K. Chen
@tznkai.bsky.social
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K. Chen
@tznkai.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I think I'll use this thread as a table of content for my health insurance and personal finance explainers, but with clickbait titles
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Breaking bad was about a guy who had many opportunities for his healthcare to be paid for (his former business partners, jrs accidental money laundering go fund me), but he preferred selling meth because ruining other people's lives feels more manly than accepting gifts.
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Breaking bad was about a guy who had many opportunities for his healthcare to be paid for (his former business partners, jrs accidental money laundering go fund me), but he preferred selling meth because ruining other people's lives feels more manly than accepting gifts.
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"you shouldn't torture because it's wrong" is correct and would be sufficient but you don't ever need to get there because "torture doesn't fucking work" is also correct and does not rely on any shared morality
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"you shouldn't torture because it's wrong" is correct and would be sufficient but you don't ever need to get there because "torture doesn't fucking work" is also correct and does not rely on any shared morality
Birth tourism is bad because it makes a mockery of a well ordered immigration system, this is not a thing we have. The solution is to have a well ordered immigration system that accepts nearly all applicants.
Birth tourism is bad!
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Birth tourism is bad because it makes a mockery of a well ordered immigration system, this is not a thing we have. The solution is to have a well ordered immigration system that accepts nearly all applicants.
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They don't want traditional masculine virtues, which is something they give; they want traditional masculine rents, which is something they get.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
They don't want traditional masculine virtues, which is something they give; they want traditional masculine rents, which is something they get.
We do have a crisis of masculinity, it is the people decrying the crisis of masculinity. It's been them the whole time!
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We do have a crisis of masculinity, it is the people decrying the crisis of masculinity. It's been them the whole time!
Time to write a one page RPG about being the first Iadaho National Laboratory Catgirls
Moved on to reading about nuclear accidents and found catgirls.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_N...
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![2023 data breach
In November 2023 hacktivist group SiegedSec breached the Oracle HR system of the Idaho National Laboratory and posted information of 45,047 former and current employees on their Telegram channel.[69][70] The group demanded the laboratory research the creation of female cat-human hybrids, "catgirls", in exchange for the removal of the post containing the stolen data.[71]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h2zep3u3vhq5wyyf7xbcbyy/bafkreicncvmw53zplmh2ro76kb6glfb4c4mhou2nsin2sad53tnp3sos7q@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Time to write a one page RPG about being the first Iadaho National Laboratory Catgirls
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Moved on to reading about nuclear accidents and found catgirls.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_N...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_N...
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Moved on to reading about nuclear accidents and found catgirls.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_N...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_N...
This is the strength it revealed.
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is the strength it revealed.
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Costco exists at a level of civilization incompatible with Trumpism.
Doing my patriotic duty
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Costco exists at a level of civilization incompatible with Trumpism.
Costco has so much Dubai Chocolate stuff there will be case studies on the failure to trademark.
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Costco has so much Dubai Chocolate stuff there will be case studies on the failure to trademark.
This is not structurally deficient, just in every other way, and blasphemous besides.
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is not structurally deficient, just in every other way, and blasphemous besides.
Remember it doesn't matter whether you think its a good idea to make or even if it will ever be made. It matters if investors think it adds value.
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Remember it doesn't matter whether you think its a good idea to make or even if it will ever be made. It matters if investors think it adds value.
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I’m down for anti-Nazi sequels now more than ever, tbh
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m down for anti-Nazi sequels now more than ever, tbh
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Like, having a Democratic HQ franchise manual as if it were a McDonald's would be a huge step up from what there is now, which is nothing.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Like, having a Democratic HQ franchise manual as if it were a McDonald's would be a huge step up from what there is now, which is nothing.
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There won’t be a defamation suit.
There are several reasons why, the most basic of which is that you can’t sue the federal government or its employees for defamation.
But some of the other reasons also protect the Onion, so it’s not all bad news.
There are several reasons why, the most basic of which is that you can’t sue the federal government or its employees for defamation.
But some of the other reasons also protect the Onion, so it’s not all bad news.
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
There won’t be a defamation suit.
There are several reasons why, the most basic of which is that you can’t sue the federal government or its employees for defamation.
But some of the other reasons also protect the Onion, so it’s not all bad news.
There are several reasons why, the most basic of which is that you can’t sue the federal government or its employees for defamation.
But some of the other reasons also protect the Onion, so it’s not all bad news.
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i feel as though it is fully reasonable at this point of accusing the author of completely making up the Amazon connection. it is absolutely wild that they don't even mention that the recall petition specifically blames the county commissioner who is the central source for the nitrate contamination!
I could tell immediately that article stunk but jeez lol
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
i feel as though it is fully reasonable at this point of accusing the author of completely making up the Amazon connection. it is absolutely wild that they don't even mention that the recall petition specifically blames the county commissioner who is the central source for the nitrate contamination!
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america has our saints, our scriptures, our holy sites, even our pilgrimages. go to the national mall in dc and understand that, first and foremost, dc is a temple city, and the people there are making a pilgrimage to the holy tombs of the martyrs
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
america has our saints, our scriptures, our holy sites, even our pilgrimages. go to the national mall in dc and understand that, first and foremost, dc is a temple city, and the people there are making a pilgrimage to the holy tombs of the martyrs
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all a bit esoteric and it's not exactly a messaging winner, but: america is a religion, and a proselytizing one. that's what being a creedal nation means. come to america, endorse the principles of the declaration and the constitution: congrats, you are an american.
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
all a bit esoteric and it's not exactly a messaging winner, but: america is a religion, and a proselytizing one. that's what being a creedal nation means. come to america, endorse the principles of the declaration and the constitution: congrats, you are an american.
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
www.patreon.com/posts/109838...
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banging the intern with impunity was more load bearing than we ever could have known
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
banging the intern with impunity was more load bearing than we ever could have known
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The Republican Party became explicitly anti-business in exchange for culture war shit while ago, huge issue is the C Suite class largely did the same.
To me, this partially represents their total lack of business interest. They still have this reputation as being pro business but they don't fucking care about businesses at all. All culture war shit.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Republican Party became explicitly anti-business in exchange for culture war shit while ago, huge issue is the C Suite class largely did the same.
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This mirrors my views on open borders:
Other countries: eh, maybe good, I don’t really know
USA: unambiguous win, anything less is unamerican
Other countries: eh, maybe good, I don’t really know
USA: unambiguous win, anything less is unamerican
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This mirrors my views on open borders:
Other countries: eh, maybe good, I don’t really know
USA: unambiguous win, anything less is unamerican
Other countries: eh, maybe good, I don’t really know
USA: unambiguous win, anything less is unamerican
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It is especially wild to ignore this tradition as the admin reasserts a Monroe Doctrine. This is an important Western Hemisphere legacy of the U.S.!
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It is especially wild to ignore this tradition as the admin reasserts a Monroe Doctrine. This is an important Western Hemisphere legacy of the U.S.!
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
Me: numbers mean things
My mentions: but do they
My mentions: but do they
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me: numbers mean things
My mentions: but do they
My mentions: but do they
We're going to have to pass a law that makes it illegal for things being named after living people.
This, the coin, his name being engraved in the US Institute of Peace, these are all first attempts at establishing a more robust and open personalist rule than we have ever seen in this country.
When I saw the story in passing I thought it was the same dumb bit as the army parade, the fig leaf of using Flag Day because it happens to also be his birthday. But no, Trump's birthday as such is now an official commemoration for NPS free admission days.
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www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're going to have to pass a law that makes it illegal for things being named after living people.