Jewelles Smith, PhD.
@jewelles-smith.bsky.social
Disability rights consultant, educator, activist, artist, writer, safe
as a Dane by blood…I was there.
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 AM
as a Dane by blood…I was there.
perfect 🐾🐾😍
January 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
perfect 🐾🐾😍
rowdy bunch of birds in the back today—celebrating the return of daylight in pur northern hemisphere I presume
December 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
rowdy bunch of birds in the back today—celebrating the return of daylight in pur northern hemisphere I presume
I am so frustrated with #apple products. they are less accessible with each update. I have been a user since the early 1980s. I purchased a phone, iPad & powerbook in the last 2 years. If the company doesn’t fix things, these are my last products. Apparently no actual help in voice to text loss.
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I am so frustrated with #apple products. they are less accessible with each update. I have been a user since the early 1980s. I purchased a phone, iPad & powerbook in the last 2 years. If the company doesn’t fix things, these are my last products. Apparently no actual help in voice to text loss.
have you ever caught an image of an Anna’s hummingbird scritching itself in an atmospheric river?
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
have you ever caught an image of an Anna’s hummingbird scritching itself in an atmospheric river?
I love Goth birds 😍
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I love Goth birds 😍
I noticed that my cactus had flowers when I went to close the blinds this afternoon!
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I noticed that my cactus had flowers when I went to close the blinds this afternoon!
Took a quick snap of my birdfeeder with a #woodpecker and a #chickadee munching away on the sunflower seeds!
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Took a quick snap of my birdfeeder with a #woodpecker and a #chickadee munching away on the sunflower seeds!
I miss my dad so much today
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I miss my dad so much today
When/if any company spams me with emails about “building my skills in using AI for creative writing”— I will report them when I unsubscribe as offensive content. Creative people do not want to write their novels with your stupid product. Readers don’t want to read the crap that comes out of AI.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When/if any company spams me with emails about “building my skills in using AI for creative writing”— I will report them when I unsubscribe as offensive content. Creative people do not want to write their novels with your stupid product. Readers don’t want to read the crap that comes out of AI.
it’s been a minute since I posted…life has overwhelmed…finally got one up ♥️
Trading stories
I’ll trade you a story, one of the funny ones, from my childhood for an afternoon in July and sipping wine in the garden watching sunflowers worship the sun and sweet peas winding their way up the fen...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
it’s been a minute since I posted…life has overwhelmed…finally got one up ♥️
I keep being surprised that it’s October & cannot believe November on the weekend! somehow time evaporated between September labour day and now 😳
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I keep being surprised that it’s October & cannot believe November on the weekend! somehow time evaporated between September labour day and now 😳
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Whether you live in Yellowknife or not please participate in this auction for the ShoeBox project which ensure unhoused women in the city know they are valued and supported!!!!!
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Whether you live in Yellowknife or not please participate in this auction for the ShoeBox project which ensure unhoused women in the city know they are valued and supported!!!!!
48 hours before the event, I was asked to present three workshops because someone was sick. The workshops were outside of & adjacent to my strengths. VSB teachers were incredible & engaged. lesson is say yes to hard things and sometimes it’s amazing! Photo of mr. D. who missed me greatly.
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
48 hours before the event, I was asked to present three workshops because someone was sick. The workshops were outside of & adjacent to my strengths. VSB teachers were incredible & engaged. lesson is say yes to hard things and sometimes it’s amazing! Photo of mr. D. who missed me greatly.
so, first, if we can create a better delivery system, yay! But powder inhalers are not as effective for me so far.
And, sure, let’s call out asthma patients when the reason for asthma is often related to the pollution & destruction of our environments led by capitalism! ffs
And, sure, let’s call out asthma patients when the reason for asthma is often related to the pollution & destruction of our environments led by capitalism! ffs
Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds
The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
so, first, if we can create a better delivery system, yay! But powder inhalers are not as effective for me so far.
And, sure, let’s call out asthma patients when the reason for asthma is often related to the pollution & destruction of our environments led by capitalism! ffs
And, sure, let’s call out asthma patients when the reason for asthma is often related to the pollution & destruction of our environments led by capitalism! ffs
good news!
Exciting news for Metro Vancouver! www.freshetnews.ca/a-new-beginn...
A new beginning for local news in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities - Freshet News
The Freshet News is a new voice for Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities with a mission to put community back in community news.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
good news!
from the garden…
October 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
from the garden…
finally got a post up…what a few weeks it has been…
Don’t spend five minutes on this
from the Four AM and Feral poems
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October 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
finally got a post up…what a few weeks it has been…
3 of the 4 types of peppers I grew/am growing…I love being able to go pick my food
September 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
3 of the 4 types of peppers I grew/am growing…I love being able to go pick my food
Amazon keeps adding me back to audible. 3 times now-hell to end subscription I never asked for & a forced scramble to use 2 pts (they disappear if you do not use when you cancel) the new fear that if I listen to a book I paid for will triggers this near $17/month that I do not want.
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult t...
apnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Amazon keeps adding me back to audible. 3 times now-hell to end subscription I never asked for & a forced scramble to use 2 pts (they disappear if you do not use when you cancel) the new fear that if I listen to a book I paid for will triggers this near $17/month that I do not want.
when someone in a position of power attempts to bully pregnant women to basically suck it up regarding fevers and pain, I call bullshit.
I miscarried twins at 16 weeks after a fever of over 107 degrees Fahrenheit. fever is serious. You cannot, “suck it up”
I miscarried twins at 16 weeks after a fever of over 107 degrees Fahrenheit. fever is serious. You cannot, “suck it up”
September 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
when someone in a position of power attempts to bully pregnant women to basically suck it up regarding fevers and pain, I call bullshit.
I miscarried twins at 16 weeks after a fever of over 107 degrees Fahrenheit. fever is serious. You cannot, “suck it up”
I miscarried twins at 16 weeks after a fever of over 107 degrees Fahrenheit. fever is serious. You cannot, “suck it up”
Happy Autumn Equinox!
🎶🎶my birdseed brings all the birds the the yard 🎶🎶
working away outside (research/writing) all day & caught a few snaps of 4 of the bird species if many that came to snack and pose
🎶🎶my birdseed brings all the birds the the yard 🎶🎶
working away outside (research/writing) all day & caught a few snaps of 4 of the bird species if many that came to snack and pose
September 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Happy Autumn Equinox!
🎶🎶my birdseed brings all the birds the the yard 🎶🎶
working away outside (research/writing) all day & caught a few snaps of 4 of the bird species if many that came to snack and pose
🎶🎶my birdseed brings all the birds the the yard 🎶🎶
working away outside (research/writing) all day & caught a few snaps of 4 of the bird species if many that came to snack and pose
new post today! #poetry #nostalgia
Ode to a childhood mountain stream
Ode, to the shelter and soundtrack of childhood, haven where imagination and reality stitched time and stories that shimmered and danced just between the air and water I hid beneath the canopy that gr...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
new post today! #poetry #nostalgia
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For more than a decade, professor of forest hydrology Younes Alila’s research showed how B.C.’s land management choices can amplify floods and landslides.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.
Floods, Fires, Forests. For Younes Alila, It All Connects | The Tyee
Meet the UBC forestry prof whose path-breaking work links disasters to how BC manages forests.
thetyee.ca
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For more than a decade, professor of forest hydrology Younes Alila’s research showed how B.C.’s land management choices can amplify floods and landslides.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.