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18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that. writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social

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18F folks - I got to travel in some of your circles in your early days. Y'all are bad ass and did so much work to improve gov service experiences. This is (yet another) travesty.

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"You can enjoy your vacation when we can enjoy our democracy" 🔥 "Shred the gnar, not the constitution" 💯 "Vance skis in jeans." <- A+ Clueless and a danger to others. "No veeps on a powder day" 💀 "Sorry VP sold out" I ❤️ and miss you MRG and Vermont

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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

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To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.

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Sunk in shame for this un-American administration and its cowardly enablers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Vance mistook Ukraine for the Republican congressional caucus

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The U.S. has sent $125B to Ukraine, but ~70% stayed in the U.S. Meanwhile, Europe has promised $259B and given more as a % of GDP. The idea that the U.S. is “doing all the work” is misleading—Europe is pulling its weight. #Ukraine #ForeignAid

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Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence. That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received. The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.

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Consumer confidence is sinking—not just from inflation & high rates, but from uncertainty. Rising costs, weak wage growth, and Fed policy worries are real. If the admin’s bombastic tone fuels instability instead of solutions, confidence won’t rebound. #Economy

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Think about this for a hot second

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It was never about efficiency or the national debt. @surfrider.org, alas another issue on your list.

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It's all datacenters these days $nvda

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The U.S. Digital Service had some amazing talent. Genuinely savvy folks who gave up Silicon Valley lottery tickets to work on improving the way our government operates.

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A big problem for the "Biden created inflation" Jason Furman types is how big of a percent of demand comes from the richest 10% of Americans. The problem with economics that doesn't consider power dynamics (in this case vast income inequality) is that they miss the forest from the trees.

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Hey journalists, can we normalize calling Elon Musk a Centi-billionaire instead of (merely) a Billionaire? @apnews.com @cnn.com @theatlantic.com @cnbc.com @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social @wsj.com @davidingram.bsky.social @callumj.bsky.social @katherinelong.bsky.social

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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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We're looking for a reporter for IT Brew to cover cybersecurity and other Areas of Concern IT professionals face in these times. Come work with @patbits.bsky.social @billyhurls.bsky.social @eoinhiggins.bsky.social and @briannamonsanto.bsky.social! Hit me up w/Qs jobs.lever.co/morningbrew/...

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See all those "The State of [insert a tech vendor's thing]" studies? I wrote a guide to reading them and released a database of over 250 studies on building a business with software, AI adoption, AI Apps and Agents, security, developers, and more therightstack.com/blog/navigat...

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Great read from the man who once saved healthcare.gov

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TFW the people who run a crypto pyramid scheme are like “what Trump is doing with crypto is totally scammy.”

submitted 42 days ago • 47 comments

“While pissing off the CFO then asking for money is working super well for us, it has come to our attention that some CTOs have signing authority as well. Rest assured, we’re on it.”

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For the security crowd, @weld.bsky.social did a cool talk at BlueHat on the history of vuln disclosure and the intersection of hackers and product companies. youtu.be/w6SAqT4ZQik?...

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The U.S. Senate is on the verge of giving a huge gift to patent trolls.

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act would let patent trolls extort more small business owners and even hobbyists.

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment