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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thread: Recently, my husband and I interviewed financial planners. Y'all, this is one of those Major Life Decisions that you don't make without some real thought. So, we put that real thought into it. And then I sent a polite email telling the guy we didn't pick that we didn't pick him. Maybe...

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Where's Veronica Mars when you need her?

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh gosh, y'all. Get your flu shots this year. I came home from traveling and was done for the count for... three days... still not feeling myself, but so much better. (And, if you can afford it - the covid/flu/rsv test was a big reassurance to help me know WHICH terrible thing was doing this)

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I just think, for the tech bros of the world, it should come as a major warning anytime Andrew Garfield has been cast as you in a movie.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm sure this is a personal thing, but I've realized I don't mind at all when an exercise instructor uses the first person plural, but it bothers me a lot when restaurant servers ask if "we" need anything else today. I will now spend an hour overthinking what that says about me.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Looking at the meta agreement about guardrails for children on instagram and facebook... I think I might need to lie about my age. I would benefit from these guardrails.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I was just blessed with an amazing mental image (afternoon daydream) of Tim Curry singing Nine To Five with Dolly Parton at the afterlife's karaoke night.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I know this summer has been full of terrible distractions. (the heat and the wildfire smoke have been enough to derail me for weeks, and there have been oh-so-many others) But did you know we have 86 days until the midterm elections? Do you have a plan to vote? (if you're eligible).

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I spent part of my summer vacation in a world full of gender-essentialist assumptions. For various reasons, I was not the right person to be challenging those assumptions, but this thread really encapsulates why they made my skin crawl:

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Marie Parks (she/her) @marieparks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

SO excited for this great instructor lineup. The event is already 30% sold out, so I invite you to see if it's right for you. There's also a scholarship available for an author with financial need. www.tickettailor.com/events/sandi...

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Cathy🟧 @kitterlecathy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

In case you haven't seen this today.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Long, fascinating thread. This comes near the end. The line, "Now their independence day matches my independence day" truly hits.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I filled out my primary ballot over the weekend. There were a couple of local races that were really fun to consider, because the people involved will (hopefully) all go on to do cool stuff, and I find myself wanting to watch their careers like a devoted auntie.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It came! It came! (This is when I admit that I'm a tiny bit careful about managing these. I keep the email notification in my inbox until the ballot arrives, so that if it *doesn't*, I know what to do about it without having to look it up.)

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've been distracted lately, and I *knew* we had a primary coming up, but I wasn't really thinking about it. Fortunately, the Colorado BallotTrax system emailed me to let me know it was on its way, and now I'll know to keep an eye out. Because that's how secure mail-in voting can be.

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thank you to the folks who make @rattlepoetry.bsky.social for giving this one a little extra flight. Head over to the site (first link) if you want me to read it to you.

More accessible version here: https://www.rattle.com/the-island-of-the-day-before-by-jane-zwart

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today's poem was perfect for a Friday at the end of a long week. Someone else put my desires into words.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I think I've been doing Sun Salutations wrong... #caturday

Photo of a calico cat enjoying a sunbeam. She is both stretched out and twisted around so that her paws are on the sliding glass door and her head is upside-down, looking at the photographer.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This seems like a good time to say that the last two books I finished were The Raven Scholar and Nonesuch, and they both knocked my socks off, for different reasons. Taste and reading experience are curious things.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'm having a real love-hate relationship with the book I'm reading right now. I can admire how well written it is. And I really want to know what's going to happen next. But I'm not enjoying the reading. At all. It's such a weird experience.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Like most gen-xers, one of my internet pet peeves is a video that could have been a bullet list. That's not new, and I will not apologize. But honestly - worse than that is a video of nothing, where all the "content" is in the description. At that point, you are in entirely the wrong medium.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I've been thinking about how we (humans) talk about AI, and I have a proposal: I think we should stop letting AI be the active subject of any sentence, grammatically. Take the emphasis away from the tool and put it back on the decision maker.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I posted this yesterday because it brought me a lot of joy. I'm posting it today because I needed the reminder. (already)

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Honestly, I don't know why any actor would WANT the job of playing "the most beautiful woman in the world" because that's just such a ridiculous appellation. But Lupita Nyong'o is certainly both beautiful and graceful enough to handle it - not just the role, but the stupid pressure.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Had a series of errands today that turned into a series of positive encounters restoring my faith in humanity. Turns out that people are pretty neat, when you give them an opportunity to be.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This is a cat checkpoint: show the most recent cat photo on your phone.

