Dan Greene
@dmgreene.bsky.social
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Dan Greene
@dmgreene.bsky.social
· Nov 25
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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This year, the AAUP proved something powerful: When we fight, we win.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
Giving
Information about various ways to give to the AAUP Foundation.
www.aaupfoundation.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This year, the AAUP proved something powerful: When we fight, we win.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
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Well it started when I spilled some baked beans all over myself in the movie theater
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Well it started when I spilled some baked beans all over myself in the movie theater
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Bill Murray calling Chevy Chase, to his face, “Medium talent”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bill Murray calling Chevy Chase, to his face, “Medium talent”
Same pitch deck, different adjectives
here's a hot for Bluesky take: a lot of tech-criticism is so bad and focused on a kind of stupid imagined STEM-humanities culture war that some companies have been able to build whole brands around being "evil tech bros 😈" making supervillain promises despite their shit being vaporware
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Same pitch deck, different adjectives
Capote on Kerouac: "that's not writing, that's typing."
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Capote on Kerouac: "that's not writing, that's typing."
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A frustrated Pedro Pascal asking Neil Druckmann, who was directing Pascal in a Last of Us episode, “do you like art?”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A frustrated Pedro Pascal asking Neil Druckmann, who was directing Pascal in a Last of Us episode, “do you like art?”
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This is what White House staff is doing with President Trump.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is what White House staff is doing with President Trump.
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Ok gift card / game sale season: Lies of P, FF Tactics Remake, or Outer Worlds 2?
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ok gift card / game sale season: Lies of P, FF Tactics Remake, or Outer Worlds 2?
Huge huge deal. Have a friend in the game (tryna shift from makeup to this) and the coordination costs are insane, and the results uneven, because it's all producer whim. Now that they're in the master contract, there's gonna be an intimacy coordinator on most every set.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Huge huge deal. Have a friend in the game (tryna shift from makeup to this) and the coordination costs are insane, and the results uneven, because it's all producer whim. Now that they're in the master contract, there's gonna be an intimacy coordinator on most every set.
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
"It's not left vs right, it's up vs down" is one of those things that sound smart right after you get kicked in the head by a horse
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"It's not left vs right, it's up vs down" is one of those things that sound smart right after you get kicked in the head by a horse
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I The Aquariums of Pyongyang, there's a scene where the North Korean border guards just brazenly steal all the Kang families things as they moved from Japan to the DPRK -- and this has the exact same vibes.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I The Aquariums of Pyongyang, there's a scene where the North Korean border guards just brazenly steal all the Kang families things as they moved from Japan to the DPRK -- and this has the exact same vibes.
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Institutional investors that piled into bitcoin in 2025.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Institutional investors that piled into bitcoin in 2025.
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The Netflix and Amazon broadcasts are a great reminder that live sports is a deeply, deeply difficult type of TV that requires huge crews of profoundly skilled and experienced people who have worked together for a long time to look natural
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Netflix and Amazon broadcasts are a great reminder that live sports is a deeply, deeply difficult type of TV that requires huge crews of profoundly skilled and experienced people who have worked together for a long time to look natural
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
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thank you, Mr. President
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
thank you, Mr. President
Unfortunately control > cash. They'll negotiate over our salaries, but never the labor process. They'll lose billions on tariffs so they can feel good about groping their underlings again. And they'll spend zillions on insurance instead of giving us the freedom to quit with confidence.
im sure there's a ton of interesting analysis on how much putting the provision of health insurance on to private employers actually costs us collectively. wages depressed, jobs not created etc. the system we have is ruinously expensive for employers. how does anyone defend it
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Unfortunately control > cash. They'll negotiate over our salaries, but never the labor process. They'll lose billions on tariffs so they can feel good about groping their underlings again. And they'll spend zillions on insurance instead of giving us the freedom to quit with confidence.
Only double!?!
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital.
Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Only double!?!
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Lost my bet for Karl-Anthony to keep up his foul per minute pace
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Lost my bet for Karl-Anthony to keep up his foul per minute pace
Lighter cook today, headed over to my parents'. Got a great box of pastries from Manifest Bread, who are up there with Sub Rosa for best bakers on this coast. Making a version of this salad--Thanksgiving and Christmsd always need a crunchy zippy salad.
brussels sprouts, apple and pomegranate salad
A bright, crunchy and abundantly welcome contrast to the richness of the usual Thanksgiving fare, this is a forever winter staple.
smittenkitchen.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lighter cook today, headed over to my parents'. Got a great box of pastries from Manifest Bread, who are up there with Sub Rosa for best bakers on this coast. Making a version of this salad--Thanksgiving and Christmsd always need a crunchy zippy salad.