Jeannette Smyth 🌻
@jeannettesmyth.bsky.social
The truth is mighty, and it shall prevail.
"Not the moment we might have chosen, but the one we were made for."
-- possibly G.K. Chesterton
"Not the moment we might have chosen, but the one we were made for."
-- possibly G.K. Chesterton
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sic semper CBS goons, obeying long in advance.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sic semper CBS goons, obeying long in advance.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Sophie, these are the ones you want. Accept no other. They used to have rhinestone buckles, maybe they still do. Suede soles so you can both slide and grip doing your glissades. Rock on!
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October 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sophie, these are the ones you want. Accept no other. They used to have rhinestone buckles, maybe they still do. Suede soles so you can both slide and grip doing your glissades. Rock on!
www.capezio.com/products/pao...
www.capezio.com/products/pao...
I'm with you. This kind of cynicism is for amateurs. It's puerile too. In the words of the plaque at the National Justice and Peace Memorial, with courage, because peace requires bravery; with hope, because hopelessness is the enemy of justice.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm with you. This kind of cynicism is for amateurs. It's puerile too. In the words of the plaque at the National Justice and Peace Memorial, with courage, because peace requires bravery; with hope, because hopelessness is the enemy of justice.
archive.ph/yAN1r
archive.ph/yAN1r
After some thought, I think "Confident Strivers" is a dog whistle to white boys.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Lee Atwater defined right wing dog whistling for the ages. Prof Jennifer Saul led her paper/subsequent book, with the Atwater quote.
social-epistemology.com/2025/07/14/d...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Lee Atwater defined right wing dog whistling for the ages. Prof Jennifer Saul led her paper/subsequent book, with the Atwater quote.
social-epistemology.com/2025/07/14/d...
July 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
After some thought, I think "Confident Strivers" is a dog whistle to white boys.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Lee Atwater defined right wing dog whistling for the ages. Prof Jennifer Saul led her paper/subsequent book, with the Atwater quote.
social-epistemology.com/2025/07/14/d...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Lee Atwater defined right wing dog whistling for the ages. Prof Jennifer Saul led her paper/subsequent book, with the Atwater quote.
social-epistemology.com/2025/07/14/d...
The USIP, gutted by DOGE, begs to differ. 20 permanent and successful peace and reconciliation processes over the past 40 or so years have points in common, they reported, in 2023, some of which could be called deprogramming. It starts with listening.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The USIP, gutted by DOGE, begs to differ. 20 permanent and successful peace and reconciliation processes over the past 40 or so years have points in common, they reported, in 2023, some of which could be called deprogramming. It starts with listening.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
R pol op Lee Atwater might argue "deficit hawk" is the latest euphemism for racism.
Notorious 1981 intvu has him saying it started out w/ N-word. Morphed to forced busing. Etc. Rhetoric scholar J. Saul ledes her book on dogwhistles with that anecdote.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Notorious 1981 intvu has him saying it started out w/ N-word. Morphed to forced busing. Etc. Rhetoric scholar J. Saul ledes her book on dogwhistles with that anecdote.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
June 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
R pol op Lee Atwater might argue "deficit hawk" is the latest euphemism for racism.
Notorious 1981 intvu has him saying it started out w/ N-word. Morphed to forced busing. Etc. Rhetoric scholar J. Saul ledes her book on dogwhistles with that anecdote.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Notorious 1981 intvu has him saying it started out w/ N-word. Morphed to forced busing. Etc. Rhetoric scholar J. Saul ledes her book on dogwhistles with that anecdote.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Calling people vermin is #4 of the 10 stages of genocide.
www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages
www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages
June 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Calling people vermin is #4 of the 10 stages of genocide.
www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages
www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages
Thank you both for all you do on behalf of all of us, documented and un-. We're all behind you. Let us know if you need anything.
June 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thank you both for all you do on behalf of all of us, documented and un-. We're all behind you. Let us know if you need anything.
#TACO pauses immigration raids (as he has pulled back on China tariffs) on agriculture, hotel and restaurant businesses. NYT asserts it may be because he fears offending the farmers.
NYT, no paywall.
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NYT, no paywall.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#TACO pauses immigration raids (as he has pulled back on China tariffs) on agriculture, hotel and restaurant businesses. NYT asserts it may be because he fears offending the farmers.
NYT, no paywall.
archive.ph/t6zNE
NYT, no paywall.
archive.ph/t6zNE
Yes, thank you. Good thoughtful piece. Umberto Eco's classic essay Ur-Fascism touches on its erotic imperatives and will to power:
archive.ph/UwWsN
Sontag discusses pornish airbrush effect in Fascinating Fascism:
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archive.ph/UwWsN
Sontag discusses pornish airbrush effect in Fascinating Fascism:
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June 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Yes, thank you. Good thoughtful piece. Umberto Eco's classic essay Ur-Fascism touches on its erotic imperatives and will to power:
archive.ph/UwWsN
Sontag discusses pornish airbrush effect in Fascinating Fascism:
archive.ph/72jqK
archive.ph/UwWsN
Sontag discusses pornish airbrush effect in Fascinating Fascism:
archive.ph/72jqK
Thank you for all you do on behalf of all of us.
