Lauren the Flute
@laurentheflute.bsky.social
Writes too many words & talks too much. Storyteller, writer, VGM flutist & singer, newbie beader, Twitch affiliate, Texan-Canadian. Leader of the Returners. Marketer by trade, artist at heart. 🏳️🌈 Twitch.tv/LaurentheFlute
I don't know if I *feel* ready to be streaming again, but I think I need to try anyway. I will be easing into things with a music bracket instead of a game. If that sounds like fun to you, please join me next Tuesday night. I'm a little nervous, but I will do my best. www.twitch.tv/LaurentheFlute
Important message for anyone who doesn't want to spend all their time online being annoyed. That's not a life. No one wants that.
"You can't block someone just for being annoying!" Those are actually the most important people to block
Millennial nostalgia, brilliantly targeted. I'm not thrilled with any of the browsers right now, I hate AI being inserted everywhere, but I do appreciate this ad (even if I don't know all the meme folks because I have always lived under a rock).
well that’s an extremely effective ad. I love it.
Autumn painting in gouache. Warm colors are making me happy these days 🧡🍂💛 Reference photo by Elina Volkova on Pexels
High Tide 🌊 ✨ A piece in my ongoing series of paintings called ‘A Starry Place’
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
Claire did an amazing introduction to this one! If you need some direction on how to stop using AI in writing, this is for you. (Pssst. Send this one to any friend you think needs it. I promise I'm so so gentle.)
Today, we debut a new and - for us - unusual series of blog posts by Rascal Hartley: a how-to guide for people who have grown dependent on generative AI to help them write. Dear AI users: you want to stop? We want to help. Read the series introduction today: duckprintspress.com/2026/10/23/h...
What if instead of brain is a dark hole, I figured out what should be in place of the dark hole
reposting one of my fave korrasami drawings that i did back in my korrasami era 🥹 i can't believe they're married now...
Did you know music is good This post brought to you by Grieg's piano concerto in a minor, which is great (Grieg is always great) Go listen to it, this is your assignment for today
If I cut off all my hair and tell people to call me Lore do you think they'd understand that things have changed for me and may never change back and I'm stuck like this, whether I like it or not
Got an email letting me know my Livejournal is a quarter century old which is pretty wild It feels like not so long ago that it turned ten years old and that seemed like a lot Time has definitely compressed for me in a weird way
JESUS CHRIST THEY COOKED HIS HEAD
Happy to share some little tidbits of hope 🖤 Another one I’d like to share is that in this field, there are so many incredibly determined people who will never give up, and that also, the kids are alright: a generation of very bright and devoted environmental legal experts is coming up
Thread from someone in environmental law - do not give up hope!
It’s really important to note that there is a lot of effort put into making you believe that the battle for the environment has been lost and that there’s nothing more we can do, so you can only sit idly by and watch It’s completely false, there are so many things we can still save
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Happy 40 year anniversary to the book that made a bunch of Millennials either troops or furries
Seeing folks defend gen AI audiobooks is so gross. So fuck the narrators, huh? Virtual voice is bullshit and yes, you’re part of the problem. I don’t care that you feel entitled to an audiobook. YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EVERYTHING. I hate this mindset. Get over yourselves.
chappell roan's looks for night one and two of the super graphic spectacular in LA
I have friends who are Texan furries and I hope they go kick the Republicans' asses Launch Paxton into next week so we never see him again, then hold Talarico's feet to the fire til he stops being a jackass If anyone can get it done, it's the furries
I somehow ended up on a Texas GOP spam messaging list