Aaron Smith
@aaronsmith377.bsky.social
Songwriter, guitarist, reluctant singer, occasional poet, writer of mysteries, Democrat, comics fan. From New Jersey.
https://aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/
https://aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/
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Oregon, please follow the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition on IG. They provide training, information, & the 24/7 hotline for ice activity.
You can also reach them at:
hotline: 1-888-622-1510
email: pircpdx@gmail.com
#Newport #Salem #Eugene #Astoria #Bend #immigrationrights #ice #Oregon #pdx
You can also reach them at:
hotline: 1-888-622-1510
email: pircpdx@gmail.com
#Newport #Salem #Eugene #Astoria #Bend #immigrationrights #ice #Oregon #pdx
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Thank you to NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social for his leadership in demanding answers from Spotify.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until they stop running ads that help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Stop paying for or using Spotify until they stop running ads that help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Spotify Faces Heat After ICE Recruitment Ads Surface — NYC Comptroller Wants Answers
Brad Lander, a trustee of New York City’s pension funds, expressed concern about “reputational risks” to Spotify.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thank you to NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social for his leadership in demanding answers from Spotify.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until they stop running ads that help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Stop paying for or using Spotify until they stop running ads that help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
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(Politico) GREAT NEWS! Indiana has chosen NOT to attempt to redistrict to give Trump more chances to have the GOP win more seats in the 2026 House elections. As a HOOSIER, I am MOST PROUD. This is the FOURTH state to tell Trump to Pound Sand.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Indiana likely will not push forward with redistricting despite pressure from White House
It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
(Politico) GREAT NEWS! Indiana has chosen NOT to attempt to redistrict to give Trump more chances to have the GOP win more seats in the 2026 House elections. As a HOOSIER, I am MOST PROUD. This is the FOURTH state to tell Trump to Pound Sand.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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My new solo album Assemble Yourself is now available digitally and on CD. 13 songs written in the past year. jimsbigego.bandcamp.com/album/assemb...
Assemble Yourself, by Jim Infantino
13 track album
jimsbigego.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My new solo album Assemble Yourself is now available digitally and on CD. 13 songs written in the past year. jimsbigego.bandcamp.com/album/assemb...
I don’t want to go to work!
😠 🤣 😠
😠 🤣 😠
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I don’t want to go to work!
😠 🤣 😠
😠 🤣 😠
It’s #FeatureFriday and this week we have a short, intense EP, “Five,” by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social, with its 5 folk rock/punk/indie rock tracks.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
Five, by Aubrey Van Gelded
6 track album
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It’s #FeatureFriday and this week we have a short, intense EP, “Five,” by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social, with its 5 folk rock/punk/indie rock tracks.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
Good morning, people of Bluesky.
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 👀 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 👀 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Good morning, people of Bluesky.
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 👀 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 👀 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
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Happy #FeatureFriday, folks!
This is the day of the week, where we grab an album by a Blue Sky artist by the scruff of its neck and present it to you.
Today we have a bit of PostPunk-ish goodness: "Five" by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social!
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
This is the day of the week, where we grab an album by a Blue Sky artist by the scruff of its neck and present it to you.
Today we have a bit of PostPunk-ish goodness: "Five" by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social!
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
Five, by Aubrey Van Gelded
6 track album
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happy #FeatureFriday, folks!
This is the day of the week, where we grab an album by a Blue Sky artist by the scruff of its neck and present it to you.
Today we have a bit of PostPunk-ish goodness: "Five" by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social!
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
This is the day of the week, where we grab an album by a Blue Sky artist by the scruff of its neck and present it to you.
Today we have a bit of PostPunk-ish goodness: "Five" by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social!
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/album/five
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#FeatureFriday
My favorite song from @neonpherepapha.bsky.social's "Five" is the penultimate track, "So Happy Here".
It's short, but very emotive and relatable. The repition works in it's favor and sets the "punchline" up perfectly.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/track/so-hap...
My favorite song from @neonpherepapha.bsky.social's "Five" is the penultimate track, "So Happy Here".
It's short, but very emotive and relatable. The repition works in it's favor and sets the "punchline" up perfectly.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/track/so-hap...
So Happy Here, by Aubrey Van Gelded
from the album Five
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#FeatureFriday
My favorite song from @neonpherepapha.bsky.social's "Five" is the penultimate track, "So Happy Here".
It's short, but very emotive and relatable. The repition works in it's favor and sets the "punchline" up perfectly.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/track/so-hap...
My favorite song from @neonpherepapha.bsky.social's "Five" is the penultimate track, "So Happy Here".
It's short, but very emotive and relatable. The repition works in it's favor and sets the "punchline" up perfectly.
aubreyvangelded.bandcamp.com/track/so-hap...
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#FeatureFriday again and it’s
@neonpherepapha.bsky.social’s very cool Five
An instant buy for me.
#music #musicsky #indie #alternative
www.untidydownloads.com/featurefrida...
@neonpherepapha.bsky.social’s very cool Five
An instant buy for me.
#music #musicsky #indie #alternative
www.untidydownloads.com/featurefrida...
