Steve Smith
@edmlawyersteve.bsky.social
Criminal defence lawyer in Edmonton, AB (not a fan of electronic dance music). He/him.
Posts mostly about topics other than Canadian criminal law; should be treated as lacking any credibility whatsoever on such topics.
Reskeet probably = endorsement.
Posts mostly about topics other than Canadian criminal law; should be treated as lacking any credibility whatsoever on such topics.
Reskeet probably = endorsement.
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Steve Smith
@edmlawyersteve.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Like a horse who's been sued by other horses.
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I had not previously heard this story (about “Full Moon Fever”), but I find it striking that the article doesn’t mention what I now realize was a “fuck you” in the title track of Petty’s next album, “Into the Great Wide Open” (in next post):
This Legendary Rock Album Was Initially Rejected By the Label, Despite Its Qualities, Author Reveals: 'We Don't Hear Any Singles'
'A lot of the major record companies are consolidating and there were a lot of 'regime changes.'
www.ultimate-guitar.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I had not previously heard this story (about “Full Moon Fever”), but I find it striking that the article doesn’t mention what I now realize was a “fuck you” in the title track of Petty’s next album, “Into the Great Wide Open” (in next post):
This is a hell of a read, with the most remarkable aspect of it being that they asked eighty artists to name their favourite Neil Young song, and got fifty different answers (fifty-two if you count different versions of the same song as different answers). How many artists would elicit that many?
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Neil Young Song
Happy 80th birthday, Neil Young!
stereogum.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is a hell of a read, with the most remarkable aspect of it being that they asked eighty artists to name their favourite Neil Young song, and got fifty different answers (fifty-two if you count different versions of the same song as different answers). How many artists would elicit that many?
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it's a hell of an act -- what do you call it
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
it's a hell of an act -- what do you call it
This article is, as you'd expect, mostly infuriating, but this, in the midst of him trumpeting his Canadian bona fides, did make me smile:
"Gretzky said he told Trudeau that Canada should make the U.S. the 12th province on the call, seemingly forgetting that there are only 10 provinces currently."
"Gretzky said he told Trudeau that Canada should make the U.S. the 12th province on the call, seemingly forgetting that there are only 10 provinces currently."
Gretzky opens up about backlash from Canada after supporting Trump | Sports
Wayne Gretzky has opened up about the backlash he's received over the past year from Canadians due to his connections to Donald Trump.
dailyhive.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This article is, as you'd expect, mostly infuriating, but this, in the midst of him trumpeting his Canadian bona fides, did make me smile:
"Gretzky said he told Trudeau that Canada should make the U.S. the 12th province on the call, seemingly forgetting that there are only 10 provinces currently."
"Gretzky said he told Trudeau that Canada should make the U.S. the 12th province on the call, seemingly forgetting that there are only 10 provinces currently."
I also don’t remember hearing the phrase “Trump is managing the government.”
Only 33% of U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is managing the government.
I don't remember hearing that phrasing before?
His overall approval is 36%.
I don't remember hearing that phrasing before?
His overall approval is 36%.
What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll
A new AP-NORC poll finds U.S. adults’ opinions of how President Donald Trump is managing the federal government have dropped sharply since early in his second term, highlighting the risks posed by the...
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I also don’t remember hearing the phrase “Trump is managing the government.”
I've been lukewarm on Abughazaleh, who has...not always impressed me as possessing a maturity beyond her years (she's three years younger than AOC was when elected, and AOC was an uncommonly impressive 29 year-old), but, as I watch Democrats fail basic tests of political courage...fuck, elect her.
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I've been lukewarm on Abughazaleh, who has...not always impressed me as possessing a maturity beyond her years (she's three years younger than AOC was when elected, and AOC was an uncommonly impressive 29 year-old), but, as I watch Democrats fail basic tests of political courage...fuck, elect her.
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When you tell the ringleader of the pedophile conspiracy that, fine, you’ll see him but you don’t want to run into Donald Trump …
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When you tell the ringleader of the pedophile conspiracy that, fine, you’ll see him but you don’t want to run into Donald Trump …
I periodically think "I wonder how the news of the day is playing on Fox", and invariably regret checking.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I periodically think "I wonder how the news of the day is playing on Fox", and invariably regret checking.
Weirdly, these e-mails simultaneously i. corroborate much of what Michael Wolff's been claiming, and ii. validate my perception that Michael Wolff is not a serious, credible journalist.
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Weirdly, these e-mails simultaneously i. corroborate much of what Michael Wolff's been claiming, and ii. validate my perception that Michael Wolff is not a serious, credible journalist.
I assume it’s a typo, but him calling him “donad”—presumably rhymes with “gonad”—is kind of fun.
