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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 17m

I say again: these “smart glasses” creeps are going to make everyone paranoid and start to get actual glasses-wearers’ asses kicked for no reason very soon.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

Cool how one of the most prevalent tech stories now is “here’s how to be a creep and/or convincing fraud.”

How I Used Smart Glasses to Trick a Bartender Into Giving Me a Free Drink

How smart glasses can be used to con, cheat, and manipulate—and how to spot if someone is doing it.

lifehacker.com

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 25m

Oh hello no

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 25m

Maybe they can repurpose the ballroom as a morgue when the results of all this starts to kick in…?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

complete batshit insanity

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda-stayed-silent-potential-tylenol-risks-internal-reports/

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 4h

Pray harder 🙏

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe you talk your way out of it and get though with a flag on your record; maybe you get banned for 3 or 10 years and sent home; maybe you are detained and shuffled between jails for weeks while your family wonders if you’re even alive. Enjoy your trip!

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 5h

Then you like get sent to secondary screening and interrogation where the onus is on you to explain why you overstayed on a visit that never happened, to an official who’s convinced you’re a liar because THE SYSTEM is showing the bogus entry and exit dates right there on the screen. Good luck.

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 5h

So, for example, once your face is in an entry/exit database you could wrongly be associated with someone else’s entry. If the same error is not repeated when they exit, you might then also have a visa overstay on your record. And you’d have no reason to expect this next time you try to cross.

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 5h

One of the worst problems with systems like this is users who are typically ignorant of technical flaws (seeing them as a “black box” whose outputs demand unthinking response), convinced by minimal training that they are magically error-free when in reality their error rates are quite high.

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 5h

The inherent creepiness (like the guy in the story who was suddenly accosted on a jetway with no explanation) isn’t the only problem. I am most concerned about what happens when the inevitable errors — both false positives AND false negatives — begin to affect people.

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 12h

At this point anyone still travelling to the States is an idiot
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News

The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.

www.cbc.ca

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 22h

I want Nardwuar

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 1d

«Le Devoir» en Roumanie | De leur rive du Danube, les Roumains assistent, impuissants, à la guerre en Ukraine, qui résonne jusque chez eux.

Voir les bombes tomber de l’autre côté du Danube

www.ledevoir.com

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 1d

Still with this disturbing “Fortress Am-Can” slogan

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live

QUEENS PARK - Premier Doug Ford's government has proposed legislation to potentially end indefinite rental leases and adjust tenancy agreements, after realizing that there were still people who could ...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in the United States has become very dark, and will get a whole lot darker if trends continue.

The entire world, and Americans who get it, need to wake up, and work together to contain and reverse what is going on, before it's too late. Time is running out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

WUT?!!

newrepublic.com/article/2005...

Does Anybody Care This Is the Worst Bribery Scandal Since Teapot Dome?

The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. Nothing to see here, move along.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 1d

Which step on the road to civil war is this?:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 1d

Someone at SportsNet is a big NIN fan, eh?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

Also “intact insurance” sounds like something MRAs would sell each other at the men-i-cure

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

I know exactly which one you mean!

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if they know that their sign suggests their business name is pronounced “mean-eye-cure”?

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody here considered funding a rebuild entirely with bakshish…go figure!

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the idea that Trump can be persuaded or shamed or reasoned with is deeply flawed. The evidence is clear: he responds to flattery and bribery. Buying $75m of gold leaf for the boondoggle ballroom, on the other hand…

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

… or if you ever have been a renter, or ever may be a renter again… or have family who was, is, or will be… this is a major change to the social contract in Ontario that cannot be ignored.

Matt Jelly @mattjelly.bsky.social · 2d

If you're a renter in Ontario, you should know Doug Ford is trying to make it easier for your landlord to raise your rent or end your tenancy. #HamOnt #OnPoli

acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...

Doug Ford Moves to End Rent Control

Doug Ford announced proposed changes to the LTB that would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.

acorncanada.org

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Greg Smith @onshi.bsky.social · 2d

The point of being right about [all this] is to motivate action, not to enjoy the Cassandra experience. Denial doesn’t actually help.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2d

All I can think is that some people believe that being right about a doomsday scenario earlier than everyone else will make them the winner of doomsday or something.

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