Michael Smith @michaelsmithd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Wow John Ossoff is going to be president lol 010
Michael Smith @michaelsmithd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This isn’t terribly insightful at this point but it’s difficult to come up with a word that describes the ethos of this admin more than rape. Personal, environment, financial, civic rape as a governing and moral philosophy. 040
Reposted by Michael SmithSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 13/08/2026laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperatur... An excellent and easily readable essay on the creeping effects of sameness on streets, music and culture as a whole (and the actual one weird regulatory trick to break out). Don’t let the graph image put you off, this is a good one.laurenleek.substack.comTemperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the SameWhat 640 London shopping streets, 4,000 Billboard hits, a million films and synthetic AI personas tell us about why everything is flattening into sameness and how to regulate the algorithms behind it. 68436
Michael Smith @michaelsmithd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Might now be good to remember that Putin doesn’t control all of Russia in spite of it existing as the hollow shell of its former self, but because of it 070
Reposted by Michael SmithMike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Drone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening-- one day after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By RFE/RL's Georgian Service 316251
Reposted by Michael Smithjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/11/2024the trend towards monopoly and corruption also explains the hostility to liberalism. the thing about liberal neutrality is that it is an obstacle to the kind of patronage relationships that are facilitated by corruption. 343135543
Reposted by Michael SmithAndy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824. 4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20. GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states. - CNN’s Harry Enten reports 15368071911
Michael Smith @michaelsmithd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024BlueSky is now approximately 50% the sweetest, most earnest posting about the niche-est of niche interests and 50% gay guys asking if they should like broadcast a live scope of their duodenum. I love it 😃 000
Michael Smith @michaelsmithd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Smart point here and a huge part of the story of trump’s success imo. Also something that the Dems have just completely failed to effectively internalize, further tying what should be the progressive party to an unpopular status quo. 000
Reposted by Michael SmithYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13/11/2024BREAKING President-elect Trump says he intends on nominating Matt Gaetz as US Attorney General. (not a joke) 10729252
Reposted by Michael SmithTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/11/2024still-unresolved elections i'm watching (though that doesn't mean there isn't a somewhat likely outcome): —Alaska's RCV referendum —House: #CA13, #CA41, #CA45, #AKAL —North Carolina supreme court —recounts in Minnesota House (& final counts in ME & NH) —Maricopa board anything else on your mind? 715617
Reposted by Michael SmithTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Georgia's margin, *relative to national margin* (i.e. how much redder Georgia is than the national result): 2000: R +12.5 points 2004: R +14 2008: R +12.4 2012: R+ 11.7 2016: R+ 7.2 2020: R +4.3 2024: ≈R 0.2 [exact number here TBD] 1233074
Reposted by Michael Smith🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Probably saved Baldwin, as it gave Dems who haven't had much reason to vote for state leg races a great reason to vote. 327930
Reposted by Michael SmithAdam Carlson @admcrlsn.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Rs are currently on pace to win 220-221 House seats 4 House Rs are reportedly being considered to join the Trump admin: Rogers (AL) Graves (MO) Stefanik (NY) Thompson (PA) If all are nominated & confirmed, that would mean they’d have 0-1 votes to spare until special elections 1614228
