Sign in

J “RTFM” Smithson

@jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social
170 followers 81 following 471 posts

Human ✌️Earth 🌎 Agnostic humanist skeptic. Motivated Tactician. Trans rights are human rights.

PostsRepliesMedia
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
There is no cheaper home defense than the sound of a shell chambering into a shotgun. Short of maybe the free little baseball bats you get from the Louisville Slugger Museum. My Louisville people and country family where is your bat at?
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Can anyone tell me what I am seeing in this thread? www.facebook.com/share/16k4D1...
facebook.com
Redirecting...
000
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2025
"In 2002, you could go to Walmart and get called a 'fucking terrorist' by my dad!"
835732
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The magical college educated liberal leftist technology will save us! These people are plainly insane
010
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Amanda @amandasaltzer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The last time Trump sent Feds to Portland; I was an emergency dispatcher for the city/county. It radicalized me; what I was seeing/hearing/dispatching didn’t match the narrative. Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer were the REAL issue. Abolish ICE. Oh, and there’s this: gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
gizmodo.com
Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump
A new Homeland Security report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary antifa plot.
5468222
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/09/2025
The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.
419161134526
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
4 panel comic

Panel 1: ICE “Agent” (thug) punches protester hard in the face.
Agent: STOP

Panel 2: ICE Agent viciously snaps protester’s arm
Agent: BEING

Panel 3: ICE Agent strangles protester
Agent: POLITICALLY

Panel 4: ICE Agent stamps on protester’s head
Agent: VIOLENT
76194645103
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I know a lot of people won’t click through to read about “med beds” so here’s the crucial quote to explain how fucking crazy this is. Trump just posted an AI video of himself promising every American access to this.
An increasingly popular conspiracy theory falsely centers around the existence of "med beds" a fabled medical instrument that does everything from reversing aging to regrowing missing limbs.
The theory has grown in popularity among followers of far-right movements like QAnon, some of whom claim to be urgently awaiting a med bed to treat severe health conditions.
2542598878
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
They want you mad at trans people and immigrants so you don’t think about them shifting wealth from the bottom to the top with every move they make. And Trump’s trillions transfer is accelerating the process.
771627583
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
If you think renewables in the US have slowed down thanks to Trump, you’re not really paying attention. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
87328
Reposted by J “RTFM” Smithson
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2025
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
advocate.com
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
474279448791
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Everyone should read every word this woman wrote 🙏🏻
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
💯
020
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Turo is a predatory company. If anyone has had a bad experience with their roadside assistance or mileage overages please reach out. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Turo Mileage and Roadside Assistance Issues
An Investigative Report on Turo's Business Practices: A Deep Dive into Roadside Assistance Failures and Systemic Mileage Charge Disputes Introduction This report provides a comprehensive investigat...
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
New alias who dis? Last stream as Agitprop. www.twitch.tv/djagitprop Video call link: meet.google.com/avq-ixbo-zze Or dial: ‪(US) +1 515-679-0209‬ PIN: ‪904 415 899‬#
twitch.tv
Twitch
Twitch is the world
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#UBI would be worth it for this alone. You might have to pay me to not work too much if the people I worked with *actually wanted to be there*. The right people make taking out the trash fun, assholes can ruin anything.
02110
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
💯no notes, on the basis of the quote alone.
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It is just straight hits here today, first time I have checked in ages 😆 “Because a computer can’t just do it for you” and “it is the process as much as the outcome” to start with.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This. This all day. Those who remember BBSes and USENET and the AOL waves know.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This theory 💯 checks out to me. How to test?
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Shocked. Simply shocked.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
@parkroseperma.bsky.social “Cruel and draconian” checks out, youtube.com/shorts/B4213...
youtube.com
Does your wheelchair count?
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Behold, Balaji, the most pathetic of bootlickers. Elon fans are the most pitiable people on this entire planet. Suckers and sycophants. Willing to sell themselves into slavery for the self-serving fantasies of a megalomaniacal sociopath.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
People have surrendered their agency for algorithmic complacency.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
It’s almost like they can make absolutely any claim they want and their followers will accept it at face value, no questions asked, full stop. Sounds…culty.
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“Me: Boy it would be great if the opposition party started acting like an opposition party: Dems:”
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Just in case anyone wants to know who some of the fine people at DOGE are, 2600 has some deets.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
In addition to everything else… his fit, his hair, his beard? On point ❤️
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A lot of people are understanably upset that Bluesky is using an AI tool for moderation. It is important first to understand the human cost of the alternative, manual moderation. All the social media platforms have this problem. www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18...
theverge.com
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
“I’m fucked up.”
100
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
That a large part of the American population does not understand that “read only” does not preclude making a copy? It speaks volumes as to how grossly ignorant, misinformed, and thus easy to manipulate they are. I know it may be a little late to #RTFM on this one but if people could just try? 🤣
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
​​⁠If you read bios, or listen to interviews, and study Elon & Co they come straight out and say what they are going to do. Trillionaire god king of Mars to start, assuming he doesn't break out of the simulation first, It gets darker the deeper you go. Break the state and buy it back cheap.
100
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Absolute 🔥 from @parkroseperma.bsky.social once again. You all had time for due diligence. #FAFO And yeah, I am absolutely going to enjoy some schadenfreude. youtu.be/-P1MKD5ZtG8
youtu.be
Tr*mper Farmers FAFO As Their Funding Is Cut Off
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Expected this one. Good to see it properly confirmed. www.wired.com/story/treasu...
wired.com
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Was about to post something similar about Wired really putting in the work and it is good to see. And that timeline is going to be wild. Good luck and Godspeed.
030
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just a reminder for everyone to be safe out there.
Photo of a kitten held in a person's hands with the caption,

