Julie Sharpe
@jksharpe.bsky.social
Retired geographer and weather enthusiast. Baker, gardener, traveler. Grandma teaching toddler grandsons cool words like petrichor and virga.
Riveting reading! Deeply disturbing details about the DOGE illegal actions in the Treasury.
Many of you have already seen it, but I wanted to wait until my version was complete. My version has my newly set up youtube channel, some minor fixes to the transcript &a bevy of links throughout the transcript. Also a PDF version. Thanks @pkrugman.bsky.social
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Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Paul Krugman
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Thirty
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,...
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March 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Riveting reading! Deeply disturbing details about the DOGE illegal actions in the Treasury.
Reposted by Julie Sharpe
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
Reposted by Julie Sharpe
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
Another person furloughed as a consequence of the reckless behavior of Musk and Trump. Summers’ H5N1 dashboard was an invaluable tool. #stopMusk
I was furloughed today and it's unclear whether I'll still have a job or even a career at the end of this. Doing humanitarian and development work was always my dream and I feel fortunate to have served others. Solidarity with everyone hurt by this administration.
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Another person furloughed as a consequence of the reckless behavior of Musk and Trump. Summers’ H5N1 dashboard was an invaluable tool. #stopMusk
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I don't normally share things like this, but I found this description of venture capital extremism (Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, and by proxy Vance) very disturbing and thought others should read this to better contextualize the aims of DOGE:
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
Venture Capital Extremism — Venture Capital Status
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February 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don't normally share things like this, but I found this description of venture capital extremism (Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, and by proxy Vance) very disturbing and thought others should read this to better contextualize the aims of DOGE:
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...
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NEW PIECE: This is moving so quickly that I'm posting a second piece in the same day for the first time. The news is I have a source that confirms to me that, & I quote, "Thomas Krause and Marko Elez are having discussions about PAM source code changes"
www.crisesnotes.com/changing-the...
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Afternoon of Day Six of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Changing the Treasury Payments Source Code & the Treasury’s “DOGE” gag order
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEW PIECE: This is moving so quickly that I'm posting a second piece in the same day for the first time. The news is I have a source that confirms to me that, & I quote, "Thomas Krause and Marko Elez are having discussions about PAM source code changes"
www.crisesnotes.com/changing-the...
www.crisesnotes.com/changing-the...
Riveting reporting by Tankus. Terrifying implications.
NEW PIECE. I'm on Odd Lots. Paul Krugman endorsed my work this week yesterday. & more on Treasury's lying about read & write privileges "Treasury has been denying that they gave Marko write access, but I am looking at his access request right now" www.crisesnotes.com/day-six-of-t...
Day Six of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: “Treasury has been denying that they gave Marko write access, but I am looking at his access request right now”
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Riveting reporting by Tankus. Terrifying implications.
“three rings just like a circus” so prophetic from 1970s Schoolhouse Rock youtu.be/-EISWIY9bG8?...
Three Branches of Government School House Rock
YouTube video by t bro
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February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“three rings just like a circus” so prophetic from 1970s Schoolhouse Rock youtu.be/-EISWIY9bG8?...
Decision tree for NSF program officers. The terms in question could be used in so many contexts. Diverse —- diverse ecosystems, diversity in bird populations. The ignorance on display is stunning.
Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
February 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Decision tree for NSF program officers. The terms in question could be used in so many contexts. Diverse —- diverse ecosystems, diversity in bird populations. The ignorance on display is stunning.
Use of “indigenous communities“ now part of words and phrases that can cause a NSF grant to be pulled. Unacceptable crisis for science and research.
February 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Use of “indigenous communities“ now part of words and phrases that can cause a NSF grant to be pulled. Unacceptable crisis for science and research.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly