Amanda C 🥄

In a list of the Office of Personnel Management director's priorities for the federal workforce, technology is "number one, two and three." "We have a real, acute shortage of people who have what I would call very cutting-edge, modern tech skills," said Scott Kupor, director of the government's personnel agency.

A man dressed in a hot dog suit, saying “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.”

www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

My response now any time someone brings up AI:

i cannot resist a pavilion jeff you know that

Do you have any clarification on the difference between the instructions on the website (which lists word count) and the submission form (which lists character count)? 1000 characters vs 1000 words is a big difference in writing! Thanks.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

A screenshot of a weather page, showing the current temp at 46ºF, the high of 62ºF, sunny, no wind, and that today's temperature is forecast to be MUCH COOLER than yesterday.

HELLO SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE WEATHER FOR WHICH I HAVE PINED.

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

It makes my head explode that they seem to expect any adherence to norms at all. “We can’t expect them to follow the rules if we don’t follow them too” kind of nonsense when… look around?!? Not only are they breaking the rules, but nobody is stopping them and often even giving it the ok.

I have a ton of love for Airtable templates, but AAARGH NOT LIKE THIS

RIGHT!??!? If I want your help and ideas, believe me I will ask!!

After I entered nonsense data, it let me move forward to a place with an X button and a "Start from blank database."

HOWEVER, that blank database was loaded with over half the browser window being the Omni helper bot again, then a succession of seven MORE pop-ups and overlays I had to close.

Screenshot reading "I'm Omni, your Airtable cobuilder. Together, we'll create powerful tools to streamline your workflow. I can also help you get insights from your data, research the web, and automate your work in new ways. To get you going quickly, I'll suggest a few ideas based on your business and role. Bold text reads "First, where do you work?" with an input box labled "Company Name." There are no opt-out, do later, or no thank you cancelation options.

I don't NEED a co-builder and you don't NEED details of my client's business! This is not helpful, let me opt out, holy crap.

Signed up for an Airtable account via a contracting email address so clients can have access, and the AI start-up bot is MANDATORY. I cannot figure out a way to say no thank you, to not tell it more things, to opt out and not let it to "help" me "get started."

IT IS WEDNESDAY. #awoo

talking about how the government does nothing feeds into a very intentional cycle where republicans disinvest and degrade the public good to spur distrust in government

they use that ill will to further privatize and dismantle public services

and it always seems to work!

8. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?

A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW

#LL106 #bestwronganswers

“Here’s a cool story about cholera,” I just chirped at my kid. I am very fun at parties, and know how to engage children in learning.

Please don't call it that

The commitment I'm looking for has to include commitment to a bit.

I bet she's plotting a way to get at this one as we speak.

Wired has been telling the stories of DOGE's destruction and abuse since the early days. Grateful to see voices from TTS and GSA here especially – miss y'all.

I am rarely more of a "We live in a SOCIETY!" bitch than during the school drop-off line. Someone parks their car in the drop-and-go lane instead of the parking spots open RIGHT THERE and it's hair on fire seething.

Whong’s Law: Every government agency, everywhere is working on a “new system”; It will solve *all* of their data problems and will be ready to use in 18-24 months.

a man in a white shirt and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying that 's . ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying that 's .

The gif that just won’t quit

Lakewood is one of my favorite favorite places, and I've got a similar goal. My wedding ceremony was there and though the marriage didn't last I'm so thrilled to have had the opportunity to introduce more people to that jewel of a chapel.

Knox, I appreciate you!

A panel from Eiichiro Oda's ONE PIECE of Nico Robin saying "I find it embarrassing as a human being."

Me waking up every day and reading the news.

@twolemonades.com ATTN

My fourth grader gets 100 subtraction problems on a worksheet every night to do as quickly as he can.

just in case you were wondering if the “freaking out at the kitchen table over rote math practice” experience had gone away since you were young. 🫠