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Carl Smith
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I ❤️ The Bureau—where leaders and their teams find connection, growth, and friendship.

Recovering agency owner, zero successful exits, advocate for humanity in leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Authenticity gets harder as things grow. I want a message from The Bureau to feel human, but more people = more chances that something feels a little off. I used to think manually writing every message was the most authentic. Turns out silence and irrelevant content are less kind than structure. 🤷
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ALT: doctor strange is holding a green object in his hand
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I just found out I am fucktose intolerant.
June 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My love language is sarcasm.
April 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What happens when the person who takes care of everybody gets tired of taking care of everybody?
March 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Greed is one hell of a drug.
March 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
a reminder that Dan Akroyd was in the We Are the World video.
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I miss Prince.
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The reason we’re in this situation is education is failing our country. People in America obviously don’t understand reality.

It makes sense why MAGA would want to hurt education if they benefited from the folks who don’t understand.

Or maybe I’m the one who doesn’t understand?
March 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Think. It’s not illegal, yet.
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sometimes I give myself the creeps. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Universal truth: the book was better. Read books.
February 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Sometimes, it's ok to make it about you. Sometimes, it is about you.
February 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Policy shits" is a typo I'm keeping.
February 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Remember when people used to read an entire message instead of quickly jumping to conclusions and responding passionately to something that wasn't said?

Yeah, me neither.
February 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I just zapped the PRAM in a dead PowerBook and it came back to life. Ask me anything!
February 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can agencies scale? Is it possible or just a myth?

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Agency Mythbusters? Take One
YouTube video by Bureau of Digital
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February 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Somebody just said RFCray, and I can't stop giggling. Reality TV has gotten really good this election. 😢
January 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Looks like the divide-and-conquer plan is going splendidly. Add a dash of misdirection, and the lemmings will jump off the cliff.
January 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just gonna leave this on repeat. open.spotify.com/track/6nTiIh...
American Idiot
Green Day · American Idiot · Song · 2004
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January 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
To all the people I know who said nothing would really change… 😔
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When you accidentally click an ad and know that the Hound of the Baskerville’s is now fresh on your scent.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I find myself going back to TextEdit to write. Everything else has gotten bloated with AI "support." Bleh
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I miss The Offspring. That is all.
January 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM