Ivan Smith

Dear friends, colleagues, and mentors, | Ivan Smith Dear friends, colleagues, and mentors, After nearly two decades in leadership roles across customer operations, technical support, and team development — much of it in remote-first environments — I’m...

I’m pivoting toward mission-driven work with a socially progressive NGO or nonprofit. If you have leads, advice, or mentorship to share, I’d love to connect. Let’s build something meaningful together.

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Turns out… they’re aware, and they very much do not approve. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Just saw a clip of that DHS video on your show. I can almost guarantee Black Rebel Motorcycle Club did not authorize the use of their song on that video

#nokings

Eleven years ago, I took a job with my current employer at age 48, already carrying the sting of ageism from my previous workplace. | Ivan Smith Eleven years ago, I took a job with my current employer at age 48, already carrying the sting of ageism from my previous workplace. I still remember my manager saying, “This is really a young man’s ga...

Eleven years ago, at 48, I took a job with my current employer, already carrying the sting of ageism from my previous workplace. Now at 59, back on the job market, I can feel those old fears creeping in. But I keep reminding myself: your experience has value.

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Wow. If you’re the white guy in your photo (or not a person of color), Tim, you might want to read this article, then refrain from ever using the word “nappy” again. www.npr.org/sections/cod....

59 kinda sneaks up on a fella.

iOS26 is the new Windows95. Discuss. #apple #iPhone #WWDC #ios26 #microsoft #windows95

I don’t know for sure, but I do know canastalingus is favored over canastamouth

Though a US holiday, each Memorial Day, I pay tribute to my grandfather, Lt. Ants Hennupere, captured and imprisoned by the USSR while defending the sovereign nation of Estonia. If not for his sacrifice, my grandmother would not have fled with her two young daughters to seek refuge in the USA.

Playlist: Bria Salmena - Drastic Portishead - It's a Fire Palmyra Delran - Some Day Soon Freak Slug - Killer Momma - Sincerely Lola Kirke - Bury Me In NYC Horsegirl - Dirtbag Transformation Alessia Cara & The Warning - Enter Sandman Girlhouse - happy now Bodega - City Is Taken Wet Leg - catch these fists Bikini Body - Chivas Dunhills Coke Sunflower Bean - Nothing Romantic The Courtneys - Frankie The Beths - A Real Thing Pinkshift - Evil Eye PJ Harvey - Horses In My Dreams Cocktail Slippers - She Devil Pretenders - Just Let It Go Japanese Breakfast - Picture Window

Check out the latest installment of Female-Fronted Fridays, featuring all female bands and women-fronted groups! (click ALT for playlist)

Toonz Pop! Presents Female-Fronted Fridays #87
Toonz Pop!
Episode 713
5.2.2025

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Gabriel's trying to get some of that gooood married-people sex!

Packing our #Pods! Three weeks til the big move!

Here's to the classic lineup of David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, Arthur "Killer" Kane, Sylvain Sylvain and Jerry Nolan... and also to OG members Rick Rivets & Billy Murcia. Thank you to later members @steveconte.bsky.social, his brother John Conte and Brian Delaney, for keeping the fire burning!

For accuracy, the loss in market share, which happened in November, appears to have been the result of Target reporting lower earnings for the holiday season, due to right-wing shoppers boycotting Target because of the Pride merchandise they'd sold, then pulled, in June.

as an Old White Man myself, I concur.

While I slept, #UniversalLifeChurch #ULC reminded me that yesterday was the thirteenth anniversary of my online ordination. I still haven't gotten the opportunity to perform a marriage... but I haven't really tried, either. Maybe this will be my year. If you're interested, hit me up! - Reverend I.

Exactly. Flooding the zone with all sorts of actions designed to get Dem panties in a bunch, to distract from the actual crimes being committed

Yesterday, my new voter ID card arrived. After a lifetime as a registered Democrat, I am officially PND #PartyNotDesignated

To regain a voice in this nation, @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social needs to be proactive, not just reactive. Resisting alone is ineffective and tiresome.

What good did any of it do? Too little, too late.

I love that you're hanging your hat on healthcare.

Oasis - Billy Idol - Joy Division / New Order - Joe Cocker - Soundgarden - The White Stripes - Outkast

Didja get your #Rockhall2025 votes in? vote.rockhall.com

My picks (knowing full well, Mariah will probably get in). Joe Cocker is WAY overdue

@carleen0620.bsky.social corrected me, as a sister will do. Ten miles further into town.

From here...

...to here

7 weeks from today, we move 5 miles further into town - back into Tucson city limits and out of windy Rincon Valley. It's less than 200 more square feet, but way bigger feeling - probably because the living room is 2-stories high. Also, only a 3 minute drive to mom's!

How do you flood a zone already flooded by the opposition? I would LOVE to see the young guard of the left out there - @corybooker.com , @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @aoc.bsky.social ... Let's put Warren, Bernie & Chuck on the shelf. They've done their service. Time to let the future step up.

I once got a stern warning from an officer of the law for skeeting in the wild. #becarefuloutthere

Looks like you're awaiting your IRS audit, or you're waiting to conduct an IRS audit. Why soooo seriousssss?

Teachers would drag the unconscious kids out the door on their little carpeted mats, while the healthy kids slept. You wake up from your nap, and there are 12 kids instead of 15. Who's to know? You're in kindergarten. You can't count. "Where's Billy?" "Billy was your imaginary friend". (2/2)

We never heard of peanut or gluten allergies when I was a kid. Not that they didn't exist, but I'm convinced that when I was in kindergarten, they gave us all PB&J sandwiches and had us nap on our little rugs so they could thin the herd. (1/2)

Do it for the cause... or do it for the boatload of great #Toonz! But the clock is ticking. This album is only available til midnight.