Geoff
@geoffsmeltzer.bsky.social
Filmmaker from Chicago. I love Star Trek, Anime, and the Oxford comma.
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@geoffsmeltzer.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Mass Teleportation Authority
YouTube video by Geoff Smeltzer
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Do you like Sci-fi? Do you like supporting independent artists? Do you have a ten minutes to watch my newest short film Mass Teleportation Authority?
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Geoffrey Baer explores why the residents of the City of Big Shoulders are regarded as hard-working, tenacious, and resilient. Chicago Works premieres December 9 at 7:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagoworks. #ChicagoWorksWTTW #ChicagoWorksWTTW.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Geoffrey Baer explores why the residents of the City of Big Shoulders are regarded as hard-working, tenacious, and resilient. Chicago Works premieres December 9 at 7:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app and at wttw.com/chicagoworks. #ChicagoWorksWTTW #ChicagoWorksWTTW.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
Congratulations @6figga-dilla.bsky.social on your Emmy win! You've earned it. Love your work and everything dope about America comes from Chicago including you
NEW — Chicago’s favorite historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas stopped by The TRiiBE Studio with some new gold: his 2025 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award.
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
Emmy win highlights Dilla’s quest to preserve Chicago’s Black heritage • The TRiiBE
Self-made biographer is recognized for videos highlighting the history and culture of overlooked neighborhoods
thetriibe.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Congratulations @6figga-dilla.bsky.social on your Emmy win! You've earned it. Love your work and everything dope about America comes from Chicago including you
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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When the government can silence one artist, it threatens freedom for all.
Credit: The Roddenberry Foundation.
Credit: The Roddenberry Foundation.
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When the government can silence one artist, it threatens freedom for all.
Credit: The Roddenberry Foundation.
Credit: The Roddenberry Foundation.
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Daniel Raab, originally from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was part of an Israeli military sniper unit unofficially known as the “ghost” squad that was found to have shot six family members in Gaza, including an apparently unarmed 19-year-old Palestinian in the head.
Israeli military sniper from Chicago suburbs killed apparently unarmed man in Gaza, investigation finds
The Guardian newspaper found that Daniel Raab was part of a military unit that shot six family members — killing four — in one day during the war in Gaza.
trib.al
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Daniel Raab, originally from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was part of an Israeli military sniper unit unofficially known as the “ghost” squad that was found to have shot six family members in Gaza, including an apparently unarmed 19-year-old Palestinian in the head.
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are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
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The Oxford comma (also known as the ‘serial comma’) is the comma that separates the second to last item in a list from a final item that is introduced by ‘and’ or ‘or.’
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Oxford comma (also known as the ‘serial comma’) is the comma that separates the second to last item in a list from a final item that is introduced by ‘and’ or ‘or.’
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
It is optional...but be aware that not using the serial comma can result in some ambiguity.
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.
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Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go.
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
June 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go.
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
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We remember those who fought to get us here, and we stay in the fight to make sure nobody’s left behind.
Happy Juneteenth, y’all. (2/2)
Happy Juneteenth, y’all. (2/2)
June 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We remember those who fought to get us here, and we stay in the fight to make sure nobody’s left behind.
Happy Juneteenth, y’all. (2/2)
Happy Juneteenth, y’all. (2/2)
I'd almost given up hope that Google would update Snapseed. It's a miracle! And they did a great job ☺️
Google surprisingly brings back Snapseed with major 3.0 update on iPhone
Google surprisingly brings back Snapseed with major 3.0 update on iPhone
Google today surprisingly released a major 3.0 update for Snapseed that entirely redesigns the photo editing app on iPhone and iPad.
more…
9to5google.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'd almost given up hope that Google would update Snapseed. It's a miracle! And they did a great job ☺️
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Some Chicagoans have noticed city workers cutting down seemingly healthy trees. Who is responsible, and why are they cutting them down?
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
Are healthy Chicago trees getting the ax?
Some Chicagoans have noticed city workers cutting down seemingly healthy trees. Who is responsible, and why are they cutting them down?
www.wbez.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some Chicagoans have noticed city workers cutting down seemingly healthy trees. Who is responsible, and why are they cutting them down?
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
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Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. https://trib.al/ntvhDjh
The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.
trib.al
June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. https://trib.al/ntvhDjh
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The owner of American Science & Surplus has launched a GoFundMe, and says big-box stores are "killing" the beloved shop. blockclubchi.co/3SXLg5z
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The owner of American Science & Surplus has launched a GoFundMe, and says big-box stores are "killing" the beloved shop. blockclubchi.co/3SXLg5z
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I fucking love gadgets. I like new things. I set up a gadget savings account ten years ago to restrict myself on gadget purchases because I am a gadget loving freak.
Pretty amazing for the tech industry to make someone like me into a tech dethusiast in a matter of five years.
Pretty amazing for the tech industry to make someone like me into a tech dethusiast in a matter of five years.
May 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I fucking love gadgets. I like new things. I set up a gadget savings account ten years ago to restrict myself on gadget purchases because I am a gadget loving freak.
Pretty amazing for the tech industry to make someone like me into a tech dethusiast in a matter of five years.
Pretty amazing for the tech industry to make someone like me into a tech dethusiast in a matter of five years.
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A Latina-owned firm is a finalist for a design award for work on Carnitas Uruapan restaurant. buff.ly/dpsxEQN
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A Latina-owned firm is a finalist for a design award for work on Carnitas Uruapan restaurant. buff.ly/dpsxEQN
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Mostaccioli is Chicago’s "heaven in carb form." Here’s how it became the city's go-to pasta: buff.ly/hpsyfKf
April 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mostaccioli is Chicago’s "heaven in carb form." Here’s how it became the city's go-to pasta: buff.ly/hpsyfKf
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why is no one forcing AI sports onto us? is it bc no one would care about sports without humans’ inherent flaws? This is the same reason ai “art” doesnt work
April 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
why is no one forcing AI sports onto us? is it bc no one would care about sports without humans’ inherent flaws? This is the same reason ai “art” doesnt work
Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Martok is dead serious about this one
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March 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Martok is dead serious about this one
🖖🏼 llap
🖖🏼 llap