Lauren Triola
@3followsso.bsky.social
Speculative fiction nerd and John Torrington enthusiast. I like to write things. Creator of @experiment31e.bsky.social
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Lauren Triola
@3followsso.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Torrington Series Masterlist
Who was John Torrington? He was the first member of the Franklin Expedition to die. Why should anyone care about him? Sit down and I’ll tell you, in a blog series spanning eleven posts and 25…
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Hi! I’m Lauren & I write: spec fic, nonfic about being ace & autistic, history stuff, & occasional poetry.
I also write, perform, & produce the audio drama @experiment31e.bsky.social.
And I research John Torrington of the Franklin Expedition: laurentriolawrites.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/t...
I also write, perform, & produce the audio drama @experiment31e.bsky.social.
And I research John Torrington of the Franklin Expedition: laurentriolawrites.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/t...
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Calling all contingent historians and their editors--if you haven't submitted for this year's lists, why not? Seriously, these are our most highly read pieces of the year. They are a great way to get your scholarship in front of people and SELL YOUR BOOKS.
Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Calling all contingent historians and their editors--if you haven't submitted for this year's lists, why not? Seriously, these are our most highly read pieces of the year. They are a great way to get your scholarship in front of people and SELL YOUR BOOKS.
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You know, I want to read more utopian fiction. Something has changed in me. What are some of your favourite reads imagining a future where we all survive this, and build something together?
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You know, I want to read more utopian fiction. Something has changed in me. What are some of your favourite reads imagining a future where we all survive this, and build something together?
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the nazis and pro-nazi media blamed all the ills of german society on jewish people. it was how they primed the pump before the holocaust. if u dehumanize people and say they cause all the problems, it becomes easy to exterminate them.
the right is doing the same thing to immigrants.
the right is doing the same thing to immigrants.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
the nazis and pro-nazi media blamed all the ills of german society on jewish people. it was how they primed the pump before the holocaust. if u dehumanize people and say they cause all the problems, it becomes easy to exterminate them.
the right is doing the same thing to immigrants.
the right is doing the same thing to immigrants.
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A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
I was a huge fan of SG-1 and Atlantis (and the original movie, to a lesser extent), but I am NOT looking forward to this. Please, PLEASE stop rebooting everything and make something original for once.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I was a huge fan of SG-1 and Atlantis (and the original movie, to a lesser extent), but I am NOT looking forward to this. Please, PLEASE stop rebooting everything and make something original for once.
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Our portal is still open to submissions by Indigenous Authors!
Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our portal is still open to submissions by Indigenous Authors!
Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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📣 SUNDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: In Conversation with Edward Berger and Florian Hoffmeister!
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📣 SUNDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: In Conversation with Edward Berger and Florian Hoffmeister!
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
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Happy #Halloween!
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy #Halloween!
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
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We here at Reactor know that Halloween is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Enjoy this collection of haunted libraries, terrifying TV recs, squirming vermin, spoooky boooks, films that go bump in the night, even a chilling cocktail or two. 🎃
Click through and peruse—if you DARE.
reactormag.com/tag/spooky-s...
Click through and peruse—if you DARE.
reactormag.com/tag/spooky-s...
Spooky Season - Reactor
reactormag.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We here at Reactor know that Halloween is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Enjoy this collection of haunted libraries, terrifying TV recs, squirming vermin, spoooky boooks, films that go bump in the night, even a chilling cocktail or two. 🎃
Click through and peruse—if you DARE.
reactormag.com/tag/spooky-s...
Click through and peruse—if you DARE.
reactormag.com/tag/spooky-s...
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with his trusty Bowie knife!!
Always incredible that the first thing they adapt out is THE COWBOY THAT KILLS DRACULA
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
with his trusty Bowie knife!!
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the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
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“If our ancestors could do without tea, then we can do without a new Tesla. We might even be able to do without Amazon Prime.”
Today, environmental activist @billmckibben.bsky.social joined protesters at Lexington’s Battle Green, the site of the original #NoKings protest:
Today, environmental activist @billmckibben.bsky.social joined protesters at Lexington’s Battle Green, the site of the original #NoKings protest:
I returned to the site of the original No Kings protest
A letter from Lexington’s Battle Green.
www.motherjones.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“If our ancestors could do without tea, then we can do without a new Tesla. We might even be able to do without Amazon Prime.”
Today, environmental activist @billmckibben.bsky.social joined protesters at Lexington’s Battle Green, the site of the original #NoKings protest:
Today, environmental activist @billmckibben.bsky.social joined protesters at Lexington’s Battle Green, the site of the original #NoKings protest:
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That's right
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That's right
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Happy indigenous peoples day
October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy indigenous peoples day
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📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.
Holy shit! That was one of the main places we ordered books from when I worked in acquisitions. We ordered more from Ingram overall but B&T had things they didn’t…
October 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Holy shit! That was one of the main places we ordered books from when I worked in acquisitions. We ordered more from Ingram overall but B&T had things they didn’t…
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It’s Banned Books Week! A time to honor books that challenge ideas and fight censorship. These stories make us think and unite us. What’s your favorite banned book? Tell us below! #BannedBooksWeek #ReadFreely #FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s Banned Books Week! A time to honor books that challenge ideas and fight censorship. These stories make us think and unite us. What’s your favorite banned book? Tell us below! #BannedBooksWeek #ReadFreely #FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi
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In summary:
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
September 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In summary:
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
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Oh yeah, the lefties are the violent ones...
September 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Oh yeah, the lefties are the violent ones...