Viola Smart 🦇
@smartvpants.bsky.social
Romance writer, teacher. AL. Public schools are vital to a functioning democracy. In my Bluey mom era. Find some of my free books on Wattpad. 🌶️🏳️🌈🎭 Others on Kindle. lnk.bio/smartvpants she/her
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Viola Smart 🦇
@smartvpants.bsky.social
· Oct 14
I block slop peddlers. It is not an act of resistance to use the Oligarchy's favorite toy to make memes about Trump.
📌 Devalues labor
📌 Pollutes marginalized communities
📌 Sews distrust in reality
📌 Hastens climate change
📌 Steals from artists
No ethical use.
📌 Devalues labor
📌 Pollutes marginalized communities
📌 Sews distrust in reality
📌 Hastens climate change
📌 Steals from artists
No ethical use.
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i wish i could say i'm abstaining from black friday out of solidarity, but avoiding it and hiding out has always been my way on this day.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
i wish i could say i'm abstaining from black friday out of solidarity, but avoiding it and hiding out has always been my way on this day.
Friend in my discord working a Black Friday shift at Target says it's dead as shit.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Friend in my discord working a Black Friday shift at Target says it's dead as shit.
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OOH this is a fab read, get in!
For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
OOH this is a fab read, get in!
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Dashboard Confessional
Daikaiju
They Might Be Giants
Broadway Princess Party
Jules!
Dashboard Confessional
Daikaiju
They Might Be Giants
Broadway Princess Party
Jules!
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
bruce springsteen
jason isbell
oasis
steely dan
beyoncé
bruce springsteen
jason isbell
oasis
steely dan
beyoncé
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Phantogram (x2)
Metallica
LCD Soundsystem
Spoon
Car Seat Headrest
Phantogram (x2)
Metallica
LCD Soundsystem
Spoon
Car Seat Headrest
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Dashboard Confessional
Daikaiju
They Might Be Giants
Broadway Princess Party
Jules!
Dashboard Confessional
Daikaiju
They Might Be Giants
Broadway Princess Party
Jules!
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If you are having a rough year and are worried you can't get gifts for the people in your life, you can sign up here and submit your wishlist.
If you are someone who has a little bit extra and wants to give someone else joy? Find one & buy them something!
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
If you are someone who has a little bit extra and wants to give someone else joy? Find one & buy them something!
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
Holiday Fairies
Romancelandia holiday fairies is a mutual aid effort for the romance novel reader community.
shelflovepodcast.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you are having a rough year and are worried you can't get gifts for the people in your life, you can sign up here and submit your wishlist.
If you are someone who has a little bit extra and wants to give someone else joy? Find one & buy them something!
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
If you are someone who has a little bit extra and wants to give someone else joy? Find one & buy them something!
shelflovepodcast.com/holiday-fair...
"We cannot defeat our enemy unless we see them as less than human." Fuck that noise. That's fascist shit. That's the shit that allows people to do genocide. That's the shit that lets monsters be made bc we think no, not him, he's my friend/cousin/neighbor and only monsters do that. They're humans.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"We cannot defeat our enemy unless we see them as less than human." Fuck that noise. That's fascist shit. That's the shit that allows people to do genocide. That's the shit that lets monsters be made bc we think no, not him, he's my friend/cousin/neighbor and only monsters do that. They're humans.
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this is where i insist you have to tell your family stories like this at Thanksgiving! it's the only way they'll ever actually learn what's happening!
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
this is where i insist you have to tell your family stories like this at Thanksgiving! it's the only way they'll ever actually learn what's happening!
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I read a tip earlier this month that I'm going to start implementing–when you purchase something online and they require you to sign up for their mailing list, note in one of your name boxes the website you're filing the form out on. Then you know who sold your data when your inbox gets clogged.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I read a tip earlier this month that I'm going to start implementing–when you purchase something online and they require you to sign up for their mailing list, note in one of your name boxes the website you're filing the form out on. Then you know who sold your data when your inbox gets clogged.
