Dan Chien
@danchien.bsky.social
Musician (baritone, keyboardist / collaborative pianist, euphoniumist, MD), mechanical designer/drafter.
This land was made for you and me
July 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This land was made for you and me
Roxbury Mountain Road
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June 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Reposted by Dan Chien
From the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
“Among the appointees are 2020 election deniers and right-wing conspiracy theorists — and many more seem to have few qualifications besides fealty to Trump.”
THE HENCHMEN STRATEGY:
My latest in-depth report for HuffPost looks at how the Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-he...
My latest in-depth report for HuffPost looks at how the Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-he...
Trump Is Appointing Friends And Allies To A Powerful Position Using A Loophole
The Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Among the appointees are 2020 election deniers and right-wing conspiracy theorists — and many more seem to have few qualifications besides fealty to Trump.”
Let’s be real: Trump’s only objective in these “peace negotiations” is to punish Ukraine for declining to aid his 2020 campaign.
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Let’s be real: Trump’s only objective in these “peace negotiations” is to punish Ukraine for declining to aid his 2020 campaign.
Against whom do they think we’re at war?
US Supreme Court backs Trump on deportations under 1798 law
The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a victory on Monday by letting him use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president's hardline approach to immigration.
www.reuters.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Against whom do they think we’re at war?
Our president seems genuinely to believe that to run a trade deficit vis-à-vis another country is to lose money to that country; that the magnitude of the deficit is the amount of the “loss”.
April 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Our president seems genuinely to believe that to run a trade deficit vis-à-vis another country is to lose money to that country; that the magnitude of the deficit is the amount of the “loss”.
If you’re not sure whether it’s currently (for example) EST or EDT, you can just write “ET”, I believe.
April 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you’re not sure whether it’s currently (for example) EST or EDT, you can just write “ET”, I believe.
Yes, please, push back.
US Senate vote protesting Trump's tariff moves draws some Republican support
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday is expected to vote on a measure protesting President Donald Trump'snew tariffs on Canadian imports, in a move expected to draw some Republican support in that chamber but fall flat in the House of Representatives.
www.reuters.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Yes, please, push back.
Jerry Garcia?
John Gielgud?
Judy Garland?
John Gielgud?
Judy Garland?
ok, I hypothesized about this yesterday and I am shocked that no one has tracked it down -- people need to figure out who the "JG" or person whose name begins with "Jeff" was that Waltz intended to invite to the chat before autocorrect took over.
Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
March 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Jerry Garcia?
John Gielgud?
Judy Garland?
John Gielgud?
Judy Garland?
That he sees in Ukraine the opportunity not to aid and defend, but only to exploit, says all that one needs to understand about Trump’s character and fitness to lead on the world stage.
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
That he sees in Ukraine the opportunity not to aid and defend, but only to exploit, says all that one needs to understand about Trump’s character and fitness to lead on the world stage.
Trump clearly has not gotten over Zelenskyy declining to bring him Joe Biden’s head on a platter.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump clearly has not gotten over Zelenskyy declining to bring him Joe Biden’s head on a platter.
If the U.S. is taking the lead in Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations, does that mean it considers Ukraine a de facto member of NATO?
February 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If the U.S. is taking the lead in Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations, does that mean it considers Ukraine a de facto member of NATO?
Hopefully Rubio holds some sway–
“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end Moscow's war”
“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end Moscow's war”
Rubio says coming days will show if Putin serious about Ukraine peace
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday the next few days will determine how serious Russian President Vladimir Putin is about peace in Ukraine, as U.S. officials fly out to Saudi Arabia for meetings with Russian officials.
www.reuters.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hopefully Rubio holds some sway–
“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end Moscow's war”
“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end Moscow's war”
Reposted by Dan Chien
As a nation, we have returned to early adolescence -- that fraught chapter in life in which bullies rule, outsiders are taunted and ostracized, behavior is impulsive and hormones run disastrously amok. America is mired in its "Lord of the Flies" era. Please let it grow up again.
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As a nation, we have returned to early adolescence -- that fraught chapter in life in which bullies rule, outsiders are taunted and ostracized, behavior is impulsive and hormones run disastrously amok. America is mired in its "Lord of the Flies" era. Please let it grow up again.
This Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theatre.
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theatre.
Do the Musk people have security clearances?
“Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on administrative leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials, one of the sources said.”
“Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on administrative leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials, one of the sources said.”
More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency
Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
www.reuters.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Do the Musk people have security clearances?
“Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on administrative leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials, one of the sources said.”
“Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on administrative leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials, one of the sources said.”
Shouldn’t this be the other way around? How do “Musk aides” have access to the computer systems?
Exclusive: Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the US government human resources agency locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials reut.rs/3CuCEPs
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
reut.rs
February 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Shouldn’t this be the other way around? How do “Musk aides” have access to the computer systems?
If the U.S. isn’t able to keep drugs from coming in, why does it think its neighbors should be able to keep them from going out?
February 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If the U.S. isn’t able to keep drugs from coming in, why does it think its neighbors should be able to keep them from going out?
Noting that the NTSB isn’t identifying DEI initiatives as an area of primary focus in its investigation.
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Noting that the NTSB isn’t identifying DEI initiatives as an area of primary focus in its investigation.
“Matilda Jr.” opening
January 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Matilda Jr.” opening