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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 4h

Your mouth to God’s ears.

Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 5h

Frequently get carded for root beer and ginger ale.

I’m old enough to appreciate there is a remote possibility I might look under 30.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 6h

Sanctions seemed in order a long time ago, and they are quite overdue.

Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 6h

That we’re still up ~8% since Jan (or this graph) flabbergasts me.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 7h

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 7h

… this already impactful statement is even more powerful when one knows who Carolyn is.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn...

Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 7h

Then we talked about why the algorithm didn’t cast her as the professor and him as the diner /fin

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 7h

Then we talked about why the algorithm didn’t cast her as the professor and him as the diner /fin

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 8h

Tied up in the basement?

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 8h

To bring up the help screen, type:

rm -f /

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 18h

Here's a longer version I just wrote. Pass it on.

From the fednews community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the fednews community

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 19h

Court administrators refuse to fix it. They keep citing a project with my old org, 18F, way back in 2021. We recommended they start building immediately! Instead the have been "approaching the development and implementation phase" for 4-5 years, building nothing. And lacking proper security.

Recognizing the need to leverage outside expertise in the development of our ITinitiatives, the AO has used many of the recommendations made by the General ServicesAdministration’s 18F organization in 2021 in our preparations for modernizing CM/ECF.Although in your letter you state, “[w]hile the judiciary has solicited advice from leadinggovernment experts on establishing a modern, secure and efficient case management system, thejudiciary thus far has ignored that advice and has made no meaningful progress towards areplacement,” this is simply not the case.The AO remains at work in modernizing CM/ECF to bring it in line with currenttechnology practices. Substantial planning for the modernization effort began in 2022, and weare now approaching the development and implementation phase of the project. We expectimplementation will begin in the next two years in a modular and iterative manner. For the pastfew years we have been analyzing and developing operations standards while testing technicalcomponents. The AO is centralizing the operation and data standards for the system to allow amore secure environment and to ensure local rules and procedures are accommodated.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 19h

I rather prefer this one

a man and a woman are looking at each other with flowers in their hair

Alt: Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins.

media.tenor.com

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

It seems Senator Van Hollen doesn’t understand the bill he sponsored?

From what I understand, “Exempt” federal employees don’t get back pay under the law.

Thats going to make 3,000 “exempt” federal employees in my area pretty unhappy.

federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question

A new legal opinion from OMB contradicts the White House’s prior interpretation of a 2019 law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed employees after a shutdown.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

The assumption of critical thought is belied by any experience with reality (or social media).

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

Too many of these sorts of letters deserve a “lol, no” response.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

The news site Ars Technica has several articles on it (the Soylent product launched many years ago).

Tl;dr: the reporter who tried it for the story had epic gas and bloating for daaays.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

Shit, is that all it takes?

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

I haven’t read it, but I’m rather confident I can explain the entire thing in a single emoji.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is staying outright that he intends to violate the First Amendment.

It’s the sort of thing that can be difficult to prove unless someone just … says it in front of a camera.

Not quite “Watch this clip and I rest my case”, but pretty close.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 21h

Up until a few months ago (last I checked) DoL had some great resources up about data strategy and data maturity that seemed way ahead of other agencies.

Sad to see what’s happening to all that work.

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 22h

Two years ago, Republicans defunded the DOL Office of UI Modernization, which was building shared software infrastructure for state labor agencies. And now Republicans’ brilliant idea is to start that work over again…but in a way that centralizes the data on DOGE servers? Aw, hell no.

Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 1d

What's different than what has been explored before? “When DOGE is tweeting about UI data, that’s not good stewardship of [personally identifiable information],” Evermore said.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

Labor Department looks to pilot intaking unemployment claims for states

The effort follows the department’s notice that it may create a national claims database, a move critics say raises cybersecurity, privacy and surveillance risks.

www.nextgov.com

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 1d

“People need to suffer to accomplish my goals” really doesn’t sound like the moral high ground.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 1d

The chances are considerably higher than if they’re not in session.

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Tom @alttag.bsky.social · 1d

At the moment, “acquisition reform” means “no one can extend contracts or buy new stuff to replace old stuff”.

I’m sure it will end splendidly.