Summer Smith/Ravensmith Reads She/They/He
@sdsmith80.bsky.social
Leftist horror fanatic trapped in a Mormon hellscape. I'm an avid reader, and review what I read. Send review requests to ravensmithreads@gmail.com
Black Lives Matter || Trans Rights are Human Rights || 🏳️🌈 ♿
Black Lives Matter || Trans Rights are Human Rights || 🏳️🌈 ♿
I am currently trying to put together first aid kits to hand out at the next Ty's Hope event. We're down to only 11 total items left in the last week! I got another $50 last night towards it as well!
Here's everything you need to know (excuse the crappy graphic, haha), both in light and dark theme
Here's everything you need to know (excuse the crappy graphic, haha), both in light and dark theme
September 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I am currently trying to put together first aid kits to hand out at the next Ty's Hope event. We're down to only 11 total items left in the last week! I got another $50 last night towards it as well!
Here's everything you need to know (excuse the crappy graphic, haha), both in light and dark theme
Here's everything you need to know (excuse the crappy graphic, haha), both in light and dark theme
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Please share and help my friend and her fur baby if you can! 💕💸 #KeepFolksAlive #MutualAidRequest #SickCat 😻
Kitty has an oral mass that requires surgery and it’s expensive AF
Kitty has an oral mass that requires surgery and it’s expensive AF
Eggs has an expensive ($6k) surgery coming up. If you're able, the "bills" list, food items, or says "crowfunding" on my wishlist all go to cash right now. it all goes to him.
he really needs to get this oral mass handled.
Anything at all helps.
Thank you 🖤
Link:
throne.com/mayawest
he really needs to get this oral mass handled.
Anything at all helps.
Thank you 🖤
Link:
throne.com/mayawest
September 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please share and help my friend and her fur baby if you can! 💕💸 #KeepFolksAlive #MutualAidRequest #SickCat 😻
Kitty has an oral mass that requires surgery and it’s expensive AF
Kitty has an oral mass that requires surgery and it’s expensive AF
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I spent my childhood constantly pissed off that the world - and especially humans - weren't like The Muppet Show. It seemed obvious how the world should work, and yet didn't.
It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I spent my childhood constantly pissed off that the world - and especially humans - weren't like The Muppet Show. It seemed obvious how the world should work, and yet didn't.
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Seeing a toilet is one of the classic clues you might be in the bathroom
July 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Seeing a toilet is one of the classic clues you might be in the bathroom
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Nine of the last remaining Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in the '40s share their testimonies at Long Lead's latest feature, THE AGE OF INCARCERATION.
Read it now: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
Read it now: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot
During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.
age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nine of the last remaining Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in the '40s share their testimonies at Long Lead's latest feature, THE AGE OF INCARCERATION.
Read it now: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
Read it now: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
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In April, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans from the United States.
It's the same act that President Roosevelt called upon to unjustly incarcerate more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during WWII — an act that was ultimately found to be unnecessary and unjust.
It's the same act that President Roosevelt called upon to unjustly incarcerate more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during WWII — an act that was ultimately found to be unnecessary and unjust.
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In April, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans from the United States.
It's the same act that President Roosevelt called upon to unjustly incarcerate more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during WWII — an act that was ultimately found to be unnecessary and unjust.
It's the same act that President Roosevelt called upon to unjustly incarcerate more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during WWII — an act that was ultimately found to be unnecessary and unjust.
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That tracks.
Executive Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About Why CEOs Are Really 'Excited' About AI
Yep, that tracks.
www.comicsands.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
That tracks.
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I feel like our country was on its way to UBI in the 1960s. Then the Bluedogs’ racism and insurance companies’ greed took over and stopped Medicare For All and we got Reagan who canceled public housing, restricted welfare with new requirements.
March 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I feel like our country was on its way to UBI in the 1960s. Then the Bluedogs’ racism and insurance companies’ greed took over and stopped Medicare For All and we got Reagan who canceled public housing, restricted welfare with new requirements.
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We would have a healthier population - less mental health problems,no more hunger or homeless ppl. What ppl who oppose this don't understand is that with UBI our country would thrive , when ppl feel stability they contribute to our economy.
February 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We would have a healthier population - less mental health problems,no more hunger or homeless ppl. What ppl who oppose this don't understand is that with UBI our country would thrive , when ppl feel stability they contribute to our economy.
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There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Here's a UBI starter pack too:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
And here's a UBI 101 link:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Here's a UBI starter pack too:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
And here's a UBI 101 link:
An Introduction to Unconditional Basic Income For All
Why UBI is necessary now and how to get it done
www.scottsantens.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Here's a UBI starter pack too:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
And here's a UBI 101 link:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Here's a UBI starter pack too:
bsky.app/profile/scot...
And here's a UBI 101 link:
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No Congressperson should be allowed to make a cent more than what they earn from their paycheck.
This should be a fucking simple rule.
This should be a fucking simple rule.
During debate on a congressional stock trading ban introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. Ron Johnson, one of the richest members of Congress worth an estimated $55 million, said the bill would “make it very unattractive for people to step up to the plate and run for office.”