Jeffrey Epstein: "Have them ask my houseman about donald [Trump] almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I assume it’s a typo, but him calling him “donad”—presumably rhymes with “gonad”—is kind of fun.
“It’s interesting that the Democrats are releasing this compelling evidence of the President’s sex crimes for nakedly partisan reasons.”
BLITZER: Do you think the Epstein files should be released?
STUTZMAN: I think James Comer has done a very good job handling them methodically. It's interesting that they release those files today on the day the govt shutdown is going to end and it's a positive for Republicans
STUTZMAN: I think James Comer has done a very good job handling them methodically. It's interesting that they release those files today on the day the govt shutdown is going to end and it's a positive for Republicans
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“It’s interesting that the Democrats are releasing this compelling evidence of the President’s sex crimes for nakedly partisan reasons.”
The meltdown *will* be glorious, for about five minutes until a bloc of Democratic “moderates” agrees to just legislate the tariffs.
(Screenshotted Twitter because @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social appears not to have posted it here.)
(Screenshotted Twitter because @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social appears not to have posted it here.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The meltdown *will* be glorious, for about five minutes until a bloc of Democratic “moderates” agrees to just legislate the tariffs.
(Screenshotted Twitter because @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social appears not to have posted it here.)
(Screenshotted Twitter because @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social appears not to have posted it here.)
Other people are pointing out that she’s wrong, which she is, but worth noting that she’s also a sociopath.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Other people are pointing out that she’s wrong, which she is, but worth noting that she’s also a sociopath.
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A song that I frequently get stuck in my head is Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel”, but sung to the tune of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
I reMEMber you WELL at the CHELsea HotEL
You were FAMous you HEART was a leGEND…
My brain takes CanCon regulations seriously, I guess?
I reMEMber you WELL at the CHELsea HotEL
You were FAMous you HEART was a leGEND…
My brain takes CanCon regulations seriously, I guess?
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A song that I frequently get stuck in my head is Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel”, but sung to the tune of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
I reMEMber you WELL at the CHELsea HotEL
You were FAMous you HEART was a leGEND…
My brain takes CanCon regulations seriously, I guess?
I reMEMber you WELL at the CHELsea HotEL
You were FAMous you HEART was a leGEND…
My brain takes CanCon regulations seriously, I guess?
Trump might last five minutes. The flights he was controlling, not quite so much.
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Trump might last five minutes. The flights he was controlling, not quite so much.
Well, I guess it’s the next best thing after calling the team itself a racial slur?
The billionaire owner of the Washington Commanders might name his new stadium after a man who just got mercilessly booed by his entire fan base because they despise him. Seems like a brilliant branding strategy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well, I guess it’s the next best thing after calling the team itself a racial slur?
I’m trying really hard to adjust for the facts that i. I have terrible political instincts, and ii. I get most of my analysis on U.S. politics from the admittedly very echo-chambery Bluesky, and I still can’t get anywhere on this re-opening deal except “what in the everloving fuck?”.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m trying really hard to adjust for the facts that i. I have terrible political instincts, and ii. I get most of my analysis on U.S. politics from the admittedly very echo-chambery Bluesky, and I still can’t get anywhere on this re-opening deal except “what in the everloving fuck?”.
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Mad about this reported deal on the shutdown and I’m terrified to think how mad the real BlueSky super users are
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mad about this reported deal on the shutdown and I’m terrified to think how mad the real BlueSky super users are
It's kind of remarkable how appealing they think Islam will be to Americans once they're more exposed to it.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's kind of remarkable how appealing they think Islam will be to Americans once they're more exposed to it.
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And then vomits live eels.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And then vomits live eels.
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wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
I know some intuitively obvious things turn out to be false, so I’m all for hypothesis testing, but it still kind of blows my mind that “social norms affect behaviour” is a statement that requires citations.
There is a lot of evidence that social norms effect behavior! It is probably one of the best demonstrated social science findings. Here's one paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The Evolution of Norms1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 106, No 6
Social norms that induce us to reward or punish people not for what they did to us but for what they did to other members of one’s group have long been thought as sine qua non sociological and thus im...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I know some intuitively obvious things turn out to be false, so I’m all for hypothesis testing, but it still kind of blows my mind that “social norms affect behaviour” is a statement that requires citations.
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This is how I find out Kevin Kruse is not performing at my kids 8th birthday party?
I don't know how to break it to everyone, but this is not my official management team's social media account.
Please block and report @kevinkrusemgmt.bsky.social
Please block and report @kevinkrusemgmt.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is how I find out Kevin Kruse is not performing at my kids 8th birthday party?