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@gooseegg.bsky.social

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International tax policy nerd/lawyer by day, fowl-mouthed sweetheart by night. Tax policy, law, social security, art, gaming, parenting, geese, politics, life, etc.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · Dec 10

The thing to understand about Social Security is that no one understands Social Security. That’s why the GOP can lie about needing to cut benefits and Democrats can pretend there’s no problem.

I’ve written about some of the things people get wrong before, but I want to get a bit more basic (1/ ).

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · Nov 24

I see some myths repeated too often about Social Security, and it’s only going to get worse with the GOP looking to make cuts. We need to defend Social Security with all our might, and it’s important to stay clear-eyed about what the real issues are, and not get distracted by the irrelevant. (1/10)

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 5h

There’s nothing like oral surgery to make you realize how often your 8YO accidentally hits you in the face while playing gorilla.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 5h

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 3d

It feels like they have maybe 3 or 4 people in the administration who are capable of doing a job, and they just have them do all of the jobs.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 3d

Specifically, GEFTA says: “Each employee … furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse … at the earliest date possible.”

It isn’t even arguably ambiguous. There’s stuff about excepted employees too, but both are clearly covered.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 3d

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 4d

You mean the disappointing part

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 4d

Be that as it may,

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 5d

All I know is I found a hep cat dictionary from the 1920s and it kept me busy for an entire afternoon

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 5d

As I approach 50, one thing I’ve noticed about slang and pop culture is that, from the Baby Boomer generation and earlier, it all seems hokey and old-fashioned, and from the Millenials on, it all seems contrived and silly.

I feel lucky that GenX is the only one that has been cool this whole time.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 5d

My 8YO is sobbing because she got to the end of The Phantom Tollbooth and there’s no more of it to read. ❤️

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 8d

Portland, TN is the one that kills me.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 9d

It’s Q1 for us

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 9d

"“We’re worried LGBTQ content will be deprioritized or cut entirely and that LGBTQ and especially trans employees will be on the chopping block," says one EA employee and member of the Pride Employee Working Group. "Few of us feel heard right now.”

AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 9d

Follow-up on the EA Saudi deal rounding up a lot of relevant reporting and putting it in some context

EA's Saudi Deal Fallout: Junk Ratings, Risky AI Bets, And Developer Fears

The sports game powerhouse promises no 'immediate' changes as uncertainty mounts

kotaku.com

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 9d

I’ll believe it when I see it. 😒

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 9d

I was scared to start Hades II because I played original Hades obsessively* and didn’t want to be disappointed, but holy cow, it’s fantastic.

* How obsessively? Despite not being unusually good at games, I played enough to get <8 min runs with 3 weapons, <10 with all of them

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 10d

I know two things about posse comitatus:

1. You can sing it to the tune of Gary, Indiana from the Music Man

2. A lot of grifters have said a lot of confident bullshit based on reading the Posse Comitatus Act and ignoring all of the exceptions and the lack of a meaningful enforcement mechanism.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 13d

Looks like the right size box to me

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 14d

My 8YO said the thing she most likes to do with her mom is arts and crafts and the thing she most likes to do with me is hugs.

A better husband would not have spent the entire day gloating, but we play the hand we’re dealt.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 17d

It’s like when that Apple manufacturer put nets up to address the fact that all of their workers were committing suicide

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 18d

You blew it 🪿

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 19d

If legality still matters: Congress has sole authority to set immigration policy, and they built protections of US workers into the H-1B visa program. The executive has discretion over general fees, but it’s a blatant abuse of authority to impose an exorbitant fee to discourage use of the program.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 20d

It’s also inscrutable. Like, I dare anyone using it that way to define it.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 20d

That’s just common sense reform

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 21d

Me, avoiding dog poop on the sidewalk: Why aren’t people cleaning up after their dogs?

My 8YO: I think Donald Trump is behind this.

And this is the only evidence I have that she ever listens to me.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 23d

What's frustrating is the critics say they want more passion and fight or whatever, but when Democrats do that and lose, they blame the Democrats for losing instead of praising them for fighting. I wouldn't mind folks wanting the performance so much, if they could just stop moving the goalposts.

Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 23d

Fatphobia Example #7384

When my kid was 3, her doctor's office got her height wrong, resulting in a BMI of 27.

Rather than, say, asking us questions and examining her to see that she was healthy regardless of weight, they immediately started scolding us in front of her about diet and exercise.

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