bolha.us

Strypey"I went and talked to a bunch of experts and some former USDS/ GSA government people, who could explain the importance of why US Digital Service, now the US DOGE service, was such a legally ingenious way for them to establish DOGE. Because before then everyone had thought it would be a Federal Advisory Committee, of which there thousands, and they're important, but they're not particularly powerful."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/VittoriaElliot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VittoriaElliot</a>, Wired, 2025<a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/part-1-technology-democracy-and-powerjournalisms-role-in-a-time-of-crisis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techpolicy.press/part-1-technology-democracy-and-powerjournalisms-role-in-a-time-of-crisis/</a>(1/2)<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcasts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechPolicy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

Paris MarxElon Musk’s DOGE is gutting the US Digital Service and its citizen-focused approach to tech development is going with it.On <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechWontSaveUs</a>, I was honored to speak with Kate Green and Milo from We The Builders to discuss understand how government can build technology differently and what’s wrong with how DOGE thinks of efficiency.Listen to the full episode: <a href="https://techwontsave.us/episode/269_doge_is_gutting_the_us_digital_service_w_kate_green_and_milo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techwontsave.us/episode/269_doge_is_gutting_the_us_digital_service_w_kate_green_and_milo</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/govtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/usds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usds</a>

Jonathan KamensHere's how (in)competent <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> is. They fired me and my <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> colleagues February 14. They subsequently emailed us UPS labels for equipment return. The emails said if the UPS Store would provide a box and packing materials. I waited 24 days for my separation packet to finally arrive before trying to return the equipment. When I then took the equipment to the UPS Store, it turned out DOGE hadn't provided me with the information needed for UPS to be able to pack it up for me. 😡 <a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

NonilexSince <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s so-called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> took over important govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> teams within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSA</a> & what was formally known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/passport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passport</a> applications.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18F</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicDisservice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoReactionary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRx</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technofeudalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Alessandra SierraAmy Paris worked for the Department of Health and Human Services, and formerly worked for the U.S. Digital Service. She helped make the federal government more efficient and responsive to the needs of its citizens.In her words, “They’re trying to actually not make the government more efficient, but disrupt the government and disrupt citizen services that the American people need in order to conduct their daily lives. They are trying to sow discord and disrupt confidence in the workings of the federal government.”<a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/</a>There are thousands of government employees who have worked for years to make our lives easier and safer.<a href="https://www.wethebuilders.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wethebuilders.org/</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>

Alessandra SierraIn 1968, IBM fired Lynn Conway for being <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgender</a>. She went on to invent the foundations of modern computer chips.On February 14, 2025, the US government fired Amy Paris for being transgender. What might she have been able to do?We have always been here. We will always be here.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a><a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris-fired-trump-administration/</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway</a>

zenkat<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> Angry about the mass <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> firings from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18F</a>, and everywhere else across the federal government?Tech for Public Good (<a href="https://www.publicgood.tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.publicgood.tech/</a>) is holding a fundraiser to waive dues for federal technologists who’ve lost their jobs. They offer job resources & professional community for people who do government tech work.Your contribution is vital -- any amount helps!<a href="https://neon.publicgood.tech/campaigns/support-memberships" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://neon.publicgood.tech/campaigns/support-memberships</a>

Kushal Das :python: :tor:A resignation letter from some of the <a href="https://toots.dgplug.org/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> employees <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25544180/usds-resignation-letter.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25544180/usds-resignation-letter.pdf</a> <a href="https://toots.dgplug.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

zenkat<a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@heidilifeldman</a> From a former <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/18f" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18f</a> staffer ...Angry about the mass <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> firings from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18F</a>, and everywhere else across the federal government?Tech for Public Good (<a href="https://www.publicgood.tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.publicgood.tech/</a>) is holding a fundraiser to waive dues for federal technologists who’ve lost their jobs. They offer job resources & professional community for people who do government tech work.Your contribution is vital -- any amount helps!<a href="https://neon.publicgood.tech/campaigns/support-memberships" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://neon.publicgood.tech/campaigns/support-memberships</a>

