Lauren
@lilybeth12.bsky.social
Rozzident, Mom, scientist. Love reading, volunteering, and my community.
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
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Everyone’s been doing hockey romance recs — and good thing! — but I’d like to also take a moment and point out that there’s a ton of great Asian-Canadian contemporary romance writing happening right now too!
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Everyone’s been doing hockey romance recs — and good thing! — but I’d like to also take a moment and point out that there’s a ton of great Asian-Canadian contemporary romance writing happening right now too!
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If I can make something that helps someone else create the space I have when I read a book or whatever I'm doing to rest, then I have to do that. I can't not do that, especially when what I do feels pointless.
i am doing my best to be a helper
Mister Rogers says that when terrible things happen, to look for the helpers. Terrible things are happening. I’m upset. And I’m angry. And I’m so sad. While I am looking for the helpers, I am also doing my best to be a helper. I have to be honest: when a...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
If I can make something that helps someone else create the space I have when I read a book or whatever I'm doing to rest, then I have to do that. I can't not do that, especially when what I do feels pointless.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@universalhub.com any news on why helicopters are circling Roslindale?
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@universalhub.com any news on why helicopters are circling Roslindale?
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"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."
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November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."
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The Graphic Medicine International Collective needs YOUR help!
We are ~$1,900 from reaching our annual GMIC Awards fundraising match of $5,000.
Can you help us hit that mark and ensure the Awards' future?
Indicate 'GMIC Book Awards' below to donate today!
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We are ~$1,900 from reaching our annual GMIC Awards fundraising match of $5,000.
Can you help us hit that mark and ensure the Awards' future?
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November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Graphic Medicine International Collective needs YOUR help!
We are ~$1,900 from reaching our annual GMIC Awards fundraising match of $5,000.
Can you help us hit that mark and ensure the Awards' future?
Indicate 'GMIC Book Awards' below to donate today!
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
We are ~$1,900 from reaching our annual GMIC Awards fundraising match of $5,000.
Can you help us hit that mark and ensure the Awards' future?
Indicate 'GMIC Book Awards' below to donate today!
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
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❓When people say, "the longest in U.S. history," how long is that?
The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people.
Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history.
Let that sink in.
The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people.
Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history.
Let that sink in.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
❓When people say, "the longest in U.S. history," how long is that?
The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people.
Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history.
Let that sink in.
The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people.
Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history.
Let that sink in.
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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Amazon is the employer with the most employees on Medicaid in the state of Nevada. Walmart is second. (Recent national stats broken out by employer are unavailable, prob because employers don’t want us to know the social safety net is a corporate subsidy.)
CEOs are the only real welfare queens.
CEOs are the only real welfare queens.
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Amazon is the employer with the most employees on Medicaid in the state of Nevada. Walmart is second. (Recent national stats broken out by employer are unavailable, prob because employers don’t want us to know the social safety net is a corporate subsidy.)
CEOs are the only real welfare queens.
CEOs are the only real welfare queens.
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
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Oh my GOD.
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Oh my GOD.