Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
civilian drone mapping technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, sometimes journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. minors DNI
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The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: The Fear and Fantasy of Flying
There is something deeply rooted in our psyche that is both appalled and fascinated by the prospect of a human being flying like a bird, by this act that is both deeply unnatural and has also become, ...
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It's RAINING on SATURDAY, which means you PROBABLY HAVE TIME to READ MY LATEST NEWSLETTER POST on the three dreams we needed to make modern drones - read about 17th century concerns about rampaging sky-pirates, flying necromancer kings, and much, much more!
this is so funny
This is weirdly specific but when my cousin was around 5 years old she was fixated on Baby Jesus after hearing about him at preschool and this is exactly the face she would make when she was pretending to be Baby Jesus
Seeing this in my feed was jarring
Seeing this in my feed was jarring
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this is so funny
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The exemplar of this may be the account I blocked during the ten minutes I was awake this afternoon, which had a posting history of ZERO posts but TWELVE HUNDRED REPLIES TO WILL STANCIL
like whaaaat thee FUCK
like whaaaat thee FUCK
exactly - i too not infrequently disagree with Will Stancil, but the way people openly make up absolutely batshit stuff about him all the time is just ridiculous.
this doesn't mean 'disagreeing with Will.' I disagree with Will moderately often! it means people lying about and harassing him, who appear largely to be dealing with a made-up hate figure in their heads.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The exemplar of this may be the account I blocked during the ten minutes I was awake this afternoon, which had a posting history of ZERO posts but TWELVE HUNDRED REPLIES TO WILL STANCIL
like whaaaat thee FUCK
like whaaaat thee FUCK
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Yes, it may be be mildly bad form to qt someone who has like 12 followers, but the only reason it is out of a kind of magnanimity that definitely is subject to revocation if someone is really a dick.
above all, poster bushido demands that you should not cry foul about a fight you started.
PSA: if you quote post me first, you have formally invited me in
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yes, it may be be mildly bad form to qt someone who has like 12 followers, but the only reason it is out of a kind of magnanimity that definitely is subject to revocation if someone is really a dick.
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If you are not prepared to eat the occasional ratio, armored in the belief that the posts are good and the opinions are correct, then don’t let world see your takes.
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are not prepared to eat the occasional ratio, armored in the belief that the posts are good and the opinions are correct, then don’t let world see your takes.
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One of the biggest fears of people with big audiences is being ratioed.
It has broken the brains of many, and the threat of it is a leading reason why big accounts fear changing platforms - they are afraid that without their established following they'll get ratioed a lot on any new platform.
It has broken the brains of many, and the threat of it is a leading reason why big accounts fear changing platforms - they are afraid that without their established following they'll get ratioed a lot on any new platform.
If you are not prepared to eat the occasional ratio, armored in the belief that the posts are good and the opinions are correct, then don’t let world see your takes.
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
One of the biggest fears of people with big audiences is being ratioed.
It has broken the brains of many, and the threat of it is a leading reason why big accounts fear changing platforms - they are afraid that without their established following they'll get ratioed a lot on any new platform.
It has broken the brains of many, and the threat of it is a leading reason why big accounts fear changing platforms - they are afraid that without their established following they'll get ratioed a lot on any new platform.
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the poster walks the way of the ronin. to pander to your followers is to lose the edge of the blade.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
the poster walks the way of the ronin. to pander to your followers is to lose the edge of the blade.
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the poster draws the sword and faces the consequences, the coward hides behind the mob.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
the poster draws the sword and faces the consequences, the coward hides behind the mob.
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to fight is within the code of posters' bushido.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
to fight is within the code of posters' bushido.
exactly - i too not infrequently disagree with Will Stancil, but the way people openly make up absolutely batshit stuff about him all the time is just ridiculous.
this doesn't mean 'disagreeing with Will.' I disagree with Will moderately often! it means people lying about and harassing him, who appear largely to be dealing with a made-up hate figure in their heads.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
exactly - i too not infrequently disagree with Will Stancil, but the way people openly make up absolutely batshit stuff about him all the time is just ridiculous.
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you will literally see him writing something like 'I have experience with neo-Nazis' (because he was targeted heavily by them, including death threats) and then people claiming he is friends with/hangs out with neo-Nazis. just the most deranged fucks on here, block on sight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
you will literally see him writing something like 'I have experience with neo-Nazis' (because he was targeted heavily by them, including death threats) and then people claiming he is friends with/hangs out with neo-Nazis. just the most deranged fucks on here, block on sight.
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this doesn't mean 'disagreeing with Will.' I disagree with Will moderately often! it means people lying about and harassing him, who appear largely to be dealing with a made-up hate figure in their heads.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
this doesn't mean 'disagreeing with Will.' I disagree with Will moderately often! it means people lying about and harassing him, who appear largely to be dealing with a made-up hate figure in their heads.
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this kind of "throw every random social justice accusation at the wall and see what sticks" approach actually just discredits social justice. come on. let's do better
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
this kind of "throw every random social justice accusation at the wall and see what sticks" approach actually just discredits social justice. come on. let's do better
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i legitimately do not think it is good for trans people to go around throwing accusations of transphobia at people you dislike for other reasons. like come on
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i legitimately do not think it is good for trans people to go around throwing accusations of transphobia at people you dislike for other reasons. like come on
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
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It's pretty notable to hear Brendan Crighton mention congestion pricing, as he represents Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott. Lynn and Swampscott have commuter rail stops, but those are all significant car commuter towns.
Mass. lawmaker says ‘congestion pricing’ should be considered to address the T’s fiscal woes - The Boston Globe
State senator Brendan Crighton, who co-chairs the Legislature’s transportation committee, spoke at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's pretty notable to hear Brendan Crighton mention congestion pricing, as he represents Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott. Lynn and Swampscott have commuter rail stops, but those are all significant car commuter towns.
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if the glorified graphics card company DOES end up tanking the entire economy I'm blaming gamergate
Time for my usual morning routine, pouring myself a cup of coffee and checking the stock price of the company "Nvidia" to find out if the entire economy has crashed
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
if the glorified graphics card company DOES end up tanking the entire economy I'm blaming gamergate
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
this Taylor Swift joke was stolen directly from @offline.mountainherder.xyz (my partner) years ago, and honestly it’s a little funny at this point how often it’s been ripped off
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
this Taylor Swift joke was stolen directly from @offline.mountainherder.xyz (my partner) years ago, and honestly it’s a little funny at this point how often it’s been ripped off
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Ah, my most stolen tweet!
October 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Ah, my most stolen tweet!
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This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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We're announcing a new partnership with StopNCII.org to prevent non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) from spreading on Bluesky. While NCII hasn't been frequent on our platform, these incidents are devastating for victims and preventing them is a top safety priority. 1/4
Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse | StopNCII.org
StopNCII.org is operated by the Revenge Porn Helpline which is part of SWGfL, a charity that believes that all should benefit from technology, free from harm.
StopNCII.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're announcing a new partnership with StopNCII.org to prevent non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) from spreading on Bluesky. While NCII hasn't been frequent on our platform, these incidents are devastating for victims and preventing them is a top safety priority. 1/4
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He’s running
My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
He’s running
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