Chris Durst
@chrisdurst.bsky.social
eponymous founder of a pudding dynasty
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Updated FDA org chart from BioSpace: nearly 90% of sr leaders who were at FDA a yr ago are gone. Most FDA employees are usually "career staff" who worked 4 multiple FDA commissioners & yrs of training 2b knowledgeable incl cell & gene therapies. Pazdur had worked 4 Bush, Obama,Trump & Biden #medsky
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Updated FDA org chart from BioSpace: nearly 90% of sr leaders who were at FDA a yr ago are gone. Most FDA employees are usually "career staff" who worked 4 multiple FDA commissioners & yrs of training 2b knowledgeable incl cell & gene therapies. Pazdur had worked 4 Bush, Obama,Trump & Biden #medsky
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Mike Johnson is the anti-hipster. Whatever you talk about, he has in fact never heard about it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mike Johnson is the anti-hipster. Whatever you talk about, he has in fact never heard about it.
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Ah fuck we got the Philip K Dick future 😞
July 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ah fuck we got the Philip K Dick future 😞
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Funny how the US has basically the government of Iran now: Supreme Leader who rules by decree, priestly council with token opposition that decides whether the decisions are okay or not on arcane scriptural grounds, and completely ceremonial legislature
June 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Funny how the US has basically the government of Iran now: Supreme Leader who rules by decree, priestly council with token opposition that decides whether the decisions are okay or not on arcane scriptural grounds, and completely ceremonial legislature
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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
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Welcome to your 40s. The DJ at this grocery store is spinning nothing but hits.
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Welcome to your 40s. The DJ at this grocery store is spinning nothing but hits.
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Chris Murphy: "Let's be clear what this trip is all about. This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is going to the gulf to collect tribute. What's happening here is an extraordinary level of corruption. We shouldn't pretend this is business as usual."
May 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Chris Murphy: "Let's be clear what this trip is all about. This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is going to the gulf to collect tribute. What's happening here is an extraordinary level of corruption. We shouldn't pretend this is business as usual."
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This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
@cait.bsky.social safe guy is back bolting stuff to the floor when his wife is gone
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From the guns community on Reddit: Wife went on vacation. I claimed the downstairs closet for ammo storage.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@cait.bsky.social safe guy is back bolting stuff to the floor when his wife is gone
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The President of the United States has chosen to throw the economy into turmoil.
April 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The President of the United States has chosen to throw the economy into turmoil.
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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someday science will discover that it’s unhealthy to pound seltzers all day long instead of drinking water and i will officially have nothing left to live for
April 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
someday science will discover that it’s unhealthy to pound seltzers all day long instead of drinking water and i will officially have nothing left to live for
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I probably burn most of my calories from running my mouth
April 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I probably burn most of my calories from running my mouth
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A reminder to reporters: Because Trump tariff numbers are made-up nonsense, using the phrase “reciprocal tariffs” is lying to your audience. The phrase itself is propaganda. They are not reciprocal.
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A reminder to reporters: Because Trump tariff numbers are made-up nonsense, using the phrase “reciprocal tariffs” is lying to your audience. The phrase itself is propaganda. They are not reciprocal.
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DOGE claims to have just cancelled an $877 million grant to Texas Department of State Health Services while the agency is in the midst of responding to a Measles outbreak
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
DOGE claims to have just cancelled an $877 million grant to Texas Department of State Health Services while the agency is in the midst of responding to a Measles outbreak
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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RFK Jr. should "should shut up or step down," writes Donald G. McNeil, Jr. in this blistering op ed. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | RFK Jr.’s childish libertarian nonsense
Vaccines are not a “personal choice.” We give up some personal freedoms so we all stay alive.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
RFK Jr. should "should shut up or step down," writes Donald G. McNeil, Jr. in this blistering op ed. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
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February 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
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framers couldn't account for the speaker of the house being a pathetic toady
"I do think there has to be accountability. Congress has the power of the purse, of course. And we have oversight responsibility. And we’ve been vigorously using both of those powers." - Mike Johnson, May 2024.
February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
framers couldn't account for the speaker of the house being a pathetic toady
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Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.
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This has ALWAYS been what is going to happen. The way that tariffs work makes them perfect vehicles for presidential corruption. If you're on team Trump you get a waiver. If you're not, well ... sucks to be you. That's why the inaugural committee is cleaning up with CEOs.
Deepwater Asset Management predicts that Apple and Tesla will receive tariff waivers because Trump doesn’t want Tesla to lose to BYD or Apple to lose to Samsung.
So, Trump literally decides our every breath now. I guess soon we’ll find out when we are allowed to piss
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So, Trump literally decides our every breath now. I guess soon we’ll find out when we are allowed to piss
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Analyst: Trump will waive Apple’s China tariffs so it doesn’t ‘lose to Samsung’ - 9to5Mac
One major firm has shared predictions for the US market in 2025, and Apple getting exempted from Trump’s new China tariffs is on the list.
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December 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
This has ALWAYS been what is going to happen. The way that tariffs work makes them perfect vehicles for presidential corruption. If you're on team Trump you get a waiver. If you're not, well ... sucks to be you. That's why the inaugural committee is cleaning up with CEOs.
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The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance “prior authorizations” and found:
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
December 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance “prior authorizations” and found:
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths