Jeri Smith-Ready

@jsmithready.bsky.social

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Novelist, music lover, ADHDer. Armed with an endless supply of parentheses (and not afraid to use them). Rep'd by Ginger Clark. #SAFC fan for my sins. She/her https://www.jerismithready.com/

Photo: Former Spain footballer Sergio Ramos walking onto the pitch holding the World Cup trophy. Caption: Sergio Ramos, surprisingly not being sent off while bringing the trophy onto the pitch.
Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images

Before and After Aniston meme. Before Text: Me before Mexico v South Africa. After text: Me After Spain v Argentina

Trending topics, in which 1 is Mbappe with no accent over the e and 2 is Mbappe with the accent. 3 is Olise but without the accent :(

Canada away men's jersey, black with space-y white maple leaf patterns

World Cup Group C table showing Scotland top of the group above Morocco, Brazil and Haiti

Mean girls "Get in loser, we're going shopping" meme directed towards Sunderland AFC fans. Text: "Get in loser, we're going to Europe." The girls are wearing jerseys of Bournemouth, Brighton, and Aston Villa.

update from The Guardian live blog by Jakub Krupa: "After delivering his speech, Orbán kind of shrugs his arms to someone in the front row as if saying “what else was I supposed to do.”

He looks defeated."

Screenshot of post by Hungarian opposition candidate Péter Magyar: "Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated us on our victory over the phone"

Helicopter hovering above raft containing Artemis 2 crew members and recovery specialists

Integrity capsule drifting to earth with the aid of three red and white parachutes, as seen from slightly below, with blue sky and white clouds beyond

Slide outlining steps in final approach to splashdown of the Artemis 2 mission

JD Vance in a parka standing in Greenland positioned somewhat akin to the "Is this a butterfly?" meme. Text: "Is this diplomacy?"

Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as Mickey and Mallory Knox from Natural Born Killers, leaning against a red convertible as they take a break from murder spreeing

Newly hatched peregrine falcon, a tiny bundle of white floof, sits between two speckled brown as-yet-unhatched eggs. Its eyes are little slits, still closed.

Shot from Integrity spacecraft on Artemis 2 mission just before it passed behind the moon. The edge of the moon is shown with a tiny crescent Earth on its edge.

Screenshot of NY Times article with the following highlighted: "Technically, the airman if captured would be considered a prisoner of war, protected by international law, while a hostage is usually a civilian."

September 19 2020 tweet by Senator Chuck Grassley: “ If u lost ur pet pidgin /it’s dead in front yard my Iowa farm JUST DISCOVERED here r identifiers Right leg Blue 2020/3089/AU2020/SHE ///LEFT LEG GREEN BAND NO PRINTED INFO. Sorry for bad news”

October 25 2012 tweet by Senator Chuck Grassley: “ Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After I pulled fender rubbing on tire we continued to farm. Assume deer dead”

October 25 2012 tweet by Senator Chuck Grassley reading “ Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After I pulled fender rubbing on tire we continued to farm. Assume deer dead”

Gray and white fluffy tabby sitting atop a sign reading, "Too mad to make a funny sign"

Chart of Trump's approval and disapproval ratings. He starts his term at +6 and quickly goes underwater

Screenshot of Reuters headline reading, "Trump upset as key US partners shun call for Hormuz warship escorts"

Photo of several small boats flying US and Trump flags

Screenshot of news broadcast about the Strait of Hormuz wherein the subtitles read "Straight of Moose," thus teeing up a relatively niche Monty Python reference.

Screenshot of Reuters update at 15:32 EDT by Kanishka Singh

Trump told CBS in an interview that the U.S. is “very far” ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame on the operations in Iran, according to a CBS reporter on X.

"I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force," Trump told CBS in a phone interview.

On Iran's new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump told CBS News: "I have no message for him."

The U.S. president also said he had someone in mind to replace Khamenei, but did not elaborate.

Several competently drawn horses on a color gradient, along with a thing that looks like an injured crab

Screenshot of Amazon search results on the term "melania". Top result is "Melania: Devourer of Men". Below it is the Melania biography with the word Sponsored above it, indicating that someone has paid for it to appear higher in the results, alas, to no avail

Screenshot of Amazon search results on the term "melania". Top result is "Melania: Devourer of Men" hee hee

Screenshot of Amazon search results on the term "melania". Top result is "Melania: Devourer of Men" hee hee

Hamburg-based St. Pauli is known for mixing sport with politics near the the city’s red-light district, and particularly its left-wing stance. The club’s famous pirate skull-and-crossbones symbol was first carried by squatters who lived nearby and later popularized by fans who identified as punks.

