Todd_J_Smith
@todd-j-smith.bsky.social
Computer guy, mediocre handyman, mediocre-er cook, champion dish-washer.
⛳️ North Carolina, Raleigh area
🧵 @todd_j_smith
⛳️ North Carolina, Raleigh area
🧵 @todd_j_smith
Not just the Right...
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not just the Right...
Sigh... of course it does. 🤦♂️
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Sigh... of course it does. 🤦♂️
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Our friend Andrew here casually ignoring the native people who lived here for centuries prior to his "American Revolution" ancestors showing up to stake a claim.
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Our friend Andrew here casually ignoring the native people who lived here for centuries prior to his "American Revolution" ancestors showing up to stake a claim.
"IDONTCAREWHATYOUSAYIMADETHERIGHTCHOICE!!!!!"
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"IDONTCAREWHATYOUSAYIMADETHERIGHTCHOICE!!!!!"
White-collar jobs are the new Montgomery bus seats.
Mediocre assholes just don't want to stand up / stand out.
Mediocre assholes just don't want to stand up / stand out.
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
White-collar jobs are the new Montgomery bus seats.
Mediocre assholes just don't want to stand up / stand out.
Mediocre assholes just don't want to stand up / stand out.
...of course, if they were to let him build a beachfront resort...
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
...of course, if they were to let him build a beachfront resort...
I guess not being overtly racist counts as "middle ground" for her. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I guess not being overtly racist counts as "middle ground" for her. 🙄
Absolutely true.
The trope of "I have two centuries' worth of unplayed games on my Steam account" wouldn't be a trope without being true for large numbers of people.
The trope of "I have two centuries' worth of unplayed games on my Steam account" wouldn't be a trope without being true for large numbers of people.
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Absolutely true.
The trope of "I have two centuries' worth of unplayed games on my Steam account" wouldn't be a trope without being true for large numbers of people.
The trope of "I have two centuries' worth of unplayed games on my Steam account" wouldn't be a trope without being true for large numbers of people.
In the present day, the difference between satire and sincerely-held beliefs can be a blurry line indeed.
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In the present day, the difference between satire and sincerely-held beliefs can be a blurry line indeed.
Not to worry.
Legacy media will miraculously find their spines and insist on strict accountability the very next time a Democrat is in office.
After all, a Democrat might raise their owners' taxes, and we simply can't have that.
#TaxTheRich
Legacy media will miraculously find their spines and insist on strict accountability the very next time a Democrat is in office.
After all, a Democrat might raise their owners' taxes, and we simply can't have that.
#TaxTheRich
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Not to worry.
Legacy media will miraculously find their spines and insist on strict accountability the very next time a Democrat is in office.
After all, a Democrat might raise their owners' taxes, and we simply can't have that.
#TaxTheRich
Legacy media will miraculously find their spines and insist on strict accountability the very next time a Democrat is in office.
After all, a Democrat might raise their owners' taxes, and we simply can't have that.
#TaxTheRich
Video game makers also have to compete with yesteryear's games.
All those Nintendo games from your youth are 100% available via emulation. The graphics may be simplistic, but good game mechanics don't need a photorealistic interface.
All those Nintendo games from your youth are 100% available via emulation. The graphics may be simplistic, but good game mechanics don't need a photorealistic interface.
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Video game makers also have to compete with yesteryear's games.
All those Nintendo games from your youth are 100% available via emulation. The graphics may be simplistic, but good game mechanics don't need a photorealistic interface.
All those Nintendo games from your youth are 100% available via emulation. The graphics may be simplistic, but good game mechanics don't need a photorealistic interface.
Yglesias: "If Democrats would just turn into Republican Lite, they would win everything!!!"
Even if that were true, it would defeat the purpose of winning.
The point of progressivism is to actually **progress**.
Even if that were true, it would defeat the purpose of winning.
The point of progressivism is to actually **progress**.
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yglesias: "If Democrats would just turn into Republican Lite, they would win everything!!!"
Even if that were true, it would defeat the purpose of winning.
The point of progressivism is to actually **progress**.
