L Smith
@laurasmith.bsky.social
🌱 because why should humans find it acceptable to harm others? J.D. with faded dream of living under rule of law.
Trying to find the courage each day to face down the fascists while supporting their victims. Like my parents and grandmother, I am Antifa.
Trying to find the courage each day to face down the fascists while supporting their victims. Like my parents and grandmother, I am Antifa.
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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AG Bondi implements Trump policy by directing FBI to undergo massive collection of domestic terrorism intelligence focused on antifa, per internal memo obtained by @bloomberglaw.com:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi Orders FBI Extremism Intelligence Review with Antifa Focus
Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the FBI to undergo an exhaustive analysis of domestic terrorism intelligence—focusing primarily on antifa—in a memo implementing Trump’s response to the Charlie Kir...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
AG Bondi implements Trump policy by directing FBI to undergo massive collection of domestic terrorism intelligence focused on antifa, per internal memo obtained by @bloomberglaw.com:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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None of this is okay. Such a hard read. Utterly devastating and heartbreaking.
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
None of this is okay. Such a hard read. Utterly devastating and heartbreaking.
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How the Supreme Court treats the district courts is shocking. District court judges are heroes in our struggle for American values and rule of law, and they work under appalling circumstances.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How the Supreme Court treats the district courts is shocking. District court judges are heroes in our struggle for American values and rule of law, and they work under appalling circumstances.
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Here we go -a few reminders to those covering this:
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here we go -a few reminders to those covering this:
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
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Calling the lethal strike on men clinging to the capsized remains of a boat a “war crime” implicitly accepts the framing that the U.S. is legitimately engaged in war. We are not. It was murder.
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Calling the lethal strike on men clinging to the capsized remains of a boat a “war crime” implicitly accepts the framing that the U.S. is legitimately engaged in war. We are not. It was murder.
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If veterinarians want to be respected as much as human doctors, we should train veterinary students to respect their patients.
#nomv #vetmed #vetschool #veterinarian #vetstudent #animalwelfare
#nomv #vetmed #vetschool #veterinarian #vetstudent #animalwelfare
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If veterinarians want to be respected as much as human doctors, we should train veterinary students to respect their patients.
#nomv #vetmed #vetschool #veterinarian #vetstudent #animalwelfare
#nomv #vetmed #vetschool #veterinarian #vetstudent #animalwelfare
Hakeem Jeffries is a disgrace to Brooklyn: Fox (in my line of sight at the gym) is overjoyed to trumpet his support of Trump’s border policies.
Because I see Fox briefly but regularly, I feel confident Fox viewers are getting no information about the widespread cruelty. At least I’ve seen none.
Because I see Fox briefly but regularly, I feel confident Fox viewers are getting no information about the widespread cruelty. At least I’ve seen none.
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is a disgrace to Brooklyn: Fox (in my line of sight at the gym) is overjoyed to trumpet his support of Trump’s border policies.
Because I see Fox briefly but regularly, I feel confident Fox viewers are getting no information about the widespread cruelty. At least I’ve seen none.
Because I see Fox briefly but regularly, I feel confident Fox viewers are getting no information about the widespread cruelty. At least I’ve seen none.
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This horrific incident only further lays bare the absurdity of the Admin’s claims undergirding the entire boat strikes campaign — that transporting drugs itself somehow amounts to direct participation in hostilities (or even, under the prior claims to Congress, an armed attack on the U.S.)
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This horrific incident only further lays bare the absurdity of the Admin’s claims undergirding the entire boat strikes campaign — that transporting drugs itself somehow amounts to direct participation in hostilities (or even, under the prior claims to Congress, an armed attack on the U.S.)
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Thank you to the NYC Policy Forum for including my thoughts to their first substack roundtable "What’s in a Transition?: Three views on preparing to lead City Hall."
I hope you give NYC Policy Forum a follow on substack and tell me what you think! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...
I hope you give NYC Policy Forum a follow on substack and tell me what you think! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...
What’s in a Transition?
Three views on preparing to lead City Hall
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thank you to the NYC Policy Forum for including my thoughts to their first substack roundtable "What’s in a Transition?: Three views on preparing to lead City Hall."
I hope you give NYC Policy Forum a follow on substack and tell me what you think! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...
I hope you give NYC Policy Forum a follow on substack and tell me what you think! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...
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It also makes it sound like the first tap was legal.
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It also makes it sound like the first tap was legal.
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This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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A century ago, gray #wolves roamed much of CA, OR, and WA — then urbanization, ranching, and government extermination programs wiped them out.
Learn more in the last 2025 episode of Sounds Wild where we discuss their epic return on the West Coast and what their future looks like ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
Learn more in the last 2025 episode of Sounds Wild where we discuss their epic return on the West Coast and what their future looks like ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A century ago, gray #wolves roamed much of CA, OR, and WA — then urbanization, ranching, and government extermination programs wiped them out.
Learn more in the last 2025 episode of Sounds Wild where we discuss their epic return on the West Coast and what their future looks like ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
Learn more in the last 2025 episode of Sounds Wild where we discuss their epic return on the West Coast and what their future looks like ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
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To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.
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Go to FreeZoe.org right now and ask California Governor @gavinnewsom to pardon Zoe and immediately release her from jail. Rescue is not a crime. #RightToRescue
Free Zoe Rosenberg
Investigations since 2018 have exposed sick and injured animals languishing without care.
FreeZoe.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Go to FreeZoe.org right now and ask California Governor @gavinnewsom to pardon Zoe and immediately release her from jail. Rescue is not a crime. #RightToRescue
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Lifelong animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg was just sentenced to 90 days in custody for her rescue of four suffering chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. She is ordered to turn herself in one week from today on December 10th.
@aaldp-du.bsky.social
@aaldp-du.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Lifelong animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg was just sentenced to 90 days in custody for her rescue of four suffering chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. She is ordered to turn herself in one week from today on December 10th.
@aaldp-du.bsky.social
@aaldp-du.bsky.social
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the thing about signalgate is that it’s a scandal hegseth was ever nominated for this job, a scandal that 50 senators and vp vance voted to confirm him, and a scandal trump didn’t fire him months ago
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the thing about signalgate is that it’s a scandal hegseth was ever nominated for this job, a scandal that 50 senators and vp vance voted to confirm him, and a scandal trump didn’t fire him months ago
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Not ONE of those empty-headed asswipes had the decency to tell him to stop with the racism or to at least walk out of that pogrom-planning group. Literally targetting another black ethnic group. First it was the Haitians, now the Somalis are in the crosshairs. These Nazis must be thrown out!
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Not ONE of those empty-headed asswipes had the decency to tell him to stop with the racism or to at least walk out of that pogrom-planning group. Literally targetting another black ethnic group. First it was the Haitians, now the Somalis are in the crosshairs. These Nazis must be thrown out!
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he's gotta go
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
he's gotta go
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This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.
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• Give to those who have the least: Think about where a modest donation will have an outsized impact. Or put differently, where can your smaller gift make a bigger percentage of an organization’s overall budget? 3/
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
• Give to those who have the least: Think about where a modest donation will have an outsized impact. Or put differently, where can your smaller gift make a bigger percentage of an organization’s overall budget? 3/
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.