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Sarah Smith

@sarahwriter.bsky.social
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The world belongs to all of us. Mystery, SF, fantasy writer, lover of strange machines and Brazil. Represented by Chris Bucci at Aevitas.

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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Here's how to get rid of the effin' AI summaries in Gmail, if you're still using Gmail. www.wcnc.com/article/news...
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Gmail's new Gemini AI features can be turned off, but there's a catch
The email app used by over 3 billion people is turning on new artificial intelligence features by default. Here's how to turn them off.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Christopher Rowe @christopherrowe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980.
A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980, shows a young man filling out his selective service paperwork. Told that he'd neglected to answer a question on the back of the form, he reads it aloud: "If called upon by your country, would you be willing to give your life to protect the interests of U.S. oil companies?" His indignant question, "Oil companies?" is answered: "It's only hypothetical. We're just trying to get a head count."
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/11/2025
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES:

No swimming, jumping or gallivanting.
Do not disturb the pond witch.
No fishing with dynamite.
Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS!
Taunt the crows at your own risk.
If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away.
Do not feed the weretrout.
Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger!
They’re not ducks. Run.
Have fun!
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Want to sign a petition to keep Colbert on the air? I signed. sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Keep Colbert on Air!
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS BROOKLINE RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS BROOKLINE RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY · No Kings
🚨 June 14th marks Donald Trump’s birthday—and this year, it also marks a dangerous display of authoritarian ambition: a taxpayer-funded military parade in Washington, D.C., costing tens of millions of...
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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Celeste dos Cravos An illustration commemorating the Carnation Revolution that took place in Portugal on the 25th of April of 1974, and the woman, Celeste Caeiro, who gave the revolution its name with a simple gesture :) 25 de Abril Sempre, Fascismo nunca mais! ✊
A woman on a balcony, holding a bouquet of red carnations, gives one of them to a soldier passing below, placing it on the muzzle of his gun while he looks up at her. All round, other soldiers walk beside him, some wearing red carnations on the muzzles of his guns too, others waiting for their turn. On the background, Portuguese tiles frame the woman, while the balcony's railing slowly transforms into a streetlamp typical of Lisbon (with a caravel and 2 ravens, the symbols of the city).
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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
my biggest career tip is to consider for each project/piece you do: is this to earn money or is this for my sanity. it is a fine line but the boundaries must be set! if its for money u TURN ON "i am a worker hired by a client" and if its for ur sanity u turn that off and turn on "owooga booga"
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Oboy! ElevenLabs just integrated speech-to-speech into Studio! You can do TTS and STS in one environment! This is a BFD. Try it here: try.elevenlabs.io/2b6xghnlgui6
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Free Text to Speech & AI Voice Generator | ElevenLabs
Create the most realistic speech with our AI audio tools in 1000s of voices and 32 languages. Easy to use API's and SDK's. Scalable, secure, and customizable voice solutions tailored for enterprise ne...
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Democratic governors: Prevent mass deportation NOW!
President-elect Trump has repeatedly vowed to conduct the “largest deportation effort in American history” and plans to mobilize the military and National Guard to raid our communities. These plans ar...
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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
ARGH. Y'all, I've been off Facebook for years, but apparently there's a fake account that's been approaching publishers and trying to chat. I reported it ages ago, but clearly Zuck is too busy fashturbating to fix his mess. Please spread the word: this ain't me. www.facebook.com/nkjemisin1
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Sarah Smith @sarahwriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Here's where to find the DOJ report. PDF, 174 pages. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 13/01/2025
This is your periodic reminder that: "AI" is artificial, but not currently intelligent "hallucinations" are actually incorrect or misleading output (errors) "AI" cannot "join the workforce" any more than a broken clock can When we use their marketing terms we only help them perpetuate the scam.
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