laura smith
@lauranico1e.bsky.social
Still hasn't gotten a tan after over a decade under the influence of SoCal.
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I am so jealous of this oblivious pile of fluff.
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I am so jealous of this oblivious pile of fluff.
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law and order: are hot dogs sandwiches unit
September 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
law and order: are hot dogs sandwiches unit
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
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every day i gotta remind myself that when Christ said to feed the hungry, he wasn't talking about the algorithm.
June 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
every day i gotta remind myself that when Christ said to feed the hungry, he wasn't talking about the algorithm.
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typical corrupt science
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
typical corrupt science
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.
A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze - The Boston Globe
Researchers may have to kill macaques, a kind of primate used in a vaccine study, due to the order.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.
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you know who made billions of dollars off your childhood and didn’t turn out to be a piece of shit?
george lucas, creator of star wars the phantom menace
george lucas, creator of star wars the phantom menace
April 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
you know who made billions of dollars off your childhood and didn’t turn out to be a piece of shit?
george lucas, creator of star wars the phantom menace
george lucas, creator of star wars the phantom menace
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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People wonder about my serene smile in the face of imminent economic collapse and the reason is quite simple
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
People wonder about my serene smile in the face of imminent economic collapse and the reason is quite simple
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.
March 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.
I probably shouldn't be surprised anymore after people defended an obvious Nazi salute as not being a Nazi salute at all.
February 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I probably shouldn't be surprised anymore after people defended an obvious Nazi salute as not being a Nazi salute at all.
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This is the counteroffer to Could you please stop using this little handful of slurs
February 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is the counteroffer to Could you please stop using this little handful of slurs
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What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
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February: I'm the shortest month.
February 2025: I SHALL LAST FOR 10,000 YEARS.
February 2025: I SHALL LAST FOR 10,000 YEARS.
February 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
February: I'm the shortest month.
February 2025: I SHALL LAST FOR 10,000 YEARS.
February 2025: I SHALL LAST FOR 10,000 YEARS.
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right now really feels like starting a lot of sentences and not knowing how to finish them
January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
right now really feels like starting a lot of sentences and not knowing how to finish them
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Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
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“The effect may be considerable in a few centuries” is a really remarkable sentence here…
January 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“The effect may be considerable in a few centuries” is a really remarkable sentence here…
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We’re all on the same page that Ariel would be super into feet, right?
December 29, 2024 at 7:10 PM
We’re all on the same page that Ariel would be super into feet, right?
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I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?