Le Bec

"Other nasty woman" reporting for duty!

Sorry I missed it!

Hi you’re allowed to discriminate against Nazis and refuse to serve them in your businesses if they come in with their branding visible. Their “politeness” is a trick and you are allowed and encouraged to cause a bit of drama to make sure they know they aren’t welcome. Swastika shirts need banned.

we are depriving generations of kids of the formative experience of stumbling upon some weird horny sci-fi or fantasy book that was absolutely not written for them, which is the kind of thing that makes reading feel exhilarating, like you are unlocking the grownup world’s fun secrets

Gritty riding into DC on a white Percheron, waving a standard bearing a US flag and a Progress Pride flag

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

The changes made by Elon's coders are focused on "creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked."

This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

FIRST: USAID

NEXT: Dept. of Education

THEN: Your Social Security benefits? Your health insurance? Your kids' health insurance?

Everything is on the table and Trump/Musk don't care who gets hurt.

We will not sit by while this happens. We will put up a fight.

financial advice

may every trans child grow into a trans adult

Dox away. #doge #coup

Oh wow. I had no idea!

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷‍♂️

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

The Truth About Federal Employees (an infographic) Federal Employees comprise just 1.87% of the American workforce. 4.3% of the federal budget amounts to federal workforce compensation. The ratio of federal workers to national population has steadily decreased for more than a half-century. Federal employees are paid 25% less compared to private sector counterparts. Only 10% of federal employees are fully remote. 79.4% of federal working hours are spent at an in-person workspace. 1 out of 3 federal employees is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. Federal employees are more educated. Federal workers are: 53% more likely to have at least a bachelor's degree, 120% (more than twice) as likely to have an advanced degree than private-sector workers. Sources: Federal Salary Council Working Group, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Congressional Budget Office

The Truth About Federal Employees: an infographic

Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.

The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.

Happy Black History Month.

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

What Trump & co really want is US apartheid and we should say it - a permanent lower class of the non-white, non-Christian, non-cis, non-hetero.

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

HOLD UP.

Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications?

Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE?

Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.

You’re not suppose to plug an outside thumb drive into a government computer let along a whole hard drive. Shit!

Tthis makes Nixon’s buddies breaking into governmentt offices seem like child’s play.

Sign the Petition Protect Federal Employees from OPM’s Chaos

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Exclusive-Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of mil...

Holy shit I have been catching up on the OPM story... What in the actual fuck??
www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

Somewhere, a cozycore queer just read the news, put down the penguin amigurumi they were knitting, and started planning something that history books in 2049 will refer to as "The 2026 Incident."

Musk and his team have hostilely taken over OPM. Tonight’s email to fed employees mirrors the “Fork in the Road” message sent to Twitter (now X) staff after Musk’s 2022 takeover. He is working with the Trump administration to build profiles on federal workers based on loyalty (political standing).