L Smith
@laurasmith.bsky.social
🌱 because why should humans find it acceptable to harm others? J.D. with faded dream of living under rule of law.
Trying to find the courage each day to face down the fascists while supporting their victims. Like my parents and grandmother, I am Antifa.
Trying to find the courage each day to face down the fascists while supporting their victims. Like my parents and grandmother, I am Antifa.
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China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
China now has nearly double the krill-fishing capacity of Norway, according to krill consultancy firm Tharos.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
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Thanks to all who've sent me emails about my new book, in print and also a FREE e-book, "The Blue Road to Trump Hell: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy." You can download the book by clicking below. @pdamerica.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
The Blue Road to Trump Hell
Get the new book "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" — available now as a FREE download.
blueroad.info
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thanks to all who've sent me emails about my new book, in print and also a FREE e-book, "The Blue Road to Trump Hell: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy." You can download the book by clicking below. @pdamerica.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
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Great article, thanks Kenny. It never ceases to amaze me that ‘conservation’ is a part of so many cruel animal programs.
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great article, thanks Kenny. It never ceases to amaze me that ‘conservation’ is a part of so many cruel animal programs.
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I wrote about the race to stop octopus farming before it starts. This issue has been covered a fair amount, so I wanted to look at one under-covered aspect of it -- why do so many people who study octopuses, and are fascinated by them, support farming them?
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I wrote about the race to stop octopus farming before it starts. This issue has been covered a fair amount, so I wanted to look at one under-covered aspect of it -- why do so many people who study octopuses, and are fascinated by them, support farming them?
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This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
Something I have not seen said (tho surely it has been) is that even if we were somehow in a war, it’s disgusting and shameful to use the fog of war excuse for people who are sitting comfortably on their asses in well-furnished rooms deciding to kill others remotely.
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Something I have not seen said (tho surely it has been) is that even if we were somehow in a war, it’s disgusting and shameful to use the fog of war excuse for people who are sitting comfortably on their asses in well-furnished rooms deciding to kill others remotely.
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Letter carriers across the nation are working hard to keep everyone connected this holiday season. Just how many packages and pieces of mail are we talking about? More than 4 BILLION—and counting! Thank you to our dedicated members for making sure a joyful holiday season is delivered to all!
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Letter carriers across the nation are working hard to keep everyone connected this holiday season. Just how many packages and pieces of mail are we talking about? More than 4 BILLION—and counting! Thank you to our dedicated members for making sure a joyful holiday season is delivered to all!
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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tool of the trade
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
tool of the trade
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my dad has started carrying his tribal ID to work because ICE is around all the time and he thinks he’s going to get deported
then they were in the parking lot at his work this morning. two trucks of agents at 17th and Lake in mpls.
then they were in the parking lot at his work this morning. two trucks of agents at 17th and Lake in mpls.
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
my dad has started carrying his tribal ID to work because ICE is around all the time and he thinks he’s going to get deported
then they were in the parking lot at his work this morning. two trucks of agents at 17th and Lake in mpls.
then they were in the parking lot at his work this morning. two trucks of agents at 17th and Lake in mpls.
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If you are Native American, deported to…where exactly? Your ancestral land of thousands of years …the United States? (Or at least the physical land it sits on?)
I have never understood this
I have never understood this
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you are Native American, deported to…where exactly? Your ancestral land of thousands of years …the United States? (Or at least the physical land it sits on?)
I have never understood this
I have never understood this
This is one of the best conversations I’ve heard about the boat strike murders, the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to send people to torture, and what Congress should be doing and should do. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How Congress Must Respond to Trump's Boat Strikes (with Katherine Yon Ebright)
Podcast Episode · The Briefing with Michael Waldman · 12/05/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is one of the best conversations I’ve heard about the boat strike murders, the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to send people to torture, and what Congress should be doing and should do. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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2/2
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
2/2
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
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Detention policy rebuff: A federal judge ruled Friday that the government has no statutory authority to hold detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their way to being deported from the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Judge Rules Trump Exceeded Authority by Holding Deportees at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Detention policy rebuff: A federal judge ruled Friday that the government has no statutory authority to hold detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their way to being deported from the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
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🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said she was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents after confronting them at a restaurant as the agents were "taking people without due process."
Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper Sprayed By ICE
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said she was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents after confronting them at a restaurant as the agents were "taking people without due process."
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Behind every Starbucks drink are baristas who are struggling.
While workers are striking nationwide, support us and DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location ✊💚
#NoContractNoCoffee
While workers are striking nationwide, support us and DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location ✊💚
#NoContractNoCoffee
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Behind every Starbucks drink are baristas who are struggling.
While workers are striking nationwide, support us and DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location ✊💚
#NoContractNoCoffee
While workers are striking nationwide, support us and DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location ✊💚
#NoContractNoCoffee
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On Saturday, Israeli forces killed two brothers, Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi, in a drone strike east of Khan Younis. The young boys were sent out to gather firewood for the family and never came back. The boys’ small bodies were torn to pieces by the blast, their father, Muhammad Abu Assi, said.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On Saturday, Israeli forces killed two brothers, Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi, in a drone strike east of Khan Younis. The young boys were sent out to gather firewood for the family and never came back. The boys’ small bodies were torn to pieces by the blast, their father, Muhammad Abu Assi, said.
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So proud to stand with @ramirez.house.gov, advocates, and supporters this week to introduce my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act.
Together, we will fight for this legislation to reform our immigration detention system and make it more humane and just.
Together, we will fight for this legislation to reform our immigration detention system and make it more humane and just.
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So proud to stand with @ramirez.house.gov, advocates, and supporters this week to introduce my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act.
Together, we will fight for this legislation to reform our immigration detention system and make it more humane and just.
Together, we will fight for this legislation to reform our immigration detention system and make it more humane and just.
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I actually read the district court's 160-page opinion. That seems to be more than what SCOTUS did.
It's an extremely impressive opinion, by the way—all the more so given the very short timetable. And even though there's a lot of dense legal discussion, it's a model of clarity. Worth your time.
It's an extremely impressive opinion, by the way—all the more so given the very short timetable. And even though there's a lot of dense legal discussion, it's a model of clarity. Worth your time.
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #1437 in Leagu...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING 1142 Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Motion for Preliminary Injunction; GRANTING 1143 Plaintiff-Intervenors Motion for Preliminary Injunction; GRANTING 1149 Gonzale...
www.courtlistener.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I actually read the district court's 160-page opinion. That seems to be more than what SCOTUS did.
It's an extremely impressive opinion, by the way—all the more so given the very short timetable. And even though there's a lot of dense legal discussion, it's a model of clarity. Worth your time.
It's an extremely impressive opinion, by the way—all the more so given the very short timetable. And even though there's a lot of dense legal discussion, it's a model of clarity. Worth your time.
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With Rwanda refusing to withdraw troops and renewed fighting in South Kivu, it's hard to see the Congo "peace deal" signed in Washington yesterday as anything other than a glorified trade deal that gives the US privileged access to the DRC's mineral wealth. Sadly, not an end to decades of war.
Trump hosts signing of peace deal between leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda
The US president hopes that a peace deal will pave the way for greater American investment in the resource-rich region.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
With Rwanda refusing to withdraw troops and renewed fighting in South Kivu, it's hard to see the Congo "peace deal" signed in Washington yesterday as anything other than a glorified trade deal that gives the US privileged access to the DRC's mineral wealth. Sadly, not an end to decades of war.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.