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I’m part of a group of teachers, parents, and activists hosting a forum about the risks of AI in public education in NYC next week- bit.ly/HumanSchools. Some of the teachers who have stood up to the AFT are part of the forum.
AI in schools forum - Climate Families NY
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’m part of a group of teachers, parents, and activists hosting a forum about the risks of AI in public education in NYC next week- bit.ly/HumanSchools. Some of the teachers who have stood up to the AFT are part of the forum.
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
Article full of "stop being fat" advice after a younger, skinny celebrity has a stroke. Not one acknowledgment of how COVID has wrecked our long-term health.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Article full of "stop being fat" advice after a younger, skinny celebrity has a stroke. Not one acknowledgment of how COVID has wrecked our long-term health.
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At 18 months every toddler parent should be gifted a basket that includes book tape and Band-Aids.
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At 18 months every toddler parent should be gifted a basket that includes book tape and Band-Aids.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
"Good and Evil Sims will no longer mourn excessively at gravestones." Thinking about Santa in James Turner's prison challenge Let's Play.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Good and Evil Sims will no longer mourn excessively at gravestones." Thinking about Santa in James Turner's prison challenge Let's Play.
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GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
Next Door is full of people whose primary identity trait is "Christian" complaining about people saying they can't afford Thanksgiving dinner this year.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Next Door is full of people whose primary identity trait is "Christian" complaining about people saying they can't afford Thanksgiving dinner this year.
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Writers: I implore you to get the fuck off of Substack. mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
Substack has a Nazi problem AND a health disinformation problem
Substack creators and Substack audiences are supporting a platform that profits off of promoting dangerous antiscience content – at the expense of public health.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Writers: I implore you to get the fuck off of Substack. mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
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If anything the language needs to be even harsher. I am so tired of the cutesy "le orange taco don" redditor language when describing a group of disgusting christofacists who want to kill or enslave everyone who they don't like
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If anything the language needs to be even harsher. I am so tired of the cutesy "le orange taco don" redditor language when describing a group of disgusting christofacists who want to kill or enslave everyone who they don't like
Woke up to a thunderstorm this morning and my immediate thought was that my Sims were going to be useless.
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Woke up to a thunderstorm this morning and my immediate thought was that my Sims were going to be useless.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
They're trying to starve us of trained teachers from low-income backgrounds. They want to make sure that the only way you can get a student loan to become a teacher is by going to seminary school.
Former Educator’s & Teachers in the House 88
In the Senate 22
Former Nurses in the House 3
And Linda McMahon determined their former profession was not professional.
Those are the ones to call and have them stop her!
In the Senate 22
Former Nurses in the House 3
And Linda McMahon determined their former profession was not professional.
Those are the ones to call and have them stop her!
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
They're trying to starve us of trained teachers from low-income backgrounds. They want to make sure that the only way you can get a student loan to become a teacher is by going to seminary school.
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A lot of parents discover their kids have been contacted by a predator, and their first (completely fucking understandable!) impulse is to say the kid can't use that site anymore. But that just trains them to stop telling you things!
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A lot of parents discover their kids have been contacted by a predator, and their first (completely fucking understandable!) impulse is to say the kid can't use that site anymore. But that just trains them to stop telling you things!
Got to go to the Asian grocery store for the first time since school started. Very excited about my haul. I found cute little cakes shaped like dogs for the toddler and am going to try some new tofu meat substitutes. Plus I have baby bok choy and rice cakes and black garlic again!
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Got to go to the Asian grocery store for the first time since school started. Very excited about my haul. I found cute little cakes shaped like dogs for the toddler and am going to try some new tofu meat substitutes. Plus I have baby bok choy and rice cakes and black garlic again!
I'm excited for Thursday because not only is my partner's uncle bringing his turkey fryer, but because she doesn't have a turkey to roast, my mom is making brisket.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm excited for Thursday because not only is my partner's uncle bringing his turkey fryer, but because she doesn't have a turkey to roast, my mom is making brisket.