Kasey Feral Smith
@kaseysmith.net
Artist, writer, historian, ghost sign expert, leftist, Vermeer fangirl, American living in the Netherlands. she/her http://www.kaseysmith.net/
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Kasey Feral Smith
@kaseysmith.net
· Nov 16
It's reintroduction time! I'm a multidisciplinary artist who makes art about memory, place, & craft. In 2022 I moved from Oakland, CA to small village in the Netherlands. To restart/recenter my career, I'm putting myself through a "conceptual apprenticeship" with the greats of Dutch & Flemish art.
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Volumes like Woodland Life and Field & Meadow Life in the 1960s Blandford 'in Colour' series were - & are still - unusual among general insect/invertebrate guides in featuring larvae other than butterfly/moth caterpillars, plus galls & leaf-mines
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Volumes like Woodland Life and Field & Meadow Life in the 1960s Blandford 'in Colour' series were - & are still - unusual among general insect/invertebrate guides in featuring larvae other than butterfly/moth caterpillars, plus galls & leaf-mines
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19th century Lemon squeezer.
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 AM
19th century Lemon squeezer.
Well, they're definitely going through with the fireworks ban now. 😬
WATCH: Fire engulfs top of Vondelkerk (Vondel Church) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Well, they're definitely going through with the fireworks ban now. 😬
Tried to write a Favorite Albums of 2025 List but it was just every album that Flenser Records put out. :P
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Tried to write a Favorite Albums of 2025 List but it was just every album that Flenser Records put out. :P
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On this, the last year of legal fireworks, the Netherlands does not disappoint.
December 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
On this, the last year of legal fireworks, the Netherlands does not disappoint.
Someone did a big firework next door while I had two cats on my lap! 😭
December 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Someone did a big firework next door while I had two cats on my lap! 😭
I will never forgive the Dutch for putting the original Sound Of Silence at #60 and the fucking Disturbed cover at #22 (down 9 spots from 2024).
As is tradition, we're watching the Top2000 -- the top 2000 dadrock songs as determined by the Dutch.
December 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I will never forgive the Dutch for putting the original Sound Of Silence at #60 and the fucking Disturbed cover at #22 (down 9 spots from 2024).
As is tradition, we're watching the Top2000 -- the top 2000 dadrock songs as determined by the Dutch.
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As is tradition, we're watching the Top2000 -- the top 2000 dadrock songs as determined by the Dutch.
Is Antony Kiedis just evil bizzaro world Mike Patton? 🤔
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Is Antony Kiedis just evil bizzaro world Mike Patton? 🤔
Het dorp ruikt naar oliebollen, vuurwerk en houtrook.
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Het dorp ruikt naar oliebollen, vuurwerk en houtrook.
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Meme culture and the loss of cause/effect in discourse is the perfect petri dish for fascism. Memes are signifiers, not stories.
As my spouse put it: without causality, there is no responsibility.
As my spouse put it: without causality, there is no responsibility.
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Meme culture and the loss of cause/effect in discourse is the perfect petri dish for fascism. Memes are signifiers, not stories.
As my spouse put it: without causality, there is no responsibility.
As my spouse put it: without causality, there is no responsibility.
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Remember to stock up on lemons today for your New Year Lemon Pig-making needs! 🍋
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Remember to stock up on lemons today for your New Year Lemon Pig-making needs! 🍋
People kept cutting the G out of the Geen AZC signs so the farmers just gave up and toppled them over. 🤣
December 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People kept cutting the G out of the Geen AZC signs so the farmers just gave up and toppled them over. 🤣
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
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GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
October 15, 2023 at 4:56 PM
GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
I got sober because a friend died. Sometimes it's hard to see it as an accomplishment. An accomplishment would be doing this out of self love & personal growth instead of stubbornness, spite, & old ghosts. But I suppose it's the end result that really counts. Anyway, 12 years since my last drink.
December 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I got sober because a friend died. Sometimes it's hard to see it as an accomplishment. An accomplishment would be doing this out of self love & personal growth instead of stubbornness, spite, & old ghosts. But I suppose it's the end result that really counts. Anyway, 12 years since my last drink.
Sad to think this might not even be an accurate list of all we've lost this year. Many of these extinctions aren't officially confirmed for years or decades.
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Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...
news.mongabay.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sad to think this might not even be an accurate list of all we've lost this year. Many of these extinctions aren't officially confirmed for years or decades.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
I was gifted a bunch of colorful tights for Christmas but my American-sized ass won't fit this Dutch-sized brand. 😭
December 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I was gifted a bunch of colorful tights for Christmas but my American-sized ass won't fit this Dutch-sized brand. 😭
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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Good time to go read this if you missed it. Or read it again. Man, what a band.
For this edition of the Hell World top 5 songs series, here's another killer lineup of writers and musicians writing a lot (a lot) about The Cure. www.welcometohellworld.com/the-cure/
I will always love you
The top 5 The Cure songs ever
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Good time to go read this if you missed it. Or read it again. Man, what a band.
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Holiday schedule:
Dec 24th: Christmas Eve
Dec 25th: Christmas Day
Dec 26th - Dec 30th: Full Goblin Mode
Dec 24th: Christmas Eve
Dec 25th: Christmas Day
Dec 26th - Dec 30th: Full Goblin Mode
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Holiday schedule:
Dec 24th: Christmas Eve
Dec 25th: Christmas Day
Dec 26th - Dec 30th: Full Goblin Mode
Dec 24th: Christmas Eve
Dec 25th: Christmas Day
Dec 26th - Dec 30th: Full Goblin Mode
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
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look i made it the 1979 ibm warning
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
look i made it the 1979 ibm warning
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What an amazing moment that must have been when they opened it.
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
Suitcase left in a bank vault for 100 years contained the lost Hapsburg jewels
A suitcase forgotten in Canada reveals private Habsburg jewels, including a nearly one-ounce yellow diamond, after a century in hiding.
www.earth.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What an amazing moment that must have been when they opened it.
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...