Steve Smith
@edmlawyersteve.bsky.social
Criminal defence lawyer in Edmonton, AB (not a fan of electronic dance music). He/him.
Posts mostly about topics other than Canadian criminal law; should be treated as lacking any credibility whatsoever on such topics.
Reskeet probably = endorsement.
Posts mostly about topics other than Canadian criminal law; should be treated as lacking any credibility whatsoever on such topics.
Reskeet probably = endorsement.
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Steve Smith
@edmlawyersteve.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Like a horse who's been sued by other horses.
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
Man, I would happily pay for a digital Onion subscription that gave me access to pdfs of the print edition, so I could see all the subscriber-only ads and such-like, but more paper in my home is the absolute last thing I need.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Man, I would happily pay for a digital Onion subscription that gave me access to pdfs of the print edition, so I could see all the subscriber-only ads and such-like, but more paper in my home is the absolute last thing I need.
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Miller seems propelled by a sadist’s thirst for the pain of others. He can’t empathize or identify with anyone he sees as weaker than himself - including his own family - because in his black soul, the role of the weak is to suffer while he sneers and hurts them more.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Miller seems propelled by a sadist’s thirst for the pain of others. He can’t empathize or identify with anyone he sees as weaker than himself - including his own family - because in his black soul, the role of the weak is to suffer while he sneers and hurts them more.
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I feel certain Miller absolutely recognizes that. He thinks about those people, and what he feels is a pang of jealousy at how freely they got to hurt others. He wants to hurt others the same way, so he gets that little electric surge of pleasure. It’s his turn
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I feel certain Miller absolutely recognizes that. He thinks about those people, and what he feels is a pang of jealousy at how freely they got to hurt others. He wants to hurt others the same way, so he gets that little electric surge of pleasure. It’s his turn
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I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
“They”? Hell, *I’ll* build a statue to them.
They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“They”? Hell, *I’ll* build a statue to them.
Not just unvarnished racism, but unfocused racism…just a firehose of miscellaneous racism.
These are just the worst fucking people.
These are just the worst fucking people.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Not just unvarnished racism, but unfocused racism…just a firehose of miscellaneous racism.
These are just the worst fucking people.
These are just the worst fucking people.
I have a suggestion as to which finger, too.
I bet in all of history we could count on one hand how many US Attorneys, whether properly or improperly appointed, have been sanctioned for nearly $1 million for arguing frivolous legal theories for a political purpose.
In fact, bet it is even on just one finger.
In fact, bet it is even on just one finger.
BREAKING: 11th Cir. upholds $1M penalty on Trump & Habba for frivolous suit v. Hillary Clinton, Comey, DNC, etc. over Russia claims. 'Trump & his attorneys committed sanctionable conduct,' per Judge W. Pryor (GWB) w/Brasher (Trump) Kidd (Biden) Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have a suggestion as to which finger, too.
So for anybody who, like me, is considering watching the fifth season of Stranger Things but can’t remember the first four (my attempt at a recap included “So then Steve has a gang of children, and the cop goes to Russia for some reason”), this recap by a man in a red tuxedo T-shirt is very helpful.
Stranger Things RECAP before the Final Season
YouTube video by Man of Recaps
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So for anybody who, like me, is considering watching the fifth season of Stranger Things but can’t remember the first four (my attempt at a recap included “So then Steve has a gang of children, and the cop goes to Russia for some reason”), this recap by a man in a red tuxedo T-shirt is very helpful.
Man, I follow Tom Nichols for the same reason I follow everyone I follow (because, on balance, I find his posts interesting and edifying), and despite everything,* but this, about Vegas, is the closest he’s ever come to fully alienating me.
I go at least once a year
PS. Suggest you don’t go to las vegas.
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Man, I follow Tom Nichols for the same reason I follow everyone I follow (because, on balance, I find his posts interesting and edifying), and despite everything,* but this, about Vegas, is the closest he’s ever come to fully alienating me.
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
Though it’s obviously before my time, I always assume this is general knowledge and am frequently surprised at the Canadians who are unaware of its origins…in its day, it was as well-known as that other great CBC show that lent its name to a figure of speech, Clusterfuck Tuesday.
have lived in the US for 15 years and this is how I learned that “it’s a bit of a gong show” is a Canadian figure of speech
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Though it’s obviously before my time, I always assume this is general knowledge and am frequently surprised at the Canadians who are unaware of its origins…in its day, it was as well-known as that other great CBC show that lent its name to a figure of speech, Clusterfuck Tuesday.
