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#1984 is real now.
I did not know that today at work I would become Winston Smith. It's April 23, 1984, and my orders today were to assist in "updating" official materials so that they comply with EO 14151 and EO 14168. Today's materials were specifically about training people for on-the-job coaching. This course was originally written to teach Inclusivity so that training would be Equitable to our Diverse workforce. I sent full pages into the Memory Hole, as they were incompatible with how things are now (and have always been). Certain words are "non-productive" and so were replaced: "discrimination" is now "unfairness" and "biases" is now "viewpoints". Certain specific laws about civil rights were previously explained over two or three pages, but now all of that has been trimmed to a mention. If the student wants to know about these laws, they need to look it up on their own time (if the information still exists by then). I'm just following orders. This is all doubleplusgood. I'm not a thought-criminal. Hail Oceania.
April 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I need to binge the original trilogy again.
Head of DOGE and son standing next to Resolute desk in oval office, a text box reading, "The American Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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From the guy who literally wrote the book On Tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Trying to stock up before the tariffs kick in.
February 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM