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Laura Maguire

@lumagoo.bsky.social

Childfree dog momma, crazy plant lady, queen of puddings, master of disguises, alchemist. Director of Research and Advancement for nationally syndicated radio program and podcast Philosophy Talk www.philosophytalk.org Éireannach i gCalifornia

created November 12, 2024

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Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

That's what I was thinking too.

3/9/2025, 2:12:52 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't get (nor does the article explain) how one makes money from bigamy.

3/9/2025, 1:13:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, wishful thinking combined with Trump trolling. I'm not sure anybody genuinely believed he was dead.

3/9/2025, 1:06:29 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Did he always have that bump under his left eye?

2/9/2025, 9:18:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Bingo! Way more likely for a Godly priest or pastor to diddle your precious kids.

2/9/2025, 8:24:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I applaud you for displaying your transphobia for everyone to see. Now anyone who hates bigotry, especially bigotry thinly veiled with BS rationalizations, can block you.

2/9/2025, 8:22:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

"For those contemplating renewable energy investments or the addition of clean vehicles to their household, the message is urgent yet clear—complete your installations and purchases promptly. Ensure all necessary inspections and paperwork are finalized well in advance of the adjusted deadlines."

2/9/2025, 5:52:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

That's what his ex-wife says anyway.

1/9/2025, 11:42:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Phew!

Image of blue flag with caption: Marked Safe From Blueskyism Today
1/9/2025, 11:41:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I can't be the only one to think that bacon look disgusting.

1/9/2025, 11:26:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, is that supposed to be "Bon Appétit"?? What a moron!

1/9/2025, 11:19:43 PM | 33 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

In a future where automation has taken the place of labor, would we miss work? Great Roving Philosophical Report by Liza Veale. #LaborDay #PhilSky #Robots #AI

1/9/2025, 10:54:04 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Not if one or both of them kicks the bucket first.

1/9/2025, 9:54:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 8:54:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Has Sleepy Joe opined on how Dying Donnie is looking these days?

1/9/2025, 7:01:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe his body finally rejected the hair.

1/9/2025, 6:28:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

You gotta love Joe Eskenazi. "Tung, in an interview with Mission Local, denied intentionally driving the San Francisco Democratic Party into a ditch." missionlocal.org/2025/09/enga...

1/9/2025, 4:12:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Ick.

1/9/2025, 1:21:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Hofstetter (@stevehofstetter.bsky.social) reposted

Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car accident. I hope he gets the same expert medical care that he would wish for a disabled transgender immigrant.

1/9/2025, 12:06:42 AM | 3681 619 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Frankie nails it. The male loneliness epidemic explained. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTGt...

1/9/2025, 12:08:06 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Was someone trying to send a message? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntv...

31/8/2025, 10:43:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Ahhhh ahhhh ahhhhh 🎶

31/8/2025, 10:33:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 128gb.bsky.social (@128gb.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Rear-ended by a Four Seasons Total Landscaping truck.

31/8/2025, 10:04:31 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Musk in a cybertruck explosion?

31/8/2025, 10:32:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

What a crackpot!

31/8/2025, 10:30:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely nothing suspicious or sketchy about this story.

31/8/2025, 10:18:12 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Hello, young lady. Would you like to get in my car? What, no! I'm just adjusting my shirt.

31/8/2025, 9:26:16 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Pathetic. sfstandard.com/2025/08/27/s...

31/8/2025, 5:30:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

One too many cheeseburgers, Donold?

31/8/2025, 8:16:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

This is my favorite movie of all time.

31/8/2025, 8:06:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

"If, God forbid, there's a terrible tragedy, I can't think of better on-the-job training than what I've gotten over the last 200 days."

30/8/2025, 9:14:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

This season's jam production, all made with fruit that was either grown in my garden, grown in the gardens of various neighbors, or scavenged in the park. We've got apricot lime, Santa Rosa plum, cherry plum, yellow plum citrus, pear caramel, and blackberry jelly.

Mason jars of various sizes with had written labels stacked on top of each other on a kitchen counter
30/8/2025, 6:27:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pork, cheese, broccoli rabe (@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz) reposted

trump dying is just a distraction!!!

