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Jessica Smith

@thedaybooks.bsky.social

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Mom + poet in AL Instructor of English + Gender Studies MFA, MA, MAE, MLS PhD’ing in Comms/Library Science Posts don’t reflect my institutions

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 9d

Basic mental state of 🫠💔🚮 continues… which I think is a reasonable response to the situation.

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 16h

Oh no, I totally got that 😆 she sounds like my kid when he was a kid.

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 16h

I kinda lost track of the metaphors b/c I have the attention span of a gnat but the point is, the classifications we make about ANYTHING to make sense of the world are inexact.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 16h

All brains are different and present differently. That’s a GOOD thing. Individual variety is group resilience is species survival.

“These are NOT illnesses stamped onto brains w/inevitable presentation of a given symptom set.”

aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · Apr 5

While it is important to understand how ADHD & Autism can present when "together" we must remember that these diagnoses are really a myth to make it make sense

These are NOT to illnesses stamped onto brains w/ inevitable presentation of a given symptom set

It's ONE naturally occurring neurotype 🧵

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 16h

They both end in a duel where the protagonist dies 🤔

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 17h

That Jason Ezell book tho 😍

UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 18h

It's Tuesday which means: NEW BOOKS 🎉 Check out these four new titles hitting shelves today 📚

uncpressblog.com/2025/10/14/n...

New This Week: October 14th - UNC Press Blog

It’s Tuesday which means new UNC Press books are hitting the shelves! Keep reading to learn more about the four new titles that are now available wherever books are sold or view everything new this mo...

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans afraid of losing power will just outlaw non-Republicans from voting and then call it democracy because “people voted.”

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 17h

Ah, the poison seed of Republicanism. The voting rights act. Some of those justices have probably been waiting their entire lives to overturn it.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Tomorrow the US Supreme Court will hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act which was enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting, Reuters Legal reports.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

I mean, speaking about Alabama, many of them do not have Internet access at home. They don’t have phones. We’re talking about one of the poorest states in the US. A lot of rural areas don’t have Internet access. If they have Internet access at school, Websites and keywords may be blocked.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

But yes, their information literacy skills are not highly developed coming out of most high schools, I would say

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

Sure, but this isn’t about that, it’s about what they’re taught in schools and how southern schools teach different stuff. Or just avoid teaching stuff. Sometimes really important stuff.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

Or their organizations. Or like, Al Jazeera. Somebody who’s actually trying to help.

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

Exactly

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like they had better options for the Nobel Peace Prize this year

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I slapped SCOTUS and Ouiser Boudreaux, Spooky Version @nwayne66.bsky.social · 19h

Short, accurate, worth your time.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

open.substack.com

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The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 19h

Subtexts Workshop - Becoming Plants: Storytelling through vegetal life. In-person, London, UK. Oct 28, 2025. 5:30pm. With Giulia Carabelli & Sarah Keenan. Free. "Can we tell stories with plants & how does this help us to navigate the present/imagine futures?" www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/subtexts-w...

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 6d

AI seems to be everywhere these days. Is it overwhelming you? Here's a guide to reducing the overload:

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 19h

I spend all day teaching young adults and then I come to the internet to see that meanwhile, adult politicians have been acting worse than toddlers. All of the children, teens, and YAs I know behave better than these grown adults.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 20h

Oh it could also be: antidepressants
(They create memory glitches)

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 20h

Is it:
ADHD
Perimenopause
Stress
Mommy brain
Early dementia
Having too many mental tabs open

🤪😵‍💫😶‍🌫️🫥

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 20h

I love my GenZ students but they make me feel old

a woman helps an elderly woman with a walker with a sign that says sure grandma let 's get you to bed

Alt: a woman helps an elderly woman with a walker with a sign that says sure grandma let 's get you to bed

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 21h

Waiting for the Adderall to hit

Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 21h

& this is a life-or-death public health issue since not understanding one’s body can contribute to unplanned pregnancies in a region where abortion is almost impossible to obtain, and Southerners (particularly Black women) have significantly higher rates of maternal mortality.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 21h

Partly I ask them about what they learned so that southern students can see that other places do teach sex ed in high school and the students aren’t going to hell or anything. It is possible to have different policies about what is taught.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 21h

Every semester I teach basic sex ed in my gender studies class, including asking students what they learned in HS. Southern students aren’t allowed to learn even basic anatomy or reproduction, and students from elsewhere often know much more.

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