Kenny Smith
@kennysmith.org
Adventuring with @laurensmith.bsky.social. Cyclist, reader, builder.
On the side: professor of sports communication and media, professor of communication studies.
Formerly: reporter, news anchor, producer, adviser.
https://www.kennysmith.org
On the side: professor of sports communication and media, professor of communication studies.
Formerly: reporter, news anchor, producer, adviser.
https://www.kennysmith.org
“Don’t let anyone tell you this isn’t your home.”
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“Don’t let anyone tell you this isn’t your home.”
I know what they say about bad rides and bad clothes, but:
🥶 I don’t have those clothes, and,
❄️ I’ve discovered this week that the hard-working road crews clean ONE LANE of many of our country roads.
🥶 I don’t have those clothes, and,
❄️ I’ve discovered this week that the hard-working road crews clean ONE LANE of many of our country roads.
February 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I know what they say about bad rides and bad clothes, but:
🥶 I don’t have those clothes, and,
❄️ I’ve discovered this week that the hard-working road crews clean ONE LANE of many of our country roads.
🥶 I don’t have those clothes, and,
❄️ I’ve discovered this week that the hard-working road crews clean ONE LANE of many of our country roads.
You have never met anyone, or any animal, that relaxes harder than Phoebe.
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
You have never met anyone, or any animal, that relaxes harder than Phoebe.
When I took layout and design (on QuarkXPress ages ago) we also worried over the editorial decisions. This is decided at different levels in a working newsroom, but the exercise is about defining and justifying choices.
For instance, Epstein could easily replace any or all of this on the front.
For instance, Epstein could easily replace any or all of this on the front.
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
When I took layout and design (on QuarkXPress ages ago) we also worried over the editorial decisions. This is decided at different levels in a working newsroom, but the exercise is about defining and justifying choices.
For instance, Epstein could easily replace any or all of this on the front.
For instance, Epstein could easily replace any or all of this on the front.
You have to scroll some ways down the Times and Post front page this morning.
At least it landed on the front page of the WaPo’s print version.
Nowhere to be seen on the Times.
Hmmm
At least it landed on the front page of the WaPo’s print version.
Nowhere to be seen on the Times.
Hmmm
January 31, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You have to scroll some ways down the Times and Post front page this morning.
At least it landed on the front page of the WaPo’s print version.
Nowhere to be seen on the Times.
Hmmm
At least it landed on the front page of the WaPo’s print version.
Nowhere to be seen on the Times.
Hmmm
Lunar Owls is a great team name.
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Lunar Owls is a great team name.
January 31, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Rogan knows what he is. Why this escapes his audience is an important question.
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Rogan knows what he is. Why this escapes his audience is an important question.
What a side-by-side dichotomy, an @npr.org story about California joining WHO, and @carlquintanilla.bsky.social linking to a CNN piece about the measles in South Carolina.
Well done, all the way around.
Well done, all the way around.
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
What a side-by-side dichotomy, an @npr.org story about California joining WHO, and @carlquintanilla.bsky.social linking to a CNN piece about the measles in South Carolina.
Well done, all the way around.
Well done, all the way around.
If you type it out loud you can make it happen!
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
If you type it out loud you can make it happen!
For evening readers …
These are the other GOP nominees who’ll be asked about this right into the primary. The follow up question: “Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
Then, “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net said it: they’re done in Minnesota.
These are the other GOP nominees who’ll be asked about this right into the primary. The follow up question: “Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
Then, “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net said it: they’re done in Minnesota.
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
For evening readers …
These are the other GOP nominees who’ll be asked about this right into the primary. The follow up question: “Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
Then, “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net said it: they’re done in Minnesota.
These are the other GOP nominees who’ll be asked about this right into the primary. The follow up question: “Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
Then, “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net said it: they’re done in Minnesota.
I’ve said this a few times, but you know what the follow up question is, right?
“Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
When some aide tries to hustle out of that, the folo folo is “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net is right. They’re done in Minnesota.
“Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
When some aide tries to hustle out of that, the folo folo is “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net is right. They’re done in Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I’ve said this a few times, but you know what the follow up question is, right?
“Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
When some aide tries to hustle out of that, the folo folo is “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net is right. They’re done in Minnesota.
“Is it now required of Republicans to be out for retribution?“
When some aide tries to hustle out of that, the folo folo is “Do you believe in retribution here?”
@jamellebouie.net is right. They’re done in Minnesota.
Seriously, every one of the people in this screencap should get this question quite a few times the rest of the way in. These are the people Mandel was previously running against for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Seriously, every one of the people in this screencap should get this question quite a few times the rest of the way in. These are the people Mandel was previously running against for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Minnesota.
