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Greg B
Greg B
@btdgreg.bsky.social
Lawyer, dad. Guy with too many hobbies. 日本語🇯🇵 I block trolls and mute people who repost political memes. I refuse to have a niche or area of expertise. I spout nonsense about whatever I please, thankyouverymuch.
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Just realized the Dallas @cbbworld.bsky.social show is at the same time as the Republican midterm convention. Lol. At least it's on the other side of downtown. I'll be hanging out with @scottaukerman.bsky.social and @pftompkins.bsky.social at the Majestic.
I met Glen Hansard, along with Marketa Irglova, during the Once publicity tour. He was so genuine and warm, and they sang "Falling Slowly" for me when I asked. Just a completely lovely person. Such sad news. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Nadine Searches the Horizon" - one of the many unexplained moments in The Undiscovered Adventures of Nadine, available here: zinnart.com/products/the...
I interviewed for law firm jobs in Salt Lake City when I was at Duke and people actually pulled the "you're not really from Salt Lake, why do you want to come here?" on me. (I grew up in Logan, Utah.)
What is the least culturally powerful city where people do the "you're not a real [local]" thing, because New York is very very far from the only one
One of the things I enjoy about Bernie Sanders is how about 30% of the time his ideas are terrible, but he embraces them anyway.
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill to have the public take a 50% ownership stake in the country's biggest AI companies. The American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would have the government tax AI companies, take 50% of the stock, and put it under public control.
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Trump calculated the damages from his returns being leaked by adding up the amount of income taxes his paid over the last 20 years, plus $10 billion.
The president is negotiating against his own administration to shake down taxpayers for $10 billion. The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm. ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...
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In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9
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It's a bunker.
Trump rants his ballroom will feature "Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital & Medical Facilities,Top Secret Military Installations, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Drone Proof Ceilings, Military Grade Venting, & Bullet, Ballistic, & Blast Proof Glass" Dafuq kind of ballroom is this?
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The problem: Iran is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, causing a global energy crisis. Trump’s “solution”: The US joins in the blockade. How is this going to help? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...