GREG SMITH

School Board Chair. Tech guy. Dad. Spartan racer. Muni budget expert. Marketeer. Maybe not in that order.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@MisterFizz I have a limited amount of time to consume content so yes if the reviews stink I don’t watch.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

I never watched The Expanse when it first came out but am about 4 seasons into it now. They actually do "space combat" in what I think is the most realistic way possible (like, bad things happen when the hull gets penetrated, and they have guided nuclear missiles). Hence, a reboot could not only pick up the existing SG1 fan base but a 2nd generation based on buzz. If it's done correctly.

And I'm actually a huge LOTR fan (read the books, too) and won't touch Rings of Power as everyone knows it's crap.

[Every Stargate ᐰtlantis Frame in Order ᐰ @EverySGAFrame]

The Expanse went through this with Syfy and the fan backlash was so great, they managed to be picked up by #Amazon and continue the series for another 3 seasons.

If the fan backlash is big enough, they will listen. Get #Stargate trending, let #Amazon know how you feel.

We want what @BaronDestructo and Mr. Gero and everyone involved with the original deal, to be back on the table, and get a green light to start filming, with no oversight or input from your studios and your execs.

#SaveStargate #Stargate #Amazon @JeffBezos

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@sunshyne1027 @travisakers Are they using tech for any mandatory testing? We got K Chromebook free but getting a lot of pushback on 1-2.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@stoutman14 @travisakers Books would still be a small part of a school budget, especially since there are typically annual license fees for electronic. Salaries and benefits are what is driving the majority of school costs (staff and administrators).

[Jack O'Neill @Jack2LOneill]

Good morning fellow Stargate fans who are still pissed off at Amazon Studios

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

Amazon axing the new STARGATE series because it was supposedly too niche is such a frustrating executive decision.

This is STARGATE.

The original movie launched in 1994. STARGATE SG-1 ran for 10 seasons. STARGATE ATLANTIS ran for five more. Fans have kept this franchise alive for decades.

Martin Gero, who wrote on SG-1 and ATLANTIS, was developing the new series. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi were consulting producers.

People who understood the franchise were involved.

And Amazon apparently got nervous that the show would appeal too much to STARGATE fans.

That is insane.

Die-hard fans are not the problem. They are the bridge.

They tell friends to watch. They explain the premise. They build word of mouth before casual audiences ever show up.

Studios keep wanting legacy IP without the people who actually love it.

But that “baggage” is the audience.

STARGATE does not need to be sanded down for everyone.

It needs to be good enough that fans bring everyone else in.

[Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK]

Ukraine flew drones 1000km across Russia and blew up a $150m Russian warship and set fire to an oil terminal on the opening day of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Utter humiliation for the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The same World Cup seat is $700 on FIFA's official site and $200 on SeatGeek right now. That gap is not a glitch.

Dynamic pricing solved the upside for FIFA. Demand climbs, the price climbs, $60 group seats turn into $700 matchups, the US opener hit $1,940 at face. The downside is where the system breaks. The second FIFA cuts an official price below what someone already paid, it invites refund demands, chargebacks, and a consumer-protection fight across three host countries.

So the official number cannot fall. It is a published price attached to thousands of fans who bought higher, which turns every markdown into a liability.

Read it as economics instead of conspiracy and it sharpens. FIFA overpriced, then built a channel where lowering the real price is legally radioactive. The secondary market is the only place left to discover what the seats actually clear at.

Those contiguous blocks landing on SeatGeek at $198, $228, $230 are FIFA's true demand curve leaking out where the official site can keep pretending it doesn't exist.

The elegant part: FIFA's own resale marketplace takes 15% from the buyer and 15% from the seller. So even as inventory clears below face, FIFA collects a toll on the way down. They earn on the markdown they can't announce.

Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde settling near $200 while the official page holds the line tells you the market-clearing price was set months ago. FIFA just can't be the one to say it out loud.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

Hear me out. Put these guys and their crew in charge of replacing that bridge that fell in Baltimore because they seem to be capable of getting more done faster than whoever is doing it now.

