Jennie Erin Smith
@jennieerinsmith.bsky.social
Write about science and people, now for @science.org. Corazón colombiano. My book, VALLEY OF FORGETTING, is on sale from @riverheadbooks.
Look who they picked up in my town yesterday and what people had to say about him
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Look who they picked up in my town yesterday and what people had to say about him
This is the type of person being picked up by my local collaborating sheriff’s dept - it all goes unnoticed except by followers of a mugshots page, a lot of them racists who come on to laugh. Nobody protests, nobody records. It just quietly happens.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is the type of person being picked up by my local collaborating sheriff’s dept - it all goes unnoticed except by followers of a mugshots page, a lot of them racists who come on to laugh. Nobody protests, nobody records. It just quietly happens.
Every single day my county sheriff’s dept unlawfully jails immigrants
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Every single day my county sheriff’s dept unlawfully jails immigrants
Languages are a bitch.
October 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Languages are a bitch.
No more NIH brain bank because reasons?
This language is chilling.
This language is chilling.
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No more NIH brain bank because reasons?
This language is chilling.
This language is chilling.
Florida wants us to stockpile more guns at taxpayer expense again
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Florida wants us to stockpile more guns at taxpayer expense again
I called him "a Spaniard with a detective’s instincts and unflappable Christ-like demeanor," based on Galan's description, but never met him. I did once visit the heartbreaking display of his slain colleagues' effects at UCA, a common pilgrimage spot for Christians and human rights workers.
September 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I called him "a Spaniard with a detective’s instincts and unflappable Christ-like demeanor," based on Galan's description, but never met him. I did once visit the heartbreaking display of his slain colleagues' effects at UCA, a common pilgrimage spot for Christians and human rights workers.
From local reporter friend — migrant stopped at gunpoint. Every day they’re pulling people over in my Florida county, booking them on the same offense (invalid license) and turning them in to ICE. It’s like factory
September 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
From local reporter friend — migrant stopped at gunpoint. Every day they’re pulling people over in my Florida county, booking them on the same offense (invalid license) and turning them in to ICE. It’s like factory
All day long in FL they round people up for not having licenses or having licenses deemed invalid in FL - because our Grand Wizard of a governor declared outside licenses invalid (for migrants) in 2023. They get them on roadways and turn them in to ICE. How this is not racial profiling is beyond me
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
All day long in FL they round people up for not having licenses or having licenses deemed invalid in FL - because our Grand Wizard of a governor declared outside licenses invalid (for migrants) in 2023. They get them on roadways and turn them in to ICE. How this is not racial profiling is beyond me
Beautiful morning in the sunshine state as always
August 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Beautiful morning in the sunshine state as always
The weekly postcard from Florida by @jasongarcia.bsky.social manages to be chilling as hell without even mentioning Alligator Alcatraz. He's always careful and he doesn't exaggerate. So yeah, we are doomed.
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The weekly postcard from Florida by @jasongarcia.bsky.social manages to be chilling as hell without even mentioning Alligator Alcatraz. He's always careful and he doesn't exaggerate. So yeah, we are doomed.
Orwell said it best
August 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Orwell said it best
Can you imagine being a fan of a detention center
August 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Can you imagine being a fan of a detention center
I'm just a good ol' Floridian not too keen on how my state is embracing fascism, oh look, the A-C-L-U! I've heard of them. Where do I sign up? Uh, I -- never mind.
August 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm just a good ol' Floridian not too keen on how my state is embracing fascism, oh look, the A-C-L-U! I've heard of them. Where do I sign up? Uh, I -- never mind.
So on the WESH news Facebook page the other day people were cheering on the alligator Auschwitz and calling for .. chimneys. Using their real names. Read to end. And there was a lot more where that came from. Central Florida is insane
July 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So on the WESH news Facebook page the other day people were cheering on the alligator Auschwitz and calling for .. chimneys. Using their real names. Read to end. And there was a lot more where that came from. Central Florida is insane
Look at this shit — my local news’s FB page. Hundreds of comments as bad, read to the bottom about chimneys
July 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Look at this shit — my local news’s FB page. Hundreds of comments as bad, read to the bottom about chimneys
Spent the morning at an indigenous market in Silvia, Colombia. The Misak community there has done amazing things to recover, develop and promote traditional medicines. You know what else they do? They get vaccinated against communicable diseases. So what is anyone else’s excuse
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Spent the morning at an indigenous market in Silvia, Colombia. The Misak community there has done amazing things to recover, develop and promote traditional medicines. You know what else they do? They get vaccinated against communicable diseases. So what is anyone else’s excuse
I just met a 10 year old playing boogie woogie on the street for money
June 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I just met a 10 year old playing boogie woogie on the street for money
If ayn rand was right why are you driving that thing
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If ayn rand was right why are you driving that thing
This was my protest sign from February. Why did it take media so long to say it
May 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This was my protest sign from February. Why did it take media so long to say it
It is quite something to see Russell Brand become a D lister even for Florida
May 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It is quite something to see Russell Brand become a D lister even for Florida
Truly amazing how many people believe “illegals” have “no rights”
May 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Truly amazing how many people believe “illegals” have “no rights”
May 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM