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Ducson Nguyen

@ducsonnguyen.com
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Alderperson for the City of Ithaca’s 2nd Ward 🏗️ Software engineer. Husband. 😺 dad. Cyclist. Heavy thing lifter. Nintendo fan. Free 🇵🇸

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Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com · 26/05/2026
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/07/2026
I just created www.lgbtqlegislation.com which builds on the work of the LegiAlerts team to provide an interactive data dashboard to look at 20+ years of anti-LGBTQ legislation and especially anti-trans legislation. It also includes an overview of pro-LGBTQ legislation. Check it out!
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LGBTQ+ Legislation Tracking Project
Two decades of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, documented bill by bill — 10,000+ bills tracked across every state and Congress by the LegiAlerts team.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Jackson.
Such universalist appeals were a conscious choice. Yes,
Black Americans had suffered a singular wrong. And yes,
they had “‘fought and bled’” for the Union, paying a steep
price for their freedom.28 But the delegates did not rest on
these laurels. Rather, they drew upon the moral and political force of the universal principles that were already core
to the Nation’s identity.
That bears repeating: Freed Blacks did not advocate for
a unique set of rules that catered only to their situation.
Nor did they seek to advance their own position relative to,
or at the expense and exclusion of, other marginalized
groups.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 09/06/2026
Who seems “more American”: Lucy Liu or Kate Winslet? Psychology studies show many Americans (including kids) say the white British actress. Bias runs deep.
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Who’s the most American? Psychological studies show that many people are biased and think it’s a white English speaker
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.
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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
To recap: we wounded our relationships with NATO, caused major global economic damage, killed the concept of free navigation of the seas (a defining US objective for centuries), murdered a bunch of schoolgirls, and burnt through 50%+ of our interceptors. All for a worse JCPOA.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
DOGE turbocharged the deficit. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 05/04/2026
“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”
I know the tweet is Al generated when they use " ," before and.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 01/01/2026
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892: Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 12/12/2025
Nice, Ithaca’s own honored by the NY Post
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Senator Lea Webb @senatorleawebb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My full statement on the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies in the community:
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 18/11/2025
These ceremonies are as patriotic as you can get. I got to participate in a Tompkins County naturalization ceremony a few years back and it was incredibly joyous. Everyone was so excited to become an American and that should be celebrated
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 17/09/2025
I have said this SO MANY TIMES. Park and Rec is too tame
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
By far the scariest thing about the story that's emerging is that a young man just decided to murder a major public figure, then was very much able to without a ton of forethought. There are a lot of obvious concerns raised by that story! One of them is not, "Did he know anybody who was trans?"!
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 12/09/2025
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
Americans' Views on Immigration's Effect on the U.S.
On the whole, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country today?
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The percentages who volunteer that the effects are "mixed" or who do not have an opinion are not shown.
GALLUP®
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 26/08/2025
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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
His status is unknown at this time but he's married to a US citizen and presumably also a citizen. I keep warning people that being legal or being a citizen (birthright or not) will not protect you from ICE if you don't look white.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18/08/2025
You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’ You don’t ‘run the gambit.’ gamut = entire range or series gauntlet = severe trial Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
"Nearly 70 percent of Democrats now have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to Pew. Yet Democratic officials carry on as if full-throated support for Israel were party doctrine," writes @ryuspaeth.bsky.social. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 05/07/2025
Happy Independence Day. No kings
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Patrick Willems @patrickhwillems.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
i am so sorry to say i did it again (Andor s2 spoilers)
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 29/05/2025
This is wild. As a representative of one of these little municipalities… the Northeast has too many municipalities
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Went and I checked this, and Edwin's correct: On the left is text from the reconciliation bill "PROHIBITING FEDERAL MEDICAID AND CHIP FUNDING FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS" On the right is from the Manager's amendment that strikes the word "FOR MINORS."
