Laura Mabingi (Laz)
@midearthling.bsky.social
Laz/Laura. Artist sometimes, various fandoms. Nature lover, hobbit appreciator & pirate enthusiast! Watching #DS9.
They/them, 30's 🇮🇪
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/lauramabingi
💌 https://www.lauramcnameeart.com
🎨My art feed tag: #lazart
They/them, 30's 🇮🇪
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/lauramabingi
💌 https://www.lauramcnameeart.com
🎨My art feed tag: #lazart
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Hi, I do art! Mostly fanart atm but you can check out my art feed if you want to see more ☺️
🎨Art feed link:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
🎨Art feed link:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
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I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
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FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
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"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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I'm honestly surprised that with all this renewed interest in the Wizard of Oz that nobody's tried to do a thing with Ozma recently, but I guess studios just assume mainstream audiences are only familiar with things from the 1939 movie
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm honestly surprised that with all this renewed interest in the Wizard of Oz that nobody's tried to do a thing with Ozma recently, but I guess studios just assume mainstream audiences are only familiar with things from the 1939 movie
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
I forgot to watch the last few episodes of the talamasca so I MISSED THIS
#InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
A new #TheVampireLestat teaser aired during #Talamasca finale on AMC!
A new #TheVampireLestat teaser aired during #Talamasca finale on AMC!
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I forgot to watch the last few episodes of the talamasca so I MISSED THIS
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A former RSPB chief just voted against £30 swift bricks that could help save a collapsing species.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A former RSPB chief just voted against £30 swift bricks that could help save a collapsing species.
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Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
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They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
I decided to put on he extended soundtrack to Fellowship of the Ring as I work and it was mayhaps a mistake because every 10 mins I keep get teary-eyed 😭
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I decided to put on he extended soundtrack to Fellowship of the Ring as I work and it was mayhaps a mistake because every 10 mins I keep get teary-eyed 😭
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With thanks to @ukandeu.bsky.social for asking me & Patrick Bayer to summarize our recent @bjpols.bsky.social article where we argue that while UK/EU communities exposed to climate mitigation are generally afraid of net zero, some may be more interested in int'l climate cooperation than you think...
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
With thanks to @ukandeu.bsky.social for asking me & Patrick Bayer to summarize our recent @bjpols.bsky.social article where we argue that while UK/EU communities exposed to climate mitigation are generally afraid of net zero, some may be more interested in int'l climate cooperation than you think...
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This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
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I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I visited Abbey Wood in Killarney National Park over the weekend where a massive job of rhododendron removal has been undertaken in the last year or so with the help of Killarney Moutain Meitheal. The area is now deer fenced to allow recovery - very impressive work!
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i know i keep posting this and then deleting it out of self-consciousness or whatever, and i know everything is awful for everyone, but... if you can. things get more complicated for us every day.
Support Charlotte T
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November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
i know i keep posting this and then deleting it out of self-consciousness or whatever, and i know everything is awful for everyone, but... if you can. things get more complicated for us every day.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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I’m no doctor but that looks like a severe case of scabies to me. It’s so treatable, it’s scandalous that Israel deny medical care to Palestinians. The patient is miserable with it tho. This poor child. Can you help?
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The ulcers on my child's body have increased.He can't stand it.He sleeps crying every day.
He hasn't healed because of malnutrition and lack of treatment. Everything here is expensive,even medicine.Please donate to my child to buy treatment and healthy food
Please donat 😭😭😭
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He hasn't healed because of malnutrition and lack of treatment. Everything here is expensive,even medicine.Please donate to my child to buy treatment and healthy food
Please donat 😭😭😭
gofund.me/7fc0e346
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I’m no doctor but that looks like a severe case of scabies to me. It’s so treatable, it’s scandalous that Israel deny medical care to Palestinians. The patient is miserable with it tho. This poor child. Can you help?
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The Limerick Leader is owned by Malcolm Denmark whose family owns New Cavendish Properties Ltd
Landlords 'stampede' out of rental market ahead of new changes coming next year
Landlords 'stampede' out of rental market ahead of new changes coming next year
The new rules and regulations will not affect tenants that have been in place before March 1 and after that date, they will see a six-year tenancy agreement put in place
Renters could be facing an even more uncertain market in the months ahead of new tenancy rules that are coming into effect
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www.limerickleader.ie
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Limerick Leader is owned by Malcolm Denmark whose family owns New Cavendish Properties Ltd
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Great to hear a scientist and environmentalist - @elainemcgoff.bsky.social - and a farmer in nitrates derogation separately say the same thing here: that the government-led drive for maximum productivity was a MASSIVE mistake, with our rivers and (now, potentially) farmers paying the price.
I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
www.rte.ie
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great to hear a scientist and environmentalist - @elainemcgoff.bsky.social - and a farmer in nitrates derogation separately say the same thing here: that the government-led drive for maximum productivity was a MASSIVE mistake, with our rivers and (now, potentially) farmers paying the price.
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Driving back from County Down to Tipp last week was an eye-opener. An audi whipping along in busy traffic, weaving between cars with no room to spare.
Other people trundling in the overtaking lane, building up queues behind them as people forced to undertake to get around.
Rife tailgating, too
Other people trundling in the overtaking lane, building up queues behind them as people forced to undertake to get around.
Rife tailgating, too
#Breaking Two men have died and several others have been injured following a crash involving a lorry, a bus and a car in Co Meath this morning
Two men die, several injured in multi-vehicle crash
Two men have died following a multi-vehicle collision in Co Meath today.
www.rte.ie
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Driving back from County Down to Tipp last week was an eye-opener. An audi whipping along in busy traffic, weaving between cars with no room to spare.
Other people trundling in the overtaking lane, building up queues behind them as people forced to undertake to get around.
Rife tailgating, too
Other people trundling in the overtaking lane, building up queues behind them as people forced to undertake to get around.
Rife tailgating, too
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This reminds me: I also had a (mini) stroke a few years back, and one incident increases the odds other being another. So, please keep an eye out for these warning signs with me (or anyone else you might know know): www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs...
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This reminds me: I also had a (mini) stroke a few years back, and one incident increases the odds other being another. So, please keep an eye out for these warning signs with me (or anyone else you might know know): www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs...
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If you are depressed about the world, can't think of something to do, go get your local library card. Get Libby or overdrive. Check out books wildly, irresponsibly. Get those libraries and authors some dosh for free.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If you are depressed about the world, can't think of something to do, go get your local library card. Get Libby or overdrive. Check out books wildly, irresponsibly. Get those libraries and authors some dosh for free.