Anacostia Alchemist 🇺🇸🇫🇷↙️↙️↙️
@anacostialchemist.bsky.social
Angry materials engineer☢️🚀
Pro-nuclear
Forget touching grass, I need to touch the sea
Pro-nuclear
Forget touching grass, I need to touch the sea
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If I was a judge and a DOJ lawyer filed a brief saying "yes, we mistakenly shipped someone with a right to be here to a foreign gulag but you have no power to order us to bring him back" I'd put that lawyer in jail until that person was brought back.
April 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If I was a judge and a DOJ lawyer filed a brief saying "yes, we mistakenly shipped someone with a right to be here to a foreign gulag but you have no power to order us to bring him back" I'd put that lawyer in jail until that person was brought back.
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Also, regardless of the legalities, at 200% you get professional smuggling. Frankly, at the rate things are going I expect customs to break down completely and smuggling to become rampant.
25% is like annoying but you might as well just pay, at 200% you get lawyers thinking up shit like “well there’s no tariff on wood boxes so if you buy this $10,000 crate we’ll throw in 12 bottles of Lafite for free”
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Also, regardless of the legalities, at 200% you get professional smuggling. Frankly, at the rate things are going I expect customs to break down completely and smuggling to become rampant.
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What was it that autocrats were supposed to do? Make the security services mad? Was that it?
apple.news/A5VBDcngPQjq...
apple.news/A5VBDcngPQjq...
Homeland Security Tells TSA Agents It Will Ignore Labor Contract — The Wall Street Journal
Policy change sets up fight with union representing more than 40,000 TSA workers after seven-year agreement was reached in 2024
apple.news
March 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What was it that autocrats were supposed to do? Make the security services mad? Was that it?
apple.news/A5VBDcngPQjq...
apple.news/A5VBDcngPQjq...
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*bangs table
PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER
PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER
if you ask a liberal what their military policy is they'll say "we should cut the defense budget." if you ask a liberal what kind of military we ought to have they'll look at you blankly. i don't say this with any joy. it's a problem we need to confront!
Oy. One of the consistent failures of the left I'm seeing is the failure to understand that our efforts to create a peaceful world have failed and we now need the military again, damn it.
BTW, this "peace at any price" propaganda used to be Soviet.
BTW, this "peace at any price" propaganda used to be Soviet.
March 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
*bangs table
PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER
PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER
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Our generation will no longer receive the dividends of peace. It is up to us to ensure that our children reap the rewards of our commitments tomorrow. So we will face the future together.
Long live the Republic.
guys I'm going out on a limb but I don't think Macron was just talking to Europe here
Long live the Republic.
guys I'm going out on a limb but I don't think Macron was just talking to Europe here
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Our generation will no longer receive the dividends of peace. It is up to us to ensure that our children reap the rewards of our commitments tomorrow. So we will face the future together.
Long live the Republic.
guys I'm going out on a limb but I don't think Macron was just talking to Europe here
Long live the Republic.
guys I'm going out on a limb but I don't think Macron was just talking to Europe here
A materials conference I’m going to usually has 25% government employees from NASA, NIST, DOE, NRL, AFRL, ARL, etc. attending. They’ve paid the registration fees, bought the flights, done the research, planned to join committee lunches. None of them are coming due to DOGE’s “efficiency” measures.
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A materials conference I’m going to usually has 25% government employees from NASA, NIST, DOE, NRL, AFRL, ARL, etc. attending. They’ve paid the registration fees, bought the flights, done the research, planned to join committee lunches. None of them are coming due to DOGE’s “efficiency” measures.
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they're paying this zygote a GS-15 salary
![DO-GE Staffers Salaries @ Max GS Scale Level NOT $0 as claimed by Muskrat
Reported on Politico Playbook via Wired:
“GOOD GIG IF YOU CAN GET IT: Wired’s Kate Knibbs reports that some DO-GE staffers are pulling down six-figure, taxpayer-funded salaries from the very government they’re working to trim. Jeremy Lewin, who has been involved with efforts at USAID, NIH and the CFPB, is “listed as making just over $167,000 annually.” Then there’s Kyle Schutt, a CISA software engineer, who is “drawing a salary of $195,200 through [the General Services Administration], where he is assigned to the Office of the Deputy Administrator. That is the maximum amount that any ‘General Schedule’ federal employee can make annually, including bonuses.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfjlu7iu6xl7uyi4wybbgx3z/bafkreifit3uy75fl6fcdgnrcs7bnql4x6buypfbyvtjcz4uwnjefe6wuum@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
they're paying this zygote a GS-15 salary
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one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
Everytime Canadian tariffs are about to get implemented, I go get Canadian maple syrup from my local trader joes. I’m about to go buy 3 bottles because this time seems like the last time.
