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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nuclear thermal rocket! Run your reaction mass past a reactor and blast it out the back of the ship! There were some experiments during the Cold War but none have ever flown. This is how the ships in 2001: A Space Odyssey fly
Image from the wikipedia article for Nuclear Thermal Rocket. It is captioned thus:

"1 December 1967: The first ground experimental nuclear rocket engine (XE) assembly is shown here in "cold flow" configuration, as it makes a late evening arrival at Engine Test Stand No. 1 in Jackass Flats, Nevada. The engine is in the left background with a shield structure in the mid/foreground."
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had never heard of this thing and having read the wiki page "ancient submarine for which no record exists" is for sure a cursed object, perhaps summoned by Confederates making pacts with demonic forces
The wikipedia file photo for the Bayou St John submarine. A crude oblong of riveted iron, with a fin and propeller sticking off the back. It looks spooky
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Me @ the median American voter reelecting Trump cause he'll bring back the factories:
Mike from Breaking Bad: "We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch!"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's unfair that we're ruled by insane technocrats from a place called Silicon Valley and it looks like... this
An aerial shot of Silicon Valley. It looks like every other strip mall suburb in America
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
But watch out!
Twitter user @heelbitee: accidentally became important at work n its ruining my life
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We could definitely get him to bring back the F-14. He canonically hates stealth and loves twin engines
Trump press conference: we're upgrading the F-35 to have two enginesTrump press conference: he doesn't like stealth planes because they're ugly
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Mussolini captioned Average Small Business Fan and Lenin captioned Average Big Capital Enjoyer
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Tell em Vince
Vince Staple: "The national anthem don't even slap."
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Mussolini captioned "average small business fan" and Lenin captioned "average big capital enjoyer"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Bonus: "How To Look At Art" and "Cow Tools" are poetry in comic strip form and imo true works of genius
"How To Look At Art" by Lynda Barry. A mother and child discuss how to look at art, speculating that it's "a revelation, suddenly you just understand". In the last panel they are juxtaposed with a Mother And Child painting"Cow Tools" by Gary Larson. A cow stands in front of a workbench on which are laid a series of increasingly inscrutable tools
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Tfw the Party of Personal Responsibility is supposed to provide me a house and a job and a wife
Shauna Daly speaking about GOP messaging around marriage, homebuying, and jobsDylan Pfaffenbach speaking about young male Trump voters being most concerned with having children and getting married
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Squidward pointing captioned JEFFERSONIAN
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Mussolini captioned Average Small Business Fan and Lenin captioned Average Big Capital Enjoyer
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm a mediocre machine-cog and I'm happy dammit
Norman Rockwell Freedom Of Speech guy
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Evergreen
Mussolini captioned Average Small Business Fan and Lenin captioned Average Big Capital Enjoyer
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Onion article: Schlubs from US, China, meet in lowest-level talks
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I keep this meme handy for whenever I see someone doing Left Yeomanry
Squidward pointing labeled JEFFERSONIAN
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Squidward pointing captioned JEFFERSONIAN
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Yeah I read theory
The People's Republic of Walmart by Phillips and Rozworski
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Bro thinks he's him
Mike Vining Delta Force in dadcore. He looks like the world's most lethal accountant
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The article literally agrees with you! Every anarchist here is arguing with a stance the article doesn't take, I'm going insane
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
There's a great bit in the Confederate memoir Company H where the rebels make a feint to draw off part of the Union line, but the Union general, a non West Point trained German, doesn't take the bait as he is "supposed to" and they march straight into the main body of the Union force
A passage from Sam Watkin's memoir Company H. He's doing a funny ethnic joke bit about the opposing German immigrant Union general not being properly West Point trained. The rebs get washed tho, RIP bozo
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Little kid's developing humor is so funny. My nephew had a phase where he was totally pre-verbal but would laugh at the punchlines of Blue Hat Green Hat. Like he was a little baby, just able to sit up, but he clearly understood what was funny about a turkey putting clothes on wrong. Fascinating
A page from Sandra Boynton's Blue Hat Green Hat. All the animals are demonstrating how to put on pants except the turkey, who has them on his head
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Real
Mussolini labeled "average small business fan" and Lenin labeled "average big capital enjoyer"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Right, like look at the fire breathing behemoth on the right (burned out three gearboxes getting to the front) vs the cuddly lil guy on the left (durable, ergonomic, easy to repair)
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Mussolini labeled "Average small business fan" and Lenin labeled "average bug capital enjoyer"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Here's a useful meme a friend of mine made for when you see someone doing the "smallhold farming but leftishly" bit
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Mussolini labeled "Average small business fan" and Lenin labeled "Average big capital enjoyer"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Indeed someone has! (I have a copy but haven't read it, so I can't speak to if the argument is convincing)
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Squidward pointing captioned JEFFERSONIAN
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
> homesteading in bio
Squidward pointing with the caption "JEFFERSONIAN"
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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eliksmith.bsky.social @eliksmith.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
MFW I see someone advocating Smallhold Farming But Leftishly
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