Greg J.
@sindisil.bsky.social
Just doing my best to do my best.
Father, husband, handyman, programmer (lately Rust, but years of C, Java, and others), reader, gamer, music lover, and eternally amateur guitar player.
he/him, but they/them is fine, too.
Father, husband, handyman, programmer (lately Rust, but years of C, Java, and others), reader, gamer, music lover, and eternally amateur guitar player.
he/him, but they/them is fine, too.
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Did you really read this whole long thread? Wow! Go spread the word: DOGE isn't actually over.
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Did you really read this whole long thread? Wow! Go spread the word: DOGE isn't actually over.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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It's absolutely criminal the extent to which BCBS will go to get people to switch to their higher profit Medicare Advantage plans.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Blue Cross suddenly drops SilverSneakers memberships at popular Twin Cities gyms
Minnesota seniors with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota will no longer be eligible for memberships at Life Time and YMCA Twin Cities locations.
www.kare11.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It's absolutely criminal the extent to which BCBS will go to get people to switch to their higher profit Medicare Advantage plans.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Last night, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry into me in response to a video President Trump did not like.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Last night, the FBI's Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry into me in response to a video President Trump did not like.
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St. Paul police and Feds teamed up to pepper spray woman on a cane at today's ICE raid. Your tax dollars hard at work, Minnesota.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
St. Paul police and Feds teamed up to pepper spray woman on a cane at today's ICE raid. Your tax dollars hard at work, Minnesota.
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@marawilson.bsky.social’s famous purrito, Theo.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@marawilson.bsky.social’s famous purrito, Theo.
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What’s your score on the apple test?
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What’s your score on the apple test?
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NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
Gov. Tim Walz said state officials were monitoring a “chaotic” situation “and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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Wow. This is some scoop.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow. This is some scoop.
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When I did my deal in 2015 "AI" wasn't really on the horizon, although of course there were already editing/translation tools. For my 2024 extension I had "humans only" language added and it's understood to be retroactive on the earlier contract, plus it's in all my foreign language contracts now.
Was AI junk common back when you did your big deal a while back, or did you have that added in later?
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
When I did my deal in 2015 "AI" wasn't really on the horizon, although of course there were already editing/translation tools. For my 2024 extension I had "humans only" language added and it's understood to be retroactive on the earlier contract, plus it's in all my foreign language contracts now.
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
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Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
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I am seriously considering hosting a weekly meet up at the library where people come and ask me questions and if I can't answer them, we learn how ti look it up.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I am seriously considering hosting a weekly meet up at the library where people come and ask me questions and if I can't answer them, we learn how ti look it up.
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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Life
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Life
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.