GregSergienko
@gregsergienko.bsky.social
Thoughts are my own, not my institutions.
Father, husband, law faculty.
Enjoying the Palouse.
Father, husband, law faculty.
Enjoying the Palouse.
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After telling "Beast" Bovino to tighten his grip on the local populace until they universally despise him, the Baron recalls him and replaces him with Feyd-Ruatha Homan, hoping the locals will then welcome Homan as a savior.
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
After telling "Beast" Bovino to tighten his grip on the local populace until they universally despise him, the Baron recalls him and replaces him with Feyd-Ruatha Homan, hoping the locals will then welcome Homan as a savior.
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Boise area businesses are speaking out. ✊🏽🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Boise area businesses are speaking out. ✊🏽🇺🇸
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California has joined the World Health Organization’s GOARN on its own after the US’s departure. We are not a sovereign member state with full voting rights but are part of its network for disease detection and response.
www.abc10.com/article/news...
www.abc10.com/article/news...
California joins WHO public health network following US exit, marking a first for any state
California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.
www.abc10.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
California has joined the World Health Organization’s GOARN on its own after the US’s departure. We are not a sovereign member state with full voting rights but are part of its network for disease detection and response.
www.abc10.com/article/news...
www.abc10.com/article/news...
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NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center
Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.
www.spokesman.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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This is in dark red Idaho. Satz is an experienced and skilled organizer. Watch him go, go, go.
Idaho 97’s Mike Satz participated in the press conference about the killing of Nicole Good at the Capitol prior to last night’s demonstration. He pointed out the inevitability of this senseless act happening given the aggressive policies of this administration towards its own citizens.
January 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is in dark red Idaho. Satz is an experienced and skilled organizer. Watch him go, go, go.
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Of course, none of this is actually about concern that passives are departing from their mandate; it's about ensuring that corporate managers maintain control without being subject to countervailing power.
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Of course, none of this is actually about concern that passives are departing from their mandate; it's about ensuring that corporate managers maintain control without being subject to countervailing power.
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X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
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The queer erasure in mainstream reporting about Renee Good’s killing is maddening and frightening. They bring up her deceased vet husband and don’t mention her wife, who was at the scene, in the videos! From cable news to the pod save guys, Rebecca Good is being left out.
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The queer erasure in mainstream reporting about Renee Good’s killing is maddening and frightening. They bring up her deceased vet husband and don’t mention her wife, who was at the scene, in the videos! From cable news to the pod save guys, Rebecca Good is being left out.
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The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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just to be clear: i consider it a scandal that ice's recruitment tactics haven't been the subject of mainstream news attention and i am praying they become one now
this is what happens when your recruitment pitch is, "violently enact your racial purification fantasies"
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
just to be clear: i consider it a scandal that ice's recruitment tactics haven't been the subject of mainstream news attention and i am praying they become one now
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I’ll add that from my perspective, there’s absolutely no doubt that the goal is to make me disappear. By stripping me of identification, employment protection, and healthcare. By endangering me in all public places. By erasing any legal status for me entirely.
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I’ll add that from my perspective, there’s absolutely no doubt that the goal is to make me disappear. By stripping me of identification, employment protection, and healthcare. By endangering me in all public places. By erasing any legal status for me entirely.
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If you live in the Treasure Valley and are worried about increased ICE presence here... about their lawless, reckless behavior, about their racial profiling, about how it doesn't seem to be about law enforcement at all... here's a chance to help protect your community.
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 AM
If you live in the Treasure Valley and are worried about increased ICE presence here... about their lawless, reckless behavior, about their racial profiling, about how it doesn't seem to be about law enforcement at all... here's a chance to help protect your community.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
What ICE is up to in Louisiana: www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...
The federal prosecutor says the sex wasn't forced because a prisoner in ICE detention and subject to deportation without judicial redress can freely withhold consent. I suppose these days I need to say that I'm being sarcastic.
The federal prosecutor says the sex wasn't forced because a prisoner in ICE detention and subject to deportation without judicial redress can freely withhold consent. I suppose these days I need to say that I'm being sarcastic.
