Dylan Koester
@dylankoester.bsky.social
Band director, conductor, researcher, educator. Asst DoB at Tulane, Doc student at Columbia University. Runner, New Orleanian, husband and dog dad.
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There is no plan.
Commerce Sec Lutnick promised Chinese jobs "screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones” would be moved here. Treasury Sec Bessent said American dream was not cheap "flatscreens"
And yet here we are: first China tariff exemptions are for iPhones & flatscreens
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
And yet here we are: first China tariff exemptions are for iPhones & flatscreens
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There is no plan.
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Yeah, everything’s fine.
(Please remember, this is being done intentionally, and there is no plan.)
(Please remember, this is being done intentionally, and there is no plan.)
April 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Yeah, everything’s fine.
(Please remember, this is being done intentionally, and there is no plan.)
(Please remember, this is being done intentionally, and there is no plan.)
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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‘nuff said.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
Opinion | A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase?
Navarro says tariffs will raise $600 billion a year for the government, but he says this is a tax cut.
www.wsj.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
‘nuff said.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
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JFC.
You don’t need a damn expert to tell you this.
You don’t need a damn expert to tell you this.
If re-elected, Donald Trump said on Fox News that the U.S. could potentially end all federal taxation and return to the economic policies of the late 19th century. Experts have dismissed his idea as mathematically impossible and economically destructive. nyti.ms/3UnY9XU
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
JFC.
You don’t need a damn expert to tell you this.
You don’t need a damn expert to tell you this.
Sounds of Mardi Gras morning: Wild Tchoupitoulas & the Neville Brothers recorded at Tips in 1977, from @tipsrecordclub.bsky.social . Happy Mardi Gras, y’all! 🟢🟣🟡
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sounds of Mardi Gras morning: Wild Tchoupitoulas & the Neville Brothers recorded at Tips in 1977, from @tipsrecordclub.bsky.social . Happy Mardi Gras, y’all! 🟢🟣🟡
No spectating for me this weekend, but got to adjudicate some terrific marching bands in Metairie with @BookOfSz this evening!
February 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No spectating for me this weekend, but got to adjudicate some terrific marching bands in Metairie with @BookOfSz this evening!
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I am starting to wonder what these mass government firings are going to mean for military recruitment.
Vets often have trouble transitioning into the civilian labor force, but it helps that they have a huge leg up in the civil service. Does smashing it disincentivize enlisting?
Vets often have trouble transitioning into the civilian labor force, but it helps that they have a huge leg up in the civil service. Does smashing it disincentivize enlisting?
February 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I am starting to wonder what these mass government firings are going to mean for military recruitment.
Vets often have trouble transitioning into the civilian labor force, but it helps that they have a huge leg up in the civil service. Does smashing it disincentivize enlisting?
Vets often have trouble transitioning into the civilian labor force, but it helps that they have a huge leg up in the civil service. Does smashing it disincentivize enlisting?
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One reason that there is a legislative process for appropriating money is so that uninformed liars can't submarine programs on a whim.
Makes you think. Really makes you think. Makes you think, about a lot of things.
February 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One reason that there is a legislative process for appropriating money is so that uninformed liars can't submarine programs on a whim.
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With Trump expected to sign a sweeping executive order prioritizing school vouchers, good time to reflect on just how unpopular this cause is among his own base. My latest for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...
@jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
With Trump expected to sign a sweeping executive order prioritizing school vouchers, good time to reflect on just how unpopular this cause is among his own base. My latest for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...
@jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...
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Ignorance is dangerous
“It is unclear whether Mr. Rubio or the president understands that the presence of unexploded munitions threatens the lives of Americans as well, given that U.S. troops are often killed or wounded by hazardous battlefield munitions…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
“It is unclear whether Mr. Rubio or the president understands that the presence of unexploded munitions threatens the lives of Americans as well, given that U.S. troops are often killed or wounded by hazardous battlefield munitions…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs
Efforts to clear unexploded munitions in places like Iraq and Southeast Asia will stop for at least three months, according to a surprise announcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Ignorance is dangerous
“It is unclear whether Mr. Rubio or the president understands that the presence of unexploded munitions threatens the lives of Americans as well, given that U.S. troops are often killed or wounded by hazardous battlefield munitions…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
“It is unclear whether Mr. Rubio or the president understands that the presence of unexploded munitions threatens the lives of Americans as well, given that U.S. troops are often killed or wounded by hazardous battlefield munitions…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
View from my home office window in Uptown New Orleans as I work through paper edits.
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
View from my home office window in Uptown New Orleans as I work through paper edits.
Historic day in New Orleans, folks!
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Historic day in New Orleans, folks!
Merry Christmas Eve, friends! 💚
December 25, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Merry Christmas Eve, friends! 💚
‘Tis the season for emails from charter plane companies. How do they find band director emails?
December 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM
‘Tis the season for emails from charter plane companies. How do they find band director emails?
Alright @mrkc.bsky.social go and win this new conference of yours. From my green team to yours. 🦆
December 7, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Alright @mrkc.bsky.social go and win this new conference of yours. From my green team to yours. 🦆
@mrkc.bsky.social you know I’m usually more of a bourbon guy, but I’m branching out tonight as I celebrate the first day off in a while and our day-late Thanksgiving.
November 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
@mrkc.bsky.social you know I’m usually more of a bourbon guy, but I’m branching out tonight as I celebrate the first day off in a while and our day-late Thanksgiving.
Aaand I’m on the roof. ‘Tis the season.
November 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Aaand I’m on the roof. ‘Tis the season.
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"On average, projects currently underway in New Orleans take 756 calendar days—more than twice the time allocated in original contracts."
www.fox8live.com/2024/11/26/n... @fox8live.com
www.fox8live.com/2024/11/26/n... @fox8live.com
New Orleans roadwork timelines stretch years beyond contracts
Some New Orleans road projects are taking years longer than planned
www.fox8live.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:27 AM
"On average, projects currently underway in New Orleans take 756 calendar days—more than twice the time allocated in original contracts."
www.fox8live.com/2024/11/26/n... @fox8live.com
www.fox8live.com/2024/11/26/n... @fox8live.com
Phenomenal running weather. Peak New Orleans season right here.
November 23, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Phenomenal running weather. Peak New Orleans season right here.
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I’m sorry, you must be new here.
Window seat controls the shade, middle gets the armrests, aisle gets to get up at will.
Those are the rules.
Window seat controls the shade, middle gets the armrests, aisle gets to get up at will.
Those are the rules.
It's a debate as old as the hills. Who owns the middle armrests? www.flightradar24.com/blog/threads...
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I’m sorry, you must be new here.
Window seat controls the shade, middle gets the armrests, aisle gets to get up at will.
Those are the rules.
Window seat controls the shade, middle gets the armrests, aisle gets to get up at will.
Those are the rules.
My 1st bsky post is deeply New Orleans: the West Carrollton neighborhood is entirely unnavigable with these road repairs. I can barely even run out of here, let alone drive. The finished product will be beautiful, right?
November 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
My 1st bsky post is deeply New Orleans: the West Carrollton neighborhood is entirely unnavigable with these road repairs. I can barely even run out of here, let alone drive. The finished product will be beautiful, right?