Kristine Smith
@ksmithsf.bsky.social
Spec fic writer (the Jani Kilian SF series and more). Joiner of coffee clubs. She/ her. BJ jackal. Book View Café member. https://www.kristine-smith.com
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Don't want cookies? (Liar.) You can order cookies that they give out to local heroes, which at this point is much of Minnesota, so don't overthink it.
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Don't want cookies? (Liar.) You can order cookies that they give out to local heroes, which at this point is much of Minnesota, so don't overthink it.
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I always order cookies* from the trans Girl Scout troop** and the Girl Scout troop set up for kids in New York without housing***, but I can do three this year
*to be sent to other people; alas, the flavors I can eat are not ones I would enjoy
(links in thread)
*to be sent to other people; alas, the flavors I can eat are not ones I would enjoy
(links in thread)
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I always order cookies* from the trans Girl Scout troop** and the Girl Scout troop set up for kids in New York without housing***, but I can do three this year
*to be sent to other people; alas, the flavors I can eat are not ones I would enjoy
(links in thread)
*to be sent to other people; alas, the flavors I can eat are not ones I would enjoy
(links in thread)
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I post this link merely as a cultural curiosity and not so that anyone could print one if, say, whistles were banned. Obviously that would be wrong.
Who knew a retractable desktop vuvuzela is something we’d all want someday?
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I post this link merely as a cultural curiosity and not so that anyone could print one if, say, whistles were banned. Obviously that would be wrong.
"She's filing her nails
while they're dragging the lake."
The entire noir genre in one line
while they're dragging the lake."
The entire noir genre in one line
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"She's filing her nails
while they're dragging the lake."
The entire noir genre in one line
while they're dragging the lake."
The entire noir genre in one line
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Lisa Sutton wants to prove she's a tough enough engineer to manage a remote hockey camp construction site. "Bruiser" McKay, the general manager, thinks she's in over her head & wants to protect her.
But, Bruiser wonders. . . Who'll protect him from "fragile" Lisa?
bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
But, Bruiser wonders. . . Who'll protect him from "fragile" Lisa?
bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
BVC Announces No Limit to Love by Kate Freiman
No Limit to Love Kate Freiman She wanted a challenge... He didn't. Lisa Sutton wanted to prove she was a good enough engineer to do more than paperwork.
bookviewcafe.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Lisa Sutton wants to prove she's a tough enough engineer to manage a remote hockey camp construction site. "Bruiser" McKay, the general manager, thinks she's in over her head & wants to protect her.
But, Bruiser wonders. . . Who'll protect him from "fragile" Lisa?
bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
But, Bruiser wonders. . . Who'll protect him from "fragile" Lisa?
bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
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Winning battles wins wars. To believe otherwise is the worst sort of brain rot. There are going to be a lot of bad days between now and Trumpism's demise, so enjoy the wins we do have.
“Winning a battle doesn’t matter because the war is still being fought” is fucking doomerism.
“Sure, the Nazis just surrendered in Stalingrad, but it doesn’t matter because Hitler is still in charge.”
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Winning battles wins wars. To believe otherwise is the worst sort of brain rot. There are going to be a lot of bad days between now and Trumpism's demise, so enjoy the wins we do have.
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@kendrawrites.com’s comment that Jim Crow was also designed to control and punish white people who failed to conform is living rent-free in my head right now.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
@kendrawrites.com’s comment that Jim Crow was also designed to control and punish white people who failed to conform is living rent-free in my head right now.
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Nadine Waits Out the Storm with a Friend
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Nadine Waits Out the Storm with a Friend
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There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
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Crazy that the media and GOP don’t care about the budget with a Republican president. Can’t imagine why.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Crazy that the media and GOP don’t care about the budget with a Republican president. Can’t imagine why.
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So I’ve taken Disapproving Rabbits out of retirement as part of the resistance. Proceeds will go to The Bond Between who are taking in pets after people are disappeared by ICE. www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Di...
"Disapproving Rabbits Minnesota Rebel ICE" Sticker for Sale by Birdchick
Buy "Disapproving Rabbits Minnesota Rebel ICE" by Birdchick as a Sticker
www.redbubble.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
So I’ve taken Disapproving Rabbits out of retirement as part of the resistance. Proceeds will go to The Bond Between who are taking in pets after people are disappeared by ICE. www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Di...
