KD Smith
@kd-smith.bsky.social
I love animals, knitting, gardening, clean air, chick peas, photography and tractors.
Ancient feminist. She/Her.
Was once a cat, or maybe a mouse?
Instablock Covid-deniers and bigots.
Capybaras forever!
https://campsite.bio/wild_strawberry
Ancient feminist. She/Her.
Was once a cat, or maybe a mouse?
Instablock Covid-deniers and bigots.
Capybaras forever!
https://campsite.bio/wild_strawberry
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The guy is a Techno-Optimist™️
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The guy is a Techno-Optimist™️
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many people saw what was coming when the Christian right started redefining discrimination as “religious freedom” and now here it is deployed (at best) to defend a failure to do the assignment and (at worst?) as workplace discipline, for existing in a manner unacceptable to Christian nationalists
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
many people saw what was coming when the Christian right started redefining discrimination as “religious freedom” and now here it is deployed (at best) to defend a failure to do the assignment and (at worst?) as workplace discipline, for existing in a manner unacceptable to Christian nationalists
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How does a wolf start his gravy?
A roux
A roux
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
How does a wolf start his gravy?
A roux
A roux
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
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while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
That MSPs are now openly saying stuff like this is chilling. "Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland"? LGBTYS didn't need to be in my schools for me to be gay, but they sure as hell would have helped me avoid 9 years of fear and self-loathing if they had been. Despicable stuff.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
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I said I was bookmarking this, and for good reason.
Her recognition comes as the Trump administration brands Nicolás Maduro illegitimate and reports point to possible U.S. regime-change action amid a near-total collapse of diplomatic outreach.
The West is setting the stage, for military intervention into Venezuela 3/3
The West is setting the stage, for military intervention into Venezuela 3/3
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I said I was bookmarking this, and for good reason.
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Suppose we'd better all donate more period products to the foodbank now that a charity that donated them to those who couldn't afford it has closed - an event *checks notes* celebrated by the lobby groups that every aspect of the UK press wants you to know is better at feminism than the rest of us
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Suppose we'd better all donate more period products to the foodbank now that a charity that donated them to those who couldn't afford it has closed - an event *checks notes* celebrated by the lobby groups that every aspect of the UK press wants you to know is better at feminism than the rest of us
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Don’t chase your dreams. Humans are persistence hunters. Follow your dreams at a steady pace until they tire from exhaustion.
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Don’t chase your dreams. Humans are persistence hunters. Follow your dreams at a steady pace until they tire from exhaustion.
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This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Apologies for the missing ALT text in the earlier screenshots in the Grok thread. Here's a mini-thread with it added.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
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Love when Bluesky deletes my share of the day before the day is up 🫠
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Malak. Malak is 22 and was studying business administration before this. She is trying to take care of her family of 9 including her parents and siblings Beirut, 20, Samdana, 18, Malek, 18, Jannat, 16, Solange, 12, Basma, 10 and Kareem, 5
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Love when Bluesky deletes my share of the day before the day is up 🫠
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
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transphobes simultaneously believe that women regularly run out of period products in public places and clean their mooncups in sink but also that no women are ever too poor for period products
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
transphobes simultaneously believe that women regularly run out of period products in public places and clean their mooncups in sink but also that no women are ever too poor for period products
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NHS Sussex ICB Meeting — 13 Nov 2025
Parents asked for evidence of harm. None was given.
Parents ask ICB what “harms” justify accessing their children’s medical data without consent. They were told nothing. “Evidence of harm” is the reason for the investigation, yet no evidence was identified.
Parents asked for evidence of harm. None was given.
Parents ask ICB what “harms” justify accessing their children’s medical data without consent. They were told nothing. “Evidence of harm” is the reason for the investigation, yet no evidence was identified.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NHS Sussex ICB Meeting — 13 Nov 2025
Parents asked for evidence of harm. None was given.
Parents ask ICB what “harms” justify accessing their children’s medical data without consent. They were told nothing. “Evidence of harm” is the reason for the investigation, yet no evidence was identified.
Parents asked for evidence of harm. None was given.
Parents ask ICB what “harms” justify accessing their children’s medical data without consent. They were told nothing. “Evidence of harm” is the reason for the investigation, yet no evidence was identified.
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Kishwer Falkner's term as Chair of the EHRC, a term characterized by her willingness to use that vital guardian of the human rights of the vulnerable to wage war on trans people, ends today. THREAD
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kishwer Falkner's term as Chair of the EHRC, a term characterized by her willingness to use that vital guardian of the human rights of the vulnerable to wage war on trans people, ends today. THREAD
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Aint no southern pride thats running the NYT, Atlantic, or all of the UK govt. Ain't no excuse for what's there in the south, but also the south ain't running the machines of power.
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Aint no southern pride thats running the NYT, Atlantic, or all of the UK govt. Ain't no excuse for what's there in the south, but also the south ain't running the machines of power.
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Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
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November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Are you a transgender uni student currently studying in the UK? Take part in this survey forming part of the research looking at how the Supreme Court ruling might influence the experiences of transgender people studying in Higher Education. Email Samantha directly: S23006415@mail.glyndwr.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Are you a transgender uni student currently studying in the UK? Take part in this survey forming part of the research looking at how the Supreme Court ruling might influence the experiences of transgender people studying in Higher Education. Email Samantha directly: S23006415@mail.glyndwr.ac.uk
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I 💜 real art made by human beings.
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I 💜 real art made by human beings.
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I'm late to this powerful, detailed article, but it's well worth a read. What we're doing to these people is an atrocity. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm late to this powerful, detailed article, but it's well worth a read. What we're doing to these people is an atrocity. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Journalistic malpractice abounds.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Journalistic malpractice abounds.