Laura Foster
@lauramfoster.bsky.social
Tired middle-aged woman, likes cats. Has strong opinions, may or may not share them. Transitioned in the long-ago years of the early 00s, not that it's any of your business.
"Gender is a performance and mine is The Gong Show."
"Gender is a performance and mine is The Gong Show."
I would REALLY like for some of my "influencial" wokescold friends to poke their heads outside of their personal bubbles once in awhile and read the mood of the general public before making bold declarations about what hill they're going to force a bunch of minorities to die on in the next election.
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I would REALLY like for some of my "influencial" wokescold friends to poke their heads outside of their personal bubbles once in awhile and read the mood of the general public before making bold declarations about what hill they're going to force a bunch of minorities to die on in the next election.
Pink Noise Test - Spitting Rain
I try to lift friends up (unless they need a reality check), but I can't be a friend to myself. When I'm alone I'm constantly catastrophizing, ruminating and ripping myself to shreds. Lifelong untreatable depression will do that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nriu...
I try to lift friends up (unless they need a reality check), but I can't be a friend to myself. When I'm alone I'm constantly catastrophizing, ruminating and ripping myself to shreds. Lifelong untreatable depression will do that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nriu...
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Pink Noise Test - Spitting Rain
I try to lift friends up (unless they need a reality check), but I can't be a friend to myself. When I'm alone I'm constantly catastrophizing, ruminating and ripping myself to shreds. Lifelong untreatable depression will do that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nriu...
I try to lift friends up (unless they need a reality check), but I can't be a friend to myself. When I'm alone I'm constantly catastrophizing, ruminating and ripping myself to shreds. Lifelong untreatable depression will do that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nriu...
We can agree that we hate AI slop. It's dumpster-juice garbage.
So could you all PLEASE stop posting it to dunk on it? You're doing the advertising agencies' "work" (and I use that term very loosely) for them. Every time I scroll down I have to see that awfulness autoplaying over and over and over.
So could you all PLEASE stop posting it to dunk on it? You're doing the advertising agencies' "work" (and I use that term very loosely) for them. Every time I scroll down I have to see that awfulness autoplaying over and over and over.
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We can agree that we hate AI slop. It's dumpster-juice garbage.
So could you all PLEASE stop posting it to dunk on it? You're doing the advertising agencies' "work" (and I use that term very loosely) for them. Every time I scroll down I have to see that awfulness autoplaying over and over and over.
So could you all PLEASE stop posting it to dunk on it? You're doing the advertising agencies' "work" (and I use that term very loosely) for them. Every time I scroll down I have to see that awfulness autoplaying over and over and over.
This popped up on FB and it feels like rage bait. How To Write A Post As A Trans Man Without Explicitly Saying So.
Other folks have called them out on the second paragraph: it's not "discomfort", it's TRAUMA. Trans women grow up learning what men are really like when they think women aren't around.
Other folks have called them out on the second paragraph: it's not "discomfort", it's TRAUMA. Trans women grow up learning what men are really like when they think women aren't around.
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This popped up on FB and it feels like rage bait. How To Write A Post As A Trans Man Without Explicitly Saying So.
Other folks have called them out on the second paragraph: it's not "discomfort", it's TRAUMA. Trans women grow up learning what men are really like when they think women aren't around.
Other folks have called them out on the second paragraph: it's not "discomfort", it's TRAUMA. Trans women grow up learning what men are really like when they think women aren't around.
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Every writer I know, every artist I follow, is in the fucking trenches trying to survive this shit. GenAI is not the future because if it keeps going there is no future, and even if it was that would be no excuse.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Every writer I know, every artist I follow, is in the fucking trenches trying to survive this shit. GenAI is not the future because if it keeps going there is no future, and even if it was that would be no excuse.
Playing over the grocery store PA this evening: some folksy guy with a solo ukelele doing an acoustic cover of Love Bites by Def Leppard. What in the hell?
I mean I'll take it over incessant Christmas carols but at the same time my 80s childhood sensibilities are confused and low-key offended.
I mean I'll take it over incessant Christmas carols but at the same time my 80s childhood sensibilities are confused and low-key offended.
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Playing over the grocery store PA this evening: some folksy guy with a solo ukelele doing an acoustic cover of Love Bites by Def Leppard. What in the hell?
I mean I'll take it over incessant Christmas carols but at the same time my 80s childhood sensibilities are confused and low-key offended.
I mean I'll take it over incessant Christmas carols but at the same time my 80s childhood sensibilities are confused and low-key offended.
