Julian Smith
@juliansmith.bsky.social
Author of ALOHA RODEO, SMOKEJUMPER and CROSSING THE HEART OF AFRICA for HarperCollins. Writer of all the things: Esquire, Smithsonian, Wired, Nat Geo. Musician, dad, galeophobe
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I don’t have to tell you whether animal crackers are alive in the Toy Story universe. If you look in your heart you already know the horrific truth
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I don’t have to tell you whether animal crackers are alive in the Toy Story universe. If you look in your heart you already know the horrific truth
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
just wild guessing this place was osha violations from door to dumpster
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just wild guessing this place was osha violations from door to dumpster
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
or, just don't
A Miss Universe will be crowned on Friday in Bangkok, marking the end of two weeks of competition that were marred by accusations that it was rigged and rare protests by competitors. Here's how to watch.
Miss Universe 2025: What Time and How to Watch Live
A winner will be crowned after two weeks of competition marred by controversy.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
or, just don't
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BUZZ GRAMBO FOR PRESIDENT
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
BUZZ GRAMBO FOR PRESIDENT
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was. ... They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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if donald trump said quiet piggy to a girl in front of me you’d see me on the evening news, of that you can be certain
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
if donald trump said quiet piggy to a girl in front of me you’d see me on the evening news, of that you can be certain
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the enemy of my enemy is not my friend but watching them smack each other in the nuts is still very funny
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the enemy of my enemy is not my friend but watching them smack each other in the nuts is still very funny
No clafoulis?
okay. so there are often a few dessert recipes that share things (type of dish; fruit) in common but this is really kicked up for fall. just about everything that isn’t pumpkin is apple or pear & one of the variety of “baked fruit w/ starch on top”, to the point where they offer a guide to the types
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
No clafoulis?
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why is everyone so surprised when the people with fuck you money say fuck you to the rest of us? I mean it’s right there in the name
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
why is everyone so surprised when the people with fuck you money say fuck you to the rest of us? I mean it’s right there in the name
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Like, to a billionaire, who has completely forgotten what it is like to be told "no, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about, shut the fuck up," who has forgotten that there are any limitations on his every fucked up Epstein whim, genAI just sounds like literally everyone he talks to.
May 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Like, to a billionaire, who has completely forgotten what it is like to be told "no, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about, shut the fuck up," who has forgotten that there are any limitations on his every fucked up Epstein whim, genAI just sounds like literally everyone he talks to.
it’s like epstein was typing his emails on his phone using his nose
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
it’s like epstein was typing his emails on his phone using his nose
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Those little pink hands…
In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Those little pink hands…
McCoy Tyner plays the piano like a vengeful god
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
McCoy Tyner plays the piano like a vengeful god
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Waving goodbye to all the billionaires leaving NYC after Mamdani becomes mayor
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Waving goodbye to all the billionaires leaving NYC after Mamdani becomes mayor
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"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by three spirits."
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by three spirits."
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Two Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors."
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
cbsn.ws
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Two Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors."
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"It wasn’t just the best of times; it was also the worst of times" #classiclitbyai
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"It wasn’t just the best of times; it was also the worst of times" #classiclitbyai
Surprised?
SCOOP: more than a third of new recruits at the ICE training academy have failed the personal fitness test -- so many that the agency has had to start pre-screening new hires to weed out what one official called "athletically allergic candidates" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A Third of ICE-Academy Recruits Are Failing Out
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Surprised?
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM