Jim
@jimrunsfar.bsky.social
Executive Search Leader,Talent Demographics on occasion @Deloitte. Suffering Raiders & Cubs fan….Recovering Triathlete. Yes…..and?
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Reality for Musk/DOGE: “While federal spending has grown sharply and regulation is arguably in need of correction, there is no such long-run trend in federal employment, and firing lots of federal workers would not in itself result in much savings or deregulation.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Who Are These Federal Workers Trump Wants to Fire?
The civilian workforce has barely grown in recent decades, is scattered across the country and accounts for a small fraction of US spending.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Reality for Musk/DOGE: “While federal spending has grown sharply and regulation is arguably in need of correction, there is no such long-run trend in federal employment, and firing lots of federal workers would not in itself result in much savings or deregulation.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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I was skeptical of the “X is slowly cooking your brain” discourse because I don’t think my ideological worldview has shifted much, but having now experienced both Bluesky and X I think the big difference is I got used to fighting/provocation as the standard “tone” of posting without realizing it.
November 23, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I was skeptical of the “X is slowly cooking your brain” discourse because I don’t think my ideological worldview has shifted much, but having now experienced both Bluesky and X I think the big difference is I got used to fighting/provocation as the standard “tone” of posting without realizing it.
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This one will be especially helpful for you newskies.
@mubashariqbal.com made a directory of all the starterpacks in existence.
Almost 100,000 as of this skeet.
Here for sports but don't know who to follow?
Type in sports-y things.
Art? Art things. Etc.
🔗 blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
@mubashariqbal.com made a directory of all the starterpacks in existence.
Almost 100,000 as of this skeet.
Here for sports but don't know who to follow?
Type in sports-y things.
Art? Art things. Etc.
🔗 blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
blueskydirectory.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
This one will be especially helpful for you newskies.
@mubashariqbal.com made a directory of all the starterpacks in existence.
Almost 100,000 as of this skeet.
Here for sports but don't know who to follow?
Type in sports-y things.
Art? Art things. Etc.
🔗 blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
@mubashariqbal.com made a directory of all the starterpacks in existence.
Almost 100,000 as of this skeet.
Here for sports but don't know who to follow?
Type in sports-y things.
Art? Art things. Etc.
🔗 blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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Americans have a weird cognitive bias.
People make incorrect estimates about the population. Crazy incorrect. For instance, they think 21% of the country is trans, 40% is black, and 30% lives in NYC. . . . 1/7
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
People make incorrect estimates about the population. Crazy incorrect. For instance, they think 21% of the country is trans, 40% is black, and 30% lives in NYC. . . . 1/7
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Americans have a weird cognitive bias.
People make incorrect estimates about the population. Crazy incorrect. For instance, they think 21% of the country is trans, 40% is black, and 30% lives in NYC. . . . 1/7
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
People make incorrect estimates about the population. Crazy incorrect. For instance, they think 21% of the country is trans, 40% is black, and 30% lives in NYC. . . . 1/7
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
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Every time somebody points out that the federal workforce is small by historical standards there’s a response of “what about contractors?” but the truth is it doesn’t really change the story. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The true size of government is nearing a record high
As the federal government has hovered close to two million employees for decades, the size of its grant and contract workforce has grown.
www.brookings.edu
November 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Every time somebody points out that the federal workforce is small by historical standards there’s a response of “what about contractors?” but the truth is it doesn’t really change the story. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...