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Lauren L. Wheeler

@fightingwords

Poet, drummer, habitual tech infiltrator and gadfly, mama. Author, IN BETWEEN PLACES (Black Lawrence Press). laurenwheeler.com

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tbh we’re gonna need a lot of dumb dumb fart hammers

08.03.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Every single professional journalist who uses the phrases β€œDepartment of War” or β€œSecretary of War” without scare quotes should be lined up on a public viewing stage and bopped on the head with a giant inflatable hammer that says DUMB DUMB on the handle and makes fart sounds.

08.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 3434 πŸ” 606 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 31

it feels like my country is an assembly line for producing crimes against humanity which no one will ever punish, or even bother to pretend caring about, and it's making me crazy

09.03.2026 05:40 πŸ‘ 2110 πŸ” 392 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

remember you can always burn Shein clothes for petroleum

08.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 4911 πŸ” 547 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 9

Gavin Newsom sweating like old dynamite watching Labour's 'transphobia & bigotry' strategy eat shit tonight lol

27.02.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 3408 πŸ” 573 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 27

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

26.02.2026 05:42 πŸ‘ 3107 πŸ” 794 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 22
stanley tucci with members of the gold medal winning USA women's hockey team

stanley tucci with members of the gold medal winning USA women's hockey team

crying in the club* (*at my desk) bc stanley tucci took the USA women's hockey team out for a meal at his favorite restaurant and they gave him his own jersey

26.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 10643 πŸ” 1641 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 290

Dang. Congrats to you. Sad I can’t find tickets

27.02.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' . ALT: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .
27.02.2026 05:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cat dressed as a pirate with a sword Alt: a cat dressed as a pirate with a sword
27.02.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
logo for famous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay

logo for famous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay

looks like it's time to go back to tha old me

26.02.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

26.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 9579 πŸ” 3148 πŸ’¬ 524 πŸ“Œ 115
Image of David Hasselhoff in a sleeveless hoodie, nearly horizontal on a tire swing

Image of David Hasselhoff in a sleeveless hoodie, nearly horizontal on a tire swing

And out of nowhere, it’s David fucking Hasselhoff

27.02.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg yes

27.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

27.02.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I came here for this

27.02.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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27.02.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot explain the degree to which I needed this. *rolls up sleeves*

27.02.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A thing of beauty

26.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

South Korea: President does an insurrection, gets arrested, tried, sentenced to life in prison. South Koreans are mad he didn't get the death penalty.

USA: President does an insurrection, nothing happens to him. Americans vote him back into office less than four years later.

I hate it here.

21.02.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Man, fuck Tyra Banks.

21.02.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Girl, fuck Tyra Banks.

17.02.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

NextDoor first made me realize I lived among people who would have turned in Anne Frank and her family.

21.02.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 1959 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 12
Figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her 2026 Olympics gold medal grimacing and exposing her teeth.

Figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her 2026 Olympics gold medal grimacing and exposing her teeth.

Oakland rap legend Mac Dre popping his chain and collar simultaneously while grimacing and showing his teeth (colloquially known as a "thizz face").

Oakland rap legend Mac Dre popping his chain and collar simultaneously while grimacing and showing his teeth (colloquially known as a "thizz face").

Alysa Liu. A proud product of Oakland.

19.02.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 3591 πŸ” 527 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 42

when I learned she was from Oakland I was like, "yeah. of course. this tracks. i'm both scared of her and want to be her at the same time."

20.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" πŸ—£οΈ

19.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 8699 πŸ” 1918 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 530

Could everyone please stop using Substack? It’s not news that it platforms far right, anti-trans, and neo Nazi folks. There are alternatives like @buttondown.com

07.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What We Saw in Minneapolis Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

After the shooting, I watched as agents unloaded tear gas onfurious protesters who had assembled at the site of the shooting. Heavily armored law enforcement faced off against a crowd of unarmed protesters carrying signs and screaming for justice and retribution.

www.propublica.org/article/minn...

01.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

22.01.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 4652 πŸ” 1283 πŸ’¬ 206 πŸ“Œ 273