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Yup. The US Digital Service was formed from Big Tech SREs. Top level SREs really are elite level problem solvers and trouble makers of the highest order.

Many are trans, queer, or at the very least, care about LGBTQIA people, and will end you if you talk disrespectfully about them.

U.S. officials can’t find any Greenlanders who want to talk to Usha Vance A local travel company in Greenland’s capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance

This article is very, very funny but also has useful information about shipping routes and minerals! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.

Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order

And everyone, when evaluating James Carville's winning advice, please consider what Gavin Newsom's anti-trans swing has done for his numbers:

Democrats giving up on trans rights because they poll badly is like a sports team deciding to score on their own goal instead of the opponent’s because that’s what’s been getting the loudest cheers lately.

Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.

1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.

While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.

Watch their speech.

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The California governor's office is now open. Call them at tel://9164452841 right now and let them know that he should be deeply ashamed and should immediately apologize for throwing trans kids under the bus.

https://wandering.shop/@dreid/114116456381758299

“we have been locked out of our computers, and have no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work. We don’t even have access to our personal employment data. We’re supposed to return our equipment, but can’t use our email to find out how or where.”

Show me the efficiency, I can’t see it.

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.

A thread about 18F:

Roman from Succession looking relaxed and confident.

Roman from Succession looking sheepish and embarrassed.

Americans before watching the Zelensky Whitehouse visit. How bad could it be?

Vs

Americans after watching it.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.

Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

HOLY FUCK SOMEONE FIXED BLENDERS SHIT UI AND MADE IT USABLE BY HUMANS WITHOUT INVESTING A SHIT TON OF TIME JUST KNOWING WHERE THE SINGLE OPTION YOU NEED IT FOR IS OR LEARN 300 GODSDAMNED SHORTCUTS

RESKEETED TO THE MAX HOLY SHIT

This is absolute insanity.

I should do this and get rid of the growing pile of rocks next to our door, which periodically collapses and becomes a tripping hazard.

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

It's December, so here are a collection of end of year digital housekeeping tasks you can do while chilling out for the holidays in order to improve your privacy and security for entering 2024 on a good footing. You don't have to do all of them, but they're stuff to consider!

As an Indian, my contempt for (rich white) anti-vaxxers in the west is so deep I often cannot quite find the words to express my contempt.
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?

I’ve said this before, but my dad lost 4 siblings to polio & smallpox before the age of 10. They would be here today if they had access to vaccines. I wish we could trade those antivaxxers for my aunts & uncles.

What is that item attached to the door frame?

... Night Fever?

"'Waifu' had been bragging about his criminal exploits in open groups on Telegram. But when he threatened Allison Nixon, the chief research officer at the U.S. cybersecurity firm Unit221B, his days were numbered."