Dan Smith
@sirdansmith.bsky.social
I *still* press keyboard keys in specific combinations for money, and in somewhat different combinations for pleasure.
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"Testing" you say, did the ceasefire pass or fail that test mayhap?
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Testing" you say, did the ceasefire pass or fail that test mayhap?
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
A well-earned man of the match performance from Usman's dodgy back
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A well-earned man of the match performance from Usman's dodgy back
Lol I like it when the poms are outraged, it means a temporary reprieve from their repetitive drunken ditties
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Lol I like it when the poms are outraged, it means a temporary reprieve from their repetitive drunken ditties
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
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I will not apologise for laughing at this.
Top tier comedy.
Top tier comedy.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I will not apologise for laughing at this.
Top tier comedy.
Top tier comedy.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
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It’s funny and also a textbook reminder that the system prompts always mean a corporate agenda decides to push a language model toward specific kinds of outputs. Never objective. Always framing. Always serving an industrial purpose beyond the typical user’s control.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s funny and also a textbook reminder that the system prompts always mean a corporate agenda decides to push a language model toward specific kinds of outputs. Never objective. Always framing. Always serving an industrial purpose beyond the typical user’s control.
I can't express how much I despise what MS did to Minecraft. Every time I try to run it to help my kid out with something there's an issue with the launcher/version/wrong MS account/MS game apps (?) on my PC ... how did they make it suck this badly
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I can't express how much I despise what MS did to Minecraft. Every time I try to run it to help my kid out with something there's an issue with the launcher/version/wrong MS account/MS game apps (?) on my PC ... how did they make it suck this badly
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
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#auspol #politics #climatechange
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
pbs.twimg.com/media/G6GYra...
#auspol #politics #climatechange
pbs.twimg.com/media/G6GYra...
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If you're ever wondering why every party seems to bend over backwards to appease the right you could do worse than this observation.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you're ever wondering why every party seems to bend over backwards to appease the right you could do worse than this observation.
An interesting article ... I gave the original HK a go the other day but found it a bit frustrating and repetitive. Thirty years ago I probably would have loved it, but, well ... time's ticking I guess
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
An interesting article ... I gave the original HK a go the other day but found it a bit frustrating and repetitive. Thirty years ago I probably would have loved it, but, well ... time's ticking I guess
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Like every time you think, we’re selling F-35s to the bone saw guy, you gotta remember we’re also selling F-35s to the 9/11 guys. Same guys.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Like every time you think, we’re selling F-35s to the bone saw guy, you gotta remember we’re also selling F-35s to the 9/11 guys. Same guys.
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a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
[walking along a line of cages holding a clipboard]
This one's still frolicking. Increase the dose
This one's still frolicking. Increase the dose
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
[walking along a line of cages holding a clipboard]
This one's still frolicking. Increase the dose
This one's still frolicking. Increase the dose
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Labour (like Labor here in Australia) could be a genuinely progressive party, using their mandate to make their country more fair *and* more prosperous.
Instead, it’s the same mean, grasping realpolitik “hard man” nonsense.
(Unless you’re a big business or billionaire. Then they’re soft men.)
Instead, it’s the same mean, grasping realpolitik “hard man” nonsense.
(Unless you’re a big business or billionaire. Then they’re soft men.)
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Labour (like Labor here in Australia) could be a genuinely progressive party, using their mandate to make their country more fair *and* more prosperous.
Instead, it’s the same mean, grasping realpolitik “hard man” nonsense.
(Unless you’re a big business or billionaire. Then they’re soft men.)
Instead, it’s the same mean, grasping realpolitik “hard man” nonsense.
(Unless you’re a big business or billionaire. Then they’re soft men.)
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your outie got to meet the pope
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
your outie got to meet the pope
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If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
with bonus me in the background! I still have that Late Show cap
Teenaged Damon was slightly more flexible than middle aged Damon.
Physically, anyway.
Physically, anyway.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
with bonus me in the background! I still have that Late Show cap