Paul K. Smith
@paulksmith.bsky.social
#Financier of US Startups; & JVs in Asia #Physicist #Author: Strategy. #Playwright: 26 Recent NY Shows (Sarah's Rapture, Pablo's Kisses, Women of Paris, Badass Women, City Suite, Day of Promise, Ritual Cleansing, Rebooting Life, Break-Up, Twilight of Joy..
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Paul K. Smith
@paulksmith.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Respect Your Elders - A clip from the film Second Hand Lions
YouTube video by Micah N. Cruz
www.youtube.com
“I fought in 2 World Wars—countless smaller ones. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from Swords to artillery & Tanks. I’ve seen the headwaters of the Nile—made & lost a dozen fortunes, killed men & Loved only 1 Woman—with a Passion you could never Begin to realize. THAT’s WHO I AM!”
📘...📖 : 🤑🤑🤑🤑 🚀 🛰️ 🌌
In these days of insane and greedy billionaires, I wrote a short scifi story about one potential outcome. You can find over one hundred other stories on the free site.
soren-boye-petersen.itch.io/manifest-des...
soren-boye-petersen.itch.io/manifest-des...
Manifest Destiny by Tales from the Morrigan
Forty-one billionaires fled Earth to build utopia. Turns out wealth and competence are not the same thing
soren-boye-petersen.itch.io
September 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
📘...📖 : 🤑🤑🤑🤑 🚀 🛰️ 🌌
🦧🤴🤡 : 🇺🇸⛵ , 🇬🇱⛵
September 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🦧🤴🤡 : 🇺🇸⛵ , 🇬🇱⛵
👶🐺🐕................‼️
September 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
👶🐺🐕................‼️
😽...🐕 cf. 🐶🐈
September 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
😽...🐕 cf. 🐶🐈
🛏️.............🪜..................🐕....
September 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🛏️.............🪜..................🐕....
👩🎨🖌️🎨 : 🪷 🌲
September 17, 2026 at 4:19 PM
👩🎨🖌️🎨 : 🪷 🌲
😾 🍽️
September 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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💃🧹 FBI warns of 'tradwife' threat, that:
Women are creating fictitious online dating profiles to attract, then dox men participating in immigration enforcement. The profiles lean on a 'traditional wife' aesthetic designed to lure agents into a date, to be exposed & doxed online to embarrass them."
Women are creating fictitious online dating profiles to attract, then dox men participating in immigration enforcement. The profiles lean on a 'traditional wife' aesthetic designed to lure agents into a date, to be exposed & doxed online to embarrass them."
ICE on high alert as FBI warns of lurking 'tradwife' threat: report #RawStory
www.rawstory.com
ICE on high alert as FBI warns of lurking 'tradwife' threat: report
twp.ai
September 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
💃🧹 FBI warns of 'tradwife' threat, that:
Women are creating fictitious online dating profiles to attract, then dox men participating in immigration enforcement. The profiles lean on a 'traditional wife' aesthetic designed to lure agents into a date, to be exposed & doxed online to embarrass them."
Women are creating fictitious online dating profiles to attract, then dox men participating in immigration enforcement. The profiles lean on a 'traditional wife' aesthetic designed to lure agents into a date, to be exposed & doxed online to embarrass them."
🦧🤴🤡 : 🎭🏛️⛏️
September 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🦧🤴🤡 : 🎭🏛️⛏️
🦧🤴🏌️
Meanwhile, in a land far, far away… a desperate plea…
September 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
🦧🤴🏌️
🐶..💞...🐕........
September 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
🐶..💞...🐕........
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September 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖 🤴 🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖
September 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖 🤴 🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖
😱😱😱😱😱 : 🏔️......⏳....🌄
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
"No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
September 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
😱😱😱😱😱 : 🏔️......⏳....🌄
🧚📡🛰️👨🚀..............."Ground Control to Ranger Tom" 🌳🦊
We have TWO new podcast episodes!
In Ground Control to Ranger Tom, Penny speaks to Knepp woodsman @therusticranger.bsky.social about Knepp's ancient trees.
In Dam Good News for Beavers, Penny chats with Knepp's new lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social
🔊https://knepp.co.uk/wildland-podcast/
In Ground Control to Ranger Tom, Penny speaks to Knepp woodsman @therusticranger.bsky.social about Knepp's ancient trees.
