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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 9h

Yup. Protection for Putin, not benefit to the US. Ben says no meaningful benefit, but to presume any benefit at all would require us to think that Russia would actually export diesel. bsky.app/profile/meid...

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 14h

The US is not importing fuel from Russia. Putin and Trump are setting up Ukraine to blame for the diesel shortage in the US with the goal of furthering Trump's real estate development in Russia and increasing the value of his stake in companies that are worth more now that he's lifting sanctions.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 17h

I figured that out and was wondering why hubs didn't. You've got to be gentler with hubs, who seems like a great guy.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 18h

Very strange because if I understand it correctly, Austrian law prohibits spying only against Austria. Perhaps Russia intelligence has so heavily infiltrated Austrian intelligence that, at least within Austria, spying on the former amounts to spying on the latter.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 19h

It was a little bold, and I felt that as I was writing it. But today is my day for wearing a tie-dyed sports jacket, so I'm feeling much bolder than usual.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 20h

It is kind of a cheat and not relevant to you, but I grayed first at the sideburns, and shaved them off.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 20h

A reminder that in "2001: A Space Odyssey," what triggers HAL, the supercomputer, to kill all the astronauts is being shut down. Building in proper education of the models from the beginning seems like a necessity.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 20h

It seems odd that he puts "travel ban" in English, not even transliterating, but I don't read enough of this stuff to know. For me that would require either a macro set for the phrase or switching keyboard settings. That's not much, but I wouldn't do it without a reason.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ha. Completely unbelievable. It would go for much more than that.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In high school, we read "A Modest Proposal," and Ms. Oswalt asked us to write something similar. Mine was for live executions televised to boost ratings. I didn't expect it to actually happen, although IIRC , my teacher told me to be careful because someone might take it seriously.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If the kids see this, with all the horse stuff and nothing about them, we're in big trouble.

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you're not already following Tim White it's worth doing so for his commentary on Russia's actions in Ukraine - which don't seem to be reported elsewhere (although it looks like he is on the "other" site as well). The BBC, ITV and other broadcasters seem to report b****r all about his efforts.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's handy for me to have the threads, but a minus is that when I want to see replies to a particular post, I have to go down the whole thread.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The great Dennis Hastert has died. I hope the dirty snitches are happy. by Jim Jordan

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It makes me think that this was a germ-warfare effort, and they designed a plague variant that was resistant to antibiotics.

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I really wish more news analysts read science fiction regularly. Particularly Isaac Asimov. Who thought through all the implications of the dangers of artificial intelligence DECADES ago, and developed rules to prevent it/them from killing us.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Hastert broke the banking laws by illegally structuring cash withdrawals to evade reporting laws so he could pay hush money to hide his sexual abuse of teenage boys. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison (not jail, CBS) for that. The statute of limitations barred his prosecution for sex crimes.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes. For those not around then, the "violating banking laws" that CBS mentions happened because he was paying large amounts of cash to cover up his sex crimes against children.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender

The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The MVD police are showing more restraint than ICE.

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Rachel Martin @racheljo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe because Soul Train was born this day in 1971 I want to tell this story. I was born in the Jim Crow south. When I began high school in 1972 it was just five years after local schools had desegregated.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And their religious exemption is a check-the-box one. By court decision officials are not allowed to investigate sincerity of the exemption.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mine was about hand-sized, and it looks a lot like this.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I got one of those as a present from a roommate in college. It was from India, I believe, where he had lived. I have trouble giving away gifts, so I suppose that in 20 years or so, it may end up in an estate sale, too. And as someone else said, the cycle repeats.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is about the Spokane Police Department.

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This piece links to a FB post from Rep. Rod Furniss, who says he's a no on prop 1 and it should be the "No. 1 issue" to address the law and health exceptions/criminal liabilities in January. Which is funny, because Furniss knows firsthand that those bills have gone nowhere for three years now.

idahostatesman.com

Lawmakers will fix Idaho’s abortion laws? Don’t count on it | Opinion

These promises, whether made earnestly or not, cannot be taken seriously. | Opinion

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

Here's the complaint against pill providers. The states are suing online pharmacy Honeybee Health, The MAP + its employees, Abuzz, A Safe Choice, Forward Midwifery, Southern Woven, We Take Care Of Us, more Filed in W. District of Louisiana, Lake Charles division (crediting me is a nice thing to do)

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Complaint – #1 in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi (W.D. La., 2:26-cv-03836) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT against All Defendants (Filing fee $405, receipt number ALAWDC-7057884) filed by State of Arkansas, State of Louisiana, State of Alabama. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Shes Remaking the Abor...

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Defamation is the first part of the conversation. If there's no defamation claim—either libel or slander—the plaintiff loses. If state law provides a defamation claim, then the court considers the constitutional defense, which succeeds even if there's an otherwise-valid defamation claim.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not covered by speech and debate, but there's still strong first-amendment protections for false speech.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It makes even less difference than that. Florida already allows religious exemptions, and I expect that those opposed to vaccines on moral or ethical grounds will lie, if necessary, to claim a religious exemption.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I fear I've lost this battle, but as a curmudgeon, I'm still going to distinguish between refutes and rebuts, reserving the former for something that conclusively disproves a claim.

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IdahoLark @idaholark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That notch in the volcanic rock of the Snake River Canyon was carved out by an ancient waterfall, likely after the Lake Bonneville flood thousands of years ago. #IdahoEscape

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had a friend who liked to put himself in a closet to study. I wasn't that way myself, but I can see the comfort of cozy spaces. Especially for a little kid, a closet could be the exact kid-sized space that would be great.

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Trixie @miloandme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If only they could slip him a letter of resignation.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And he supposedly signed this right by "Unites States" and didn't notice. He may not know what he's signing.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It all varies, I guess, but the two days after I got four vaccines, I was pretty achy. It passed and it was worth it.

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just got my colorado voting guide in the mail. so weird after moving here from louisiana, the difference between a state that wants you to vote, on an informed basis, and a state that ... does not want that

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If I were at Reuters, this mutually beneficial relationship between Reuters and Anthropic coupled with Reuters' touting of Anthropic would make me nervous

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Of course, perhaps the extra capital will so improve Anthropic's prospects that the IPO is win-win for existing and future shareholders, but hand-waving about Anthropic's making major bets is misleading (IMHO) and distracts from the real question.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One has to wonder if the selective leaks are in return for coverage that hypes the IPO. Reuters reports, "Anthropic is making a massive bet" on AI, which is the exact opposite of what the IPO is doing. The IPO laying off a bet to the stock-buying public, suggesting it doesn't like the bet it made.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm following this just to see what the classicists say.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someone told them about the Streisand effect.

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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Similar. It's odd that such an important event goes unrecognized, and I wonder if it's because it makes the whole mechanism of deterrence seem ridiculous to have a successful result come down to ignoring the computers.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026

Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.

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Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.

From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake.

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