ICE contractor pleads guilty to sex assault, admits monthslong relationship with Louisiana detainee
The ex-detention officer had other detainees at the Basile ICE facility serve as lookouts while he met up with the female inmate in the janitorial closet, according to court testimony.
www.theadvocate.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What ICE is up to in Louisiana: www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...
The federal prosecutor says the sex wasn't forced because a prisoner in ICE detention and subject to deportation without judicial redress can freely withhold consent. I suppose these days I need to say that I'm being sarcastic.
The federal prosecutor says the sex wasn't forced because a prisoner in ICE detention and subject to deportation without judicial redress can freely withhold consent. I suppose these days I need to say that I'm being sarcastic.
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I learned about this a couple of months ago. There is a caveat, however. If you take your mail to the counter during PO working hours, you can ask the clerk to postmark it in front of you. This is hardly a solution, but might be information worth tucking away.
December 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I learned about this a couple of months ago. There is a caveat, however. If you take your mail to the counter during PO working hours, you can ask the clerk to postmark it in front of you. This is hardly a solution, but might be information worth tucking away.
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The “anti-woke” university arises …https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvards-campus-speech-trump.html
Opinion | Harvard’s New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The “anti-woke” university arises …https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvards-campus-speech-trump.html
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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In case you missed it: I’ve got a new (warning: somewhat intense) story on @npr.org about all the ways faith leaders have pushed back against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign this year — including clergy directly confronting ICE agents and police. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration's immigration policies
Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In case you missed it: I’ve got a new (warning: somewhat intense) story on @npr.org about all the ways faith leaders have pushed back against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign this year — including clergy directly confronting ICE agents and police. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
Yes. Also Tacoma, where I grew up. The pollution from pulp and paper mills was like, but it was 20 times worse than Lewiston and Clarkston now. And Pittsburgh was much worse than that with particulate pollution. Anti-pollution regulations have saved literally millions of lives.
Before the EPA, parts of NY and California looked like this
Visible air
Regulations = protections
Visible air
Regulations = protections
London, 1948
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
Two Bobbies examine the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree through the smog of a grey December day
#Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yes. Also Tacoma, where I grew up. The pollution from pulp and paper mills was like, but it was 20 times worse than Lewiston and Clarkston now. And Pittsburgh was much worse than that with particulate pollution. Anti-pollution regulations have saved literally millions of lives.
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It's truly remarkable how there will be news organizations and journalists who correctly identify that RFK is a menace and that HHS can't e trusted when he pushes stuff about vaccines or Tylenol causing autism... but cover the anti-trans stuff like "Well, HHS says so, and we should trust HHS!"
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's truly remarkable how there will be news organizations and journalists who correctly identify that RFK is a menace and that HHS can't e trusted when he pushes stuff about vaccines or Tylenol causing autism... but cover the anti-trans stuff like "Well, HHS says so, and we should trust HHS!"
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Jeff Landry, envoy to Greenland? Unless The Advocate has been spoofed, this is for real.
www.theadvocate.com/news/politic...
www.theadvocate.com/news/politic...
Trump says he is naming Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry special envoy to Greenland
It wasn’t immediately clear what Landry’s responsibilities with the role would be.
www.theadvocate.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Jeff Landry, envoy to Greenland? Unless The Advocate has been spoofed, this is for real.
www.theadvocate.com/news/politic...
www.theadvocate.com/news/politic...
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Those that don’t experience what we do often don’t seem to believe the level of “misery and severe distress” which afflicts us. 53 years ago I came within a whisker of not being here, the pain was so acute. But I’ve had right leaning people laugh at me over that.
21 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- British sociologist Natacha Kennedy--among the first to study adverse effects of UK blocker ban -- warns similar ban enacted by Australia and New Zealand will lead to youth suicides: "These are young people living in abject misery and severe distress."
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Those that don’t experience what we do often don’t seem to believe the level of “misery and severe distress” which afflicts us. 53 years ago I came within a whisker of not being here, the pain was so acute. But I’ve had right leaning people laugh at me over that.