Travis ‘Nep’ Smith

A client recently asked if I recommended moving to Mastodon or Bluesky, given that Bluesky is experiencing a big influx from X (a.k.a the big Xit) right now. I thought I’d answer here to share with a wider audience. hopstudios.com/blog/bluesky...

I wish the women would stick around for the last final here at USAU Nationals and support the men instead of leaving early. It’s so disrespectful and these guys really do play so well. #USAU #ultimate

If you have questions still about the big vote in Alberta, here’s a wonderful place to get answers.

Shortcuts have been around for a while, but they used to be confusing to create. With the release of iOS 27, shortcuts are no longer as difficult to make as they once were. Now you open the Shortcuts app and answer the simple question: “What do you want your shortcut to do?”

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Lloyd Robertson, signing off. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

“The spy-tech subplot in Swift’s love story reminds us that artificial intelligence has radically & rapidly rewritten the rules of privacy. “ @evangreer.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/tayl...

I'll tell you why. Because corporate surveillance has never been about safety or security. It has always been about the consolidation of power, protection of profit, and the petty grievances of the super-rich. Join @fightforthefuture.org's campaign to ban the use of AI surveillance at concerts!

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

The public reaction to Instagram’s “opt-out” default for a new AI feature was notable for its swiftness. “That was a clear and immediate pushback,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @WIRED.com. “Honestly, it was great to see how quickly that happened.”

The Reddit web site is now giving me a blocking popup after I’ve been reading just a few posts, telling me I need to download and switch to the Reddit app to continue using Reddit. What a great way to get me to break my Reddit habit.

Wow. 😮

Since folks have been asking: Yes, I am in fact in the recent and final Jackass movie.

In honor of it being Friday, here's something light to make you laugh, about a cat that was summoned for Jury Duty. The comments are equally hilarious. www.reddit.com/r/cats/comme... (Should we tell him it's Thursday?) (....shhhhhhh)

If you live in L.A., I totally recommend checking out this daily news brief email. Well-written, blessedly short, very curated. If you sign up with this referral link, I'll share the bonus tote bag with you. But honestly, I just like supporting independent media. lamaterial.com/subscribe?re...

I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com

How to fix soccer: 1. The field is too wide. Narrow it. 2. Too many players on the field. Limit it to five forwards and two who stay back. 3. Players should get to sub whenever a point is scored. Don't stop the game. 4. Ball is too bouncy. Make it flatter. 5. You can throw the ball too. 6. No refs.

After a decade lost to indecision and treading the perceived high ground, the Democrats are finally ready to redistrict like our lives depend on it.

I'm not crying, you're crying.

It’s official: I’m now powered by 100% all-natural single-origin locally sourced cruelty-free fusion reactor photons. Yes, my house is now energized by The Sun. 🌞 I’m a solfarmer! I’m off the grid, baby! (It’s just nice to have something on the roof other than a frisbee.)

I love hearing about OpenMedia doing what it does best

From @openmedia.org www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky

BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes. This should be our final alarm bell:.We can have privacy or we can have C22, not both! #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

The panel about Spirit of the Game went so, so well. Shoutout to Wolf for moderating and gratitude to great co-guests Buddha, Sofia and Gabi who have so much head and so much heart all full of Spirit. #SpiritBeyondSports #sotg www.youtube.com/live/va7uW2g...

Please join me virtually on Sunday. There’s now an official press release, even! wfdf.sport/2026/05/spir...

On International Spirit of the Game Day (May 10), I'll be part of a panel of international experts speaking about how Spirit has made us each better people overall. I'd love it if you watched the live stream: 11 PT 12 MT 14 ET 18 UTC #SpiritBeyondSports #SOTG www.youtube.com/live/va7uW2g...

A friend asks: “Has it occurred to anyone that the MAGAs think you have to show IDs at restaurants because they’ve been eating all their meals at strip clubs? This isn’t even an unreasonable theory”

“It’s an illusion, Michael”

fuuuuuuck

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

“National security is not a blank check to proceed with otherwise unlawful activity” Quote of the year?

Thank goodness

I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park. August, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR 🎞 37 mm – 1/9″ – f/16 – ISO 160 🏷️ #NationalParks #Photography #Landscapes

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

IT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!! Drastic times call for drastic measures. If you can stay home, AWESOME. If you can't, please consider NOT BUYING anything that day. The POINT is the pressure of OUR POWER. #MAYDay #May1st #GeneralStrike #NOBusinessAsUSUAL www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

A good friend of mine is captain of an ultimate frisbee team, and she always defined Spirit of the Game as "Don't Be a Dick" #sotg So when I saw a patch and sticker with that on it, I ... went a little crazy and ended up with a bakers dozen. Thanks, retrogradesupplyco, for your excellent choices!

Bruce Springsteen, tonight in Minneapolis, was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. A true American rock star. Grateful to have been here.

April fool's day was more impressive in the past. These were all published many decades ago, before Al, before Photoshop. Someone in the photo-lab spend quite some time putting these picture together with their bare hands:

Well done. #NoKings