Lauren
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.
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- Reposted by LaurenAs someone who occasionally writes about legends of not-mine cultures, I proactively keep myself in check by reading writings about my culture from the perspective of well-meaning outsiders. Witnessing the scale of confabulation in Western "Polish folklore" books keeps me sharp.
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- Firefox, stop making me turn the fucking link preview back off. I should only have to opt out of it once, and TBQH it should have been opt in from the beginning.
- @vicmmic.bsky.social I had already been appreciating the Hugi and Muni reference, and today I am also appreciating the Freki reference.
- sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Hey peeps, do a survey! It's short and you may get annoyed about the awkward wording around binary sex and the lack of intersex references, but there's room for free write responses about this. #bisexual #queer #research
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- Reposted by LaurenHell yes, my debut novella GRIEF EATER is now live on Barnes and Noble for pre-orders! I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate... @interstellarflight.bsky.social
- Reposted by LaurenToday I went back to my notes from last year on Song of Solomon and was not disappointed.
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- Reposted by LaurenEp 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
- 'Your subconscious spilling the beans is not awesome, Sam.' #NowhereBoys
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- Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five subjects you studied at university: • Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda • Creative Writing 2: Across the Genres • Story, Genre, and Medium (secretly Screenwriting) • ... oh shit Michael Webster died?
- Reposted by LaurenIf you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
- Tomorrow's actually going to be cool enough for me to function and I'm genuinely looking forward to doing housework. We got new shelves for the lounge so that I'll be able to rearrange all of our board games neatly and where they're easy to get at, and relocate my D&D mini painting stuff.
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- It's probably silly to assume an exact progression of communications technology on #Discworld as here on Roundworld, but the thought 'Nobby Nobbs' Reddit account' came into mind and I had to inflict it on other people.
- 11.13 pm: Pippin tackled a moth that was on the wall beside my head. There is now moth dust on the sheets and a suspicious lack of moth. 11.15 pm: Tapping in general direction of window probably not more nightlife invading, as I can now hear Toby making general bathing noises.
- Sharing Linkin Park's 'Shadow of the Day' www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PC... from the album Minutes to Midnight for no particular reason today.
- We should never have had people asking the question, 'Why didn't the Eagles fly the Ring into Mordor?' I respectfully submit that the question should have been, 'Why didn't Elrond nut up and crash-tackle Isildur and the Ring into the lava all those years ago?' #LotR #LordOfTheRings #SorryTolkien
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- 'I want square sandwiches, fuck your triangles!' - Murray (@ginadevivo.bsky.social) having the one dissenting opinion about sandwiches in Team Group #FailedSave
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- I have learned that I now have presbyopia in addition to myopia and astigmatism, and it's because of being in my forties, so if you're in your forties and beginning to struggle with reading close-up stuff, maybe make an eye appointment even if you're usually myopic, because it can change!
- I picked up my new reading glasses today, but I also snapped an arm on my distance glasses last night, so I'm wearing my secondary pair of distance glasses and despondently going through the Specsavers website trying to pick a replacement set of frames because they discontinued my favourites.
- I forgot Bora asked Fess out for a drink first! #FailedSave 'Bora's always been the strong one, but there's something about Fess that makes me feel a little bit weak.' I must have been absolutely deceased in chat.
- Reposted by LaurenThe next Legend of Korra graphic novel, Kya and the Secret of the Sand, has been announced! Look at that gorgeous cover!! Written by @kikuhughes.bsky.social, with art by @alexandriamonikart.bsky.social, colors by me, and letters by @comicraft1992.bsky.social! It comes out on July 28, 2026.
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays - @bluebec.bsky.social any Pride March plans? This weather is not making me hopeful.
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- Reposted by LaurenI just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
- Reposted by LaurenThread. (Cheerful disclosure: Started out writing fanfic, more than 50 years ago. Haven’t stopped.) 😄
- I actually had a discussion about this yesterday. The hate for fanfiction has 4 components: 1) It directly defies capitalism. Capitalism tells us that only things that are profitable are of worth. Most fanfic is free and so people equate free to bad. 🧵 #fanfiction
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- Reposted by Laurenthe only bright spot in the world right now is that burnt-out Gen Z and Millennials finally make up the majority of the workforce, I just called tech support for my router and was told “girl I for real think it’s cooked”
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- Reposted by LaurenAnother lovely sunset over the lake. This time it’s -30°C, but the wind has finally calmed down leaving snow drifts in its wake.
- Reposted by Lauren99% of rpg zines and books should have page numbers. And that's just the start. There's actually a lot of technique and intentionality behind things like page numbers, running headers, etc. Let me know what you think! www.explorersdesign.com/designing-si...
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- Dice jail is too punitive. We should be sending them to dice rehab. #DnD5E #DungeonsAndDragons
- This is your reminder to clean your toaster's crumb tray.
- Reposted by LaurenIreland, if you haven’t looked outside this evening . . . #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
- Oh good, the guy who installed the aircon in my study absolutely saw my copy of 'The Ethical Slut Workbook' because he put the remote control down on it. Excellent. I wouldn't want him to have been confused by the Pride bunting or Baphomet statue into thinking I was in any way a regular housewife.
- I support this.
- #FailedSave QOTD: @vincecaso.com (as a chair): My foam has collapsed! I have been on the receiving end of many butts! I have lived a long and storied life! @acarboni.bsky.social: Don't do it, Xander. @xanderrific.bsky.social: This is my autobiography!
