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L.A.Spates

@laspates.bsky.social
625 followers 2.3K following 493 posts

Freelance journo: written & radio. IRE-awarded book and NPR-syndicated podcast via CaliforniaHumanities, SRJC, UMD. Newshound, bookworm, knitter, mama, spaniel-lover, former Terps/Ravens cheerleader. North Bay life; Long Island energy.

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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Wait…can we just…I mean…I know this isn’t “the story” here and yet it feels like we’ve buried the (a?) lead?!?? I MUST KNOW HOW THIS DOG PARK CONVERSATION WENT.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Tech nightmare. Working on an investigative series last night, computer crashed and then this happened, after first showing a file folder with a question mark. WHAT. THE. HELL.
MacBook with black screen and grey prohibited symbol in the center. Computer crashed and will not reboot.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A very dark day, indeed.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“The best way to elect leaders is through honest and fair elections. Everyone needs a fair legal system. Corruption destroys the state. There should be no censorship.” - Alexei Navalny #patriot
Copy of hardback book resting on lap of someone wearing jeans and a white shirt, seated on a pale blue couch. The book is Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s memoir, “Patriot,” and the cover features the left half of his face, with light skin, brown hair and one strikingly blue eye, all set against a black background.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Ouch, @thebaltimorebanner.com 😂. (And Go O’s!)
Screenshot of Baltimore Banner mobile alert reading “Breaking News: The Orioles have won a baseball game.”
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I opened our box and it was crayonless! 😩
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I submit my updated original (who my WWII-vet grandfather taught me to draw on the paper placemats at Friendly’s).
Classic WWII “Kilroy is here” cartoon updated to read “Kilmar should be here” and showing the classic figure behind bars.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Original WWII “Kilroy was here” cartoon updated to read “Kilmar should be here” with the classic face now behind bars.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’m no artist but…
Updated “Kilroy was here” sketch reading “Kilmar should be here” and showing the cartoon figure behind bars.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
MAGA: Flood the zone with shit. Opposition: ⬇️
Quote from NY Times article. “Last week, Mr. Booker delivered a PowerPoint presentation to fellow Democrats about how to deliver their message online. In the slides, which were obtained by the New York Times, Mr. Booker offered his colleagues guidance on how to post on each platform. Instagram: once or twice a day. Facebook: once a day. LinkedIn: 3 to 5 times a week. X: 2 to 5 times a day. TikTok: 1 to 4 times a day.”
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Sounds like you need one of these.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
One newborn pixie hat off the needles! Next project up: cable knit mittens. #knitting #handknit
Creamy white handknit hat with pointy pixie top and two knit strands for tying under a newborn chin. Hat is laying on an antique wooden table.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
Colorful satin ribbons hang from a floral topped Maypole positioned underneath a California live oak.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
👋🏻 New pixie hat on the needles for a newborn.
Cream colored yarn knit in the round in a small circle sized to fit a newborn head. Yarn in laying on the printed pattern.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
That canceled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about
Three women wearing 1960s period clothing on the set of “Good Girls Revolt,” a period drama about female researchers/reporters based on the real life story of the women who sued Newsweek.
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L.A.Spates @laspates.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Agree 100% *and* you have a springer as your profile pic. Follow earned! (Just lost mine in July 💔)
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