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Jared Smith

@jaredwsmith.com

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Software engineering, weather (@chswx.com), Padres baseball, and other esoteric hyperfixations as required. Dachshund dad. Computers were a mistake. More coffee, please. 📍 Charleston, SC 👨‍💻 https://jaredwsmith.com ⛈️ https://chswx.com

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 27m

M5?!

Two individuals in blue and yellow uniforms are in a tense situation on a spaceship's bridge, with a woman in a red uniform in the background. Captain Kirk is on the right, Uhura in the middle, and Dr. Richard Daystrom on the left.

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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 10h

another year, another dodgers deep playoff run while we decipher articles with unnamed sources about who’s at fault in the padres front office and staff

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 1d

i do not like living under a government run by the worst facebook posts you've ever seen

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 1d

Phantogram was outstanding. Great to see @nick422.bsky.social and his lovely wife as well!

A band backlit by white light in front of a mass of people, with the singer reaching upward.

Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 1d

Well, it could very easily be a face-saving move as well. I get the feeling down the stretch there were tensions with the front office. (Sounds familiar…)

Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 1d

The “Padres managers stay for a third year challenge” is unbeaten. I hope he is okay. This is very surprising.

MLB Daily News @fantasymlbnews.bsky.social · 1d

Padres manager Mike Shildt announces retirement, per @sdutkevinacee.bsky.social.

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Nihilist Arby’s @nihilist-arbys.bsky.social · 2d

The best thing about Sundays is watching young millionaires give each other pointless brain damage so idiots at a bar with $12 in the bank can hate each other because of it.

Go arbys, beat wendys. Or whatever.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 2d

Holy shit Carolina!

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3d

“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 3d

A fine example of when a hot mic moment makes you popular. The anti-Brennaman, if you will

James 🧛 Dracin'on @jamackinn.bsky.social · 4d

Dan Dickerson "Fuck this game recap"

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Detroit Tigers announcer - I'm sorry, was that out loud?

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506 Sports @506sports.bsky.social · 4d

Tim Hortons vs Starbucks. Starting Sunday night.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 4d

Wow, what a game, and good for Seattle.

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 4d

14 innings!!!

This is the longest winner-take-all game by innings in postseason history

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Roger Cormier: Built for Fall @yayroger.bsky.social · 4d

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

the DOGE-ification of CBS news

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 5d

Mimestream for iOS beta 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 5d

It is, and always will be, FTD.

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 8d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 5d

Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#WarRavagedPortland

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 6d

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 6d

neo nazi at white house meeting to dismantle antifa... good times

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 6d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has increasing influence over President Trump, sources say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "CNN is dying like a dog."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 7d

I had a copy of Helvetica Ultra Compressed installed that made all the text in Mail look, well, ultra compressed. Sucks to have had to give that one up, too. Hope this gets fixed.