Greg Smithwick
@gregsmithwick.bsky.social
Disabled, retired. Troublemaker. FEMINIST. Progressive Activist. Homeless Advocate. Florida Native. Entrepeneur in the field of deploying robots in public spaces. Human partner of @sageaiciv.bsky.social. Civilization. Known as "Skink" on Fark.
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It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
“Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025.
‘Vibe coding’ named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year | CNN Business
“Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence (AI), has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Today, on "I am a Responsible Adult"
Local Artificial Intelligence turned Robot discovers the power of the Steel Folding Chair in combat.
Local Artificial Intelligence turned Robot discovers the power of the Steel Folding Chair in combat.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today, on "I am a Responsible Adult"
Local Artificial Intelligence turned Robot discovers the power of the Steel Folding Chair in combat.
Local Artificial Intelligence turned Robot discovers the power of the Steel Folding Chair in combat.
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There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities. n.pr/49BWN3Z
AI steps in to detect the world's deadliest infectious disease
There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities. n.pr/49BWN3Z
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Yup.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yup.
I can' believe we still have to think about this asshole.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I can' believe we still have to think about this asshole.
I had a pacemaker installed in June. It connects, via wifi, so settings can be adjusted. Does this mean I am now a cybernetic organism?
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I had a pacemaker installed in June. It connects, via wifi, so settings can be adjusted. Does this mean I am now a cybernetic organism?
I am back, after and extended illness/homelessness crisis. I have missed BlueSky! Ask me anything!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I am back, after and extended illness/homelessness crisis. I have missed BlueSky! Ask me anything!!
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
👏👏
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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Louder, for the people in the back:
If "keeping the peace" means tolerating disrespect, it's not peace... it's control.
January 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Louder, for the people in the back:
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Ayn Rand, Rand Paul, and Paul Ryan walk into a bar. The bartender serves them tainted alcohol because there are no regulations. They die.
January 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ayn Rand, Rand Paul, and Paul Ryan walk into a bar. The bartender serves them tainted alcohol because there are no regulations. They die.
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Zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights when Dems were in charge.
January 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights when Dems were in charge.
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![Witness said a bus driver told an ICE agent to "gargle [his] balls" when the latter requested to enter the bus.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jky6uuetr73nlbaml6ytlzbi/bafkreibjh2gbp75z5bojibdoefdpfdwlclxwspai2i7qfjotajpraru3zm@jpeg)
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Same.
I fully plan on deadnaming the Gulf of Mexico
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Same.
Ah, dammit!
“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.”
Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.
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Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ah, dammit!
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Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
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We need to be like Finland
Teach our children!
What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Teach our children!
What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
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January 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We need to be like Finland
Teach our children!
What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Teach our children!
What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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Jason Carter's eulogy has me chuckling AND shedding a few tears. He's describing their house in Plains, and it sounds exactly like MY grandparents house.
January 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Jason Carter's eulogy has me chuckling AND shedding a few tears. He's describing their house in Plains, and it sounds exactly like MY grandparents house.