Avery Smith
@averysmith.bsky.social
Academic, educator, rabble-rouser.
In order to dehumanize, you first must lose your own humanity.
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
In order to dehumanize, you first must lose your own humanity.
Their cruelty knows no bounds. A 5 yo in a bunny hat. Used as bait.
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Their cruelty knows no bounds. A 5 yo in a bunny hat. Used as bait.
Apropos of nothing
January 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Apropos of nothing
This is unfortunately true. Remain human enough to let your heart break ❤️🩹
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is unfortunately true. Remain human enough to let your heart break ❤️🩹
‘Noem earlier called the incident an “act of domestic terrorism” against ICE officers’. The state is weaponising the term terrorist against those who would hold them to account. It’s not about actions but the ability of those in power to define those actions. May the loss of Renee not be in vain.
US protests spread after killing of woman by ICE officer, while Trump administration doubles down
Minneapolis is on edge following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the g...
www.stuff.co.nz
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
‘Noem earlier called the incident an “act of domestic terrorism” against ICE officers’. The state is weaponising the term terrorist against those who would hold them to account. It’s not about actions but the ability of those in power to define those actions. May the loss of Renee not be in vain.
As He Whenua Taurikura closes its doors, this final episode distils years of research into a narrative about what extremism really threatens: not just physical safety, but the fundamental human need to belong and our ideas of peace. open.spotify.com/episode/3umc...
#populism #GRT #islamophobia
#populism #GRT #islamophobia
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
As He Whenua Taurikura closes its doors, this final episode distils years of research into a narrative about what extremism really threatens: not just physical safety, but the fundamental human need to belong and our ideas of peace. open.spotify.com/episode/3umc...
#populism #GRT #islamophobia
#populism #GRT #islamophobia
Looking for other folks on here celebrating #kwanzaa I am really part of the diaspora celebrating all the way out here in New Zealand. Let’s connect!
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Looking for other folks on here celebrating #kwanzaa I am really part of the diaspora celebrating all the way out here in New Zealand. Let’s connect!
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Another example in the "AI is not a band-aid for capitalism it's just more capitalism" bucket
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Another example in the "AI is not a band-aid for capitalism it's just more capitalism" bucket
I’m going to need my friends on here to listen to this and have a conversation with me. Preferably over drinks.
How Fungi Are Breaking The Binary
An interdisciplinary group of scientists, researchers, and artists are using queerness as a lens to better understand the natural world, too. It’s a burgeoning field called queer ecology, which aims t
on.soundcloud.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m going to need my friends on here to listen to this and have a conversation with me. Preferably over drinks.
Welp, since the US has all in on ‘great replacement’ it’s an excellent time to revisit this episode.
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Welp, since the US has all in on ‘great replacement’ it’s an excellent time to revisit this episode.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
It’s really quite simple to understand this. It’s harder to follow convoluted logic that wants you to believe otherwise.
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s really quite simple to understand this. It’s harder to follow convoluted logic that wants you to believe otherwise.
If the mask fits…
Judge SLAMS the masking of federal agents in ruling finding Trump admin violated pro-Palestine protesters' rights:
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![And there’s the issue of masks. ... ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape history,” Lincoln rightly said. “[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/bafkreia5wf5rzcvhhglwhbtnvcwom6sa6d4fli6qfbig6qdoe7myb62dt4@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If the mask fits…
This is the part people don’t get, you don’t get to be racist without it having some very material (and moral and spiritual) costs. Not only do you lose any kind of credibility but also your own humanity.
RACISM COSTS EVERYONE, SHE SAID
WE ARE AT THE COSTING EVERYONE PART
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989...
WE ARE AT THE COSTING EVERYONE PART
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989...
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee: 9780525509585 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is the part people don’t get, you don’t get to be racist without it having some very material (and moral and spiritual) costs. Not only do you lose any kind of credibility but also your own humanity.
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They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
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•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
September 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”
•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people
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"school shooting industry"
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"school shooting industry"
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You cannot genetically encode cultural behavior
The idea that you can is literally racist science from the antebellum era
The idea that you can is literally racist science from the antebellum era
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You cannot genetically encode cultural behavior
The idea that you can is literally racist science from the antebellum era
The idea that you can is literally racist science from the antebellum era
Tell me again how the courts will save us?
DHS vows to "FLOOD THE ZONE" after Supreme Court lifts limits on LA ICE stops
LA Mayor Karen Bass said the ruling means "federal agents can racially profile Angelenos with no due process."
www.axios.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Tell me again how the courts will save us?
I want to tautoko what Māori have already said about this being an ongoing form of colonial racism. As a scholar of Whiteness, this is an example of the concept of whiteness as property/possession. It shows the power whiteness has to exclude who and what is allowed to be accepted as knowledge.
Literacy experts say no problem with Māori words in book for learner readers
The Education Ministry has said it won't reprint 'At the Marae' for kids because it includes a higher number of Māori words.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I want to tautoko what Māori have already said about this being an ongoing form of colonial racism. As a scholar of Whiteness, this is an example of the concept of whiteness as property/possession. It shows the power whiteness has to exclude who and what is allowed to be accepted as knowledge.
“Let’s be clear: Woke is not about political correctness. It is about moral clarity. It’s about waking up to the suffering of others and refusing to look away. It’s about standing for justice, even when it is uncomfortable.” 💯 This 👆🏽
“Using woke as a slur dismisses not only a word but the centuries of struggle, pain, and progress it represents. Whether intended or not, it aligns with the same forces that upheld slavery, apartheid, and white supremacy.” — Gregory Fortuin.
Being woke is not weakness | E-Tangata
“Using woke as a slur dismisses not only a word but the centuries of struggle, pain, and progress it represents. Whether intended or not, it aligns with the same forces that upheld slavery, apartheid,...
e-tangata.co.nz
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Let’s be clear: Woke is not about political correctness. It is about moral clarity. It’s about waking up to the suffering of others and refusing to look away. It’s about standing for justice, even when it is uncomfortable.” 💯 This 👆🏽
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Until we treat online violence as a structural barrier to equal participation, we’ll keep losing voices we cannot afford to lose. Reform is overdue.
#nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/n...
#nzpol
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NZ has no clear direction on online safety regulation
From the University of Auckland – Analysis: Rather than placing the burden on victims, the Government should place the burden of online safety on social media platforms
newsroom.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Until we treat online violence as a structural barrier to equal participation, we’ll keep losing voices we cannot afford to lose. Reform is overdue.
#nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/n...
#nzpol
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/n...
Newtown is one of Wellington’s most diverse and vibrant suburbs. Today I had coffee at a punk rock coffee shop, went to the halal butcher, browsed a trans op shop, and got the best priced veggies and eggs in all of Welly. Newtown is not the problem, this govt disastrous policies are.
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Newtown is one of Wellington’s most diverse and vibrant suburbs. Today I had coffee at a punk rock coffee shop, went to the halal butcher, browsed a trans op shop, and got the best priced veggies and eggs in all of Welly. Newtown is not the problem, this govt disastrous policies are.
How your email finds me. Thanks Victoria Zoo. This little one’s name is Noodle
September 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
How your email finds me. Thanks Victoria Zoo. This little one’s name is Noodle
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This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Slouching into fascism
Are we already past the tipping point?
www.motherjones.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.