“Steve Smith, one of the U of A’s highest-profile student politicians by virtue of the fact that he does stuff…”
As I retype it, not even sure it was intended as a compliment.
As I retype it, not even sure it was intended as a compliment.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Steve Smith, one of the U of A’s highest-profile student politicians by virtue of the fact that he does stuff…”
As I retype it, not even sure it was intended as a compliment.
As I retype it, not even sure it was intended as a compliment.
I have to think that a significant proportion of those 13% just don’t believe that potash is a real thing.
13% of Canadians don't believe we produce potash
(We are actually the world's largest producer of it!)
(We are actually the world's largest producer of it!)
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I have to think that a significant proportion of those 13% just don’t believe that potash is a real thing.
I don’t think I’ve ever so thoroughly missed the point as I am right now, as I focus on the “during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!” dangling modifier.
Picturing this guy's now on the run from the same feds who hunted down Alf
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever so thoroughly missed the point as I am right now, as I focus on the “during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!” dangling modifier.
Yeah, if Jen Gerson is ever the biggest problem with Canadian journalism, Canadian journalism will have improved dramatically.
Like, I don’t love the Line, but it is vastly better than, say, the National Post.
Like, I don’t love the Line, but it is vastly better than, say, the National Post.
I just want to point out that she pushed him and had this great line:
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Yeah, if Jen Gerson is ever the biggest problem with Canadian journalism, Canadian journalism will have improved dramatically.
Like, I don’t love the Line, but it is vastly better than, say, the National Post.
Like, I don’t love the Line, but it is vastly better than, say, the National Post.
I kind of like this idea, but I worry that, even to the extent that people’s taste is good, they’ll be bad at distinguishing between “TV show that I would like to see another excellent season of” and “TV show that has another excellent season in it”.
If the US manages to pull out of this spiral and retain some semblance of democracy, I think it’s reasonable to give every President one publicly funded movie / TV season green light per term. They can, in part, campaign on it.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I kind of like this idea, but I worry that, even to the extent that people’s taste is good, they’ll be bad at distinguishing between “TV show that I would like to see another excellent season of” and “TV show that has another excellent season in it”.
Uh, maybe don’t try to incentivize a healthy lifestyle by Donald Trump specifically?
The president eats horribly, is obese and doesn’t work out. Can we jack up his rates now?
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Uh, maybe don’t try to incentivize a healthy lifestyle by Donald Trump specifically?
Perhaps ironically, the claim that it’s Gen Z’s turn to feel old made me feel older than anything has in a long time.
(Watching gen Z realize it's their turn to feel old and out of touch is hilarious. Getting older happens to us all, and not getting the slang very young people are using is a rite of passage. Congratulations, you've reached the age where you get to not care about being cool.)
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Perhaps ironically, the claim that it’s Gen Z’s turn to feel old made me feel older than anything has in a long time.
Bluesky’s got the juice.
I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Bluesky’s got the juice.
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RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Years ago I went on a date with a woman who brought her Rottweiler—because why on earth would a single woman decline to be accompanied by a Rottweiler when meeting new men, given the option?—and after he apparently concluded that I wasn’t a threat, he decided to sit on my lap.
proof that any dog can be a lap dog, provided there is a lap and a dog
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Years ago I went on a date with a woman who brought her Rottweiler—because why on earth would a single woman decline to be accompanied by a Rottweiler when meeting new men, given the option?—and after he apparently concluded that I wasn’t a threat, he decided to sit on my lap.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
So I've heard the old "If you don't vote, you don't get to complain", but I'd never before heard it suggested as a principle of law.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So I've heard the old "If you don't vote, you don't get to complain", but I'd never before heard it suggested as a principle of law.
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Good news for people who’ve been hanging on to their “Stop Bill 11: No Two-Tiered Healthcare” protest signs, anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Good news for people who’ve been hanging on to their “Stop Bill 11: No Two-Tiered Healthcare” protest signs, anyway.