Shelley Smith
smithsmachineshop.bsky.social
Shelley Smith
@smithsmachineshop.bsky.social
Artist, art community advocate, owner of the best bad dog there ever was. NC
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For the Epsteinth time, an 'underage woman' is called a CHILD.

Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
July 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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One bright spot for trans people in Montana: Today's SCOTUS decision does not touch Montana. That's because Montana overturned its gender affirming care ban through the state Supreme Court. States are allowed to have protections that go beyond the US constitution, and thus that ruling is unaffected.
June 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Remember this iconic photo from Ferguson? This is Edward Crawford, throwing back a tear gas canister to protect some nearby kids.

Like many identified Ferguson protesters and organizers, he was "found dead" a couple years later and neither the cops nor the media will ever investigate.
June 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Then let it die!!!!
May 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Whenever yall ask how these ppl today would treat Martin Luther king? I say look how they treat Rev barber. Most of the left has never heard of him and doesn't amplify the message of the poor ppls campaign, and the right would do everything in their power to keep it that way
Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.

Story coming.
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.

Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.

I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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cis people can and should speak out but probably more importantly they can and should use their privilege to ensure trans people speaking for ourselves get heard. cis and an outlet wants your thoughts? insist they include trans voices first.
Someone on TikTok pointed out that Pedro Pascal’s two sentence Instagram comment got more press for trans rights than all trans people combined in the wake of this ruling- which is infuriating but also a reason for more cis people to speak out
If you want an objective lesson in disgustingly reframing and argument, read that in full and see what they do in the last paragraphs.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...
April 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Someone on TikTok pointed out that Pedro Pascal’s two sentence Instagram comment got more press for trans rights than all trans people combined in the wake of this ruling- which is infuriating but also a reason for more cis people to speak out
April 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Sorry to get political but I think we should pay people to check for poop in our food
April 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today’s cuddle
April 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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It would be nice if we could stop framing democratic backsliding as an inevitable global phenomenon when plenty of democracies are perfectly fine with enforcing rule of law
March 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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So there is an anti-AI poison tool for visual art: www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1...

Where's the version for text?
March 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about.

A thread/
March 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The best bad dog there ever was. A joy-bringer with no knowledge of current events
March 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
scim.ag
March 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Did you know you can get the entire Bikini Kill discography, and some extras, all as a bundle on their bandcanp? Now you know that.
March 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I had an ectopic pregnancy surgically removed in 2005. I was bleeding internally from a ruptured fallopian tube. If I had been denied or delayed this procedure I would have died in 2005. This is wrong and not “healthcare”. It’s about controlling women’s bodies.
In South Carolina, tonight: “I have an ectopic pregnancy. It’s on my ovary. They’re making me risk my ovary even though I don’t want to. They refuse to do the surgery.” #ForcedBirthNation

Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
February 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You are endless
If you’re in Raleigh NC this month stop by local gem, Rebus Works, for lunch/coffee etc and take a look at my new collection of work, Give Me Something Endless. I’m happy to support this small business that adds so much to our community
February 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM