Chris Smith
@smithjameschris.bsky.social
Aspiring creative and mensch.
Writer of the sixth funniest Christmas cracker joke of 2020.
He/him.
Writer of the sixth funniest Christmas cracker joke of 2020.
He/him.
Me, any time someone refers to the creature in #ITWelcomeToDerry as an "it":
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair pointing at something
Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', pointing excitedly towards a television.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Me, any time someone refers to the creature in #ITWelcomeToDerry as an "it":
My first reaction was to type something dramatic like "Stop the world, I want to get off."
Unfortunately, this video suggests we'll never be allowed to leave with any grace or dignity.
Unfortunately, this video suggests we'll never be allowed to leave with any grace or dignity.
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My first reaction was to type something dramatic like "Stop the world, I want to get off."
Unfortunately, this video suggests we'll never be allowed to leave with any grace or dignity.
Unfortunately, this video suggests we'll never be allowed to leave with any grace or dignity.
🚨Attention UK @thepoduniverse.com fans!🚨
The 2011 @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of #Frankenstein is being shown at 11.30pm tonight on Sky Arts.
The 2011 @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of #Frankenstein is being shown at 11.30pm tonight on Sky Arts.
Feeling left out because GDT’s Frankenstein isn’t playing near you? Tide yourself over by watching us talk about it.
youtu.be/5VRy5qIIjfw
youtu.be/5VRy5qIIjfw
Guillermo Del Toro has made the Definitive Frankenstein movie
YouTube video by The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨Attention UK @thepoduniverse.com fans!🚨
The 2011 @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of #Frankenstein is being shown at 11.30pm tonight on Sky Arts.
The 2011 @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of #Frankenstein is being shown at 11.30pm tonight on Sky Arts.
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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JFC how huge were the founding fathers
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JFC how huge were the founding fathers
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This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.
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You know the one simple trick that fix Britain? Stop being taken in by charlatans who say there's one simple trick to fix everything, rather than, y'know, a lot of hard work to fix things properly.
October 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
You know the one simple trick that fix Britain? Stop being taken in by charlatans who say there's one simple trick to fix everything, rather than, y'know, a lot of hard work to fix things properly.
@lastexittonowhere.bsky.social - a movie and TV-inspired clothing brand that I love - recently sent me a David Fincher shirt as a giveaway prize.
To express my gratitude, I made this... commercial?
youtu.be/1Sd7NJkZW84?...
To express my gratitude, I made this... commercial?
youtu.be/1Sd7NJkZW84?...
LE7N
YouTube video by Chris Smith
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@lastexittonowhere.bsky.social - a movie and TV-inspired clothing brand that I love - recently sent me a David Fincher shirt as a giveaway prize.
To express my gratitude, I made this... commercial?
youtu.be/1Sd7NJkZW84?...
To express my gratitude, I made this... commercial?
youtu.be/1Sd7NJkZW84?...
It's a minor complaint, but I wish John Williams' original score featured more in James Gunn's Superman.
However, the fact that it complements scenes like this warms my heart; that heroic optimism that I love shines through.
Spoilers for Superman, I suppose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FL...
However, the fact that it complements scenes like this warms my heart; that heroic optimism that I love shines through.
Spoilers for Superman, I suppose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FL...
Superman: Title Card & Battle v Kaiju - With John Williams' Theme
YouTube video by Deandra Rez Archive
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's a minor complaint, but I wish John Williams' original score featured more in James Gunn's Superman.
However, the fact that it complements scenes like this warms my heart; that heroic optimism that I love shines through.
Spoilers for Superman, I suppose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FL...
However, the fact that it complements scenes like this warms my heart; that heroic optimism that I love shines through.
Spoilers for Superman, I suppose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FL...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Almost forgot that it's #Swordtember!
I can't draw, but I love the premise. Feel free to share your finest blades.
I can't draw, but I love the premise. Feel free to share your finest blades.
September 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Almost forgot that it's #Swordtember!
I can't draw, but I love the premise. Feel free to share your finest blades.
I can't draw, but I love the premise. Feel free to share your finest blades.
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In 2022, two amateur screenwriters pledged to complete the Dark Universe of monster movies that Universal abandoned.
It started as a joke. It became an obsession.
This is their story.
youtu.be/PuZD_KNcaRE?...
It started as a joke. It became an obsession.
This is their story.
youtu.be/PuZD_KNcaRE?...
We Finished the Dark Universe (All 30 Parts of It)
YouTube video by Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In 2022, two amateur screenwriters pledged to complete the Dark Universe of monster movies that Universal abandoned.
It started as a joke. It became an obsession.
This is their story.
youtu.be/PuZD_KNcaRE?...
It started as a joke. It became an obsession.
This is their story.
youtu.be/PuZD_KNcaRE?...
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Kneel before Zod.
August 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Kneel before Zod.
About fifteen years ago, I was working a summer job. Lattes by day, pints by night.
One night, a confident young man asked me for something that sounded like a cocktail; something like a "fuzzy duck", or a "mucky puddle".
Eventually, he clarified that he wanted a "coke shandy."
One night, a confident young man asked me for something that sounded like a cocktail; something like a "fuzzy duck", or a "mucky puddle".
Eventually, he clarified that he wanted a "coke shandy."
August 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
About fifteen years ago, I was working a summer job. Lattes by day, pints by night.
One night, a confident young man asked me for something that sounded like a cocktail; something like a "fuzzy duck", or a "mucky puddle".
Eventually, he clarified that he wanted a "coke shandy."
One night, a confident young man asked me for something that sounded like a cocktail; something like a "fuzzy duck", or a "mucky puddle".
Eventually, he clarified that he wanted a "coke shandy."
Any recommendations? Ideally, I'm looking for courses in #NWEngland, with a native #BSL speaker.
Can anyone recommend a good Foundation Level/Level 1 #BSL course?
August 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Any recommendations? Ideally, I'm looking for courses in #NWEngland, with a native #BSL speaker.
Some times, I get a mashup stuck in my head to the point that I need to exorcise it.
These two tracks use the same key and feature an almost identical tempo, which is handy.
These two tracks use the same key and feature an almost identical tempo, which is handy.
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Some times, I get a mashup stuck in my head to the point that I need to exorcise it.
These two tracks use the same key and feature an almost identical tempo, which is handy.
These two tracks use the same key and feature an almost identical tempo, which is handy.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach are preparing to open their new ride next year called "Avitkas".
I wonder if anyone has spotted it is an anagram of "Sativa, K" yet.
(I'm a local. I feel like I'm allowed to make these jokes.)
I wonder if anyone has spotted it is an anagram of "Sativa, K" yet.
(I'm a local. I feel like I'm allowed to make these jokes.)
July 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Blackpool Pleasure Beach are preparing to open their new ride next year called "Avitkas".
I wonder if anyone has spotted it is an anagram of "Sativa, K" yet.
(I'm a local. I feel like I'm allowed to make these jokes.)
I wonder if anyone has spotted it is an anagram of "Sativa, K" yet.
(I'm a local. I feel like I'm allowed to make these jokes.)
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Marvin the Martian was the referee in Space Jam because, as both an alien and a toon, he was the only one that could be impartial.
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Marvin the Martian was the referee in Space Jam because, as both an alien and a toon, he was the only one that could be impartial.