Marshall Smith
@marshallds.bsky.social
Northern Colorado • Software Developer • Keyboardist • Hiking • Gardening
Changing the world by loving one person at a time. We’re all in this together!
Changing the world by loving one person at a time. We’re all in this together!
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“Human biology is attuned with Earth’s diurnal cycle; arbitrarily offsetting that cycle by one hour can increase obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression.” #DitchDST
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Human biology is attuned with Earth’s diurnal cycle; arbitrarily offsetting that cycle by one hour can increase obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression.” #DitchDST
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2000: Stay in school or you’ll end up flipping burgers
2008: Oh you think you’re too good to flip burgers?
2015: Oh, you want to be paid more than $7.50/hr to flip burgers?
2020: How come everyone is too lazy to flip burgers?
2008: Oh you think you’re too good to flip burgers?
2015: Oh, you want to be paid more than $7.50/hr to flip burgers?
2020: How come everyone is too lazy to flip burgers?
September 9, 2024 at 9:42 PM
2000: Stay in school or you’ll end up flipping burgers
2008: Oh you think you’re too good to flip burgers?
2015: Oh, you want to be paid more than $7.50/hr to flip burgers?
2020: How come everyone is too lazy to flip burgers?
2008: Oh you think you’re too good to flip burgers?
2015: Oh, you want to be paid more than $7.50/hr to flip burgers?
2020: How come everyone is too lazy to flip burgers?
Read this. All the way to the end. It is critical for everyone to know how to meet the moment.
Imagine you have a friend. Let’s call him Rick Reasonable.
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Boiling Water
The corrosive damage cause by forcing people to defend their own lives by debating ideas that have already been defeated.
www.the-reframe.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Read this. All the way to the end. It is critical for everyone to know how to meet the moment.
If we have a boy and a girl, we should name them Montserrat and Helvetica but my wife thinks I’m joking.
July 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If we have a boy and a girl, we should name them Montserrat and Helvetica but my wife thinks I’m joking.
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This video from @hankgreen.bsky.social is a great metaphor and description of what I think has happened to the Internet, and our overall "consumption" of information, no matter how nutritious or empty the calories of information we consume are.
youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc?...
youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc?...
You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This video from @hankgreen.bsky.social is a great metaphor and description of what I think has happened to the Internet, and our overall "consumption" of information, no matter how nutritious or empty the calories of information we consume are.
youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc?...
youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc?...
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Stop Using Hero Images! They’re Killing Your UX
webdesignerdepot.com/stop-using-h... #design #ux #usability #userexperience
webdesignerdepot.com/stop-using-h... #design #ux #usability #userexperience
Stop Using Hero Images! They’re Killing Your UX
Hero images are the web’s prettiest dead weight—slow, vague, and visually overused. It’s time to stop decorating your homepage and start saying something that actually matters.
webdesignerdepot.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Stop Using Hero Images! They’re Killing Your UX
webdesignerdepot.com/stop-using-h... #design #ux #usability #userexperience
webdesignerdepot.com/stop-using-h... #design #ux #usability #userexperience
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Via @fiona-ndre.bsky.social: For years, persecuted Christians abroad — including Iranian Christians — has been a cause célèbre on the right, including Trump.
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
Pastor films as masked federal agents arrest Iranian Christian asylum-seekers in LA
(RNS) — The arrests sparked angst in the community and have concerned advocates of Iranian Christians who’ve fled persecution from the Islamic regime.
religionnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Via @fiona-ndre.bsky.social: For years, persecuted Christians abroad — including Iranian Christians — has been a cause célèbre on the right, including Trump.
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
But this week, CBP arrested Iranian Christian asylum-seekers as their pastor looked on, despondent. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/p...
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ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
@heroku.com downtime is bad. Failing to give informative status updates is what’s unforgivable. If your status page can’t stay up consistently, you should be posting updates to social media as a backup.
June 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@heroku.com downtime is bad. Failing to give informative status updates is what’s unforgivable. If your status page can’t stay up consistently, you should be posting updates to social media as a backup.
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Heroku is making a case to not choose them as a provider
An infra provider needs to be realisable: and in case of outages it needs to update customers at least
Heroku failing on both now
bsky.app/profile/joel...
An infra provider needs to be realisable: and in case of outages it needs to update customers at least
Heroku failing on both now
bsky.app/profile/joel...
It’s also impossible to use their support system at the moment and no updates to social media channels.
June 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Heroku is making a case to not choose them as a provider
An infra provider needs to be realisable: and in case of outages it needs to update customers at least
Heroku failing on both now
bsky.app/profile/joel...
An infra provider needs to be realisable: and in case of outages it needs to update customers at least
Heroku failing on both now
bsky.app/profile/joel...
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If this is TLDR, scroll to the last section titled "Ridicule" and get your creative juices flowing. This could be fun...
June 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If this is TLDR, scroll to the last section titled "Ridicule" and get your creative juices flowing. This could be fun...
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No on is hurting the families of ICE thugs more than the ICE thugs themselves, who are destroying their own families’ futures by choosing to be ICE thugs.
If they cared for their own families, they’d quit the secret police and get a real job doing real work.
If they cared for their own families, they’d quit the secret police and get a real job doing real work.
ICYMI — ICE DIRECTOR: “These are real people with real families you’re hurting.”
He says this not about immigrants… but about ICE agents. A record-setting lack of self-awareness.
He says this not about immigrants… but about ICE agents. A record-setting lack of self-awareness.
June 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
No on is hurting the families of ICE thugs more than the ICE thugs themselves, who are destroying their own families’ futures by choosing to be ICE thugs.
If they cared for their own families, they’d quit the secret police and get a real job doing real work.
If they cared for their own families, they’d quit the secret police and get a real job doing real work.
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So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Trump called Musk "a big-time drug addict" in a phone call shortly after their public feud. (WaPo)
June 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
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You can demagogue on immigration by saying you’re going after people who “didn’t follow the rules.”
But you can’t demagogue on immigration by saying “They followed all the rules, but now we’re CHANGING the rules.”
That only appeals to full-on, explicit, Stephen-Miller-type white supremacists.
But you can’t demagogue on immigration by saying “They followed all the rules, but now we’re CHANGING the rules.”
That only appeals to full-on, explicit, Stephen-Miller-type white supremacists.
ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX.
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
You can demagogue on immigration by saying you’re going after people who “didn’t follow the rules.”
But you can’t demagogue on immigration by saying “They followed all the rules, but now we’re CHANGING the rules.”
That only appeals to full-on, explicit, Stephen-Miller-type white supremacists.
But you can’t demagogue on immigration by saying “They followed all the rules, but now we’re CHANGING the rules.”
That only appeals to full-on, explicit, Stephen-Miller-type white supremacists.
I am an em-dash enjoyer.
June 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I am an em-dash enjoyer.
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Fiction. Art. More fiction. A dash of poetry.
the number one challenge for left media in the US isn’t “how do you get americans to listen to left ideas” but “how do you get americans to understand & accept that they’re part of society and responsible for how they treat other human beings” and I have absolutely no idea how to address that
June 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fiction. Art. More fiction. A dash of poetry.
I think the stock market is trying operant conditioning on 47
May 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I think the stock market is trying operant conditioning on 47
If I could “like” This post more than once I would
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
If I could “like” This post more than once I would
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The surest way to protect our Constitution is to act like we still have one.
The surest way to lose it is to act like we don’t.
The surest way to lose it is to act like we don’t.
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The surest way to protect our Constitution is to act like we still have one.
The surest way to lose it is to act like we don’t.
The surest way to lose it is to act like we don’t.
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Google search has gotten so unusable that I’ve finally switched all my defaults to DuckDuckGo
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Google search has gotten so unusable that I’ve finally switched all my defaults to DuckDuckGo
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What if the real "revolution" was in communal care?
What if it was in connecting with each other?
What if it was in constructing networks of care?
What if it was in cultivating community?
What if the real revolution was not only about what is destroyed, but centered upon what we construct together?
What if it was in connecting with each other?
What if it was in constructing networks of care?
What if it was in cultivating community?
What if the real revolution was not only about what is destroyed, but centered upon what we construct together?
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What if the real "revolution" was in communal care?
What if it was in connecting with each other?
What if it was in constructing networks of care?
What if it was in cultivating community?
What if the real revolution was not only about what is destroyed, but centered upon what we construct together?
What if it was in connecting with each other?
What if it was in constructing networks of care?
What if it was in cultivating community?
What if the real revolution was not only about what is destroyed, but centered upon what we construct together?
We must learn to be radically generous. It’s the only way we’re getting through this.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We must learn to be radically generous. It’s the only way we’re getting through this.
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Light up your congressional representatives' phones today, especially if they are GOP.
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Light up your congressional representatives' phones today, especially if they are GOP.
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At this point, I'm focusing on my community and the action I can directly carry out. Everything else is in God's hands.
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
At this point, I'm focusing on my community and the action I can directly carry out. Everything else is in God's hands.