Caroline Smrstik
@smrstik.bsky.social
Writer, copy editor, musician, equestrian, amateur linguist, professional foreigner. Card-carrying Swiss Person.
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
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"We have two ways of having a relationship with the language all around us [...]. We can either be defined by it or rebel and re create it."
Peter Pomerantsev, 'How to Win an Information War'
Peter Pomerantsev, 'How to Win an Information War'
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"We have two ways of having a relationship with the language all around us [...]. We can either be defined by it or rebel and re create it."
Peter Pomerantsev, 'How to Win an Information War'
Peter Pomerantsev, 'How to Win an Information War'
You know what you have to do.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You know what you have to do.
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Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
The Writer’s Dilemma
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Writer’s Dilemma
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November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
I opened this week’s Economist and what did I see? A review of @dannybate.bsky.social ‘s “charming” new book! Huzzah!
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I opened this week’s Economist and what did I see? A review of @dannybate.bsky.social ‘s “charming” new book! Huzzah!
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In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
I feel so powerful.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I feel so powerful.
Always unexpected, the NEORSD folks.
sewers, and your phone. it’s hard to start a morning without them.
we offer 4 unexpected ways to start stronger 🧵
we offer 4 unexpected ways to start stronger 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Always unexpected, the NEORSD folks.
I love this a lot. Finally a suitable expression of my uneasy Angst regarding AI: the golem.
Today on the blog I wrote about AI and the golem, and the benefit of listening to cautionary tales from the past.
going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/o...
going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/o...
On AI and the golem
Recently I, like a lot of people who make their living by creating things, have been thinking a lot about so-called AI. I have been forced to do this because so many companies have been stealing th…
going-medieval.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I love this a lot. Finally a suitable expression of my uneasy Angst regarding AI: the golem.
Well, I made it this far.
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Well, I made it this far.
Is this look too provocative for northern New York? Wrong answers only.
August 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Is this look too provocative for northern New York? Wrong answers only.
Where is home, and why? My personal exploration takes an unexpected turn.
Heimatgefühle
Some thoughts about feelings. Me, sentimental?
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Where is home, and why? My personal exploration takes an unexpected turn.
It’s a long holiday weekend in the US, which has just received an un-birthday gift in the form of legislation with a name out of a Dr Seuss book. I’m sorry.
When did I give up on the US?
Thoughts of an ex-citizen this Fourth of July
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It’s a long holiday weekend in the US, which has just received an un-birthday gift in the form of legislation with a name out of a Dr Seuss book. I’m sorry.
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Post of the day.
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Post of the day.
The cultural anthropologist in me got loose again.
Twelve (12) things I've learned about Swiss (German) life
Inspired by Debora Robertson in France and Lucy Pepper in Portugal
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The cultural anthropologist in me got loose again.
Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate. This year, I had the misfortune to be in Portugal last Sunday for Mother’s Day there, and in Switzerland this weekend for Mother’s Day here. Bah humbug x 2. Must plan better next year.
Just another Sunday
Mother's Day. Bah, humbug.
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May 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate. This year, I had the misfortune to be in Portugal last Sunday for Mother’s Day there, and in Switzerland this weekend for Mother’s Day here. Bah humbug x 2. Must plan better next year.
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So over for you hoes
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So over for you hoes
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BREAKING: POPE'S BROTHER CONFIRMS: THE PONTIFF PLAYS WORDLE
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
BREAKING: POPE'S BROTHER CONFIRMS: THE PONTIFF PLAYS WORDLE
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope