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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Did you know that “AI” is so amazing that Microsoft put in their Terms that it is for “entertainment purposes only”??!?!? www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 20/06/2025

Can you haul a brass band on bikes to accompany your #BikeBus to school? For the third time, yes. Big thanks to all our volunteers and musicians!

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Anybody know about (Uncanny) Frontier Valley??

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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The news of yet another death on our streets lands heavily on my heart today. The dominant environment permits and encourages speed, impatience and inattention by motorists who are increasingly driving heavier, deadlier vehicles. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p...

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S.F. pedestrian dies after being struck by driver in SoMa

A driver struck a pedestrian near 10th and Harrison streets in San Francisco, officials said.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Today I had my 5th Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for my serious #longCovid issues. Main thing is that it helps with my cognitive issues. If you want to learn about SGBs, my doctor, Dr Luke Liu, did a video. The SGB part stats at minute 22. vimeo.com/1084382051/f...

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"Long COVID and Stellate Ganglion Block: a Novel Perspective from the Last Frontier" - Luke D Liu, MD

This is ""Long COVID and Stellate Ganglion Block: a Novel Perspective from the Last Frontier" - Luke D Liu, MD" by PAMC CME on Vimeo, the home…

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hi #longCovid folks, have r posted in a while. But today I had quite a procedure. A dual Stellate Ganglion Block plus a dual Thoracic block. The SGB is my 4th and is for My cognitive issues. It increases blood flow to brain, which is why the right side of my head was much warmer after right side.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Oh, and in my latest #LongCovid news, a package with $300 of immune system supplements was swiped off my front steps. It was only there for 5 minutes. Delivery person didn’t bother to ring my doorbell. Sheesh. Somehow I don’t think the swipers are going to appreciate their ill gotten loot.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

No problem is too great to surmount

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Well, that was quick. The only thing AI is good for is making really bad parody videos like this one. youtu.be/bQqxKKFvrLA?...

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DONNY'S AUTO-MART COMMERCIAL

YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I luv me some Space Karen shadenfreude. Just 4 days after the second-in-a-row SpaceX Starship blew up, X crashed and Tesla stock dropped by over 15% in one day. Genius - NOT!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is why we need more politicians who are trans. They can single handedly kill hateful anti-LGBTQ+ bills simply by talking about their families. Powerful. And the following speaker is really worth hearing as well. m.youtube.com/watch?si=bZe...

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Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana

YouTube video by Erin In The Morning

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Some personal #LongCovid good news/bad news: I am now officially disabled with respect to *any* gainful employment. The good part is that I am incredible fortunate in that my company’s disability policy will continue paying me. Bad news is that my body is a wreck.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Apparently some orange clown gave a speech tonight about some alternate reality in his head. You of course don’t need to watch it. But you do need to watch Bernie Sanders’ great reply. www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...

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Sen. Sanders Responds to Trump's Congressional Address

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Wish folks would stop posting good news on Xitter instead of here. xrosspost.com/mgafni/statu...

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

@gilduran.com did you see that New Yorker actually used the term “Techno-Fascism” in the headline of a story today. I’m impressed! www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

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Techno-Fascism Comes to America

The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Street art by 'Yescka' Oaxaca

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Must read interview with Ed Yong on life, #longCovid, and birdwatching. I have had great fortune to be part of Ed’s #longCovid bird watching outings where can commiserate with other #longCovid sufferers, at extremely slow pace, while enjoying the beauty of our world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World (Gift Article)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

How its going over on the hellsite... xrosspost.com/weirdotara/s...

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

JSK is in the house and speaking truth

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Damn, Mike Rizzi is the only other person from UCB engineering school who was totally into punk rock. Nicest music nerd ever. www.sfgate.com/culture-even...

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Influential Bay Area DJ of 40 years dies at 63

A legendary Bay Area DJ, who spent 40 years at one station, died of cancer at 63.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This nice pic of Leon has already had quite an effect on the Orange Menace. Someone is quite ticked off for being viewed as a putz.

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Elon and his merry band of incels makes it into the New Yorker

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I’m so glad the World Bollard Association is now on BlueSky. They bring me such joy!

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Do you know people who are still reluctant to leave the Xitter fascist hellsite and instead thrive on Bluesky? Well, let them know about the writeup helpBluesky.me that explains how to successfully leave the old site behind.

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HelpBluesky.Me

Helping folks get setup easily on Bluesky

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Edward Wright @edwardwright.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

To every Tesla owner with buyer’s remorse: you already have other options for an all-electric ride you don’t have to drive — try a train, trolleybus, or cable car!

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Sometimes need to crosspost Tweets to Bluesky, but you don't want the hassle of creating a screenshot? But you still want to provide a link to the original tweet to show that it is real and not photoshopped? Well, there is a new tool in town called xcrosspost.com . It makes crossposting so easy!

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Damn. When I went to UC Berkeley I lived in a co-op where everyone had to do some work to keep costs low. I threw parties and washed dishes. Charles was studying architecture, but cooked a meal each week. Little did we know what his great cooking would lead to. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

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Charles Phan, trailblazing S.F. chef of the Slanted Door, has died

Charles Phan, renowned chef of San Francisco's Slanted Door Vietnamese restaurant, died on Jan. 20, after suffering a cardiac arrest.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The only important news of MLK day is that finally Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, life sentence was commuted and will spend remaining time at home.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Trump family didn’t even wait till inauguration before doing their first official Ponzi scheme. This grift has already generated $58 million in transaction fees for them so they will have made huge amount of money even once the bubble pops and the buyers are shafted. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

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Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable (Gift Article)

The new business venture by the Trump family is generating intensifying criticism and ethics questions, even as it has turned into an overnight phenomenon, generating a windfall on paper.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

World premier of the latest John Adams piano concerto “After the fall”, performed by Víkingur Ólafsson. Fantastic, as expected. Review at datebook.sfchronicle.com/classical/jo...

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

200 musicians. Epic Orff “banger” symphony piece. Today I spent all day resting on the couch.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Damn, not only this Sam & Dave performance even better, but the filming is spectacular. You just can’t do that with video. youtu.be/MdwdStBRDbw?...

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Sam and Dave Double Dynamite 1966

YouTube video by Mirosław Humedo

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Sam Moore of Sam & Dave passed away, at a ripe 89 years old. Here is a moment in 1966 where Sam & Dave showed us that Black music was the future. And I love how the bouncers freaked out when the audience finally stood up and started dancing. youtu.be/Fowldx4hRtI?...

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Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming

YouTube video by EdBlackmail

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This pretty much sums up the case for the Congestion Relief Zone that began in Manhattan today.

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Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Congestion pricing started in NYC and all the drivers were so freaked out they didn’t drive there. Traffic was extremely light today compared to Sunday average.

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