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Benjamin Smart

@bthsmart.bsky.social

410 followers 53 following 516 posts

Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health, University of Johannesburg. Loves being a dad. Bad golfer. Not my equations in the profile pic.

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My favourite part of the #Trump convention speech was when he tried to bribe hundreds of millions of Americans to vote Republican. Wouldn't it be nice if the attorney general wasn't Trump's personal lawyer. There are no lines that won't be crossed. None. #politics #U.S.politics #GOPconvention

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last look at the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Reunion Island. A magnificent week tasting the best Creole and French food, building research relationships, marking, and discovering volcanos and coral reefs.

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Saint-Denis, Reunion Island.

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Wow. It didn't take long for the #Trump effect to infiltrate the #reviewer2 space. I just had a paper rejected for daring to (implicitly) assume in a #SOTL paper that white people aren't intrinsically smarter than black people. 😡

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My friend just paid his taxes in the US in the most sobering, but equally hilarious way. #Trump #IsraelPalestine #Genocide

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Very nice. Check out my university. University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus.

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Just the latest lie #Trump will repeat to his vulnerable supporters until they believe it.

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I really miss my kitty. 5 days gone, and he's never missed a night before. And he was upset about something. Cannot find him anywhere. He hides in drains. There was a huge storm. Devastated. 😔😥 #catsky #petsky

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

New year's resolution. #poetry #writersky

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

A #Christmas lament. #Capitalism

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

It's hot here in South Africa. My 18 month old boy is constantly asking for Twater. Explaining to Mikey that XYZ is not available on Earth is proving tricky. Fortunately he's fooled by H20 for now. #Philosophy

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

If you are willing to put your children before anything else, always and unconditionally, raising kids will be the most rewarding thing you can ever do. #MeaningInLife #parenting #UnconditionalLove

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Benjamin Smart @bthsmart.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I live with vervet monkeys and baboons day to day in South Africa. They loot my fruit and food, poop all over my house, get very angry with each other sometimes, play and care for their young. They're like little people. I LOVE THEM.

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