Kristine Smith
@ksmithsf.bsky.social
Spec fic writer (the Jani Kilian SF series and more). Joiner of coffee clubs. She/ her. BJ jackal. Book View Café member. https://www.kristine-smith.com
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Y'all, I just wrote an answer to a question about the sensationalized news headlines circulating about the Chernobyl containment structure.
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
The way this is being reported is extremely irresponsible.
There is a hole in the containment structure, about 10 feet across. No other damage is reported. That hole can allow some of the dusty radioactive material to escape.
That is what "can no longer do its job of containment" means.
There is a hole in the containment structure, about 10 feet across. No other damage is reported. That hole can allow some of the dusty radioactive material to escape.
That is what "can no longer do its job of containment" means.
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Y'all, I just wrote an answer to a question about the sensationalized news headlines circulating about the Chernobyl containment structure.
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
The bottom line is that there's a hole in the structure, which is not good, but it's not the end of containment, which some reports make it sound like.
🧵
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Gawd, this is a grim warning for me. So I watched that animal shelter vid going round, felt all teary and happy, shared it - without the ability to parse that it was AI because I *wanted* to believe it. Have unshared. Wish it was real. But mostly wish we weren't lied to by AI.
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Gawd, this is a grim warning for me. So I watched that animal shelter vid going round, felt all teary and happy, shared it - without the ability to parse that it was AI because I *wanted* to believe it. Have unshared. Wish it was real. But mostly wish we weren't lied to by AI.
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Found on martiniden666's Tumblr - thought this was a drawing but the caption says it's a photo from 1953 titled Cat in the Snow from photographer Hannes Kilian.
#cats #catsinsnow #photography
#cats #catsinsnow #photography
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Found on martiniden666's Tumblr - thought this was a drawing but the caption says it's a photo from 1953 titled Cat in the Snow from photographer Hannes Kilian.
#cats #catsinsnow #photography
#cats #catsinsnow #photography
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Today is my 21st Full Time Writer anniversary! I'm gonna link to each of my series on Amazon throughout the day today. 🥰
#1: The Walker Papers. Re-releasing these with 8 of 12 available now & the 9th is coming in early January! #booksky #urbanfantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBQ37P...
#1: The Walker Papers. Re-releasing these with 8 of 12 available now & the 9th is coming in early January! #booksky #urbanfantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBQ37P...
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today is my 21st Full Time Writer anniversary! I'm gonna link to each of my series on Amazon throughout the day today. 🥰
#1: The Walker Papers. Re-releasing these with 8 of 12 available now & the 9th is coming in early January! #booksky #urbanfantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBQ37P...
#1: The Walker Papers. Re-releasing these with 8 of 12 available now & the 9th is coming in early January! #booksky #urbanfantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBQ37P...
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Everything unravels eventually,
stone by stone,promise
after promise,but the beauty
is often in the adventure
of mending,of extending a hand,
stitching something new
out of the old mess,
scraps transformed
in brilliance,into beauty,
new magic
amid old spells,
an offering
without regret.
#TinyPoem
stone by stone,promise
after promise,but the beauty
is often in the adventure
of mending,of extending a hand,
stitching something new
out of the old mess,
scraps transformed
in brilliance,into beauty,
new magic
amid old spells,
an offering
without regret.
#TinyPoem
Not sure if this is still open or not, but if it is, well, I'd love it. Your tiny poems rock. Thanks.
December 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Everything unravels eventually,
stone by stone,promise
after promise,but the beauty
is often in the adventure
of mending,of extending a hand,
stitching something new
out of the old mess,
scraps transformed
in brilliance,into beauty,
new magic
amid old spells,
an offering
without regret.
#TinyPoem
stone by stone,promise
after promise,but the beauty
is often in the adventure
of mending,of extending a hand,
stitching something new
out of the old mess,
scraps transformed
in brilliance,into beauty,
new magic
amid old spells,
an offering
without regret.
#TinyPoem
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In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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I have a short story in this collection, which is centered around the theme of community. Ebook on amazon for $3.99. The small press publisher is a registered social enterprise in the UK, meaning they operate in socially responsible ways.
shorturl.at/TinSY
shorturl.at/TinSY
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I have a short story in this collection, which is centered around the theme of community. Ebook on amazon for $3.99. The small press publisher is a registered social enterprise in the UK, meaning they operate in socially responsible ways.
shorturl.at/TinSY
shorturl.at/TinSY
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Great thread on why hepatitis B is such an issue and why the vaccine at birth was SO important.
Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Great thread on why hepatitis B is such an issue and why the vaccine at birth was SO important.
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
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I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
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Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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I do want to note three things that have happened in the wake of what ACIP is becoming to hopefully put some panicked nerves at ease.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I do want to note three things that have happened in the wake of what ACIP is becoming to hopefully put some panicked nerves at ease.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
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"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
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Just a reminder DOGE stole just about every government database. Perhaps we’re starting to see the fruits of their theft
I wrote this for the @nytimes.com: Scammers are calling seniors more than 50 times a day. Some who get scammed wind up with weird charges on their Medicare and mysterious packages on their porches
Medicare Scammers Are Calling Seniors 50 Times a Day, Trying to Trap Them
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just a reminder DOGE stole just about every government database. Perhaps we’re starting to see the fruits of their theft
The last one.
Between that and the LJ poem…
Between that and the LJ poem…
Okay, another I just came across
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The last one.
Between that and the LJ poem…
Between that and the LJ poem…
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I remember your dogs, LiveJournal friends. The dogs that brought us together are all gone now, but I remember them, yours and mine.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I remember your dogs, LiveJournal friends. The dogs that brought us together are all gone now, but I remember them, yours and mine.
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Why do people think "it's here to stay" and "it's not going anywhere" are such persuasive arguments for AI? The same can be said for violence and hate
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why do people think "it's here to stay" and "it's not going anywhere" are such persuasive arguments for AI? The same can be said for violence and hate
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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At 13 minutes this was a nice bite sized interview w/ @marthawells.com
Want to know about claustrophobia & writing Murderbot? Well, you'll just have to listen!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky #Murderbot
Want to know about claustrophobia & writing Murderbot? Well, you'll just have to listen!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky #Murderbot
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-iyi2x...
Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-iyi2x...
Episode 692: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
The end of the year is fast approaching, we're behind on episodes and we're keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we're going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At 13 minutes this was a nice bite sized interview w/ @marthawells.com
Want to know about claustrophobia & writing Murderbot? Well, you'll just have to listen!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky #Murderbot
Want to know about claustrophobia & writing Murderbot? Well, you'll just have to listen!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky #Murderbot
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heads up, writers—this is the new version of the “I turned your webcam on and I have a video of you jerking off” scam
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
heads up, writers—this is the new version of the “I turned your webcam on and I have a video of you jerking off” scam
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Or better yet: make GenAI about an assault on civics. Because if you are selling a product that necessarily attempts to con one person into believing they are engaging with another person when they are not, you’re not just ruining education. You’re dismantling society’s foundations in social trust.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Or better yet: make GenAI about an assault on civics. Because if you are selling a product that necessarily attempts to con one person into believing they are engaging with another person when they are not, you’re not just ruining education. You’re dismantling society’s foundations in social trust.
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I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.