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andrewlb
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Former IDEO, USDS(44)
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I feel like this is less plan and more the emergent "but wait, what if". Still wild to see Arctic security concerns go from GPC-based anxiety over Chinese influence as a "near arctic state" (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) to mad-lad pincer maneuver.
am i paranoid or is this the plan
March 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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You can now read about projects that were interrupted when 18F was disbanded.

One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.

18f.org/projects/#fe...
Projects interrupted
For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
18f.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by andrewlb
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is A++ world building for the night terror that will carry me through the rest of my 30s.
For those not in the know:

Cranberries grow in a bog surrounded by wolf spiders that eat pests.

When it's time to harvest, you flood the bog, put on waders and go out into the bog & harvest them.

When you do that, you become a human life raft for all the soggy spiders. They climb you.
May 9, 2023 at 9:36 PM
Turing Pi up and running (in a hello world fashion). If I can get this working as expected, should pay for itself in rando server costs within a few months. 😵
May 9, 2023 at 9:33 PM
May 6, 2023 at 8:14 PM
I think I understand the demo, why won’t it work? #sysdaily
May 4, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Wolf hour. #sysdaily
May 3, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Moon Cycles. Movement patterns of a 10yr old greyhound named Moon.
#sysdaily
May 2, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Not sure if it’s just the weather and glorious vitamin D; but I’ve been ghosted on for 3-4 used interviews in the past week. 😑 Please consider your poor, now emotionally deflated ux researcher when deciding what you can skip.
May 1, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Exploring the new neighborhood; meeting new neighbors.
April 29, 2023 at 3:53 PM
I wanted takeout, not an existential crisis — thanks.
April 28, 2023 at 5:01 PM
なぜかわからないけど、Blueskyの人気あるトピックはほとんどう日本語で?それは携帯の言語設定のこと?
April 20, 2023 at 8:34 AM
Having an at-home vacuum forming machine is handy sometimes. Quick and easy custom signage for the offspring’s birthday party.
April 20, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Vibing in Scotland.
March 8, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Views from a work retreat. Nothing like being reminded of productivity and mortality when discussing the roadmap.
March 7, 2023 at 3:04 PM