30/8/2025, 2:45:49 AM | 133 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I stocked up on coffee a few months ago in anticipation of this.

30/8/2025, 2:36:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

What to expect in the coming months from the MAGA/MAHA administration. "For consumers, the double bind of deportations and tariffs could soon reshape grocery shopping. Economists warn produce and dairy are most exposed, and many families will be forced to trade down to cheaper, processed foods."

30/8/2025, 2:34:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Can't believe he managed to keep a straight face with that whopper. I mean, the idea that RFK Jr. is an expert in anything (other than transporting the bodies of dead animals he finds) is preposterous.

29/8/2025, 8:35:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

If, heaven forbid, there's a terrible tragedy I accidentally on purpose cause...

29/8/2025, 7:00:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Download the "How to Report ICE" guide for your region!

29/8/2025, 4:09:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, thank you. I had forgotten about that.

28/8/2025, 10:54:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Why? So he can put a pillow on his face??

28/8/2025, 10:53:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

When the whole country burns down will American finally be great again?

28/8/2025, 9:41:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Welcome to the US. Don't try to make it make sense.

28/8/2025, 9:34:26 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ❄️That Damn Alaskan 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 (@sofiadoodle.bsky.social) reposted

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27/8/2025, 12:18:42 AM | 81 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

And then I woke up and discovered 3 empty bottles of wine in my hotel room.

27/8/2025, 4:12:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Different movie, but I'm waiting for some creature to bust out through his stomach.

27/8/2025, 6:49:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Convicted felon says what?

26/8/2025, 5:18:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not too upset about this because I couldn't get tickets anyway. Sold out months ago.

25/8/2025, 8:24:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

He put his invisible accordion down somewhere and now no one can find it.

25/8/2025, 8:14:33 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, so there are university presidents who have a backbone!

25/8/2025, 8:10:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Israel is a terrorist state.

25/8/2025, 8:04:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Great tips on where to hide things!

24/8/2025, 11:23:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Loki (@lokideburca.bsky.social) reposted

If only western leaders were as enraged about literal kneecaping during a genocide by Zionist psychopaths as they are about a band called Kneecap speaking out against that very same grotesque genocide.

HAARETZ '42 knees in one day' Israeli snipers open up about shooting Gaza protestors
24/8/2025, 6:10:12 PM | 307 109 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm a Never Newsom. I have detested him going back to when he was mayor of San Francisco. I've enjoyed his Trump trolling, but I will never vote for him.

24/8/2025, 4:10:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I've been trying to start some CA Poppy seedlings indoors with not much success. Any tips?

24/8/2025, 3:57:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

The narrative that everything Trump does is a distraction is itself a distraction.

24/8/2025, 3:51:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Why are you guys bullying me?? I'm reporting you for reporting each other.

23/8/2025, 3:49:32 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Has the GOP never heard of blending? Or is that considered woke now?

23/8/2025, 3:15:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Philosophy Majors Beat Every Other Major On Critical Thinking Tests

22/8/2025, 11:56:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Just waiting for the "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER" hat.

22/8/2025, 2:50:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope you don't make soup in that pot.

22/8/2025, 7:15:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't tell anyone on Nextdoor. The anti-park crowd that dominates there are going to lose their shit.

22/8/2025, 7:03:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

I need a gyro.

22/8/2025, 6:54:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

SMH. I was promised white hippies in their 90s.

22/8/2025, 6:49:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

And this pilea with the most incredibly textured leaves.

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22/8/2025, 5:27:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Found this caladium and couldn't resist. No such thing as too many plants, right?

Plant with big, beautiful, butterfly-shaped leaves that are white with pink splotches, and green veins and borders
22/8/2025, 5:24:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

After the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center debacle, which cost taxpayers $15.5 million (or $140,000 per vehicle annually) and placed only a handful of people in housing, I welcome this new approach, which involves (shocker!) providing actual homes for homeless people.

21/8/2025, 6:34:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

I bet if you surveyed humanists you'd find something similar.