NonilexThe operation would take over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>, which had been housed within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMB</a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussVought</a>], & would become a stand-alone entity in the executive office of the president. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> would NOT be named the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> administrator, but rather an *adviser* to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>….An advantage of this complicated structure was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#secrecy</a>. For all his talk about “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transparency</a>,” Musk was obsessed w/confidentiality & fearful of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leaks</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> was also intent on getting access to federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> & payment systems. He felt that if he could not, the whole endeavor would be a waste of his time.Several people involved in the talks were familiar w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>, including Smith, who had worked w/the unit on a Covid database as a snr ofcl in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin…Eventually, Musk’s team settled on a plan but kept it a secret for weeks, even blindsiding some people working w/him.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transparency</a>

NonilexAround the time <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> identified the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> as a key part of his strategy last year, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> transition team gained a key ally on the inside. A USDS vet named <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyGleason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmyGleason</a> rejoined its staff as a snr adviser at the end of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin, described to other employees as someone who would aid the transition. Gleason, who would later be named the acting administrator of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, recommended that the unit bring aboard several young engineers who would later become part of Musk’s team.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexThey would call it the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> Service, & they would not even have to change the initials.They began their move on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> earlier than has previously been reported, The NYT found, while Pres <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> was STILL IN OFFICE — giving them the ability to operate on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s first day.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoReactionary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRx</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technofeudalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> & his advisers — including Steve Davis, a cost cutter who worked w/him at X & other companies — did not want to create a commission, as past budget hawks had done. They wanted direct, insider <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#access</a> to government systems. They realized they could use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> office, whose staff had been focused on helping agencies fix <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> problems, to quickly penetrate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a> — & then decipher how to break it apart.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex…The NYT has learned new details about how the operation came together after the election, mapped out in a series of closely held meetings in Palm Beach, FL, & through early intelligence-gathering efforts in Washington. Seasoned *conservative* operatives like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenMiller</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussVought</a> helped educate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> about the workings of the bureaucracy. Soon, he stumbled on an opening. It was a little-known unit with reach across the government: the US Digital Service [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a>]…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Jonathan KamensFeb. 26 live CNN interview about VA.gov cybersecurityI did a brief press appearance on CNN this afternoon to talk about my firing from the VA and what that means for VA.gov cybersecurity. Here's the video, with a transcript below it. <a href="https://blog.kamens.us/2025/02/26/feb-26-live-cnn-interview-about-va-gov-cybersecurity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.kamens.us/2025/02/26/feb-26-live-cnn-interview-about-va-gov-cybersecurity/</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a>

Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersStanding up against a fascist system!DOGE workers quit rather than help Musk "dismantle critical public services" <a href="https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/doge-workers-quit-rather-than-help-musk-dismantle-critical-public-services-194237479.html?src=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/doge-workers-quit-rather-than-help-musk-dismantle-critical-public-services-194237479.html?src=rss</a><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a>

Jonathan KamensI want to share this heartfelt story about something important I helped build during my time at VA, before DOGE destroyed it. We'll probably never know whether they did so out of willful ignorance or stupidity. Either way, they hurt veterans, and that makes me sad. <a href="https://blog.kamens.us/2025/02/26/doge-damage-case-study-the-va-gov-architecture-oversight-process/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.kamens.us/2025/02/26/doge-damage-case-study-the-va-gov-architecture-oversight-process/</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VA</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IHaveAStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IHaveAStory</a>

Erik Nygren :verified:Thank you for your public service to the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDS</a> (which was subsumed into <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>) employees who resigned, as well as those who have been fired up until now. Your efforts to help secure and modernize US government systems were greatly appreciated.Details: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/21-workers-resign-from-doge-as-elon-musk-destroys-the-u-s-government-2000568138" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gizmodo.com/21-workers-resign-from-doge-as-elon-musk-destroys-the-u-s-government-2000568138</a>This appears to be the resignation letter: <a href="https://archive.is/AKhKO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/AKhKO</a>

Jon UdellWhen the wheel turns, Karoline, it's possible that some people will forgive you, because some people believe in forgiveness.But you will most assuredly burn in hell forever.<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25544180-usds-resignation-letter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25544180-usds-resignation-letter/</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/usds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usds</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karma</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#usds