Matt
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Probably in the air somewhere.
Probably in the air somewhere.
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The documentation? It's on Notion, bro. It's literally on Confluence. You have to log into Coda. It's on Obsidian. It's on MediaWiki. You can find it on Google Docs. You can go to Google Docs. Log into Google Docs. You can Docs it. Oh, I guess that's out of date
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The documentation? It's on Notion, bro. It's literally on Confluence. You have to log into Coda. It's on Obsidian. It's on MediaWiki. You can find it on Google Docs. You can go to Google Docs. Log into Google Docs. You can Docs it. Oh, I guess that's out of date
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What good is being VP if you can't abuse your power to have the Army Corps of Engineers making your kayaking trip more ideal by changing the waterflow of a lake?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
What good is being VP if you can't abuse your power to have the Army Corps of Engineers making your kayaking trip more ideal by changing the waterflow of a lake?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This feels like a direct response to @elonjet.net
March 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This feels like a direct response to @elonjet.net
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These metaphors are revealing. Musk has said that if breaks something with DOGE he can just put it back and fix it. But there are human costs to going too far. People can lose their VA benefits, Ebola prevention measures, etc.
There is no next rocket test. These are human lives. It's all they got.
There is no next rocket test. These are human lives. It's all they got.
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
These metaphors are revealing. Musk has said that if breaks something with DOGE he can just put it back and fix it. But there are human costs to going too far. People can lose their VA benefits, Ebola prevention measures, etc.
There is no next rocket test. These are human lives. It's all they got.
There is no next rocket test. These are human lives. It's all they got.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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18f were a bunch of badasses who actually *did* make government more efficient in a way that actually worked. And they did it while also being good people who cared deeply for the work, for each other, and for the people that used it.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
18f were a bunch of badasses who actually *did* make government more efficient in a way that actually worked. And they did it while also being good people who cared deeply for the work, for each other, and for the people that used it.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. 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 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. 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 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
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Move fast and break things is not the motto you want to adopt at a regulatory system that, as challenged as it may seem at times, is extremely functional.
February 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Move fast and break things is not the motto you want to adopt at a regulatory system that, as challenged as it may seem at times, is extremely functional.
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We fought so hard with employee collective action to get these *bare minimum* ethical principles into place, and now they're being gutted. www.wired.com/story/google...
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We fought so hard with employee collective action to get these *bare minimum* ethical principles into place, and now they're being gutted. www.wired.com/story/google...
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We still are trying to sort out how much China abused a backdoor in our wiretap systems (Trump fired the team investigating it) and now we've just opened up a massive new backdoor to the entire payment system of the United States
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
February 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We still are trying to sort out how much China abused a backdoor in our wiretap systems (Trump fired the team investigating it) and now we've just opened up a massive new backdoor to the entire payment system of the United States
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
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The ceiling in the new terminal at the Pittsburgh airport is looking better and better as they install more of the wood-toned cladding and lights.
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
February 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The ceiling in the new terminal at the Pittsburgh airport is looking better and better as they install more of the wood-toned cladding and lights.
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
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A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this.
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this.
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same methods, different era
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
same methods, different era
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How it feels to live in America
February 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
How it feels to live in America
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Requiring account registration, a downloaded app, store WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth to all function properly to purchase toothpaste.
Sure that all sounds like it’ll work great.
Sure that all sounds like it’ll work great.
Customers at some CVS stores will no longer have to push a button and wait for a clerk to unlock one of those glass cabinets to get the products they want to buy.
A new app will allow them to open the cabinets themselves, the company said.
A new app will allow them to open the cabinets themselves, the company said.
New CVS App Lets Customers Unlock Cabinets to Pick Up Products
The company said the unlocking function, part of a pilot program in New York City, will be expanded this year.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Requiring account registration, a downloaded app, store WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth to all function properly to purchase toothpaste.
Sure that all sounds like it’ll work great.
Sure that all sounds like it’ll work great.
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This is not a drill. They’re now proposing a bill in Oklahoma where making, owning or possessing porn means 10 years in jail.
Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers introduced SB593, bill to criminalize p*rn in the state of Oklahoma. Calling porn an addictive “drug”
Per @mikestabile.bsky.social
Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers introduced SB593, bill to criminalize p*rn in the state of Oklahoma. Calling porn an addictive “drug”
Per @mikestabile.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is not a drill. They’re now proposing a bill in Oklahoma where making, owning or possessing porn means 10 years in jail.
Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers introduced SB593, bill to criminalize p*rn in the state of Oklahoma. Calling porn an addictive “drug”
Per @mikestabile.bsky.social
Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers introduced SB593, bill to criminalize p*rn in the state of Oklahoma. Calling porn an addictive “drug”
Per @mikestabile.bsky.social
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If your country cites or relies on health or ID info from NIH (CDC, FDA etc) this WILL put your Indigenous and BIPOC populations at risk. These populations were historically excluded from US research & falsely categorized "low risk" (so misdiagnosed, w/population-wide deadly/disabling consequences).
This is insanity. If you're researching Tay Sachs Disease or Sickle Cell or hypertension understanding the makeup of your sample--age, gender, ethnicity--is central and necessary.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...
FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban
Following the Trump administration's DEI ban, the FDA's move to scrub webpages has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring diversity in drug trials.
www.statnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If your country cites or relies on health or ID info from NIH (CDC, FDA etc) this WILL put your Indigenous and BIPOC populations at risk. These populations were historically excluded from US research & falsely categorized "low risk" (so misdiagnosed, w/population-wide deadly/disabling consequences).
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*Jaws theme started to play*
January 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
*Jaws theme started to play*
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Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
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Do not obey in advance
January 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do not obey in advance