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
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...
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Australia is populated by innocent, child-like people who live among some of the most deadly venomous creatures this side of a del Toro script.
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Australia is populated by innocent, child-like people who live among some of the most deadly venomous creatures this side of a del Toro script.
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But when a direction is chosen freely and followed wholeheartedly, it may seem that all things further the going.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
But when a direction is chosen freely and followed wholeheartedly, it may seem that all things further the going.
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eeyore and rincewind are two guys who are unlucky, get rained on to the exclusion of all else, and hang out with butterflies--do u see my vision ??
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
eeyore and rincewind are two guys who are unlucky, get rained on to the exclusion of all else, and hang out with butterflies--do u see my vision ??
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Tiffany thought of the little spot in the woods where Granny Weatherwax lay. Remembered. And knew that You had been right. Granny Weatherwax was indeed here. And there. She was, in fact, and always would be, everywhere.
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Tiffany thought of the little spot in the woods where Granny Weatherwax lay. Remembered. And knew that You had been right. Granny Weatherwax was indeed here. And there. She was, in fact, and always would be, everywhere.
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I enjoy how I can tell from the way that submissions to the 200-word RPG jam drop off to nothing over the weekend, only to promptly pick up again first thing Monday that some of y'all are writing 200 word RPGs on company time.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I enjoy how I can tell from the way that submissions to the 200-word RPG jam drop off to nothing over the weekend, only to promptly pick up again first thing Monday that some of y'all are writing 200 word RPGs on company time.
Mum: Twinkle twinkle little bat—
Kai: NO
Mum: How I wonder where you're at—
Kai: NO
Mum: Up above the world so high—
Kai: ...
Mum: Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Kai: NO!
Kai: NO
Mum: How I wonder where you're at—
Kai: NO
Mum: Up above the world so high—
Kai: ...
Mum: Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Kai: NO!
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Mum: Twinkle twinkle little bat—
Kai: NO
Mum: How I wonder where you're at—
Kai: NO
Mum: Up above the world so high—
Kai: ...
Mum: Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Kai: NO!
Kai: NO
Mum: How I wonder where you're at—
Kai: NO
Mum: Up above the world so high—
Kai: ...
Mum: Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Kai: NO!
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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
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My subconscious? I'll just poke her and see if she is.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My subconscious? I'll just poke her and see if she is.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Like many of those in the games industry, I was laid off back… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
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November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
'I don't really know where to start with this because this isn't the sort of story that really has a fixed beginning.'
(The Triad Trial, laurenthemself.itch.io)
(The Triad Trial, laurenthemself.itch.io)
convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. share yours if you want!
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
'I don't really know where to start with this because this isn't the sort of story that really has a fixed beginning.'
(The Triad Trial, laurenthemself.itch.io)
(The Triad Trial, laurenthemself.itch.io)
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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 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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 we get 500 backers, we're going to put this delightful little bat accountant into the game.
Help us spread the word!
Help us spread the word!
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If we get 500 backers, we're going to put this delightful little bat accountant into the game.
Help us spread the word!
Help us spread the word!
*head in hands* no, mum, you cannot in any meaningful way 'cheat' at watching telly
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
*head in hands* no, mum, you cannot in any meaningful way 'cheat' at watching telly
Insert annual gripe about Australian stores having Black Friday sales here.
Thanksgiving is NOT our holiday.
The Black Friday bushfires were a horrific disaster.
I'm doomed to screaming this into the void every year.
Thanksgiving is NOT our holiday.
The Black Friday bushfires were a horrific disaster.
I'm doomed to screaming this into the void every year.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Insert annual gripe about Australian stores having Black Friday sales here.
Thanksgiving is NOT our holiday.
The Black Friday bushfires were a horrific disaster.
I'm doomed to screaming this into the void every year.
Thanksgiving is NOT our holiday.
The Black Friday bushfires were a horrific disaster.
I'm doomed to screaming this into the void every year.
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Paint clutter is no match for Work In Progress Troll!
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Paint clutter is no match for Work In Progress Troll!
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There is an old joke about a teacher asking, "What did Watson & Crick discover?" & a voice from the back of class muttering, "Rosalind Franklin's notes."
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This is the seminal paper written by Watson & Crick outlining the structure of DNA.
Rosalind Franklin should have been co-author on this publication.
She was just given a meager acknowledgement.
This is the seminal paper written by Watson & Crick outlining the structure of DNA.
Rosalind Franklin should have been co-author on this publication.
She was just given a meager acknowledgement.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
There is an old joke about a teacher asking, "What did Watson & Crick discover?" & a voice from the back of class muttering, "Rosalind Franklin's notes."
A computer that only talks about car parking buildings, a garage language model.
A computer that only talks about butter substitutes, a marge language model.
A computer that only talks about non-commissioned officers, a sarge language model.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A computer that only talks about car parking buildings, a garage language model.
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I've scribbled something about the potential 3p per mile electric vehicle charge in the UK.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I've scribbled something about the potential 3p per mile electric vehicle charge in the UK.
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
llewellyn.substack.com/p/3p-a-mile?...
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“The establishment of InterLink addressed long-standing gaps in service delivery and unmet demand for mental health support by people with innate variations of sex characteristics and family members.”
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
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Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
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Intersex Support Service 'InterLink' Has Received Three-Year Accreditation Status - Star Observer
InterLink, a community-controlled support service for intersex people, has been officially accredited for the next three years.
www.starobserver.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“The establishment of InterLink addressed long-standing gaps in service delivery and unmet demand for mental health support by people with innate variations of sex characteristics and family members.”
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
💜💛
Some good news on Intersex Day of Solidarity from Australia.
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