Laura Lorson
@lauralorson.net
Opinions personal, retweets ≠ endorsement. Target for faraway laughter. Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock.
happiness is a brand-new fresh box of Blackwing mattes
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
happiness is a brand-new fresh box of Blackwing mattes
I think there's something to an idea I had today about how many men, unlike women, are generally unaccustomed to going about their business while being thought of as prey. Pretty sure a lot of men on the receiving end of this attitude from the predators will tire of this very quickly.
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I think there's something to an idea I had today about how many men, unlike women, are generally unaccustomed to going about their business while being thought of as prey. Pretty sure a lot of men on the receiving end of this attitude from the predators will tire of this very quickly.
I was thinking about Solzhenitsyn today, specifically, his essays from the 1970s
January 12, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I was thinking about Solzhenitsyn today, specifically, his essays from the 1970s
I could not take one more minute of news input, so I dropped everything and put together these Lego flowers. Fiddly, but satisfying.
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I could not take one more minute of news input, so I dropped everything and put together these Lego flowers. Fiddly, but satisfying.
Yeah. I'm sad. Thanks for the music, Bob. Going home, going home.
youtu.be/gwwirMOOJsE?...
youtu.be/gwwirMOOJsE?...
Brokedown Palace
YouTube video by Richard Reed Parry - Topic
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Yeah. I'm sad. Thanks for the music, Bob. Going home, going home.
youtu.be/gwwirMOOJsE?...
youtu.be/gwwirMOOJsE?...
...and I, who went to school for many years studying folklore and the history of the intersection of philosophy, alchemy and science, sigh deeply
The moon seems to have a dedicated PR team, with news outlets hyping Wolf Moons, Super Blood Moons, Cold Moons, and more, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes. She explores what's behind the moon hype:
Stop Talking About the Moon
Just look at it.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 2:06 AM
...and I, who went to school for many years studying folklore and the history of the intersection of philosophy, alchemy and science, sigh deeply
"I heard sirens, I wonder what happened? Guess I'll find out when the evening paper gets here"
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"I heard sirens, I wonder what happened? Guess I'll find out when the evening paper gets here"
Reposted by Laura Lorson
I thought we were using waterfowl as the standard unit of measurement for asteroids. Can they break this down into swans or mallards for us?
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I thought we were using waterfowl as the standard unit of measurement for asteroids. Can they break this down into swans or mallards for us?
This is a very odd metric. @akastro.bsky.social, are small kitchen appliances the usual measuring standard in your field? What kind of toasters? Like, the basic Oster, or those 4-slice Dualits? The weird old pre-WWII angled kind? Or more like those Cuisinart ones that are sorta like a toaster oven?
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is a very odd metric. @akastro.bsky.social, are small kitchen appliances the usual measuring standard in your field? What kind of toasters? Like, the basic Oster, or those 4-slice Dualits? The weird old pre-WWII angled kind? Or more like those Cuisinart ones that are sorta like a toaster oven?
for the record, I do not think it is a good idea to
--eat your weight in meat and full-fat cream on the daily
--seize control of Greenland, either militarily or by paying? Someone? This feels very Age-of-Exploration-Northwest-Passage-adjacent
--shoot people in the face
--eat your weight in meat and full-fat cream on the daily
--seize control of Greenland, either militarily or by paying? Someone? This feels very Age-of-Exploration-Northwest-Passage-adjacent
--shoot people in the face
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
for the record, I do not think it is a good idea to
--eat your weight in meat and full-fat cream on the daily
--seize control of Greenland, either militarily or by paying? Someone? This feels very Age-of-Exploration-Northwest-Passage-adjacent
--shoot people in the face
--eat your weight in meat and full-fat cream on the daily
--seize control of Greenland, either militarily or by paying? Someone? This feels very Age-of-Exploration-Northwest-Passage-adjacent
--shoot people in the face
I mean, seriously, someone please unplug and replug today
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I mean, seriously, someone please unplug and replug today
I am offline like 1 hour and come back to whatever all this is and I am quite literally
a woman with a bloody neck and the words what is it
Alt: Dominique Dunne having a meltdown at her character's house going bananas in the film "Poltergeist"
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I am offline like 1 hour and come back to whatever all this is and I am quite literally
Wait, what?
