Kenley Smith
@kenleysmith.bsky.social
Playwright. Co-founder, Tennessee Playwrights Studio (tnplaywrights.bsky.social / tnplaywrights.org). Pawleys Island, SC. WV bred. More stuff at kenleysmith.com. #covidconscious
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Gee, it couldn't have had anything to do with mental health, right? Only white shooters that didn't grow up in a warzone get the privilege of having PTSD
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gee, it couldn't have had anything to do with mental health, right? Only white shooters that didn't grow up in a warzone get the privilege of having PTSD
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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The US system has thoroughly demonstrated to Europe that we can produce prominent families full of imbeciles WITHOUT relying on centuries of inbreeding.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The US system has thoroughly demonstrated to Europe that we can produce prominent families full of imbeciles WITHOUT relying on centuries of inbreeding.
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The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
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Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has issued a warning about license plate tampering and has launched a reporting hotline to address the issue.
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has issued a warning about license plate tampering and has launched a reporting hotline to address the issue.
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If scientists ran the same experiment as many times as Dem campaign strategists have tried the experiment of throwing progressives under the bus to pander to the right and failed, they'd accept it as irrefutable proof that their theory is flawed and adjust accordingly.
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If scientists ran the same experiment as many times as Dem campaign strategists have tried the experiment of throwing progressives under the bus to pander to the right and failed, they'd accept it as irrefutable proof that their theory is flawed and adjust accordingly.
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The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
Everyone in this country believes they would’ve sheltered people from the Nazis in WWII. It’s so easy to pick out the pieces of shit who would’ve immediately winked and pointed toward the attic.
Some academics and administrators are brave in the face of fascism.
Some are not.
Some are complicit.
Some are apologists.
It's not that hard to tell them apart.
Some are not.
Some are complicit.
Some are apologists.
It's not that hard to tell them apart.
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Everyone in this country believes they would’ve sheltered people from the Nazis in WWII. It’s so easy to pick out the pieces of shit who would’ve immediately winked and pointed toward the attic.
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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell
October 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell
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Where does someone get radicalized to the point where they shoot up the CDC bc they think the COVID shot is harmful?
Online.
We don’t know what content the August 8 shooter was absorbing, specifically.
But we do know the folks scaremongering about mRNA shots and the CDC. Several work in HHS.
Online.
We don’t know what content the August 8 shooter was absorbing, specifically.
But we do know the folks scaremongering about mRNA shots and the CDC. Several work in HHS.
Trump Public Health Officials Attacked mRNA Vaccines, CDC For Years Before August 8 Shooting
The violence has put misinformation spreaders under the microscope. Many are working inside HHS.
www.importantcontext.news
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Where does someone get radicalized to the point where they shoot up the CDC bc they think the COVID shot is harmful?
Online.
We don’t know what content the August 8 shooter was absorbing, specifically.
But we do know the folks scaremongering about mRNA shots and the CDC. Several work in HHS.
Online.
We don’t know what content the August 8 shooter was absorbing, specifically.
But we do know the folks scaremongering about mRNA shots and the CDC. Several work in HHS.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: If Charlie Kirk wasn’t a right-wing extremist, right-wing extremist groups wouldn’t be marching to honor him.
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: If Charlie Kirk wasn’t a right-wing extremist, right-wing extremist groups wouldn’t be marching to honor him.
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They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.
But they want us to think they do.
But they want us to think they do.
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.
But they want us to think they do.
But they want us to think they do.
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I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.
Someone, plz ask him.
Someone, plz ask him.
September 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.
Someone, plz ask him.
Someone, plz ask him.
This guy — www.apsu.edu/president/in... — is too cowardly to take on the country’s most feckless senator and too dense to recognize a mob of MAGA squealers for what it is. Abysmal leadership that serves only the worst of us. A good man is out of a job because of this.
September 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This guy — www.apsu.edu/president/in... — is too cowardly to take on the country’s most feckless senator and too dense to recognize a mob of MAGA squealers for what it is. Abysmal leadership that serves only the worst of us. A good man is out of a job because of this.
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I want the folks who support, adulate, & agree with Charlie Kirk's history of hate to wear the "I am Charlie Kirk" shirts.
Wear them publicly. Show us all—no subtlety or dog whistles.
You are the man who said Black people were better off as slaves and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake.
Got it.
Wear them publicly. Show us all—no subtlety or dog whistles.
You are the man who said Black people were better off as slaves and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake.
Got it.
September 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I want the folks who support, adulate, & agree with Charlie Kirk's history of hate to wear the "I am Charlie Kirk" shirts.
Wear them publicly. Show us all—no subtlety or dog whistles.
You are the man who said Black people were better off as slaves and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake.
Got it.
Wear them publicly. Show us all—no subtlety or dog whistles.
You are the man who said Black people were better off as slaves and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake.
Got it.
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What happened to Charlie Kirk is an opportunity for every politician and reporter who’ve never read a single book on how fascism actually looks across history to reflect on the fact that no matter how much you toe the line, no matter how much you push their talking points, you’re not safe.
September 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What happened to Charlie Kirk is an opportunity for every politician and reporter who’ve never read a single book on how fascism actually looks across history to reflect on the fact that no matter how much you toe the line, no matter how much you push their talking points, you’re not safe.
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In summary:
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
September 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In summary:
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk.
It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for.
Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.