March 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Everytime Canadian tariffs are about to get implemented, I go get Canadian maple syrup from my local trader joes. I’m about to go buy 3 bottles because this time seems like the last time.
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How it started. How it’s going.
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
How it started. How it’s going.
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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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Macron says he is ready to "open the discussion" on European nuclear deterrence. -Le Monde.
This is the mess that Trump is sowing, a weak America will cause Europe to fill the void. That void will be filled by a nuclear deterrent.
This is the mess that Trump is sowing, a weak America will cause Europe to fill the void. That void will be filled by a nuclear deterrent.
February 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Macron says he is ready to "open the discussion" on European nuclear deterrence. -Le Monde.
This is the mess that Trump is sowing, a weak America will cause Europe to fill the void. That void will be filled by a nuclear deterrent.
This is the mess that Trump is sowing, a weak America will cause Europe to fill the void. That void will be filled by a nuclear deterrent.
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini🇺🇦
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Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
propub.li
February 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
The NASA program manager overseeing our research into functionally graded materials for rocket engine nozzles among other things was just fired by DOGE. He has worked at NASA for over 10 years.
February 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The NASA program manager overseeing our research into functionally graded materials for rocket engine nozzles among other things was just fired by DOGE. He has worked at NASA for over 10 years.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Blue states need to be doing the Idlib strategy of building up their own much larger administrative states to quickly reinstate actual existing bureaucracy once this government falls.
February 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Blue states need to be doing the Idlib strategy of building up their own much larger administrative states to quickly reinstate actual existing bureaucracy once this government falls.
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The most violent of violent conflicts are 99.9% hiking for what it's worth. Not everyone is dealt the same hand, and I respect that, but can we please fetishize hiking and HAM radio instead of whatever argument is happening here?
February 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The most violent of violent conflicts are 99.9% hiking for what it's worth. Not everyone is dealt the same hand, and I respect that, but can we please fetishize hiking and HAM radio instead of whatever argument is happening here?
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i genuinely cannot believe they are messing with the national reconnaissance office, aka "the quietly competent people you've never heard of who make sure the spy satellites work"
even nedry didn't deactivate the raptor fences, goddamn
even nedry didn't deactivate the raptor fences, goddamn
NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
www.huffpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
i genuinely cannot believe they are messing with the national reconnaissance office, aka "the quietly competent people you've never heard of who make sure the spy satellites work"
even nedry didn't deactivate the raptor fences, goddamn
even nedry didn't deactivate the raptor fences, goddamn
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DEVELOPING: As part of sweeping cuts, the Trump administration has terminated around 300 employees at the agency responsible for maintaining America's nuclear weapons arsenal and combating nuclear terrorism.
More on today's mass firings here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
More on today's mass firings here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
Sweeping cuts hit recent federal hires as Trump administration slashes workforce
Employees across several agencies including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy and the General Services Administration have all been affecte...
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
DEVELOPING: As part of sweeping cuts, the Trump administration has terminated around 300 employees at the agency responsible for maintaining America's nuclear weapons arsenal and combating nuclear terrorism.
More on today's mass firings here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
More on today's mass firings here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
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“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
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This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”
February 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”
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hard to overemphasize how consistent it is that scifi can imagine the end of all physical constants more easily than it can imagine the end of patriarchy
This movie has the exact same vibe as sci-fi from the mid-century featuring Martian colony ships and interstellar spacecraft where all the women aboard are still nurses and secretaries.
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
hard to overemphasize how consistent it is that scifi can imagine the end of all physical constants more easily than it can imagine the end of patriarchy
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These people hate you. Yes you there reading this. They want your kids sick and uneducated, your country defenseless while their rich pedo friends suck up to dictators around the world.
You don't hate the current GOP enough. I understand you're making a valiant effort but it's simply not possible.
You don't hate the current GOP enough. I understand you're making a valiant effort but it's simply not possible.
Found out today that one of the NSF grants that supported my PhD work was considered “woke DEI” wastes by Ted Cruz. Just in case you wanted more evidence that these ghouls don’t even believe the garbage they spew, a high intensity laser-plasma experiments by a straight white guy counts as “woke DEI”
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
These people hate you. Yes you there reading this. They want your kids sick and uneducated, your country defenseless while their rich pedo friends suck up to dictators around the world.
You don't hate the current GOP enough. I understand you're making a valiant effort but it's simply not possible.
You don't hate the current GOP enough. I understand you're making a valiant effort but it's simply not possible.
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📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
www.msnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.