Mere Smith
@evilgalprods.bsky.social
Writer. Antifascist. Dork. Cis/she/her. Pfp is a Molotov cockskull by Pia Guerra, banner is an ancient Bette Davis smoking. patreon.com/meresmith
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Any time you hear about Kanye West in the news, all you need to do afterwards is look up his latest album release date and then you have your answer for why he's in the news again
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Any time you hear about Kanye West in the news, all you need to do afterwards is look up his latest album release date and then you have your answer for why he's in the news again
I reacted to this with visceral revulsion
so one thing that I've never seen anyone write on, and I apologize in advance, is Donald Trump as an object of female sexual fantasy.
We know that Hitler, Stalin, Mao all got *thousands* of letters from women on a constant basis. And you can see it, I think, in some of the women at rallies.
We know that Hitler, Stalin, Mao all got *thousands* of letters from women on a constant basis. And you can see it, I think, in some of the women at rallies.
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I reacted to this with visceral revulsion
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The Feds never left Los Angeles. Don’t forget us. Solidarity with Minneapolis and all communities under siege by federal pigs.
Keep fighting. Hold the line.
Keep fighting. Hold the line.
1/26: 10:15 a.m. CBP 🧊 cluster raids starting in Koreatown, Pico/Union, Salvadoran Corridor this morning.
ICE also in Riverside
ICE also in Riverside
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Feds never left Los Angeles. Don’t forget us. Solidarity with Minneapolis and all communities under siege by federal pigs.
Keep fighting. Hold the line.
Keep fighting. Hold the line.
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Yesterday in Barrio Logan, San Diego. Photo by Adrian Childress
January 26, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Yesterday in Barrio Logan, San Diego. Photo by Adrian Childress
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There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
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this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
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The MLK Parade was a good day for photos of Fathers.
This man is so chill. I took a bunch of photos of him with his son (I assume son, nephew, younger brother etc), and felt he knew, yes, he was that cool.
This man is so chill. I took a bunch of photos of him with his son (I assume son, nephew, younger brother etc), and felt he knew, yes, he was that cool.
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The MLK Parade was a good day for photos of Fathers.
This man is so chill. I took a bunch of photos of him with his son (I assume son, nephew, younger brother etc), and felt he knew, yes, he was that cool.
This man is so chill. I took a bunch of photos of him with his son (I assume son, nephew, younger brother etc), and felt he knew, yes, he was that cool.
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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they can’t imagine that living decades under patriarchy and male supremacist violence was not also preparing us for dealing with cops of all kinds
A big part of the story here is that women like Renee Good are braver and stronger than they could have ever imagined and that just doesn't fit with what MAGA men tell themselves about how gender works. It just does not compute.
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
they can’t imagine that living decades under patriarchy and male supremacist violence was not also preparing us for dealing with cops of all kinds
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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Volunteers in Minnesota are waiting outside ICE facilities for detainees who are released into the freezing cold with no support — no ride, no phone, no coat. They’re there to make sure people have warm clothes, rides, food, and help calling family or lawyers.
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Volunteers in Minnesota are waiting outside ICE facilities for detainees who are released into the freezing cold with no support — no ride, no phone, no coat. They’re there to make sure people have warm clothes, rides, food, and help calling family or lawyers.
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You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
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![VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreiahrbfuw4v4so56ikp2pxf5n253bs5pd5gq37l7nqsitkwynw56hy@jpeg)
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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Nomani is notorious for this kind of faux journalism.
When she reached out (for already public information), she conveniently left out that she’s the *senior contributor* at The Federalist, as if we didn’t have Google.
This was our response: would it shock you to learn she didn’t publish it?
When she reached out (for already public information), she conveniently left out that she’s the *senior contributor* at The Federalist, as if we didn’t have Google.
This was our response: would it shock you to learn she didn’t publish it?
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Nomani is notorious for this kind of faux journalism.
When she reached out (for already public information), she conveniently left out that she’s the *senior contributor* at The Federalist, as if we didn’t have Google.
This was our response: would it shock you to learn she didn’t publish it?
When she reached out (for already public information), she conveniently left out that she’s the *senior contributor* at The Federalist, as if we didn’t have Google.
This was our response: would it shock you to learn she didn’t publish it?
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This group was founded post 10/7. They cleverly chose a name that makes them sound venerable and respectable but they are basically the Jewish version of Moms for Liberty, completely batshit.
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This group was founded post 10/7. They cleverly chose a name that makes them sound venerable and respectable but they are basically the Jewish version of Moms for Liberty, completely batshit.
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Settings > Accessibility > Require Alt Text Before Posting
It’s a great feature that will force you to be more conscious of including alt text!
It’s a great feature that will force you to be more conscious of including alt text!
Folks I know it takes a little extra time and there's a lot going on, but please try to use alt text. It's hard if you're otg but otherwise just do it.
It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Settings > Accessibility > Require Alt Text Before Posting
It’s a great feature that will force you to be more conscious of including alt text!
It’s a great feature that will force you to be more conscious of including alt text!
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I definitely think one element of this particular response is “we need to find the men who are really running all this.”
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I definitely think one element of this particular response is “we need to find the men who are really running all this.”
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“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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Interesting. Also, note that we are now reduced to using Kremlinology techniques—scanning disparities in regime-aligned media—to understand how the US government makes decisions
so bari definitely got the heads up that noem is being shitcanned, right?
January 26, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Interesting. Also, note that we are now reduced to using Kremlinology techniques—scanning disparities in regime-aligned media—to understand how the US government makes decisions
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One activist told me they had been spraying pepper spray into air vents to get it into peoples closed cars bsky.app/profile/mark...
DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
One activist told me they had been spraying pepper spray into air vents to get it into peoples closed cars bsky.app/profile/mark...
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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i am seeing a lot more posts i would love to share with images lacking alt text, and i simply will never share something that doesn’t have basic, easily done accessibility. (that said, i am human, so if i ever inadvertently do share something without it, please tell me!)
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
i am seeing a lot more posts i would love to share with images lacking alt text, and i simply will never share something that doesn’t have basic, easily done accessibility. (that said, i am human, so if i ever inadvertently do share something without it, please tell me!)
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Israel didn't only kill Palestinian poet and educator Refaat Alareer after incitement from Bari Weiss, it also killed nine of his relatives.
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Israel didn't only kill Palestinian poet and educator Refaat Alareer after incitement from Bari Weiss, it also killed nine of his relatives.
Remember this.
Remember this.