A line from the Reconciliation bill saying " SEC. 44125. PROHIBITING FEDERAL MEDICAID AND CHIP FUNDING FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS."Page 333, line 3, strike ‘‘FOR MINORS’’
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 19/05/2025
This is how my birth was announced to the world
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"Over six years, the project’s cost has ballooned even as the number of units has shrunk. Political and regulatory hurdles created with good intentions have repeatedly stymied the project." www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
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How many meetings does it take in Philadelphia to build 57 affordable homes? A lot.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority and developer Pennrose have been trying to get project approval since 2019. The cost has risen, and federal funding could be at risk.
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Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
Two people riding bikes in Amsterdam. One says “if anyone proposed this in my town I’d kill them”
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 25/04/2025
Denver is building so many new apartments that vacancy rates reached a 16-year high and the average rent has fallen below levels seen two years ago, according to the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. The average apartment rent in metro Denver fell to $1,819 in the first quarter.
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Metro Denver apartment market erases two years of rent increases
Developers continue to deliver so many new apartments that vacancy rates have reached a 16-year high.
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 26/04/2025
Incredible
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 22/04/2025
Best political thriller I’ve seen in years
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 08/04/2025
This is great reporting, but I had to take a break halfway through. Immigrants (especially Vietnamese ones!) becoming far right anti-immigration shitheads and that whole cabal of Silicon Valley anti-democracy oligarchs sends me into a spiral
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Conservative men are terrified of riding the New York City subway. I am terrified of driving on the highway. We are not the same (I am far superior at risk assessment)
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
we accidentally elected the giant alien squid that ends the Cold War by blowing up New York City in The Watchmen
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Mark Zero @drhotdog.wtf · 22/02/2025
The most fantastical part of the new Captain America movie was when the president admitted to his crimes, stepped down from office, and served his prison sentence
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/02/2025
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 20/02/2025
In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing. Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space. The cameras are staying on!
A cartoon with a sign that looks like a classic NYC no parking sign but is modified to say "No King Any Time", above a cartoon showing a cybertruck with a crown on it running over speed bumps and sawhorse barricades labeled Congress, Executive Branch, and Courts. It is stopped in front of bollards with a Congestion Pricing sign above it. In the background on the left is the Washington DC skyline with tire tracks coming out of a building. On the right behind the congestion pricing sign are the Statue of Liberty in front of the Jersey City skyline, an NYC walkup apartment with a bodega, people on bikes and walking, the Manhattan skyline, a subway train, and a bus in a bus only lane, and Pizza Rat.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/02/2025
NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
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Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 02/02/2025
@benstiller.redhour.com Really wish you and Adam discussed the board’s gift to Milchick on the podcast! That long silence between him and Natalie was perfectly executed
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“I didn’t fuck around. Why do I have to be part of the finding out?” - me, every day this month
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Matt Pritchard @mattepritchard.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Thanks to @judylucas.bsky.social and @ithacavoice.bsky.social for this in-depth article. PRI and the Museum of the Earth do so much great work and I hope this will bring forth some donors to help with the mortgage.
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 11/01/2025
I know he’s married with kids, but this is still incel cuck energy: ‘Zuckerberg noted how Western society, and specifically corporate America, has become “emasculated” and “neutered.” He defended the need for a more masculine presence in the country and its businesses.’
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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
the Most Tri-State Man Possible gets it
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 06/01/2025
This is the 4 year anniversary of an infamous day in history: the Ithaca Common Council finally legalized dogs on the Commons on January 6, 2021 after a decades long debate on the topic
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 30/12/2024
To me this is a great example of “immigration is America’s superpower” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/b...
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How TSMC’s Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert (Gift Article)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks that “too much happens in each episode, what if someone watching is making spaghetti and only half paying attention?”
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Ducson Nguyen @ducsonnguyen.com · 26/12/2024
I’m really bad about shareholder votes because I figure my portion is so tiny it makes no difference, but I’m committed to sending in my proxy this time
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