Grog
@grogofgrog.bsky.social
Woodwork nerd, reformed watch fiend, here for the fun stuff
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Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #Womensart
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #Womensart
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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::taps the sign::
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
::taps the sign::
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Today's Spiegel published a transcript of a conversation among European leaders in which they share a strong suspicion that Trump is planning to betray Ukraine—and NATO—and do a secret deal with Vladimir Putin.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Today's Spiegel published a transcript of a conversation among European leaders in which they share a strong suspicion that Trump is planning to betray Ukraine—and NATO—and do a secret deal with Vladimir Putin.
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I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
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My impression is that Putin has outlined a vision to Trump where the U.S. withdraws from Europe and Asia, and in return is given a free hand to focus on dominating the Americas. This is where the Greenland and Canada annexation talk comes from.
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
My impression is that Putin has outlined a vision to Trump where the U.S. withdraws from Europe and Asia, and in return is given a free hand to focus on dominating the Americas. This is where the Greenland and Canada annexation talk comes from.
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Typically when you're running for governor, you don't want a story about a romantic relationship you had with a 16 year old. Bad news for America First gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback! flvoicenews.com/gop-governor...
Governor candidate James Fishback faces allegations over relationship, began when partner was a minor
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback is facing allegations from a former partner regarding a relationship that began when she was a minor, according to documents filed in a 2025 Leon Coun...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Typically when you're running for governor, you don't want a story about a romantic relationship you had with a 16 year old. Bad news for America First gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback! flvoicenews.com/gop-governor...
Lawns are dumb
Golf isn’t a sport. While I’m at it, everyone being forced to have lawns is stupid too.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Lawns are dumb
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I don’t normally buy into the whole “we’re living in a simulation” thing.
But I don’t have another explanation for what I can only describe as an overflow error where some people’s opposition to war and imperialism makes them try to justify an unprovoked war launched with imperial intent.
But I don’t have another explanation for what I can only describe as an overflow error where some people’s opposition to war and imperialism makes them try to justify an unprovoked war launched with imperial intent.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I don’t normally buy into the whole “we’re living in a simulation” thing.
But I don’t have another explanation for what I can only describe as an overflow error where some people’s opposition to war and imperialism makes them try to justify an unprovoked war launched with imperial intent.
But I don’t have another explanation for what I can only describe as an overflow error where some people’s opposition to war and imperialism makes them try to justify an unprovoked war launched with imperial intent.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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European countries are going to have to start deciding whether they would rather preserve their democracies or their alliance with the US
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
European countries are going to have to start deciding whether they would rather preserve their democracies or their alliance with the US
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The issue Code Pink has consistently advocated for capitulation to Russian aggression in Ukraine and tried to whitewash (or pinkwash) Chinese human rights abuses including of the Uyghurs.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The issue Code Pink has consistently advocated for capitulation to Russian aggression in Ukraine and tried to whitewash (or pinkwash) Chinese human rights abuses including of the Uyghurs.
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billionaires could do amazing things every week but don't. elon musk could launch 52 sodas a year instead of fake mars bs, but we are never going to get beverast, the first good soda to taste like eggs, the most important can of the day
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
billionaires could do amazing things every week but don't. elon musk could launch 52 sodas a year instead of fake mars bs, but we are never going to get beverast, the first good soda to taste like eggs, the most important can of the day
I'll give this a read, but no Christmas special will ever kick me in the face like the Star Wars one... so awful.
Tis the season where I share my reflections from a few years back on the best and worst Christmas specials:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Most Beloved Christmas Specials Are (Almost) All Terrible
Here are the only two worth watching.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'll give this a read, but no Christmas special will ever kick me in the face like the Star Wars one... so awful.
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“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
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For anyone looking forward to riding in a Tesla robotaxi and having an Optimus robot folding your laundry
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
For anyone looking forward to riding in a Tesla robotaxi and having an Optimus robot folding your laundry
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This piece is somehow simultaneously both hilarious and infuriating—and definitely worth a read:
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This piece is somehow simultaneously both hilarious and infuriating—and definitely worth a read:
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Austin Reeves looks like some who’s dad bought the team and the coach is being forced to play him
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Austin Reeves looks like some who’s dad bought the team and the coach is being forced to play him
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oh my god
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
oh my god
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter
I suspect FDA no longer has qualified people willing to do this job.
"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
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"FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency’s drug unit,...."
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Breaking: FDA to name Tracy Beth Hoeg, who helped lead Covid shot investigation, as acting CDER chief
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has appointed Tracy Beth Høeg, a longtime skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines, to be the acting director of the agency's drug unit
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter