Reposted by Wright SmithShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person. 13674575
Reposted by Wright SmithShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging. 29755906
Reposted by Wright SmithShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris, 31997840
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The way that colors intersect with material economics as much as taste is always fascinating. Was reminded while reading last night why did British troops wear red in the 1700s? Because red dye was cheapest. 010
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Iran was tremendously resilient in the Iran-Iraq War, but this misses the mark. Iraq’s offensive against Al-Faw, demonstrating Iraqi conventional superiority, and Operation Praying Mantis, the U.S. action against Iran’s navy, were in April 1988. Iran accepted a ceasefire less than four months later. 111
Reposted by Wright SmithCaitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 13/03/2026My latest on the Iranian threat to the Strait of Hormuz in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/hormuz-...foreignaffairs.comThe Hormuz MinefieldIn the strait, Iran holds the advantage—and America has no good options. 06739
Reposted by Wright Smithmitpolisci.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social · 22/09/2025We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Wright Smith who is on the job market. Learn more about Wright Smith at wrightlsmith.com @wrightlsmith.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Wright SmithNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025DC Friends 🚨🚨 Sasha is missing in the Cleveland Park area, if you see her please get in contact with @mcmasterreed.bsky.social! 39070
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 19/04/2025YES! When I gave a lecture on US military power and command of the commands, I told my students I was about to show them a photo encapsulating US military dominance, and asked them to guess what it was. No one ever correctly guessed “unloading a mobile Burger King from a C-17.” 120
Reposted by Wright SmithGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 18/04/2025If you don’t have much disposable income don’t give to this but I know a lot of y’all do and it’s worth some coins IMO. Direct action of a very specific kind. 28617
Reposted by Wright SmithInternet Archive @archive.org · 17/04/2025📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️ 1181943215544
Reposted by Wright Smith🍓 YOamyjo 🍁🐿️ @fratboyamy.wantsa.beer · 10/04/2025A good home is needed near Eugene, Oregon. The momb is moving out of the country and heartbroken! @gonzo.bsky.social @itsflanoy.bsky.social 714579
Reposted by Wright SmithSasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 05/04/2025$15.00 minimum wage for our workers, 155mm shells for our enemies. 2513
Reposted by Wright SmithStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 01/04/2025VETERAN NARRATIVE DESIGNER/GAME WRITER IN DESPERATE NEED OF A JOB - Almost 20 years experience - Original writer/ND for mobile hit Lily’s Garden - Worked with big IPs like World of Warcraft, Marvel, DC - Experience with mobile, console, and PC Please, please, please help me. I am out of time.linkedin.comStella Sacco - Saber Interactive | LinkedInVeteran in narrative, content, and creative direction for hit games like Lily’s Garden… · Experience: Saber Interactive · Education: Sage College · Location: New York · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. V... 11886907
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2025This is basically what happened in the German High Seas Fleet in November, 1918, and it triggered a revolution that overthrew the monarchy! 1111
Reposted by Wright SmithMichael Squires @mgsquires.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“We wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to, so we gave them notecards and asked them to describe their experiences with sweeps.”projects.propublica.org“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless SweepsCities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th... 18699283
Reposted by Wright SmithSyria Notes @syrianotes.org · 10/12/2024When he spoke around the world, Mazen al-Hamada’s face told the story of brutal torture by Assad’s regime. The discovery of the Syrian activist’s body inside the notorious Sednaya prison brought the news that he never lived to see its downfall. @ruthmichaelson.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comSyrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prisonMazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus 416071
Reposted by Wright SmithLiz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Mazen al-Hamada told the world about the horrors of Assad’s prisons & the torture he suffered. No one listened & now he is dead, under torture in the last hours of Assad’s regime www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...washingtonpost.comMazen al-Hamada, symbol of Syrian regime’s brutality, confirmed deadHis body was found with about 40 others wrapped in bloody sheets and dumped at a military hospital outside Damascus. 0139
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024After 13 years of war, Assad didn’t even tell his loyalists he was fleeing the country. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...wsj.comAssad Didn’t Inform Cabinet, Military Before Fleeing, Syrian Officials SayPresident Bashar al-Assad kept his cabinet in the dark about his plan to leave the country early Sunday local time, Syrian security officials said. Many of those loyal to him in the military were also... 000
Reposted by Wright SmithDana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I don't think Ben Taub is on here but his New Yorker piece on The Assad Files will always stick with me. (And horray, for the ability to easily post links to deeply reported journalism!) www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...newyorker.comExposing Assad’s War CrimesThe top-secret documents that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and killings. 191038242
Reposted by Wright SmithAndrés Pertierra @andrespertierra.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Assad falling is no guarantee of a better Syria replacing him, but his continued rule is a guarantee that a better Syria couldn’t Now that barrier is gone and I hope against hope that Syrians - the ones whose country it is - finally get to live free 31046166
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I still have the letter I sent my Congressman in 2013 supporting action against Assad. To paraphrase a friend, the Syrian Civil War shaped my worldview and there are few things I wanted to happen in world affairs more than to see the regime fall. I hope what comes next is better. 010
Reposted by Wright SmithDavid Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Thinking about how many lives had to be destroyed or displaced and how much priceless human heritage erased to buy an extra decade for this doomed regime. 122627
Reposted by Wright SmithAmer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army. 8885131687
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I saw a photo in 2012 or 2013, three girls on a swing in liberated Aleppo, smiling, laughing, happy, and it’s stuck in my mind ever since. I hope they survived the horrors of Assad, and can, with all Syrians, build a future of freedom, justice, and dignity in a new free Syria. 050
Wright Smith @wrightlsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2023This NYT story on Russia increasing missile production despite sanctions jumps out at me as an example of how hard it is to blunt industrial economies that focus on military equipment-German World War II production peaked in 1944, despite the major Allied air campaign www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/u... 040