Joshua Tauberer
@joshdata.me
Civic technologist and engineering manager. Founder @govtrack.us. More active at https://mastodon.joshdata.me/@josh.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Looks like it was made by OpenAI's Sora, they could be held accountable too.
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looks like it was made by OpenAI's Sora, they could be held accountable too.
Hi. I run @govtrack.us which covers national politics and especially Congress. If you or any of the other politics staffers are interested in doing some contract pieces for us, I'd love the opportunity to connect. Good luck as the dust settles.
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hi. I run @govtrack.us which covers national politics and especially Congress. If you or any of the other politics staffers are interested in doing some contract pieces for us, I'd love the opportunity to connect. Good luck as the dust settles.
I feel like the least you could do here is note that the first part is an obvious lie.
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I feel like the least you could do here is note that the first part is an obvious lie.
I finally found a good reference on SNAP appropriation: www.cbpp.org/research/foo.... You were right that it relies on an annual appropriation.
Protecting SNAP and Child Nutrition From Appropriations Lapses
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the child nutrition programs (school lunch, school breakfast, summer meals, etc.) are the only major entitlement programs whose beneficiaries.....
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October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I finally found a good reference on SNAP appropriation: www.cbpp.org/research/foo.... You were right that it relies on an annual appropriation.
Is that normally the case though? If there had been a Farm Bill would SNAP now depend on appropriations?
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Is that normally the case though? If there had been a Farm Bill would SNAP now depend on appropriations?
Definitely wasn't meant to be a personal attack on you sorry!
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Definitely wasn't meant to be a personal attack on you sorry!
I will be honest with you I don't know what Babydog is.
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I will be honest with you I don't know what Babydog is.