Duncan Kansas
@nuclear5over1.bsky.social
emergency medicine resident | he/him | abolish zoning, build housing | opinions your own
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The long hangover of the new left and 1968 has in general just been such a disaster in so many ways. I fucking hate how every protest at an Ivy is covered like it’s WW3 and the 18-22 yr olds involved treated like they’re the UN Security Council with think pieces on What It All Means.
I think the legacy of the Boomers romanticizing their Vietnam protest days has been bad for undergrads, who are expected to not just speak out but speak out coherently because of an overly rosy view of what things were like in 1968
March 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The long hangover of the new left and 1968 has in general just been such a disaster in so many ways. I fucking hate how every protest at an Ivy is covered like it’s WW3 and the 18-22 yr olds involved treated like they’re the UN Security Council with think pieces on What It All Means.
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[playing poker]
FRIEND: I’m all in
ME: [yearning for this type of commitment since we first met] me too, man, I’m all in too
FRIEND: um, a pair of kings
ME: you bet we are
FRIEND: I’m all in
ME: [yearning for this type of commitment since we first met] me too, man, I’m all in too
FRIEND: um, a pair of kings
ME: you bet we are
December 17, 2024 at 11:08 PM
[playing poker]
FRIEND: I’m all in
ME: [yearning for this type of commitment since we first met] me too, man, I’m all in too
FRIEND: um, a pair of kings
ME: you bet we are
FRIEND: I’m all in
ME: [yearning for this type of commitment since we first met] me too, man, I’m all in too
FRIEND: um, a pair of kings
ME: you bet we are
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Russia rejected the ceasefire? No this can’t be. I was assured that Zelensky was the one who caused all of this and was the aggressor getting in the way of peace.
Cutting off military aid and screaming at him in the White House was all pointless? No. I can’t believe it.
Cutting off military aid and screaming at him in the White House was all pointless? No. I can’t believe it.
March 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Russia rejected the ceasefire? No this can’t be. I was assured that Zelensky was the one who caused all of this and was the aggressor getting in the way of peace.
Cutting off military aid and screaming at him in the White House was all pointless? No. I can’t believe it.
Cutting off military aid and screaming at him in the White House was all pointless? No. I can’t believe it.
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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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Just to be perfectly clear because I ran out of characters: This is wild. Lamberth doesn't exactly say that DOJ stopped litigating, but, he didn't not say that!
NEWS: Judge Royce Lamberth converted his TRO against enforcement of the anti-trans prison provisions of the 1/20 "sex" definition EO into a preliminary injunction bc, although the govt suggested at the TRO hearing that it would present "ameliorative steps" to protect the trans women, it ... did not.
February 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just to be perfectly clear because I ran out of characters: This is wild. Lamberth doesn't exactly say that DOJ stopped litigating, but, he didn't not say that!
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The party of free speech!
House Republicans ask AG Bondi to prosecute Code Pink and other organizations because they are "distributing information" about legal rights. dailycaller.com/2025/02/18/e...
February 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The party of free speech!
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So Trump is now saying that the Federal Election Commission, which was an independent regulatory agency, "must be supervised and controlled by the people's elected President."
February 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So Trump is now saying that the Federal Election Commission, which was an independent regulatory agency, "must be supervised and controlled by the people's elected President."
it’s a good thing we’re gutting the EPA
A large fire broke out at a manufacturing site for aviation products in Pennsylvania on Monday night, engulfing the building in flames and closing nearby schools over fears of hazardous air pollution, officials said.
Large Fire Erupts at Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania, Closing Schools
The building was evacuated and nobody was injured, the police said, but heavy smoke and the possibility of burning chemicals led officials to close local schools.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
it’s a good thing we’re gutting the EPA
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I reviewed a copy of the email received by a fired FDIC employee (who was told by phone they were not being terminated for performance) and it had some *very* peculiar language:
“FDIC finds that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the FDIC would be in the public interest.”
“FDIC finds that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the FDIC would be in the public interest.”
The FDIC fired its probationary employees tonight. It's unclear just how many people are affected, but according to the DOGE website there were 513 agency employees with less than a year of experience. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
FDIC Fires Probationary Employees Amid Continued Agency Cull
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. terminated probationary employees in the latest cuts at a key bank regulator.
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I reviewed a copy of the email received by a fired FDIC employee (who was told by phone they were not being terminated for performance) and it had some *very* peculiar language:
“FDIC finds that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the FDIC would be in the public interest.”
“FDIC finds that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the FDIC would be in the public interest.”
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The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other products were fired without cause.
