Usman-Smith
@usmansmith.bsky.social
Now enjoying Malta sun & sea.
A life behind me of curious change and interesting people.
From Mancunia and yet travelling in both time & space here.
Join me for the craic & childlike adulting.
A life behind me of curious change and interesting people.
From Mancunia and yet travelling in both time & space here.
Join me for the craic & childlike adulting.
A temple to consumerism.
I have not worshipped here for years but I was there on its opening day decades ago.
Chocolate now twisted into every day fantastical shapes.
My UK visit is gifting me a day of wonder today.
Parking remains a magical black art.
Food outstanding.
Best samosa chaat ever.
I have not worshipped here for years but I was there on its opening day decades ago.
Chocolate now twisted into every day fantastical shapes.
My UK visit is gifting me a day of wonder today.
Parking remains a magical black art.
Food outstanding.
Best samosa chaat ever.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A temple to consumerism.
I have not worshipped here for years but I was there on its opening day decades ago.
Chocolate now twisted into every day fantastical shapes.
My UK visit is gifting me a day of wonder today.
Parking remains a magical black art.
Food outstanding.
Best samosa chaat ever.
I have not worshipped here for years but I was there on its opening day decades ago.
Chocolate now twisted into every day fantastical shapes.
My UK visit is gifting me a day of wonder today.
Parking remains a magical black art.
Food outstanding.
Best samosa chaat ever.
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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
War. 🎹🎸🎸
What is good for?
Absolutely nothing.
But the American balance sheet.
Edwin Starr said war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes.
Friend only to the undertaker.
Wars seem to happen by osmosis instead of actual governmental votes in America.
Peace seems to break out when America leaves.
What is good for?
Absolutely nothing.
But the American balance sheet.
Edwin Starr said war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes.
Friend only to the undertaker.
Wars seem to happen by osmosis instead of actual governmental votes in America.
Peace seems to break out when America leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
War. 🎹🎸🎸
What is good for?
Absolutely nothing.
But the American balance sheet.
Edwin Starr said war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes.
Friend only to the undertaker.
Wars seem to happen by osmosis instead of actual governmental votes in America.
Peace seems to break out when America leaves.
What is good for?
Absolutely nothing.
But the American balance sheet.
Edwin Starr said war means tears to thousands of mothers eyes.
Friend only to the undertaker.
Wars seem to happen by osmosis instead of actual governmental votes in America.
Peace seems to break out when America leaves.
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Love still
threads
its way
through
the noise,
quiet but
unbroken,
insisting on
being felt.
Even as the
world fractures,
it softens
what it can.
We hold
one another
in the storm,
a single touch
becoming
fiercely
relevant.
And somehow,
that small
tenderness
keeps us
human.
#vss365 #poetry #relevant
threads
its way
through
the noise,
quiet but
unbroken,
insisting on
being felt.
Even as the
world fractures,
it softens
what it can.
We hold
one another
in the storm,
a single touch
becoming
fiercely
relevant.
And somehow,
that small
tenderness
keeps us
human.
#vss365 #poetry #relevant
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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@reecedinsdale.bsky.social currently entertaining my grandkids writing an adventure for Rumble the Dinosaur shopping at the Trafford Centre!
Visiting the UK reminds me why I live in Gozo.
Too cold!
Turn the heating up?
Bah Humbug.
🥶
Visiting the UK reminds me why I live in Gozo.
Too cold!
Turn the heating up?
Bah Humbug.
🥶
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social currently entertaining my grandkids writing an adventure for Rumble the Dinosaur shopping at the Trafford Centre!
Visiting the UK reminds me why I live in Gozo.
Too cold!
Turn the heating up?
Bah Humbug.
🥶
Visiting the UK reminds me why I live in Gozo.
Too cold!
Turn the heating up?
Bah Humbug.
🥶
Reposted by Usman-Smith
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
My sensei days in the 1970s raising money for charity.
I had hair.
I wore glasses.
I loved teaching.
I feel it was all a dream.
It was not & that core strength keeps me going today.
A different world.
The same me.
Showing my grandkids some basics today.
The memories flooded back.
Domo arigato.
I had hair.
I wore glasses.
I loved teaching.
I feel it was all a dream.
It was not & that core strength keeps me going today.
A different world.
The same me.
Showing my grandkids some basics today.
The memories flooded back.
Domo arigato.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My sensei days in the 1970s raising money for charity.
I had hair.
I wore glasses.
I loved teaching.
I feel it was all a dream.
It was not & that core strength keeps me going today.
A different world.
The same me.
Showing my grandkids some basics today.
The memories flooded back.
Domo arigato.
I had hair.
I wore glasses.
I loved teaching.
I feel it was all a dream.
It was not & that core strength keeps me going today.
A different world.
The same me.
Showing my grandkids some basics today.
The memories flooded back.
Domo arigato.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
I find sari and shalwar khameze material the ultimate in class. I'm Shimmering.
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I find sari and shalwar khameze material the ultimate in class. I'm Shimmering.
Traditional Asian wedding venue.
