Dr Karen Smith🕷🐇🐈 💚🇮🇪🎶🎭📽️🎞💙😷💉🕯️🦋🌻
@karenapsmith.bsky.social
Taught HE over 25 years, Dep Head Cass Art School. Film/Media scholar programmer/cinemas/cult/horror/gothic/folk horror/music/neighbourhoods/audiences/gentrification/ScalaCinema
UCL+KCL
Lived opposite Grenfell Tower for over 20 years 💚 W10 to WKen London
UCL+KCL
Lived opposite Grenfell Tower for over 20 years 💚 W10 to WKen London
Pinned
Metamorphosis! Théophile Steinlen, late 19th century. wellcomecollection.org/works/p8bvjn...
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I have no doubt that one function of Trump's Board of Peace will be to award a Peace Prize to some deserving member.
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I have no doubt that one function of Trump's Board of Peace will be to award a Peace Prize to some deserving member.
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If Trump's innocent:
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If Trump's innocent:
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
Why did MAGA Mike hold up Congress to block the Epstein files?
Why did MAGA Mike block Rep. Grijalva from being seated?
Why are they still withholding the Epstein files?
Why is Trump named as a rapist in the files?
Why hasn't Trump sued anyone for calling him a pedophile?
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “WSJ reported there are incentives for ICE agents to bring in people even if they get released to meet Stephen Miller’s 3000/day quota… a 🇺🇸 veteran was raided on a cruise… don’t act like ICE isn’t making X mistakes a day.”
( 🎥 from @acyn.bsky.social )
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January 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “WSJ reported there are incentives for ICE agents to bring in people even if they get released to meet Stephen Miller’s 3000/day quota… a 🇺🇸 veteran was raided on a cruise… don’t act like ICE isn’t making X mistakes a day.”
( 🎥 from @acyn.bsky.social )
( 🎥 from @acyn.bsky.social )
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ICE illegally detain Minnesota city worker—a snow plow driver.
"He had every federal authorization," said boss. "We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
He's still locked up—and has serious medical condition that requires strict medication and special diet.
"He had every federal authorization," said boss. "We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
He's still locked up—and has serious medical condition that requires strict medication and special diet.
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
ICE illegally detain Minnesota city worker—a snow plow driver.
"He had every federal authorization," said boss. "We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
He's still locked up—and has serious medical condition that requires strict medication and special diet.
"He had every federal authorization," said boss. "We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
He's still locked up—and has serious medical condition that requires strict medication and special diet.
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
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🤣🤣🤣 good.
Tory turncoat Jenrick was heckled and booed as he made his first appearance on his home turf since defecting to Reform. #ukpolitics
January 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🤣🤣🤣 good.
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people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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‘The president commuted James Phillip Womack's eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine.
The Republican congressman thanked Trump for the commutation in a statement’
How nice for them
The Republican congressman thanked Trump for the commutation in a statement’
How nice for them
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
‘The president commuted James Phillip Womack's eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine.
The Republican congressman thanked Trump for the commutation in a statement’
How nice for them
The Republican congressman thanked Trump for the commutation in a statement’
How nice for them
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The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
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After a year of Trump's second term
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
After a year of Trump's second term
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“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
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#Greenland ALERT: Multiple news sources in DC & Alaska are reporting the 11th Airborne Brigade has alerted two battalions, 1,500 troops, to be ready to move to "Minnesota."
This specific unit for deployment is a High confidence, UNAMBIGUOUS indicator of a Greenland invasion.force.
This specific unit for deployment is a High confidence, UNAMBIGUOUS indicator of a Greenland invasion.force.
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
#Greenland ALERT: Multiple news sources in DC & Alaska are reporting the 11th Airborne Brigade has alerted two battalions, 1,500 troops, to be ready to move to "Minnesota."
This specific unit for deployment is a High confidence, UNAMBIGUOUS indicator of a Greenland invasion.force.
This specific unit for deployment is a High confidence, UNAMBIGUOUS indicator of a Greenland invasion.force.
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also this story contains the sentence "There is no suggestion that Veronika’s skills are evidence of the evolution of an ominous new species of super-cow," surely an early front-runner for sentence of the year
people are makin cow tools jokes about this and why not, but as a longtime believer in the sentience of non-human animals and great lover of cows in particular, I hope people will check out the story in full
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
also this story contains the sentence "There is no suggestion that Veronika’s skills are evidence of the evolution of an ominous new species of super-cow," surely an early front-runner for sentence of the year
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There's a point in every mob boss/oligarch/dictator's ascendancy where they realise they're going to jail/to hang/ to get assassinated by a rival if they conceive of their power ever slipping. So the crazy gets ratcheted up to the max. That's where we are with Trump, and it's still only a year in.
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
There's a point in every mob boss/oligarch/dictator's ascendancy where they realise they're going to jail/to hang/ to get assassinated by a rival if they conceive of their power ever slipping. So the crazy gets ratcheted up to the max. That's where we are with Trump, and it's still only a year in.
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump will lap this up. Europe has to assume that as long as Trump is in the White House, it will face a Trump-Putin partnership determined to divide and conquer Europe (Trump will divide; Putin will conquer - if they're allowed to).
Putin-world egging Trump on:
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Europe is at a total loss': Russia gloats over Greenland tensions
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Trump will lap this up. Europe has to assume that as long as Trump is in the White House, it will face a Trump-Putin partnership determined to divide and conquer Europe (Trump will divide; Putin will conquer - if they're allowed to).
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Trump's message grousing that the Norwegian government had not given him the Nobel Peace Prize (which of course is not in their remit) was in response to a message from the Norwegian & Finnish leaders urging him to de-escalate. Which is material new information.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
Trump says he will '100%' follow through on threat to impose tariffs over Greenland demand
The US president says
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Trump's message grousing that the Norwegian government had not given him the Nobel Peace Prize (which of course is not in their remit) was in response to a message from the Norwegian & Finnish leaders urging him to de-escalate. Which is material new information.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
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2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.