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." in the style of The Adventures of Zelda.
011
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Also, if all y'all could please stop asking @mcuban.bsky.social to come save you? It's fucking embarrassing.
100
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Read this entire thread. Then read it again. You can win a war by losing every battle slowly. You will absolutely lose by complying in advance.
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is exactly why grand conspiracies are horseshit. There is also little reason to conspire when you can just do things in the open and lie to the gullible, credulous, and unsophisticated. “Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, has infinite resources and infinite capacity for managing complexity.”
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Laughing through tears on this one. Dark humor for dark times. And perspective.
010
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Antipattern: Protest Friendly Cities
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Answering the questions I didn't know I had about the relative lameness of coups 🫡
000
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
So I was dating a witchy woman and ended up with a cat. A rescued rescue. Often called her my familiar though I have only a basic understanding of what that means. As she lay in my arms, slowly passing away tonight, I wondered if there was any particular way one would honor such a cat?
120
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
It was Denali long before the USA and it will be Denali long after the USA. Especially at this rate. #IStandWithDenali
171
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Source, www.lpm.org/news/2025-01...
lpm.org
Kentuckians convicted of Jan. 6 Capitol violence pardoned by Trump
Dozens of Kentuckians convicted for crimes committed at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection received a full pardon from President Donald Trump as one of his first acts in office.
011
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
@mackuba.martianbase.net this is an excellent getting started, and then some, guide. Thank you! mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
mackuba.eu
A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋
I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed as...
132
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
@anildash.com one of the great things about Bluesky is finding people I followed 25 years ago, following them again, and then their posts actually showing up in my feed. I setup a Substack but the more I dug the more dubious I became. Thanks for laying it out like this.
020
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Never forget the time, effort, and sacrifice creating spaces like Bluesky requires. “At the start of September 2024, we began providing psychological counselling to alleviate the burden of viewing this content.” A good read on the state of moderation. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
bsky.social
Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report - Bluesky
Throughout 2024, our Trust & Safety team has worked to protect our growing userbase and uphold our community standards.
001
J “RTFM” Smithson @jrtfmsmithson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Even a Grok Slop is right twice a day.
041