Lots of bling.
The food defines its success.
Multiple curries.
Lots of bling.
The food defines its success.
Multiple curries.
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Traditional Asian wedding venue.
Lots of bling.
The food defines its success.
Multiple curries.
Lots of bling.
The food defines its success.
Multiple curries.
We scrub up well?
Family wedding in the UK.
I am wearing thermals!
I am getting too delicate for UK weather.
Daughter sent a picture from her walk in Malta today.
Cruel.... 🤣
Family wedding in the UK.
I am wearing thermals!
I am getting too delicate for UK weather.
Daughter sent a picture from her walk in Malta today.
Cruel.... 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We scrub up well?
Family wedding in the UK.
I am wearing thermals!
I am getting too delicate for UK weather.
Daughter sent a picture from her walk in Malta today.
Cruel.... 🤣
Family wedding in the UK.
I am wearing thermals!
I am getting too delicate for UK weather.
Daughter sent a picture from her walk in Malta today.
Cruel.... 🤣
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@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
A first night
A silent night
A night of tears & triumph
the fizzing blood
the exhausted energy
that brings a smile of relief
it's done
it's one
it's more & more
it's set yet changing
to learn
about yourself
under all those eyes
forging chains in life
shapes of memories
A first night
A silent night
A night of tears & triumph
the fizzing blood
the exhausted energy
that brings a smile of relief
it's done
it's one
it's more & more
it's set yet changing
to learn
about yourself
under all those eyes
forging chains in life
shapes of memories
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social
A first night
A silent night
A night of tears & triumph
the fizzing blood
the exhausted energy
that brings a smile of relief
it's done
it's one
it's more & more
it's set yet changing
to learn
about yourself
under all those eyes
forging chains in life
shapes of memories
A first night
A silent night
A night of tears & triumph
the fizzing blood
the exhausted energy
that brings a smile of relief
it's done
it's one
it's more & more
it's set yet changing
to learn
about yourself
under all those eyes
forging chains in life
shapes of memories
Silent nights
Consumers rights
All was locked
Under Xmas lights
Sky leaden with snow
Tomorrow shoppers flow
Along consumerisms veins
Under Santa's reins
The sledge overhead
That spirits dead
Childhoods led
Each & every one
skipping along
A path to adulthood
To sweat & blood
to dreamless nights
Alone
Consumers rights
All was locked
Under Xmas lights
Sky leaden with snow
Tomorrow shoppers flow
Along consumerisms veins
Under Santa's reins
The sledge overhead
That spirits dead
Childhoods led
Each & every one
skipping along
A path to adulthood
To sweat & blood
to dreamless nights
Alone
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Silent nights
Consumers rights
All was locked
Under Xmas lights
Sky leaden with snow
Tomorrow shoppers flow
Along consumerisms veins
Under Santa's reins
The sledge overhead
That spirits dead
Childhoods led
Each & every one
skipping along
A path to adulthood
To sweat & blood
to dreamless nights
Alone
Consumers rights
All was locked
Under Xmas lights
Sky leaden with snow
Tomorrow shoppers flow
Along consumerisms veins
Under Santa's reins
The sledge overhead
That spirits dead
Childhoods led
Each & every one
skipping along
A path to adulthood
To sweat & blood
to dreamless nights
Alone
A friend's doing charity work in the Gambia.
I feel the local wild cats are a step above these i am used to.
It's a big wide world out there.
This is a view I do not envy him.
I feel the local wild cats are a step above these i am used to.
It's a big wide world out there.
This is a view I do not envy him.
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A friend's doing charity work in the Gambia.
I feel the local wild cats are a step above these i am used to.
It's a big wide world out there.
This is a view I do not envy him.
I feel the local wild cats are a step above these i am used to.
It's a big wide world out there.
This is a view I do not envy him.
Pionero Lounge Rochdale.
A shade of Rochdale past.
Now part of the new town centres future.
Adding soul to those parts not steeped in history.
Light & shade.
A shade of Rochdale past.
Now part of the new town centres future.
Adding soul to those parts not steeped in history.
Light & shade.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pionero Lounge Rochdale.
A shade of Rochdale past.
Now part of the new town centres future.
Adding soul to those parts not steeped in history.
Light & shade.
A shade of Rochdale past.
Now part of the new town centres future.
Adding soul to those parts not steeped in history.
Light & shade.
Home in Gozo.
I am away in Rochdale.
I miss these sunsets but my daughter is able to capture & share them.
So she did.
I will be back there soon!
Gods pallette.
I am away in Rochdale.
I miss these sunsets but my daughter is able to capture & share them.
So she did.
I will be back there soon!
Gods pallette.
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Home in Gozo.
I am away in Rochdale.
I miss these sunsets but my daughter is able to capture & share them.
So she did.
I will be back there soon!
Gods pallette.
I am away in Rochdale.
I miss these sunsets but my daughter is able to capture & share them.
So she did.
I will be back there soon!
Gods pallette.
Family wedding.
I love the opulence of traditional wedding outfits.
