David Smith
@extrusive.bsky.social
He, him.
Retired paralegal. That was my last field of endeavors
but I've farmed and machined, and driven, for pay and adventure.
I'm interested in how things fit together.
What a wonderful world !
Retired paralegal. That was my last field of endeavors
but I've farmed and machined, and driven, for pay and adventure.
I'm interested in how things fit together.
What a wonderful world !
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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Maybe, finally, we'll get the wide protected bike lanes we need...
...because keeping robots safe is important.
...because keeping robots safe is important.
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Maybe, finally, we'll get the wide protected bike lanes we need...
...because keeping robots safe is important.
...because keeping robots safe is important.
marc thorpe builds wooden residence powered entirely by the sun in new york forest
www.designboom.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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World-changing news:
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
World-changing news:
Amen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Amen.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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In a functional party system, this kind of capitulation in the face of authoritarianism could mean the end of the Democratic Party.
In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.
In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In a functional party system, this kind of capitulation in the face of authoritarianism could mean the end of the Democratic Party.
In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.
In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.
Our political futures
And the future of our republic
Depends on the citizenry.
We need to use the Congress
But we can not depend on it !
We need to use the Dem org
But we can not depend not depend on it !
Only reason to register Dem
Is to vote in primaries.
VOTE
blue
Liberal
Progressive
And the future of our republic
Depends on the citizenry.
We need to use the Congress
But we can not depend on it !
We need to use the Dem org
But we can not depend not depend on it !
Only reason to register Dem
Is to vote in primaries.
VOTE
blue
Liberal
Progressive
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our political futures
And the future of our republic
Depends on the citizenry.
We need to use the Congress
But we can not depend on it !
We need to use the Dem org
But we can not depend not depend on it !
Only reason to register Dem
Is to vote in primaries.
VOTE
blue
Liberal
Progressive
And the future of our republic
Depends on the citizenry.
We need to use the Congress
But we can not depend on it !
We need to use the Dem org
But we can not depend not depend on it !
Only reason to register Dem
Is to vote in primaries.
VOTE
blue
Liberal
Progressive
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"Those radicals you've been told to find loud, 'unreasonable' and annoying keep consisently being correct, so maybe this should finally prompt some rethinking of your assumptions" remains undefeated.
If they are acting the way "bad faith leftists" assume they act, maybe the leftists were simply correct? In fact, if you look at the leftist sentiment on everything this past election cycle, they have the single most accurate track record of anyone else.
Maybe it's just salient analysis.
Maybe it's just salient analysis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Those radicals you've been told to find loud, 'unreasonable' and annoying keep consisently being correct, so maybe this should finally prompt some rethinking of your assumptions" remains undefeated.
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portlanders showed up en masse to protect Cesar Chavez middle school today. ICE did not enter any schools in north portland today but people are worried & PPS locked doors at some schools
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1b...
Community members surround north Portland school after ICE reported nearby
YouTube video by KPTV FOX 12 | Local news, weather Portland, Oregon
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
portlanders showed up en masse to protect Cesar Chavez middle school today. ICE did not enter any schools in north portland today but people are worried & PPS locked doors at some schools
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1b...
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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easy democratic primary targets and those who to not support are those who failed to endorse zohran mamdani and continue to not acknowledge his win
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
easy democratic primary targets and those who to not support are those who failed to endorse zohran mamdani and continue to not acknowledge his win
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
77 and ... Same
Almost 50, but this. It’s just right-wing agitprop at this point. Almost all of you working in the field should be ashamed of yourselves.
I'm 48 years old and I have never in my life seen the mainstream media so out-of-step with the American public.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
77 and ... Same
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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If ICE isn’t scared to leave their homes and do their kidnappings then we’re not resisting enough. We need to get creative. We need to become shadows. We need to mentally make their job unworkable. We need to protect each other by showing up.
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If ICE isn’t scared to leave their homes and do their kidnappings then we’re not resisting enough. We need to get creative. We need to become shadows. We need to mentally make their job unworkable. We need to protect each other by showing up.
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Accepting the 1936 nomination, FDR made a speech the language of which Zohran Mamdani mirrored last night:
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.“
This is Democratic language.
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.“
This is Democratic language.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Accepting the 1936 nomination, FDR made a speech the language of which Zohran Mamdani mirrored last night:
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.“
This is Democratic language.
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.“
This is Democratic language.
More than a possibility.
I can blame current political difficulties
On low information voters
Exacerbated by: parental sloth, schools, media,
And, of course, feckless politicians.
Something to keep in mind
As we rebuild a school system
I can blame current political difficulties
On low information voters
Exacerbated by: parental sloth, schools, media,
And, of course, feckless politicians.
Something to keep in mind
As we rebuild a school system
There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More than a possibility.
I can blame current political difficulties
On low information voters
Exacerbated by: parental sloth, schools, media,
And, of course, feckless politicians.
Something to keep in mind
As we rebuild a school system
I can blame current political difficulties
On low information voters
Exacerbated by: parental sloth, schools, media,
And, of course, feckless politicians.
Something to keep in mind
As we rebuild a school system
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People don’t like fascism and they took it to the polls.
The violence is about to RAMP UP.
The violence is about to RAMP UP.
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
People don’t like fascism and they took it to the polls.
The violence is about to RAMP UP.
The violence is about to RAMP UP.