Couldn't we just stay put?
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh, my heart. It's not even a little bit unique of me, but Ros & Guil rewrote my brain in college, and I'm forever in Stoppard's debt for showing me how tragic comedy can be.
Couldn't we just stay put?
Couldn't we just stay put?
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ah hoodie season, when i can never figure out which pocket my cell phone is in
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
ah hoodie season, when i can never figure out which pocket my cell phone is in
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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do you think ryan murphy knows where babies come from
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
do you think ryan murphy knows where babies come from
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some days you write twelve (12) words, and that's good and beautiful
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
some days you write twelve (12) words, and that's good and beautiful
I want a Detroit Coney Island Hani with tzatziki and those real fluffy/crunchy diner fries and a large Vernor's. I haven't been back to Michigan since 2008 and I AM SUFFERING
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I want a Detroit Coney Island Hani with tzatziki and those real fluffy/crunchy diner fries and a large Vernor's. I haven't been back to Michigan since 2008 and I AM SUFFERING
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I always say that C&H taught me how to read, but I'm pretty sure it also taught me how to be a good person.
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I always say that C&H taught me how to read, but I'm pretty sure it also taught me how to be a good person.
i don't really believe in "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" but sometimes i wish i could grab this guy and be like "you have NO idea what i'm choosing to spare you for my own sanity every fucking time we interact"
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i don't really believe in "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" but sometimes i wish i could grab this guy and be like "you have NO idea what i'm choosing to spare you for my own sanity every fucking time we interact"
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This is bullshit.
"absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground.
"how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.
"absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground.
"how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is bullshit.
"absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground.
"how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.
"absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground.
"how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.
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Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
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Two months ago, some pretty wonderful news came out about a clinical trial showing that a gene therapy might be able to delay the progression of Huntington’s Disease.
HD is a devastating neurological disease that attacks behavioral, cognitive and motor function.
It’s fatal and it’s genetic. 🧵
HD is a devastating neurological disease that attacks behavioral, cognitive and motor function.
It’s fatal and it’s genetic. 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Two months ago, some pretty wonderful news came out about a clinical trial showing that a gene therapy might be able to delay the progression of Huntington’s Disease.
HD is a devastating neurological disease that attacks behavioral, cognitive and motor function.
It’s fatal and it’s genetic. 🧵
HD is a devastating neurological disease that attacks behavioral, cognitive and motor function.
It’s fatal and it’s genetic. 🧵
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Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves