Mike Smith
@tall.bsky.social
Formerly @tallmike from Twitter. Dad and builder, ex-{MSFT,GOOG,DIS,AMZN,META}. Advisor, mentor, currently working on my own project. Born sub 325ppm and more than half a world’s population ago. He/him.
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Members of the President’s own family mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi by posting pics of underwear and a hammer.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Members of the President’s own family mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi by posting pics of underwear and a hammer.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
But god forbid you’re a comedian pointing out the truth about a white supremacist.
I think the evidence for Covid-19, a vascular and inflammatory disease that infected multiple organs, infecting and impacting the immune system had always been pretty strong.
“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems.” Is Covid-19 to blame for “the global surge in non-covid infections”? [bmj.com]
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterial infection not known to cause widespread hospital admissions. “I can
www.bmj.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I think the evidence for Covid-19, a vascular and inflammatory disease that infected multiple organs, infecting and impacting the immune system had always been pretty strong.
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
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IT’S PERFECT
i just wish they dropped more at once but i know why they only did 2 eps
i just wish they dropped more at once but i know why they only did 2 eps
Murderbot is a goddamn delight
May 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
IT’S PERFECT
i just wish they dropped more at once but i know why they only did 2 eps
i just wish they dropped more at once but i know why they only did 2 eps
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“Just stay home” is not a public health strategy.
Non disabled people were livid during stay at home orders. They found the idea of being forced to stay home unpalatable, yet they’re only too happy to demand the disabled do it for the rest of our lives.
Clean air & masking make spaces accessible.
Non disabled people were livid during stay at home orders. They found the idea of being forced to stay home unpalatable, yet they’re only too happy to demand the disabled do it for the rest of our lives.
Clean air & masking make spaces accessible.
Got into a fight with a NURSE who we asked to give us a little distance when we were at a picnic table eating. We told her we’re were trying to be Covid safe because I’m at risk. She said I should have just stayed home. I said at risk people should be socially isolated and lonely AND SHE SAID YES
May 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Just stay home” is not a public health strategy.
Non disabled people were livid during stay at home orders. They found the idea of being forced to stay home unpalatable, yet they’re only too happy to demand the disabled do it for the rest of our lives.
Clean air & masking make spaces accessible.
Non disabled people were livid during stay at home orders. They found the idea of being forced to stay home unpalatable, yet they’re only too happy to demand the disabled do it for the rest of our lives.
Clean air & masking make spaces accessible.
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Just a friendly reminder that our current Covid vaccines do not meaningfully prevent infection or transmission of Covid. Misleading the public about this fact led to massive distrust about vaccines and record vaccine hesitancy. It's SO crucial to make ppl aware of this fact to fight vax hesitancy
May 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Just a friendly reminder that our current Covid vaccines do not meaningfully prevent infection or transmission of Covid. Misleading the public about this fact led to massive distrust about vaccines and record vaccine hesitancy. It's SO crucial to make ppl aware of this fact to fight vax hesitancy
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Alex came up with cool ideas that really added to the worldbuilding. And he really understood the social anxiety and awkwardness of the character. The way he walks and moves in the suit is perfect.
May 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Alex came up with cool ideas that really added to the worldbuilding. And he really understood the social anxiety and awkwardness of the character. The way he walks and moves in the suit is perfect.
"There will probably be some disruption to the junior dev market" I'm sorry but do you think senior devs happen when you teach the over 30s to code? It's an apprenticeship model - lose the junior dev pipeline now, no senior devs in years to come.
grantslatton.com/the-curve-is...
grantslatton.com/the-curve-is...
The Curve is Bending
Predictions on near-term AI inference spending
grantslatton.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"There will probably be some disruption to the junior dev market" I'm sorry but do you think senior devs happen when you teach the over 30s to code? It's an apprenticeship model - lose the junior dev pipeline now, no senior devs in years to come.
grantslatton.com/the-curve-is...
grantslatton.com/the-curve-is...
Feels like beyond reciprocal tariffs a more appropriate response would be specific targeted taxes on certain local (to them) hotels, golf courses, branded goods and other sources of income.