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Folks, when you discover something you post is AI, PLEASE delete it.
We all make mistakes but pull it down when you realize it's not real. There's enough lying from the 🍊 💩 and his regime, we don't need it here.
We all make mistakes but pull it down when you realize it's not real. There's enough lying from the 🍊 💩 and his regime, we don't need it here.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Folks, when you discover something you post is AI, PLEASE delete it.
We all make mistakes but pull it down when you realize it's not real. There's enough lying from the 🍊 💩 and his regime, we don't need it here.
We all make mistakes but pull it down when you realize it's not real. There's enough lying from the 🍊 💩 and his regime, we don't need it here.
Started mine in 2002 when it still needed an invite code. It was a pretty tight knit space until about 2011 when everyone got lured away to other newer social media. I think my last post was probably in 2015 - only two or three other friends were still posting then - and I nuked the account in 2018.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Started mine in 2002 when it still needed an invite code. It was a pretty tight knit space until about 2011 when everyone got lured away to other newer social media. I think my last post was probably in 2015 - only two or three other friends were still posting then - and I nuked the account in 2018.
For the past month I've REALLY wanted to do a piece of 15th anniversary fanart for #15yearsofrain . It's a wonderful trans webcomic by @lynnsenpai.bsky.social with endearing characters & not only concluded after 12 years and 1200 strips, but had one overall complete storyline from beginning to end.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
For the past month I've REALLY wanted to do a piece of 15th anniversary fanart for #15yearsofrain . It's a wonderful trans webcomic by @lynnsenpai.bsky.social with endearing characters & not only concluded after 12 years and 1200 strips, but had one overall complete storyline from beginning to end.
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My wife has a theory.
The Belcher children haven’t aged despite canonically living through eleven Thanksgivings.
Bob is trapped in a one-year time loop, which resets every Thanksgiving.
He’s condemned to re-live the same year over and over until he creates the perfect Thanksgiving.
The Belcher children haven’t aged despite canonically living through eleven Thanksgivings.
Bob is trapped in a one-year time loop, which resets every Thanksgiving.
He’s condemned to re-live the same year over and over until he creates the perfect Thanksgiving.
a cartoon of a man standing next to a turkey in a kitchen
ALT: a cartoon of a man standing next to a turkey in a kitchen
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My wife has a theory.
The Belcher children haven’t aged despite canonically living through eleven Thanksgivings.
Bob is trapped in a one-year time loop, which resets every Thanksgiving.
He’s condemned to re-live the same year over and over until he creates the perfect Thanksgiving.
The Belcher children haven’t aged despite canonically living through eleven Thanksgivings.
Bob is trapped in a one-year time loop, which resets every Thanksgiving.
He’s condemned to re-live the same year over and over until he creates the perfect Thanksgiving.
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You can’t fake honesty. You can’t automate honesty.
You have something the fascist slop machines will never have. You have humanity. You have a point of view. You have a heart.
You have something the fascist slop machines will never have. You have humanity. You have a point of view. You have a heart.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You can’t fake honesty. You can’t automate honesty.
You have something the fascist slop machines will never have. You have humanity. You have a point of view. You have a heart.
You have something the fascist slop machines will never have. You have humanity. You have a point of view. You have a heart.
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I do not think we should be discussing the possibility of artificial sentience when humanity currently does not value all the sentience that already exists. Perhaps there is a future where actual AI could exist without harm, but it is NOT here and now.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I do not think we should be discussing the possibility of artificial sentience when humanity currently does not value all the sentience that already exists. Perhaps there is a future where actual AI could exist without harm, but it is NOT here and now.
I'm walkin' here, Charlie Brown. I'm WALKIN' here!
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm walkin' here, Charlie Brown. I'm WALKIN' here!
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
Turned this off, and as punishment they deleted all my folders - I now have 427 pieces of spam in my inbox going back years. FML.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Turned this off, and as punishment they deleted all my folders - I now have 427 pieces of spam in my inbox going back years. FML.
I got me a Studebaker, it's as small as a shrimp and it's about to go into drydock.
I got me a Studebaker, it seats exactly zero, so slow down and forget your jukebox money.
The hate stadium is a big new place where we can stay far apart. Hate stadium, old man.
Antimony floor...! Polished.
I got me a Studebaker, it seats exactly zero, so slow down and forget your jukebox money.
The hate stadium is a big new place where we can stay far apart. Hate stadium, old man.
Antimony floor...! Polished.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I got me a Studebaker, it's as small as a shrimp and it's about to go into drydock.