#FeatureFriday – Five by Aubrey Van Gelded
Five by Aubrey Van Gelded Five by Aubrey Van Gelded I throw around the term “Outsider Music”, and it may seem like I’m minimising the effect of the music I am regarding but I̵…
www.untidydownloads.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#FeatureFriday again and it’s
@neonpherepapha.bsky.social’s very cool Five
An instant buy for me.
#music #musicsky #indie #alternative
www.untidydownloads.com/featurefrida...
@neonpherepapha.bsky.social’s very cool Five
An instant buy for me.
#music #musicsky #indie #alternative
www.untidydownloads.com/featurefrida...
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
A Fleetwood Mac opinion:
The more prominent the presence of Christine McVie, the better the song.
The more prominent the presence of Christine McVie, the better the song.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A Fleetwood Mac opinion:
The more prominent the presence of Christine McVie, the better the song.
The more prominent the presence of Christine McVie, the better the song.
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Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
I don’t mention this here often, but I sometimes do InstaCart deliveries as a side job.
Today I did my 1000th order.
The sports fan in me appreciates milestone numbers like that.
Today I did my 1000th order.
The sports fan in me appreciates milestone numbers like that.
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I don’t mention this here often, but I sometimes do InstaCart deliveries as a side job.
Today I did my 1000th order.
The sports fan in me appreciates milestone numbers like that.
Today I did my 1000th order.
The sports fan in me appreciates milestone numbers like that.
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Trump's darkness has no end.
Yet another treaty ignored by the United States: Access and communication are fundamental rights in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which we signed in 2009.
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
U.S. appeals order to use American Sign Language interpreters at White House briefings
The Justice Department is appealing an order for the White House to provide ASL interpretation during press briefings given by the press secretary or President Trump.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump's darkness has no end.
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1. We are ruled by a group of pedophiles that I refuse to call a cabal because cabals work in the fucking shadows, this was all out in the open. The entire ruling class knew what was happening they talked about it openly and none of them cared.
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1. We are ruled by a group of pedophiles that I refuse to call a cabal because cabals work in the fucking shadows, this was all out in the open. The entire ruling class knew what was happening they talked about it openly and none of them cared.
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
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#NowPlaying (again)
Another highlight of the year. I don't think I will ever lose my amazement at the sensitivity @vanessafunke.bsky.social posesses and expresses in her music.
This goes far beyond melancholia, but she still manages to put so much beauty in this.
Highest recommendation!
Another highlight of the year. I don't think I will ever lose my amazement at the sensitivity @vanessafunke.bsky.social posesses and expresses in her music.
This goes far beyond melancholia, but she still manages to put so much beauty in this.
Highest recommendation!
Requiem, by Vanessa Funke
8 track album
vanessafunke.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#NowPlaying (again)
Another highlight of the year. I don't think I will ever lose my amazement at the sensitivity @vanessafunke.bsky.social posesses and expresses in her music.
This goes far beyond melancholia, but she still manages to put so much beauty in this.
Highest recommendation!
Another highlight of the year. I don't think I will ever lose my amazement at the sensitivity @vanessafunke.bsky.social posesses and expresses in her music.
This goes far beyond melancholia, but she still manages to put so much beauty in this.
Highest recommendation!
Good morning, people of Bluesky!
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 😎 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 😎 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Good morning, people of Bluesky!
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 😎 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
☕️☕️☕️☕️ 😎 ☕️☕️☕️☕️
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One of our ancient predecessors speaks to us here in the future (after my little acoustic guitar intro).
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
The Ancestor, by Aaron Smith
from the album Sand in the Hourglass
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One of our ancient predecessors speaks to us here in the future (after my little acoustic guitar intro).
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
One of our ancient predecessors speaks to us here in the future (after my little acoustic guitar intro).
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
The Ancestor, by Aaron Smith
from the album Sand in the Hourglass
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One of our ancient predecessors speaks to us here in the future (after my little acoustic guitar intro).
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
#Bandcamp #MusicSky
aaronsmith4.bandcamp.com/track/the-an...
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Here Comes The Dark (new song)
DIY music.
Probably best with headphones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loJr...
DIY music.
Probably best with headphones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loJr...
Stone -Here Comes The Dark
YouTube video by Stone's Sonic Journal
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here Comes The Dark (new song)
DIY music.
Probably best with headphones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loJr...
DIY music.
Probably best with headphones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loJr...
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Airplanes in a holding pattern, waiting for clearance to land at O'Hare
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Airplanes in a holding pattern, waiting for clearance to land at O'Hare
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This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
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Via @wildstein.bsky.social, Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in the New Jersey township of Parsippany (population of 56K.
Pulkit Desai finished ahead of the GOP incumbent by 77 votes after the final count.
Pulkit Desai finished ahead of the GOP incumbent by 77 votes after the final count.
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Via @wildstein.bsky.social, Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in the New Jersey township of Parsippany (population of 56K.
Pulkit Desai finished ahead of the GOP incumbent by 77 votes after the final count.
Pulkit Desai finished ahead of the GOP incumbent by 77 votes after the final count.