Dan Smith
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Dan Smith
@dpksmith.bsky.social
Environmental engineer developing new ways to use technology to understand our oceans.

But honestly, I'm here to laugh and despair at politics. If you want serious discussion you can find me in LinkedIn.
BBC News - Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
a yellow minion wearing glasses is holding a bag of popcorn .
ALT: a yellow minion wearing glasses is holding a bag of popcorn .
media.tenor.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Is Musk really proposing Universal Basic Income? Had it really been a cunning ploy all along by Bernie Sanders in a rubber mask?

www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Could $5,000 DOGE stimulus checks really happen? Here's what we know.
President Trump has floated the idea of giving taxpayers a $5,000 refund check as a dividend from savings created by DOGE. Here's what to know.
www.usatoday.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I hate the way politicians talk about refugees. It's sickening. In this example they're squabbling over whether a family that had their house blown up by an air strike should be granted asylum because they applied through the wrong channel.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The news wasn't great this week, so do you want to hear 5 things about Sperm whales?

1 - they're called Sperm whales because of spermaceti. An oil in their nose they were hunted for.
2 - they eat giant squid whole! Unlike their baleen cousins who filter tiny plankton. But that's not all...
January 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM