Greer
@thegreer.bsky.social
Pilot. Archaeologist. Probably bored.
If my opinions differ from yours assume I'm being sarcastic.
He/Him
If my opinions differ from yours assume I'm being sarcastic.
He/Him
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NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
Anyway dementia sucks.
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anyway dementia sucks.
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Well, no chance whatsoever that will lead to tens of thousands of false positives.
Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Well, no chance whatsoever that will lead to tens of thousands of false positives.
I hate the term "glazing" (unless we're literally referring to baked goods) and would like to us all to settle on something else.
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I hate the term "glazing" (unless we're literally referring to baked goods) and would like to us all to settle on something else.
That said, posthumously making Kirk into Trump's heir-apparent (something he never was or could have been in life) has only made it that much harder to manufacture a successor for Trump.
I think the effort to nationally canonize Kirk was doomed from the start, the regime totally overestimated both his fame and his posthumous likeability.
At the same time, it has been VERY funny to watch the soap opera of Candace and Erika battling for his pathetic little throne
At the same time, it has been VERY funny to watch the soap opera of Candace and Erika battling for his pathetic little throne
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That said, posthumously making Kirk into Trump's heir-apparent (something he never was or could have been in life) has only made it that much harder to manufacture a successor for Trump.
I would simply not leisure travel to a country that required this of me. Big brother, yeah, but also just so fucking inconvenient.
There are more amazing places in the world than you can reasonably visit in a lifetime, so it's not a hard call to cross a few off for annoyance reasons.
There are more amazing places in the world than you can reasonably visit in a lifetime, so it's not a hard call to cross a few off for annoyance reasons.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I would simply not leisure travel to a country that required this of me. Big brother, yeah, but also just so fucking inconvenient.
There are more amazing places in the world than you can reasonably visit in a lifetime, so it's not a hard call to cross a few off for annoyance reasons.
There are more amazing places in the world than you can reasonably visit in a lifetime, so it's not a hard call to cross a few off for annoyance reasons.
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Visa-free travel is gonna go away for Americans if Trump keeps this up.
"Hmm" Trump thinks to himself, "What else can I do to destroy the US tourism industry?"
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Foreigners allowed to travel to the U.S. without a visa could soon face new social media screening
The notice published Wednesday in the Federal Register said Customs and Border Protection is proposing collecting five years worth of social media information from travelers from select countries who ...
www.pbs.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Visa-free travel is gonna go away for Americans if Trump keeps this up.
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My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
Anyway I'm very leery of the just-announced FOTOR.
Also Casey Hudson is not a draw for me. ME3 was, despite some iconic moments, a narrative disaster at release. And his other BioWare projects are among their most mid stories.
Feels very Bloodlines 2 minus the development hell.
Also Casey Hudson is not a draw for me. ME3 was, despite some iconic moments, a narrative disaster at release. And his other BioWare projects are among their most mid stories.
Feels very Bloodlines 2 minus the development hell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Anyway I'm very leery of the just-announced FOTOR.
Also Casey Hudson is not a draw for me. ME3 was, despite some iconic moments, a narrative disaster at release. And his other BioWare projects are among their most mid stories.
Feels very Bloodlines 2 minus the development hell.
Also Casey Hudson is not a draw for me. ME3 was, despite some iconic moments, a narrative disaster at release. And his other BioWare projects are among their most mid stories.
Feels very Bloodlines 2 minus the development hell.
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Aside from how he's wrong right now on the history, process, strategy, and merits, this is Jeffries heavily signaling that even when they're in the majority, he'll oppose any impeachment that doesn't first get slow-walked in needless committee dithering for as long as he can delay it there.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Aside from how he's wrong right now on the history, process, strategy, and merits, this is Jeffries heavily signaling that even when they're in the majority, he'll oppose any impeachment that doesn't first get slow-walked in needless committee dithering for as long as he can delay it there.
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*The Constitution* says presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
*The Constitution* says presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
So the things that *are* coming in tariff-free are still increasing the cost-of-living by raising our energy costs?
Cool.
Cool.
Trump's trade war is the largest expansion of US tariffs in modern history, but despite that 60% of American imports still came in tariff-free last month
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
The largest exemption? A $33B carveout for computers, a massive chunk of which are the large GPUs bought for AI data centers
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So the things that *are* coming in tariff-free are still increasing the cost-of-living by raising our energy costs?
Cool.
Cool.
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This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
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2006: You control the Information Age!
2025: A handful of billionaires control the Information Age!
In two decades, the rich and powerful have consolidated their control over new mediums.
From ads to algorithms to AI, they'll try to control what we think, who we hate, and how we vote!
