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Kasey Feral Smith

@kaseysmith.net

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Artist, writer, historian, ghost sign expert, leftist, Vermeer fangirl, American living in the Netherlands. she/her http://www.kaseysmith.net/

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · Nov 16

It's reintroduction time! I'm a multidisciplinary artist who makes art about memory, place, & craft. In 2022 I moved from Oakland, CA to small village in the Netherlands. To restart/recenter my career, I'm putting myself through a "conceptual apprenticeship" with the greats of Dutch & Flemish art.

A white middle aged lady with dirty blond bangs and a V necked black outfit sittimg crosslegged in a garden. She is wearing a series of four chunky necklaces made from gold chain, pearls, and pieces of rug cast on resin.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 5h

Bitchtopher Columbitch

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 6h

MERKITTENS!!!

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'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 8h

This is a 10/10 post.

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 1d

They'd crush him like an over the hill pumpkin!

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We euthanized our shy tabby cat yesterday. He'd been off rampaging all spring/summer, only to return two weeks ago emaciated and absolutely ravenous. I knew something was wrong but thought we had more time. I will miss him forever.

A freshly dug patch of soil next to a brick walkway. A single paving stone and a single sunflower resta on top of it.

A photo of a tabby cat sitting on a windowsill at night.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

🎃 October 11 🎃
Cute little boo

Nubian goat with two purple bat pompoms on her head

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 2d

I'm not really a doll collector but this Monster High Xenomorph is fucking jaw-dropping. creations.mattel.com/en-nl/produc...

Monster High Skullector Alien Doll

No one can hear you scream in space, especially when the alien hunting you slays this hard.

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 2d

I call it their "walkies" and starting around 10:30 the brown cat -- who started this ritual -- starts hanging out at the door demanding I take him out.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 2d

The three boy cats have enormous beef with a large orange tomcat the next block over. We've developed a nightly ritual around this. Once traffic has died down, I act as their "bodyguard" and walk them over to his house so they can piss on the bushes.

A nighttime photo of a Siamese cat peeing on some bushes on the side of a brick street.

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Bryant Durrell @innocence.com · 3d

So Peter Thiel is not just dangerously theocratic and rich, he’s completely insane. This is less coherent than Moldbug. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

Pb Nobel?

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

*rubs temples* Technology was a mistake.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

Maria Machado is a superb choice for the peace prize, having risked her life to resist one of the world’s most disruptive democratic crises, and created Venezuela’s legitimate elected party. And sends a clear message about who won’t be eligible for the prize

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader recognized for promoting a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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🎃Captain Murphy 🏴‍☠️🎃 @sealab2021.org · 3d

It literally is. I love public transportation. I wish there were trains everywhere but how can you be completely atomized and totally alienated if there are?

Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 3d

Riding the bus to work is praxis

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

They do! There are also people on Etsy who make silly cat-themed battle vests if you don't want to piece together your own.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

I don't think I've EVER heard someone claim Dylan is cooler than Johnny Fucking Cash. Sure, some people can and will argue about their respective musical importance, but coolness? Never.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

I went from living in Oakland, CA to suburban Netherlands and it suuuuuuucks.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

If we hate hard enough, our collective scorn can make anything untenably dorky.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

In a year full of untold horrors, this situation is giving me The Big Fear.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

He tells me the CIA has already infiltrated his litterbox.

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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

He's a very good cat.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 3d

I wish. Nero is strictly for the boys.

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 4d

My Covid booster was super easy!

Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 4d

If someone gives me $5 I'll send you half. 🤣