[aebtebeten]

Have you called your members of congress yet?

[gsf_emergency_6]

https://archive.ph/PfNAo

[aebtebeten]

> Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) predicted [a Greenland war powers bill] would easily pass if an invasion was imminent

I wonder what "imminent" might mean to Tillis? Anchorage to Nuuk is only ~5 hours by air (Newburgh to Nuuk, ~3h15).

(using https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ for distances and assuming ~900 km/h for a C-17 — although it would require multiple C-17s [which Anchorage has] to significantly outnumber the allied OOB [per wikipedia])

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the standard bureaucrats' response to crises, according to Sir Humphrey Appleby GCB KBE MVO:

  - Nothing is going to happen.
  - Something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
  - Maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
  - Maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.

EDIT: we also know Tillis can be less than completely candid; see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46551849

[gsf_emergency_6]

Ah! Having randos call congressmen is generally a great idea for urgent+important+bipartisan issues (tech or fiscal), which at the moment I can think of 3

a)AI (in particular, regulation on the mil/statedept use of "private AI").

b)independence of the fed

c)tariffs

Imho

[oenton]

Yes and despite how demoralizing it can feel, I encourage everyone to do the same: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

In the past we have hit critical mass, where so many people were calling in to Congress to complain (when Trump initially started with his arbitrary tariffs) that the Congressional phone system began to fail under load, and that made headlines that managed to break through the 24/7 firehose of bullshit.