Ron Johnson, Worth $40M, Says Stock Trading Ban Would Make It “Unattractive” to Be in Congress
Sen. Ron Johnson is one of the richest members of Congress, with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No Congressperson should be allowed to make a cent more than what they earn from their paycheck.
This should be a fucking simple rule.
This should be a fucking simple rule.
If anyone in Northern Utah (Salt Lake area) needs an escort, let me know.
Communities need to band together to escort their neighbors to immigration hearings. It is helpful if some of them are in uniform from local police to National Guard.
We do not know who these faceless supposedly ICE agents are; no IDs, no warrants; no due process.
#SayNo2ICE they are kidnappers.
We do not know who these faceless supposedly ICE agents are; no IDs, no warrants; no due process.
#SayNo2ICE they are kidnappers.
We need people (Guardsmen, Armed Forces, Off-Duty cops) to escort people their hearings, kind of like dudes who escort female students to their cars at college campuses so they don’t get abducted.
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If anyone in Northern Utah (Salt Lake area) needs an escort, let me know.
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A federal appeals court just told Trump he can keep the fucking National Guard in California. We don’t fucking need the National Guard here. There’s nothing going on. All this means is that California is still under attack by a rogue president.
June 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A federal appeals court just told Trump he can keep the fucking National Guard in California. We don’t fucking need the National Guard here. There’s nothing going on. All this means is that California is still under attack by a rogue president.
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Things are getting real dangerous. Bad precedent.
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles www.yahoo.com/news/appeals...
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles www.yahoo.com/news/appeals...
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles
An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids. The decision halts a ruling ...
www.yahoo.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Things are getting real dangerous. Bad precedent.
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles www.yahoo.com/news/appeals...
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles www.yahoo.com/news/appeals...
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BREAKING: 9th Circuit Appeals Court allows Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to LA.
Memo to Nat’l Guard: “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense to violating human rights.
Call 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance on how to disobey illegal orders.
Memo to Nat’l Guard: “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense to violating human rights.
Call 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance on how to disobey illegal orders.
June 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
BREAKING: 9th Circuit Appeals Court allows Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to LA.
Memo to Nat’l Guard: “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense to violating human rights.
Call 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance on how to disobey illegal orders.
Memo to Nat’l Guard: “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense to violating human rights.
Call 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance on how to disobey illegal orders.
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The Appeals Court stripped Californians of their National Guard. Those units are now under the command of a demented sociopath determined to wreak havoc on our state.
Four thousand US military are in position on city streets?
Is the picture clear yet?
#FascismHasArrived
Four thousand US military are in position on city streets?
Is the picture clear yet?
#FascismHasArrived
June 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Appeals Court stripped Californians of their National Guard. Those units are now under the command of a demented sociopath determined to wreak havoc on our state.
Four thousand US military are in position on city streets?
Is the picture clear yet?
#FascismHasArrived
Four thousand US military are in position on city streets?
Is the picture clear yet?
#FascismHasArrived
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Fifty years ago today one film rose from the sea like no other. Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975) didn't just change movies and American cinema. It changed the face, content and timings of popular culture itself...
youtu.be/Y2iiUZ-wpSo
#Jaws50 #Jaws #StevenSpielberg
youtu.be/Y2iiUZ-wpSo
#Jaws50 #Jaws #StevenSpielberg
WATCHING AMITY - A JAWS Road Trip
YouTube video by Watching Skies - Star Wars, Spielberg and Us
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Fifty years ago today one film rose from the sea like no other. Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975) didn't just change movies and American cinema. It changed the face, content and timings of popular culture itself...
youtu.be/Y2iiUZ-wpSo
#Jaws50 #Jaws #StevenSpielberg
youtu.be/Y2iiUZ-wpSo
#Jaws50 #Jaws #StevenSpielberg
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Btw this bundle includes When You Fell from Heaven by
@badambulist.bsky.social, whose Dorley books were fucked over by the publisher Unbound/Boundless, through absolutely no fault of Alyson's own. So this will go toward helping her make up for the missing royalties from Unbound as well!
@badambulist.bsky.social, whose Dorley books were fucked over by the publisher Unbound/Boundless, through absolutely no fault of Alyson's own. So this will go toward helping her make up for the missing royalties from Unbound as well!
June 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Btw this bundle includes When You Fell from Heaven by
@badambulist.bsky.social, whose Dorley books were fucked over by the publisher Unbound/Boundless, through absolutely no fault of Alyson's own. So this will go toward helping her make up for the missing royalties from Unbound as well!
@badambulist.bsky.social, whose Dorley books were fucked over by the publisher Unbound/Boundless, through absolutely no fault of Alyson's own. So this will go toward helping her make up for the missing royalties from Unbound as well!
😔
June 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
😔
Evidently there's another study on the effects of Gen AI use on the brain. This is the PDF, and I believe it's still in progress.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
dl.acm.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Evidently there's another study on the effects of Gen AI use on the brain. This is the PDF, and I believe it's still in progress.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Evidently he posted here as well!
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Evidently he posted here as well!