Close up photo of a gray and white cat curled up in a human's lap. The human is wearing jeans, and the cat is half asleep with his eyes mostly closed.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I don't go to Starbucks often, but sometimes in a strange neighborhood it is the best option, and if I don't need caffeine, I order a mint tea which is the easiest way to pay for a table without a hassle. And EVERY TIME, the barista 'helpfully' corrects me that I'm ordering a mint majesty tea.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Imagine getting a new cell phone number, only to find it was previously used by some sort of spammer. And you are pre-blocked on all of your friends' phones. (This hypothetical doesn't stop me from blocking annoying numbers)

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I should have said this months ago, but this whole gerrymandering redistricting arms race sucks no matter who's doing it. Honestly, dems, as much as I want y'all to do better in 2026, I want you to ACTUALLY DO BETTER and not just be better at manipulation. 1/2

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Slightly diminish a book Extended Hospital Stay of the Author

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It came! It came! Can't wait to start reading Flightless, by @marieparks.bsky.social

Photo of a book, with the title. Flightless by Marie Parks. The cover art is rich with oranges and purples and shows the main character gliding through the sky with glide sheaths, a hood, and an eye patch.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm pretty excited about Practical Magic 2. I don't even care what that says about me.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I've been thinking about cultivating a bit more awareness of joy and beauty in my daily life, both as a counter to the existential dread, AND to give myself fuel for the hard fights.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

There are enough major threats to our world right now, please beware the slow decline into dystopia that comes from accepting phrases in the news like, "... sweet gesture from students to thank their principal who was injured by a shooter while trying to help them."

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My normal Tuesday night conflicts keep me from doing this, but that doesn't mean YOU can't do it! Party Favors! A cool-sounding new book!! And one of the sweetest people in publishing!!! You can't go wrong.

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Caleb Huitt @calebhuitt.com · 07/04/2026

It’s a rough day to release a book, but release days are picked well in advance and unless I’m mistaken it’s not the book’s fault it was released on a day like today… which means for any followers so inclined, here’s a little release that could probably use a boost

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My will is weak, and my cat is strong.

Photo of a calico cat, curled up on a lap and looking up at the human with intention. You can see the edge of a desk just beyond the lap, but the cat's intention is clearly to keep the human from getting any closer to the desk.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Reposting this on NOT the first, because I really wasn't kidding... I am AMAZED at the number of newsletters that don't have a "did someone forward this to you? Please subscribe!" link at the bottom...

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Miri Baker (soup mode) @miribaker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

psst: the outlets and techbros who tell you "All software devs/all game devs/all coders are already using it" are being JUST AS DECEITFUL. It's just straight-up incorrect.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

As someone who is very slowly trying to switch a bunch of things to a different email address, I have free advice for anyone with a newsletter: Make this really easy for me. Include both the link to unsubscribe AND the link to *subscribe* in every newsletter.

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Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

He’s slinging this BS because he hopes it sells copies of his book on AI & gets him more speaking fees & consulting gigs. He’s spreading this lie to line his own pockets. Don’t fall for it. It’s as true as any April Fools joke. No author I know uses the slop machine because we actually LIKE writing.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

We shall overcome. We shall overcome. We shall overcome someday. Deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome some day.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Oh, woe. I forgot to grab the new book I wanted to start reading before the cat fell asleep on my lap.

Photo of a gray and white cat stretched out long along a pair of human legs wearing jeans and propped up on an ottoman. In the distance, beyond the ottoman, a book is visible lying abandoned on a different chair.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Oh I see that "lie awake smelling wildfire smoke from hundreds of miles away" season has begun already. Fuck.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This whole thread, y'all. Keep marching.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Another version of "never fucking surrender" aka hope in action.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 25/03/2026

Like many people who make things, I have complicated feelings about the art vs. artist convo. On the one hand, once you make a thing and put it out in the world, you lose control over who sees it, and how it’s seen. That’s not opinion; that’s reality. (1)

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I've realized lately that I have a new pet peeve, and it really is a tiny unimportant thing, but I really hate when someone describes the second book in a duology as the "last" or "final" book.

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