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Lauren Doyle Owens

@ldoyleowens.bsky.social

Fiction writer and bleeding heart liberal. Author of The Other Side of Everything (S&S). Mother through adoption. #woolfer https://www.laurendoyleowens.com/

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The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

13.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1139    πŸ” 899    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 49

He seems to have made peace with going to hell.

13.10.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful earrings! Maybe you can change your personality and just wear one.

04.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bleh. ICE considered essential. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

01.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will the shutdown affect ICE?

01.10.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We have reached peak podcast

16.09.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry Elizabeth. The worst kind of news. πŸ•―οΈ

03.09.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's be clear: all the AI in edtech stuff (Canvas, Blackboard, Grammarly, Duolingo, OpenAI, the rest) is all about the "lock-in" - locking in students as subscribers or institutions via long-term license agreements for value generation. Is there good pedagogic evidence for it? No.

22.08.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 699    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9
CNN headline that reads: "Supreme Court allows Trump to block $783 million in National Institutes of Health grants for now"

CNN headline that reads: "Supreme Court allows Trump to block $783 million in National Institutes of Health grants for now"

The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures.

Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.

This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.

22.08.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2329    πŸ” 772    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 42

That looks amazing.

16.08.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous!

13.08.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love it. So much of her work is like LOOK AT HOW SAD I AM! LOOK!

09.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year.
The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive.
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A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year. The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive. threads.com/@unapologeticallyzae

08.08.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 23104    πŸ” 8765    πŸ’¬ 829    πŸ“Œ 421

ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! Put that on a hat.

30.07.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOVE

17.07.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ β€˜Alligator Alcatraz’ TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...

Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ β€˜Alligator Alcatraz’ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...

16.07.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 920    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 25
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As we near July 4, take a moment to re-read the 8th Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment.
Then read the harrowing court filing from Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Our country has lost its way.

03.07.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 956    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 12
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.

02.07.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15704    πŸ” 4374    πŸ’¬ 233    πŸ“Œ 157
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Yes, calling your Members of Congress still matters.

Tell your GOP representative to vote NO on Trump’s Tax Scam: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Or send an email if you can’t get anyone on the phone: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

02.07.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 956    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 21

Get this: Republicans voted NO to protect Medicaid funding for addiction treatment.

If you’re battling addiction, Republicans are happy to throw you under the bus in order to give a billionaire another tax break.

It’s shameful.

01.07.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1081    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

These people are all dressed like they’re going to a different event.

27.06.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many of the 2A people claim that they need to carry to keep the government from rising up against the people. Given that that’s happening, I can see why that would be your instinct. I’m 46 and I’ve been hearing that rhetoric my whole life. Just… yeah.

27.06.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh god. The moment you pull a gun on one of these goons, you’re dead.

27.06.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†

26.06.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I totally would’ve worn a t-shirt with a picture of Biden eating an ice cream cone with the word DADDY on it. Or at least considered it, for the joke.

26.06.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ON IT

18.06.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

18.06.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And when I can’t find my phone I want to be able to say β€œhey Siri, where are you?”

18.06.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I need that for my glasses

18.06.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Positive Declines from the Very Best Outlets in American Fiction: A Sob Story

17.06.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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