A medical school professor friend was denied Global Entry at Logan Airport when returning to Boston from a Christmas holiday in his native European homeland (remember to listen to public health advice from the MD/PhDs regarding the covid-spreading potential of travel; don’t follow their examples!). His luggage was taken apart piece by piece, scrutinized, and repeatedly X-rayed. He presumed that the unprecedented (for him) examination was due to all of the European food that he’d packed. The agents explained, however, that he and another passenger on the same flight had been flagged due to having published journal papers on the subject of COVID-19. Someone at DHS had read these and flagged the two academics as potential carriers of forbidden “human biological samples” (Customs and Border Protection page).
My literary foray into the area of what the government might be monitoring (a few commenters seemed to think that I was serious):
We still have some of the brisket in the freezer…
That’s some cheap brisket. On the opposite price range you try kosher brisket. Does Massachusetts government have “no call” list? Add yourself to it and if they message you again they will in violation of a federal law.
Best way to cook brisket? Smoked + sous vide (12hrs is fine, 44hrs is overkill) + flame charred:
Call it sous vide protest brisket
After writing so many comments on the Greenspun blog, the lion kingdom is probably DHS enemy #1.