Even if that were true, it would defeat the purpose of winning.
The point of progressivism is to actually **progress**.
It needs to be said that this photographer absolutely DOES have the ability to make you look fantastic, if he chooses.
For comparison, this is Christopher Anderson's photography when he's NOT trolling for everything he's worth. Every choice made in the photos of this administration is a choice. It's fucking art, is what it is.
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It needs to be said that this photographer absolutely DOES have the ability to make you look fantastic, if he chooses.
Note: the biggest problem I've had when using AI to write code is that it always presents its answers with 100% confidence, even when those answers turn out in the end to be utterly wrong.
Executives live and breathe Bullshit With Bravado, though, so they don't see AI doing likewise as a flaw. 🙄
Executives live and breathe Bullshit With Bravado, though, so they don't see AI doing likewise as a flaw. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Note: the biggest problem I've had when using AI to write code is that it always presents its answers with 100% confidence, even when those answers turn out in the end to be utterly wrong.
Executives live and breathe Bullshit With Bravado, though, so they don't see AI doing likewise as a flaw. 🙄
Executives live and breathe Bullshit With Bravado, though, so they don't see AI doing likewise as a flaw. 🙄
I still dispute that AI-based coding is "A Thing" yet.
Some people do it, but the only things they build are Potemkin applications that they then foist off on other people in the org chart to "finish up".
("I already did the hard 'Ideas' part, you just have to do some typing. Stop being lazy!")
Some people do it, but the only things they build are Potemkin applications that they then foist off on other people in the org chart to "finish up".
("I already did the hard 'Ideas' part, you just have to do some typing. Stop being lazy!")
December 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I still dispute that AI-based coding is "A Thing" yet.
Some people do it, but the only things they build are Potemkin applications that they then foist off on other people in the org chart to "finish up".
("I already did the hard 'Ideas' part, you just have to do some typing. Stop being lazy!")
Some people do it, but the only things they build are Potemkin applications that they then foist off on other people in the org chart to "finish up".
("I already did the hard 'Ideas' part, you just have to do some typing. Stop being lazy!")
...and make no mistake, this photographer absolutely IS capable of making someone look amazing:
For comparison, this is Christopher Anderson's photography when he's NOT trolling for everything he's worth. Every choice made in the photos of this administration is a choice. It's fucking art, is what it is.
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
...and make no mistake, this photographer absolutely IS capable of making someone look amazing:
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December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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"direct to camera videos on tiktok"
Cannot express how much I loathe these.
Maybe it's how extroverts get their nipples stroked, but the last thing I want to do is listen to someone give an extended speech/rant while staring into their face from two feet away.
🤮
Cannot express how much I loathe these.
Maybe it's how extroverts get their nipples stroked, but the last thing I want to do is listen to someone give an extended speech/rant while staring into their face from two feet away.
🤮
December 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"direct to camera videos on tiktok"
Cannot express how much I loathe these.
Maybe it's how extroverts get their nipples stroked, but the last thing I want to do is listen to someone give an extended speech/rant while staring into their face from two feet away.
🤮
Cannot express how much I loathe these.
Maybe it's how extroverts get their nipples stroked, but the last thing I want to do is listen to someone give an extended speech/rant while staring into their face from two feet away.
🤮
"A total halt to state sales"
They were counting on the revenue from those three cars, too... 😂
They were counting on the revenue from those three cars, too... 😂
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"A total halt to state sales"
They were counting on the revenue from those three cars, too... 😂
They were counting on the revenue from those three cars, too... 😂
When I get to advanced age, forget the heroic measures after a critical injury, just send me to a hospice facility, pump me full of painkillers, and let me pass peacefully in a euphoric/pain-free haze.
More pleasant for me, and much cheaper for society.
More pleasant for me, and much cheaper for society.
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When I get to advanced age, forget the heroic measures after a critical injury, just send me to a hospice facility, pump me full of painkillers, and let me pass peacefully in a euphoric/pain-free haze.
More pleasant for me, and much cheaper for society.
More pleasant for me, and much cheaper for society.