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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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.’
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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.
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See Brexit. See the undermining of social safety nets in every country. You think it is an accident that the messaging is always to hate your neighbor? Hmm, want to guess what the biggest business is in the world? War. Everything from supplies to weapons to rebuilding is a money maker
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
See Brexit. See the undermining of social safety nets in every country. You think it is an accident that the messaging is always to hate your neighbor? Hmm, want to guess what the biggest business is in the world? War. Everything from supplies to weapons to rebuilding is a money maker
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
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Here's another XTwitter scammer account outed by geolocation--this one refers writers to a (real) literary agent with a fake address, then impersonates the agent to recommend "professional editor" services
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here's another XTwitter scammer account outed by geolocation--this one refers writers to a (real) literary agent with a fake address, then impersonates the agent to recommend "professional editor" services
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
My daughter had me up for hours last night because she... Best I can tell, saw a piece of a leaf on the floor in the hall four hours before she had a nightmare? And I won't get to nap this afternoon. Glad I don't have school tomorrow. 😩
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My daughter had me up for hours last night because she... Best I can tell, saw a piece of a leaf on the floor in the hall four hours before she had a nightmare? And I won't get to nap this afternoon. Glad I don't have school tomorrow. 😩
The clowns running this site wanna use algorithms to judge how pleasant our posts are but they can't even set up a reliable filter to automate catching the World Without Caesars shirt scammers.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The clowns running this site wanna use algorithms to judge how pleasant our posts are but they can't even set up a reliable filter to automate catching the World Without Caesars shirt scammers.
If the only time you talk about plant-based eating is when you need to justify your use of AI, you probably suck.
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
If the only time you talk about plant-based eating is when you need to justify your use of AI, you probably suck.
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Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.