Martha Smith
@mostlymartha.bsky.social
More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her
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Martha Smith
@mostlymartha.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Somebody needs to invite me to a fancy party. Getting dressed up might temporarily bolster my will to live.
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All lizards can become Godzilla given enough time/radiation
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
All lizards can become Godzilla given enough time/radiation
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I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
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social vandalism is an important concept for a moment packed with it
I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
social vandalism is an important concept for a moment packed with it
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"I was pondering the 5 best actors to not be nominated for a Oscar who should be."
"funny bc I was pondering (French resistance techniques that would work now, how to implement them & get away with it, a thing that will definitely get me on a list). So, ya know, basically the same thing."
"funny bc I was pondering (French resistance techniques that would work now, how to implement them & get away with it, a thing that will definitely get me on a list). So, ya know, basically the same thing."
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"I was pondering the 5 best actors to not be nominated for a Oscar who should be."
"funny bc I was pondering (French resistance techniques that would work now, how to implement them & get away with it, a thing that will definitely get me on a list). So, ya know, basically the same thing."
"funny bc I was pondering (French resistance techniques that would work now, how to implement them & get away with it, a thing that will definitely get me on a list). So, ya know, basically the same thing."
I DID THE PAPERWORK!!
The appointment isn't for 16 hours. I basically turned it in early.
The appointment isn't for 16 hours. I basically turned it in early.
Guess who forgot to fill out her ADHD paperwork.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I DID THE PAPERWORK!!
The appointment isn't for 16 hours. I basically turned it in early.
The appointment isn't for 16 hours. I basically turned it in early.
Tiktok is giving cats exactly one shrimp www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DqMVQd/
I heard we’re giving our cats exactly one scrimp 🦐 #cat #catsoftiktok #trending #shrimp #edit
TikTok video by 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝒶⁀➴ ♡
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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Tiktok is giving cats exactly one shrimp www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DqMVQd/
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If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
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Hear hear! My coworkers and I did a shift at our local food bank today. We processed 4 tons of food that will go to Oregonians all across the state, made some new friends, and really enjoyed the camaraderie of working with a team on a shared goal (racing to finish packing a pallet of apples!).
If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Hear hear! My coworkers and I did a shift at our local food bank today. We processed 4 tons of food that will go to Oregonians all across the state, made some new friends, and really enjoyed the camaraderie of working with a team on a shared goal (racing to finish packing a pallet of apples!).
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
Guess who forgot to fill out her ADHD paperwork.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Guess who forgot to fill out her ADHD paperwork.
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You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
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One of the worst things about the Sydney Sweeney backlash is that Christy Martin is an extremely interesting athlete with a depressing backstory who deserves more due than this
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
One of the worst things about the Sydney Sweeney backlash is that Christy Martin is an extremely interesting athlete with a depressing backstory who deserves more due than this
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One result of AI ruining everything is a knee-jerk 'get computers out of classrooms' which really sucks for some disabled kids who have really benefited from access to tech. This is a really frustrating game of whack-a-mole.
His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?
A Chrome browser tool features a movable bubble that provides information without typing a prompt, spurring a rise in AI cheating on tests.
calmatters.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One result of AI ruining everything is a knee-jerk 'get computers out of classrooms' which really sucks for some disabled kids who have really benefited from access to tech. This is a really frustrating game of whack-a-mole.
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Tomorrow!
Happy Endings returns with "EAT EAT EAT"
Five local cooks and kinksters will read brand new writing about food, family recipes, table scapes, eating in, and being eaten out.
Make Out Room, 7-9:30
No tickets needed, diva!
www.instagram.com/p/DQpElc1kcvM/
Happy Endings returns with "EAT EAT EAT"
Five local cooks and kinksters will read brand new writing about food, family recipes, table scapes, eating in, and being eaten out.
Make Out Room, 7-9:30
No tickets needed, diva!
www.instagram.com/p/DQpElc1kcvM/
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happyendings.showTuesday, November 11th!Happy Endings: EAT EAT EATFive local writers, poets, and comedians delivering delicious work.☀️As the temperatures and darkness fall, the need for soup, sweets, and indoor snogging increases. We’re cooking too much and putting away leftovers. Eating in, eating out, and being eaten out. It’s November Happy Endings and we’re staying through dessert!🍽️Featuring:@hpmendoza @gschlichte@fuckyeahlaurenparker @bringonthelucie @michealfoulk 🍲November 11th7:30-9Make Out Room$10-15, NOTAFLOFView all comments
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November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Tomorrow!
Happy Endings returns with "EAT EAT EAT"
Five local cooks and kinksters will read brand new writing about food, family recipes, table scapes, eating in, and being eaten out.
Make Out Room, 7-9:30
No tickets needed, diva!
www.instagram.com/p/DQpElc1kcvM/
Happy Endings returns with "EAT EAT EAT"
Five local cooks and kinksters will read brand new writing about food, family recipes, table scapes, eating in, and being eaten out.
Make Out Room, 7-9:30
No tickets needed, diva!
www.instagram.com/p/DQpElc1kcvM/
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Which says so much about how racists center themselves. I'm not interested in shaming you; I just want you to stop oppressing people. If talking about race makes you feel ashamed, that's on you.
The whole point is to make it seem as if any talk of race/gender is designed to shame white people
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Which says so much about how racists center themselves. I'm not interested in shaming you; I just want you to stop oppressing people. If talking about race makes you feel ashamed, that's on you.
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A politics without shame can win elections. But it can’t build a country worth living in, writes @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
The Moral Lesson Buried in Last Week’s ‘Blue Wave’
America should feel shame again.
sojo.net
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A politics without shame can win elections. But it can’t build a country worth living in, writes @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
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i wrote about shame, its role in our civic life, and why we need to make america ashamed again.
A politics without shame can win elections. But it can’t build a country worth living in, writes @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
The Moral Lesson Buried in Last Week’s ‘Blue Wave’
America should feel shame again.
sojo.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i wrote about shame, its role in our civic life, and why we need to make america ashamed again.
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Good thing we caved!
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Good thing we caved!
I wish you could all experience @jaybeans.bsky.social's reaction to this
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I wish you could all experience @jaybeans.bsky.social's reaction to this
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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BTW, every week I publish a newsletter about movie mysteries called #SilverScreenSleuths, but I'm thinking of tossing in some book recommendations at the end of each newsletter. Do you have a mystery series you'd love to have spotlighted? Link me a non-Amazon link:
msemilyedwards.com/blog
msemilyedwards.com/blog
Ms Emily Edwards
Mystery Author
msemilyedwards.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
BTW, every week I publish a newsletter about movie mysteries called #SilverScreenSleuths, but I'm thinking of tossing in some book recommendations at the end of each newsletter. Do you have a mystery series you'd love to have spotlighted? Link me a non-Amazon link:
msemilyedwards.com/blog
msemilyedwards.com/blog
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
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So, on the one hand, the last 5-6 years of low/no licensed “hemp” industry have been a mess, and lost of bullshit has accrued with minimal oversight.
On the other hand, given all this: I think we have a good case for “how bad can uncontrolled weed get?” and…not that bad!
On the other hand, given all this: I think we have a good case for “how bad can uncontrolled weed get?” and…not that bad!
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So, on the one hand, the last 5-6 years of low/no licensed “hemp” industry have been a mess, and lost of bullshit has accrued with minimal oversight.
On the other hand, given all this: I think we have a good case for “how bad can uncontrolled weed get?” and…not that bad!
On the other hand, given all this: I think we have a good case for “how bad can uncontrolled weed get?” and…not that bad!