Gopher Smith, PhD

Gopher Smith, PhD

@gophersmith.bsky.social

Chief Purser on the #LoveBoat. Or, I could just be a recovering hotel manager turned PhD that posts about hospitality, politics & life. Educator, NonProfit CEO, Democrat, Biden Supporter, Never Trumper, Jersey Boy 🚫👑

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THIS All day long. AOC can’t win in Iowa & Turek couldn’t win in NYC. When everything is a purity test we lose because we can’t win everywhere on everything. It’s too big of a tent. The left needs to remember this because we certainly forgot in when we allowed President Biden to be shanked in ‘24

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

One more point: The far left on social media labels me a moderate, as some kind of slam, because I support some moderate candidates, even though I can’t name a progressive issue I don’t support. I’m a pragmatic progressive. I get what works politically in NY or CA won’t work in deep-red Iowa.

Our system relies on trust. They sow mistrust, but the reality is that all it’s doing is mobilizing the left to vote and the right to stay home in key areas.

ProPublica@propublica.org

“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”

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Hey, fellas, before you write that white hot take about how rape is such a tricky thing and, I mean, who can really say what happened and, you know, maybe we should not be too judgmental, I'd like to remind you that instead you can simply shut the fuck up.

This right here. If everything is a purity test, we lose. If we let them make trans rights an issue, (in spite protecting my trans friends and students), we lose. Anything else is that Bernie Bro-Jill Stein bullshit that got us Trump in the first place.

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Ya know, Trump responds well to blackmail. Just ask Bob Guccione’s people about his land deal in AC. Just have the heads of @msnow and @cnn.com reach out to talk about Natalie and Diapers. Those seats will return in a period that could be clocked with an egg timer.

THIS! This all day long and twice on Sunday!

Bill Horton@mrhortywho.bsky.social

What "calculus"? The calculus is Republicans are always far worse for trans people, and any people really, than Democrats. Vote for the Democrat. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool or a wrecker.

Ginger, where’s the popcorn?

Former Fetterman Staffers@fettermanstaff.bsky.social

Hello, BlueSky. We’re a group of former campaign & Senate staffers for John Fetterman who are disgusted with what he's become. If you were troubled by yesterday's Wall Street Journal story... trust us, that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's even worse than you thought.

THIS! This is the fucking message we need!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social

Everyone have a nice two days and get it out of your system, because between Tuesday and Election Day, we are not doing the Bsky "You have to EARN my vote" and "I live in a blue state so my protest vote is fine" and "The two parties are the same" thing. Take all that look-at-me shit somewhere else.>

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Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him

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Replying to @joshrosenau.org

Chatbot companies brag about creating “PhD-level intelligence.” But one skill PhDs develop early is how to walk away from cranks. A chatbot can’t. PhDs learn to vet ideas fast and either avoid dry wells or find how to turn failed forays into learning experiences. Chatbots don’t.

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Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you

Please run this Op-Ed @starledger.bsky.social and let’s stop punishing kids for being kids just because they are encroaching on rich, boomer neighborhoods!

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This is as succinct and searing an overview of the conflagration at Delaney I've read.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social

Gov. Mikie Sherrill's mishandling of protests outside the Newark ICE detention center, with violent state troopers running amok, is a national embarrassment To make it worse, Sherrill invoked the vile "outside agitator" trope of 1960s segregationists My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...

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One personal anecdote for the price anxiety discourse: Our home electric usage in April was down 5% YoY, yet our bill was up 16% vs April 2025. Families notice stuff like this!

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Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.

Jesus Fucking Christ, now they're threatening the Pope, for fuck's sake. And in case you don't think he'd approve of this message, he's from Chicago, and he's a fuckin' Sox fan, so it ain't something he hasn't heard before, at least a couple two tree times....