Photo of CBP “commander” Greg Bovino in his Nazi-coded coat flanked by CBP/ICE agents selected because they’re not too much taller than him. Text: “Greg Bovino is in charge of ICE operations in Minnesota. After he is done, he plans on retiring to his Apple orchard in Boone, NC…North Carolinians can make his retirement a living hell”

Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann" a tiny girl in a huge rocking chair

Gentleman in black shirt and glasses, photographed from below as he (hopefully) fixes the rim before Spurs-Rockets game

Closeup of basket rim prior to Spurs-Rockets game, with level atop it showing it's not quiet level

Screenshot from Oregon Trail mobile game features a headstone reading, “Cherished memories of America. Died of weakness.”

Red and white striped poster with black block letters reading, “ Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can’t help falling in love with you. Sunderland! Sunderland! Sunderland!”

"The first 911 calls about the shooting of
Renee Good came in at 9:39 a.m., and
emergency responders arrived on the
scene at 9:42 a.m., according to records
from the Minneapolis Police and the
city's Fire Department. There, they
found multiple law enforcement
officers, including the ICE agent who
shot her, and two damaged vehicles,
one of which was Good's maroon S.U.V."

Daylight photo of JD Vance in Greenland wearing a parka and holding out a hand to the side. Text: "Is this diplomacy?" à la "Is this a pigeon?" meme

screenshot of post by Carl Quintanilla "GREENLAND GOVERNMENT: FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND GREENLAND -- IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ALLIES" with the words "the sane" inserted after "with"

Tuxedo cat sitting in cushy tan cat bed judging you

screenshot of YouTube search box "supercut of ice officers falling..." where autocomplete offers "falling down" "falling down the stairs" and, incredibly, "falling in love"

"49ers-Eagles score update: Eagles score touchdown, miss XP
It didn't take long for the Eagles to answer the 49ers' opening salvo. Dallas Goedert took the handoff from Jalen Hurts, scoring off the left side of the line for six. Jake Elliott would doink the extra point off the left upright, meaning the 49ers have a 1-point lead."

screenshot of Discord AI survey. Question: How old are you? Possible answers include 5 age groups, the oldest of which is "45 and over"

Text: "Protect your neighbors. Abolish Ice." Image: white on black drawing of Godzilla smashing very Godzillaly

Screenshot of Merriam Webster video. Text reads "Your 2026 Word: swampy"

screenshot of Merriam-Webster video flashing many words successively on the screen "Your 2026 Word" but caught on the word "swampy"

Gray and white fluffy tabby curled up tight in cocoon shape between fuzzy blanketed feet.

Glamor” shot of some dude named Jerry lounging on an orange half-shag carpet. He is wearing a red wrestler onesie and is rather hairy, everywhere. Also his disembodied head floats above himself. His facial hair makes his chin look like a ball sack. Yet on the whole, he looks pleased and utterly self-confident in all he does. Let’s all be Jerry.

“Glamor” shot of some dude named Jerry lounging on an orange half-shag carpet. He is wearing a red wrestler onesie and is rather hairy, everywhere. Also his disembodied head floats above himself. His facial hair makes his chin look like a ball sack. Yet on the whole, he looks pleased and utterly self-confident in all he does. Let’s all be Jerry.

Dollar Tree display of 10-packs of pencils, including ones with happy faces on them

Gray and white fluffy tabby sits under Christmas tree next to red gift bag that reads "Merry and Bright" in gold lettering

Screenshot of CNN article reading "US drug enforcement officials say that trafficking routes via Suriname are primarily destined for European markets. US-bound drug trafficking routes have been concentrated on the Pacific Ocean in recent years."

"In 2011, a duck hunter in Utah was shot in the buttocks when his dog stepped on a shotgun, injuring him, news reports said at the time."

screenshot of Zarah Sultana MP, cofounder of Your Party, posting upon the founding of Your Party (24 July 2025), "It's not called Your Party!"

Result of World Cup qualifier Ireland 2 Portugal 0, in which Cristiano Ronaldo received a red card

Premier League table, with teams 1-12: Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Sunderland, Bournemouth, Spurs, Chelsea, Man United, Crystal Palace, Brighton, Aston Villa, and Brentford

Premier League table showing Sunderland in 2nd (with most other teams having a game in hand to ne fair)

TV screen showing scoreboard at Stamford Bridge. "FULL TIME Chelsea 1 Sunderland 2"