Sarah Tinker
stinker555.bsky.social
Sarah Tinker
@stinker555.bsky.social
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“If your intent were to shrink the workplace in a cost-effective way, this is a crazy way to do it,” the bureaucratic-reform advocate Max Stier tells Franklin Foer. Elon Musk's campaign against civil servants will only make matters worse, Stier thinks.
The Hidden Costs of Musk’s Washington Misadventure
Max Stier wants to improve the government. Elon Musk’s campaign against civil servants is making it worse.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Selective outrage of the right.
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."

He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pulling out this gem for my sanity.
Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Grateful Dead
m.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs.

It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
Trump White House moves to allow for a Musk takeover of government IT
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make it easier to put ideologues and cronies in key tech roles.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just making things and playing Yahtzee. 🎲
February 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM