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sam smith

@smixsam

Designer in Glasgow. Interested in apps, people, places, and how things work. Link in bio: smixs.am Work with me: samwsmith.design Blog: https://smixsam.substack.com

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Happy birthday!!!

11.01.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The great thing about being a transit nerd is that I’ve never respected Elon Musk

10.01.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 644 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 6

Gotta block them all! Block early, block often!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

18.10.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 590 πŸ” 234 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 25
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Cocomelon For Adults Podcast Episode Β· Search Engine Β· 10/10/2025 Β· 47m

We’re heading for colours and shapes… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

12.10.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glasgow City Centre felt just right without traffic today

05.10.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Β£10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld Why the "Town of Tomorrow" fails us today

"Cumbernauld didn’t fail because modernism was doomed. It failed because they let it rot, and then told us it was inevitable." My thoughts on the town of tomorrow, today! open.substack.com/pub/smixsam/...

25.09.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We can dream!

15.09.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Β£10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld Why the "Town of Tomorrow" fails us today

The Β£10 Return Fare – and Everything Else that Went Wrong with Cumbernauld
open.substack.com/pub/smixsam/...

14.09.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This government is such a cataclysmic disappointment in every way

05.09.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any plans here MUST take account of the future cross-Clyde rail tunnel and the main station linking Queen Street and Central. It's an inevitability and a necessity and the fact that Glasgow hasn't yet developed safeguarded plans means opportunities like this will be wasted.

23.08.2025 04:46 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

And they justify a nice IKEA trip

08.06.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Discovery+ is to watching live sports what PE in high school is to taking part in live sports

27.05.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A stock photo of two people doing business on a staircase.

A stock photo of two people doing business on a staircase.

Two dudes standing around a watercooler, presumably having a 'watercooler conversation' about last night's Seinfeld or whatever.

Two dudes standing around a watercooler, presumably having a 'watercooler conversation' about last night's Seinfeld or whatever.

A woman reclining in a chair in a business suit with her shoes off.

A woman reclining in a chair in a business suit with her shoes off.

A guy in a suit on a city street doing some damn business on a cell phone. The business never stops!!!!!

A guy in a suit on a city street doing some damn business on a cell phone. The business never stops!!!!!

Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.

21.05.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 7376 πŸ” 1872 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 372

100%

28.04.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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music is so relatable!

25.04.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just find it interesting how many British centrists can see the issue when billionaire Elon Musk uses his money and power to influence American law and Government policy to operate how he wants it to, but don’t see the problem when JK Rowling does the same in Britain.

20.04.2025 11:41 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Love Primeval

19.04.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually

If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.

16.04.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 5361 πŸ” 1533 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 132
Twitter post asking: Should we be told where we can walk out
dogs?
Yes or No
Above a screenshot of a news headline: 'This is an Islamic area now. Don't walk your dogs here': Police probe sign in east London park

Twitter post asking: Should we be told where we can walk out dogs? Yes or No Above a screenshot of a news headline: 'This is an Islamic area now. Don't walk your dogs here': Police probe sign in east London park

Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? πŸ€”

Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…

🧡1/22 (1/1)

13.04.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 1211 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 119

Are we at the β€œsacking Kwasi Kwarteng” stage yet?

09.04.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, something light to distract us from the news

07.04.2025 10:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Joke’s on you, I haven’t replaced the batteries in one of mine 😎

29.03.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Digging out the old Simpsons DVDs to bring some new life into a vintage iMac

29.03.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before Pixar was making movies like Toy Story, they made software and its whole purpose was 3D text on some very basic Windows PCs.

16.03.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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…what?

20.03.2025 23:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a good thing

18.03.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Val d'Oro Chip shop in Glasgow has nailed its colours to the mast. How you react is up to you, but you do have a right to take that into consideration in making your choice of who to give your business.

06.03.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

TEAM COCO!

02.03.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well it used fairly standard (albeit advanced) techniques to separate and clean up vocals from a recording from the 70’s. It’s really not connected to the same kind of GenAI slop you see elsewhere. Conflating the two is misleading and unhelpful

01.03.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Beatles song isn’t β€œAI music shoved out on the cheap” at all…

01.03.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0