indygadgetguy
@indygadgetguy.bsky.social
Geek and science enthusiast. Newspaper refugee. Opinions are my own. They can be grumpy at times.
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Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
The New York Times regrets the error.
March 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The New York Times regrets the error.
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The first website is still on the web, for now.
World Wide Web
cern.ch
info.cern.ch
March 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The first website is still on the web, for now.
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
Federal agencies are scrubbing social media and removing posts, many with public comments on them. This violates the First Amendment. Those who have had comments deleted may have legal cause to sue the agency AND the employee that removed the posts.
March 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Federal agencies are scrubbing social media and removing posts, many with public comments on them. This violates the First Amendment. Those who have had comments deleted may have legal cause to sue the agency AND the employee that removed the posts.
The destruction on the federal level will not benefit our nation. 18F was a model of innovation and efficiency.
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The destruction on the federal level will not benefit our nation. 18F was a model of innovation and efficiency.
To observe the one day boycott, I did not buy a Tesla.
March 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
To observe the one day boycott, I did not buy a Tesla.
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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Guardrails? What guardrails?
February 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Guardrails? What guardrails?
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I will say it again. The DOGE website is so insecure it should be legally designated an incel.
February 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I will say it again. The DOGE website is so insecure it should be legally designated an incel.
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Breaking "the government" and replacing the "deep state" civil servants with AI bots programmed by 20-something right wing Elon fanboys may sound like a great idea until it's time to eat an egg or a chicken sandwich without fear of getting sick, or deal with a hurricane or get on an airplane.
February 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Breaking "the government" and replacing the "deep state" civil servants with AI bots programmed by 20-something right wing Elon fanboys may sound like a great idea until it's time to eat an egg or a chicken sandwich without fear of getting sick, or deal with a hurricane or get on an airplane.
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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
China be like TikTok didn’t work so here’s DeepSeek.
January 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
China be like TikTok didn’t work so here’s DeepSeek.
I am reminded of this scene.
January 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am reminded of this scene.
I’m calling it the Gulf of Denali.
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I’m calling it the Gulf of Denali.
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Two recently published studies offer detailed insights into how fires in wildland-urban interface areas generate complex, long-lasting emissions that contribute to climate warming and public health risks
Read more: cpo.noaa.gov/unique-smoke...
Read more: cpo.noaa.gov/unique-smoke...
Unique smoke emissions from wildland-urban interface fires - Climate Program Office
When fires burn urban materials and biomass at the wildland-urban interface, unique smoke and pollutants form to impact both air quality and climate.
cpo.noaa.gov
January 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Two recently published studies offer detailed insights into how fires in wildland-urban interface areas generate complex, long-lasting emissions that contribute to climate warming and public health risks
Read more: cpo.noaa.gov/unique-smoke...
Read more: cpo.noaa.gov/unique-smoke...
I started watching the original Salem’s Lot, but the it vanished from Max. Only the remake is available.
January 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I started watching the original Salem’s Lot, but the it vanished from Max. Only the remake is available.
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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This is just...supervillain behavior. I don't have the words for it.
January 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is just...supervillain behavior. I don't have the words for it.
and turning off my news app notifications. democracy dies in notifications.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
and turning off my news app notifications. democracy dies in notifications.
