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NotMaddie!<p>Note to GenXers with elderly parents. Do you manage their finances and Social Security account? If so, stay up to date with any forms you might need when they pass away. My dad passed in Feb and they locked his online SSA account within days. Now I have to file his taxes but have no SSA statement and can’t access it. Been on hold for two hours now. </p><p>EDIT: Took 3.5 hours for a 5 minute phone call. And I have to do it again next year. <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssa</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parents</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caregiver</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/genx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genx</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialServices</span></a> including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAffairs</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a>], which administers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Administration, which sends out checks to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retired</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/widowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>widowed</span></a> Americans [money Americans put into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> out of their own paychecks].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> …has laid off &gt;200 of its own employees &amp; allowed &gt;400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>What could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to rapidly rebuild <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codebase</span></a>.</p><p>Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takeover</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takedown</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> </p><p>&gt; sadly, most likely crash and burn</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@NinaBernstein1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NinaBernstein1</span></a></span> Sounds like a job for SuperNina! I'm a retired guy and don't get 90% of my income from <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> but the idea of someone taking what's rightfully mine pisses me off!</p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>Heather Cox Richardson, 28 March 2025: ‘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s…<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> is planning to move the computer system of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Administration (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>) off…COBOL, to a new system. In 2017, the SSA estimated that such a migration would take about 5 years. DOGE is planning for the migration to take just a few months, using…[AI]. </p><p>Experts have expressed concern... “If you weren’t worried about a whole bunch of people not getting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>…or having to wait ages, then sure go ahead.”’ <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-28-2025?r=7p2cc&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/march-28-2025?r=7p2cc&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
Gdac<p>Anyone else wrestling with SSA online accounts this weekend? My husband’s was easy, mine is a struggle. I deleted login.gov because I lost my auth. app. Now the connection to SSA is messed up. I’m not retiring, just want to be connected online. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a></p>
KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)<p>SSA: Compassionate Allowances are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security's standards for disability benefits. These conditions primarily include certain cancers, adult brain disorders, and a number of rare disorders that affect children. The CAL initiative helps us reduce waiting time to reach a disability determination for individuals with the most serious disabilities.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/compassionateallowance</span><span class="invisible">s/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>I just tried to login to the SSA.gov through Login.gov. New procedure for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> you have to go through a multi-step identity verification and it requires your phone and taking pictures of your state driver's license or state non-driver ID, no other type of government ID is allowed so if you don't have one of those, you don't get into your SSA account. The last time Login.gov made me verify myself was in August. For some reason this time the browser on my phone (ffx) would not take a picture. I checked the app permissions and rebooted the phone. Still would not take a picture so I really wonder if there's something about the Login.gov page itself that is malfunctioning. The other option is to enter all your details and then take your ID to a post office along with a barcode that they issue you (which I had to take a picture of off the f*ing computer screen). Imagine someone who is 80 years old trying to fuck with this shit. Just imagine it. Jesus christ. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
Douglas<p>On the weekly video call with my US-based elderly family members I mentioned to them that they all should have copies of their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> statements and benefits verification letters saved and printed out. They all were shocked by this. And these are people who are following the news and are concerned about what's happening. </p><p>None of them had used the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> website before. I put together a little guide for them which amounts to 25 steps (assuming they already have a login dot gov account).</p>
Infoblox Threat Intel<p>Malicious actors have taken notice of news about the US Social Security System. We've seen multiple spam campaigns that attempt to phish users or lure them to download malware. </p><p>Emails with subjects like "Social Security Administrator.", "Social Security Statement", and "ensure the accuracy of your earnings record" contain malicious links and attachments. <br> <br>One example contained a disguised URL that redirected to user2ilogon[.]es in order to download the trojan file named SsaViewer1.7.exe.</p><p>Actors using social security lures are connected to malicious campaigns targeting major brands through their DNS records.<br> <br>Block these:</p><p>user2ilogon[.]es<br>viewer-ssa-gov[.]es <br>wellsffrago[.]com<br>nf-prime[.]com<br>deilvery-us[.]com<br>wllesfrarqo-home[.]com<br>nahud[.]com. <br> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lookalikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lookalikes</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lookalikeDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lookalikeDomain</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infoblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infoblox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infobloxthreatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infobloxthreatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pdns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssa</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.</p><p>The project is being organized by Elon Musk lieutenant Steve Davis, multiple sources who were not given permission to talk to the media tell WIRED, and aims to migrate all SSA systems off COBOL, one of the first common business-oriented programming languages, and onto a more modern replacement like Java within a scheduled tight timeframe of a few months.</p><p>Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@NinaBernstein1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NinaBernstein1</span></a></span> As always, unk-unks (unknown unknowns) will kill the project and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> recipients. Anyone who has ever worked in any problem solving capacity knows this so I have to believe this is a deliberate attempt to kill SSA.</p>
