Mike Smale (Esjeur)

8 July

The love of my life, my soulmate. and my best friend passed away this morning. I’ll love you forever. My soul is broken and useless.

A nice, long, depressing day today.

Someone didn't like getting their ear exam. #WhiskerWednesday #Cats #Cat #Vet

Reminder that while #Meta took down No Kings information yesterday, #Bluesky also removed Democracy Now's account, claiming unusual activity.

Friends of mine who still use #Facebook are being accused of eating babies because they got their flu shots. What is going on (besides foreign bots)?

niemanlab.orgMeta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts sayStarting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.

Meta can eat 💩 #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #WhatsApp #Meta

#Caturday trouble brewing. #Cats #Cat

100 days; no arrests.

steady.pageEmpty Lines & SpacesSelected creative writing, behind-the-scenes stories, news, and more!

The best way to stay updated on my work and other news is via my newsletter. I use Steady so you don't have to worry about extremist drivel like some platforms.

Checked #Instagram for the first time in a while over the weekend and there are a TON of ads for fake police badges, patches, IDs, and even uniforms. Also I saw an ad for missiles. Yes, military missiles. #ClownShit

Of course none of these were removed after reporting them.

Ruin a book by adding a word: We Need to Talk About Kevin James

Mike Smale (Esjeur)@earwigplanet.bsky.social

Ruin a book by adding a word: Johnny Got His Squirt Gun

Ruin a book by adding a word: Johnny Got His Squirt Gun

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Ray Donovan (just kidding, it was never good).

Nev Fountain@nevfountain.bsky.social

What TV show got so bad it effectively destroyed your appreciation for the show when it was was good?

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Polymarket@polymarket.extwitter.link

JUST IN: UFO whistleblower David Grusch claims U.S. troops opened fire on 7-foot “reptilian” beings found alive at the wreckage of an alleged alien spacecraft.

Fanny Flame scared the kindergarten shit out of me, and our teachers put it on for a rainy day in the first grade. I hid behind a classmate during that second viewing. It inspired a short horror story of mine: steady.page/en/mikesmale...

Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social

How is this not the answer for EVERYONE???

It's been three months since I heard your voice. Three months of living hell. Three months and still no arrests. I miss your infectious, dimply smile.

bit.lyTrump names top aides to 'super intelligence' AI force. What to knowPresident Donald Trump named National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton and others to lead a "super intelligence force" focused on AI.

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

USA TODAY@usatoday.com

President Donald Trump named National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton and others to lead a "super intelligence force" focused on AI.

Esjeur is pronounced EZ-yer.

MAY have had seizure 3 today, lost an hour or so after I broke down over Dani, can’t remember anything. Had a double vision episode this afternoon which may have been an aura. October is off to a great start 🫠

mikesmale.bandcamp.comMike SmaleI'm guessing that by reading this you wanted to learn a little bit more about me and the wacky world within my head? Well, I'm not too keen on talking about myself, but I'll give it my best. I am a mu...

It's #BandcampFriday, and I am still trying to get by after what happened to my fiancée in July. Anything I earn in sales today will go to RAINN.

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Send me to glory in a Glad bag.

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Disabled people tried to warn you. We were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis. Fascists will always come for the “useless eaters”. They want to institutionalize us. Hide us away from the rest of society. Remove our supports so we either die or disappear. It’s eugenics.

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com

We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.

nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Men: “Jane Doe is lying! That’s why the Cornell 7 weren’t charged! Won’t you think of the reputations of the rapists?” Reality: Cornell lied. Not Jane Doe. They withheld crucial details of her story when they gave the information to police and prosecutors. They protected the men:

nytimes.comStatement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was RapedDocuments obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.

8 July

The love of my life, my soulmate. and my best friend passed away this morning. I’ll love you forever. My soul is broken and useless.

steady.pageFor Danielle: The Love of My LifeI'll love you forever. (Updated September 28, 2026)

All parts and updates here:

steady.pageFire Prevention WeekA ghost story.

