Chris Watters Smith she/her
@rebelbelle.bsky.social
Woods-walker and Reader of Banned Books.
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As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th.
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
May 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th.
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know.
Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡
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April 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Update 🧵: So we finally got official guidance on the whole “needing to prove identity in person” thing today. No, we do not need everybody that receives benefits to come to the office en masse. So let’s talk about who will have to come in person to the local office. 1/?
March 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Update 🧵: So we finally got official guidance on the whole “needing to prove identity in person” thing today. No, we do not need everybody that receives benefits to come to the office en masse. So let’s talk about who will have to come in person to the local office. 1/?
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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“To ensure that rural people have a voice in the federal bureaucracy, President Trump should reverse course and rescind his “Return to Work” order.”
Commentary: Remote Work Empowers Rural Workforce and Strengthens Federal Government | The Daily Yonder
On January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an order directing federal agencies to terminate remote work arrangements and mandate employees
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March 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“To ensure that rural people have a voice in the federal bureaucracy, President Trump should reverse course and rescind his “Return to Work” order.”
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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In 2023, I was able to welcome Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to the U.S. Capitol and say “America stands strong with you and your people.”
I meant it then and I mean it now. What happened at the White House yesterday was an absolute embarrassment. 🧵1/4
I meant it then and I mean it now. What happened at the White House yesterday was an absolute embarrassment. 🧵1/4
March 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In 2023, I was able to welcome Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to the U.S. Capitol and say “America stands strong with you and your people.”
I meant it then and I mean it now. What happened at the White House yesterday was an absolute embarrassment. 🧵1/4
I meant it then and I mean it now. What happened at the White House yesterday was an absolute embarrassment. 🧵1/4
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I believe that too. It was a shameful day for America whose leaders betrayed basic American values. That said, America has to figure out how to stop Donald Trump from bulling/betraying allies. Otherwise, eventually its protestations will sound hollow.
Schiff: This is not who we are. We don’t bully an ally. We don’t take the side of a dictator. We’re just not what we saw displayed by the President of the United States today. I would say to our allies around the world that what they witnessed today might be Donald Trump, but it is not America.
March 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I believe that too. It was a shameful day for America whose leaders betrayed basic American values. That said, America has to figure out how to stop Donald Trump from bulling/betraying allies. Otherwise, eventually its protestations will sound hollow.
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov
"...Fair access to fresh food
Virginia Fresh Match (VFM) is a network of farmers markets, mobile markets, and community food stores that double the value of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, also known as EBT or food stamps, spent on fruits and vegetables..."
Virginia Fresh Match (VFM) is a network of farmers markets, mobile markets, and community food stores that double the value of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, also known as EBT or food stamps, spent on fruits and vegetables..."
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February 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"...Fair access to fresh food
Virginia Fresh Match (VFM) is a network of farmers markets, mobile markets, and community food stores that double the value of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, also known as EBT or food stamps, spent on fruits and vegetables..."
Virginia Fresh Match (VFM) is a network of farmers markets, mobile markets, and community food stores that double the value of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, also known as EBT or food stamps, spent on fruits and vegetables..."
The Apprentice guy refers to President Zelenskyy as "a modestly successful comedian."
February 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Apprentice guy refers to President Zelenskyy as "a modestly successful comedian."
Three done, three to go!
February is Black History Month. Honor Black authors by reading their books. #BookSky
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Three done, three to go!
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Thanks to Physics and Chemistry for sharing this.
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thanks to Physics and Chemistry for sharing this.
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Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
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In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.
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And media is now well aware of Elon’s shenanigans removing posts that are critical of him, changing the algorithm to favor his posts, taking down Community notes that embarrass him.
So why continue describing him as a “free speech absolutist,” we must ask.
So why continue describing him as a “free speech absolutist,” we must ask.
For *years* now, like every few months I have to write a variation on the same post about how Elon is not about free speech, and that he's deeply censorial.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism."
It's so stupid.
The lure of Elon’s alternate reality for his followers is so powerful that he will tell them that pulling books off shelves, deleting words from government websites, and banning programs for their kids based on words they used is all part of fighting back against censorship. And they just let him
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And media is now well aware of Elon’s shenanigans removing posts that are critical of him, changing the algorithm to favor his posts, taking down Community notes that embarrass him.
So why continue describing him as a “free speech absolutist,” we must ask.
So why continue describing him as a “free speech absolutist,” we must ask.
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Just keep going
Keep going strong
Just keep going
Don't know how long
Just keep going
Going strong
We don't know what's ahead of us
Just hold on
KEEP GOING by Rising Appalachia
Perfect for ANY time in our personal & shared realities but more so NOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj0...
Keep going strong
Just keep going
Don't know how long
Just keep going
Going strong
We don't know what's ahead of us
Just hold on
KEEP GOING by Rising Appalachia
Perfect for ANY time in our personal & shared realities but more so NOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj0...
Rising Appalachia - Keep Going (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Rising Appalachia
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February 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just keep going
Keep going strong
Just keep going
Don't know how long
Just keep going
Going strong
We don't know what's ahead of us
Just hold on
KEEP GOING by Rising Appalachia
Perfect for ANY time in our personal & shared realities but more so NOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj0...
Keep going strong
Just keep going
Don't know how long
Just keep going
Going strong
We don't know what's ahead of us
Just hold on
KEEP GOING by Rising Appalachia
Perfect for ANY time in our personal & shared realities but more so NOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj0...
The Charting My Path for Future Success project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, will help families and schools learn how two research-based transition programs can support students with disabilities to reach their goals after high school.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER PROJECT: EDUCATION - Funding for Charting My Path for Future Success Program in Spotsylvania Schools Stopped
Monday night, Spotsylvania County Public Schools learned that a federally funded research project that benefited 91 students and paid the salaries of five teachers was terminated.
www.fxbgadvance.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Charting My Path for Future Success project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, will help families and schools learn how two research-based transition programs can support students with disabilities to reach their goals after high school.
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Sinister is the correct adjective. Also shocking and shameful.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/we-need-to... This is a magnificent tirade - about time someone tore apart Vance’s ridiculous but sinister speech
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
The Transatlantic alliance is collapsing. This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991 if not 1945.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sinister is the correct adjective. Also shocking and shameful.