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Halloween Holly Smith

@hesmith.bsky.social
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Writing in my on time, writing in my off time. Non-binary, chronically ill, baker. I'm not sleeping right now. They/them

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why do you take no responsibility for that behavior turning off the voters it is now your job to retain? Why do you not spend your time finding other people treating a vulnerable group like that and convincing them to fucking stop?
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 14/09/2026
I am so fucking tired of the daily ‘should trans people be allowed to exist’ argument. The vast majority of society dgaf about us until democrats and republicans alike decided to turn us into their niche culture war issue after people like Jesse Singal and JKR decided we needed to be eradicated.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
I just saw someone admonishing someone trans to shut up about trans rights because there are concentration camps in the US, and you know who I see overwhelmingly and disproportionately on the front lines standing up against concentration camps? Trans people.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The one reason why you should make me your Senator for all 50 states:
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com
SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School
What is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?
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Jacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No USA metro has swung blue more over the past 20 years than Provo-Orem-Lehi (Utah County UT): D +34 2020-2024: Every State House District trended left of the USA. Every one. Now the @utcountydems.bsky.social chair @darinself.com has recruited a historic 13 candidates in 15 Utah HD races.
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djoyce @joycelaurie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
if you are a gay icon STAY INSIDE!!! it’s DANGEROUS OUT HERE!!!!!
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Someone on Reddit asked why “9 to 5” was the phrasing, when everyone we know works much longer hours and always has. The answer was less about hours and more about symbolism, feminism, and the fight for equality. I miss Dolly.
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
sometimes you get two bags of chips out of the vending machine I guess
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Oh, hey, more research on thermal mass. In most places, it’s somewhere between useless and counterproductive for energy efficiency. If you’re in a place with big DAILY temp swings (Say, a desert with 95° days & 50°nights), thermal mass IS your friend because you use the thermal mass as a buffer.
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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 19/06/2026
Here’s a new, super-interactive essay I wrote about making interactions really great for repeated use, motor memory, and so on. I just… love this kind of stuff? I don’t know. My hope is that you’ll fall in love with this, too. *a big screen very, very recommended* aresluna.org/show-your-ha...
aresluna.org
Show your hands honor for the strange power they bring you
On designing finger-friendly interactions
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SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Tomorrow is a union holiday AND I'm seeing friends tonight, currently sitting at my desk trying to focus like
Slightly off Pikachu doll
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Personasama @persona.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sucks that this 64 year old Rocky & Bullwinkle joke still hits now
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
found a little buddy and brought her to a nice flower shrub, but why are her wings so mangled? :( #invertebrate
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/04/2026
Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?
The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 05/02/2026
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Case 1:24-cv-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
FLYCATCHER CORP. LTD and FLYCATCHER TOYS, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
-V.-
AFFABLE AVENUE LLC, doing business as CJ DIST;
OZMOS COMPANY LLC; EYTAN GROSSMAN, doing business as EYG DEALS; CREATIVE REWARDS INC.; JOSHUA CHAVEZ, doing business as ONESTOPFASTSHOP; TOP EXPERIENCE COMPANY LLC, doing business as WE PAY COST LLC; PRETTY PRINCESS LLC, doing business as NORVI; AYANEE LLC; FORTUNA KG LLC, doing business as FORTUNAKG; JASON MANAGEMENT LLC; JOAN ALEXANDER SORIANO, doing business as PRIMECHOICEMART; A WAHABI CORPORATION, doing business as MCPROFITS; MODA ORIGINAL LLC; VALLEY BODEGA WHOLESALE INC.; EYAD WAHBY; SAM SHAMLOO; S&N GLOBAL SUPPLY INC.; VALUE VALLEY WHOLESALE LLC; ADAM HAMIDA; and JOHN DOES 1 to 25,
Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge:
In June 2025, Steven A. Feldman, counsel for Defendant Affable Avenue
LLC ("Affable"), filed a brief in support of Affable's motion to dismiss that was peppered with false citations. Concerned about both the genesis of these
misstatements and counsel's delay in correcting them, the Court issued an
Order to Show Cause. Perhaps not appreciating the gravity of the situation,
Mr. Feldman responded to that Order with a submission that appeared to have
been created by generative artificial intelligence ("Al"), and that itself contained
a false citation. The Court's response was stern and unmistakable: "Mr.Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33
Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging
technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4).
Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the
Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his
submissions.
Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes.
And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research
and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files
submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those
submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the
Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering
default judgment against it.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." The last line isn't recorded, here. But it's usually, "His Soul goes marching on."
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
To copy over a thread about music that moves my soul: During the Civil War, there was a prison at Andersonville Georgia. It was for prisoners of war. It was also a death camp. A pit, where the confederacy threw men to die.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · 19/03/2025
And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song with nothing on my lips but Like and Subscribe
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gin. @showupforthis.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Good morning! $2930 left to reach the whole goal, and we're just $1330 short of paying rent! Will you please share this if you see it? The more folks who see it the better chance we have of reaching safe and secure! Paypal: affirmationgin@gmail Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis gofund.me/bb286cf54
gofund.me
Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.” Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...
Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I’ve done enough improving myself, in 2026 I’m passing the baton to my friends and family, it’s their turn to learn how to Suck Less
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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“I realized I was not a trans man because I could only find negatives to masculinity, unlike those who find positives” okay yeah fair enough friend “Here’s my essay on how testosterone, like Sauron’s Ring, corrupts the ontologically good gender with false promises of power” logging off is free
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gin. @showupforthis.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Good news, y'all! I start a new job in early January! Yay! Beyond relieved at the prospect of a regular paycheck again. The bad news, I won't get a full paycheck until the end of January when February's bills are already due. Help? 💜 Thank you, friends. gofund.me/0aa47e25f
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Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 28/12/2025
(Paul is just posting this, not responsible for it, don't attack him.) I am actually 100% open to having conversations about AI, but unfortunately the conversations often start from the premise "the tools that are being found to fail ~90% of the time in actual use are inevitable" And I disagree. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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Halloween Holly Smith @hesmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
How the hell are you going to brag about how you’re too good to eat at a fast-food franchise while knowing a disturbing about of detail about their prices and menu?
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 07/12/2025
Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD: It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS. I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean. It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules. Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
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Halloween Holly Smith @hesmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I am so tired of people on the left acting like having/raising children (and paying for the associated costs) is a kind of decadence. Stop treating parenting like a weirdly expensive and unnecessary hobby.
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Halloween Holly Smith @hesmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
People are popping off over the cost of daycare listed here. I think if you don’t have kids or haven't had school kids in decades, you have no idea how much this stuff costs. In 2019, the last time I paid for daycare, the company charged $1100/month for infants and $800 for kindergarten and older.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/11/2025
I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
Sign on a library book drop sign requesting people to yell "NOT A SQUIRREL" to confirm they are human and not a squirrel trying to steal Keith's lunch.
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XeaglepissX @xeaglepissx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I'm not an enormous fan of the stone roses but this tune is one of our generations greats, whenever it comes on the radio I'm singing the bass part (in my head, with my teeth). The fella could play and he played with feeling youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
youtu.be
Fools Gold (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Stone Roses - Topic
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14/11/2025
There are a handful of people who are genetically short sleepers (they can sleep less than the recommended 7-9ish hours and feel fine). Pointing to bags under her eyes suggest she's not one of them. Sleeping that little is worse than being drunk
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Actually… One century ago, standard, mid-range, catalog shoes went for 2025 $30-50 per pair, were repairable (glued soles hadn’t become common yet), were made of leather, would last for several years and could be Ship of Theseus’ed on soles, fasteners and heels. They were better shoes for less.
A two-page catalogue spread from the National Cloak and Suit Company, a major competitor to Sears that focused on clothes. Founded in 1888, it eventually merged with Bellas, Hess & Company and became National Belles Hesse and was active as one of the top 5 mail order companies until the 1970s. $250 million dollar years were common until the end. (There’s a Supreme Court case about sales tax that’s still influential.)

