Chuck Smith
@chucklessmith.bsky.social
Nerd. Wine adviser. Data slinger and database evangelist. Linguistics, by letters. Used to host radio shows. ADS-B reporter. Grape smusher on occasion. Weekend beer league hockey. Cars going round! Maniac driving a Saab! Transit dork. How you get ants.
San Francisco: “We need to build more housing”
Safeway: “OK, we’re going to build a bunch of housing in the Marina”
San Francisco: “Not like that!!”
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
Safeway: “OK, we’re going to build a bunch of housing in the Marina”
San Francisco: “Not like that!!”
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
Exclusive: Eye-catching 25-story complex planned for waterfront site in wealthy S.F. neighborhood
A developer has filed plans to develop a unique 25-story apartment complex where a Safeway grocery store sits in a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
San Francisco: “We need to build more housing”
Safeway: “OK, we’re going to build a bunch of housing in the Marina”
San Francisco: “Not like that!!”
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
Safeway: “OK, we’re going to build a bunch of housing in the Marina”
San Francisco: “Not like that!!”
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
It has been forever and a day since I’ve done one of these silly tournaments. But our rink needs the funds for floor maintenance so it is fundraiser hockey night, and tomorrow, hockey fundraiser day in Oakland. I’m so excited! Bringing some vintage sweater action.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It has been forever and a day since I’ve done one of these silly tournaments. But our rink needs the funds for floor maintenance so it is fundraiser hockey night, and tomorrow, hockey fundraiser day in Oakland. I’m so excited! Bringing some vintage sweater action.
Properly sharpened my nakiri last night to chop up a stew of leeks, potatoes and carrots.
Jimminy Christmas you guys, keep your knives sharp. I didn’t even realize this thing had lost its edge but whooooo!
Jimminy Christmas you guys, keep your knives sharp. I didn’t even realize this thing had lost its edge but whooooo!
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Properly sharpened my nakiri last night to chop up a stew of leeks, potatoes and carrots.
Jimminy Christmas you guys, keep your knives sharp. I didn’t even realize this thing had lost its edge but whooooo!
Jimminy Christmas you guys, keep your knives sharp. I didn’t even realize this thing had lost its edge but whooooo!
Goes to show I’m old, but man is it often startling how Ken Mehlman was once the RNC chair and now Ken Martin is the DNC chair. Listening to the news in a noisy kitchen environment, I’m consistently confused who the hell is talking.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Goes to show I’m old, but man is it often startling how Ken Mehlman was once the RNC chair and now Ken Martin is the DNC chair. Listening to the news in a noisy kitchen environment, I’m consistently confused who the hell is talking.
Docker: A magical land in which you can break things without understanding why and then fix them without understanding how.
Feature or bug? Discuss.
Feature or bug? Discuss.
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Docker: A magical land in which you can break things without understanding why and then fix them without understanding how.
Feature or bug? Discuss.
Feature or bug? Discuss.
Google search kinda suggests that it’s a sort of novel thought: “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a male gay.”
I mean that *wasn’t* a Paul Lynde bit at some point?
I mean that *wasn’t* a Paul Lynde bit at some point?
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Google search kinda suggests that it’s a sort of novel thought: “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a male gay.”
I mean that *wasn’t* a Paul Lynde bit at some point?
I mean that *wasn’t* a Paul Lynde bit at some point?
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You guys. Stop.
A credulous press is hurting the republic
A credulous press is hurting the republic
President Trump said today he'll release the results of his October MRI scan, after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for him to do so and claimed that the president is "fading physically."
Trump says he'll release MRI results after Walz claims president is "fading physically"
Trump said he had "no idea" what part of the body was scanned because it was "just an MRI," but the results were "perfect."
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You guys. Stop.
A credulous press is hurting the republic
A credulous press is hurting the republic
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Excited for the sequel, “Fuck like a brand”
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Excited for the sequel, “Fuck like a brand”
Not my normal prattling on about things, but I will say it’s very exciting to have a Formula 1 drivers championship be rocking up to the finale with 3 potential victors.
It’s been a little while.
Just a shame it’s not at Interlagos, but take what you can get, I guess.
It’s been a little while.
Just a shame it’s not at Interlagos, but take what you can get, I guess.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not my normal prattling on about things, but I will say it’s very exciting to have a Formula 1 drivers championship be rocking up to the finale with 3 potential victors.
