Karen Smithey
@ksmithey.bsky.social
I’m an artist, avid gardener, and mom to three weird couch-eating cats and a couple of stray ducks. Also three children, lol.
Please, no dms.
Please, no dms.
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Oh hey it’s history calling.
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Oh hey it’s history calling.
He said this in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Ugh.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He said this in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Ugh.
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One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
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Wow. What a horrid, horrid little man.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wow. What a horrid, horrid little man.
Good for them.
A Dutch province has asked the US ambassador in the Netherlands to return two panels about African American soldiers to the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery, located in Margraten (Limburg). The two panels were recently removed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Good for them.
It’s those “death panels” they were always talking about.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s those “death panels” they were always talking about.
Could not make this up.
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Could not make this up.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The epitome' of cruelty is to let people go hungry
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The epitome' of cruelty is to let people go hungry
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Just in case you’re dealing with some TERFy kinda thing and need to drop some knowledge about Trans kids in sports:
glaad.org/fact-sheet-f...
glaad.org/fact-sheet-f...
Fact Sheet: Transgender Participation in Sports | GLAAD
Updated July 17, 2025 Similar to misleading narratives about bathrooms and other single-sex spaces, propagating inflammatory scenarios about transgender women and girls participating in sports has bec...
glaad.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Just in case you’re dealing with some TERFy kinda thing and need to drop some knowledge about Trans kids in sports:
glaad.org/fact-sheet-f...
glaad.org/fact-sheet-f...
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Pay attention, Alberta!
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Pay attention, Alberta!
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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"The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately."
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately."
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Good, we need some younger blood in both Congress and the Senate...
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Good, we need some younger blood in both Congress and the Senate...
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Love this. We all make a difference.
Speaking of Jane Goodall, my favorite quote by her:
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Love this. We all make a difference.
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Yep. And defying a court order.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yep. And defying a court order.
This is SUCH A SHAME. Teen Vogue has consistently been a good and reliable source of information for teens and adults.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is SUCH A SHAME. Teen Vogue has consistently been a good and reliable source of information for teens and adults.
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RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
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The US welfare system is not designed to make people equal, give them dignity, or make them not poor
As a liberal welfare system, it is designed primarily to mitigate the more egregious personal risks associated with a capitalist economy while maintaining class distinctions
Google Esping-Andersen
As a liberal welfare system, it is designed primarily to mitigate the more egregious personal risks associated with a capitalist economy while maintaining class distinctions
Google Esping-Andersen
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The US welfare system is not designed to make people equal, give them dignity, or make them not poor
As a liberal welfare system, it is designed primarily to mitigate the more egregious personal risks associated with a capitalist economy while maintaining class distinctions
Google Esping-Andersen
As a liberal welfare system, it is designed primarily to mitigate the more egregious personal risks associated with a capitalist economy while maintaining class distinctions
Google Esping-Andersen
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This is ALL so disgusting
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November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is ALL so disgusting
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