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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 2h
$1K a month says you really don’t know what you’re doing, whether that’s a factual statement or not. It gives off those vibes
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’d say the car alarm started 11 years ago
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vet him out!
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Got people on the eastern US seaboard? Check in on your people!
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So if Drump is calling Artificial Intelligence “Super Intelligence”, the next logical evolution in that term is “High Performance Intelligence” correct? 🙃
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One and Two Thirds Park Which means… they need to put a little league park next to it to complete the picture
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
Ukraine launched what Moscow’s mayor called the largest drone assault on the Russian capital yet, with a major oil refinery hit. But what NATO’s top military official just revealed about preparations for a possible Russian escalation makes this much bigger.
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Ukraine Strikes Moscow as Fears of Wider European Conflict Grow
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 20 · 18m
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The funniest joke ever. 😂
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m reading that in political discussions t rans folks are getting or feeling thrown under the bus as the D team head into the midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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Iran turns to land trade routes to counter maritime blockade
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It was this bad…
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Season’s over! #Michigan (I kid, I kid)
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just like a fair number Americans don’t know, understand, and/or appreciate the Great Lakes for what they are*, this administration will never know SHAME. *folks like me and people I can call friends more than just colleagues are working on this.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Somewhere in nearby but past spacetime there’s a house off the side of a country road - field deep enough to let golden hour through, and woods backing it for the deer to hide. The house is lit by setting sun, and the only sounds are those of passing cars and…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
Ford: "I don't respond to a dictator like Trump, a bully like Trump ... I'm not gonna take any advice off a guy that's the king of bankruptcies ... your own people don't even like you. And they're gonna speak loud and clear in the midterms. If I was allowed to, I'd be down there door-knocking."
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Everyone who can should make Stratford a bucket list item
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
people are really getting into a row about spreadsheets. my column:
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oh boy
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Binge reading a lot of history recently. A recurring thing is a disgusting lack of money. We still haven’t figured that out today.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I love everything about this, and will need to plan a trip
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
International Cat Day? Here’s Poe (Black) and Jolene (Grey and White Tabby wannabe Ragdoll; admittedly more photos of her 🙃)
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I feel like this is going for the arteries of the future, if not the heart: yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/...
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Trump Orders New 15% Tariff On Key Material For Solar Panels, Microchips - Slashdot
President Trump has ordered a 15% tariff on imported products made with polysilicon, a key material for semiconductors and solar panels. The new tariff will take effect on December 4th. The Guardian r...
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Land of contrasts
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.cheapism.com/forgotten-pl...
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Vintage Playground Equipment You Won't Find These Days
Merry-go-rounds, metal slides, and giant strides: Oh my! See how much of this vintage playground equipment you remember from childhood.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hoping solar and battery storage - against the resistance of Trump 2.0 and whatever pulled punches elsewhere - run away with the game as some news may suggest. Oil must be kept in the ground where it still is.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
😂😭 youtu.be/rNSpJEmSOO8?...
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TDS Celebrates Its 30th with a Look Back at Three Decades of News Coverage | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
One of many tech figures that steered me to where I am at today via his presence on the short lived cable channel TechTV. Rest well, Dvorak: news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/...
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John C. Dvorak, an Early and Influential Technology Journalist, Dies At 80 - Slashdot
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares the passing of John C. Dvorak, an early and influential technology journalist for PC Magazine. He was 80. Talking Biz News reports: Aric Mackey writes, "Wid...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/07/2026
I have been briefed on today's horrifying stabbings on the Upper West Side, where an Asian man and a Jewish man were attacked. According to witness and victim statements, the perpetrator yelled "Allahu Akbar" during both attacks. I am relieved that both victims are in stable condition.
The NYPD responded immediately and arrested Raul Morales in connection with both assaults-and l am grateful to the officers for their swift response.
The NYPD's initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor. They are also evaluating these stabbings as potential hate crimes.
These hateful and despicable attacks have no place in our city.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Daily bunny no.3381 is all hazy
A bunny looks across a hazy countryside, with a few trees silhouetted against a thick smoky sky. The silhouette of a house is also visible, and a dim orange sun.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just a heads up: please take the visual presence of wildfire smoke and air quality alerts seriously. Mask up, protect yourself. www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
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How wildfire smoke is different from backyard bonfire and the health risks it poses
The last 20 years have seen a steady number of wildfire occurrences in the U.S. and an increase in Canada.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic... CBS and of all networks the CBC have to be to the contrary (broadcast or not, don’t care, there’s only one stream that should cover Tronald Dump)
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Need a policy laugh for today?
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My God what are we doing?
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Prepping COVID era masks for the wildfire smoke coming down. Also: your car’s air filter will need replacing after this season’s done.
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The way it goes
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Folks, my eyes watered a bit seeing this
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 06/07/2026
What kind of sociopath has EVER looked at a PDF document and said to themselves, "This could be a podcast?"
A screenshot from Adobe Acrobat showing the toolbar which includes the following options:
Edit a PDF
Generated Podcast [New]
Create PDF Space
Export a PDF
Create a PDF
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Indeed, disgusting
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Chemistry says after miles of driving it, a car’s combustion engine will degrade in many ways. Similarly, unless something disturbs the purity of the chemicals inside a battery, the reactions inside should carry on ~as they did the first time. Great to see this. tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/...
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EV Batteries Defy Expectations, Last Hundreds of Thousands of Miles - Slashdot
247,000 miles on an EV battery? So says the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in Evs, who tells the Wall Street Journal EV batteries keep performing well even after severa...
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
That aint the DC Metro I know… they all can walk
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Joe Smithe @jpthesmithe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We got some stuff happening in the olde church these days... www.metafilter.com/213691/Schism May the odds be forever in the world's favor.
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Schism!
In the mountains of Southwestern Switzerland , a renegade bishop, himself excommunicated by John Paul II (and de-excommunicated by former Hitler youth Pope Benedict XVI), has defied the authority...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing
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