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Jimmy Smutek
@smutek.bsky.social
810 followers 490 following 300 posts
AuDHD Gen Xer, dad & husband, web developer & electronic musician, bleeping & blooping in Baltimore.

I mostly boost leftish & news stuff. Occasional posts about mental health or whatever.

Antifascist because fascism is wrong and bad.
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smutek.bsky.social
I made a zoomed in screen shot and circled the X, hope this helps! :)
Zoomed in screen shot of a news letter popup showing a partially cropped laptop with a black x circled in red above it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
smutek.bsky.social
Reskeet with alt text!
A cartoon where on the top left side of the frame Elon Musk is standing on top of a huge pile of money while holding a sign that reads "Tax Cuts". Musk is frowning and saying through a speech bubble "You're the parasite class" while pointing down at a group of citizens below. The citizens are carrying signs that read "Veterans Benefits!", "We Need Healthcare" and "Save our farm!".
May 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
smutek.bsky.social
His banner reads "only cowards block people on Bluesky", yet I felt no fear as I blocked him, only glee.
Screen capture of the profile of a Bluesky user named "Marcus Elton" with his profile banner reading "only cowards block people on bluesky" Screenshot of profile of Bluesky user "Marcus Elton" after I've blocked him.
May 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
smutek.bsky.social
Hey Ree, just a heads up that they hit your post with an intolerance label for some reason. I am not sure if you can see the label so I wanted to let you know.

I have no idea what is supposed to be so "intolerant" about your post.
Screen shot of an innocuous post by user @loveree.bsky.social that is labeled by Blluesky moderation as "intolerance" for some reason. The post says: See Jack Q. See Jack Q demand examples. See Jack Q reject evidence. See Jack Q invent a nonexistent statement attributed to the OP referring to "anyone particularly prominent as alleged" See Jack Q become abusive while he is the one demanding proof. (there is more) The screen-shotted post includes three screen shots of user Jack Q doing all the things mentioned above.
April 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
smutek.bsky.social
I'm noticing that since upgrading my Mac to OS15 that Safari frequently accesses my microphone despite my settings explicitly denying Safari access.

I know this is happening because of the mic active indicator in my tool bar. This usually happens when using YouTube.

Has anyone else noticed this?
Image of the orange "microphone active" icon in the tool bar of Mac OS 15 while using Safari.
January 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM