laura c
@elmcee.bsky.social
🌿 cultural worker, delicate fuckin flower
🌱 they/she; queer + disabled
📍berkeley, nyc; oberlin, ysd
✨same handle elsewhere
🌱 they/she; queer + disabled
📍berkeley, nyc; oberlin, ysd
✨same handle elsewhere
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EMERGENCY ‼️
Bex has been asked to vacate. They're battling cancer and struggling to pay rent and medical bills.
Support is very slow for all of their mutual aid requests.
They need money for rent NOW.
According to their history, rent is $770
See thread
Their link:
paypal.me/thelongestroad
Bex has been asked to vacate. They're battling cancer and struggling to pay rent and medical bills.
Support is very slow for all of their mutual aid requests.
They need money for rent NOW.
According to their history, rent is $770
See thread
Their link:
paypal.me/thelongestroad
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 AM
EMERGENCY ‼️
Bex has been asked to vacate. They're battling cancer and struggling to pay rent and medical bills.
Support is very slow for all of their mutual aid requests.
They need money for rent NOW.
According to their history, rent is $770
See thread
Their link:
paypal.me/thelongestroad
Bex has been asked to vacate. They're battling cancer and struggling to pay rent and medical bills.
Support is very slow for all of their mutual aid requests.
They need money for rent NOW.
According to their history, rent is $770
See thread
Their link:
paypal.me/thelongestroad
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I don't think starting World War III should be considered "a distraction" from other things even if it does distract from other things.
January 7, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I don't think starting World War III should be considered "a distraction" from other things even if it does distract from other things.
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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Two significant studies this week. One about the neurodevelopmental impacts of Covid in utero.
The other about immune system dysregulation post-Covid that makes us more vulnerable to other viral and bacterial infections. (See next post.)
The other about immune system dysregulation post-Covid that makes us more vulnerable to other viral and bacterial infections. (See next post.)
In utero #COVID exposure linked to brain changes, developmental delays, anxiety, and depression
At 2 years, 14% of toddlers in the prepandemic group were at high risk for developmental delays, compared with 51.6% in the COVID-19 group.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
At 2 years, 14% of toddlers in the prepandemic group were at high risk for developmental delays, compared with 51.6% in the COVID-19 group.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Two significant studies this week. One about the neurodevelopmental impacts of Covid in utero.
The other about immune system dysregulation post-Covid that makes us more vulnerable to other viral and bacterial infections. (See next post.)
The other about immune system dysregulation post-Covid that makes us more vulnerable to other viral and bacterial infections. (See next post.)
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This is why the reactionary centrists rely so heavily on these "systematic reviews" to fool gullible liberals into believing that the bigotry is somehow backed by science when it isn't. They ignore or attack the reports that don't align with their ideological beliefs.
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This is why the reactionary centrists rely so heavily on these "systematic reviews" to fool gullible liberals into believing that the bigotry is somehow backed by science when it isn't. They ignore or attack the reports that don't align with their ideological beliefs.
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Call your reps this January and tell them:
— NO to KOSA
— NO to Section 230 reform
— NO to the SCREEN Act
— NO to the App Store Accountability Act
— NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act
—NO “age verification” laws
—NO to digital ID systems
— NO to KOSA
— NO to Section 230 reform
— NO to the SCREEN Act
— NO to the App Store Accountability Act
— NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act
—NO “age verification” laws
—NO to digital ID systems
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Call your reps this January and tell them:
— NO to KOSA
— NO to Section 230 reform
— NO to the SCREEN Act
— NO to the App Store Accountability Act
— NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act
—NO “age verification” laws
—NO to digital ID systems
— NO to KOSA
— NO to Section 230 reform
— NO to the SCREEN Act
— NO to the App Store Accountability Act
— NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act
—NO “age verification” laws
—NO to digital ID systems
Thread. Please understand why we have to fight these “digital safety” laws.
Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Thread. Please understand why we have to fight these “digital safety” laws.
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I TOLD YOU BRO. I FUCKIN WARNED YOU DAWG
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I TOLD YOU BRO. I FUCKIN WARNED YOU DAWG
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Yo. Look at how cute this prairie dog pup is. Omg.
Taken outside the passenger side of my car window right after it rained, ergonomically painful, but absolutely worth it!
