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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
_L1vY_@mstdn.social ("Mother Bones") wrote:

#Via altssa / altssa.altgov.info‬
Mar 10, 2025, 10:43 PM

"Jesus, this testimony from Tiffany Flick, who has since resigned from her position at SSA, about what happened when 'doge' arrived, is hard to read. But everybody should read it. Because this is the reality of what’s happening."

[link ⬇️ opens pdf]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.22.10.pdf

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
joshuajfriedman.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Joshua J. Friedman") wrote:

NEW: Judge Dale Ho tells parties in the Eric Adams case that he doesn't believe oral argument will be necessary before he rules on whether and how to dismiss storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Bernie sets the record straight.

"Wrong, Elon. Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American for 86 years. We can make it solvent for the next 75 years and expand benefits by scrapping the cap that allows billionaires like you to pay the same amount into Social Security as a truck driver."
#Politics
3/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

Sickening

“Exclusive: The future of a vast collection of public artwork is in doubt as the #Trump administration plans to fire workers who preserve and maintain over 26,000 pieces owned by the U.S. government, including paintings and sculptures by renowned artists”
- The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/03/11/gsa-fine-arts-layoffs-trump/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

Wrote up some notes on the brand new OpenAI "Responses API", launched this morning - which includes some fun new default tools for web search, vector-based RAG and tapping into their "computer use" remote controlled GUI computer environments https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/responses-vs-chat-completions/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
richieholland@ravenation.club ("Richie Holland") wrote:

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Jorvon_Moss@mstdn.social ("Odd_Jayy") wrote:

Doing a wearble test for new Digit, i have to.moce some stuff around but it's good either way #robot

Attachments:

• video: Robot wearble test

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Domestic Enemy Hat") wrote:

Glad Perkins is pushing back hard. The Perkins EO is lawless and contemptible, an act of banana republic petulance. It’s the official government weaponization of @lizcheney.bsky.social’s infamous attack on lawyers who represented Gitmo detainees — but with official power, not just rhetoric.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ivwthpd4wcdhnwd2ewufvhva/post/3lk4z2t64zs2m

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rolf@mas.to ("Rolf Oldejans") wrote:

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
markwyner@mas.to ("Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:") wrote:

Spotify is literally hosting an Andrew Tate podcast on “how to recruit and exploit women for pornography.”

They were hosting three of them. Two were removed because of public pressure, but one remains. He literally should have no platform for any reason.

Please boycott Spotify until they end this. And contact them to let them know that he’s a repugnant pile of shit who needs to be punched in the face.

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/contact-us/

#Spotify #AndrewTate #HumanTrafficking #Boycott #Resist #Resistance

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
RonSupportsYou wrote:

Alex Cole: "8 weeks ago, MAGA screamed for lower grocery prices.
Today they have been convinced to celebrate a recession.
You can't fix stupid." #politics #economy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Kyle Cheney:

The State Department has paid out $97m to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72m out the door imminently.

It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25557958-endowment/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LaserMistress@mstdn.social ("⚡🔌ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy♾️") wrote:

Help me run There U Glow, my annual radical femme & queer founded and fronted electronics camp? 😘

A bit of where the fun funds go:

- More potent solar power system⚡🤤

- Projecting video showing over 100 femme/queer engineers on the wall of our space on a raspberry pi running VLC ✨

- USB-C soldering irons & tools

- Opensource die-cut educational PCB art badge (that I'm learning KiCad 9 doing!)

- Swaaag 😎

www.thereuglow.club

You in?

(Direct $ apps in 🧵below)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-glow-radical-educational-electronics-camp-fundraiser

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff (of the internet)") wrote:

Your #mastoadmin should never have to say this.

I'm trying to rise donations but I can always sell something if needed(offline stuff, don't worry), just like to be on time with this ❤️

https://mstdn.social/@stux/114144422924701547

Track down how your admin fundraises and help them out

#mastodon

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

progress

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
CatsOfYore@varmint.town ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Please stop calling newsletters "Substacks" --

The vast majority of blogs are created using WordPress software. No one calls their blog a "WordPress" for the very good reason that there are other ways to create and publish blogs.

So if you've been gaslighted into calling someone's newsletter their "Substack' just because they use that platform, please stop. You're just doing PR for a company that manifestly doesn't deserve it.

Why is that?
1/2

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Apparently I've been illegally boycotting Tesla since 2011, that being when I purchased my MINI and therefore having no need for another vehicle. It's a heady thing, to have been a criminal for nearly a decade and a half. However this nefarious lifestyle suits me and my car only recently crossed the 100,000 mile mark, so it appears I will continue to be a wanton crime lord for years to come.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
aethernaut@mastodon.art ("Neal") wrote:

To everyone browsing anything on Patreon: as of today, 3/11/25, the Apple store will add a 30% fee to your membership if you subscribe. Sign up through a web browser instead and save some bucks!
(If you're already a subscriber you are not affected)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Wary Jerry") wrote:

That hurts https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz ("Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿") wrote:

Just watching this Trump tariff debacle unfolding is like watching a kid playing what he thinks is a game of monopoly, not realising that there're real people in those streets & utilities, houses & hotels. In this case, we're dealing with a mentally deficient man who probably doesn't care. I feel desperately sad for all the millions of people - most poor sods in the US - who'll have their lives upended by this madness. I just hope it doesn't affect people outside the US as much. 1/2

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/johns-hopkins-federal-funding-foreign-aid-cut-ca841d31?st=EJYFJk&reflink=desktopwebshare%5Fpermalink

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
igd_news@kolektiva.social ("It's Going Down") wrote:

"ICE Chasers are volunteers, who maintain vigilance about ICE sightings in the areas they live in and report it to the wider ICE Chasers network. According to Aguilar, ICE Chasers form a “rapid response team” that keeps the community informed in real-time."

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/03/11/meet-the-ice-chasers-the-rapid-response-team-keeping-communities-informed-on-ice-sightings/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

no reasonable Senator should vote "yes" on any appropriations bill while the President continues to impound and redirect funds without regard to law.

this is *not* a "continuing resolution" at all, and to call it that is to lie.

#JustSayNo

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Richard_Littler ("Richard Littler") wrote:

They turned America into a shopping channel and the White House into a used-car dealership in less than 3 months. I'm predicting that in less than 6 months the White House will have a casino, a lap-dancing club and a segregated steakhouse offering Anti-Woke-Burger meal deals.

#Trump #Musk #USA

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Postscript and a good catch from Aaron Fritschner. This is how you legislatively mandate the ball gag.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

13. This is far from complete. But make no mistake: it is decidedly NOT a “clean CR”.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

12. It cuts $280 million from the National Institute of Health, shutting down research in things like cancer, Alzheimer’s, ALS, heart disease. Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to develop cures? Do you have a loved one waiting for a cure? Too bad.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

7. It cuts rent subsidies for low-income folks. Which means a whole lot of landlords are going to find themselves forced to evict some ~32,000 families. If you think your community needs more homelessness, that’s a good idea. Otherwise… really f’ing dumb.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

6. It gives the White House much more discretion over public-private partnerships, essentially allowing them to prioritize infrastructure projects (highways, rail, etc.) only in their political supporters communities. That is anti-American, in the purest sense.