Claudia Smukler
@csmukler.bsky.social
A proud Californian, feminist with an army of friends who have courage to fight for liberté, égalité, fraternité. Art is pressing. #arteverywhere
Keep up the holiday spirits. The light is on the rise.
December 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Keep up the holiday spirits. The light is on the rise.
90 million* eligible voters did not cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. Will (some, more, any) of them find a way to vote in the 2026 midterms?
Because I sure as hell don’t like minority rule. And this authoritarian regime bleeds corruption, abuse, and death.
If you didn’t vote, why?
Because I sure as hell don’t like minority rule. And this authoritarian regime bleeds corruption, abuse, and death.
If you didn’t vote, why?
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
90 million* eligible voters did not cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. Will (some, more, any) of them find a way to vote in the 2026 midterms?
Because I sure as hell don’t like minority rule. And this authoritarian regime bleeds corruption, abuse, and death.
If you didn’t vote, why?
Because I sure as hell don’t like minority rule. And this authoritarian regime bleeds corruption, abuse, and death.
If you didn’t vote, why?
What we lost is immeasurable. What we must learn is to protect the magnificent. Progressive politicians are born not bought. Do not forget the fallen or their mission.
#melissaHortman
#paulwellstone
#Minnesota
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
#melissaHortman
#paulwellstone
#Minnesota
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What we lost is immeasurable. What we must learn is to protect the magnificent. Progressive politicians are born not bought. Do not forget the fallen or their mission.
#melissaHortman
#paulwellstone
#Minnesota
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
#melissaHortman
#paulwellstone
#Minnesota
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I’ll be watching this story and you should too. I don’t trust the SCOTUS to do the right thing (defend birthright citizenship) so we have to scream and stomp till we make it be known: do not fuck with this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I’ll be watching this story and you should too. I don’t trust the SCOTUS to do the right thing (defend birthright citizenship) so we have to scream and stomp till we make it be known: do not fuck with this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
The Ferry Bldg and SF Glow is delightful on a clear cold December evening.
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The Ferry Bldg and SF Glow is delightful on a clear cold December evening.
I walked on Campus on Nov 10 checking out the situation. I can testify that UC police and other public safety professionals had this event covered. #noviolence
#freespeech
UC Berkeley hit with third federal investigation tied to Turning Point USA tour stop
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
#freespeech
UC Berkeley hit with third federal investigation tied to Turning Point USA tour stop
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley hit with third federal investigation tied to Turning Point USA tour stop
Federal officials plan to review Berkeley’s safety policies and crime reporting after the Turning Point USA event that campus leaders insist did not involve riots.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I walked on Campus on Nov 10 checking out the situation. I can testify that UC police and other public safety professionals had this event covered. #noviolence
#freespeech
UC Berkeley hit with third federal investigation tied to Turning Point USA tour stop
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
#freespeech
UC Berkeley hit with third federal investigation tied to Turning Point USA tour stop
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Salient points for publishers, authors, and illustrators everywhere.
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Salient points for publishers, authors, and illustrators everywhere.
I want this
In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I want this
Sleepy joe.
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sleepy joe.
I walked in to Berkeley Kaiser and got two vaccines yesterday. No line. High-potency flu (I’m eligible because of my age) and the Pfizer Covid. Some arm soreness today but otherwise feeling fortified. 💪🏼 Ready for the holidays!
What about you?
What about you?
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I walked in to Berkeley Kaiser and got two vaccines yesterday. No line. High-potency flu (I’m eligible because of my age) and the Pfizer Covid. Some arm soreness today but otherwise feeling fortified. 💪🏼 Ready for the holidays!
What about you?
What about you?
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Two-fers are a special kind of good
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Two-fers are a special kind of good
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Two-fers are a special kind of good
Reposted by Claudia Smukler
There are graves for people who never got to come home and grow old. Remember then today. 🪖
#RemembranceDay #veterans #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkF...
#RemembranceDay #veterans #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkF...
