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@spectaculauren.bsky.social
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Painter, cat mom, plant nerd, 1/2 of a book wife/gamer husband duo

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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
DOUBLE CORN BOMB???? 🌽💣🌽💣
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Okay but what the heck does Bryce Harper's sleeve say #Phillies #MLBatfieldofdreams
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
SCHWARBOMB INTO THE CORN 🌽💣 #phillies #mlbatfieldofdreams
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Karma is on a tear and I can't wait to see who she takes next
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Really, universe? It had to be Catherine O'Hara? THAT'S the person you had to remove from the planet rn? Bc I can provide a list of much more appropriate suggestions
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Even if you didn’t vote for this, if you are an American this has been done in your name and you have a responsibility to do what you can to renounce and stop it. It’s not fair, but it is the duty that has been placed on us.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
If I wasn't already convinced I needed to watch heated rivalry, I certainly am after hearing so much about it on #cnnnye
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Tabitha Fringe Chase @tabby676.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
(For when that one gets pulled down)
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Inside Cecot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, wehave effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Telling myself that everyone hating on Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah are the heathens who forced so much Bruce Springsteen on us #XPNcountdown
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper is apparently a cover and my entire life is a lie #XPNcountdown
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
In case no one has made it already, I've got a playlist going on YouTube music! #xpncountdown music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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WXPN 2025 885 Greatest Cover Songs
YouTube video by Lauren Sellers
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I never in my life expected to hear Willie Nelson cover Coldplay #xpncountdown
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I've never understood the term "bleeding heart liberal" being used as an insult. Conservatives are literally like "lol ew you care about other people and want to improve the world? How embarrassing for you"
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
She's definitely gonna get up to some nonsense when I'm not in the room
A white cat loafing on a red and green plaid tree skirt under a Christmas tree decorated with white snowflake ornaments and white lights. She is looking up into the branches, with the lights reflecting in her wide eyes.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for Mike Johnson's suffering
The New York Times
A blurry photo of Mike Johnson's on front of a background of several American flags

'In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
In a podcast interview, Speaker Mike Johnson opened up about the crushing demands of a job that he joked was his in name only.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I guess we can really let loose on this motherfucker now that the official stance of the white house is that it's actually respectful to talk shit as long as you do it shamelessly and in public
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The president of the United States is actively calling for democratic lawmakers and veterans to be either executed or assassinated for reminding members of the military that they are allowed to disobey illegal and unconstitutional orders, and we're just supposed to keep going to work and living life
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Can't wait to binge listen to nothing but bad bunny until the Superbowl so I can sing along at half time and piss off my extended family
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
What does transgender for everyone even mean
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
House tour was a bust but worth it to meet this guy
A very fat, fluffy orange and white cat standing on a grey deck with his squirrel-like tail slightly wrapped around part of the railing. He has yellow/green eyes and a somewhat murderous expression
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 28/08/2025
Neil Young shared a new song called "Big Crime” protesting Donald Trump's takeover of Washington, DC
stereogum.com
Neil Young Shares New Song “Big Crime” Protesting Donald Trump’s Takeover Of DC
A couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump announced that the National Guard and various federal law enforcement agencies would take over the job of policing Washington, DC. Trump claimed that crime in DC wa...
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We don't gatekeep giving a shit.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Listen. I get that it's usually important to hear both sides of an argument and consider the perspective of both parties. But when one party's whole thing is "fascism is bad" and the other's is "but I wannnnaaaa" then only one side deserves any consideration
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Message to supporters of Trump's pardon of J6ers that assaulted police officers to get into the Capitol and try to assassinate Congress people, who also think the guy that threw a hoagie at an officer in DC should be charged with a felony: My condolences that you're the stupidest person on earth
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Have you ever seen a more beautiful blep
Rayla the black cat with green eyes loafing on a strawberry rug. Her tongue is sticking out just a little tiny bit
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I just have to accept that I will never be as comfy cozy as this
Josie the white cat with gray eyebrows asleep on a navy blue blanket with potted plants on it, with her arms sticking out. Her tail is snuggled between her arms. In the background, house plants in the window.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We knew it was gonna happen. It was always just a matter of time. And that doesn't make this shit any less satisfying to watch 🍿🍿🍿
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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Bottom of the first fastball to Harper's surgery elbow? Strider's gonna get destroyed by Philly fans tonight jfc #Phillies
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake. Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Republicans: Big government regulations are an infringement on my right to privacy. Corporations deserve the right to sell all my personal data to whoever the fuck they damn well please!!
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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This is what we mean when we say that RGK Jr and his gaggle of flunkies are pushing soft eugenics. Look at that phrasing: “only very sick kids should die from measles. “ Why the fuck should ANY CHILD die from measles? Why is a sick child worth less than a well one?
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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Panda @pandasassy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
politico.com
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The fact that Trump and rfk have the CDC publicly recommending ANTIBIOTICS to treat a viral disease is actually fucking insane
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
this administration is affirmative action for guys who killed ants with a magnifying glass as kids
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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I just think it’s funny that the president thinks making everything more expensive will be no big deal in a nation that exists because its ancestors overthrew their government rather than pay an extra tax on tea
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onion person @junlper.beer · 30/04/2025
this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 30/04/2025
Trump has been president for 100 days—and he’s made a deliberate attempt to flood the system and exhaust the public. It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design. As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
For fucks sake this is so insulting and any Catholic who doesn't think so is lying about their Catholicism
A Reuters article blurb, under a photo of Trump speaking to Pope Francis: Trump jokes that he'd like to be the next Pope. Trump noted he actually had no preference, adding, "I must say, we happen to have a cardinal out of a place called New York who'...
A The Hill article blurb, under a photo of Lindsay Graham and a photo of Trump: Graham jokingly asks conclave, Catholics to 'keep an open mind' about Pope Trump
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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
i don't think it is philosophically possible to say "forgetting your ID card should be a crime and the penalty should be deportation" and not straightforwardly be a fascist
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Putting this back out there in light of recent events
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"We cannot give everyone a trial" says fascist dictator who desperately wants you to think he is not a fascist dictator but is Very Bad at hiding it
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Lauren @spectaculauren.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Talking to that shit stain would probably deplete my will to live too
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Zaphod Veeblebrox 🐙🐞🍀🎰 @zaphodv.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Swear to bog: there's a m-fing tweet for everything:
Tweet from Donald Trump 2/10/18 10:33 am
"Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?"
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
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