In Dam Good News for Beavers, Penny chats with Knepp's new lead ecologist @mostlyscarce.bsky.social
🔊https://knepp.co.uk/wildland-podcast/
September 17, 2026 at 7:39 AM
🧚📡🛰️👨🚀..............."Ground Control to Ranger Tom" 🌳🦊
🤑 vs. 🌏, 🤑 vs. 🌍, 🤑 vs. 🌎
🌱 "I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change.
But I was wrong.
The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy... and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation." —Gus Speth
But I was wrong.
The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy... and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation." —Gus Speth
September 17, 2026 at 6:35 AM
🤑 vs. 🌏, 🤑 vs. 🌍, 🤑 vs. 🌎
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Let's play - "is this a book plot or my real life?" with the following statement: I met up with my ex's ex last night, and she and I worked out ALL the lies that had been told to us both by him 👀
September 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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🌇 🧟♀️🧟♂️ 🧟♀️ 🧟♂️🧟♀️ 🌙
Welcoming the Equinox light in at La Hougue Bie. A deliberate and powerful Neolithic alignment that illuminates the burial chamber just twice a year. Very lucky to be invited to witness this prehistoric spectacle. 🏺
September 17, 2026 at 6:28 AM
🌇 🧟♀️🧟♂️ 🧟♀️ 🧟♂️🧟♀️ 🌙
🗽🛳️ 🇫🇷 "Back to Paris"
September 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
🗽🛳️ 🇫🇷 "Back to Paris"
🪚🐟 🐓 "Teeth of critically endangered sawfish species continue to be used as cockfighting spurs in Latin America despite bans.
Sawfish have a long, saw-like snout lined with teeth-like scales. They use their snout to send out electric signals to shock prey, slice like a sword; then devour the catch.
Sawfish have a long, saw-like snout lined with teeth-like scales. They use their snout to send out electric signals to shock prey, slice like a sword; then devour the catch.
September 17, 2026 at 2:54 AM
🪚🐟 🐓 "Teeth of critically endangered sawfish species continue to be used as cockfighting spurs in Latin America despite bans.
Sawfish have a long, saw-like snout lined with teeth-like scales. They use their snout to send out electric signals to shock prey, slice like a sword; then devour the catch.
Sawfish have a long, saw-like snout lined with teeth-like scales. They use their snout to send out electric signals to shock prey, slice like a sword; then devour the catch.
🎭 💃💃💃💃 💃💃💃 💃💃 💃
September 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
🎭 💃💃💃💃 💃💃💃 💃💃 💃
📜 🤑v🇮🇷 Reputedly the world's richest man, Croesus consulted Apollo's Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle said:
{If he should send an army against Persia he would destroy a great empire.} His subsequent invasion destroyed His own empire. The Oracle was accurate. Not the last to invade Persia to his dismay.
{If he should send an army against Persia he would destroy a great empire.} His subsequent invasion destroyed His own empire. The Oracle was accurate. Not the last to invade Persia to his dismay.
// While the current US-Israel war against Iran is different in many ways to ancient wars directed at Persia, the 3rd-century Sasanian rock reliefs are reminders of what can go wrong.
theconversation.com/an-ancient-o...
theconversation.com/an-ancient-o...
An ancient oracle warned invading Persia would backfire – from Croesus to Trump, rulers have failed to listen
The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a lot easier to start than end.
theconversation.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:31 AM
📜 🤑v🇮🇷 Reputedly the world's richest man, Croesus consulted Apollo's Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle said:
{If he should send an army against Persia he would destroy a great empire.} His subsequent invasion destroyed His own empire. The Oracle was accurate. Not the last to invade Persia to his dismay.
{If he should send an army against Persia he would destroy a great empire.} His subsequent invasion destroyed His own empire. The Oracle was accurate. Not the last to invade Persia to his dismay.
🧚♂️🪄🏡🏠🏠🏠...🏘️...🏠🏠🏠🏠🏡🔨
September 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
🧚♂️🪄🏡🏠🏠🏠...🏘️...🏠🏠🏠🏠🏡🔨
🌊 🎵 🙋♀️🗽🙋♂️ 🪕👨🎤🎙️ 🎵
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
🌊 🎵 🙋♀️🗽🙋♂️ 🪕👨🎤🎙️ 🎵