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J. Smith

@jooltman.bsky.social

1.5K followers 580 following 4.3K posts

Professional Citizen. Adores Poetry/Bikes/Textiles.

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J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 4h

TY for showing love and strength for our most vulnerable.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 4h

But come admire my twee lil’ holiday decorations before I murder you in cold blood.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 15h

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J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 15h

Someone should suggest to him he should only believe footage that includes someone holding up a newspaper with the date on it like they used to do in old timey hostage scenarios.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 17h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 15h

Someone should suggest to him he should only believe footage that includes someone holding up a newspaper with the date on it like they used to do in old timey hostage scenarios.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 16h

Do we really have to tolerate this unhinged behavior for several more weeks? Can’t the Hochul remove him now when he is so clearly unstable?

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 16h

All I want for Christmas is a mayor that refers to himself in the first person and doesn’t think the press is the enemy.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21h

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 1d

ADT, whoever they are, gets it.

Troops looking at a whiteboard Operation Circular Reasoning. “We’re being deployed because of the protests about us being deployed.”

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

New Yorkers, we are trying to cross the street, ride our bikes, send our kids to school with these kinds of sociopathic drivers running amuck. Why can’t Albany pass the speed limiter bill that’s been languishing there? @emilyassembly.bsky.social @agounardes.bsky.social

A driver record showing 75 red light and speed camera violations in one year.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Lucy who is NOT Charlie Brown’s girlfriend pulling a football away from his attempt to kick it as he flies through the air yelling AAUGH!

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

Odd little hairline on that chap. Wiggly up front.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

What part of senile authoritarian wannabe is confusing?

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

A low energy war is very 2025, just sayin’.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 2d

I think this qualifies although it is still speculative: bsky.app/profile/opde...

Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 2d

US Rep. Eric Swalwell ( @ericswalwell.bsky.social ) predicts that dozens of Republicans may support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release the #Epstein files.

“It’s coming to an end guys." "It’s just a matter of time," #OpDeathEaters

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

headline: Swalwell: Republicans planning 'jail break' revolt over Epstein files.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 3d

Please call your Senators RIGHT now to ask them to vote yes on S.J. Res 83 today to try to stop the administration’s current extrajudicial murder of foreign citizens. Call tool from @fcnl.bsky.social: fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/144...

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 3d

You could at least have the decency to endorse Mamdani before you swipe his schtick.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 3d

But that would require him admitting he was wrong. When has Chuck ever done that?

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 3d

THIS! But half as long.

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Ken Schles @kenschles.bsky.social · 3d

Local Law 97 is (was?) the nation’s leading local jobs and climate law.

But Mayor Adams unceremoniously eviscerated the law at the behest of the real estate lobby.

Don’t let landlords to buy their way out of reducing pollution.

Pass CM De La Rosa’s Intro 1180 to close the landlord loophole!

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 5d

Does this help at all? (They are so Weak.) bsky.app/profile/comp...

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 5d

Unproud Boys.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 5d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 6d

They do which is why we shouldn’t rip them up and destroy them for “art.”

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 6d

Yikes, what is the green stuff? This is all so awful.

J. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 6d

Gong Show gong would be gonging so loudly.