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thank you for all you do on behalf of all of us.
June 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
rellano says, stop playing LA. Become a political prisoner, house an undocumented family or join a rapid response to ICE raids group. Effective political resistance only, please.
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archive.ph/kL1UB
June 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
rellano says, stop playing LA. Become a political prisoner, house an undocumented family or join a rapid response to ICE raids group. Effective political resistance only, please.
archive.ph/kL1UB
archive.ph/kL1UB
#ICEProtests
National Guard members called upon to police US borders are increasingly calling the GI Rights Hotline for help.
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National Guard members called upon to police US borders are increasingly calling the GI Rights Hotline for help.
girightshotline.org/en/military-...
June 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
#ICEProtests
National Guard members called upon to police US borders are increasingly calling the GI Rights Hotline for help.
girightshotline.org/en/military-...
National Guard members called upon to police US borders are increasingly calling the GI Rights Hotline for help.
girightshotline.org/en/military-...
#ICEProtests
LAPD chief Jim McDonnell and Los Angeles Civic Alliance, voices of the establishment, condemn Trump's deployment of troops to LA. Will #TACO back down?
NYT, no paywall.
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LAPD chief Jim McDonnell and Los Angeles Civic Alliance, voices of the establishment, condemn Trump's deployment of troops to LA. Will #TACO back down?
NYT, no paywall.
archive.ph/JYVK9
June 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#ICEProtests
LAPD chief Jim McDonnell and Los Angeles Civic Alliance, voices of the establishment, condemn Trump's deployment of troops to LA. Will #TACO back down?
NYT, no paywall.
archive.ph/JYVK9
LAPD chief Jim McDonnell and Los Angeles Civic Alliance, voices of the establishment, condemn Trump's deployment of troops to LA. Will #TACO back down?
NYT, no paywall.
archive.ph/JYVK9
There's maneuvering featuring Obama, big donors of whom pollsters feature large, a whole system of picking legacy candidates. Biden and his lackeys got to call shots way too long. I think Podhorzer is right to say big money controls both parties. They'll never offer a ppls' cnddte.
archive.ph/bxy5W
archive.ph/bxy5W
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There's maneuvering featuring Obama, big donors of whom pollsters feature large, a whole system of picking legacy candidates. Biden and his lackeys got to call shots way too long. I think Podhorzer is right to say big money controls both parties. They'll never offer a ppls' cnddte.
archive.ph/bxy5W
archive.ph/bxy5W
Our president has 💩 for brains.
#TrumpsTariffs
No paywall, power to the people.
FT: China reports bumper April exports ahead of crucial trade talks
archive.ph/bymko
#TrumpsTariffs
No paywall, power to the people.
FT: China reports bumper April exports ahead of crucial trade talks
archive.ph/bymko
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Our president has 💩 for brains.
#TrumpsTariffs
No paywall, power to the people.
FT: China reports bumper April exports ahead of crucial trade talks
archive.ph/bymko
#TrumpsTariffs
No paywall, power to the people.
FT: China reports bumper April exports ahead of crucial trade talks
archive.ph/bymko
April 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Brief review of Marinovich/Silva's Bang Bang Club, wh covers notorious case of the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a starving African child eyed by a nearby vulture.
joedape.com/the_bang_ban...
From the Wiki quoting the phil Susan Sontag's famous ethics response:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vul...
joedape.com/the_bang_ban...
From the Wiki quoting the phil Susan Sontag's famous ethics response:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vul...
April 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Brief review of Marinovich/Silva's Bang Bang Club, wh covers notorious case of the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a starving African child eyed by a nearby vulture.
joedape.com/the_bang_ban...
From the Wiki quoting the phil Susan Sontag's famous ethics response:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vul...
joedape.com/the_bang_ban...
From the Wiki quoting the phil Susan Sontag's famous ethics response:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vul...
April 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Not asking for soft focus. Asking for more humane rescues. Eldad has rescued many dangerous dogs gently.
Surtitles on this latest video, the best writer about extremity I know, Des Pres, advises effective communication is not too much more than just the facts.
archive.org/details/bwb_...
Surtitles on this latest video, the best writer about extremity I know, Des Pres, advises effective communication is not too much more than just the facts.
archive.org/details/bwb_...
April 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Not asking for soft focus. Asking for more humane rescues. Eldad has rescued many dangerous dogs gently.
Surtitles on this latest video, the best writer about extremity I know, Des Pres, advises effective communication is not too much more than just the facts.
archive.org/details/bwb_...
Surtitles on this latest video, the best writer about extremity I know, Des Pres, advises effective communication is not too much more than just the facts.
archive.org/details/bwb_...
The NYT doesn't care about the sabotage to its cred in the #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbregoGarcia case that all stories are interlayered by thrice-stupid ads for sunglasses I already bought. The mix of clueless AI algo hustle and news is devastating. nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
April 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The NYT doesn't care about the sabotage to its cred in the #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbregoGarcia case that all stories are interlayered by thrice-stupid ads for sunglasses I already bought. The mix of clueless AI algo hustle and news is devastating. nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...