Stephen R. Smith
@stephensmith.bsky.social
Programmer & Writer. Owner @ http://Alignsoft.com. Writer & Curator @ http://365tomorrows.com; a new SciFi flash fiction story daily. Coffee & solar powered. He/Him
* I also love sarcasm
* I also love sarcasm
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
YouTube video by BillyIdolVEVO
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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A false narrative is being pushed about GrapheneOS claiming we're ending operations in France due to the actions of 2 newspapers. That's completely wrong. If both newspapers and the overall French media had taken our side instead of extreme bias against us, we'd still be leaving.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A false narrative is being pushed about GrapheneOS claiming we're ending operations in France due to the actions of 2 newspapers. That's completely wrong. If both newspapers and the overall French media had taken our side instead of extreme bias against us, we'd still be leaving.
The answer to the question “should we put more cheese in this?” is always yes. More cheese.
Cheerios? More cheese.
Cheerios? More cheese.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The answer to the question “should we put more cheese in this?” is always yes. More cheese.
Cheerios? More cheese.
Cheerios? More cheese.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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The Spider and the Fly.
2014.
Prismacolor pencil on paper.
12”x18”.
2014.
Prismacolor pencil on paper.
12”x18”.
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Spider and the Fly.
2014.
Prismacolor pencil on paper.
12”x18”.
2014.
Prismacolor pencil on paper.
12”x18”.
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The Stage. 2002.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
12”x18”.
24 year-old me was just finding my legs as a self-taught illustrator and this was a piece that helped shape a lot of work that came after it.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
12”x18”.
24 year-old me was just finding my legs as a self-taught illustrator and this was a piece that helped shape a lot of work that came after it.
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Stage. 2002.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
12”x18”.
24 year-old me was just finding my legs as a self-taught illustrator and this was a piece that helped shape a lot of work that came after it.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
12”x18”.
24 year-old me was just finding my legs as a self-taught illustrator and this was a piece that helped shape a lot of work that came after it.
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#NewJukeboxCafe #JimmyCliff #Reggae 🇯🇲
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#NewJukeboxCafe #JimmyCliff #Reggae 🇯🇲
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
@betty-cocker.bsky.social “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.”
I’m guessing a fellow Fringe fan?
I’m guessing a fellow Fringe fan?
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@betty-cocker.bsky.social “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.”
I’m guessing a fellow Fringe fan?
I’m guessing a fellow Fringe fan?
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
. ,
. * -)- . ‘
There could be . -o- *
whole universes * . o
between us. . ‘ . * .
. * . * , -)-
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. * -)- . ‘
There could be . -o- *
whole universes * . o
between us. . ‘ . * .
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FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
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Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
INTERVIEW – Astronaut Mark Kelly Discusses Role Deciding Inaugural Roddenberry Foundation Prize
Commander Kelly and his fellow judges will be awarding five prizes totaling $1 million dollars to individuals and/or companies that are trying to make the world a better place in February.
trekmovie.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
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Legs are most assuredly done. I forget there are stairs in the house. Gravity is having lots of fun with that. Tomorrow’s only going to get worse.
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Legs are most assuredly done. I forget there are stairs in the house. Gravity is having lots of fun with that. Tomorrow’s only going to get worse.
Legs done and dusted. Need to remember to get to the gym earlier, it’s a zoo right now. A surprising number of guys working out in socks without shoes. Weird.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Legs done and dusted. Need to remember to get to the gym earlier, it’s a zoo right now. A surprising number of guys working out in socks without shoes. Weird.
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I have found treasure.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I have found treasure.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon.
It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.
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I dare this mfer to try
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I dare this mfer to try
If you're not going to engage in good faith, and are going to reply and repost everything, while also quote posting with your reply, I'm going to detach it all and block you. It's not personal, I just don't need to deal with whatever bullshit you're trying to play at.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you're not going to engage in good faith, and are going to reply and repost everything, while also quote posting with your reply, I'm going to detach it all and block you. It's not personal, I just don't need to deal with whatever bullshit you're trying to play at.