Kristine Smith
Spec fic writer (the Jani Kilian SF series and more). Joiner of coffee clubs. She/ her. BJ jackal. Book View Café member. https://www.kristine-smith.com
- Reposted by Kristine SmithRFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
- Reposted by Kristine Smith"I'm here to assure everyone that I want for the Press what you want: to honor its legacy of fearless reporting and biting criticism while also allowing for cutting-edge innovations like not paying writers." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThis is an important point. Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist. The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes. So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
- The war on empathy and the war on the arts are part of the same project. www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithYour reminder that you should avoid reading Politico, Axios and Senator pieces as they seem almost deliberately designed to mislead and provoke outrage. I've blocked them all here so I don't even see the rage-bait social media posts. It's improved my mood considerably.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithKnown as “The Stranger’s Case,” this monologue is inspired by a real speech delivered in 1517 by Thomas More, then the under-sheriff of London, who was trying to calm a riotous anti-immigrant mob incensed by the presence of foreign workers. The riots went down in history as Evil May Day.
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Kristine SmithJeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithI think this is right but also a good example of how inclinations overwhelm intentions. Bezos wasn't thinking that ten years ago. Musk was fucking around and got stuck. But their inclinations are who they are.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThis is one reason I keep trying to remind people of the power that we have. That we have *always* had. Not because I’m in denial, but because I know history. I’m no sophisticated intellectual, but I do know we’re going to win even though the bad shit is really terrible right now.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithJeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithTime to post the struggle meal* list for any having a tough time of it. Feel free to comment yours! *Low-effort, minimal cooking “meals” that still feel like taking care of yourself
- Just lovely
- This thread...
- The suburban observers, heavily women, say they share a personality type. “Many of us have encountered bullies our entire lives...I think that turns you into somebody that, even if that bully is wearing full tactical gear, I'm not interested in laying down for you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithMacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThey have achieved 10 to 1 force superority over ICE
- Reposted by Kristine SmithPer 2023 data from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (which EPA is trying to eliminate), the largest single source of GHGs in the US is the James H Miller Jr power plant in Quinton, AL, which released 16.6 MMTCO2e. Texas just authorized the planned GW Ranch plant to release 33 MMTCO2e annually.
- The Ripley clip brought back memory of this moment
- Have you ever seen the unscripted shot of the Dick Van Dyke show where Mary makes a perfect strike? www.youtube.com/shorts/W5Vrb...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithVast camps are central to Trumpism. Stephen Miller has long been very excited about them. Backlash is another sign that opposition to Trump/Miller runs deeper than revulsion at ICE. There's real resistance to the whole ideological project of mass deportations. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2060...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithIf anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning. We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
- This is great
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- Reposted by Kristine SmithIt's genuinely kind of funny that the ALL-AMERICAN MAGA HALFTIME SHOW is going to have the guy who sang this as its headliner right in the middle of all the Epstein stuff
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThese guys two months ago: ha ha I hope there's a civil war we'll make those LIBERAL BITCHES cry for mercy These guys now: waaaaaa they're using whistles it's not FAIR waaaaa (You can get free community safety whistles, quantity 100 to 1000, from here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles )
- Reposted by Kristine SmithIn the Elizabethan Age, three descendants of King Arthur & The Merlin have inherited powerful magic. And it's a good thing there's still a Merlin of Britain hidden in the mists. Because the Spanish Armada is coming.... GUARDIAN OF THE PROMISE by Irene Radford! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
- These titles give me life.
- Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip (with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)
- "Thermal Characteristics of Materials Described as "Probably Inflammable." Is me.
- I was checking an e-proof of my first novel, Code of Conduct, which first came out waaaay back in 1999, and found that I had used the term "spontaneous reassembly." No reason for mentioning it. Just thought it was funny. and better than the opposite.
- Reposted by Kristine Smithcrime is literaly the use case keeping the whole thing afloat
- Reposted by Kristine SmithHell yes, my debut novella GRIEF EATER is now live on Barnes and Noble for pre-orders! I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate... @interstellarflight.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kristine SmithRight-wingers are always whining about George Soros this and that, but as of today, Elon Musk had 104 times Soros's wealth, and spent more money to sway the 2024 election than anyone has ever spent on any election in the history of the world. So all those Gomers can fuck right off.
