Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guy loses the Iran war because he obviously missed the class where they taught “An army marches on its stomach.” Logistics wind wars. The soldiers are largely interchangeable in comparison. It’s just so hard to take from the single dumbest leader of the US military maybe ever. 000
Reposted by Smarl KithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 25172581931
Reposted by Smarl KithBOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They really did just be saying shit like that in 1949 2579
Reposted by Smarl Kithderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217602547
Reposted by Smarl KithStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786392557
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have always maintained that Marr’s jingle-jangle guitar was as important to The Smiths as Morrissey’s emo lyrics and singing. It was like a wink, a reminder to not take life so damn seriously. 020
Reposted by Smarl KithThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169623026
Reposted by Smarl KithRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632601548
Reposted by Smarl KithGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done. 671570377
Reposted by Smarl KithPaul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026[P] I might suggest “the Muppets must put on a variety show with a different guest host each week. Various shenanigans happen both on stage and backstage.” 401148161
Reposted by Smarl KithPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026John C. Calhoun wasn't a conservative; he was a radical. Stephen Miller isn't a conservative; he's a radical. "Tradition" isn't a real thing that once existed and we can go back to, or something worth conserving, but an imaginary place that they'll destroy the current world to create. 212415360
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It’s cheaper in the long run, too! Like millions of people will not die in the long run AND it’s cheaper. The only reason to adhere to oil is that the fucks that produce it make more money in the short run. 020
Reposted by Smarl KithBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If I was in a Cyberpunk dystopia I’d like to think I’d be doing exciting street samurai stuff for an evil corporation but I’d probably still be working for Mott’s Applesauce doing work on applesauce but in a leather jacket 391068118
Reposted by Smarl KithBob @supplysgt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If Democracy survives, the next Democratic President must get rid of the postmaster General! He has to go, his private business competes with the USPS, he has slowed down the Mail, it’s a non partisan position he’s made it a RepubliCON Position, he’s fucked it up he has to go, restore the USPS 931573441
Reposted by Smarl Kithweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers. 65114812260
Reposted by Smarl KithJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them" 588367977981
Reposted by Smarl KithRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109022684
Reposted by Smarl KithCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 30/08/2026I don't think it's fair to post the home address of the Flock CEO online. instead we should have a website that tracks the exact position of his car at all times. 122234450
Reposted by Smarl KithMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026We all feel this but the answer is simple. Article I of the US constitution has completely failed, & the imperial presidency absent a functioning legislature makes us a de facto personalist authoritarian regime on foreign policy. It's the domestic institutions & the oath-swearing cowards in Congress 641890
Reposted by Smarl KithMicah @rincewind.run · 27/08/2026everything is so stupid and embarrassing all the time 403076451
Reposted by Smarl Kithfolukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We are told to ignore the racism of Hegel, Kant, Locke etc because they were just "men of their time". So what do we do with the racism of current academics? Are they too just "men of their time"? What is this "time" that seems to make racists of men? 332395487
Reposted by Smarl KithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026is there some bit of specific context that makes sense of this decision or is it really the opinion of the moderators of this website that posting images of the Haitian Revolution is banworthy by itself? 33955217
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The replies to this thread belong on “Best if Bluesky.” Just a bunch of delightful nerds goofing on Star Trek in the best possible way. 062
Reposted by Smarl KithGrant Tanaka @granttanaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026still think daily about the time I was at Arby's and the person in front of me asked what the "healthy option" was, and the cashier responded "leaving" 136262958
Reposted by Smarl KithHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Journalism is a public good. It needs to be publicly funded, for the same reasons that health care needs to be publicly funded. The privatization of public information has created a true crisis. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/paying-for...hamiltonnolan.comPaying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having ItThe consequences of privatizing public information. 7498145
Reposted by Smarl Kithae @aelkus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026i really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office 823466471
Reposted by Smarl KithCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent. 479182733768
Reposted by Smarl KithKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files. 302155834604
Reposted by Smarl KithStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026All nerd hobbies can have the social structure of their communities quantitatively measured with the Q:N (Queer to Nazi) ratio. Pokémon is 8:1. Warhammer is 1:1. Paradox Games are 1:1 but different from Warhammer because the queers and Nazis are the same people. 391043156
Reposted by Smarl KithNight of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 02/08/2026There are more people who've parlayed middling athletic prospects into profitable careers decrying the inclusion of trans women in sports than there are trans women in sports. 81918486
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The US’s gentry problem is as bad if not worse than its billionaire problem. And they both impact the lives of everyday Americans more than the cultural preferences of the “coastal elite. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comAmerican GentryThe jet-setting cosmopolitans of popular imagination exist, but they are far outnumbered by a less exalted and less discussed elite group, one that sits at the pinnacle of America’s local hierarchies. 000
Reposted by Smarl KithGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."theguardian.comDon’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John WashingtonI’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities 484152997382
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Americans in 2026: 50% happily voted for a Nazi, 55% would never vote for FDR. 000
Reposted by Smarl KithMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03... 16154692517
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Lately it’s been Massaman curry or Japanese curry. I cheat and use the curry paste/blocks and tweak the recipes. Easy to make a big pot of either for a crowd. And fried tofu makes a good vegetarian version of the Thai curry. 000
Reposted by Smarl KithClimateBook @climatebook.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Another good example of how curiosity-driven science yields the out-of-the-box breakthroughs that drive the economy of the future. The US (and even UK) have turned their backs on this kind of science. 0298
Reposted by Smarl KithCharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE 126182386488
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is the kind of content I come here for. Her friend might die of smallpox, but this site will live forever. 000
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026You can watch his lectures on the Civil War and Reconstruction on Yale Open Courses. They’re fantastic. oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...oyc.yale.eduThe Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 | Open Yale Courses 000
Reposted by Smarl KithAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Have kept thinking all day about this story, full of starving moms and grandmothers trying to feed 3-6 kids each on virtually nothing and Republican men cheering and patting themselves on the back for kicking them off food stamps. Congrats, boys, you really did it 351914640
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I’d say there’s a special place in hell, but I’d rather see them suffer some consequences before they died. 010
Reposted by Smarl KithDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I think a lot abt how during Reconstruction, white Republicans betrayed their Black voting base to try to appeal to white conservatives, who responded by forcing them from office, driving them from their homes, & if that failed, killing them. 4372109
Reposted by Smarl KithProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal. 277161164987
Reposted by Smarl KithGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317254926963
Reposted by Smarl Kithlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Total woke cultural victory. We're bringing pronouns back. It is now illegal to be a white male. We're doing May Day parades just for HR ladies. 10872461015
Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If you quit before you’re 40, your likelihood of lung cancer is the same as a non-smoker after five years. 000
Reposted by Smarl KithA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn. 101204314
Reposted by Smarl KithJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026*pinches bridge of nose, eyes closed, takes a deep breath* so do we have ANY idea how many living US Senators there are right now? 10671501354