Viola Smart 🦇
@smartvpants.bsky.social
Romance writer, teacher. AL. Public schools are vital to a functioning democracy. In my Bluey mom era. Find some of my free books on Wattpad. 🌶️🏳️🌈🎭 Others on Kindle. lnk.bio/smartvpants she/her
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I block slop peddlers. It is not an act of resistance to use the Oligarchy's favorite toy to make memes about Trump.
📌 Devalues labor
📌 Pollutes marginalized communities
📌 Sews distrust in reality
📌 Hastens climate change
📌 Steals from artists
No ethical use.
📌 Devalues labor
📌 Pollutes marginalized communities
📌 Sews distrust in reality
📌 Hastens climate change
📌 Steals from artists
No ethical use.
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my anger is not going away in a few weeks. it is insulting for these senators to horsetrade so that ppl retiring or not running until 2030 can vote no while they find just enough yes votes to do what the GOP wants.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
my anger is not going away in a few weeks. it is insulting for these senators to horsetrade so that ppl retiring or not running until 2030 can vote no while they find just enough yes votes to do what the GOP wants.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
The Baileys: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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And Davis still has to pay the $360 grand!! Another win!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And Davis still has to pay the $360 grand!! Another win!!
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
@schumer.senate.gov cannot keep his hands clean of this.
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@schumer.senate.gov cannot keep his hands clean of this.
The speech writes itself and it contains cultural touchstones for normal people who don't follow the political football. The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving football!
Start with: I am well aware that the Republicans have promised to vote on our demands at a later date...
Start with: I am well aware that the Republicans have promised to vote on our demands at a later date...
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The speech writes itself and it contains cultural touchstones for normal people who don't follow the political football. The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving football!
Start with: I am well aware that the Republicans have promised to vote on our demands at a later date...
Start with: I am well aware that the Republicans have promised to vote on our demands at a later date...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
He held hungry kids hostage and the Democrats caved. It might seem like a fair trade to feed kids until you realize those same kids won't have healthcare now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
He held hungry kids hostage and the Democrats caved. It might seem like a fair trade to feed kids until you realize those same kids won't have healthcare now.
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just to clarify (and kevin knows this so don’t @ him) call no matter who your senators are. the caucus will pay attention to backlash
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
just to clarify (and kevin knows this so don’t @ him) call no matter who your senators are. the caucus will pay attention to backlash
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
Y'all, I opened the app and didn't realize I was on Discover. I have quite a few feeds set before Discover, so I don't think I accidentally swiped over. It's beginning.
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Y'all, I opened the app and didn't realize I was on Discover. I have quite a few feeds set before Discover, so I don't think I accidentally swiped over. It's beginning.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
A friend of mine is at a theater competition right now and she just texted me that they're not allowed to have a map because they're worried someone will use it to shoot up the school. So that's America.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A friend of mine is at a theater competition right now and she just texted me that they're not allowed to have a map because they're worried someone will use it to shoot up the school. So that's America.
Name your fav superhero that isn't DC or Marvel
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Name your fav superhero that isn't DC or Marvel
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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Calls are about certainty and not risking people's confidence in the final result. Speeding through for competition is not good and irresponsible.
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Calls are about certainty and not risking people's confidence in the final result. Speeding through for competition is not good and irresponsible.
My kingdom for jeans that don't wear out between the thighs in under two years.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My kingdom for jeans that don't wear out between the thighs in under two years.
In my #foreversave for #TheSims4 Bob Pancakes died of overheating, haunted his house after Eliza moved out, completed the soul's journey, made Ambrosia, and became a fit master chef. Then Eliza called to try and rekindle their romance. The option I chose? Ghost her. 👻
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In my #foreversave for #TheSims4 Bob Pancakes died of overheating, haunted his house after Eliza moved out, completed the soul's journey, made Ambrosia, and became a fit master chef. Then Eliza called to try and rekindle their romance. The option I chose? Ghost her. 👻
My toddler watches me play Bob Pancakes this weekend in my #foreversave and now she's obsessed 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My toddler watches me play Bob Pancakes this weekend in my #foreversave and now she's obsessed 🤣
If scammers are buying $7 billion a year in ads then you have to know they are making way more money than that off of people on Facebook. Our government knows that the average civilian has no concept of how much money is a lot of money to these people.
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If scammers are buying $7 billion a year in ads then you have to know they are making way more money than that off of people on Facebook. Our government knows that the average civilian has no concept of how much money is a lot of money to these people.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I know we all moved on from the hug days ago but it just occurred to me that the man is a charisma vacuum. She's trying to become first lady.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I know we all moved on from the hug days ago but it just occurred to me that the man is a charisma vacuum. She's trying to become first lady.