Mike Smith

Summer school teacher training video called You Can C Everything.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Ha! The crowd booed Ted when he gave Kimi the trophy!

Oh gross, they got Ted Cruz for the podium ceremony too?!? #f1

Oh, of course F1 got Sophie Cunningham to wave the checkered flag.

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

COTA-Mexico-Brazil has to be my favorite set of three consecutive races on the F1 calendar.

This one’s for the FIA.

It’s not like SHORAD is a constrained resource that would be useful in a theater of operations.

An amendment restricting the pardon power is probably at the top of my necessary amendments list.

Do you have a murder basement which you’d like to look tacky af? Good news!

It’s done!

🤠 I'm crying, they've dressed #GeorgeRussell as a cowboy and it's just #Woody from #ToyStory 🔴⚪🔵 #F1 #Formula1 🦅 #USGP #COTA 🤠 #Austin #CircuitOfTheAmericas

The zoom out was everything I needed.

Death by malicious negligence is a defining characteristic of concentration camps

Honestly, though, what was the plan here? What was Tommy’s goal? Did Tommy think he’d be like, “But I love the Muslim Brotherhood!” Tommy’s best case is the future Senator saying he wouldn’t dignify the question with a response. Even that is an unrealistic expectation.

My county is currently trying to pass a homestead exemption because home values have been going up and residents don’t want to pay taxes based on what their home is actually worth. They want to live in a county with great schools, but they don’t want to pay for it.

I feel like a video game and/or series focused on the further adventures of Assaj Ventress, force-wielding bounty hunter, would be a no-brainer. Like Skyrim in the Star Wars universe.

the U.S. military should not be used as entertainment at college football games & I'm only surprised this didn't happen earlier. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-dies-utsa-rappelling-incident/

New contender for grossest way to reassign somebody within your organization.

The Bluesky motto

WhY dOn'T peOPle jUSt dO It tHe lEGal WaY?!

Holy shit. Stay til the end.

There’s a man in ICE custody with a bullet in his neck who was shot in front of his 5 year old. We’re boycotting Target, you should too.

Somewhere, Buddy Carter is thanking Jesus that he lost this primary.

I assumed this meant she did a bad job answering questions. She did an amazingly poor job at just introducing herself. She works in PR and can’t read with prosody. What are they thinking?!?

A reminder that Manchester City's UAE owners are playing footsy with the UK far-right, have been credibly accused of torturing scores of UK citizens, deployed an assassin to UK soil, and probably hacked 10 Downing Street. And unlike Man City, we publish our evidence 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...

Is this how we find out that @faineg.com has a side hustle on John Oliver?

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

I’d love to know what specific evidence of a crime the agents told the judge that they expected to find.

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

I’d ask if Brooks has mentioned anything about the Trumpists (and Republicans long before them) constantly calling Dems communists, but I feel like I know the answer.

REPORTER: coach, earlier today you said you had a plan in place for dinner tonight NICK SIRIANNI: that’s correct REPORTER: can you walk us through how you ended up with 15 baked potatoes on the table, just loose, with no plates or silverware NICK SIRIANNI: just gotta execute better

By request - A Trump quote without his voice or face. Trump without Trump. This quote is unedited and 100% accurate. It is from a Trump rally in Syracuse, NY from October 9, 2026. They Go Down!

In addition to how embarrassing this is, what strikes me is how he’s identifying himself with the state. “L’etat, c’est moi.”

Hey NY, Chicago here. I made you some graphics cause we're all on the same team. Fuck ICE.

Where a person puts the speech tag is a choice that influences how information is conveyed to the reader. Can’t imagine why I thought of that just now.

Cops are great www.ksdk.com/article/news...

images that spring to mind unbidden, part 999: "trans-inclusive radical misogyny" // "women should stay out of kitchens"

Today I learned?!?

Had my first student attempt to foist AI writing on me today. I don’t think he’ll try it again.

I’m reading this as, “The alternative to my war is Iran gets a nuke and destroys one of our cities, so my war is good.” It’s dumb, but that’s the argument he’s been making to justify his war. The Nebraskans cheering at the mention of Californian cities being nuked, on the other hand…

Holy shit.

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

I’ve tried to give The Paper a second look. Maybe the second season would be better? And it is. But it’s still not good. Unlike my beloved, cancelled Stumble.

Removing all computer assistance would make F1 insanely better. It might be the top thing I’d like to change.