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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I’m dumbfounded people regard this as anything less than an existential / constitutional crisis. We are fucked if this funding is not appropriated somehow, some way.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Playing the pit band was honestly one of my favorite things in high school band. Everything else really got kind of tiresome, but being second fiddle (~and~ first / only clarinet though!) and unseen and generally unconsidered vs. the onstage folks was really, really fun! :D

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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

By Waymo's own figures, roughly 44% of its miles carry no passenger. Charge robotaxis a fee for empty miles, highest in busy zones, and spend it on transit and safer streets. Empty cars should pay for the space they use. www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

“Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind / On old dogs, and children, and watermelon wine” is just so gracious. An aside to the listener! *nudge nudge* “Hey do you want to know how I wrote this song?” AND THEN IT’S THE WHOLE SONG. Amazing craft.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It’s a sagely slight of hand to slip that into a song about writing a song while sitting in a little bar and minding your own damn business.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Pretty easy to pooh pooh that song as whatever, but there’s the line "God bless little children while they're still too young to hate” And there’s a fucking wisdom in there that I wish more people would *hear*.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime But old dogs and children and watermelon wine" "When he moved away, I found my pen and copied down that line 'bout old dogs and children and watermelon wine”

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In the shop today for a sales tasting and on the speakers came “Watermelon Wine” — credit to the salesperson who called out as a Tom T. Hall song, and then we talked about how that song is entirely just about how he came to write that song, and also that people think orange wines come from oranges.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

CPI isn't a big deal unless you're one of those rare people who purchases medical care, vehicles, computers/software, or toys. Might also be a problem for people who earn money instead of already having money, but those people should really try having money instead.

By Chris Anstey, Senior Editor

Thanks for joining us today. Here are key takeaways from the September CPI report:
The headline CPI jumped by 0.6% compared with August, as expected by economists, and 3.7% on a year-on-year basis, marking an acceleration from 3.4% the previous month. More than half the monthly increase came from gasoline, which soared 9.1%.
The core CPI, stripping out food and energy, rose 0.3% on the month, more than all but 11 of the 73 economists in Bloomberg’s survey had anticipated. The annual rate accelerated to 2.6%, the fastest pace since June. Increases were broad based, including recreation and used vehicles, airfares and medical care.
Outsize gains in some categories pointed to evidence of both the AI effect and impact from tariffs. On a year-on-year basis, computers and software prices saw record increases, at 9.7% and 28.4% respectively. Toys, up an annual 6.6%, jumped the most since 1988.
Inflation continues to wallop workers. Today’s numbers mean real average hourly earnings contracted by 0.7% last month, the most since May. Real earnings have been shrinking for six straight months now, the longest string since the 2021-23 cost-of-living surge.
The odds of an interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve in two weeks soared after the release, with Treasuries plunging, stocks sliding and the dollar rising. Two-year yields were up about 12 basis points as of 9:32 a.m. in New York, the S&P 500 opened down 0.4% and the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index hit its highest since May 2025.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oh shit. I thought I’d be cheeky and play some old school country radio in the shop but I just got involuntarily committed to Achy Breaky Heart. The best laid plans of mice and men.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

What made me think about this was a hockey teammate posted in the chat: “Oh no my pants” And I was like “Is the category “Awkward things to blurt out on the airplane”?” But anyway he and his pants are gonna be fine. They just need a good ol’ craft hour!

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

One of my Strangers With Candy faves. JELLINEK: Mrs. Blank, Chuck Noblett and I were out for a run after school, before we go home… To our wives. We wanted to let you know we found these in Jerri’s locker. SARA: *gasp* My suppositories! Young lady, these are going right back where they belong.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oh my God, I didn’t realize they did commentary tracks. Shit, I’m ready to re-watch the whole thing soup to nuts.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Does the phrase “Markwayne is On The Job!” make *anyone* feel better about *anything*?

