Mike Smith
@msmith1047.bsky.social
5th Grade Teacher. Former Soldier (Boom Boom). Runner. Pennsylvanian in Georgia. Arsenal fan.
“It’s part of my job to make sure that you don’t grow up stupid. It’s bad for the world.”
-Tami Taylor
“It’s part of my job to make sure that you don’t grow up stupid. It’s bad for the world.”
-Tami Taylor
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Among the many things I took from this is that this hero called the police for help and they told her that her only option was to kick this woman out of her house. Which ended up not being what happened.
No matter what Frey and @governorwalz.mn.gov say, the cops are not on our side.
No matter what Frey and @governorwalz.mn.gov say, the cops are not on our side.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Among the many things I took from this is that this hero called the police for help and they told her that her only option was to kick this woman out of her house. Which ended up not being what happened.
No matter what Frey and @governorwalz.mn.gov say, the cops are not on our side.
No matter what Frey and @governorwalz.mn.gov say, the cops are not on our side.
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Reina
Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Reina
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Episcopalians going *hard*
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Episcopalians going *hard*
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This is how they played The First of Us
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is how they played The First of Us
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Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
Yet another reason ICE should be destroyed.
Omar, other Congress members denied tour of ICE detention facility
Omar, other Congress members denied tour of ICE detention facility
Days after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison visited Whipple Federal Building where immigration efforts are stationed.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Yet another reason ICE should be destroyed.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Dear neighbor, I am concerned about the comments made by JD Vance about immigration enforcement going door to door.
I want to let you know that you have rights that you can exercise to protect yourself and your family. According to our partners: 1/
I want to let you know that you have rights that you can exercise to protect yourself and your family. According to our partners: 1/
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Dear neighbor, I am concerned about the comments made by JD Vance about immigration enforcement going door to door.
I want to let you know that you have rights that you can exercise to protect yourself and your family. According to our partners: 1/
I want to let you know that you have rights that you can exercise to protect yourself and your family. According to our partners: 1/
Imagine how pathetic it would have been if Patrick Mahomes had whined that Jalen Hurts should give him the MVP trophy after getting destroyed by the Eagles in the Super Bowl. That’s how the President is acting.
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Imagine how pathetic it would have been if Patrick Mahomes had whined that Jalen Hurts should give him the MVP trophy after getting destroyed by the Eagles in the Super Bowl. That’s how the President is acting.
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Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops
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If Greenland is so vital, and under such imminent Chinese and Russian threat, and if Denmark is unable to defend it alone, then
I have a wild idea
Denmark could team up with other countries…maybe sign a treaty, or form an organization with 30 or so other states with North Atlantic security intere
I have a wild idea
Denmark could team up with other countries…maybe sign a treaty, or form an organization with 30 or so other states with North Atlantic security intere
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
If Greenland is so vital, and under such imminent Chinese and Russian threat, and if Denmark is unable to defend it alone, then
I have a wild idea
Denmark could team up with other countries…maybe sign a treaty, or form an organization with 30 or so other states with North Atlantic security intere
I have a wild idea
Denmark could team up with other countries…maybe sign a treaty, or form an organization with 30 or so other states with North Atlantic security intere
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
All the other kids with the pumped-up Kix better run.
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
All the other kids with the pumped-up Kix better run.
I love how you can see how he’s participating with true and absolute joy.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I love how you can see how he’s participating with true and absolute joy.
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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wow really helpful, thank you new york times
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
wow really helpful, thank you new york times
I feel like they’re playing a game to see if they can print negative stories about him and get away with it as long as they include a picture that he’ll think is flattering.
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I feel like they’re playing a game to see if they can print negative stories about him and get away with it as long as they include a picture that he’ll think is flattering.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
Tired: War with China over Taiwan.
Wired: War with China over Venezuela.
Wired: War with China over Venezuela.
TRUMP DEMANDS VENEZUELA PARTNER EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE US ON OIL AND CUT TIES WITH CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA, AND CUBA, THREATENING BLOCKADE IF IGNORED.
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Tired: War with China over Taiwan.
Wired: War with China over Venezuela.
Wired: War with China over Venezuela.
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The question if a police shooting is justifiable is just 1 question to ask. 1st: this wasn’t justifiable. But for me the real question is was it inevitable. As police, we must do everything we can to avoid deadly force. Many times the suspect makes it inevitable. Not in this case
January 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The question if a police shooting is justifiable is just 1 question to ask. 1st: this wasn’t justifiable. But for me the real question is was it inevitable. As police, we must do everything we can to avoid deadly force. Many times the suspect makes it inevitable. Not in this case
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users