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sam smith

@smixsam.bsky.social
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Designer in Glasgow. Interested in apps, people, places, and how things work. Link in bio: smixs.am Work with me: samwsmith.design Blog: smixsam.substack.com

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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“Focus groups of children have given mixed feedback but the AI-generated musical numbers set to be included were a favourite feature” we’re in hell
observer.co.uk
Steven Bartlett to launch AI-generated show for children
The entrepreneur’s new venture comes as a rapidly evolving market for AI content leads to claims of platforms being hit by a wave of ‘podslop’
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Happy birthday!!!
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 10/01/2026
The great thing about being a transit nerd is that I’ve never respected Elon Musk
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/10/2025
Gotta block them all! Block early, block often! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
We’re heading for colours and shapes… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Cocomelon For Adults
Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 10/10/2025 · 47m
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Glasgow City Centre felt just right without traffic today
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"Cumbernauld didn’t fail because modernism was doomed. It failed because they let it rot, and then told us it was inevitable." My thoughts on the town of tomorrow, today! open.substack.com/pub/smixsam/...
open.substack.com
The £10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld
Why the "Town of Tomorrow" fails us today
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We can dream!
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The £10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld open.substack.com/pub/smixsam/...
open.substack.com
The £10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld
Why the "Town of Tomorrow" fails us today
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This government is such a cataclysmic disappointment in every way
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 23/08/2025
Any plans here MUST take account of the future cross-Clyde rail tunnel and the main station linking Queen Street and Central. It's an inevitability and a necessity and the fact that Glasgow hasn't yet developed safeguarded plans means opportunities like this will be wasted.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
And they justify a nice IKEA trip
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Discovery+ is to watching live sports what PE in high school is to taking part in live sports
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 21/05/2025
Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.
A stock photo of two people doing business on a staircase.Two dudes standing around a watercooler, presumably having a 'watercooler conversation' about last night's Seinfeld or whatever.A woman reclining in a chair in a business suit with her shoes off.A guy in a suit on a city street doing some damn business on a cell phone. The business never stops!!!!!
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
100%
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
music is so relatable!
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I just find it interesting how many British centrists can see the issue when billionaire Elon Musk uses his money and power to influence American law and Government policy to operate how he wants it to, but don’t see the problem when JK Rowling does the same in Britain.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Love Primeval
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17/04/2025
I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1)
Twitter post asking: Should we be told where we can walk out
dogs?
Yes or No
Above a screenshot of a news headline: 'This is an Islamic area now. Don't walk your dogs here': Police probe sign in east London park
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Are we at the “sacking Kwasi Kwarteng” stage yet?
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Finally, something light to distract us from the news
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Joke’s on you, I haven’t replaced the batteries in one of mine 😎
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Digging out the old Simpsons DVDs to bring some new life into a vintage iMac
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Lance Ulanoff @lanceulanoff.com · 16/03/2025
Before Pixar was making movies like Toy Story, they made software and its whole purpose was 3D text on some very basic Windows PCs.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
…what?
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is a good thing
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JR Tomlin (she/her) @jrtomlin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Val d'Oro Chip shop in Glasgow has nailed its colours to the mast. How you react is up to you, but you do have a right to take that into consideration in making your choice of who to give your business.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
TEAM COCO!
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Well it used fairly standard (albeit advanced) techniques to separate and clean up vocals from a recording from the 70’s. It’s really not connected to the same kind of GenAI slop you see elsewhere. Conflating the two is misleading and unhelpful
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Beatles song isn’t “AI music shoved out on the cheap” at all…
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Did you enter the delusional “if I keep blinking it’ll get better” stage?
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Thank you so much! That means a lot 😀
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Is this Bridgeton? I’ve been meaning to go for ageeees
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
What a lovely day!
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
And exceptionally clean dishes
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
These days you’ll get arrested and thrown in jail for praying in your own home. Sky box, PlayStation, the lot.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
And no I will not be calling it that
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Truly shocked that anyone thought this wouldn’t happen
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This week alone, my feed has contained stories claiming that the SNP is considering banning cats, and the railways have gone woke by banning the word “passenger”.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Apple News+ has a right wing rag problem. The two major paywalled newspapers it provides free access to in the UK are The Telegraph and The Times.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 06/02/2025
countering all my anxieties by getting back into Websites. I'm on the web. I've got a backwards hat on. I'm surfing on a mouse. I'm typing https:// . I'm telling everyone I meet: "it's wild, they have everything on there too, whatever you're interested in, there's a website for it". I'm alive.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Low effort icon :(
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Yeah I just signed up for that, I’m just in a perma rage against Elon
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Yeah none in Battlefield
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I don’t miss Twitter one bit, but due to the fantastic decisions made by its current leadership, not having an account means you can’t see tweets in chronological order. Which is a problem when it’s still the “public square” and I just want to get updates on when my water will be back on 🥲
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025
this is truly despicable.
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Eh, you're alright
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sam smith @smixsam.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
We need more slides that look like this
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