Christie Smythe
@christiesmythe.bsky.social
Writer/journalist focused on business, law, criminal justice reform, and tech. “Media figure of mild infamy.” Animal lover. Smirk-book.com
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Family of trash pandas in a Kansas City suburb (where I am visiting family). Spotted by my 8 year old nephew.
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Family of trash pandas in a Kansas City suburb (where I am visiting family). Spotted by my 8 year old nephew.
Hola from Mexico
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hola from Mexico
What’s happening here, besides an echo chamber? Haven’t checked in a while.
March 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
What’s happening here, besides an echo chamber? Haven’t checked in a while.
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Merry Christmas from me and my two “little” brothers :)
December 26, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Merry Christmas from me and my two “little” brothers :)
Merry Christmas:)
December 25, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Merry Christmas:)
True, but it’s a bubble if you immediately write off an opposing point of view (made respectfully) as “garbage” and surround yourself with people who have the same biases.
Of course, it can be a bubble if this means you never allow yourself to be exposed to challenging ideas or see things from a different point of view. But that doesn't mean you're obliged to seriously entertain every piece of garbage someone chooses to throw to you.
December 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
True, but it’s a bubble if you immediately write off an opposing point of view (made respectfully) as “garbage” and surround yourself with people who have the same biases.
AI haiku. Why?
Can tech nerds not write their own?
It is so easy.
Can tech nerds not write their own?
It is so easy.
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 AM
AI haiku. Why?
Can tech nerds not write their own?
It is so easy.
Can tech nerds not write their own?
It is so easy.
Staying at my brother’s creepy old Victorian house on the Berkshires. A selection of creepy objects around the house:
November 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Staying at my brother’s creepy old Victorian house on the Berkshires. A selection of creepy objects around the house:
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Rikers banned mail to inmates because of alleged fentanyl smuggling. But there was no fentanyl smuggling through the mail. They were using drug field tests with an 85 percent false positive rate.
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent thr...
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Rikers banned mail to inmates because of alleged fentanyl smuggling. But there was no fentanyl smuggling through the mail. They were using drug field tests with an 85 percent false positive rate.
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
I will go where the people and the conversations go, but he raises some good points, no?
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
I will go where the people and the conversations go, but he raises some good points, no?
I don’t hate what AI thinks of me.
March 14, 2024 at 10:58 PM
I don’t hate what AI thinks of me.
Time to tune into some awkward sportscaster commentary about Taylor Swift!
February 11, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Time to tune into some awkward sportscaster commentary about Taylor Swift!
@kirmley.bsky.social why would you think I want high drug prices? Do you think women are incapable of having opinions that differ strongly from their partners? (Or former partners?)
February 7, 2024 at 2:06 AM
@kirmley.bsky.social why would you think I want high drug prices? Do you think women are incapable of having opinions that differ strongly from their partners? (Or former partners?)
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"I do not feel any catharsis in seeing the destruction of Gaza. Instead, I want to focus on building a better future for my three children—and for the children of Gaza." - Liat Atzili, released Hamas hostage, Yad Vashem educator, widow of Oct 7 victim
free link:
free link:
Opinion | Choosing Rebirth Over Revenge After My Release From Gaza
We can learn from Holocaust survivors how to move forward after Oct. 7.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
"I do not feel any catharsis in seeing the destruction of Gaza. Instead, I want to focus on building a better future for my three children—and for the children of Gaza." - Liat Atzili, released Hamas hostage, Yad Vashem educator, widow of Oct 7 victim
free link:
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“Paint me like one of your French girls.”
January 20, 2024 at 9:54 PM
“Paint me like one of your French girls.”
Snowy Sunday vibes
January 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Snowy Sunday vibes
In the old stomping grounds….
December 21, 2023 at 11:03 PM
In the old stomping grounds….
Happy Thanksgiving. (This is my nephew, who ended up being a great horror photography subject randomly.)
November 20, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. (This is my nephew, who ended up being a great horror photography subject randomly.)
I am not an expert on fine art by any stretch of the imagination…but I know what I like. I like Edvard Munch very much.
August 27, 2023 at 3:27 AM
I am not an expert on fine art by any stretch of the imagination…but I know what I like. I like Edvard Munch very much.
House sitting. How many ghosts will I see?
July 16, 2023 at 12:47 AM
House sitting. How many ghosts will I see?
When he’s not attacking and mutilating my ankles, Fredo is impossibly adorable.
June 28, 2023 at 7:47 AM
When he’s not attacking and mutilating my ankles, Fredo is impossibly adorable.
Monday Fredo pic
June 19, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Monday Fredo pic
Friday Fredo pic
June 16, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Friday Fredo pic