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh man, it’s New Whiteboard Marker Day. Cheers to all who celebrate.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Set phasers to “everything’s fucked”

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I do wonder about Disco (tho I will say Tig Notaro saved it for me on first pass). Picard really ingratiated itself as it got to the TNG-mainline-in-my-veins esp in the 3rd season. I kinda thought Academy was happy camp for the most part, and I’m honked they’ve cancelled a further run.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Debuted my new hockey stick today (same model as before, just a couple years newer and 75 rather than 85 flex). Took a little while to get used to the lower weight and flex, but hey, wound up with the assist on new teammate’s first goal, so that’s pretty sweet.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Boy was she lucky she had Car Shield!

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

LOL Tyler Toffoli is *by far* (like by a country mile) the least-rostered player on my fantasy hockey team, but it worked out for some points tonight!

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Halloween is but in a few weeks’ time!

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you are in on this, then get ready. The relationships are all so good. And Garak is goddammit one of my favorite Star Trek characters ever.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And while I’m on the soapbox, I totally forgot to mention that USDOT has announced plans to tie transport* funding to marriage and birth rates. I am not shitting you. www.usnews.com/news/politic... * - and yes we already know they’re against trans sports, so this follows perfectly logically.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

www.usnews.com/news/politic... Oh gosh though is some of it about to be up to voters, albeit not at the ballot box.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Way better to spend two hours to get over the Bay Bridge or up and down 101 between SF and SJ than fund public transit services to at least maintain current levels. Jesus God.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What’s especially astonishing here is like — they *know* this is going to make automobile traffic much, much, much worse (doubling travel times in some cases) and their heads are so far up their asses they can’t even see the light of day. “Let’s just take that money and build more lanes!” Ugh.

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Brady! @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i would really like for this image to stop representing every electoral decision in this godforsaken country. Stop Touching The Stove 2026

Everyone gets a puppy (49.9%) vs diarrhea forever (50.1%)

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All that makeup generates a lot of drag.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I just had to insert newline breaks into a document so it would paginate properly and for fuck’s sake can we all just use LaTeX going forth?

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well shit, this is only pretty much *exactly* what he said about COVID-19. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh, shit, he’s over 50% according to this. Jeez.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We’re not going to be able to kick the ramen can much farther down the road. At least it’s 1) simple and 2) astoundingly delicious.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That “I cannot wait to have your cock in my mouth” clip of Senate testimony only continues to appreciate in comedic value.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you flu and COVID at the same time? Ugh yeah I need to get that on the calendar.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Certainly not based on my readings, my goodness. We’ll have this fixed shortly, but on the other hand, holy fucking shit.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And I need you more than want you / And I want you for all time It really does kind of sound like a problem over there, perhaps some therapy is indicated.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But back to the point — my watch is half as old as the entire damn Apple Watch lineup?? My gosh, that’s absolutely wild. How is the battery even intact? (I did have another 6 once upon a time where the battery puffed up and dislodged the watch face.)

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve always worn fairly large gloves (15s) so the cuff actually covers the watch and I’ve never had anything remotely threatening to the watch, as it turns out.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lest that sound excessive, it’s worth pointing out a thing you probably don’t know about: The Dexcom G7 CGM connects directly to the watch so you don’t need a phone to monitor blood glucose. This matters because in the course of a hockey game I do not have my phone on me. But the watch keeps track.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So I just had a tire-screeching moment while listening to Accidental Tech Podcast: *the current release of the Apple Watch is Series *12*??* I have a Series 6 and an SE 2. (Yes, I have two. The SE 2 refurb was so much less expensive than just getting a new one, so I alternate them).

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I completely feel this pain. There just isn’t any material to work with here.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As always I will get around to cracking that thing open but hah, yeah, at least the Howard Jarvis* folks are pretty honest about it. * - Howard Jarvis is the guy who’s in the back seat of the cab for the duration of the movie Airplane! which is one of my favorite little bits of trivia.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ugh yes. And to Vegas of all teams. Mike Grier has been a really great GM by all accounts but I was not at all keen on that particular situation.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The rebuild had me pretty tuned out, honestly. For a little while there the team wasn’t just bad, they were awful. Like it hurt to watch. Just based on that one game, though, it sure feels like something pretty neat is afoot. (And what the hell now I’m rooting for Tyler Toffoli?)

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ain’t no party like a Papal party cuz a Papal party don’t stop.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also it’s rad that we have a great crew for the fantasy hockey season. I am so excited, this is gonna be a hoot.

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