This is the 1925-1926 spread of ladies’ shoes. These are working shoes, designed for middle-income women with jobs (very common in the 1920s). They are all leather — pleather did not exist. There are several pairs of lace up, leather boots for $1.99 to $2.98 ($37 to 55 in 2025 dollars), an assortment of ladies; heeled oxfords for $1.98 to $2.49 ($37 to 46.50), and various Mary Jane, T strap and loafer styles for $1.19 to $2.59 ($22-48) and a pair of flats/house shoes for $1.00($18.50). 

None of these shoes are glued; that is a late 30s-40s invention because earlier glues were not durable (technically, the first patent is 1910, but they needed waterproof, flexible glues that didn’t yet exist). It was mostly the domain of cheap sneakers/plimsolls and slippers into the late 1960s. Gluing as the primary shoe production process is latter 20th century. 

All of these shoes shown were sewn so all of them could be repaired. They have low to mid heels, which could also be repaired. There are no stilettos here, those are a later invention. Most of these shoes would likely last 3-7 years of heavy use with routine care (shoe shines, sole and heel repair) and much longer if they weren’t daily worn. Even the slippers/flats/ballet pumps could be repaired.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
It’s absolutely terrific.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
it sure seems like a lot of discipline and focus has permeated the left. really stunning to see huge swaths of people with very recent learned experience recognize destabilizing bait and to ignore it, while quietly acknowledging constructive criticism and building from that.
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gin. @showupforthis.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Good morning, my friends! You may have somehow missed my frantic posts, so... I was just unexpectedly laid off for the second time this year. We're $1545 short on November bills, and I'm hoping real hard we can make it. Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
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August Carver @carverredacted.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I just got a text letting me know that my monthly delivery from the food bank might not be coming. And I still don't know if I'm getting SNAP. I need help. venmo.com/code?user_id... cash.app/$CAugustMcMu... PayPal.me/AugustMcMullen www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/11/2025
If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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