Video to be added later 🗺️
Taken outside the passenger side of my car window right after it rained, ergonomically painful, but absolutely worth it!
Video to be added later 🗺️
July 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yo. Look at how cute this prairie dog pup is. Omg.
Taken outside the passenger side of my car window right after it rained, ergonomically painful, but absolutely worth it!
Video to be added later 🗺️
Taken outside the passenger side of my car window right after it rained, ergonomically painful, but absolutely worth it!
Video to be added later 🗺️
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
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Reminder that two weeks ago, the US government had $900 billion to give to the military to be able to do things like commit war crimes in Venezuela, but they cut precisely the same amount in healthcare for poor and disabled folks in July, and millions more people are losing healthcare as we speak.
January 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Reminder that two weeks ago, the US government had $900 billion to give to the military to be able to do things like commit war crimes in Venezuela, but they cut precisely the same amount in healthcare for poor and disabled folks in July, and millions more people are losing healthcare as we speak.
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great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes.
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes.
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
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huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun
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This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Getting teary about what this would have meant to Philip, who was in Zuccotti for Occupy and died before getting to see this.
Zuccotti Park 2026: 40,000 people line up alongside barricades to celebrate NYC’s democratic socialist mayor. For those of us who participated in Occupy Wall Street, today marks a turning point in the millennial left. It’s too early to say what it will mean, but it’s significant.
January 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Getting teary about what this would have meant to Philip, who was in Zuccotti for Occupy and died before getting to see this.
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I hope Chuck Schumer is up on this stage knowingly watching the end of his cowardly incompetent careerism. I hope he sees the wave of enthusiasm for a politics that is ambitious and hopeful over his status quo politics of telling people what cannot be accomplished.
Crying at @aoc.bsky.social's inauguration speech for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I hope Chuck Schumer is up on this stage knowingly watching the end of his cowardly incompetent careerism. I hope he sees the wave of enthusiasm for a politics that is ambitious and hopeful over his status quo politics of telling people what cannot be accomplished.
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It has been The Onion's best year since we broke Watergate and subsequently, personally had Richard Nixon removed from office.
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
Our Annual Year 2025
January February March April May June July August September October November Sports Entertainment January February March April May June July August September October November Sports Entertainment
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December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It has been The Onion's best year since we broke Watergate and subsequently, personally had Richard Nixon removed from office.
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
I'm going to share some personal favorite stories in this thread.
Please add your own, and visit the Our Annual Year recap below.
theonion.com/our-annual-y...
Can confirm!
Yes $5 is an end of year donation that can make a difference to your favorite organization.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Can confirm!
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Researchers had people do a memory task, take a 10-min break (rest, Twitter, YouTube, or TikTok), then resume.
Result? Only TikTok wrecked their ability to remember planned intentions. After scrolling, accuracy dropped from ~80% to basically coin-flip levels. Twitter & YouTube? No effect.
Result? Only TikTok wrecked their ability to remember planned intentions. After scrolling, accuracy dropped from ~80% to basically coin-flip levels. Twitter & YouTube? No effect.
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions: Effect of Context Switching On Prospective Memory
Social media platforms use short, highly engaging videos to catch users' attention. While the short-form video feeds popularized by TikTok are rapidly spreading to other platforms, we do not yet under...
arxiv.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Researchers had people do a memory task, take a 10-min break (rest, Twitter, YouTube, or TikTok), then resume.
Result? Only TikTok wrecked their ability to remember planned intentions. After scrolling, accuracy dropped from ~80% to basically coin-flip levels. Twitter & YouTube? No effect.
Result? Only TikTok wrecked their ability to remember planned intentions. After scrolling, accuracy dropped from ~80% to basically coin-flip levels. Twitter & YouTube? No effect.
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It's really difficult for me to reconcile labeling someone as "pro-democracy" with that same person (MTG) attempting to imprison doctors and the parents of trans kids for providing life saving medical care.
There's a difference between "let them fight" and "this is my new ally"
There's a difference between "let them fight" and "this is my new ally"
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's really difficult for me to reconcile labeling someone as "pro-democracy" with that same person (MTG) attempting to imprison doctors and the parents of trans kids for providing life saving medical care.
There's a difference between "let them fight" and "this is my new ally"
There's a difference between "let them fight" and "this is my new ally"