Martha Smith
@jazziknits.bsky.social
She/her. Knitter, mom to one human, gramma to two cats. Lifelong Democratic worker bee, looking for a bit of a rest … but now doesn’t seem like the time. #Minterland
📍Corvallis, OR
📍Corvallis, OR
OMG. I had no idea this was real. Horrifying!
(It is a focus of Louise Penny’s book, A World of Curiosities.)
(It is a focus of Louise Penny’s book, A World of Curiosities.)
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
OMG. I had no idea this was real. Horrifying!
(It is a focus of Louise Penny’s book, A World of Curiosities.)
(It is a focus of Louise Penny’s book, A World of Curiosities.)
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this was Roger Williams's attempt
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
this was Roger Williams's attempt
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Blocking immigration (and ejecting) of people considered inferior and unfit to have kids here is a key component of immigration obsession though history. And please know that “positive eugenics” too often becomes “by any means necessary” “negative eugenics”:
www.britannica.com/science/nega...
www.britannica.com/science/nega...
Negative eugenics | genetics | Britannica
Other articles where negative eugenics is discussed: eugenics: Early history: …proliferation of “good stock,” and negative eugenics, defined as prohibiting marriage and breeding between “defective sto...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Blocking immigration (and ejecting) of people considered inferior and unfit to have kids here is a key component of immigration obsession though history. And please know that “positive eugenics” too often becomes “by any means necessary” “negative eugenics”:
www.britannica.com/science/nega...
www.britannica.com/science/nega...
You are an expert at making your GOP colleagues show their ignorance, incompetence, and complete lack of interest in actual governance. Thank you!
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You are an expert at making your GOP colleagues show their ignorance, incompetence, and complete lack of interest in actual governance. Thank you!
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Right?
… and he SERVED ✨
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Right?
The speed and thoroughness of this racist destruction of every bit of progress we’ve made is disconcerting.
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The speed and thoroughness of this racist destruction of every bit of progress we’ve made is disconcerting.