It’s been a little while.
Just a shame it’s not at Interlagos, but take what you can get, I guess.
It’s been a little while.
Just a shame it’s not at Interlagos, but take what you can get, I guess.
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
"Échézeaux?” God, leave that behind, that’s dead weight.
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Échézeaux?” God, leave that behind, that’s dead weight.
What’s hilarious here is how they pitched the cheap shit (that is still *very expensive* wine in bottle).
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Briton ‘staged audacious wine heist’ at luxury US restaurant
Natali Ray from Kent faces up to 50 years in jail over her alleged involvement in the theft of fine wine worth tens of thousands of dollars from a cellar in Virginia
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What’s hilarious here is how they pitched the cheap shit (that is still *very expensive* wine in bottle).
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Holy shit they’re giving tugs aren’t they.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holy shit they’re giving tugs aren’t they.
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just gotta get the bird out the freezer and we should be good to eat soon
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
just gotta get the bird out the freezer and we should be good to eat soon
@skeletonkeyed.bsky.social there *are* seiche developments going on in the Great Lakes right now FWIW.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@skeletonkeyed.bsky.social there *are* seiche developments going on in the Great Lakes right now FWIW.
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I’d pay cash money (to a good cause) to see him say her name because I guaran-damn-tee you it’ll come off as blatantly racist. And probably somewhere along the way he’ll give a tell he doesn’t know she’s a woman.
President Trump has urged the new Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, not to provoke China over the sensitive matter of Taiwan, according to reports
Trump ‘urged Japanese PM not to provoke China over Taiwan’
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’d pay cash money (to a good cause) to see him say her name because I guaran-damn-tee you it’ll come off as blatantly racist. And probably somewhere along the way he’ll give a tell he doesn’t know she’s a woman.
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Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with free, over-the-air parade balloons and zero signal interference. 🦃📺
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with free, over-the-air parade balloons and zero signal interference. 🦃📺
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Lord Amighty, I was just looking at the options for the Health app in iOS, and holy shit it actually lets you flag “anxiety risk” and “depression risk” as a summary item for your health dashboard.
In my case, they could just be permanent green circles labeled “YES!”
In my case, they could just be permanent green circles labeled “YES!”
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lord Amighty, I was just looking at the options for the Health app in iOS, and holy shit it actually lets you flag “anxiety risk” and “depression risk” as a summary item for your health dashboard.
In my case, they could just be permanent green circles labeled “YES!”
In my case, they could just be permanent green circles labeled “YES!”
Dessicant? Who’s the Negative Nancy over here? Turn your dessicant in to dessi-CAN!
(I’m just workshopping some things, bear with me.)
(I’m just workshopping some things, bear with me.)
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dessicant? Who’s the Negative Nancy over here? Turn your dessicant in to dessi-CAN!
(I’m just workshopping some things, bear with me.)
(I’m just workshopping some things, bear with me.)
Also very worth noting that, in extremis, this is a two-seat pickup for Republicans.
It’s not like there’s a hell of a lot of water to be drunk from the “can we make Indiana even more ass-backwards than it already is?” well.
It’s not like there’s a hell of a lot of water to be drunk from the “can we make Indiana even more ass-backwards than it already is?” well.
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Also very worth noting that, in extremis, this is a two-seat pickup for Republicans.
It’s not like there’s a hell of a lot of water to be drunk from the “can we make Indiana even more ass-backwards than it already is?” well.
It’s not like there’s a hell of a lot of water to be drunk from the “can we make Indiana even more ass-backwards than it already is?” well.
Well what if five-and-dime-store Seth McFarlane gets upset with us, what’re we gonna do then?
-spineless Republicans of Indiana
-spineless Republicans of Indiana
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Well what if five-and-dime-store Seth McFarlane gets upset with us, what’re we gonna do then?
-spineless Republicans of Indiana
-spineless Republicans of Indiana
Jesus Fucking Christ, you knuckleheads. You had the righetous argument. Stupid fucking guitar-slinging Beckwith charmed you into his capture, huh?
You losers.
Signed, A native-born Hoosier.
You losers.
Signed, A native-born Hoosier.
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Jesus Fucking Christ, you knuckleheads. You had the righetous argument. Stupid fucking guitar-slinging Beckwith charmed you into his capture, huh?
You losers.
Signed, A native-born Hoosier.
You losers.
Signed, A native-born Hoosier.