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Christianne Smith

@christianne67.bsky.social

540 followers 110 following 1.3K posts

Expat 🇨🇦 writer & poet who loves her husband, kids, & their husky. Passionate about books, botany, photography, cooking, & coffee. ⚠️ I report spam, scams, & bots. No AI. No crypto. Progressive, Liberal Democrat Contented Atheist & Ally 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · Sep 16

I check #SpotTheScammer & #SpotTheBot daily and I will NOT follow any account whose followers are littered with scam accounts and AI Bots mining followers.

No "auto" follows from me, ever. I check. If your account looks sketchy, I'll report & block it.

#SorryNotSorry

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 16h

There's nowhere to go but up but these #pothos have nowhere left to go, so I'm going to have to trim & propagate 🪴

#HousePlants
#Gardening
#Climbers
#Propagation

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

Amazon's big server might be down but that doesn't mean I can't post my charts showing how fundamentally bonkers their energy consumption and associated emissions are :)

Fun fact: 2 years ago they stopped sharing their total electrical energy consumption, cool!!!

ketanjoshi.co/data-sharing/

a chart showing amazon's rising emissions

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 20h

A tour de force that grew increasingly insane with every twist. I felt genuinely bad for the people who think these TV screens will heal them -- and who are funding MAGA media in the process.

www.thebulwark.com/p/bizarre-he...

How a Bizarre Healing-TV-Screen Tycoon Is Funding MAGA Media

I had to try it out for myself.

www.thebulwark.com

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 17h

"Autumn gifts us with a rainbow of color & every shade in between." -CA67-

#Photography
#FallColors
#Writing
#Landscape
#FallFoliage
#Quote

Bonne après-midi à tous 🍸

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

They love him even when he abuses them.

Why is he doing it? Because his billionaire friends don’t want to lose their investments.

Please don’t ask taxpayers to bail you out.

As you like to remind us, this is what you voted for.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

Nazi regimes tend to recruit Nazis.

Trump Nominee’s ‘Nazi Streak’ a Bit Much for GOP Senators

Key senators have come out in opposition to Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the special counsel office, after old, racist texts emerged.

nymag.com

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 19h

Last night's #ChickenStew was a tasty two-servings success 🥣

#WhatsCooking
#ComfortFood
#FallFlavors

Three to go containers: one for the fridge for lunch later in the week, one for the deep freezer, and the last one to give my FIL.

#Foodsky
#NoWasteKitchen
#GoodEats

Happy Tuesday 🍸

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 1d

“Take your broken heart, make it into art.”
"I don't want my life to imitate art, I want my life to be art."
“Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.” ~ Wishful Drinking
Born on this day actress, writer & mental health advocate Carrie Fisher 1956

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 1d

I don't chain-smoke but I do chain-coffee 🤣 which is normal, right?

#JavaJunky
#CaféAuLait
#CoffeeLoversClub

Bon matin à tous ☕️

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy America, and I urge you to quit, too." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5d

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 1d

Someone is very anxious for the clocks to fall back 🤣 the impatient sighs coming from Hutch right now are pushy and comical - like a toddlers huffy tantrum #DivaDog

Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 1d

"Love those who are accepting. Ignore those who are critical. Walk away from those who are intolerant." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote

Post workouts but pre-walk with Hutch 🐾 there are pages to #read and #coffee to sip.

#Booksky
#History #Education
#TheNewJimCrow

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has launched seven deadly strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 1d

"When the sun emerged from behind thick cloud
So did mother and child
Their moment a golden light enshroud
Its beauty perfect
wild." -CA67-

#Photography
#WritingExercise
#Landscape
#Verse #Poetry
#Wildlife
#OneStanza #Prose

Bonne après-midi 🍸

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grace e miya @graceemiya.bsky.social · 10d

#Caturday

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Saffron & Her Majestic Floof @saffronsfloof.bsky.social · 10d

“Standin’ extra tall for #Caturday, mama. Go ahead, mark the wall—I be a giant now.”

#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #NoVA #adoptme #photography

Color photograph. A small gray and black tabby kitten looks out from the circular cut out of a little cat condo. She looks to be standing extra tall as if trying to get her head to reach the upper part of the cutout.

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Christianne Smith @christianne67.bsky.social · 1d

In between stirring the stew, there was a little vacuuming, tending to a few plants 🪴 and nearing the gripping end of @stephenking.bsky.social Mr. Mercedes

#Booksky
#CoffeeLoversClub
#CurlUpWithABook

Bon Lundi à tous ☕️