Granny Smith
@grannysmith.bsky.social
Interested in news, science, history, and the future of our planet.
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. -Ulysses S Grant
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. -Ulysses S Grant
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Granny Smith
@grannysmith.bsky.social
· May 19
You can go to your local post office and get a pack of pre-stamped plain postcards, and then write messages on them. Send a couple a day. Send snark. Send scoldings. Send uncomfortable facts. Heck, send interesting number formations. But those postcards must be handled and processed and delivered.
Thinking back to the W admin, which committed war crimes and destroyed a lot of stuff. But W would probably make kids peanut butter sammies and tell dad jokes. Cheney would ignore them unless they wanted to let him cheat at Risk. The current team shouldn't be allowed in the same town as any kids.
February 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Thinking back to the W admin, which committed war crimes and destroyed a lot of stuff. But W would probably make kids peanut butter sammies and tell dad jokes. Cheney would ignore them unless they wanted to let him cheat at Risk. The current team shouldn't be allowed in the same town as any kids.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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My cartoon in today's Toronto Star
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
My cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Rep. Walkinshaw leaving today’s ICE hearing: “All of this comes from Stephen Miller’s sick, twisted, deranged Great Replacement Theory.” He says when Dems have the majority they will subpoena Miller to testify: “If he doesn’t he will end up in prison for contempt.” @pabloreports.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Rep. Walkinshaw leaving today’s ICE hearing: “All of this comes from Stephen Miller’s sick, twisted, deranged Great Replacement Theory.” He says when Dems have the majority they will subpoena Miller to testify: “If he doesn’t he will end up in prison for contempt.” @pabloreports.bsky.social
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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“There are roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026.”
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2026? - Bolts
There are roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections. Also: read our preliminary overview of these elections, published in January...
boltsmag.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“There are roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026.”
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
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Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist
Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist
theonion.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
@trahan.house.gov Time to start turning the metaphorical thumbscrews in the House to get some impeachments going. Start spilling all the tea. Leak everything to international media outlets. Get Johnson to resign in disgrace. And make Jeffries work for the people, not the corporations.
Howard Lutnick is Trump’s Secretary of Commerce. Here’s his stock purchase agreement with Jeffrey Epstein.
See, for example, pages 21-22 for their signatures.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
See, for example, pages 21-22 for their signatures.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
@trahan.house.gov Time to start turning the metaphorical thumbscrews in the House to get some impeachments going. Start spilling all the tea. Leak everything to international media outlets. Get Johnson to resign in disgrace. And make Jeffries work for the people, not the corporations.
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NEW: Epstein files show U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was in business with Jeffrey Epstein.
Not “acquaintances.” Not “briefly met.” Business partners.
And somehow this keeps getting buried.
How many people in power were tied to Epstein and why are they still protected? A LOT!
Not “acquaintances.” Not “briefly met.” Business partners.
And somehow this keeps getting buried.
How many people in power were tied to Epstein and why are they still protected? A LOT!
February 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
NEW: Epstein files show U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was in business with Jeffrey Epstein.
Not “acquaintances.” Not “briefly met.” Business partners.
And somehow this keeps getting buried.
How many people in power were tied to Epstein and why are they still protected? A LOT!
Not “acquaintances.” Not “briefly met.” Business partners.
And somehow this keeps getting buried.
How many people in power were tied to Epstein and why are they still protected? A LOT!
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this applies to our own party, too. democrats are not acting in good faith on ICE, and they have zero intent to abolish it and dismantle DHS. which makes sense, seeing as they built it
gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
this applies to our own party, too. democrats are not acting in good faith on ICE, and they have zero intent to abolish it and dismantle DHS. which makes sense, seeing as they built it
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BREAKING: As the Super Bowl gets ready to kick off in Las Vegas, someone just protected this video onto a building there!
It’s the “P-do Bowl” featuring the men who are in the Epstein files the most.
Hint: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick and Steve Bannon are the all-stars of this game.
It’s the “P-do Bowl” featuring the men who are in the Epstein files the most.
Hint: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick and Steve Bannon are the all-stars of this game.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: As the Super Bowl gets ready to kick off in Las Vegas, someone just protected this video onto a building there!
It’s the “P-do Bowl” featuring the men who are in the Epstein files the most.
Hint: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick and Steve Bannon are the all-stars of this game.
It’s the “P-do Bowl” featuring the men who are in the Epstein files the most.
Hint: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick and Steve Bannon are the all-stars of this game.
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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I could not be more proud of and committed to the work we are doing here and will personally match the next $5,000 in contributions we receive through this link to support it.
Thanks to everyone who supports the work we do.
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Thanks to everyone who supports the work we do.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I could not be more proud of and committed to the work we are doing here and will personally match the next $5,000 in contributions we receive through this link to support it.
Thanks to everyone who supports the work we do.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
Thanks to everyone who supports the work we do.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
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He spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast.
The same day, he posted a disgusting racist meme.
This is white Christian Nationalism.
The same day, he posted a disgusting racist meme.
This is white Christian Nationalism.
February 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
He spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast.
The same day, he posted a disgusting racist meme.
This is white Christian Nationalism.
The same day, he posted a disgusting racist meme.
This is white Christian Nationalism.
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I teach a science media literacy module in all my courses.
It includes knowing the difference between a press release and a reported news story.
Here's a really interesting new research paper about public understsanding of that difference! #SciComm 🧪
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
It includes knowing the difference between a press release and a reported news story.
Here's a really interesting new research paper about public understsanding of that difference! #SciComm 🧪
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
Science News Agencies in science communication: an exploratory index for evaluating and enhancing public interest in mass-distributed press releases
Scientific press releases are reaching the public directly through press reproduction and institutional dissemination. Science News Agencies (SNAs) mediate this process, distributing texts to thousand...
jcom.sissa.it
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I teach a science media literacy module in all my courses.
It includes knowing the difference between a press release and a reported news story.
Here's a really interesting new research paper about public understsanding of that difference! #SciComm 🧪
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
It includes knowing the difference between a press release and a reported news story.
Here's a really interesting new research paper about public understsanding of that difference! #SciComm 🧪
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
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Cosign from a 1976 GenXer.
Millennials are now 30-45 years old. I see no reason to be voting for anyone older than that. I’m a first year Gen X 1965 and there are still baby boomers older than me running. Enough is enough. Skip my generation and fix this shit.
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Cosign from a 1976 GenXer.
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True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
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La Justicia francesa emite órdenes de arresto contra dos activistas franco-israelíes por complicidad con el genocidio dozz.es/ann0h8
La Justicia francesa emite órdenes de arresto contra dos activistas franco-israelíes por complicidad con el genocidio
dozz.es
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
La Justicia francesa emite órdenes de arresto contra dos activistas franco-israelíes por complicidad con el genocidio dozz.es/ann0h8
We have criminals running our government, hiring more criminals to commit crimes against the populace.
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
We have criminals running our government, hiring more criminals to commit crimes against the populace.
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Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. bit.ly/4cikrkp
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. bit.ly/4cikrkp
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Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...