Vimy Ridge: Where a Nation Was Revealed
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are graves for people who never got to come home and grow old. Remember then today. 🪖
#RemembranceDay #veterans #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkF...
#RemembranceDay #veterans #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkF...
I was approaching menopause in 2002 when the WHI hormone therapy study was released that linked them to serious health conditions like cancer and stroke. Estrogen and other hormones “plummeted” and I didn’t even consider them. I sought other therapies. 1/6
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I was approaching menopause in 2002 when the WHI hormone therapy study was released that linked them to serious health conditions like cancer and stroke. Estrogen and other hormones “plummeted” and I didn’t even consider them. I sought other therapies. 1/6
Reposted by Claudia Smukler
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
During the longest ever GOP government shutdown Trump refuses to talk to Dems in Congress because he’d rather entertain … Viktor Orbán … the authoritarian Prime Minister of Hungary who
💣Opposes aid to Ukraine
💣Despite EU sanctions wants energy from Russia
Trump, Putin & Orbán
intimate buddies
💣Opposes aid to Ukraine
💣Despite EU sanctions wants energy from Russia
Trump, Putin & Orbán
intimate buddies
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
During the longest ever GOP government shutdown Trump refuses to talk to Dems in Congress because he’d rather entertain … Viktor Orbán … the authoritarian Prime Minister of Hungary who
💣Opposes aid to Ukraine
💣Despite EU sanctions wants energy from Russia
Trump, Putin & Orbán
intimate buddies
💣Opposes aid to Ukraine
💣Despite EU sanctions wants energy from Russia
Trump, Putin & Orbán
intimate buddies
I worked at a vote center on
UC Berkeley campus, including 15hrs on Election Day.
Some observations:
Students register/vote but like everyone, they procrastinate.
Vote-by-mail and registration strategies & education are needed as they move a lot.
High school civics = a stronger democracy
UC Berkeley campus, including 15hrs on Election Day.
Some observations:
Students register/vote but like everyone, they procrastinate.
Vote-by-mail and registration strategies & education are needed as they move a lot.
High school civics = a stronger democracy
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I worked at a vote center on
UC Berkeley campus, including 15hrs on Election Day.
Some observations:
Students register/vote but like everyone, they procrastinate.
Vote-by-mail and registration strategies & education are needed as they move a lot.
High school civics = a stronger democracy
UC Berkeley campus, including 15hrs on Election Day.
Some observations:
Students register/vote but like everyone, they procrastinate.
Vote-by-mail and registration strategies & education are needed as they move a lot.
High school civics = a stronger democracy
The Jelly Bean President was sweet compared to the evil orange one.
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Jelly Bean President was sweet compared to the evil orange one.
I haven’t listened to this podcast ever. Though I knew a print salesman by that name. Don’t act like just because some man did a thing it’s important.
“WTF With Marc Maron” wrapped its 16-year run. David Sims on Maron’s “brash, chatty” podcasting approach that has been “much copied, if never quite equaled”:
The Radical Empathy of a Low-Key Chat Show
Marc Maron’s podcast, which just wrapped its 16-year run, showed us what human connection could really look like.
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I haven’t listened to this podcast ever. Though I knew a print salesman by that name. Don’t act like just because some man did a thing it’s important.
Anyone interested in running for public office should be required to pass the same or similar civics test that people who want to be naturalized have to take for citizenship.
October 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Anyone interested in running for public office should be required to pass the same or similar civics test that people who want to be naturalized have to take for citizenship.
Oh Please!
Stop it NYT
Neither of these criminals want an end to war. Any war.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Stop it NYT
Neither of these criminals want an end to war. Any war.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Plans Meeting With Putin to Discuss an End to War on Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh Please!
Stop it NYT
Neither of these criminals want an end to war. Any war.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Stop it NYT
Neither of these criminals want an end to war. Any war.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Just received:
A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just received:
A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
Voted today. Let me know when you cast your ballot California!
October 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Voted today. Let me know when you cast your ballot California!