Todd_J_Smith
@todd-j-smith.bsky.social
Computer guy, mediocre handyman, mediocre-er cook, champion dish-washer.
⛳️ North Carolina, Raleigh area
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Todd_J_Smith
@todd-j-smith.bsky.social
· Dec 12
I've said it before, but it bears repeating:
BlueSky isn't an echo chamber, it's a reassertion of the Overton Window, where:
• Nazis are always vile
• White supremacy is always wrong
• Women are never subhuman
BlueSky isn't an echo chamber, it's a reassertion of the Overton Window, where:
• Nazis are always vile
• White supremacy is always wrong
• Women are never subhuman
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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wealthy business owners and investors saw what happened during covid when people had enough extra money and flexibility to assert their power or quit their shitty jobs. sever the tie between insurance and employment and that only compounds.
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
wealthy business owners and investors saw what happened during covid when people had enough extra money and flexibility to assert their power or quit their shitty jobs. sever the tie between insurance and employment and that only compounds.
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AI in a nutshell
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
AI in a nutshell
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
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the people opposed to this are like a who’s who of who shouldn’t have the majority of the world’s wealth
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the people opposed to this are like a who’s who of who shouldn’t have the majority of the world’s wealth
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CBS has cancelled a story about the Christmas Nigeria bombings because Bari Weiss complained it implied that Nigerians are human beings without seeking an alternative perspective from Steven Miller.
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CBS has cancelled a story about the Christmas Nigeria bombings because Bari Weiss complained it implied that Nigerians are human beings without seeking an alternative perspective from Steven Miller.
"Lord, I've seen what you do for others, and... I'd like you to do that for many more like them"
"I think that’s one of the things that broke him was being hated by so many people."
Parents of notorious Border Patrol agent blame public backlash for his overdose death
It’s the first time they’ve spoken out since their son’s controversial arrest of a U.S. citizen and his drunken confrontation with police drew intense scrutiny.
lbpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Lord, I've seen what you do for others, and... I'd like you to do that for many more like them"
Absolutely perfect, no notes.
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Absolutely perfect, no notes.
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The most important decision for the next President is the Attorney General. We need an absolute bastard.
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The most important decision for the next President is the Attorney General. We need an absolute bastard.
It's probably been a good ten years since I last read Cryptonomican, but Stephenson's analysis of the two kinds of war/warrior has always stuck with me.
Neal Stephenson has a good dialogue about this in a couple pages of Cryptonomicon, based on the roles of Ares and Athena in Greek mythology:
markpasc.org/blog/gems/at...
markpasc.org/blog/gems/at...
Enoch Root on Athena, from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
markpasc.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It's probably been a good ten years since I last read Cryptonomican, but Stephenson's analysis of the two kinds of war/warrior has always stuck with me.
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jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
"Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review."
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review."
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The regime’s desire for authoritarian domination is infinite, but its capacity is not.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Important lesson here is always make them go through every step. One person may not be able to stop the fascist train alone. But everytime everyone of us does something to slow it down, it adds up, and gives more opportunities for others.
Serious credit to Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and a bunch of people in and around Chicago who stood up to illegal, unjust, un-American, rights-violating anti-immigrant (or sometimes just anti-brown-people) federal operations.
If they weakly acquiesce like some others did, courts don’t take it up.
If they weakly acquiesce like some others did, courts don’t take it up.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The regime’s desire for authoritarian domination is infinite, but its capacity is not.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Every act of resistance, every time anyone says no, makes them spend more of their limited resources.
It bogs them down, tying up resources they’d use to hurt other people.
Enough of that and the regime breaks.
Compelling argument regarding the "it was, in fact, suicide" position:
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Compelling argument regarding the "it was, in fact, suicide" position:
Interesting 🧵 about a new "failed-redaction detector" project:
I've been looking for an excuse to make myself a redaction detection tool based on the open source FreeLaw project. This give me the perfect document to test.
github.com/freelawproje...
github.com/freelawproje...
GitHub - freelawproject/x-ray: A tool to detect whether a PDF has a bad redaction
A tool to detect whether a PDF has a bad redaction - freelawproject/x-ray
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Interesting 🧵 about a new "failed-redaction detector" project:
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Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The best part is – this story wouldn't have gotten half the exposure if Weiss hadn't tried to suppress it. Now EVERYONE is going to watch it.
The Streisand Effect is undefeated.
The Streisand Effect is undefeated.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The best part is – this story wouldn't have gotten half the exposure if Weiss hadn't tried to suppress it. Now EVERYONE is going to watch it.
The Streisand Effect is undefeated.
The Streisand Effect is undefeated.
Further in the thread, he provides a link to download your own copy off Apple iCloud. Fair warning – it's 1.2 GB.
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Further in the thread, he provides a link to download your own copy off Apple iCloud. Fair warning – it's 1.2 GB.
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New WH press policy: Don’t tell, can’t ask.
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New WH press policy: Don’t tell, can’t ask.
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The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Aged like milk, this defiant post has...
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Aged like milk, this defiant post has...
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🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
Another Bari-ed story...
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Another Bari-ed story...