R Francis Smith (he/him) 🇺🇦
@rfrancissmith.com
Systems analyst for academic department. Not as sexy as it sounds. Spouse is, though. We have adult kids. Because we're old.
https://linktr.ee/rfrancissmith
#D4DJ #RWBY #RvB #DoA #Marvel #Zelazny #SCA #LoTR #Linux #GNC #MUD #bringbackLJinterests
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Welcome to new BlueSky pals. I am an American who strictly uses Celsius, which maybe should be in my profile as it seems to startle people. I like dogs, particularly ones that like me. My beard is basically white now. I have written programs in over 50 programming languages. I am in weekly therapy.
ObThanks: We nearly lost one of our dogs to pulmonary hypertension a few weeks ago. Every day is still a project making sure he keeps it together, but we are certainly thankful it's possible at all. He's a jerk but he's our jerk.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ObThanks: We nearly lost one of our dogs to pulmonary hypertension a few weeks ago. Every day is still a project making sure he keeps it together, but we are certainly thankful it's possible at all. He's a jerk but he's our jerk.
This is a good time to repeat that the USA has the fifth highest incarceration rate per capita in the world, and the very highest total incarcerated population, with the only other country even close being -- check my notes -- the People's Republic of China.
Elon believes the US doesn't have enough mass incarceration. His awfulness is boundless.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a good time to repeat that the USA has the fifth highest incarceration rate per capita in the world, and the very highest total incarcerated population, with the only other country even close being -- check my notes -- the People's Republic of China.
I think basically every article Google News has shown me today has been written either by AI or very drunk humans, because every single one has made my head hurt trying to parse it or, in some cases, even figure out what its basic thesis is. Oh brave new world etc
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think basically every article Google News has shown me today has been written either by AI or very drunk humans, because every single one has made my head hurt trying to parse it or, in some cases, even figure out what its basic thesis is. Oh brave new world etc
A Buck Rogers reboot. Use the original theme with a new arrangement if you want but the lyrics must be sung. No CGI characters.
I would not be a benign despot, clearly.
I would not be a benign despot, clearly.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A Buck Rogers reboot. Use the original theme with a new arrangement if you want but the lyrics must be sung. No CGI characters.
I would not be a benign despot, clearly.
I would not be a benign despot, clearly.
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
Except they're stuck somewhere else so sucks to be me (we're not finished with the series yet so perhaps there is hope)
Except they're stuck somewhere else so sucks to be me (we're not finished with the series yet so perhaps there is hope)
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
Except they're stuck somewhere else so sucks to be me (we're not finished with the series yet so perhaps there is hope)
Except they're stuck somewhere else so sucks to be me (we're not finished with the series yet so perhaps there is hope)
Because of popular music, I grew up wanting to be a long-haired friend of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Because of popular music, I grew up wanting to be a long-haired friend of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus
Name a film you've seen six times
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Name a film you've seen six times
I LIKE. BIG. BULLS AND I CANNOT LIE
NO AUGUSTINE BROTHER CAN DENY
THAT WHEN A POPE WALKS IN TO AN ITTY BITTY MASS
AND HURLS AN EDICT AT MY ASS
I GET BLESSED
and so forth, Papa Crux-a-Lot in the (Lord's) house
NO AUGUSTINE BROTHER CAN DENY
THAT WHEN A POPE WALKS IN TO AN ITTY BITTY MASS
AND HURLS AN EDICT AT MY ASS
I GET BLESSED
and so forth, Papa Crux-a-Lot in the (Lord's) house
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Please don't take him even though you can
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I LIKE. BIG. BULLS AND I CANNOT LIE
NO AUGUSTINE BROTHER CAN DENY
THAT WHEN A POPE WALKS IN TO AN ITTY BITTY MASS
AND HURLS AN EDICT AT MY ASS
I GET BLESSED
and so forth, Papa Crux-a-Lot in the (Lord's) house
NO AUGUSTINE BROTHER CAN DENY
THAT WHEN A POPE WALKS IN TO AN ITTY BITTY MASS
AND HURLS AN EDICT AT MY ASS
I GET BLESSED
and so forth, Papa Crux-a-Lot in the (Lord's) house
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Let's talk about something else. We're finally caught up with Interview with the Vampire. How crazy is it that they made something so good? And I ask that as a fan of the books, just one who has few illusions about them (much less the difficulty of adapting them or really anything else)
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Let's talk about something else. We're finally caught up with Interview with the Vampire. How crazy is it that they made something so good? And I ask that as a fan of the books, just one who has few illusions about them (much less the difficulty of adapting them or really anything else)
We Can't Stop Here, This Is Bat Country, Charlie Brown
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, Charlie Brown
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We Can't Stop Here, This Is Bat Country, Charlie Brown
You'll be pleased to know things moved to the vomiting stage around 1:15am or so and dang ain't this holiday week off to a start
My punishment for being wishy washy about taking tomorrow and/or the day after off is having developed today a stomach disorder I can only describe as "died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail"
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
You'll be pleased to know things moved to the vomiting stage around 1:15am or so and dang ain't this holiday week off to a start
My punishment for being wishy washy about taking tomorrow and/or the day after off is having developed today a stomach disorder I can only describe as "died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail"
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My punishment for being wishy washy about taking tomorrow and/or the day after off is having developed today a stomach disorder I can only describe as "died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail"
A movie that takes place where you're from
okay for loose values of "where I'm from" but I really wanted to go with this one plus what is set in Del City, nothing
okay for loose values of "where I'm from" but I really wanted to go with this one plus what is set in Del City, nothing
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
okay for loose values of "where I'm from" but I really wanted to go with this one plus what is set in Del City, nothing
okay for loose values of "where I'm from" but I really wanted to go with this one plus what is set in Del City, nothing
I have no reason to want to be verified on bluesky nor is there any reason I should be, but I struggle with the weird urge to be verified by the most irrelevant and hopefully even inappropriate verifier. The Athletic, maybe. Anyway.
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have no reason to want to be verified on bluesky nor is there any reason I should be, but I struggle with the weird urge to be verified by the most irrelevant and hopefully even inappropriate verifier. The Athletic, maybe. Anyway.
Bemused this morning at LinkedIn pointedly suggesting I add Mark Jason Dominus, for sure a tremendously smart guy typically in at least adjacent areas of work so it's a completely reasonable suggestion, but fact remains I largely know him for talk.bizarre posts in the 90s when I hung my hat there.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bemused this morning at LinkedIn pointedly suggesting I add Mark Jason Dominus, for sure a tremendously smart guy typically in at least adjacent areas of work so it's a completely reasonable suggestion, but fact remains I largely know him for talk.bizarre posts in the 90s when I hung my hat there.
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No administration should have the power to decide who gets to express themselves and who doesn’t. takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No administration should have the power to decide who gets to express themselves and who doesn’t. takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
"This song in my Deezer Flow sounds familiar but I can't place it."
*looks*
It's from Final Fantasy XVI, which I have assuredly never played, but you know, Final Fantasy music, right?
*looks*
It's from Final Fantasy XVI, which I have assuredly never played, but you know, Final Fantasy music, right?
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"This song in my Deezer Flow sounds familiar but I can't place it."
*looks*
It's from Final Fantasy XVI, which I have assuredly never played, but you know, Final Fantasy music, right?
*looks*
It's from Final Fantasy XVI, which I have assuredly never played, but you know, Final Fantasy music, right?
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
Just saw @maklelan.bsky.social pop up with "Does Satan ever lie in the Bible?" I continue listening to Guns n Roses covering Sympathy for the Devil. #synchronicity #notthepolicealbum
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just saw @maklelan.bsky.social pop up with "Does Satan ever lie in the Bible?" I continue listening to Guns n Roses covering Sympathy for the Devil. #synchronicity #notthepolicealbum
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Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
Unpopular opinion: the Purple Medley is one of the best things Prince ever did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
Prince - The Purple Medley (Fan Music Video)
YouTube video by VDJ Vivacity
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
My understanding of Jesus is one who would agree with every letter of this, but I read Tolstoy and stuff so yeah
Omg look what I just learned existed
The Ten Commandments of Socialist Sunday School
The Ten Commandments of Socialist Sunday School
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My understanding of Jesus is one who would agree with every letter of this, but I read Tolstoy and stuff so yeah
R. Francis Smith, 56, lives in a little known place in the heart of the Atlanta highway where we can get together and The Love Shack and The Whale -- two books he was reading while shimmying -- sit on his tin roof. He has him a Chrysler, like a B-52s song come to life.
h/T to @baddestmamajama.bsky.social who did this and really made me laugh:
Olivia Nuzzi bio Mad Libs
GO
Olivia Nuzzi bio Mad Libs
GO
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
R. Francis Smith, 56, lives in a little known place in the heart of the Atlanta highway where we can get together and The Love Shack and The Whale -- two books he was reading while shimmying -- sit on his tin roof. He has him a Chrysler, like a B-52s song come to life.
For my generation in particular, Bill freaking Cosby
See also: Al Franken
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
For my generation in particular, Bill freaking Cosby