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 🚫👑
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
Learned this morning on The Downballot's Discord that actor Robert Duncan McNeill, AKA Tom Paris of "Star Trek: Voyager," is running as a Democrat for a seat on the Wasatch County, UT Council!
Wasatch County Council candidate Robert McNeill values transparency, accountability - Park Record
Heber City resident and hopeful political newcomer Robert Duncan McNeill is stepping in as the Democratic candidate for Wasatch County Council at-large Seat A.
www.parkrecord.com
September 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Learned this morning on The Downballot's Discord that actor Robert Duncan McNeill, AKA Tom Paris of "Star Trek: Voyager," is running as a Democrat for a seat on the Wasatch County, UT Council!
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.
September 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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!
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.
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.
September 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
THIS! This all day long and twice on Sunday!
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
What is absolutely wild is that the Feds blocking reporters from the White House feels like just another day that ends in y, when it’s actually
Lol
Alt: Guy mouthing the words “what the fuck?!”
static.klipy.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What is absolutely wild is that the Feds blocking reporters from the White House feels like just another day that ends in y, when it’s actually
PLEASE 👏 LISTEN 👏TO 👏 PROFESSOR 👏 REICH!
As a new NFL season begins, here’s a reminder: publicly funded stadiums for billionaire sports team owners are a scam. Watch.
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Billionaires have found one more way to fleece the public: sports stadiums.And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our f
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
PLEASE 👏 LISTEN 👏TO 👏 PROFESSOR 👏 REICH!
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
On the 91st anniversary of Social Security, these words from FDR are just as important today:
August 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
On the 91st anniversary of Social Security, these words from FDR are just as important today:
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
The best people… SMDH….
Statement from the Amy Acton Campaign for Governor in Ohio
September 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The best people… SMDH….
Ginger, where’s the popcorn?
September 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Ginger, where’s the popcorn?
THIS! This is the fucking message we need!
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.>
September 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
THIS! This is the fucking message we need!
Yes, because they're losing the midterms, and need to ragebait the base. #RandPaulIsAnAsshole #Fauci
Covid rage had subsided. Then Congress called Fauci to testify.
Lawmakers’ anger boiled as they questioned the former Covid czar.
www.politico.com
July 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Yes, because they're losing the midterms, and need to ragebait the base. #RandPaulIsAnAsshole #Fauci
…By Jake Fucking Tapper
July 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
…By Jake Fucking Tapper
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
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
July 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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
I have never been more thankful to be married than i was after reading this…. If you need Claude to tell you if you had a bad date, please touch grass.
I‘ll just note that the word “friends” appears only in the headline
Definitionally, these are not “friends.”
July 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I have never been more thankful to be married than i was after reading this…. If you need Claude to tell you if you had a bad date, please touch grass.
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
A thread of Trump getting booed all over New York:
1) Booed in the street as his motorcade arrived.
1) Booed in the street as his motorcade arrived.
June 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
A thread of Trump getting booed all over New York:
1) Booed in the street as his motorcade arrived.
1) Booed in the street as his motorcade arrived.
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
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.
June 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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.
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
@oliverbullough.bsky.social reckoning that 80% of the luxury watch trade is for money laundering unlocked something for me.
(this is a fantastic piece all around)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
(this is a fantastic piece all around)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · Squillions: Where’s all the cash?
If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@oliverbullough.bsky.social reckoning that 80% of the luxury watch trade is for money laundering unlocked something for me.
(this is a fantastic piece all around)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
(this is a fantastic piece all around)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This.
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
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
June 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
This.
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
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
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
May 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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
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
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
When community members gathered at Delaney Hall in Newark to expose the inhumane conditions inside, they were met with aggression from the State Police. Turning a blind eye to human suffering and responding with force against demonstrators is a failure of leadership. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
June 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When community members gathered at Delaney Hall in Newark to expose the inhumane conditions inside, they were met with aggression from the State Police. Turning a blind eye to human suffering and responding with force against demonstrators is a failure of leadership. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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!
So proud to serve with @dionmcgill.bsky.social . Great op-ed, sir. thetriibe.com/2026/06/opin...
OPINION: Y’all really want to create a youth incarceration machine over teen trends, huh? • The TRiiBE
We cannot have this conversation about “teen trends” in Chicago without addressing the racial component embedded within it.
thetriibe.com
June 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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!
Reposted by Gopher Smith, PhD
This is as succinct and searing an overview of the conflagration at Delaney I've read.
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...
To make it worse, Sherrill invoked the vile "outside agitator" trope of 1960s segregationists
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...
Mikie Sherrill’s state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace | Will Bunch
New Jersey state troopers meant to protect Newark protesters from ICE are violently shredding the First Amendment instead.
www.inquirer.com
June 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is as succinct and searing an overview of the conflagration at Delaney I've read.