KERNEN: Europeans are talking about it almost being like Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Wait, what?
Ok.
--astronomical charts from the 1700s
--knitting with minimally-processed wool
--besoms
--moisturizers
--making cheese bread
--Paracelsus
--classic chypre perfumes
--Pools of Light jewelry
--the trend for absurdly large scarves
--astronomical charts from the 1700s
--knitting with minimally-processed wool
--besoms
--moisturizers
--making cheese bread
--Paracelsus
--classic chypre perfumes
--Pools of Light jewelry
--the trend for absurdly large scarves
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Ok.
--astronomical charts from the 1700s
--knitting with minimally-processed wool
--besoms
--moisturizers
--making cheese bread
--Paracelsus
--classic chypre perfumes
--Pools of Light jewelry
--the trend for absurdly large scarves
--astronomical charts from the 1700s
--knitting with minimally-processed wool
--besoms
--moisturizers
--making cheese bread
--Paracelsus
--classic chypre perfumes
--Pools of Light jewelry
--the trend for absurdly large scarves
Putting away the Christmas/Yule decorations kinda bums me out.
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Putting away the Christmas/Yule decorations kinda bums me out.
Weirdly (or maybe not so weirdly?) I have been thinking about this song all day. Listening for the new-told lies.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjk...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjk...
The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)
YouTube video by James Rado - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Weirdly (or maybe not so weirdly?) I have been thinking about this song all day. Listening for the new-told lies.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjk...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjk...
Operation Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
Operation Aluminum Tetrachlorohydrate-GLY
Operation Sole Meuniere
Operation Hunka Hunka Burning Love
Operation Nimble Axolotl
Operation Manic Panic Ultramagenta
Operation Crunchy Labubu
Operation Aluminum Tetrachlorohydrate-GLY
Operation Sole Meuniere
Operation Hunka Hunka Burning Love
Operation Nimble Axolotl
Operation Manic Panic Ultramagenta
Operation Crunchy Labubu
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Operation Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
Operation Aluminum Tetrachlorohydrate-GLY
Operation Sole Meuniere
Operation Hunka Hunka Burning Love
Operation Nimble Axolotl
Operation Manic Panic Ultramagenta
Operation Crunchy Labubu
Operation Aluminum Tetrachlorohydrate-GLY
Operation Sole Meuniere
Operation Hunka Hunka Burning Love
Operation Nimble Axolotl
Operation Manic Panic Ultramagenta
Operation Crunchy Labubu
Man, these operation names, wtaf
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Man, these operation names, wtaf
Things are kind of awful, but the good news is that I tried some locally-produced sauerkraut today and it's very good
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Things are kind of awful, but the good news is that I tried some locally-produced sauerkraut today and it's very good
What a profoundly odd thing to say
Trump: "It was an assault like people have not seen since World War 2"
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
What a profoundly odd thing to say
Spending the wee hours of the new year reading several different threads where a poster said "I really don't like this one album that critics seem to adore" and responders in each case are absolutely insistent that it must be Geese (despite assurances to the contrary)
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Spending the wee hours of the new year reading several different threads where a poster said "I really don't like this one album that critics seem to adore" and responders in each case are absolutely insistent that it must be Geese (despite assurances to the contrary)
How I'm walking out of 2025:
January 1, 2026 at 3:53 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025:
Yep, still here
January 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Yep, still here
Is this AI
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Is this AI
It's possible I took this survey. I kept a running tally this year, so know exactly how many books I read in 2025. As of an hour ago, 181. (Includes re-reads. No way I get through a year without a couple of swings through Moby-Dick.)
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's possible I took this survey. I kept a running tally this year, so know exactly how many books I read in 2025. As of an hour ago, 181. (Includes re-reads. No way I get through a year without a couple of swings through Moby-Dick.)