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- Reposted by Kristine SmithA bit of my reviews of Cherie’s recent books are in the link. If you are a fan of haunted house/creepy ghost/complicated protagonist books, these are for you! (More on all my fav reads for Locus later - lots of book recs to share.)
- Heads up, all you ghost-loving readers: I have happy news! You should go check it out - and while you're at it, pick up my spooky little rural mystery CINDERWICH for just THREE BUCKS. I mean, if you want to put a little dough in my pockets and/or kibble in bowls: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/happy-a...
- Bought!
- Reposted by Kristine SmithHere's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
- Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support
- Reposted by Kristine SmithMondays are better with an octopus squid 🦑💫 The octopus squid (Octopoteuthis deletron) is unusual among squids. Most squids have eight arms and two long tentacles, making a total of 10 appendages. As young Octopoteuthis mature, their two feeding tentacles are reabsorbed into their bodies.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithYou don't have to believe that the fascists are competent enough to suppress voting everywhere in 2026 or 2028. You just have to believe that they can depress minority turnout in 5-10 cities to affect entire Senate races & the Electoral College. 2024 was decided by 120K votes in 3 states, after all.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithExclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithAnd not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithWhen I saw pictures of Liam Ramos with his Spidey backpack and bunny hat, I felt an overwhelming responsibility as someone who works in superhero comics. Please do check out the art in #Comics4Liam and visit comics4liam.com to support Liam and groups helping other immigrants like him. ❤️💪🐇
- Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThe President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified. Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
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- Reposted by Kristine SmithWhether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
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- Reposted by Kristine SmithMy hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
- The last line of Adam Serwer's Atlantic article: "These agents, and the president who sent them, are no one’s heroes, no one’s saviors—just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom in the face, and a nurse in the back."
- Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. Early English Lit Constitutional Law I Calculus (I-IV, counts as 1) Quantum Mechanics I Fortran (skipped around a bit until I settled on Chemistry as my major)
- Reposted by Kristine SmithThe thing about Jeffrey Epstein's sex things and Harlon Crow's weird garden and Mein Kampf is that elites are groomed to look past a lot of things when it comes to power.
- Reposted by Kristine Smithi’ll let you guess the dept of origin of the grad student who led the campus-wide grad stud gov push for last stipend increase & then got elected to city council. and how many of us publicly campaigned for that. and which dept multiple grads organizing anti-genocide protests were from.
- Reposted by Kristine SmithNEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithHello, friends. I’m doing my part to buttress the legacy of Gladys West. Here is an interview from today. If you use GPS, you have Gladys West to thank. shows.acast.com/the-lisa-wex...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithHow much work you do at university - not just which university you attend - matters to your future employment prospects. One reason why we, as educators, must find ways to encourage our students to use their brains and learn, not defer all their thinking to LLMs.
- For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
- “As the feedback loop grows, weird information constructs (like harmful shared fictions) may eventually emerge, guiding AI agents into potentially dangerous places, especially if they have been given control over real human systems.“
- AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast arstechnica.com/information-...
- Reposted by Kristine Smithnew CBS contributor Peter Attia
- Reposted by Kristine SmithHEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
- Reposted by Kristine Smithevery epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
- Reposted by Kristine Smith👀 "There’s “ongoing thinking” among the AGs about whether and how a federal tax protest might be structured." OH REALLY? INTERESTING convo @brianbeutler.bsky.social had with @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov here open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
- This is the best thread. Many thanks to @annelaurie.bsky.social for the heads-up.
- May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
- All the best puppies...
- May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
- Reposted by Kristine SmithStatus report, "WTH Else Was I Expecting?" dep't: So typical. You go digging in the hard drive for a single image, and after enough persistence, you find it... but you also find about a hundred other things you'd forgotten or lost track of. Herewith, the best of these for today... (1/n)
- Reposted by Kristine Smithmaybe 2% of this place is even aware any of this happened, in part because they've outsourced their senate knowledge to a former social media intern for Tina Smith who now lives in Australia
