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Laura Bradley

@lurabardley.bsky.social
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Another social network? In this economy? Freelance features reporter. Bylines in Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, WaPo, Yahoo, Daily Beast, & more. Writer of the emo/pop punk newsletter thefringe.blog More here: lpbradley.com

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 10h
I will probably just throw it up on my blog but if you are an editor type interested in a personal essay tied to Pan’s Labyrinth for the re-release this weekend let me know!
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I actually think it's great that you can spend hundreds of dollars on a plane ticket, be forced to gate check your allotted carry-on item, and then find trash from the last flight in both seat pockets in front of you. Nothing wrong with this system at all!
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, this is a new one...
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Kristen Baldwin @kristengbaldwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reminder: Today is a great day to vote as many times as humanly possible for Taylor to win America's Favorite Player on #bb28. Thank you!
A screenshot of Taylor from BB28 with a VOTE button next to her photo.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
James Talarico stop texting me challenge!!!!
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
rice cakes are great for when you want something that tastes fine, but not good enough to go through a whole bag.
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i see someone asked for the ross geller special...
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still looking! Let me know if you know anyone, please and thank you :)
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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ok honestly who will hire me to write about 9-1-1 this season
A poster featuring a volcano with lava that spells out 911 and the tagline “welcome to la-va land”
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still looking! Let me know if you know anyone, please and thank you :)
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You can see the scale of the problem when you look at how people talk to young girls going to college. I cannot overstate how many different people, in your personal life and on campus, warn you about drinking too much, not leaving drinks unattended, etc. It's... pretty unnerving!
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We simply cannot survive with governments that are for sale.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It turns out the fastest cure for depression is to go to Fright Fest at Six Flags. Screamed a lot. Saw a gorgeous sunset. Rode some rides. Brain scrubbed completely clean.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Journo request: I'm looking for Youths™ who are watching, or have watched, Friday Night Lights. Basically, anyone who is *not* a millennial or older. Are you this person? Do you know someone who is? DM me!
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Razorblade Apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
happy bi visibility day, especially if you are like me and in your 40s and had to work all day so you're just tired and forgot what day it was
Smoking Ben Affleck meme overlaid with a pink to blue gradient that mimics the bisexual pride flag. He is standing smoking on a doorstep, with his eyes closed, looking long-suffering. he has a sweater on and jeans.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
second time in seven months that this has happened btw. last time it was because a bunch of artists dropped out. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...
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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I hated lunch meat sandwiches as a kid because the bread would get soggy, so instead, I would make myself grilled cheese sandwiches, bring them to school, and eat them cold. The best part is that a few months into dating @danielkurlansky.bsky.social , I learned he used to do the exact same thing 😅
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I've been sick for four days, which means I've had four days to go down the mental rabbit hole of, "How do I raise enough money to rehab and take over the $2 movie theater my friends and I frequented in high school?"
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reminder that the Children's Hospital of Philly is also the one whose leadership sought to meet with their senator, John Fetterman, about "vaccines and Medicaid cuts" last September, and he was less than enthusiastic, per WSJ
WSJ:
Last September, when an aide told Fetterman that officials with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, known as CHOP, wanted to meet because they were worried about Medicaid cuts, he was dismissive.  
[followed by snippets of a text conversation between Fetterman and an aide]
FETTERMAN: Why do I have to keep meeting with chop
AIDE: Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.
FETTERMAN: Well I'm not... I'm convinced they just want free trips to DC
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 18/09/2026
Share if you agree
Fat little chihuahua puppy (maybe?) looking extremely round and smiling lying on a tan fleece blanket
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, but who will hire me to write about how declines in Poo Etiquette (as evidenced by this and concertgoers shitting in diapers for a better view) have become our most visceral sign of a selfishness epidemic?
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
well, at least we can call this a rare moment of honesty.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Startling speech by a city council member after newsroom cuts at the Lexington, KY Herald Leader. Urge you to watch, listen and learn of the bond that a good newspaper can create without losing its independence. Owner: Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management kiesow.net/how-to-talk-... via kiesow.net
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How to talk about the local news crisis: We are all worse off.
Last week, McClatchy rolled out the latest round of destructive cuts to its local reporting staff. The cuts themselves are barely newsworthy within the industry at this point, though the futility of '...
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Love to hear a recording telling me "we'll be with you shortly" for the 80th time when I've already been on hold for 40+ minutes. 😒
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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
once more with feeling
Walk into the club like, "What up? I got a big cock"
Nah, I'm just pumped, I bought some shit from a thrift shop
Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty
The people like, "Damn, that's a cold-ass honkey"
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran would one hundred percent hide a zombie bite.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Woke up at 6:30 this morning, and I have to say, I am FURIOUS to discover how much less stressful my day feels when I start it three hours earlier than usual. Now, please excuse me as I (furiously!) drink my second cup of cold brew 😭
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We should have just stopped inventing things after the translucent purple Gameboy Color.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
very torn between my urgent need for new headshots and my absolute hatred for having my picture taken 😭
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
you know the economy is bad when you're setting up a medical tourism trip to Florida... for your dogs 💀
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Little-known and incredibly useless fact about me: I think about this scene at least once per week, every time I or someone else mishears something. Roxanne is a perfect movie, as far as I'm concerned, and the delivery here is just perfect!!!
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Roxanne - 10 more seconds & I'm leaving!
YouTube video by Dozirulf
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just think there should be a limit on the number of times a company's employees can openly say "what we're making will destroy the world" before someone with actual power takes them at their word, says "okay!", and shuts them down.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why are these "icons" acting like such BABIES 😭 #BigBrother
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It should be illegal to need to work when you're very sleepy and just want a lil nap.
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
*Bursts through conference room doors* "Fellas, five words: OPEN WORLD SHREK WITH ROMANCE"
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Forever wondering why no one has ever made a TV show where Skeet Ulrich and Scoot McNairy play hot brothers.
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Y'all ever just cut up a nectarine and put it in a big bowl of yogurt? Unparalleled!
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Swedens Softest Kitty @chizita.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You would repost a frog

a picture of a frog
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Me? Oh, yes, I love prepping for interviews. Why do you ask?
Screenshot where I've typed "TK MAKE THIS A QUESTION"
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh no, what will we all do — visit one of the million other gas station chains one might encounter on the highway? No one has ever before known a peril like this!!!
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com
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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's very funny that they're using this roof shape for its head when actual Pizza Huts no longer even use this roof shape. Without that context, it just looks like a lampshade. Also, "Hutty"? Really?
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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