This bullshit trade war with Canada is a smokescreen for some nefarious fucking shit folks.
February 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
This bullshit trade war with Canada is a smokescreen for some nefarious fucking shit folks.
The Epstein file has Trump more rattled than anything actually happening in D.C.
This is a smokescreen!
This is a smokescreen!
August 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Epstein file has Trump more rattled than anything actually happening in D.C.
This is a smokescreen!
This is a smokescreen!
We can see through the smokescreen
January 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We can see through the smokescreen
corporate DEI was always ~90% wokewashing, though the government versions of it had more teeth. but even it it was a smokescreen, the anti-DEI movement is *also* a smokescreen for bringing back explicit white supremacy
I honestly don’t functionally disagree that a lot of DEI stuff has been annoying, pointless and some of it even actively counterproductive, I just think the backlash is several million times worse than whatever the issues were. It’s like murdering someone for chewing loudly.
I thought of DEI policies as mildly annoying like IRB. They exist for a reason but it's kind of hard to bureaucratize a response to a real concern. The bigger issue was if all my colleagues look like me or all my students look like me, that's not good, fair, or likely to be a vibrant place.
February 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
corporate DEI was always ~90% wokewashing, though the government versions of it had more teeth. but even it it was a smokescreen, the anti-DEI movement is *also* a smokescreen for bringing back explicit white supremacy
July 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Smokescreen Salamander
Always happy to paint a creature
Always happy to paint a creature
August 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Smokescreen Salamander
Always happy to paint a creature
Always happy to paint a creature
Another BS smokescreen. That is less than 1% of the evidence in this investigation. Like 0.01%. More evidence that they think their cult is gullible.
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Another BS smokescreen. That is less than 1% of the evidence in this investigation. Like 0.01%. More evidence that they think their cult is gullible.
September 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
More authoritarianism and intimidation. This is not about 2020. That’s the smokescreen. This is about the midterms and 2028. There will be a lot more of this in the coming months.
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
More authoritarianism and intimidation. This is not about 2020. That’s the smokescreen. This is about the midterms and 2028. There will be a lot more of this in the coming months.
Trump’s fight against Harvard used antisemitism as “smokescreen,” judge says
www.salon.com
Trump's fight against Harvard used antisemitism as "smokescreen," judge says - Salon.com
twp.ai
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Trump’s fight against Harvard used antisemitism as “smokescreen,” judge says
"So this might be a big smokescreen."
Bingo.
Bingo.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"So this might be a big smokescreen."
Bingo.
Bingo.
Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
It's been a VERY long time (5 years, apparently) but I have finally updated my website with a brand new article! If you are bored, check out this blurb all about Age of the Primes Smokescreen, a toy I forgot I had bought. All shares massively appreciated : www.toyboxsoapbox.com/2026/09/27/r...
September 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
It's been a VERY long time (5 years, apparently) but I have finally updated my website with a brand new article! If you are bored, check out this blurb all about Age of the Primes Smokescreen, a toy I forgot I had bought. All shares massively appreciated : www.toyboxsoapbox.com/2026/09/27/r...
point absolutely taken, agree, "accuracy" is just a smokescreen for racist cruelty and hysteria, but, um, I do. i would go absolutely fucking apeshit for something like this.
There is literally no reason why any rendition of Homer needs to be historically accurate.
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
May 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
point absolutely taken, agree, "accuracy" is just a smokescreen for racist cruelty and hysteria, but, um, I do. i would go absolutely fucking apeshit for something like this.
If all you can do to resist is exist, then do that, keep existing, the rest of us need you.
Smokescreen, Number 28 for my 1985 G1 artbook, painted by a real human.
Smokescreen, Number 28 for my 1985 G1 artbook, painted by a real human.
September 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If all you can do to resist is exist, then do that, keep existing, the rest of us need you.
Smokescreen, Number 28 for my 1985 G1 artbook, painted by a real human.
Smokescreen, Number 28 for my 1985 G1 artbook, painted by a real human.
It’s almost as if her alleged “standards” defense was just a smokescreen for her political decision.
Bari Weiss's Free Press website ran this screed by Matt Taibbi defending his lawsuit against a book author.
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
Matt Taibbi: To Protect Free Speech, I’m Suing the Man Who Defamed Me
There’s a difference between censorship, which prevents speech, and seeking restitution for a harmful lie already in print. That's why I'm suing the man who defamed me, writes Matt Taibbi.
www.thefp.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It’s almost as if her alleged “standards” defense was just a smokescreen for her political decision.
Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
March 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
Putin Propagandists Say Trump's Russia Threat Is Just an Epstein Smokescreen
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/putin-pals-s...
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/putin-pals-s...
Putin Pals Say Trump's Russia Threat Is Just an Epstein Smokescreen
Russian pundits and experts saw the Ukrainian announcement as subterfuge.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Putin Propagandists Say Trump's Russia Threat Is Just an Epstein Smokescreen
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/putin-pals-s...
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/putin-pals-s...
Harvard secures a win in the fight with Trump over federal research funding.
A federal judge said the Trump admin "used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities."
A federal judge said the Trump admin "used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities."
Harvard secures win in fight with Trump over federal research funding
A federal judge said the Trump administration "used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities."
www.politico.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Harvard secures a win in the fight with Trump over federal research funding.
A federal judge said the Trump admin "used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities."
A federal judge said the Trump admin "used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities."
BREAKING
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from freezing Harvard funding and said the administration is using antisemitism as a “smokescreen.”
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from freezing Harvard funding and said the administration is using antisemitism as a “smokescreen.”
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from freezing Harvard funding and said the administration is using antisemitism as a “smokescreen.”
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from freezing Harvard funding and said the administration is using antisemitism as a “smokescreen.”
@npr.org you know they aren't talking about actual antisemitism and you are free to write a headline that accurately portrays this smokescreen for what it is.
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
@npr.org you know they aren't talking about actual antisemitism and you are free to write a headline that accurately portrays this smokescreen for what it is.
how useful was/is the culture war as a smokescreen to veil class struggle? this useful
Media’s empathetic coverage of Luigi Mangione reveals an obsession with humanizing white male suspects
Media’s empathetic coverage of Luigi Mangione reveals an obsession with humanizing white male suspects
Interest in the United Healthcare CEO shooting suspect’s background underscores research that the media covers white and Black perpetrators differently
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who allegedly shot and killed the United Healthcare CEO Brian…
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:23 PM
how useful was/is the culture war as a smokescreen to veil class struggle? this useful
Only Democrats?
This is clearly a smokescreen—unless Trump is subpoenaed too.
Release the entire Epstein file with redactions only to protect the victims.
This is clearly a smokescreen—unless Trump is subpoenaed too.
Release the entire Epstein file with redactions only to protect the victims.
August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Only Democrats?
This is clearly a smokescreen—unless Trump is subpoenaed too.
Release the entire Epstein file with redactions only to protect the victims.
This is clearly a smokescreen—unless Trump is subpoenaed too.
Release the entire Epstein file with redactions only to protect the victims.
Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax. Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax, if it's a hoax. And I have another concern about these investigations he's announced. If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smokescreen."