2025: A handful of billionaires control the Information Age!
In two decades, the rich and powerful have consolidated their control over new mediums.
From ads to algorithms to AI, they'll try to control what we think, who we hate, and how we vote!
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
2006: You control the Information Age!
2025: A handful of billionaires control the Information Age!
In two decades, the rich and powerful have consolidated their control over new mediums.
From ads to algorithms to AI, they'll try to control what we think, who we hate, and how we vote!
2025: A handful of billionaires control the Information Age!
In two decades, the rich and powerful have consolidated their control over new mediums.
From ads to algorithms to AI, they'll try to control what we think, who we hate, and how we vote!
Magnitude : 5.0
Region: *Jan Mayen Island *
Time: 2025-12-11 05:40:47 UTC
Epicenter : 15.63°W 69.99°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 05:59 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025yeyh/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Jan Mayen Island *
Time: 2025-12-11 05:40:47 UTC
Epicenter : 15.63°W 69.99°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 05:59 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025yeyh/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Reminds me of that time I needed emergency appendectomy & I was on morphine & the hospital billing guy came to my room to ask me to pay the copay upfront
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Similar thing for me and the NICU.
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
Oh, my kid needs to be transferred within three hours to stay alive? Hold on, let me call around on Christmas Eve for the best price on a condition we haven’t even ID’d yet.
These people are deeply unserious.
Signed, another economist who generally likes markets
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Congress strips right-to-repair from military spending bill
: A win for the contractors
www.theregister.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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My career in bioinformatics *did not exist* when I was 18 years old. I joined a brand new field in my mid-20s, and had to be flexible and creative. Trying to get by with a narrow slate of skills considered relevant in the mid-1990s would've been hopeless.
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My career in bioinformatics *did not exist* when I was 18 years old. I joined a brand new field in my mid-20s, and had to be flexible and creative. Trying to get by with a narrow slate of skills considered relevant in the mid-1990s would've been hopeless.
"Even shitty person/time period had some good points compared to <current situation>," is not necessarily an unuseful rhetorical approach, but you have to be real careful with it lest you let the bad be assumed while repeating out loud the relative good.
its like people havent looked at how reagan and bush ii were rehabbed in the popular culture, even nixon towards the end. these memories of how shitty people are do not stick. sorry, but they don't. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Even shitty person/time period had some good points compared to <current situation>," is not necessarily an unuseful rhetorical approach, but you have to be real careful with it lest you let the bad be assumed while repeating out loud the relative good.
Obviously Trump would petulantly walk out if you pressed him, but you can't accept this answer.
And until he gives you a better answer this should be the only thing the interview is about.
And until he gives you a better answer this should be the only thing the interview is about.
Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States having absolutely no idea who he is pardoning, nor why.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Obviously Trump would petulantly walk out if you pressed him, but you can't accept this answer.
And until he gives you a better answer this should be the only thing the interview is about.
And until he gives you a better answer this should be the only thing the interview is about.
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CHOTINER: As to the matter of your secret identity—a journalist, is that right?
SUPERMAN: Some people have speculated that, I guess.
CHOTINER: It's true, isn't it, that although I've interviewed you several times, we've never actually been seen together.
SUPERMAN: …uh…
CHOTINER: [removes eyeglasses]
SUPERMAN: Some people have speculated that, I guess.
CHOTINER: It's true, isn't it, that although I've interviewed you several times, we've never actually been seen together.
SUPERMAN: …uh…
CHOTINER: [removes eyeglasses]
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CHOTINER: As to the matter of your secret identity—a journalist, is that right?
SUPERMAN: Some people have speculated that, I guess.
CHOTINER: It's true, isn't it, that although I've interviewed you several times, we've never actually been seen together.
SUPERMAN: …uh…
CHOTINER: [removes eyeglasses]
SUPERMAN: Some people have speculated that, I guess.
CHOTINER: It's true, isn't it, that although I've interviewed you several times, we've never actually been seen together.
SUPERMAN: …uh…
CHOTINER: [removes eyeglasses]
I feel there's also a part of this being a natural evolution/escalation of everyone carrying The Internet around with them.
Why know an answer when you can just look it up?
And now why look something up when you can just ask a chatbot?
Why know an answer when you can just look it up?
And now why look something up when you can just ask a chatbot?
the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I feel there's also a part of this being a natural evolution/escalation of everyone carrying The Internet around with them.
Why know an answer when you can just look it up?
And now why look something up when you can just ask a chatbot?
Why know an answer when you can just look it up?
And now why look something up when you can just ask a chatbot?
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Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.