That time of year again. #ShortStories #Horror #FirePreventionWeek

Something to chew on while I crumble in my corner.

steady.pageFor Danielle: The Love of My LifeI'll love you forever. (Updated September 28, 2026)

Decided that in addition to individual updates, there should be a post for every part of this so that it can stay pinned.

steady.pageLiving as a GhostA brief update on where I am at the moment.

An update as I'm nearly three months into Hell. Thank you all who participated in my field of gold for Dani.

It’s a terrible day for rain.

Picked up a jug of iced coffee for myself at the store, and isn't the expiration date her birthday. Goddamn kick in the teeth.

22 Sept

Autumn has always been my favourite season, but this year it's something I won't celebrate. I've lost my entire family. I've lost many people I though were my friends who showed their real selves. I feel like a ghost.

*Thought

steady.pageNearly DawnI see you there; your head rising against my chest, brown tresses tantalizing the skin, amethyst eyes a million within a million...

And here's the poem I wrote her in 2009, before I knew she was pregnant, as our friends and I prepared to save her from an abusive partner. #Poetry

steady.pageFor Danielle: The Love of My Life, My SoulmateI'll love you forever.

Signing off for a while. The funeral is next weekend. I'd love to see you all wear yellow for Dani on the 26th, it's her favourite colour, as a sign of your love. Here are both parts of the tribute I've written her so far:

steady.pageFor Danielle: The Love of My Life, My Soulmate (Part 2)I’ll love you forever.

And lastly, what happened to my fiancée Dani was a homicide and there still hasn’t been a single arrest; those sons of bitches are still out there.

I was stalked by an ex-girlfriend for 12 years; I’m familiar with the warning signs. I know someone is following myself and my family, too. There’s even been a personal drone hovering over my house and yard.

16 Sept

Since I'm venting my traumas: After my sister was killed in 2004 in a car wreck, priests at the school we attended told me that my shoulder, hip, and knee injuries were my "penance" for not protecting her. I wasn't driving, but they insisted that this was my punishment in the eyes of God.

16 Sept

I've walked with a limp for 22 years, and nurses at the ER described by right shoulder as "a horrible mess" after one of my seizures this year required me to have X-rays.

16 Sept

So called "friends" of mine have been sending me links to dating sites since my love passed in July. I have no faith in humanity. Seriously, get fucked.

15 Sept

2.5 months; no arrests.

13 Sept

I hate football, but Dani always loved the Eagles so guess I’m going to be stuck for her 🫠

10 Sept

I was a high school freshman, and a friend of mine in that class was Muslim. That school did everything they could to make his life miserable from 9/12 onward, and they eventually expelled him junior year on BS.

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

10 Sept

Note that this was a private, Catholic school.

thehill.comTrump signs order allowing ranchers to kill wolves to protect herdsPresident Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Interior Department to assess whether gray wolves should lose their endangered-species protections as part of his administration’s eff…

5 Sept

My late sister loved wolves. Her nickname was The Wolf and she signed her songs and guitar instrumental doodles by that name. Fuck this twatface.

mikesmale.bandcamp.comWild Raspberries, by Mike Smale5 track album

4 Sept

It's #BandcampFriday if anyone wants to show some support. Still not in the mood to really promote myself after what happened, and I still have a funeral this month so really not feeling like promoting.

4 Sept

Hello stalkers, I know you’ve been following me for four weeks now.

2 Sept

I know I haven't posted much for the past two months, but here's to #GingerCatAppreciationDay #Cat #Cats #WhiskerWednesday

31 Aug

I called 988 in the beginning of July and all I got were bots.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

I was on a group Zoom call where one of the participants was sharing his screen. He accidentally shared the one where Gemini is ingesting our call, summarizing it in realtime, and offering reply suggestions. I didn’t even know that was a thing! So even when talking to a human, it might be a bot.