Michael Smith
@smithmichaelw.bsky.social
Cyclist, Traveler & Problem solver
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a fucking horse!
Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
September 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a fucking horse!
Poor Take is his Stage Name
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 🧵
The West helped create Vladimir Putin.
A senior Western diplomat warned in 1994 where capitalist 'shock therapy' would take Russia.
They ignored him - and ended his diplomatic career.
A senior Western diplomat warned in 1994 where capitalist 'shock therapy' would take Russia.
They ignored him - and ended his diplomatic career.
September 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Poor Take is his Stage Name
Sub Wars Coming to a Eurogarages near you - Greggs looking over with a sausage roll shouting FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
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’
www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’
September 25, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Sub Wars Coming to a Eurogarages near you - Greggs looking over with a sausage roll shouting FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
trying to remember but I think it was before it was an illegal AI porn generator but after it went full Fascist Bot Farm
Bsky users post their admiration daily. Probably why you left X... too many notes.
bsky.app/profile/rati...
bsky.app/profile/rati...
Bsky users really love X's Community Notes... something lacking over here, notably. I wonder why...
September 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
trying to remember but I think it was before it was an illegal AI porn generator but after it went full Fascist Bot Farm
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
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.
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.
September 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social Simple Question I hope
If these donations are found to have been illegal/against rules etc. will Reform have to repay them? Much like everything else that consequence could be the final straw as I assume a lot of this money has already been spent
If these donations are found to have been illegal/against rules etc. will Reform have to repay them? Much like everything else that consequence could be the final straw as I assume a lot of this money has already been spent
September 4, 2026 at 8:29 AM
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social Simple Question I hope
If these donations are found to have been illegal/against rules etc. will Reform have to repay them? Much like everything else that consequence could be the final straw as I assume a lot of this money has already been spent
If these donations are found to have been illegal/against rules etc. will Reform have to repay them? Much like everything else that consequence could be the final straw as I assume a lot of this money has already been spent
Scarlet Blockbuster
August 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Scarlet Blockbuster
What an incredible day saying goodbye to a legend not the result we wanted but a Keegan game with drama to the end. #NUFC KK gone but never forgotten
August 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
What an incredible day saying goodbye to a legend not the result we wanted but a Keegan game with drama to the end. #NUFC KK gone but never forgotten
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
🖤🤍 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
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
August 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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
Reposted by Michael Smith
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.
Tragedy chanting can land fans in serious trouble, including convictions and banning orders.
We don’t want to see football fans criminalised.
August 18, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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.
Tragedy chanting can land fans in serious trouble, including convictions and banning orders.
We don’t want to see football fans criminalised.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba... Good to see years of bullshit are catching up with a proper scumbag
The transfer window that broke Fabrizio Romano
As controversial reporter hints at career change after a summer of backlash, sources tell The i Paper about his methods, how his influence shapes the transfer market and what football really thinks of...
inews.co.uk
August 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
inews.co.uk/sport/footba... Good to see years of bullshit are catching up with a proper scumbag
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
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.
August 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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
July 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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)
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?
Someone tally up how many times Victoria Derbyshire has asked Zack Polanski to apologise. It's a bit Michael Howard vs Paxo
July 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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)
July 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Arriving on time is late.
What's your old person trait?
July 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Arriving on time is late.
Reposted by Michael Smith
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)
(short 🧵 following if I can compose myself)
July 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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)
(short 🧵 following if I can compose myself)
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba... amazing who some people are happy to see win
July 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba... amazing who some people are happy to see win
Got 2 choices - One practically unfilmable the 2nd pure computers taking to each other
July 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Got 2 choices - One practically unfilmable the 2nd pure computers taking to each other
Reposted by Michael Smith
Supported by the FSA, non-league and community-owned clubs will be coming together this week to shine a light on mental health as part of the “Better Together” weekend: thefsa.org.uk/news/better-...
July 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Supported by the FSA, non-league and community-owned clubs will be coming together this week to shine a light on mental health as part of the “Better Together” weekend: thefsa.org.uk/news/better-...
Reposted by Michael Smith
Dan Burn doing his party piece of hammering the fuck out of a headed clearance. "This one's for Lindisfarne!"
July 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Dan Burn doing his party piece of hammering the fuck out of a headed clearance. "This one's for Lindisfarne!"
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
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
July 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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
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