Axel Gutmann<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> </p><p>I asked <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a>: "What are the chances of success for Elon Musk's / DOGE's plan of rewriting (in two month's time) the SSA's COBOL codebase using AI?"</p><p>"[…] the chances of success […] are extremely low, likely in the single-digit percentage range (e.g., 5-10% at best).<br>This estimate assumes DOGE has exceptional resources and AI capabilities beyond what’s publicly known […] The stakes are high, and the margin for error is razor-thin."<br><a href="https://x.com/i/grok/share/n9svocmPv28oPUXlCbbJruxTS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/i/grok/share/n9svocmPv28</span><span class="invisible">oPUXlCbbJruxTS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> plans to rebuild <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>'s antiquated <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> code base in months instead of the years it'd take to do it safely, risking benefits &amp; system collapse.</p><p>But, hey, when did Musk/Trump/DOGE ever give a crap about doing anything safely? Or right?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p>Elon Musk has appointed a team of technologists from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to "rewrite the code that runs the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> in months." This codebase has over 60 million lines of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> and handles record keeping for all American workers and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a> for all Social Security recipients. DOGE aims to migrate all SSA systems off COBOL ... and onto a more modern replacement like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> within a scheduled tight timeframe of a few months. After all, what could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
FarhadWho remember Y2K nightmare? <br> <br> This will dwarf the horror and cost of the system changes for Americans. <br> <br> Are people really that stupid to think that such system can be changed by a bunch of 20 something arrogant morons? <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/US?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Software?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Software</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/SSA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSA</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Idiocracy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Idiocracy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/WTAF?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WTAF</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Cobol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobol</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/AI?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Programming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/USpol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>
Farhad<p>Who remember Y2K nightmare?</p><p>This will dwarf the horror and cost of the system changes for Americans.</p><p>Are people really that stupid to think that such system can be changed by a bunch of 20 something arrogant morons?</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=WTAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTAF</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cobol</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>29/ Under the new <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SocialSecuirty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecuirty</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> rule above, and the office closures and staff cuts mentioned in this thread above, if you don't have an SSA.Gov account before April 14th, 2025 and can use it, here is what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Thursday had to say </p><p>(FYI, I am rural in <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a>. My <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> office was already 1 hour away. <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> and Musk closed it. My office is now over 2 hours away.)</p><p>"Say a 66-year-old man qualifies for Social Security. Say he calls the helpline to apply, but he's told about a new DOGE rule, so he has to go online or in person. He can't drive. He has trouble with the website, so he waits until his niece can get a day off to take him to the local office, but DOGE closed that office, so they have to drive two hours to get to the next closest office. When they get there, there are only two people staffing a 50-person line, so he doesn't even make it to the front of the line before the office closes and he has to come back. Let's assume it takes him three months to straighten this out, and he misses a total of $5,000 in benefits checks, which, by law, he will never get back. This scenario is a backdoor way Musk and Trump could cut Social Security." <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p>🔗 Musk Berated for 'Absurd' Social Security Fraud Lies | Common Dreams </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-doge-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/musk-dog</span><span class="invisible">e-social-security</span></a></p>
salix sericea (@Ripple13216)<p>The DOGE bros have shown to be incapable of supporting any web browser besides Chrome on Windows. That's how you get a json snippet when you visit their very simple hiring page in other browsers.</p><p>So, if you think, the Social Security Administration code rewrite will be great, consider that.</p><p>Also, can I interest you in a great bargain regarding a Florida gold mine?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwaredevelopment</span></a></p>
Arie van Deursen 🇳🇱🇪🇺🟥<p>From my talk earlier this week:</p><p>We need to resist the illusion that a posse of whiz kids can quickly solve deeply complex (IT) systems.</p><p><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/avandeursen/explainable-software-engineering-in-the-public-sector?slide=34" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speakerdeck.com/avandeursen/ex</span><span class="invisible">plainable-software-engineering-in-the-public-sector?slide=34</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssa</span></a></p>