ScottCulkin 🇺🇸/🏴/🚒🚑(ret.)/🚴/🥁/⚽
@scottculkin.bsky.social
Husband • Father • Retired Fire Captain 🚒 • Former Paramedic 🚑• Native San Diegan 😎 • Road Cyclist 🚴♂️• Drummer • Enjoying married life and family in Southern SoCal • THFC ⚽ • (he/him/his)
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RFK Hospital: the only hospital brave enough to follow the advice of America's health secretary
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
RFK Hospital: the only hospital brave enough to follow the advice of America's health secretary
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Panicked xAI Technicians Frantically Throw Levers To Find The One Controlling Grok’s Pedophilia https://theonion.com/panicked-xai-technicians-frantically-throw-levers-to-find-the-one-controlling-groks-pedophilia/
January 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Panicked xAI Technicians Frantically Throw Levers To Find The One Controlling Grok’s Pedophilia https://theonion.com/panicked-xai-technicians-frantically-throw-levers-to-find-the-one-controlling-groks-pedophilia/
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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can i get a hell yeah brother
NFFE Endorses Sam Forstag for Montana’s First Congressional District | National Federation of Federal Employees
Sam is a wildland firefighter at the Missoula Smokejumper Base and currently serves as the Vice President of NFFE Local 60.
nffe.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
can i get a hell yeah brother
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LLMs are literally hallucination machines.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
LLMs are literally hallucination machines.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
It’s what they are built to do.
Using them for anything other than throwing random words together is useless.
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I see a lot of "We need to stop armchair commenting and let Carney do his job to save Canada from Trump," and while I understand the sentiment, I think it is healthy and necessary for people to express their feelings and opinions based on the info they are given. Telling people to shut up isn't it.
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I see a lot of "We need to stop armchair commenting and let Carney do his job to save Canada from Trump," and while I understand the sentiment, I think it is healthy and necessary for people to express their feelings and opinions based on the info they are given. Telling people to shut up isn't it.
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Yet another reminder to download + bookmark the old version of the vaccine schedule from @archive.org's Wayback Machine. Link in this post: bsky.app/profile/niem...
Context:
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Before vaccines, 1 in 5 kids died before age 5 due to infectious diseases. Scientists spent time, money, and effort to make sure don't have to live this way — we've eradicated these diseases.
But that's going down the drain thanks to Trump and RFK Jr.
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Before vaccines, 1 in 5 kids died before age 5 due to infectious diseases. Scientists spent time, money, and effort to make sure don't have to live this way — we've eradicated these diseases.
But that's going down the drain thanks to Trump and RFK Jr.
Trump, RFK dramatically overhaul child vaccine schedule
The move is a public health gamble that assumes children's health won't be endangered by cutting the shots they get.
www.axios.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Yet another reminder to download + bookmark the old version of the vaccine schedule from @archive.org's Wayback Machine. Link in this post: bsky.app/profile/niem...
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If any media outlets want to talk about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I'm currently writing the official history of public meeting for the CPB and Current, and I'm available.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board voted to close the organization after 58 years after the Trump Administration ended funding.
variety.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
If any media outlets want to talk about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I'm currently writing the official history of public meeting for the CPB and Current, and I'm available.
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Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
Making some power today with our very clean solar panels. Our heat pump use is outstripping our current generation; however, we're saving well over $100/mo in natural gas costs! When we stop using our heat in March (usually) our power generation will be back to normal (positive).
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Making some power today with our very clean solar panels. Our heat pump use is outstripping our current generation; however, we're saving well over $100/mo in natural gas costs! When we stop using our heat in March (usually) our power generation will be back to normal (positive).
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On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
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Elon Musk is using Grok to fill the internet with child pornography. Some liberals object.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Elon Musk is using Grok to fill the internet with child pornography. Some liberals object.
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This guy here is dead 👇
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This guy here is dead 👇
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I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
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Compare and contrast how the media covered the Minnesota daycare story to how they covered the estimated $64B of fraud in Trump's PPP program
That whole “Minnesota fraud” scandal is a completely made up racist lie and the media is eating it up and presenting it as if it’s a genuine scandal. I’m going to lose my mind
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Compare and contrast how the media covered the Minnesota daycare story to how they covered the estimated $64B of fraud in Trump's PPP program
This is a good question. Also, maybe get off the CSAM platform. 😐
I would love to know why people in San Diego's labor movement are still producing free content for Elon Musk's companies.
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This is a good question. Also, maybe get off the CSAM platform. 😐
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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"But the [LA] fires...affirm a new consensus among a certain cohort of fire experts, that we have fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the problem and mismanaged fire risk as a result."
With shout outs to @wildland-zko.bsky.social and @sjpyne.bsky.social .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
With shout outs to @wildland-zko.bsky.social and @sjpyne.bsky.social .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
Opinion | Which City Burns Next?
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"But the [LA] fires...affirm a new consensus among a certain cohort of fire experts, that we have fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the problem and mismanaged fire risk as a result."
With shout outs to @wildland-zko.bsky.social and @sjpyne.bsky.social .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
With shout outs to @wildland-zko.bsky.social and @sjpyne.bsky.social .
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
Best selfie of 2026. 👇
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Best selfie of 2026. 👇
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Javier, our CEO, hopes your holiday break was everything you needed it to be. It is understandable if you need a bit more time to get reacclimated this morning. He hopes 2026 brings you love, happiness, and plenty of good dogs. He is comfortable handling that last one ❤️
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Javier, our CEO, hopes your holiday break was everything you needed it to be. It is understandable if you need a bit more time to get reacclimated this morning. He hopes 2026 brings you love, happiness, and plenty of good dogs. He is comfortable handling that last one ❤️
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Let's talk a little about the problems the US will face if it ends up getting involved on the ground in Venezuela. Based on no more than a gut feeling, I'd guess that currently, there's a 20-40% chance of that.
In a nutshell, the country risk is extremely high, driven by severe political
In a nutshell, the country risk is extremely high, driven by severe political
Venezuela: Risk Assessment
Venezuela Risk Assessment
globaledge.msu.edu
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Let's talk a little about the problems the US will face if it ends up getting involved on the ground in Venezuela. Based on no more than a gut feeling, I'd guess that currently, there's a 20-40% chance of that.
In a nutshell, the country risk is extremely high, driven by severe political
In a nutshell, the country risk is extremely high, driven by severe political