This dress weighed almost as much as my wife who was wearing it.
Glorious....
I love the opulence of traditional wedding outfits.
This dress weighed almost as much as my wife who was wearing it.
Glorious....
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Family wedding.
I love the opulence of traditional wedding outfits.
This dress weighed almost as much as my wife who was wearing it.
Glorious....
I love the opulence of traditional wedding outfits.
This dress weighed almost as much as my wife who was wearing it.
Glorious....
Rochdale.
A town I know well.
Birthplace of the Co-Op.
Gracie Fields
Lisa Stansfield.
Magnificent Town Hall even Hitler loved from afar.
A jewel set in the folds of the pennines & magnificent moors.
The rain is gone!
The urban street art festival made it a town even more worthy of a visit.
Stunning
A town I know well.
Birthplace of the Co-Op.
Gracie Fields
Lisa Stansfield.
Magnificent Town Hall even Hitler loved from afar.
A jewel set in the folds of the pennines & magnificent moors.
The rain is gone!
The urban street art festival made it a town even more worthy of a visit.
Stunning
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rochdale.
A town I know well.
Birthplace of the Co-Op.
Gracie Fields
Lisa Stansfield.
Magnificent Town Hall even Hitler loved from afar.
A jewel set in the folds of the pennines & magnificent moors.
The rain is gone!
The urban street art festival made it a town even more worthy of a visit.
Stunning
A town I know well.
Birthplace of the Co-Op.
Gracie Fields
Lisa Stansfield.
Magnificent Town Hall even Hitler loved from afar.
A jewel set in the folds of the pennines & magnificent moors.
The rain is gone!
The urban street art festival made it a town even more worthy of a visit.
Stunning
Finally in the UK for a family visit.
Wet Wet Wet.
Windy.
Cold.
A strong reminder of why Gozo is my happy place.
Left this morning, baking sunshine over clear blue seas.
I have become a cold wet miserable sponge after five hours here.
A warm caring family masks the horror.
Move back here?
Hell no!
Wet Wet Wet.
Windy.
Cold.
A strong reminder of why Gozo is my happy place.
Left this morning, baking sunshine over clear blue seas.
I have become a cold wet miserable sponge after five hours here.
A warm caring family masks the horror.
Move back here?
Hell no!
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Finally in the UK for a family visit.
Wet Wet Wet.
Windy.
Cold.
A strong reminder of why Gozo is my happy place.
Left this morning, baking sunshine over clear blue seas.
I have become a cold wet miserable sponge after five hours here.
A warm caring family masks the horror.
Move back here?
Hell no!
Wet Wet Wet.
Windy.
Cold.
A strong reminder of why Gozo is my happy place.
Left this morning, baking sunshine over clear blue seas.
I have become a cold wet miserable sponge after five hours here.
A warm caring family masks the horror.
Move back here?
Hell no!
Flying to the UK tomorrow.
Thermals, jumpers & waterproofs packed.
Family wedding.
Two weeks of family fun.
I spent the day imitating a solar panel soaking up the sun here in Gozo.
I may come back remembering why I moved here.
But I am very excited.
How has the UK changed?
Or will it be the same
Thermals, jumpers & waterproofs packed.
Family wedding.
Two weeks of family fun.
I spent the day imitating a solar panel soaking up the sun here in Gozo.
I may come back remembering why I moved here.
But I am very excited.
How has the UK changed?
Or will it be the same
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Flying to the UK tomorrow.
Thermals, jumpers & waterproofs packed.
Family wedding.
Two weeks of family fun.
I spent the day imitating a solar panel soaking up the sun here in Gozo.
I may come back remembering why I moved here.
But I am very excited.
How has the UK changed?
Or will it be the same
Thermals, jumpers & waterproofs packed.
Family wedding.
Two weeks of family fun.
I spent the day imitating a solar panel soaking up the sun here in Gozo.
I may come back remembering why I moved here.
But I am very excited.
How has the UK changed?
Or will it be the same
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
Strayed onto Fox news today.
Surreal.
It's 'news' bears no relationship to the rest of the press.
I felt like I had passed through a wardrobe into Narnia.
Magic is clearly very real to its readers, unlike science or facts.
I managed to escape without the usual threats a trip to X once risked.
Safe
Surreal.
It's 'news' bears no relationship to the rest of the press.
I felt like I had passed through a wardrobe into Narnia.
Magic is clearly very real to its readers, unlike science or facts.
I managed to escape without the usual threats a trip to X once risked.
Safe
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Strayed onto Fox news today.
Surreal.
It's 'news' bears no relationship to the rest of the press.
I felt like I had passed through a wardrobe into Narnia.
Magic is clearly very real to its readers, unlike science or facts.
I managed to escape without the usual threats a trip to X once risked.
Safe
Surreal.
It's 'news' bears no relationship to the rest of the press.
I felt like I had passed through a wardrobe into Narnia.
Magic is clearly very real to its readers, unlike science or facts.
I managed to escape without the usual threats a trip to X once risked.
Safe