Kelly Smith

Daycare owner and novice ai dev. Builder of Daisy @ Mother of Meg. Teacher of Tiny Humans. WifeLifer. Expat EssexGirl. Doer of things.

[Queen Bee @KingBobIIV]

Yesterday morning I took an elderly lady shopping. My heart broke for her.

She's been placed in a house miles from everything. There are no shops, no doctor's surgery, nowhere she can walk to, hardly any neighbours, and she's been separated from her daughter and grandchildren. Every time she needs to see a GP, buy food or simply get into town, she has to pay for a taxi. I'd imagine she's spending around £100, at least, a week just on taxis. There are no buses to her house ans she cant walk far. She doesn't have the internet, only has a landline, and every week I see her becoming a little more lonely, a little more confused, and a little more overwhelmed. She worked all her life from 12 she told me, paid into the system all her life, and this is what she's left with.

My next passenger was a lovely Bangladeshi lady in a 4 bed council house on the estate the elderly ladys daughter lives on. She was genuinely really nice and sweet - this isn't a criticism of her at all.

She was travelling the train station to go to Plymouth to sit her citizenship test. She asked me for a receipt because her transport would be reimbursed, told me she has a free rail and bus pass, and receives food vouchers. If she passes, she hopes her family will be able to join her here.

This is absolutely nothing against her.

But surely people can understand why so many of us feel something has gone badly wrong with the system.

An elderly British woman, who paid taxes for decades, is left isolated, spending a huge chunk of her meagre pension simply trying to buy groceries and see a doctor, while the state is able to fund transport and other support elsewhere, in a county where over 30 thousand native Cornish are homeless, and the council is in £1.3bn of debt - this is absolutely insane.

Our priorities are completely upside down.

[James Esses @JamesEsses]

🚨Last night, Keir Starmer held a ‘Pride Reception’ at Downing Street.

So far, so normal.

However, trans activists in attendance reported that Starmer assured them that he is looking at a Motion which “disapproves” of the recent Code of Practice to preserve same-sex spaces.

Activists in attendance also had direct access to Ministers, in order to demand removing protections for medical professionals under the proposed conversion practices ban, insisting ‘trans history’ is taught in schools, and handing out Trans badges which were “proudly” warn by Ministers in attendance.

Labour cannot be trusted by anyone who cares about the safeguarding of women and children.

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

And the world would have cheered and flags would have been waved and glitter would be abundant. And all the things I love most about my life would have never come to be.

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

This is so f'in disgusting. I've always known had I been born later, my tomboyness and discomfort around femininity would have been used to indoctrinate me and to harm me. I looked like this. I felt these feelings. Deeply. Oh to be a boy!

Oh to cut the hair. To wear a suit.

[teresa smith @treesey]

So isn’t this film, a form of conversion therapy aimed at tomboy girls in primary schools?

‘Accompanying worksheets reinforce the born in the wrong body narrative and encourage allyship framed around immediate affirmation of the declared identity’

Extract:

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

I still, even now, have discomfort with my body. Who doesn't? But I'm more at ease with the feminine. I can find places inside myself for all the feelings to fit. But lordy, if I had been born later? That Little Kelly would have been broken beyond repair. Mentally and physically.

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

I’m confident the WNBA suspensions are forthcoming.

Because if this league is serious about player safety, you cannot watch Caitlin Clark get abused on the floor like this and pretend nothing happened.

The standard is either consistent or it is not.

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

@johnm5454 @AmberLCox We traveled multiple times from MI to Indy to watch the Fever the last two years, and I'd love to go watch this year. But there's not a lot to watch and I just can't bring myself to get excited enough to drive four and a half hours for the displeasure of watching this fever team.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Age 11 - feel free to block puberty.

But whatever you do, don’t go on social media until you are 16.

We have lost our bloody minds. 🤯😵‍💫

[James Esses @JamesEsses]

If you want to summarise just how messed up the United Kingdom is in a single sentence:

The UK government believes that 11 year olds are too young to watch YouTube but old enough to block their puberty and render themselves infertile.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

Noni Madueke wins the penalty before Harry Kane put England in front.

Declan Rice assisted from a corner to put England back in front.

Bukayo Saka comes off the bench and sets up Marcus Rashford to seal the win.

The Arsenal boys have done it for England.

It’s what they do. Easy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

How can anyone say we have no culture? This is Shakespeare on 10 pints. Makes my heart proud.

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

England fans in Dallas last night. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

“You can shove your f*cking bagpipes up your arse…” 😭�

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

The Rape Gang Inquiry Report.

https://t.co/EuKgGWBRhS

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

@elonmusk Happy to help 🫡

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

The payout, in fact, was nothing 🫣

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨BREAKING: Someone just put $1M on Spain to WIN their match vs Cape Verde today

This pays out is $1,085,943.48 on Polymarket

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

For fun. And for love of The @IndianaFever

https://t.co/AqwR8UIXJX

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

I remember first visiting The US when I was 14, and we would go to Shoney's for the all you can eat breakfast buffet every morning. It seemed magical. As did pancakes. I knew even then that this was the country I would pledge fealty to.

[The People's Cube @ThePeoplesCube]

My first week in the United States, almost 30 years ago. I walked into an American Breakfast Diner for the first time.
“You can have steak for breakfast”
I exclaimed as I read the menu. Guess what I ordered?

5 minutes later I remember scolding the waitress
“I didn’t order more coffee” as she refilled my cup.
“There’s no extra charge” she said as she poured.

I left full of steak, eggs and gallon of coffee.

What a country. I had to pinch myself.

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

Thank goodness for the Arsenal Academy

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

Thank goodness for Birthright citizenship

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[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

It's like believing you're in the greatest love story ever told. And then getting ghosted Monday morning.

Where do I put these feeeelings? What do I dooo?

[Kelly Smith @K311yS]

One of the saddest Fable stories is how I didn't use it the first day because busy. Crushed the next two days. Not just completing work, but opening the door to the next level up for Daisy. Did nay use yesterday because I was amping up for the weekend. I made notes. I had plans.