Kelly Smith 🍁
@kellymjsmith.bsky.social
Proud Canadian. 🇨🇦 Quilter, writer, tea and chocolate lover, and amateur genealogist. Feminist, atheist, flaming progressive. Reader of SF, spec fic, and non-fiction. Member of ACES and DRII. Work in business continuity and disaster recovery. She/her.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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today's post is basically me thanking people for their condolences — but I also spend some time raking Preznit Fuckwit over the coals for accepting another fake trophy, so there's that. thanks for reading, everyone
just checking in
hi, everyone
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
today's post is basically me thanking people for their condolences — but I also spend some time raking Preznit Fuckwit over the coals for accepting another fake trophy, so there's that. thanks for reading, everyone
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MA folks—your tax dollars are going to the child-killing plagiarism company that stole from nearly all of you to flood the world in slop. This is a baffling and insane thing to do at this time. Please give Healey absolute hell for this.
“[Sam] Altman appeared via video to help [Governor Maura] Healey announce that #Massachusetts will be the first state to roll out OpenAI’s ChatGPT software to all 40,000 employees of the executive branch of government.”
#mapoli
#mapoli
At launch event for new AI council, Gov. Healy says state employees will get access to ChatGPT
Gov. Maura Healey announced the three-year, $4.3 million annual deal with OpenAI at a Thursday event launching the Massachusetts AI Coalition.
www.masslive.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
MA folks—your tax dollars are going to the child-killing plagiarism company that stole from nearly all of you to flood the world in slop. This is a baffling and insane thing to do at this time. Please give Healey absolute hell for this.
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The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.
OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone ChatGPT-4o model | TechCrunch
The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.
techcrunch.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.
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The "we're only arresting dangerous criminals" story has always been BS.
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The "we're only arresting dangerous criminals" story has always been BS.
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Their secret police must remain secret especially when these same billionaires profit from private prisons
Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts.
arstechnica.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Their secret police must remain secret especially when these same billionaires profit from private prisons
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If we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism globally, our politics need to center the working class.
February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism globally, our politics need to center the working class.
Of course it doesn't. There is absolutely no biological reason why it would. Just another scare tactic from the right wing.
Anti abortion extremists know that abortion bans are exceedingly unpopular so they have to try to claim that abortion increases breast cancer risk when it absolutely does not.
Prior abortion or miscarriage not linked to increased risk of pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer
A prior abortion or miscarriage was not linked with an increased risk of developing pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer in a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
www.news-medical.net
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Of course it doesn't. There is absolutely no biological reason why it would. Just another scare tactic from the right wing.
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There are people who are legit happy when they type words and a computer generates something from it, but the beauty of making art, even poorly made art, is that a human developed a skill and a craft and brought their ideas and soul and life into it.
The product is just a manifestation of that.
The product is just a manifestation of that.
February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
There are people who are legit happy when they type words and a computer generates something from it, but the beauty of making art, even poorly made art, is that a human developed a skill and a craft and brought their ideas and soul and life into it.
The product is just a manifestation of that.
The product is just a manifestation of that.
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When I feel charitable, what really makes me feel bad for people who are outsourcing their potential for creativity to RNG text machines is this:
The process of art, not the product of art, is what makes it worthwhile. The value of art is the artist's experience and transformation making it.
The process of art, not the product of art, is what makes it worthwhile. The value of art is the artist's experience and transformation making it.
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
When I feel charitable, what really makes me feel bad for people who are outsourcing their potential for creativity to RNG text machines is this:
The process of art, not the product of art, is what makes it worthwhile. The value of art is the artist's experience and transformation making it.
The process of art, not the product of art, is what makes it worthwhile. The value of art is the artist's experience and transformation making it.
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one thing I find ridiculous is that people claim to find AI so useful for "idea generation", when I and every other remotely creative person I know has more incredible ideas than they can complete in a few lifetimes.
If you need AI for ideas, no you don't -- you need to be more creative.
If you need AI for ideas, no you don't -- you need to be more creative.
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
one thing I find ridiculous is that people claim to find AI so useful for "idea generation", when I and every other remotely creative person I know has more incredible ideas than they can complete in a few lifetimes.
If you need AI for ideas, no you don't -- you need to be more creative.
If you need AI for ideas, no you don't -- you need to be more creative.
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Another attempt to erase history.
Let’s be clear: the murder of 1.5 million Armenians was genocide.
We must never forget. I will continue to call it what it is and stand with the Armenian people.
Let’s be clear: the murder of 1.5 million Armenians was genocide.
We must never forget. I will continue to call it what it is and stand with the Armenian people.
Vice President Vance’s office deleted this tweet that broke with administration policy in its acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Another attempt to erase history.
Let’s be clear: the murder of 1.5 million Armenians was genocide.
We must never forget. I will continue to call it what it is and stand with the Armenian people.
Let’s be clear: the murder of 1.5 million Armenians was genocide.
We must never forget. I will continue to call it what it is and stand with the Armenian people.
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Let me be very clear. If bringing down the largest child sex trafficking ring in history will “collapse the world as we know it” then the world as we know it needs to collapse.
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Let me be very clear. If bringing down the largest child sex trafficking ring in history will “collapse the world as we know it” then the world as we know it needs to collapse.
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Because ICE will violently attack anyone not white who shows up to vote?
Does he really not get that or is he just trying to bullshit us?
I’m assuming the latter.
#MidtermFuckery
#ICEOUT
#ThisIsWhiteNationalism
Does he really not get that or is he just trying to bullshit us?
I’m assuming the latter.
#MidtermFuckery
#ICEOUT
#ThisIsWhiteNationalism
Rep. Jason Smith: "Why should you ban ICE from being at polling places? Illegals are not supposed to vote in America. It does not make sense."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Because ICE will violently attack anyone not white who shows up to vote?
Does he really not get that or is he just trying to bullshit us?
I’m assuming the latter.
#MidtermFuckery
#ICEOUT
#ThisIsWhiteNationalism
Does he really not get that or is he just trying to bullshit us?
I’m assuming the latter.
#MidtermFuckery
#ICEOUT
#ThisIsWhiteNationalism
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He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. He says feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
interc.pt
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. He says feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
This is a terrible look for the IOC.
BREAKING Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is disqualified from the Winter Olympics after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country's war with Russia
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This is a terrible look for the IOC.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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“My 15 mins of fame. Lmao.” -- Border Patrol agent, texting someone to brag about shooting a woman multiple times in Chicago.
Imagine almost killing someone and then responding with a "laugh my ass off" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Imagine almost killing someone and then responding with a "laugh my ass off" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
DHS shot her and called her a “terrorist.” New videos show something different.
"It’s time to get aggressive," a Border Patrol agent said shortly before Marimar Martinez was shot five times.
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
“My 15 mins of fame. Lmao.” -- Border Patrol agent, texting someone to brag about shooting a woman multiple times in Chicago.
Imagine almost killing someone and then responding with a "laugh my ass off" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Imagine almost killing someone and then responding with a "laugh my ass off" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Central Florida immigrants temporarily sign away parental rights over fear of detention
Central Florida immigrants temporarily sign away parental rights over fear of detention
“She cries, ‘promise me you’ll be back when I get home from school’,” she said about her 14-year-old daughter. “But I can’t make her that promise… an…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Central Florida immigrants temporarily sign away parental rights over fear of detention