Quite fortunate, all the way around.
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Quite fortunate, all the way around.
I didn’t seek this out, but in one of those serendipitous little ways the world works I ran across a potentially applicable meme today. Is this what I should apply to the above?
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I didn’t seek this out, but in one of those serendipitous little ways the world works I ran across a potentially applicable meme today. Is this what I should apply to the above?
It’s a nice perk to have the guy with a snow plow living right across the street.
He’s a lovely fellow. Neighbor in every sense. Haven’t been able to convince him to bring his tractor up my drive yet.
He’s a lovely fellow. Neighbor in every sense. Haven’t been able to convince him to bring his tractor up my drive yet.
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It’s a nice perk to have the guy with a snow plow living right across the street.
He’s a lovely fellow. Neighbor in every sense. Haven’t been able to convince him to bring his tractor up my drive yet.
He’s a lovely fellow. Neighbor in every sense. Haven’t been able to convince him to bring his tractor up my drive yet.
Not sure if this dance has different names in DC and Minnesota, but watching Senator @amyklobuchar.com trying to get back on message in the hours following this post was fascinating.
Check out the video: a hockey post, the replies, and then the scramble.
Check out the video: a hockey post, the replies, and then the scramble.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Not sure if this dance has different names in DC and Minnesota, but watching Senator @amyklobuchar.com trying to get back on message in the hours following this post was fascinating.
Check out the video: a hockey post, the replies, and then the scramble.
Check out the video: a hockey post, the replies, and then the scramble.
Have you ever wanted to leave a business because of their emails? Have you ever wanted to change health care providers because of the subject line of an email?
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Have you ever wanted to leave a business because of their emails? Have you ever wanted to change health care providers because of the subject line of an email?
Stenography.
So that was a 90+ minute presser well spent.
Since you’re here, check out this chart and story (via @davidho.bsky.social) instead.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
So that was a 90+ minute presser well spent.
Since you’re here, check out this chart and story (via @davidho.bsky.social) instead.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Stenography.
So that was a 90+ minute presser well spent.
Since you’re here, check out this chart and story (via @davidho.bsky.social) instead.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
So that was a 90+ minute presser well spent.
Since you’re here, check out this chart and story (via @davidho.bsky.social) instead.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
If I may … having grown up there …
Kelly Ingram Park is, today, an object lesson in our worst actions and better remedies, wickedness and accomplishments beyond them.
The choices we make have deep, far reaching consequences. We would do well to remember that. None of this is thrust upon us.
Kelly Ingram Park is, today, an object lesson in our worst actions and better remedies, wickedness and accomplishments beyond them.
The choices we make have deep, far reaching consequences. We would do well to remember that. None of this is thrust upon us.
January 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM
If I may … having grown up there …
Kelly Ingram Park is, today, an object lesson in our worst actions and better remedies, wickedness and accomplishments beyond them.
The choices we make have deep, far reaching consequences. We would do well to remember that. None of this is thrust upon us.
Kelly Ingram Park is, today, an object lesson in our worst actions and better remedies, wickedness and accomplishments beyond them.
The choices we make have deep, far reaching consequences. We would do well to remember that. None of this is thrust upon us.
SNAP sends out $6.38 per person, per day, to nine percent of New Jersey.
It is $6.31 to 15 percent of Alabamians.
In her home state, 10 percent of Texans are receiving $6.19 a day.
Some 13 percent of Floridians draw $6.12 a day.
Via @profhalloran.bsky.social
It is $6.31 to 15 percent of Alabamians.
In her home state, 10 percent of Texans are receiving $6.19 a day.
Some 13 percent of Floridians draw $6.12 a day.
Via @profhalloran.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM
SNAP sends out $6.38 per person, per day, to nine percent of New Jersey.
It is $6.31 to 15 percent of Alabamians.
In her home state, 10 percent of Texans are receiving $6.19 a day.
Some 13 percent of Floridians draw $6.12 a day.
Via @profhalloran.bsky.social
It is $6.31 to 15 percent of Alabamians.
In her home state, 10 percent of Texans are receiving $6.19 a day.
Some 13 percent of Floridians draw $6.12 a day.
Via @profhalloran.bsky.social
Class and meetings all afternoon.
January 20, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Class and meetings all afternoon.
I, too, won a national championship at Indiana. Did I do it in year two? No. Did the university put $60 million dollars into the effort? Absolutely not.
But I did receive an email about it.
But I did receive an email about it.
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I, too, won a national championship at Indiana. Did I do it in year two? No. Did the university put $60 million dollars into the effort? Absolutely not.
But I did receive an email about it.
But I did receive an email about it.