21/8/2025, 12:27:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Surely an important sentence to know how to say in any language you're learning.

21/8/2025, 12:24:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

The Catholic Church has a lot to answer for. There are probably other mass graves like this around the country, full of the discarded bodies of children they kidnapped yet deemed unworthy of basic care. The ones who survived were trafficked to the US for adoption. www.kalw.org/2025-08-20/a...

21/8/2025, 12:04:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

He does not like the nose on that one.

20/8/2025, 8:42:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

While they're at it, they should get rid of the giant naked woman at the Ferry Building. I'm sure Burning Man would like their "art" back.

20/8/2025, 8:38:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Me doing my Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights" impression in McLaren Park, San Francisco.

20/8/2025, 3:35:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

My girls wish Bailey well.

Two black labs cuddle together with their heads resting on an ottoman as they gaze up towards the camera.
20/8/2025, 1:17:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

I've always wanted to visit Aberbaijan.

20/8/2025, 1:11:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Captain Bonespurs said he was... a war hero?!?

19/8/2025, 11:21:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JymByrnes🏳️‍🌈☮️ (@jymbyrnes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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19/8/2025, 4:03:20 PM | 20 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Tacky TACO.

19/8/2025, 7:44:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...

Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
18/8/2025, 8:00:24 PM | 3624 715 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a very useful guide.

18/8/2025, 9:20:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, I had not heard about this before! But I can't say I'm one bit surprised.

18/8/2025, 8:41:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Remind me which one is #5. Is that Damien, I mean, Barron?

18/8/2025, 8:03:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Because nobody else is listening.

18/8/2025, 1:06:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל] (@tranniehathaway.bsky.social) reposted

Gavin Newsom could really troll Trump by letting some homeless trans youth live in the Governor's Mansion

17/8/2025, 11:07:17 PM | 79 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Their only interest in animals is killing them for sport.

18/8/2025, 12:16:15 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm sure that will be great for tourism! Not that anyone wants to visit the US anymore....

17/8/2025, 11:58:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Would've been even funnier if it grabbed Donold's hairpiece and flew off with it.

17/8/2025, 11:54:27 PM | 46 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Birds are a great judge of character.

17/8/2025, 11:52:03 PM | 120 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

She will be lucky if CPS don't take her toddler away for feeding it something meant for farm animals.

17/8/2025, 6:27:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

I learned about pasteurization as a child in school. Like I learned about washing your hands before prepping food. There is simply no excuse for this level of ignorance in an adult, especially one caring for children.

17/8/2025, 6:19:31 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

16/8/2025, 6:00:00 PM | 6069 992 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🍁 Prof. Dr. John E Rock (@johnerock.bsky.social) reposted

Ice agent struck by sandwich seeks counseling, says he can't even walk through deli without fearing for his life and has been diagnosed with BLTSD

16/8/2025, 3:31:34 PM | 3674 749 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Come on, how was he supposed to enjoy his fifth vacation in a row without the whole river level being raised just for him?

16/8/2025, 4:40:10 PM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

Very high tide today at Heron's Head on the San Francisco Bay.

A black dog walks along a narrow levee with water on either side and a blue sky above.
16/8/2025, 12:34:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Surprised they didn't hold hands as they walked down the carpet.

15/8/2025, 8:35:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Cancelled my subscription just now because of this article. Bigots are not victims for being called out on their hate.

15/8/2025, 11:48:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NewsThump (@newsthump.com) reposted

NEWS! Peace talks backfire as Putin illegally occupies Alaska newsthump.com/2025/08/15/p...

15/8/2025, 10:11:45 AM | 18 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social)

If you know me, you know I can't stand Gavin Newsom, but I've gotta give him this. He knows how to troll Donold and we need more of this. Chef's kiss.

15/8/2025, 11:38:47 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

JFC. Welcome to America.

15/8/2025, 12:37:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

Look at the profile. Immediate block!

14/8/2025, 11:55:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Laura Maguire (@lumagoo.bsky.social) reply parent

The Marina Bros became Mission Bros and caused an eviction crisis.

14/8/2025, 11:48:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view