y’all want to guess the demographic who’ll be most hurt by some system a 19 year old thinks is intuitive - ThreadSky

joshuaerlich.bsky.social • 1 day ago

y’all want to guess the demographic who’ll be most hurt by some system a 19 year old thinks is intuitive

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

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wndlb.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have to think that these call centers are often dealing with people who need other kinds of help as well. A LOT of help.

jcinmd.bsky.social•1 day ago

In a sane world, this would never happen. Musk & his muskrats are playing with people’s lives like it’s some kind of game. These people are sociopaths. Have they no respect for anyone?

dbeecher.bsky.social•1 day ago

And SSA's website won't let you file for someone sitting with you anymore so even tech savvy kids won't be able to help their parents file applications without having to wait for a hardcopy in the mail (which SSA might or might not send and might or might not acknowledge they received back).

ramblingandpie.bsky.social•1 day ago

And until certain paperwork gets processed (and, last I was practicing, until a certain point in a claim), the ONLY way to get claim-specific info is to call!!!!

dbeecher.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thankfully we can now get electronic status at initial and recon and see at least the E and F sections of the file.

deborahahrens.bsky.social•14 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/deborahahrens.bsky.social/post/3lkmiwnzrc22x

joshuaerlich.bsky.social•1 day ago

grandma, I’m sorry, you know you have to ask Fascist Siri about this kind of thing

manfredwoman.bsky.social•1 day ago

They wanna make us crawl on our hands and knees to the nearest office to beg for our OWN money so things will be as fucked up and miserable as possible and they'll have an excuse to privatize more shit.

bskwitter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Put all the codgers with walkers on the front line, wading into National Guard troops with loaded weapons on the National Mall

wndlb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Count me in.

realbenisons.bsky.social•1 day ago

anecdotally

a likely grandma on bus in PDX with placard "deport elon musk" was confused about how to walk 1 block to transfer to bus to tesla dealership today, got some directions from bus driver, was still a bit unsure, but I have no doubt she got there by asking more questions, many such cases

realbenisons.bsky.social•1 day ago

iow imo musk and trump are in heap of trouble

cactusdan.bsky.social•1 day ago

When I think about people able to navigate all digital environments, I think of the elderly.

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