Mels Smith
@melsinmt.bsky.social
They/them artist, web developer, rabble rouser. If you know, you'll know blue is my favorite color.
The discourse on both sides of the political spectrum around Charlie Kirk's violent death is a distraction from the core issue, which is that the American epidemic of gun violence - the number one cause of death for our children - is preventable and we should be implementing policies to remedy that.
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The discourse on both sides of the political spectrum around Charlie Kirk's violent death is a distraction from the core issue, which is that the American epidemic of gun violence - the number one cause of death for our children - is preventable and we should be implementing policies to remedy that.
Military policing is coming to a city near you. Don't panic. It's practical, not political, to check in with your employer on what their plan is for disruptions like delayed travel to client sites, disrupted or blocked travel to the office, on-site inspections and review of employee files.
August 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Military policing is coming to a city near you. Don't panic. It's practical, not political, to check in with your employer on what their plan is for disruptions like delayed travel to client sites, disrupted or blocked travel to the office, on-site inspections and review of employee files.
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Pregnancy puts you at higher risk from certain infections, even if you’ve always been healthy before. Vaccines step in to provide the protection your body might not be able to give on its own.
#NIAM2025
#NIAM2025
August 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Pregnancy puts you at higher risk from certain infections, even if you’ve always been healthy before. Vaccines step in to provide the protection your body might not be able to give on its own.
#NIAM2025
#NIAM2025
Fun fact - not everyone who paid property taxes in Montana last year are eligible for the property tax rebate this year. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy??
August 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fun fact - not everyone who paid property taxes in Montana last year are eligible for the property tax rebate this year. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy??
I think people who want to suppress conversations about colonization think it's about the means not justifying the ends and don't want good things in our current lives invalidated. I think those who face those conversations head on are focused on how we should learn to do better going forward.
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I think people who want to suppress conversations about colonization think it's about the means not justifying the ends and don't want good things in our current lives invalidated. I think those who face those conversations head on are focused on how we should learn to do better going forward.
Saying autism is caused by environmental influences is blatant eugenics - putting the focus on finding a cure, rather than studying effective support systems.
It says we don't need a better community to include the beautiful variety of humanity, we just need to only allow certain types to exist.
It says we don't need a better community to include the beautiful variety of humanity, we just need to only allow certain types to exist.
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Saying autism is caused by environmental influences is blatant eugenics - putting the focus on finding a cure, rather than studying effective support systems.
It says we don't need a better community to include the beautiful variety of humanity, we just need to only allow certain types to exist.
It says we don't need a better community to include the beautiful variety of humanity, we just need to only allow certain types to exist.
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yellowstonegrassroots.org is a locally-created online directory and organizing tool for Yellowstone County-area groups to post events, create discussion groups for planning actions, and most-importantly get found by like-minded individuals looking for ways to make a better community.
Home | Yellowstone County Grassroots Directory
A Community Commons Many grassroots groups are simply a circle of friends and neighbors working on actions or projects to amplify our voices in our governme ...
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March 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
yellowstonegrassroots.org is a locally-created online directory and organizing tool for Yellowstone County-area groups to post events, create discussion groups for planning actions, and most-importantly get found by like-minded individuals looking for ways to make a better community.
If meritocracy ever existed in the US, it's dead now. 😢
March 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If meritocracy ever existed in the US, it's dead now. 😢
Remember a few years back when people in Scotland kept accidentally spilling their milkshakes? Good times. We should do that more.
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Remember a few years back when people in Scotland kept accidentally spilling their milkshakes? Good times. We should do that more.
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A federal judge extended her injunction against the National Institutes of Health, preventing it from implementing or enforcing planned cuts to federal funding that supports various medical and scientific research projects.
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A federal judge extended her injunction against the National Institutes of Health, preventing it from implementing or enforcing planned cuts to federal funding that supports various medical and scientific research projects.
Remember a few years back when people in Scotland kept accidentally spilling their milkshakes? Good times. We should do that more.
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Remember a few years back when people in Scotland kept accidentally spilling their milkshakes? Good times. We should do that more.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Me: compensating inability to read social signals with over vigilant pattern recognition = can pick out the gays and autistics but not much else
March 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Me: compensating inability to read social signals with over vigilant pattern recognition = can pick out the gays and autistics but not much else
I am marginally more impressed by John Deere. We still deserve right to repair, tho
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I am marginally more impressed by John Deere. We still deserve right to repair, tho
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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
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Montanans
Oppose Senate Bill 307
SB 307 strips funding from programs like Habitat Montana, state parks, trails, and nongame wildlife conservation. It would result in an estimated loss of $21 million for Habitat Montana and $12.6 million for other environmental programs over the next 2 years. #MTLeg
Oppose Senate Bill 307
SB 307 strips funding from programs like Habitat Montana, state parks, trails, and nongame wildlife conservation. It would result in an estimated loss of $21 million for Habitat Montana and $12.6 million for other environmental programs over the next 2 years. #MTLeg
February 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Montanans
Oppose Senate Bill 307
SB 307 strips funding from programs like Habitat Montana, state parks, trails, and nongame wildlife conservation. It would result in an estimated loss of $21 million for Habitat Montana and $12.6 million for other environmental programs over the next 2 years. #MTLeg
Oppose Senate Bill 307
SB 307 strips funding from programs like Habitat Montana, state parks, trails, and nongame wildlife conservation. It would result in an estimated loss of $21 million for Habitat Montana and $12.6 million for other environmental programs over the next 2 years. #MTLeg
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So the management at MetraPark announced that the grooms would not be used for immigration detention. And I'm not sure how to feel about it. On one hand, it's a way for the county commissioners to save face. On the other hand, it's a way for the county commissioners to save face.
February 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So the management at MetraPark announced that the grooms would not be used for immigration detention. And I'm not sure how to feel about it. On one hand, it's a way for the county commissioners to save face. On the other hand, it's a way for the county commissioners to save face.
The Yellowstone County Commissioners need to retract their letter offering to turn our MetraPark onto a detention center for people who have committed no crime.
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Home | Petition to Recall the Offer to Use MetraPark as Immigration Detention
Dear County Commissioners, On January 23rd, 2025, the office of the Yellowstone County Commissioners sent a letter to the Montana federal delegation express ...
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February 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Yellowstone County Commissioners need to retract their letter offering to turn our MetraPark onto a detention center for people who have committed no crime.
recallthemetraletter.org
recallthemetraletter.org
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Know your Rights!!!!
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Know your Rights!!!!
I just had a strictly non political friend invite me to change up our regular coffee date to a "get coffee on our way to give public comment in protest of the Metra detention center conversion plan at the county commissioners meeting" on Tuesday 🤩
January 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I just had a strictly non political friend invite me to change up our regular coffee date to a "get coffee on our way to give public comment in protest of the Metra detention center conversion plan at the county commissioners meeting" on Tuesday 🤩
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Donald Trump not only wants to defund FEMA, but he also wants to condition aid to California residents who just saw their livelihoods get destroyed.
That’s not leadership.
That’s not leadership.
January 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Donald Trump not only wants to defund FEMA, but he also wants to condition aid to California residents who just saw their livelihoods get destroyed.
That’s not leadership.
That’s not leadership.
The Yellowstone county commissioners offering the Metra arena venue as an immigrant detention center makes everyone who paid taxes to the county complicit in crimes against humanity.
January 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Yellowstone county commissioners offering the Metra arena venue as an immigrant detention center makes everyone who paid taxes to the county complicit in crimes against humanity.