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You might ask why an entire nation's worth of computer experts opted out of "let's rewrite the code that handles all of Social Security in a couple months" before now and merely asking the question makes you much smarter than any of the script kiddies calling themselves 'DOGE'.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You might ask why an entire nation's worth of computer experts opted out of "let's rewrite the code that handles all of Social Security in a couple months" before now and merely asking the question makes you much smarter than any of the script kiddies calling themselves 'DOGE'.
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This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
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Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
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For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.
Per FT, Mike Flynn (yes, that Mike Flynn) has posted screenshots of USAID transactions that Musk has confirmed.
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Per FT, Mike Flynn (yes, that Mike Flynn) has posted screenshots of USAID transactions that Musk has confirmed.
Jonathan Swift updates Project 2025: Having mandated by Executive Order that there are exactly two unalterable biological sexes, our next EO dictates that all individuals will henceforth be declared either tall or short with no intermediate state or any allowed transition between the two.
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Jonathan Swift updates Project 2025: Having mandated by Executive Order that there are exactly two unalterable biological sexes, our next EO dictates that all individuals will henceforth be declared either tall or short with no intermediate state or any allowed transition between the two.
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The greatest horrors of humanity are not borne by the hand of a few individuals of great evil, but by the inertia and compliance of ordinary persons.
December 13, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The greatest horrors of humanity are not borne by the hand of a few individuals of great evil, but by the inertia and compliance of ordinary persons.