Wired has been telling the stories of DOGE's destruction and abuse since the early days. Grateful to see voices from TTS and GSA here especially – miss y'all.

I am rarely more of a "We live in a SOCIETY!" bitch than during the school drop-off line. Someone parks their car in the drop-and-go lane instead of the parking spots open RIGHT THERE and it's hair on fire seething.

Whong’s Law: Every government agency, everywhere is working on a “new system”; It will solve *all* of their data problems and will be ready to use in 18-24 months.

Me waking up every day and reading the news.

@twolemonades.com ATTN

My fourth grader gets 100 subtraction problems on a worksheet every night to do as quickly as he can. just in case you were wondering if the “freaking out at the kitchen table over rote math practice” experience had gone away since you were young. 🫠

📣📣📣 CALL TO ACTION - 🚨 🚨🚨 A thread on how you can join a growing chorus of federal workers and members of the public pressuring Congress to embrace its power and end the authoritarian takeover #FightingCR

NOW it is autumn.

A great reminder for MN that it’s @racketmn.com’s fall member drive!

I hate to admit that writing an outline truly does make writing easier. Just finished an outline and I can already see the changes I need to make and shit. I’m outlined pilled now.

Main Cinema, Minneapolis

Hmm!

Describe a single historical precedent for defeating authoritarians by being nicer to them.

Hi guys, did you already know there are competitions for window tinting? With better commentators than most of the tennis matches I’ve watched on ESPN? (Low bar I know) Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you

If Minnesota instituted free, universal childcare it would be the single greatest investment in any state's economy in decades. An order of magnitude more effective than any suite of tax credits or sweetheart financing deal. Companies very often go where their workers are. This is just free money.

Every time I smell an Sudden Scent™ in the house I'm reminded of the fire fighters who visited my 1st grade class, but forgot the scratch-n-sniff natural gas sample. "Well," said the firefighter, "you'll know. Just... like a smell wasn't there and then it's THERE." All smells are now The End.

In a “oh YEAH!” moment of ADHD realization, I remembered that the best way for me to power through a bunch of chores around the house is to put on a sung-through musical and go nuts.

This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

I’m just not really sure what Racket could do at this point to dissolve what I would describe as my “marrow deep” loyalty to their publication.

We in Minnesota have not shrugged and moved on. And we in Minneapolis are still reeling from the school shooting at Annunciation, which I assume is already long gone from the news cycle. America.

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

The power of the purse/appropriations is one of THE most significant relationships between the exec branch and Congress. It's fiendishly complex, but also a critical check in the system. Congress needs to exercise their power immediately if they want any hope of holding on to what's left of it.

"Open to anyone who is serving or has served in government—federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial—the platform debuts amid heightened concern over the June killing of a Minnesota state representative and her husband and the attempted assassination of a state senator and his wife."

reject modernity embrace tradition

We are worse off, by far, without Direct File. Just look at the metrics! I'm proud to know @merici.bsky.social and @cmgiven.bsky.social; thanks @mattbracken.bsky.social for covering. fedscoop.com/direct-file-...

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

The reason experienced designers are worth the money isn't because they are better at drawing or "more creative," but because they have a better chance getting clients to make decisions they won't regret. This isn't to shit on clients. Client don't know how to be clients. The job is helping them.

The reason people self-censor among their peers is to avoid criticism of their views. The only way to reduce that is to demand people censor their criticism of other people’s views to be “charitable”. That’s not less censorship, it’s just shifting the burden of who holds their tongue. 1/

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

Its more of a saxophone solo than a question really

Information super highway Bleeding edge and dumpster diving Cryptid, sound card Stimming, guac, mosh Body-mass index Beta test, spell check Pie hole, gel ice Brew pub, zip tie Metadata, Asian pear Carbo-load some freeware Ring tone, cell phone Liposuction, BOGO!

I get it that fed spending and appropriations are DEEPLY niche and nerdy, but they’re also CRITICAL to any functioning of representative government. Congress MUST exercise its power of the purse!!

the fatal flaw with the Bluesky is dying proposition is that it ignores the broader truth that I am also dying, as are you, and everybody you know. By dying Bluesky lets us know that it’s one of us, that it shares in our beauty and our pain. Grow or die? No, there is no “or.” Bluesky understands

Miles O'Brien fan club assemble.

As a bureaucromancer, this isn’t the whole of it, but it’s definitely a part.

happy labor day

Hot tip: a number of your “guys” should be women.

The Fed is like that character in Clerks who keeps saying he wasn't even supposed to be working that day. Yes, I'm genuinely sorry, this does suck, but it's your job right now and you have to do it. Saying you're not supposed to be political and hoping it passes will not make it pass.

CDC workers just went outside for a little while to wish farewell to their leadership who are being forced out. It's not "a walkout" like a work stoppage. They care too much about their work for that.

Today is the ninth day that the homepage of Reginfo.gov — the federal government website for informing the public about what survey data and other information agencies collect — has displayed a notice saying it's "currently undergoing revisions" with no further explanation

I’m not kidding when I say I love a formal synthesis. This one is spot-on. Some of what’s happening is people are trying to have a historical gaze for events that are still happening. Is it definitionally authoritarian? Cannot know until bodies stop dropping. But you can know it feels authoritarian

Tom Clancy’s Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

If you can, make a pact with me MSP, put down the social media and news sites until 7. The constant refreshing isn't going to fix anything.

Janet Actually Yelling

oh man, I will admit that while I rarely miss things about twitter, I do miss the chaos of getting online and finding out JCO is posting but not knowing if she's doing some lightly incoherent racism or delivering two to the chest and one to the head of some right-wing weirdo

A bunch of guys wearing high visibility vests over full camouflage is a sight gag that would make Mel Brooks jealous 🤣

Chef's kiss, perfect, 12/10, no notes. americabydesign.fail "How should we pronounce the acronym for National Design Studio (NDS)? Is it nads?"

I think it's a mistake to think of the firing of Lisa Cook primarily in terms of Central Bank Independence, and its impact on the inflation rate. The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.

I am one of those fired designers and UFFDA. Some of the services they talk about creating are one they cut (IRS Direct File). Also, it certainly is A Choice™ to pick one president to compare yourself to, say you’re building on his legacy… and have it be Nixon. 😬