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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 4h

Idk what this is called, I’m sure it has a name, but someone’s gotta stop these YouTubers from reading every sentence in the same melody. Da da DI da da, da da DAH.

Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 8h

Today’s “mama” is because the baby sees my coffee. And what he sees, he wants.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 1d

Random Facebook post: “what container can I use to ship my dad’s ashes? Don’t say coffee can, I think my fam would find that disrespectful.”

Comments:
- my dad’s in a coffee can cause he liked the big Lebowski!
- mine just liked coffee!
- paint can??

😩 social media was a mistakeeee

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 1d

This is not the first liberal white guy I’ve encountered who’s happy to trade someone else’s rights away in the guise of some big-brained political strategy. They never sacrifice their own rights!

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18d

My professional assessment is that Ezra Klein is a moron @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

Only an Idiot Would Think We Need Anti-Abortion Democrats

It's beyond time to stop listening to Ezra Klein.

www.jezebel.com

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 2d

Baby sees the neighbor’s cat: “MAMA!”
Me: “ok. You know, why not?”

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 2d

Yeah seems like it’s probably a pretty chill time

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 4d

Tuesday in your Nations Capital:

The House remains out of town, on a paid vacation.
Senate remains deadlocked.

Folks who guard and clean their buildings ARE working but ARE NOT getting paid.

Morale is low.
Nothing makes sense

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 4d

Ok this sold me

Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 5d

i wrote about The Life of a Showgirl

Defector @defector.com · 5d

No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...

Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 4d

This sleepy time bath bomb is load bearing

Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 4d

I’m just glad he’s enjoying the human equivalent of cat food. And also that his mom is cat foot.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 4d

Me: “mama”
Baby: “ma ma ma ma”
Me: “…mama??”
Baby: “ma ma ma ma”
Me: “we may be getting somewhere!”
Baby, to chicken puree: “MA MA MA.”

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Neil P Bardhan @neilpbardhan.bsky.social · 5d

Everybody knows that it's 80° in October. What my child's wardrobe presupposes is: maybe it isn't?

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 5d

The struggle of “do I get more short sleeve onesies in the next size up for one week” ugh

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 5d

Baby looks at some food that’s too far away to reach: “MAMA”
Me: “those are potatoes”
Baby, with intensity: “mamamama!!”

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 6d

Me: “mama?”
Baby: “heh heh heh hee!”
Me:
Baby: thbbbbt

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 6d

Me: “say mama”
Baby: “deet dit“
Me: “mama”
Baby: 😛

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 8d

The baby’s daycare notes yesterday said: “guess who came to school today.” My husband and I: ??? Then again today: “guess who came to school.” Either that’s an activity where they say everyone’s names, or it’s the babadook.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

Yeah, the harder versions maybe, but the simplest version is definitely possible: “you’ve used your allotted queries for the day, see you tomorrow.” The coding tools all do this.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

The baby wakes up at midnight, 1, and 5am. I give up and put him in my bed, where he curls up, rests his head on my arm, and starts repeatedly smacking me to reiterate that he is bored.

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

The easiest version would be to implement some kind of timed break. I understand there’s probably little desire to do that, because these companies love engagement metrics. Or: prompt to respond more briefly with less flattery as time goes on, suggest sleep or health resources, limit role play…

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

Yet again, someone who stays up for multiple nights in a row, slipping into mania while the chatbot does nothing to disengage. The easiest safeguard to add, and it seems none of these companies have cared enough to try.

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 9d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

Does “ma ma ma di di dah bah bah [pterodactyl scream]” count

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 9d

Tell me why this 9 month questionnaire is asking if my baby can say 3 words yet. Dude.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10d

Imagine three years later thinking that Elon wants to "turn things around." Imagine staying on the platform that you admit is full of hatred. Why?

You don't have to stay there. You can go somewhere that gives you more power and control, rather than begging for Elon to fix things.

Paul Graham quote tweeting a tweet from Adnan Hussain.

Hussain's tweet: Yesterday I became a father. I shared a photo of my newborn daughter, and many of you sent beautiful messages. Thank you. But I’ve had to delete it. The vile racism and hate directed at an innocent soul less than a day old was beyond depraved.

Graham's quote tweet: There is something deeply wrong with Twitter. It has always been rough here, but in the past year it has become an even worse kind of nasty. Do you think maybe it's time to try to turn things around, Elon?

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 10d

You will not convince me that “Agentforce Vibes” isn’t a brand that makes powerful but unobtrusive vibrators.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10d

when you are out of ideas
techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/s...

Salesforce launches enterprise vibe coding product, Agentforce Vibes | TechCrunch

Salesforce is also releasing a vibe coding agent named Vibe Codey to help companies foray into vibe coding with enterprise security.

techcrunch.com

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