B Smith

I work with refugees. Historian. I believe in humanitarian action, in helping others, in making society better for the most marginalized.

[B Smith @Aobius]

Police brutality
Unequal education
Maternal mortality
Child welfare involvement

These are all systems in which, and are not an exhaustive list, of the ways in which systemic racism is *quantifiable*. This is what we want with BLM. This is what needs changing. Not murals painted

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Black women are 243% more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications than white women — this father brought his heartbreaking story to Congress to change that

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

The Governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill - a Democrat -refuses to meet with abused detainees at Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center despite a hunger strike among prisoners demanding she meet with them. Democrats are not an opposition party.

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

We had eliminated measles and are about to lose our measles eradication status

We had eradicated screwworm but its making its way back

Keeping these scourges at bay requires active surveillance and action

[B Smith @Aobius]

@IMAO_ I paid for your kids school. I paid for their libraries. I paid for their roads that you drive on to take them to school. I subsidized their health insurance because they went more than I ever do

Next time instead of proving to the world how ignorant you are you can just shut it

[B Smith @Aobius]

@MarkJCarney AI should die.

[B Smith @Aobius]

If the Irving Berlin Wiki was about anything but Irving Berlin I'd think a 14 year old wrote, at minimum, the "Early Life" part.

Stunted. Halting. Opinion. Very odd.

[Joel Montfort @jmontforttx]

In the 1950s and 60's, screwworm was devastating in Texas, costing billions ( adjusted for inflation) annually. In 1935, 180K livestock were lost to the fly. 50% of deer fawns died, and the fly decimated deer populations. We have to get on top of this urgently.

[B Smith @Aobius]

@barbarismcrit Envious but love this for you!

[Meriwether Farms @MeriwetherFarms]

We have been warning the public on New World Screwworm for over a year now (some much longer than us)

We even had our account on X suspended for a month when we showed a picture of what an infection looks like in a human, shortly before there was a human case confirmed in the US last August

The Secretary of Agriculture continued to assure the public that the Screwworm situation was “under control” and continued to ignore concerns and requests from producers and elected officials from her home state of Texas

This is not something to no longer downplay or brush off

The Agricultural industry is already entering into hellish conditions this summer because of drought and rising fuel and input prices, compounded now with an outbreak of flesh eating maggots

We need serious and dedicated leadership on this

We need a whole of government approach

We need states next to Texas and Mexico to be able access the resources and funding to combat this pest as they will be caught completely off guard when it reaches their states

We have asked before months ago but are asking again for President Trump to declare a National Emergency Declaration TODAY!

Thank you for your attention to this matter

[B Smith @Aobius]

@The_Darwinist52 @mom_of_littles This is someone who likely cannot adopt because they'd throw up way too many red flags as a danger to children

[B Smith @Aobius]

This is someone who likely cannot adopt because they'd throw up way too many red flags as a danger to children:

[The Darwinist @The_Darwinist52]

@mom_of_littles As someone without kids, I’d sell my soul for a Down Syndrome child.

[B Smith @Aobius]

Which is EXACTLY why a wealth tax is absolutely necessary

[microplastics rectifier @facetedcarapace]

The incredibly wealthy love to do this weird "I don't actually have any liquid cash" thing as if that's how wealth works. Money is a thing normal people like you and me and worry about. Rich people have *assets* and debt. They live off loans leveraged against what they own.

[RT @RT_com]

'F*CKING NAZI F*CK!'

Israeli settler TRIES TO BREAK into PALESTINIAN HOME in West Bank

Throws ROCKS through windows, SPITS at OWNER, threatens to 'F*CK UP YOU & YOUR EUROPEAN WH*RE' while an IDF soldier WATCHES

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Yes I sold paintings. About $225,000 a year over four years. The whole of my business while my father was President. Congress investigated it.

If you’re outraged about that, where is all your outrage now?

Kushner's Affinity Partners holds roughly $5 to $6 billion. Close to 99% of it comes from foreign sovereign wealth funds. Saudi Arabia. The UAE. Qatar. Over $90M in fees annually.

[B Smith @Aobius]

@GerberKawasaki If Democrats started running folks like Mamdani instead of "Centrists" who would have been Republicans in the 90s, maybe people would bother to show up.

But, they don't. And so voters don't. They've been told this for ages and still prefer to lose

[B Smith @Aobius]

@KosherChutzpah I am an American. Not another single penny to a genocidal state. You wanna commit genocide? Do it on your own dime, lmao.

Also, you're right. I do hate Israel. I refuse to accept apartheid and genocide. As all reasonable people with basic human empathy do.

[B Smith @Aobius]

@SMickey65012 @ColoradoSun Yep. Xcel and/or the State offer a number of incentives for homeowners who care to upgrade their insulation, windows, add solar, etc.

[B Smith @Aobius]

@SMickey65012 @ColoradoSun A lot of the newer apartment buildings are really quite nice in their efficiency. It shows

[B Smith @Aobius]

@SMickey65012 @ColoradoSun Mine is usually around $40. It is a large 1br, but it's on the top level and south facing so constant sun.

[B Smith @Aobius]

@ColoradoSun Their billions in profit last year weren't sufficient for them?

[Deep Singh Badhesha @DeepNotShallow]

Xcel Energy made nearly $1 Billion in profit last year

Why in the hell do we allow a private company to make profit out of public infrastructure.