Dustin
@dustinmusic.bsky.social
Here for Video Games, Chess, Tv/Movies, Music (mostly "classical" and VGM), Dogs, History. Looking for new friends. SoCal, USA.
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The findings are a stark reminder that even the wealthiest Americans are not shielded from the systemic issues in the US contributing to lower life expectancy.
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.
arstechnica.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The findings are a stark reminder that even the wealthiest Americans are not shielded from the systemic issues in the US contributing to lower life expectancy.
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PRESIDENT BUSINESS: everything is going great with the money, the operation was successful, we're buying groceries again, what a beautiful word, groceries, look here are people buying groceries now
PEOPLE: *looking at retirement accounts, jumping out windows*
PRESIDENT: *jerkoff dances to YMCA*
PEOPLE: *looking at retirement accounts, jumping out windows*
PRESIDENT: *jerkoff dances to YMCA*
PRESIDENT BUSINESS GENIUS: a big man came up to me tears in his eyes and he said sir Mister Business Genius I have too much money
PRESIDENT BUSINESS GENIUS: *sets all the money on fire*
REPUBLICANS: *cheer*
REPUBLICANS: *also catch fire*
AMERICA: *on fire*
PRESIDENT: *does his jerkoff dance*
PRESIDENT BUSINESS GENIUS: *sets all the money on fire*
REPUBLICANS: *cheer*
REPUBLICANS: *also catch fire*
AMERICA: *on fire*
PRESIDENT: *does his jerkoff dance*
April 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
PRESIDENT BUSINESS: everything is going great with the money, the operation was successful, we're buying groceries again, what a beautiful word, groceries, look here are people buying groceries now
PEOPLE: *looking at retirement accounts, jumping out windows*
PRESIDENT: *jerkoff dances to YMCA*
PEOPLE: *looking at retirement accounts, jumping out windows*
PRESIDENT: *jerkoff dances to YMCA*
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Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
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April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
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Nintendo has taken the unprecedented decision to delay Switch 2 preorders in the U.S., pointing to the impact of Trump's tariff war and "evolving market conditions." bit.ly/4iVEEjF
April 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nintendo has taken the unprecedented decision to delay Switch 2 preorders in the U.S., pointing to the impact of Trump's tariff war and "evolving market conditions." bit.ly/4iVEEjF
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BREAKING: Dow suffers its biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from President Trump's tariffs shake markets.
Live updates: Dow faces biggest wipeout since 2020 following Trump’s new tariffs
Sweeping global "reciprocal" tariffs announced by President Donald Trump provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and urgent calls for negotiations.
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: Dow suffers its biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from President Trump's tariffs shake markets.
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Trump is set to leave the White House early today to go to his Florida golf club after setting the economy on fire with his devastating tariff announcement.
After Unveiling Tariff Plan, Trump Will Abandon White House Early Today for Miami Golf Club
Trump will then spend the night at Mar-a-Lago
meidasnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump is set to leave the White House early today to go to his Florida golf club after setting the economy on fire with his devastating tariff announcement.
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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No matter what side of the aisle you are on, you should be appalled that a billionaire thinks he has the right to buy elections like this.
March 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No matter what side of the aisle you are on, you should be appalled that a billionaire thinks he has the right to buy elections like this.
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They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
March 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
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So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
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Well, they lied. Obviously.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, they lied. Obviously.
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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.
www.theatlantic.com
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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A President targeting ideologically opposed states, universities, law firms and lawyers, businesses, etc. unconstitutionally abuses the power of the Presidency.
Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands.
We must stand up together.
Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands.
We must stand up together.
March 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A President targeting ideologically opposed states, universities, law firms and lawyers, businesses, etc. unconstitutionally abuses the power of the Presidency.
Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands.
We must stand up together.
Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands.
We must stand up together.
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Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
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People damaging cars are ‘sick terrorist thugs’ per Trump.
People trying to kill his vice president and destroying Capitol Hill are patriots deserving of pardons, also per Trump.
People trying to kill his vice president and destroying Capitol Hill are patriots deserving of pardons, also per Trump.
Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
People damaging cars are ‘sick terrorist thugs’ per Trump.
People trying to kill his vice president and destroying Capitol Hill are patriots deserving of pardons, also per Trump.
People trying to kill his vice president and destroying Capitol Hill are patriots deserving of pardons, also per Trump.
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
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NEW: Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion
As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — h...
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
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american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
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Trump is describing a policy in which the US government will take billions of taxpayer dollars and hand them directly to his billionaire allies in exchange for fake digital tokens. Stealing our money and paying it to his friends in exchange for nothing.
March 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump is describing a policy in which the US government will take billions of taxpayer dollars and hand them directly to his billionaire allies in exchange for fake digital tokens. Stealing our money and paying it to his friends in exchange for nothing.
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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
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Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.