Why I joined DOGE : Planet Money What was it like to work inside Elon Musk's DOGE? The cost-cutting initiative promised transparency, but most of its actions have been shrouded in secrecy.For months, there were reports of software en...

This is an interview with a DOGE "grunt", and probably illustrative of the kind of results that their process produces:
www.npr.org/transcripts/...

I don't normally like giving my time or attention to the perpetraitor's antics; but I feel the need to point out:
With all the middle school bully malice in that ambush, he's pulling attention away from the other destructive crap he's doing.

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

I was afraid that the consequences of bad choices by parents was going to do real harm to children. One death, and there will be inevitable long term harm to some that are caught in this measle outbreak.
apnews.com/article/meas...

In case you haven't caught on, this is the pattern:
Announcements made after the close of business on a Friday, followed by back tracking on Monday, if it gets too much negative kick back.

Of course, they will turn around and grab them again, later, and treat those as "new" arrest statistics...

YouTube video by First We Feast Questlove Refuses Defeat While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

Ok this was worth a view: Questlove, some truly aggressive hot sauces on wings, and a very cool interview, on his birthday!

youtu.be/XtYRMCvbs3o?...

Exclusive: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems The systems include a vast database containing birth dates, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, sources said.

Ok, let me see if I have this right. An unelected financial supporter of the of the current president is being allowed to install his own un-vetted personnel in important federal offices and lock out access from the actual federal employees...really?
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

"Official" communications funneled through an exclusive outlet under direct control of the chief executive's personal ally. I think I've seen this part of the script, before...

The entertainment press has to put a stop to treating fanboy review bombing as worthy of anything other than a footnote.

Round Rock man's tech idea helps needy people around the globe build water wells Round Rock resident RC Crawford's award-winning idea for a drill has helped people build cheaper water wells in India, Uganda, Brazil and Guatemala.

I'm in the mood to post about someone doing something worthwhile with their life and resources:
www.statesman.com/story/news/l...

This administration circus ought to be interesting. Cue the rule of unintended consequences in 3 - 2 -...

My expectations: We've all seen this same sh!t show, before, and we'll see it again. There will initially be a lot of "ready, fire, aim!", with blame shifting to the previous administration.

Later, the scapegoats will be released from the pens...

The cruelty and performative malice is the point. It's the show that the marks think they bought into. Ultimately, everyone but the grifter squad at the top comes out losing, sadly.

Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse Publishers want to put out more papers with less editorial staff, all while charging scientists more to publish. Editors have had enough.

I caught this of Science Friday on the way home. I thought it might catch the attention of a number of my friends:
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...

and I have been a player of tabletop role-playing games since the very earliest releases.

As such, don't be surprised when my posts are all over the spectrum.

We will see where this goes.

Just so people know who they are dealing with:
I'm electronics technician that works in the life-safety iindustry; I'm a long-time member of the Society for Creative Anachronisms (and as such a bit of an amateur historian);