s. e. smith
@sesmith.lol
that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire 🖋️ in bitch, the nation, the verge, rolling stone, &c
🌿@theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
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✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire 🖋️ in bitch, the nation, the verge, rolling stone, &c
🌿@theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
🐈⬛ Preorder ALL MY DEAD CATS (July 2026)
✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
bookshop.org
So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
Libraries have the coolest stuff I just got a radon detector!
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Libraries have the coolest stuff I just got a radon detector!
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
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Friends in NYC, please consider checking out all of these accounts. We need each other to fight back against fascism. This starter pack's full of activists, electeds, groups, and journalists who're really great follows if you care about protecting your neighbors. go.blacksky.community/RKuK1Hz
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friends in NYC, please consider checking out all of these accounts. We need each other to fight back against fascism. This starter pack's full of activists, electeds, groups, and journalists who're really great follows if you care about protecting your neighbors. go.blacksky.community/RKuK1Hz
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One of the main reasons I’m *like this* politically was reading left wing publications in 2006 explain what was about to happen in great detail and then watching it happen live over the next couple years
After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
One of the main reasons I’m *like this* politically was reading left wing publications in 2006 explain what was about to happen in great detail and then watching it happen live over the next couple years
So I taught the cats to stand on their hind legs (well, leg for Tricycle) and do praying hands for cat treats and I find it extremely cute and also extremely hilarious that guests are terrified when they hold out a treat and a cat jumps up like a shark breaking the surface of the water, jaw agape.
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
So I taught the cats to stand on their hind legs (well, leg for Tricycle) and do praying hands for cat treats and I find it extremely cute and also extremely hilarious that guests are terrified when they hold out a treat and a cat jumps up like a shark breaking the surface of the water, jaw agape.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
if you've valued the work we've been doing at @boltsmag.org (talk about a small team punching above our weight!), and if you've been worried about the state of media today & want to support us...
... i really can't stress enough how this is the perfect time to take the jump & support us!
... i really can't stress enough how this is the perfect time to take the jump & support us!
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I don't think we talk enough about the fact that what underpins their belief is a corruption of the bible - prosperity gospel. They think because they are rich , they are blessed by god.
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I don't think we talk enough about the fact that what underpins their belief is a corruption of the bible - prosperity gospel. They think because they are rich , they are blessed by god.
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
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let me be the first to say we should not do a nazi jurassic park
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
let me be the first to say we should not do a nazi jurassic park
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Love @prismreports.org they do really fantastic investigations like this one on Hindu nationalists lobbying Congress!
RSS hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign
Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist group linked to discrimination and violence against Muslims
prismreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Love @prismreports.org they do really fantastic investigations like this one on Hindu nationalists lobbying Congress!
Y'all I have to be insufferable about fundraising for @scarleteen.com because the work we are doing is too important! We're establishing a $40k fund to help with health care expenses for staff and volunteers, and a dollar-for-dollar match kicks in at $10k!
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November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Y'all I have to be insufferable about fundraising for @scarleteen.com because the work we are doing is too important! We're establishing a $40k fund to help with health care expenses for staff and volunteers, and a dollar-for-dollar match kicks in at $10k!
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
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Play stupid games, lose elections.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Play stupid games, lose elections.
Killer @texasobserver.org reporting on the hot mess of crypto in Texas.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Killer @texasobserver.org reporting on the hot mess of crypto in Texas.
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On Red Cup Day at corporate Starbucks stores across the country, @sbworkersunited.org members are mobilizing and fighting for a fair contract.
No contract? NO COFFEE! ✊
No contract? NO COFFEE! ✊
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On Red Cup Day at corporate Starbucks stores across the country, @sbworkersunited.org members are mobilizing and fighting for a fair contract.
No contract? NO COFFEE! ✊
No contract? NO COFFEE! ✊
Okay I bought Microsoft Office specifically because it was the only way to not have Copilot and now Copilot is suddenly here? What the fuck?
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Okay I bought Microsoft Office specifically because it was the only way to not have Copilot and now Copilot is suddenly here? What the fuck?
"For the families of migrants who die or disappear on the way to Europe, the path to truth, justice and reparation is obscure, largely due to a lack of political will and coordination between states."
The Search for Migrants’ Bodies — The Dial
When migrants die trying to reach Europe, their families become lost in a maze of bureaucracy and manipulation.
www.thedial.world
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"For the families of migrants who die or disappear on the way to Europe, the path to truth, justice and reparation is obscure, largely due to a lack of political will and coordination between states."
I'm raising funds to support Scarleteen and y'all got me to my initial $1,000 goal so quickly that I want to push for $1,500! Thanks to a donor matching overall donations up to $10,000 if we GET to $10,000, your dollars will count twice if you help us reach our goal.
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Our direct services are world-famous, award-winning, and provided by real people who care deeply for the young people visiting us to ask for help. Help us raise $40,000 to support the health care needs of the people doing this work. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm raising funds to support Scarleteen and y'all got me to my initial $1,000 goal so quickly that I want to push for $1,500! Thanks to a donor matching overall donations up to $10,000 if we GET to $10,000, your dollars will count twice if you help us reach our goal.
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
The antis really will find any and all openings. Real bummer to see wasterwater surveillance—an essential public health tool—used like this.
Weaponizing Wastewater Laws to Block Abortion
Opinion | An anti-abortion group has been co-opting environmental laws in an effort to restrict access to medication abortion.
undark.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The antis really will find any and all openings. Real bummer to see wasterwater surveillance—an essential public health tool—used like this.
Figuring out how to rebuild food systems after natural disasters is going to be an increasing struggle thanks to climate change.
What will it take to rebuild Jamaica’s food system after Hurricane Melissa?
For farmers in the nation's breadbasket, surviving this storm is no guarantee against the next one.
grist.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Figuring out how to rebuild food systems after natural disasters is going to be an increasing struggle thanks to climate change.
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I cannot wrap my head around how cruel and destructive this is.
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I cannot wrap my head around how cruel and destructive this is.
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
RIP the penny.
The U.S. just produced its last penny after a more than 200-year run
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
RIP the penny.
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
$873! We are so close to my initial goal of $1000! Your donations go to real humans providing inclusive, loving, and accurate sex, health, and relationships education!
Reminder that donations to my personal fundraiser to support Scarleteen count DOUBLE up to the first $1,000! I'd love to hit $800 tonight, so come at me, big spenders.
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
Scarleteen is people-powered, NOT AI! We’re raising $40,000 for staff and volunteer health care and today, we’d like to celebrate some amazing volunteers who make inclusive, joyful sex, health, and relationships education possible. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
$873! We are so close to my initial goal of $1000! Your donations go to real humans providing inclusive, loving, and accurate sex, health, and relationships education!