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
apnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other products were fired without cause.
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Big day in the life of a vehicle
February 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Big day in the life of a vehicle
voting for Trump because he made sure I wasn’t able to go get another job that pays me better 👍
The top U.S. labor law enforcer is @nlrbgc.bsky.social.
Biden-era GC maintained that contracts binding workers against taking their skill to competing employers are unlawful.
The new NLRB General Counsel reversed this, will stop fighting such noncompete clauses.
HT @mattbruenig.bsky.social
Biden-era GC maintained that contracts binding workers against taking their skill to competing employers are unlawful.
The new NLRB General Counsel reversed this, will stop fighting such noncompete clauses.
HT @mattbruenig.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
voting for Trump because he made sure I wasn’t able to go get another job that pays me better 👍
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I would have gotten away with the tax fraud if the IRS hadn't gone looking for it, which is why this is their fault.
February 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I would have gotten away with the tax fraud if the IRS hadn't gone looking for it, which is why this is their fault.
my friend who never went to college hurriedly asking chat gpt how to rsi their crashing patient
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
my friend who never went to college hurriedly asking chat gpt how to rsi their crashing patient
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The mutual incomprehension is marked by Democratic confusion over what’s driving constituent anger, and constituent confusion over what Democrats could reasonably accomplish. Alarmed Americans should of course have realistic expectations. www.offmessage.net/p/an-opposit...
February 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The mutual incomprehension is marked by Democratic confusion over what’s driving constituent anger, and constituent confusion over what Democrats could reasonably accomplish. Alarmed Americans should of course have realistic expectations. www.offmessage.net/p/an-opposit...
creating a problem and then trying to solve it with shitty, corrupt solutions is just banana republic shit
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
creating a problem and then trying to solve it with shitty, corrupt solutions is just banana republic shit
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Steele's turn is also a signal of the massive shift in GOP tactics targetting black voters. The target black Republican in 2002 (when Steele was elected Lt. Gov) was upwardly mobile, educated, fiscally and culturally conservative. The target black Republican in 2024 is a low info conspiracy theorist
For some context, I grew up in Baltimore and Steele was as far right as you could get in political life because Maryland was so blue—Steele’s politics have been probably the farthest right that should ever be socially acceptable in the States, and he’s now effectively considered a left-wing radical
🔥 “Wake the hell up.”
Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info
Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Steele's turn is also a signal of the massive shift in GOP tactics targetting black voters. The target black Republican in 2002 (when Steele was elected Lt. Gov) was upwardly mobile, educated, fiscally and culturally conservative. The target black Republican in 2024 is a low info conspiracy theorist
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We are in the middle of the most profound crisis of American government since the civil war and our idiotic political media can barely see it. Control of the US has been handed to a totally unelected oligarch whose politics are defined by close association with neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists
February 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We are in the middle of the most profound crisis of American government since the civil war and our idiotic political media can barely see it. Control of the US has been handed to a totally unelected oligarch whose politics are defined by close association with neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists
i was already relatively anti-sports betting but this podcast is extremely black pilling against it; it increases bankruptcy, intimate partner violence, and preys on the vulnerable
December 6, 2024 at 12:12 AM
i was already relatively anti-sports betting but this podcast is extremely black pilling against it; it increases bankruptcy, intimate partner violence, and preys on the vulnerable
lmao SHOCKING
During the campaign, Donald Trump swore he had “nothing to do with” Project 2025. Now, as president-elect, Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing policy blueprint that would overhaul the federal government. nyti.ms/3BhAxxA
November 30, 2024 at 12:38 AM
lmao SHOCKING
impossible to overstate how much the current dolphins logo is a downgrade from their og logo
November 29, 2024 at 2:24 AM
impossible to overstate how much the current dolphins logo is a downgrade from their og logo
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Eberflus saving that Timeout for Black Friday deals
November 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Eberflus saving that Timeout for Black Friday deals
just incredible to be mounting a comeback for the ages and blow the game because you have no discipline or clock management
This is the stupidest Bears finish since the last one.
November 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
just incredible to be mounting a comeback for the ages and blow the game because you have no discipline or clock management
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No one heard about it! Propaganda works and there's very little counteracting it right now
For the first time in a while overdose deaths are declining - seven straight months of declines. The cause is complicated but appears to be the culmination of a number of different Biden admin policy initiatives coming to fruition. And yet it meant absolutely nothing politically.
What’s the TLDR?
November 28, 2024 at 4:19 AM
No one heard about it! Propaganda works and there's very little counteracting it right now