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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 2d

Idk guys trickle down economics won't work unless something actually trickles down. Billionaires didn't get that way because of their ethical standards. Just sayin'z

Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 2d

"The money will trickle down"

Why don't you tax any money over a certain dollar amount back into the economy to force it to trickle down?

"No"

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In a Place Like This - Movie Podcast @aplacelikethis.bsky.social · 3d

Favorite first-time viewings of October 2025:

-Frankenstein (2025)
-The Company of Wolves (1984)
-Videodrome (1983)
-The Smashing Machine (2025)

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Karlos 🔜 Palm Springs Pride 11/5-11/10 @karlosthefog.bsky.social · 4d

Turning 37 this Friday. What are y’all getting me?

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 4d

The only people Jesus explicitly excluded from entering Heaven were the rich, yet I never hear y'all religious types telling rich people they're going to Hell, trying to take away their rights, etc.

Weird.

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Karlos 🔜 Palm Springs Pride 11/5-11/10 @karlosthefog.bsky.social · 6d

Hit the showers

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RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 6d

There are the "feed 100 in case 1 of them would otherwise starve" people.

And there are the "Starve 100 in case 1 of them doesn't actually deserve their food" people.

Far too many who claim to follow Jesus fall into the second camp.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 6d

OH

a black and white photo of a woman in a white dress running

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman in a white dress running

media.tenor.com

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 6d

Only 8 here. Someone thinks I'm "trash", and if it's for the reason I think it is, I wouldn't want this person's approval anyway. Apparently I also engage in "drama", politically speaking, which... fair.

Most are good though.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 6d

Edgelords are bullshit because how you gonna call yourself that and do literally zero edging

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 6d

The movie is Black Phone 2. Like are y'all even in the right theater?

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 6d

A full family shows up late for the movie and is loudly talking about concessions and stuff like dude wtf

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 10d

I have actually UN-blocked a lot of people over the past year. I leave an opening for forgiveness should someone decide they're willing to do the work for it. But for some, that path is closed forever.

Choose to be a kind and decent person, or never speak to me again. It's that simple.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 10d

I only block people I know if I truly feel I do not wish to keep you in my life anymore. This requires an irredeemable level of moral reprehensibility on your part.

If I block you, I believe you to be a truly evil, inhumane person. I block you to protect my peace.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 11d

Vote AND. Protest AND. Turning it into "or" is a bad strategy. It's absurd not to be using every tool in our box right now just because some of them alone won't be enough.

Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 11d

The "that won't work" mindset has got to go. Small victories are still victories. Our goal is to get as many as possible and build up to bigger and bigger victories.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 11d

People really saying "the protests did nothing".

That "dumping shit" AI video temper tantrum wouldn't have happened if we didn't strike a nerve. Like voting, a protest isn't everything but it's also not nothing.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 12d

I'm happy to see more mainstream calls for General Strike, hope to see it happen (or at least get it close enough to get our demands for a fair and equitable society met).

But this ONLY works if we have each other's backs. We're no longer "rugged individuals". We are ONE. That's the only way.

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Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 15d

If you are affected by the government shutdown and your SNAP benefits will be paused, share your mutual aid links below.

Everyone else, boost this post and help folks in the replies.

No one deserves to starve.

#MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive #BIPOCMA #TransCrowdFund #MABoost 💸💕

a poster that says mutual aid a voluntary and reciprocal exchange of resources and services

Alt: Mutual aid: a voluntary and reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit where people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions.

media.tenor.com

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 12d

Second trip to New York completed, and that just solidified how much I friggin LOVE that city. I want to go back already.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 13d

"AI looks so real you can't even tell anymore!"

The video:

a referee is standing in the middle of a wrestling ring .

ALT: a referee is standing in the middle of a wrestling ring .

media.tenor.com

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Boo Gurnett @bobgurnett.com · 13d

Hey at what point were you going to reveal that the woman who the story is based on is the Chief Marketing Office at a VC firm that is invested in a bunch of AI firms??????

www.canvas.vc/portfolio

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 13d

Clarifying that I'm not responding to the "don't ONLY protest" takes. That is correct, you should definitely look into other things you can do, mutual aid, etc.

This is for people crossing their arms shaking their heads like "this didn't do anything". STFU please.

Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 15d

"Protesting doesn't do anything" I'm gonna need you to go ahead and fuck AALLLLLLLL THE WAY off. All solutions are on the table rn, and I will not be hearing criticisms from people who say "this won't work" and "that won't work" but won't provide us with any realistic solutions of their own.

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Chris Michael Smith @chrismichael85.bsky.social · 13d

"AI is here to stay so we should get used to it" honestly wild how a thing we are wholeheartedly rejecting on a mass scale is "here to stay". Makes me wonder who's paying you to say that.

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Tibbers @tiberiumausten.bsky.social · 15d

That's not just a hot take that should be a universal take

Karlos 🔜 Palm Springs Pride 11/5-11/10 @karlosthefog.bsky.social · 15d

My hottest take is there shouldn’t be anti homeless architecture.

Even in a Pokémon game.

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