bart
@bartsmith.bsky.social
On twitter, I had an underscore in my name. Here, I don’t. Everything else is basically the same
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
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i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
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February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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I have heard about DHS literally every day for over a year
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I have heard about DHS literally every day for over a year
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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Every Feb. 1 I will celebrate the Greensboro Four, who tried to get served at the Woolworth lunch counter and launched a national movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensb...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensb...
Greensboro sit-ins - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Every Feb. 1 I will celebrate the Greensboro Four, who tried to get served at the Woolworth lunch counter and launched a national movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensb...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensb...
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He’s been through so much. They shouldn’t have made him fly the plane too.
February 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
He’s been through so much. They shouldn’t have made him fly the plane too.
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I'm gonna become the first guy to walk out of family court sentenced to death
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I'm gonna become the first guy to walk out of family court sentenced to death
I’ve never clicked a link so fast as I did this one
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’ve never clicked a link so fast as I did this one
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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Jarvis, tell them I’m not a pedo
February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jarvis, tell them I’m not a pedo
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Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
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This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
a lot of y’all are apparently letting children run your accounts and that explains a lot about your posts
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
a lot of y’all are apparently letting children run your accounts and that explains a lot about your posts
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Most important game of the year
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Most important game of the year
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
would have been nice if some of these days that the university closed for winter weather had been condition 3 because I’m really blowing through vacation days quicker than I’d like
February 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
would have been nice if some of these days that the university closed for winter weather had been condition 3 because I’m really blowing through vacation days quicker than I’d like
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
“a police version of The Pitt” here just means “a tv show”
February 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“a police version of The Pitt” here just means “a tv show”
Was there even Iraq War protest music?
thesis: we’re in the best protest music era since at least Iraq.
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Was there even Iraq War protest music?
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Local news busting out a font size not seen since MAN WALKS ON MOON…
February 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Local news busting out a font size not seen since MAN WALKS ON MOON…
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“I don’t know anything about it” says the guy who posted 3x about it on Friday and Saturday
February 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“I don’t know anything about it” says the guy who posted 3x about it on Friday and Saturday
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"jeffrey epstein, my old and esteemed friend, we can agree to disagree vis a vis 'women are people'"
I was curious about the fact that there were seemingly no women scientists mentioned, even of equivalent caliber, and came across what is, seemingly, beef between Epstein and Brockman debating whether "the women are all weak" or not
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"jeffrey epstein, my old and esteemed friend, we can agree to disagree vis a vis 'women are people'"
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From the Epstein documents: The FBI having to Google where Wisconsin is???
January 31, 2026 at 2:57 PM
From the Epstein documents: The FBI having to Google where Wisconsin is???
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“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world