Sharon Smith
@smithingchick.bsky.social
Metalsmith, Artist, Bookbinder, Chaos Magnet
Proud Dogmom to Raven, the Black German Shepherd.
Easily distracted by wombats.
Proud Dogmom to Raven, the Black German Shepherd.
Easily distracted by wombats.
I have no words to express my level of disgust & heartbreak.
Elon Musk called USAID a terrorist organization
He wielded a chainsaw as he bragged about DOGE “feeding [it] into the wood chipper”
MAGA cheered
Now 400,000 children are dead
Their demise is Musk’s legacy
NEVER let him forget it
He wielded a chainsaw as he bragged about DOGE “feeding [it] into the wood chipper”
MAGA cheered
Now 400,000 children are dead
Their demise is Musk’s legacy
NEVER let him forget it
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have no words to express my level of disgust & heartbreak.
This is just so incredibly appalling.
This is the cruelty of abortion bans on full display. This is not “pro-woman,” “pro-life,” or “pro-family,” this is inhumanity.
Adriana Smith, we fight for you.
Read more 👇.
Adriana Smith, we fight for you.
Read more 👇.
May 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This is just so incredibly appalling.
Erie's main library has a full-on maker space with a 3D printer & a laser cutter. (Alas, not one that will gut through metal. I checked.)
Essential to remind that libraries are not just vital sources of knowledge and information but also excellent community centers devoted to under-served populations. Services for job-seekers, the blind, for senior citizens. They lend out books but also tech, cooking equipment, media players.
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Erie's main library has a full-on maker space with a 3D printer & a laser cutter. (Alas, not one that will gut through metal. I checked.)
Nancy Spiro was an Art Goddess.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, this unforgettable 1971 letter from artist Nancy Spero to critic Lucy Lippard www.aaa.si.edu/collections/...
March 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nancy Spiro was an Art Goddess.
Your complicity will not save you.
It’s a tenet of right wing femininity that sexual and reproductive service to men earns women their place in the world. But it is a core belief of the right wing man that no woman, however compliant, has any claim on him that he must respect.
February 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Your complicity will not save you.
My Bush? Kate.
My men? Of monsters.
My American Airman? A ghost.
My Whigs? Afghan.
My men? Of monsters.
My American Airman? A ghost.
My Whigs? Afghan.
My Head? Radio
My Boys? Beastie
February 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My Bush? Kate.
My men? Of monsters.
My American Airman? A ghost.
My Whigs? Afghan.
My men? Of monsters.
My American Airman? A ghost.
My Whigs? Afghan.
Relevant.
The band has been on my mind lately tbh...
youtu.be/7_cvZAKtoV4?...
youtu.be/7_cvZAKtoV4?...
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
YouTube video by Manic Street Preachers - Topic
youtu.be
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Relevant.
Guess he somehow missed the bearded bellydancers.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Guess he somehow missed the bearded bellydancers.
They can't wait to label real artists making original work as Degenerate.
Whoever described generative AI as the aesthetic of fascism made a sharp point.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They can't wait to label real artists making original work as Degenerate.
This is a massive problem for me. My sleep doc is in Pittsburgh because none of the sleep docs in Erie deal with parasomnias so of course I see him via telehealth. There's no reason for me to drive 2 hours for an appointment I can have by video.
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.
February 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a massive problem for me. My sleep doc is in Pittsburgh because none of the sleep docs in Erie deal with parasomnias so of course I see him via telehealth. There's no reason for me to drive 2 hours for an appointment I can have by video.
Because I need joy in life so I don't scream constantly
February 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Because I need joy in life so I don't scream constantly
Love it!
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Love it!
Holy fuck!
The U.S. Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security team, granting them specific rights and protections as federal law enforcement agents.
February 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Holy fuck!
As an artist, yes. We do.
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
February 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As an artist, yes. We do.
Reposted by Sharon Smith
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.
reproductiverightsdotgov.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Talk about statement jewelry!
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Talk about statement jewelry!
An excellent analysis of one of the best episodes of the best TV show ever.
I have always thought that stuff Rod Serling created should be required viewing to teach people how to be human. This analysis of It's A Good Life rings very true to the zeitgeist. Also, Cloris Leachman and Bill Mumy are superb.
The Dark Truth Behind This Classic Twilight Zone Episode
YouTube video by ParkNarcz
youtu.be
January 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An excellent analysis of one of the best episodes of the best TV show ever.
Oh, how the turn tables.
January 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, how the turn tables.
We don't need no stinking fact checks ...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
We don't need no stinking fact checks ...
An excellent idea!
December 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
An excellent idea!
Reposted by Sharon Smith
This is what Chris Murphy is urging Dems to say. See this exchange from our pod discussion:
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
December 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
This is what Chris Murphy is urging Dems to say. See this exchange from our pod discussion:
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
Reposted by Sharon Smith
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
December 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
Reposted by Sharon Smith
Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...
Reposted by Sharon Smith
I keep telling you, they're going to lie about how many people they murder like they did during COVID.
The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it.
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee Skips Reviewing Two Years Of Maternal Deaths
The deaths occurred in the two years following the Dobbs decision and the Texas state abortion ban
meidasnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I keep telling you, they're going to lie about how many people they murder like they did during COVID.