
First Class Duck
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First Class Duck
@FirstClassDuck
an opinionated and jaded traveler




Every single one of the 15 fastest-growing US major metropolitan areas is in the Sunbelt. All 15 are also in a state Trump won. Only 5 are in swing states. Dallas and Houston added an entire Wyoming's worth of people.




It will actually be incredibly funny and ironic if the orange fickwit and his war against Iran is the catalyst for the biggest shift to electrification and renewables seen in our lifetime.

FYI, this is what 20 years worth of safely stored nuclear waste looks like. You can fit it in a third of an average convenience store parking lot.


A MASSIVE BLAST of record-breaking heat is on the way! Millions you are about to experience MID-SUMMER temperatures in MARCH!

Question: what if they had decided in the 1950s 'omg we are running out of water ban all new development!!' vs 'let's find a way to innovate and build our way out of scarcity? then we can build all those houses!'





Iran is set to execute this 19yo wrestler, Saleh Mohammadi, an international bronze medalist, for having peacefully taken part in protests against the government. Iranian authorities are targeting young athletes and protesters as a warning. What a horrific regime.

Pakistan military spokesperson: "Afghanistan is not a graveyard of empires it is actually a playground of empires"

Pakistan military spokesperson: "Afghanistan is not a graveyard of empires it is actually a playground of empires"

I wonder how many "Catholics" are now going to attack their own bc their hatred for Jews is stronger than their love for their Church. I am a Cradle Catholic. Although I am not with the Church anymore, I cannot ignore my upbringing in what shaped me to be who I am today. This was a very beautiful message, and I think he worded it perfectly. He didn't even need to bring up Israel. He didn't need to say specific names of who was attacking Jews. The message was clear.




I am old enough to remember predictions from Buchnanite figures in the 1990s that our murder rate would look like Brazil's by the 2020s purely because we were becoming less white and less Anglo These failed predictions need to be called out way more than they are

Top metros by Lebanese ancestry: Detroit, MI (1.4%) Utica, NY (1.1%) Midland, TX (0.6%) Wheeling, WV-OH (0.5%) Boston, MA-NH (0.5%) Toledo, OH (0.5%) Pittsfield, MA (0.5%) Worcester, MA (0.5%)


A homeless Atlanta man's restaurant, "Nasty Azz Cheeseburger", has been removed from DoorDash after countless users reported it over food safety concerns.


Pittsburgh Public Schools will be closed for three days, and compel "asynchronous" remote learning, because of the NFL Draft. Since the city will have a lot of visitors this will "ensure students can continue learning safely and effectively." Unreal. publicsource.org/pittsburgh-pub…


And it's good to see: ADUs have already been taking off! Latest count: 107. Map shows proposed units. A map where Staten Island should definitely be included!