And how does one cheaply fill in such a long tunnel? Seems like cement would be expensive.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: $45 million worth of cocaine seized after an underground tunnel between Mexico and San Diego, CA was discovered under a Buy 4 Less store.

Investigators say they surveilled the store for months after noticing how little customer foot traffic it had.

Authorities found a nearly 2000-foot-long tunnel that was 55 feet deep and 4.5 feet high with electricity and ventilation.

2270 pounds of coke was seized from the store, and four people were arrested.

Gregorio Epifanio Hernandez Lopez, 29, Jose Jimenez, 32, Antonio Cortez, 18, and Brandon Escalante Sandoval, 26, were arrested.

They all face a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine.

"They thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, what they saw were our lights and sirens," said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@ellymelly I never watched the original. But in a sane world Amazon would license the IP to someone else to create the series aligned with canon and maximize shareholder value. This seems more like an effort to damage the original series, with a middle finger to the fans.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@FreshIceIggy97 @fixournews @allie__voss Likely was autocorrect, Ross.

[Rob Wright Images @RobWrightImages]

That’s more like it. Not a full sky burn but some nice pink underglow.
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June 2, 2026
Rollinsford, New Hampshire

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

How many times do people smuggling in various diseases not get caught?

[FBI @FBI]

NEWS ALERT from @FBIDetroit: Two researchers with the National Institutes of Health were charged with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and giving false statements to federal law enforcement.

A federal complaint alleges that the researchers told Customs and Border Protection (CBP) their case contained diagnostic and testing equipment. However, a investigation by CBP and #FBI agents uncovered 113 vials, 18 of which have been verified to contain monkeypox as of today’s date.

This investigation was conducted by the FBI Detroit Joint Terrorism Task Force, along with assistance from the @FBIBillings' Missoula Resident Agency, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection team at Detroit Metro Airport, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – OIG.

Read more: https://t.co/FIiQCp4vm0

[Brittany Rae @legitbrittFLA]

FROM A FRIEND IN CALI 🚨

California polling is absolutely insane.

I roll up, no Identification no ballot and ask if they can print me out a ballot. They say sure. Whats the first 3 letters of your last name and first 3 letters of your first name? Sil and Chr
They come back with Christian Silviera on Ripon rd. Easily could have said yes but didn't. Went through about 20 names until he found mine with the correct address. Prints it out and sends me to a station to fill it out. Now I guarantee there's professional voters running around this state just spitting names out and hitting up as many locations as they can. This isn't fair elections it's pure corruption.

In Florida you showed up, handed your identification over to be scanned then it was printed out and you were removed from a list. That seems a whole lot more sensible than this operation.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@Nixons_Head_ @BwtrPolice "Say hello to my little friend..."

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@MelanyBelanyBoo @anon_opin The overly frequent strikes made life unnecessarily difficult. I'm with you on the food reg however.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@educator4ever36 Not sure what health class covers but there is a desperate need for fitness and nutrition education.

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

“The students who cannot read a 20-page article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill, or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow.”

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

@dennismhogan Now that we've seen how UKR uses suicide drones it's apparently that most of the combat in Star Wars is completely wrong.

[GREG SMITH @603greg]

I've never fully understood why Russia hasn't adopted "palletization" like everyone else but from what I've read since the invasion of UKR they hand load everything in boxes. Might be more effective if you have unlimited cheap labor but pallets and forklifts are so much more efficient. Of course then you have to pay for forklifts. Plus you have to feed and house your cheap unlimited labor, unlike a forklift that just needs fuel and maintenance.

[Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko]

This manpower sweep problem is actually a lot worse for the Russians than Western military intelligence is capable of giving credit.

It takes a Russian labor gang about 3 hours to load 16 tons of wooden boxes w/o a convenient box car to truck line up. (below upper right)

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