Caleb Smith

I try to think clearly about difficult things.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

I've been building a plugin for writing novels in Obsidian inspired by Scrivener's workflow as a fun side project.

Binders lets a folder keep the order you give it, then shows the same notes as a corkboard, an outliner, one editable manuscript, or a timeline. Snapshots and export included. All plain Markdown!

https://t.co/plg0tLEBR3

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@obsdmd I am using this myself to write, but thought I'd build it out as a full open-source project to share.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

I've been building a plugin for writing novels in Obsidian inspired by Scrivener's workflow as a fun side project.

Binders lets a folder keep the order you give it, then shows the same notes as a corkboard, an outliner, one editable manuscript, or a timeline. Snapshots and export included. All plain Markdown!

https://t.co/plg0tLEBR3

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

Is Tucker here also implying 9/11 was an Israeli false flag?

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Charlie Kirk suspected immediately that October 7 was an Israeli false flag. Our leaders ignored him, which is why our empire is now being destroyed by Netanyahu-led wars. Dave Smith on this generation’s 9-11.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

No politician, Vance included, deserves the loyalty and support of the people. They must earn it, and I do not Vance has done that.

[National Conservatism @NatConTalk]

"J.D. Vance is the successor to Donald Trump.

We support J.D. Vance.
MAGA supports J.D. Vance.
J.D. Vance is not an anti-Semite.

If you want to help strengthen this relationship, the sooner you get on the Vance train, the better."

— @WilliamWolfe at NatCon Jerusalem.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@MichaelFKane @EidolonOracle This is a very common pathogen in writers. Where they enjoy writing the big moments of a story or idea rather than spending quality time consistently writing the tissue in between these moments.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

Are we just going to forget about the Vietnam and Korean wars?

[Alexander Thatcher @ThatchEffendi]

I think it's instructive that the government that chose "the unapologetic pursuit of national power" is presiding over the most obvious collapse of American political power abroad since the 1920s.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@Nikos_17 Actually, the fact that he can give a speech and so successfully handle involvement with the Trump administration is a demonstration of his competence as a coalitional figure.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@Euroautocrata One only need look at this chart to see this to be true.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

How have we arrived at the perception the US cannot win wars against even small or regional powers?

It's because in the last fifty years, very few presidents have outlined realistic terms (or even any terms at all) for what victory looks like.

[Scott Strgacich @scottstrga]

Likening yourself to Athens while losing a war with the Persians is quite a move.

Nice backdrop, though.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@Malinowski The pursuit of national power is not inherently bad, depending on what your nation stands for. The pursuit of American national power is a good thing, and the pursuit of Chinese national power is a bad thing. The values on which our two nations are built diverge greatly.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

Imagine applying this strain of thought to virtually any other technological revolution in human history:

"Nobody voted for these evil tycoons to build railroads and destroy thousands of valuable wagon driver jobs!"

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Weird tech guys are busy building technology that will likely put millions of people out of work and upend our lives in unprecedented ways — a change that nobody voted for, and few of us want or will benefit from — and somehow so many people on the Right have chosen the “this is fine, let’s allow the tech guys who hate us to do whatever the hell they want and transform society in whatever way they prefer while they become trillionaires and everyone else loses everything” side of the debate. Perhaps the most extraordinarily stupid political miscalculation of all time. We’re supposed to be the ones who actually value human life and the human experience.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

I am truly confused how anyone could listen to this 30 minute speech and walk away with your perception.

[Simon Nixon @Simon_Nixon]

Imagine going to Athens of all places, the cradle of democracy and the rule of law, to make a speech that revels in unadulterated fascism and glorification of the strong man. Chilling stuff.

Do indeed listen to understand what the rest of the West is up against

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

The value of software companies is often not in their product so much as it is in their capacity to maintain and distribute their product.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

AI just cloned every Adobe app for free, and software stocks are at all-time highs.

Think about that.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@J0hnADouglas https://t.co/K9hCKbTABX

He came back

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@MichaelFKane @TheDDDPod It's not Tolkien because Tolkien is Tolkien, very few works ever rise to his level. It's not Lewis, because Lewis' story contains a depth of spirituality that Harry Potter simply never possesses. But at its core, Harry Potter is a beautiful fairy tale about the power of love.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@MichaelFKane Live tweeting your perspective on Harry Potter could be incredibly entertaining

[Michael F Kane @MichaelFKane]

Everyone talks big until the sky starts missing pixels.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@JN4Liberty I'm kind of shocked though, that they'd literally make a movie about why big tech billionaires should be deciding what is true or not for us.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

This is so bizarre. Whose side am I supposed to be on in this movie?

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First clip for Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING’.

In theaters on October 9.

[Caleb Smith @calebmsmith_]

@Holden114 This is a thousand times worse in every way than Nolan casting a transgender actor in the Odyssey. Aslan is supposed to be God.