TJ Smithers
@tjsmithers.bsky.social
Will like all of your dog pics, and most of your puns.
It’s a good day to be a Tar Heel.
It’s a good day to be a Tar Heel.
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People get to love and admire LeBron James, but as a Bostonian I recognize his greatness, longevity, accolades, feats & long lists of accomplishments in the way I would if they were made by Thanos, Darkseid, Magneto, Dr. Doom, Galactus or Lex Luthor…
He is worthy of respect but NOT my reverence.
He is worthy of respect but NOT my reverence.
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
People get to love and admire LeBron James, but as a Bostonian I recognize his greatness, longevity, accolades, feats & long lists of accomplishments in the way I would if they were made by Thanos, Darkseid, Magneto, Dr. Doom, Galactus or Lex Luthor…
He is worthy of respect but NOT my reverence.
He is worthy of respect but NOT my reverence.
I don’t expect anyone to care, but Reese Brantmeier is a champion (on and off the tennis court)!
Go Heels!
Go Heels!
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I don’t expect anyone to care, but Reese Brantmeier is a champion (on and off the tennis court)!
Go Heels!
Go Heels!
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It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
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are we doing nba over here
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
are we doing nba over here
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sam the number of substack dudes who have completely gone over the edge is pretty instructive tbh
i really believe the pressure to constantly create on people who are actually not as creative as they think wears them down mentally
i really believe the pressure to constantly create on people who are actually not as creative as they think wears them down mentally
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
sam the number of substack dudes who have completely gone over the edge is pretty instructive tbh
i really believe the pressure to constantly create on people who are actually not as creative as they think wears them down mentally
i really believe the pressure to constantly create on people who are actually not as creative as they think wears them down mentally
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government
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There’s just no doubt who the best player in the league is.
But in basketball, most of the time team>individual
But in basketball, most of the time team>individual
September 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
There’s just no doubt who the best player in the league is.
But in basketball, most of the time team>individual
But in basketball, most of the time team>individual
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GIVEAWAY -- Let Fat Kid Deals Buy You Dinner!
One Follower who Reposts this post will get a $50 gift card to the restaurant of their choice!
* ends 9/16 @ 10pm PT
One Follower who Reposts this post will get a $50 gift card to the restaurant of their choice!
* ends 9/16 @ 10pm PT
patrick star from spongebob squarepants is eating a bunch of burgers .
Alt: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is eating a bunch of burgers .
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GIVEAWAY -- Let Fat Kid Deals Buy You Dinner!
One Follower who Reposts this post will get a $50 gift card to the restaurant of their choice!
* ends 9/16 @ 10pm PT
One Follower who Reposts this post will get a $50 gift card to the restaurant of their choice!
* ends 9/16 @ 10pm PT
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god bless college football
September 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
god bless college football
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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Lamar is unfair lololol
September 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Lamar is unfair lololol
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Never say New Yorkers are rude. The entirety of Ashe Stadium just politely lied to Carlos Alvarez to his face.
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Never say New Yorkers are rude. The entirety of Ashe Stadium just politely lied to Carlos Alvarez to his face.
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In January I said I’d throw my support behind any Dem who’d call MAGA all loser idiots to their face & now I feel like the guy stressing out over what button to press because it’s that dweeb Gavin Newsom
August 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In January I said I’d throw my support behind any Dem who’d call MAGA all loser idiots to their face & now I feel like the guy stressing out over what button to press because it’s that dweeb Gavin Newsom
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
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Venus THE Williams.
July 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Venus THE Williams.
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men’s sports should try having lesbians this shit rules
July 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
men’s sports should try having lesbians this shit rules
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Everyone hates Paul Pierce except for Celtics fans. Rather than try to get everyone to love/like him? He leans into the villain role because he knows y’all worship Kobe, LeBron, DWade or whatever other player whose ass he used to bust wearing kelly green so any statement he makes raises folks’ ire…
July 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Everyone hates Paul Pierce except for Celtics fans. Rather than try to get everyone to love/like him? He leans into the villain role because he knows y’all worship Kobe, LeBron, DWade or whatever other player whose ass he used to bust wearing kelly green so any statement he makes raises folks’ ire…
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it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
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11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
Taking a sabbatical from Major League Baseball for now. (After sweeping the Yankees!) I’ll be interested when the Red Sox stop spitting in our faces… probably.
![“The Giants clearly won the trade,” former Giants executive and NESN analyst J.P. Ricciardi said on the “310 to Left” podcast. “If I can take on the money, I gave up nothing and got a really, really good player. . . . This leads me to believe [the Red Sox] just wanted to get rid of [Devers].”
“Why do you trade him? Why do you trade him [if you are] for THAT?” wondered one AL evaluator. “None of this makes sense.”
“I guess they kinda are OK with giving up this year?” mused an NL evaluator.
“You gotta get one really good piece back,” said another. “[The Sox] got no players back.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:orfukbskqif6bctt3kjxvbsf/bafkreiczmhsq7pvc2rmgxxvbn344qc2otg4ouqg6egr6c7p7abd5bs23gy@jpeg)
June 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Taking a sabbatical from Major League Baseball for now. (After sweeping the Yankees!) I’ll be interested when the Red Sox stop spitting in our faces… probably.
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Chet Holmgren do you want to borrow some of my body fat I will sell it at a reasonable price
June 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Chet Holmgren do you want to borrow some of my body fat I will sell it at a reasonable price