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Feels like beyond reciprocal tariffs a more appropriate response would be specific targeted taxes on certain local (to them) hotels, golf courses, branded goods and other sources of income.
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Hey everyone. Give Peter a warm welcome to BlueSky! He's one of the heroes. He's been a voice for science, for vaccines, for reason in these terrible times!
My first post on BlueSky, I could not access the same handle as my X (someone hacked into that one):
So it's @peterhotez for X and @peterhotezmdphd for BlueSky
I'm a pediatric-vaccine scientist based in Houston TX at our Texas Medical Center
So it's @peterhotez for X and @peterhotezmdphd for BlueSky
I'm a pediatric-vaccine scientist based in Houston TX at our Texas Medical Center
April 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hey everyone. Give Peter a warm welcome to BlueSky! He's one of the heroes. He's been a voice for science, for vaccines, for reason in these terrible times!
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The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
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Twice now I have heard that the painting of Virginia Hall has been removed from pride of place at the CIA at Langley as part of the anti DEI campaign. If this is true, it is historical vandalism pure and simple. Virginia is one of the greatest American war heroes in history. Read my bestselling book
March 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Twice now I have heard that the painting of Virginia Hall has been removed from pride of place at the CIA at Langley as part of the anti DEI campaign. If this is true, it is historical vandalism pure and simple. Virginia is one of the greatest American war heroes in history. Read my bestselling book
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
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Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Computational Journalist
New York, New York, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
March 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
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NOAA owns, operates, or coordinates
18 weather satellites
92 twice-daily weather balloon launch sites
159 weather radar systems
9,000 weather monitoring stations
Global & regional weather forecast models
NOAA's data and modeling underpins everything weather-related in the USA.
18 weather satellites
92 twice-daily weather balloon launch sites
159 weather radar systems
9,000 weather monitoring stations
Global & regional weather forecast models
NOAA's data and modeling underpins everything weather-related in the USA.
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
NOAA owns, operates, or coordinates
18 weather satellites
92 twice-daily weather balloon launch sites
159 weather radar systems
9,000 weather monitoring stations
Global & regional weather forecast models
NOAA's data and modeling underpins everything weather-related in the USA.
18 weather satellites
92 twice-daily weather balloon launch sites
159 weather radar systems
9,000 weather monitoring stations
Global & regional weather forecast models
NOAA's data and modeling underpins everything weather-related in the USA.
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For those of us who are used to living in a democracy, the term you are looking for here is "state repression."
NEW: President Trump moved Tuesday to punish a law firm for providing pro bono legal services to Jack Smith as he prepared to face a potential investigation from the Trump administration.
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
For those of us who are used to living in a democracy, the term you are looking for here is "state repression."
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If people were really just dying from chronic diseases then how come they weren’t dying from their chronic diseases until after March, 2020?
February 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If people were really just dying from chronic diseases then how come they weren’t dying from their chronic diseases until after March, 2020?
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Just so you know, I just tweeted this.
February 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just so you know, I just tweeted this.
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I guess I'd love to see Democratic politicians using dirty tricks on Republicans for a change rather than exhausting all their dirty tricks on their own progressive primary challengers
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I guess I'd love to see Democratic politicians using dirty tricks on Republicans for a change rather than exhausting all their dirty tricks on their own progressive primary challengers
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You were taught that educated, single, child-free women are unwanted and pathetic because a woman who is unmanageable through attachment and enraged at the exploitation all around her is a very dangerous thing to an institution that needs to manage and exploit her in order to survive.
February 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You were taught that educated, single, child-free women are unwanted and pathetic because a woman who is unmanageable through attachment and enraged at the exploitation all around her is a very dangerous thing to an institution that needs to manage and exploit her in order to survive.
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That paper is interesting and useful but the conclusion is utterly bizarre. Rather than suggesting that the best approach to the harms evidenced is simply not to use these tools, they conclude that the tools themselves need (somehow, magically) to fix those harms themselves.
February 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM