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Michael Smith

@setmonkey4051.bsky.social
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Humble guy in the film industry, just trying to safely navigate the stupidest timeline that we're all on.

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/08/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
These are the 4 things AI can do well: •Clean up your email inbox (badly) •Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party •Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself •Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday You can see why we need to base our economy around it
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 02/08/2026
🎵 Nazi-man, Nazi-man Does whatever a Nazi can Burns a cross, any size Wants to kill, the DEIs In the chill of the night He's into global crimes Like a streak of blight He arrives to ruin times Nazi-man, Nazi-man Broken Internet Nazi-man Wealth and fame He's engorged Fascism is his reward 🎵
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Arthur🎨 @idreamofentropy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The discord was lit today
The distracted boyfriend meme where Mitch McConnell is the girlfriend, death is the boyfriend, and the other woman is Lindsey Graham
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/04/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Michael Smith @setmonkey4051.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
It's going great, everyone!
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Michael Smith @setmonkey4051.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Great job everyone!
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 13/05/2026
We’re at the point in the pandemicine (and have been for awhile) where capitalism and personal freedom are more important than stopping the spread of covid, measles, avian flu, meningitis and hantavirus, among other viruses. There’s no going back from this.
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Sent Home To Self-Circulate For 45 Days
Self isolation in the local bar

Headline:
Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Sent Home To Self-Circulate For 45 Days
Story by Henry Beaumont and Edgar Dubois

Photo from Unsplash
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Precautionary Principle Stepping Down To Spend More Time With Family
People on a podcast
Headline:
Precautionary Principle Stepping Down To Spend More Time With Family
Story by Parky Nippers and Horst Wainthorpe

Photo from Unsplash
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 11/05/2026
Loblaws credits record profits to “raising prices on things humans need to live”
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Loblaws credits record profits to "raising prices on things humans need to live"
BRAMPTON, ON - Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s fourth-quarter results beat analysts' expectations, which executives credit to the grocery giant’s corporate strategy of “gouging people for things they need to ...
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Scientators In No Rush To Decide Whether To Recommend Catching Or Avoiding Hantavirus
A scientator
Headline:
Scientators In No Rush To Decide Whether To Recommend Catching Or Avoiding Hantavirus
Story by Lionel Peacock and Muriel Badinage

Photo from Unsplash
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Public Health Authorities Opt For ‘The Hard Way’ To Determine How Transmissible Andes Hantavirus Is
A busy public place
Headline:
Public Health Authorities Opt For ‘The Hard Way’ To Determine How Transmissible Andes Hantavirus Is
Story by Sarah Hedge and Lucius Barrowwight

Photo from Unsplash
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Researchers Encouraged To See No Ongoing Health Issues In Patients Who Have Died From Hantavirus
A calm and peaceful cruise
Headline:
Researchers Encouraged To See No Ongoing Health Issues In Patients Who Have Died From Hantavirus
Story by Rupert Owl and Sopwith Dangerledge

Photo from Unsplash
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Mad Cat 🌹 @madcatfanatic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Father & son
Cyber truck parked next to a dumpster
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Mick Lewis 🇨🇦 @micklewis.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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g @g--0.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“we’re all traumatized by covid” ok but i specifically need to know if you were traumatized because the government cancelled brunch or because of all the death, this is a super important distinction
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/04/2026
Hospital Decides Cancer-Sniffing Leopard More Trouble Than It’s Worth
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Hospital Decides Cancer-Sniffing Leopard More Trouble Than It’s Worth
CLEVELAND—Saying the costs had begun to outweigh the benefits, administrators at the Cleveland Clinic confirmed Tuesday that they had decided to discontinue their use of a cancer-sniffing leopard in c...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/02/2026
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-car…
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’
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Chris @chris-hhh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
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Michael Smith @setmonkey4051.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
But when they do, it'll soar like the Hindenburg!!
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
3 panel comic

Panel 1: 
Orange Guy standing at a stall with a sign that says “Shit Sandwich, £500”
Pink Guy walks up to the stall, Orange Guy gestures excitedly at the sign.

Panel 2:
Pink Guy continues walking past the Shit Sandwich stall. The Orange Guy looks dejected

Panel 3: 
Orange Guy says “Wow. That guy can’t read”
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 13/01/2026
Snowbirds struggle to find sun destination not being invaded by the US
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Snowbirds struggle to find sun destination not being invaded by the US
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island - Terry and Linda Haddad say their annual New Year’s tradition of booking a sale on an all inclusive resort was hampered this year when they woke up to news that the Uni...
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
Sign held up with handwritten text: "If they are going to shoot us and then call us fucking bitches, then we need to be bigger fucking bitches"
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 11/01/2026
every day involves grappling with how embarrassing it is that the secret police are so embarrassing, just complete losers incapable of visiting the men’s room alone, who cannot comprehend why people are calling themselves bums to their faces
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/01/2026
A company that's been locked out of major markets like the US and Canada has ridden its habit of "making good cars" to the pinnacle of the EV business, while Tesla, with full access and subsides everywhere, is declining due to its "an asshole company that makes bad cars for assholes" strategy.
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Tesla Loses Its EV Crown to BYD as Sales Keep Dropping
Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing China’s BYD is now officially global top dog.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/01/2026
american innovation continues unabated
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 03/01/2026
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
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Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for n...
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
So many strikes. So little time.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
They used to say no two countries with a McDonald’s would go to war but now you have a man whose body is mostly McDonald’s starting one
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 02/01/2026
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
not using AI makes you a better person than the people who do
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I figure the reason dystopian fiction rarely shows how things got so bad is that it's mundane and incremental and boring and involved complacency and shrugs and rationalizations all along the way until it was too late. Kinda like now.
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
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Michael Smith @setmonkey4051.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
It's like a metaphor.
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/12/2025
Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ theonion.com/bullshit-newborn-not-e…
Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ
Stupid Baby Probably Not Even Related To God
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Durrell @durrell.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation
Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
WHO Disease Update Notification: Seasonal influenza 🦠Since August 2025, there's been a rapid increase of A(H3N2) J.2.4.1 subclade K driving early & prolonged seasons 🦠Vaccine helps against hospitalisation, unclear about milder impact 🦠K induces "normal" disease spectrum www.who.int/emergencies/...
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Seasonal influenza - Global situation
Seasonal influenza (‘the flu’) is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses that circulate globally and year-round. It can cause illness ranging from mild to severe, sometimes resulti...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/11/2025
Amazon Fires Employee Who Tested Positive For Having Food In Their System
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