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We are thrilled for @genni.bsky.social, whose book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, has made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction! Congratulations! Read about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...
The Nga’phandileh Whisperer – Stars and Sabers
The Nga'phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella is a science fiction horror novella from award-winning author Eugen Bacon.
www.starsandsabers.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We are thrilled for @genni.bsky.social, whose book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, has made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction! Congratulations! Read about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...
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If the store website is glitching... they also sell through ABEbook
Scroll to the very bottom of the stores webpage & the link in the photo is there 🖕🏼🧊
Scroll to the very bottom of the stores webpage & the link in the photo is there 🖕🏼🧊
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
If the store website is glitching... they also sell through ABEbook
Scroll to the very bottom of the stores webpage & the link in the photo is there 🖕🏼🧊
Scroll to the very bottom of the stores webpage & the link in the photo is there 🖕🏼🧊
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When his website recovers from all the traffic, people can support his business here: dreamhavenbooks.com
Home - DreamHaven
Recent Additions
dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
When his website recovers from all the traffic, people can support his business here: dreamhavenbooks.com
Interesting.
Something I never considered.
Something I never considered.
This is exactly right. If he does it, that would be very bad, but the practical effect would be underwhelming. It's not actually a "ha ha I win, we're a military dictatorship now" button. Same reason they've backed off using the Guard. They want bloodlust fascist thugs and our troops mostly aren't.
The threat of invoking the Insurrection Act is way more powerful than actually doing it, and anyone who thinks doing it is a good idea has a terminal case of Twelve Year Old Brain where the victory is that the Army does what I want I win forever because they’re the tough guys from the Army.
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Interesting.
Something I never considered.
Something I never considered.
A reminder
Americans have a habit of trying to compare all authoritarianism to Nazi Germany. I think in some ways i think it is comforting to view authoritarianism as a foreign ideology. If you want to understand our current authoritarian moment, you need to look to our own past, not to Europe 1/x
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A reminder
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
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To add to Cheryl's accurate assessment, if polio vaccination levels lag, and especially if the number of unvaccinated communities grow, the disease, eliminated in most of the world right now, could roar back much more quickly than people realize.
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
To add to Cheryl's accurate assessment, if polio vaccination levels lag, and especially if the number of unvaccinated communities grow, the disease, eliminated in most of the world right now, could roar back much more quickly than people realize.
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You know what‘s really smart about this other than communicating about the current situation?
Communicating the value of a department that is vital to civilization but that is so rarely acknowledged, the sanitation department, which also highlights the value of government.
Communicating the value of a department that is vital to civilization but that is so rarely acknowledged, the sanitation department, which also highlights the value of government.
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
You know what‘s really smart about this other than communicating about the current situation?
Communicating the value of a department that is vital to civilization but that is so rarely acknowledged, the sanitation department, which also highlights the value of government.
Communicating the value of a department that is vital to civilization but that is so rarely acknowledged, the sanitation department, which also highlights the value of government.
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Because I'm easy to find, I'm getting contacted by people who have a specific idea they want to implement and are trying to figure out how to get plugged in. The problem is that *I* don't necessarily know how to get them to the person who could plug them in.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Because I'm easy to find, I'm getting contacted by people who have a specific idea they want to implement and are trying to figure out how to get plugged in. The problem is that *I* don't necessarily know how to get them to the person who could plug them in.
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There are two Americas. Pick your side wisely. One ideology always loses.
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
There are two Americas. Pick your side wisely. One ideology always loses.
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This is an actual local friend who is a real person doing actual mutual aid. Can you send $5 for a box or two of cake mix?
okay hi everyone real quick crowdfund: we're doing grocery box packing for families from our kids' school, and i would really really really really like to raise funds to stick a box of cake mix or pre-made cookies in each box this week. v3nmo is nhojelttil, please put a 🍰 or 🍪 with it
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is an actual local friend who is a real person doing actual mutual aid. Can you send $5 for a box or two of cake mix?