Will Smith
@actualwillsmith.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Performer
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
The “Labour” Party finds itself arguing ordinary workers, carers and others are “takers”.
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
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Shabana Mahmoud is showing Labour’s contempt for democracy as they, once again, clear the path for a fascist government.
If Farage ever gets elected he will have most of his oppressive powers already created for him by Labour. We must fight these ghouls.
If Farage ever gets elected he will have most of his oppressive powers already created for him by Labour. We must fight these ghouls.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Shabana Mahmoud is showing Labour’s contempt for democracy as they, once again, clear the path for a fascist government.
If Farage ever gets elected he will have most of his oppressive powers already created for him by Labour. We must fight these ghouls.
If Farage ever gets elected he will have most of his oppressive powers already created for him by Labour. We must fight these ghouls.
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No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
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There are very few industries in which Britain can genuinely still claim to be a world leader - two of them are the creative sector and higher education. You'd never know it from listening to the Tories, lol.
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
There are very few industries in which Britain can genuinely still claim to be a world leader - two of them are the creative sector and higher education. You'd never know it from listening to the Tories, lol.
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"Power not protest" is a truly fatuous formulation. Would you rather be MLK or Trump? Gandhi or Stalin?
These people are so convinced of their own inherent goodness that they see their mere attainment of high office as a good thing. Even when they're using their precious power to enable a genocide
These people are so convinced of their own inherent goodness that they see their mere attainment of high office as a good thing. Even when they're using their precious power to enable a genocide
Protestor interrupts Rachel Reeve's speech
"We understand your cause and we are recognising a Palestinian state"
Reeves then mentions some of the things she's achieved and says, "That is the difference we make in power, not through protest"
"We understand your cause and we are recognising a Palestinian state"
Reeves then mentions some of the things she's achieved and says, "That is the difference we make in power, not through protest"
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Power not protest" is a truly fatuous formulation. Would you rather be MLK or Trump? Gandhi or Stalin?
These people are so convinced of their own inherent goodness that they see their mere attainment of high office as a good thing. Even when they're using their precious power to enable a genocide
These people are so convinced of their own inherent goodness that they see their mere attainment of high office as a good thing. Even when they're using their precious power to enable a genocide
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Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration.
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration.
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
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And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
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CLASSIFIEDS is a poster-zine featuring the stories of the citizens of Parving, told through twenty unique classified ads taken from The Parving Echo.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thank you to those who have bought/downloaded Classifieds so far! See the link below to get your copy now (free digitally)
CLASSIFIEDS is a poster-zine featuring the stories of the citizens of Parving, told through twenty unique classified ads taken from The Parving Echo.
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CLASSIFIEDS is a poster-zine featuring the stories of the citizens of Parving, told through twenty unique classified ads taken from The Parving Echo.
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I just don’t think it’s unreasonable to say the public should be worried when a former senior Labour MP, who famously helped General Augusto Pinochet evade facing trial for crimes against humanity including torture, argues that Britain should ‘decouple’ from the European Convention on Human Rights.
August 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I just don’t think it’s unreasonable to say the public should be worried when a former senior Labour MP, who famously helped General Augusto Pinochet evade facing trial for crimes against humanity including torture, argues that Britain should ‘decouple’ from the European Convention on Human Rights.
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A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.
The Times editorial line: "sieve" the entire population so we can put 100s of thousands of people into camps.
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
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"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
archive.ph/78dcP
August 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.
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Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Classifieds is now live! Please follow the link in my bio or below for the shop.
Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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Classifieds is now live! Please follow the link in my bio or below for the shop.
Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Classifieds is now live! Please follow the link in my bio or below for the shop.
Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
ko-fi.com/actualwillsm...
Classifieds is available for free or pay what you can as a digital download and available as an A4 print for a minimum of £3.50 + shipping.
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CLASSIFIEDS: Flight School
A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price. See you there?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price. See you there?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
CLASSIFIEDS: Flight School
A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price. See you there?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price. See you there?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
CLASSIFIEDS: Rehearsal
A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. Do you fit the role?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. Do you fit the role?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
CLASSIFIEDS: Rehearsal
A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. Do you fit the role?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. Do you fit the role?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
CLASSIFIEDS: Big Hole
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. Will you return his call?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. Will you return his call?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
CLASSIFIEDS: Big Hole
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. Will you return his call?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. Will you return his call?
This story and more will be available 22.08.25 as a digital download (free/pwyc) and in print format (paid). Watch this space for links to the store and more stories to come.
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Israel has killed approximately 200 journalists in Gaza in just 22 months, which is more than the combined number of journalists killed during WWII and the entirety of the Vietnam War.
August 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Israel has killed approximately 200 journalists in Gaza in just 22 months, which is more than the combined number of journalists killed during WWII and the entirety of the Vietnam War.
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price.
See thread below for more information on CLASSIFIEDS...
See thread below for more information on CLASSIFIEDS...
August 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A lonely man invites strangers to dig. A young woman seeks an actor to play her father in a pivotal conversation. A tutor teaches pigeon domestication for a reasonable price.
See thread below for more information on CLASSIFIEDS...
See thread below for more information on CLASSIFIEDS...
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
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WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.
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Holding important meetings, lamenting bad things, urging people to do good things. The same routine for 20 months. And all the while the arms exports continue, the surveillance flights continue, trade and investment continues, normal diplomatic relations continue. Complicity in genocide continues.
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Holding important meetings, lamenting bad things, urging people to do good things. The same routine for 20 months. And all the while the arms exports continue, the surveillance flights continue, trade and investment continues, normal diplomatic relations continue. Complicity in genocide continues.
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I'm grimly fascinated by the human capacity - as cogs within systems of power - to participate in great evils such as genocide. And in this case, I'm fascinated by David Lammy's capacity to maintain his characteristic demeanor of pomposity and self regard, even as he follows Israel into the abyss.
Kit Malthouse to Lammy "can he not see his inaction & cowardice is making this country irrelevant? Can he also not see the personal risk to him, given our intl obligations, that he may end up at the Hague because of his inaction?"
Lammy tells Malthouse his language is unbecoming
Lammy tells Malthouse his language is unbecoming
July 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm grimly fascinated by the human capacity - as cogs within systems of power - to participate in great evils such as genocide. And in this case, I'm fascinated by David Lammy's capacity to maintain his characteristic demeanor of pomposity and self regard, even as he follows Israel into the abyss.
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Local councils have been reduced to essentially a vehicle that provides social care - and many can’t afford to do that. And yet despite everything we’ve lost in terms of parks, libraries, community centres, youth services etc, we’ve all ended up paying loads more for it.
July 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Local councils have been reduced to essentially a vehicle that provides social care - and many can’t afford to do that. And yet despite everything we’ve lost in terms of parks, libraries, community centres, youth services etc, we’ve all ended up paying loads more for it.
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I’ve been making my way through the Welfare Reform Bill and this paragraph on the gov.uk website is genuinely disgusting.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
June 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’ve been making my way through the Welfare Reform Bill and this paragraph on the gov.uk website is genuinely disgusting.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
I'm always saying this
May 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm always saying this