Michael Smith

Michael Smith

@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Cyclist, Traveler & Problem solver

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Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Being able to check a recipe in the supermarket, navigation, being able to tell people you are running late, medical science, brakes that work on bikes, torched and lights not running on 3 D Cell Batteries for 10 mins chances of surviving a car crash, recycling, beer and many others

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

The "Bribery and Compliance" training always seems to walk a tightrope between what not to do and how to do it better

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social

A conversation has reminded me of the worst ever training I received. Anti-discrimination stuff as part of a graduate scheme. An external lawyer asked us to list the ways we could discriminate against someone and wrote them on a whiteboard. He then told us which were illegal and crossed them out.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Poor Take is his Stage Name

Ruth Deyermond@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Sub Wars Coming to a Eurogarages near you - Greggs looking over with a sausage roll shouting FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social

Can’t believe no one has ever thought of the idea of selling us hot food. I, for one, am both excited and, if I’m honest, a little apprehensive about the idea of warm food. www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

So from now until a month after the Budget we are going to get a bunch of these half baked tax/spend policy every week - oh joy

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social

Universities UK wants the government to scrap employer National Insurance for everyone under 25. It doesn’t say what that would cost. Or how many jobs it would create. So we did the maths: £6–7bn a year, or £60-100k for every additional job. A 🧵 on dumb tax policy.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Please donate where you can - it does cost a lot to get a massive emotional punch in the guts but it will be worth it

Wor Flags@worflags.org.uk

🖤🤍 Final preparations underway for tomorrow's Kevin Keegan display! 🖤🤍 Our volunteers have been at work getting the pulley flag ready for match day. If you haven't already chipped in, please consider donating. Every penny makes a difference. 👉 worflags.org.uk/donate

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TheFSA
@thefsa.bsky.social

As a new season gets underway, football fans across the country are being urged to support efforts to eradicate tragedy chanting from the game. Tragedy chanting can land fans in serious trouble, including convictions and banning orders. We don’t want to see football fans criminalised.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

and lets not forget @georgecaulkin.bsky.social your main job these days is to make grown men cry with deeply emotional pieces about wonderful and less wonderful things going on at Newcastle Untitled. Keep up the great work

George Caulkin@georgecaulkin.bsky.social

I am going to address this. The way I have done my job has been consistent for 30+ yrs. I try to find out what’s happening & explain. The only way to do that is by speaking to people & attempting to build relationships. On occasion those relationships get blurred ... I loved Sir Bobby for instance.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

This all goes back to the idea that any political scandal post should go up for 24hrs without saying who it's about and see how people react (ideal world stuff)

James Ball@jamesrball.com

It is silly not to apologise imo, or to make it dragged out of you did. It's a good defensive line: "of course I'll say sorry, it was an accident and shouldn't have happened" and means in future you can make a point of saying *you* apologised for your mistake so why won't X apologise for theirs?

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Jeff Livingstone
@defjeff.bsky.social

I don’t think I can begin to get across how much this amazing man means to me, or how, in the space a of a few short months he seemed to transform the world, because, as far as I was concerned, he did. (short 🧵 following if I can compose myself)

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Got 2 choices - One practically unfilmable the 2nd pure computers taking to each other

Empire Magazine@empiremagazine.bsky.social

Question for you – After The Odyssey, what should Christopher Nolan tackle next? Reply with your answer, and you might see it in print in our next issue...

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Sydney Nolan's Snake www.sidneynolantrust.org/nolan-100/sn... Partly of where it is - MONA is a very special place to me, partly as every time you see it you see something else - but how it dominates the room and draws you to see a new face every time

Jodi Pickens 🏳️‍🌈🖖✨@jodipickens.bsky.social

Art question 🎨 What painting, photograph, sculpture, or piece of visual art has stayed with you long after you first saw it? Not necessarily your favorite. The one that lingered.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

the second will be Tim - part of Wim Delvoye's work and one of the more confronting things you will see - I saw him sitting live at MONA just hanging around with the art he would become - challenging

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Perth batting like he had to win the game on his own SA - that huge knock The monster bowling spells ODI WC Headingly 2019 leading like a leader Inspiring players to be themselves It didn't all work but when it did it was incredible - one of the best ever to play all formats of the game

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Watching from the other side of the world (Aus) in daytime, having done the same of the Scottish Indy Red - the feeling was a strong swing to leave in places would be matched by stronger remain in other areas (along with that many people won't be that stupid)

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social

Because we are 10 years on. I still don’t really understand that period of 60-90 minutes after the Sunderland results when people still thought remain would win and markets didn’t react. Absolutely mad twilight zone experience.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

I went to School next door to Hogwarts

Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social

It's quite a fun exercise to try to work out what the most working class and most middle class version of the story of your own social background you could tell. (I could tell wildly different stories about my own social class by picking the biographies of two grandparents - one from each parent.)

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Oh, Deborah, do you recall? Your house was very small With woodchip on the wall When I came around to call You didn't notice me at all And I said Let's all meet up in the year 2000

James Ball@jamesrball.com

🎵Sink my teeth into your scalp, take a nice big bite Save nothing for the cameras, play the angles all night One of these days my legs will both snap like twigs If you can't beat 'em, make 'em bleed like pigs🎵

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

and somehow they will spend big again this summer while other clubs are forced to sell home grown players to try and compete....

Richard Jolly@richjolly.bsky.social

Man Utd release Jadon Sancho as a £73m signing goes for nothing after just 83 games. Three signings who cost almost £150m are leaving as their contracts expire: www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

independent.co.ukJadon Sancho released by Man Utd as £150m trio leave on free transfersManchester United opted against extending Sancho’s contract by a year, bringing an expensive five-year spell with the club to an end
Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

Just a bit of Cricket......

Chris Addison@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social

Off to Lord’s for a day cowering under the stands, checking weather apps, debating the merits of bazball and texting Zaltzman to see if he can get us in somewhere warm. Possibly a bit of cricket, also.

Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

obviously it's PSG's fault for not giving them enough corners

Richard Jolly@richjolly.bsky.social

Arsenal tried to defend their way to glory. They defended very well, but they attacked too little. They had one shot on target. On Arteta and his approach in the Champions League final: www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

independent.co.ukHow Arsenal’s endless attrition cost them the Champions League finalMikel Arteta tasked the Gunners to defend and nullify PSG’s attacking threats but Arsenal were eventually undone by set pieces
Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social

We appealed as we thought we should be OK cheating - now we have failed we accept we probably were ****s

Richard Jolly@richjolly.bsky.social

Southampton fail in their appeal against spygate punishment. Verdict of expulsion from the play-offs and a four-point penalty for next season is upheld. Southampton say they will react with humility and try and regain the trust of fans: www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

independent.co.ukSouthampton’s EFL appeal rejected with play-off ban for spying scandal upheldThe Saints appealled against their expulsion from the Championship final play-off on Saturday