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Smarl Kith

@jotunking.bsky.social
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A jotun in an aesir world. Lawyer by training. Writer for fun.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guy 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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
The 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
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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They really did just be saying shit like that in 1949
A chicken catalog titled “Smith’s Husky Chicks from the North”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When 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.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I 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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No fair. The rules stipulate that you have to tell us just how insane it was and what the odds were.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic 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!!!!!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The 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
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There 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.
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Paul 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.”
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
John 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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’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.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If 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
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Bob @supplysgt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If 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
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So 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.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025
The 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"
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’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.
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 30/08/2026
I 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.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We 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
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/08/2026
everything is so stupid and embarrassing all the time
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We 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?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
is 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?
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The replies to this thread belong on “Best if Bluesky.” Just a bunch of delightful nerds goofing on Star Trek in the best possible way.
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Grant Tanaka @granttanaka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
still 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"
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I quit smoking. And I approve this message.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This deserves a rim shot. “Thank you folks, I’ll be here all seminar. Tip your waitresses.”
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Journalism 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...
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Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
The consequences of privatizing public information.
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
i really have no patience whatsoever for people who are scared of muslims having elected office
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan 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.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
All 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.
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There 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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The 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...
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American Gentry
The 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.
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Guardian 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."
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Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Americans in 2026: 50% happily voted for a Nazi, 55% would never vote for FDR.
Image of Washington Post headline “Most Americans say they would not back a democratic socialist for president.” Results of the poll: 39%/55% of all US voters would consider/would not consider “voting for a candidate that identifies as a democratic socialist.”
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Murshed 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...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lately 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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lately 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.
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ClimateBook @climatebook.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Another 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.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Otherwise known as MacGuyver in space.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
SKULL 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
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is the kind of content I come here for. Her friend might die of smallpox, but this site will live forever.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You had me at focused 4x game with CK dynastic mechanics.
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
His lectures on the Civil War and Reconstruction are available on Yale Open Courses. I loved them. oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...
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The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 | Open Yale Courses
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Smarl Kith @jotunking.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You can watch his lectures on the Civil War and Reconstruction on Yale Open Courses. They’re fantastic. oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...
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The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 | Open Yale Courses
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Have 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
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