Michael Smith
Long Covid has annihilated me. Disabled musician. Created tech behind transit data companies Swiftly and NextBus. Person behind robotaxi.news & helpBluesky.me . Co-founder of Walk SF. The War on Cars will be won by @safeStreetRebel !
- Hi #longCovid folks, have r posted in a while. But today I had quite a procedure. A dual Stellate Ganglion Block plus a dual Thoracic block. The SGB is my 4th and is for My cognitive issues. It increases blood flow to brain, which is why the right side of my head was much warmer after right side.
- Oh, and in my latest #LongCovid news, a package with $300 of immune system supplements was swiped off my front steps. It was only there for 5 minutes. Delivery person didn’t bother to ring my doorbell. Sheesh. Somehow I don’t think the swipers are going to appreciate their ill gotten loot.
- Is this an early April 1st joke?? Sounds like it. The legendary Toronado bar being bought by a bored apes DOGEbag and turned into a crypto bar?? sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/c...
- Teen Vogue once again gets the seminal interview. Yes, Teen Vogue. www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
- Wow, finally a good use for a Tesla, as done by Led By Donkeys. youtu.be/JKvxEKHySyE
- No problem is too great to surmount
- Well, that was quick. The only thing AI is good for is making really bad parody videos like this one. youtu.be/bQqxKKFvrLA?...
- I luv me some Space Karen shadenfreude. Just 4 days after the second-in-a-row SpaceX Starship blew up, X crashed and Tesla stock dropped by over 15% in one day. Genius - NOT!
- I know it’s an accurate article on the effects of COVID and #LongCovid when I have every single symptom described. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
- Reposted by Michael Smithlol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
- This is why we need more politicians who are trans. They can single handedly kill hateful anti-LGBTQ+ bills simply by talking about their families. Powerful. And the following speaker is really worth hearing as well. m.youtube.com/watch?si=bZe...
- Some personal #LongCovid good news/bad news: I am now officially disabled with respect to *any* gainful employment. The good part is that I am incredible fortunate in that my company’s disability policy will continue paying me. Bad news is that my body is a wreck.
- Apparently some orange clown gave a speech tonight about some alternate reality in his head. You of course don’t need to watch it. But you do need to watch Bernie Sanders’ great reply. www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...
- Wish folks would stop posting good news on Xitter instead of here. xrosspost.com/mgafni/statu...
- @gilduran.com did you see that New Yorker actually used the term “Techno-Fascism” in the headline of a story today. I’m impressed! www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
- Street art by 'Yescka' Oaxaca
- Must read interview with Ed Yong on life, #longCovid, and birdwatching. I have had great fortune to be part of Ed’s #longCovid bird watching outings where can commiserate with other #longCovid sufferers, at extremely slow pace, while enjoying the beauty of our world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
- How its going over on the hellsite... xrosspost.com/weirdotara/s...
- How come you often don’t hear about the SpaceX screw ups? www.space.com/space-explor...
- JSK is in the house and speaking truth
- For some in positions of power, the greatest fear isn't that a major policy might fail, but that it might prove wildly successful. Today's move to halt congestion pricing says nothing about transportation or economics—but everything about the people who oversee them. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/n...
- Excellent version of Rage Against the Machine. youtu.be/fAcYS-_8L2s
- My new favorite music on YouTube youtu.be/W-nqtKUlYrQ?...
- Thought it was an Onion parody article, but it turns out Elon Musk really found some serious fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
- Damn, Mike Rizzi is the only other person from UCB engineering school who was totally into punk rock. Nicest music nerd ever. www.sfgate.com/culture-even...
- Though it might be surprise, my doings sometime go beyond #LongCovid issues. Here is an op-Ed I wrote on transportation safety: sf.streetsblog.org/2025/02/11/o...
- This nice pic of Leon has already had quite an effect on the Orange Menace. Someone is quite ticked off for being viewed as a putz.
- Reposted by Michael SmithReceived a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
- Elon and his merry band of incels makes it into the New Yorker
- Wiley coyotes visit Chinatown. www.kqed.org/news/1202595...