I got me a Studebaker, it seats exactly zero, so slow down and forget your jukebox money.
The hate stadium is a big new place where we can stay far apart. Hate stadium, old man.
Antimony floor...! Polished.
I got me a Studebaker, it seats exactly zero, so slow down and forget your jukebox money.
The hate stadium is a big new place where we can stay far apart. Hate stadium, old man.
Antimony floor...! Polished.
You got your Moana in my Evangelion.
Get in the Eva, Maui, or Hei Hei will have to pilot it again. And we're all trying to forget what happened the last time he did.
Get in the Eva, Maui, or Hei Hei will have to pilot it again. And we're all trying to forget what happened the last time he did.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
You got your Moana in my Evangelion.
Get in the Eva, Maui, or Hei Hei will have to pilot it again. And we're all trying to forget what happened the last time he did.
Get in the Eva, Maui, or Hei Hei will have to pilot it again. And we're all trying to forget what happened the last time he did.
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No, not fan pages...
Interests.
Everyone maintained their little spaces filled with their weird creations and fun. Fiction and photo projects and costuming and game material and how-to's and comics and weird corners of history.
It was beautiful.
Interests.
Everyone maintained their little spaces filled with their weird creations and fun. Fiction and photo projects and costuming and game material and how-to's and comics and weird corners of history.
It was beautiful.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
No, not fan pages...
Interests.
Everyone maintained their little spaces filled with their weird creations and fun. Fiction and photo projects and costuming and game material and how-to's and comics and weird corners of history.
It was beautiful.
Interests.
Everyone maintained their little spaces filled with their weird creations and fun. Fiction and photo projects and costuming and game material and how-to's and comics and weird corners of history.
It was beautiful.
You cannot claim to support the arts while also shilling for this complete affront to humanity. Your face, hungry leopards.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You cannot claim to support the arts while also shilling for this complete affront to humanity. Your face, hungry leopards.
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV
Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
Jessica Harper - Special To Me
Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
Jessica Harper - Special To Me
Name 3 1970s songs.
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV
Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
Jessica Harper - Special To Me
Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
Jessica Harper - Special To Me
Oh hey, it's elementary school me. Little Laura: her academic skills are great... when she can concentrate on what she's doing. But she struggles emotionally w/ making & keeping friendships, and spends most of the time off in fantasy la la land.
Parents: "Nope, no problem here. We're the same way."
Parents: "Nope, no problem here. We're the same way."
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh hey, it's elementary school me. Little Laura: her academic skills are great... when she can concentrate on what she's doing. But she struggles emotionally w/ making & keeping friendships, and spends most of the time off in fantasy la la land.
Parents: "Nope, no problem here. We're the same way."
Parents: "Nope, no problem here. We're the same way."
Rereading old webcomics in an attempt to distract myself from overwhelming loneliness and the utter dumpster fire that is the current political situation.
Not all that successfully.
Not all that successfully.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Rereading old webcomics in an attempt to distract myself from overwhelming loneliness and the utter dumpster fire that is the current political situation.
Not all that successfully.
Not all that successfully.
Delightedly reading through @imstillalex.com 's autobiographical webcomic, and got to the one about changing drivers licenses, and flashed back to my own legal name change, over twenty years ago. I got caught in a torrential rainstorm in the three blocks between the bus stop and the DMV.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Delightedly reading through @imstillalex.com 's autobiographical webcomic, and got to the one about changing drivers licenses, and flashed back to my own legal name change, over twenty years ago. I got caught in a torrential rainstorm in the three blocks between the bus stop and the DMV.
"You never once paid for the Goop, Boss. Not ONCE."
the dewey cox “GODDAMN IT, THIS IS A DARK FUCKIN’ PERIOD” montage scene in the new springsteen biopic but it’s just bruce ravenously wolfin the Goop
![According to a new biography, Bruce Springsteen never did drugs, but instead maintained an alarming diet of nothing but horrible food, including Velveeta-and-mayonnaise sandwiches in the early days, and an unending succession of candy bars.
His favorite dessert "was a big bowl of strawberry-flavored goop," it turns out, until the late seventies when his assistant forced him to eat more nutritious food. But that's bunk: We all know the Boss has always sustained himself on nothing more than the energy and love of concert crowds around the world. [LAWeekly]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5fiblhkguo6dy2lfju47d7kh/bafkreidj7qqvc6okq6oisjstpzalzlvgdyfoz7h74g7gn2bbsqreaveupe@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"You never once paid for the Goop, Boss. Not ONCE."