UPDATE: We've added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.

Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#MAGA #Trump #TrumpEconomy #TrumpTariffs #DOGE #ElonMusk #racism #bigotry #trans #transgender #lgbtq #lgbtqia #StockMarket #StockMarketCrash #Recession #TrumpRecession #Project2025 #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Source:

@GossiTheDog

I asked #Grok: "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?"

"[…] the chances of success […] are extremely low, likely in the single-digit percentage range (e.g., 5-10% at best).
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."
https://x.com/i/grok/share/n9svocmPv28oPUXlCbbJruxTS

Update. "#DOGE order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library"
https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library

"The #USDA on Friday told staff members it has canceled subscriptions carried by its National Agricultural Library as part of a drive by President Donald #Trump’s administration to cut federal spending. The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including many prominent in various agricultural subfields —but curiously none from the world’s three largest scientific publishers, all of which are #ForProfit. USDA staff members depicted the move as hasty, indiscriminate slashing…Studies of journal subscription fees indicate that on average, scientific #SocietyPublishers charge less than such for-profit companies."

PS: (1) Of course the best ag research should be #OpenAccess. But that's a goal, not the current reality, and while we work for that goal, policymaking agencies still need access the best research. (2) If efficiency requires budget cuts, why focus the cuts on journals from #nonprofit #publishers, which on average are lower in price and higher in quality?

Here are DOGE addresses, in case you might want to email any of them for any reason.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dqudj1attmdq4six6piav/doge.txt?rlkey=zf0tylh64pf6qg42t872r5aty&st=p3tvnu2u&dl=0

@jorin how?

Explain to me like I'm a #DOGE member deciding your fate.

  • (Not really tho!)

Before I was fired tonight, I was in charge of information security for VA.gov, which has millions of users per month and stores and processes huge amounts of veterans' personal information. I've been told by people I've worked with that I'm the best at what I do of anyone they've ever worked with. Now there will be _no one_ in charge of information security for VA.gov.
Does this seem like improving government efficiency?
#politics #USPol #DOGE #USDS #VA #infosec
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BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: The Crypto Grifters of DOGE

Cole Killian is a member of Elon's DOGE. He's also a crypto bro with a long history of proximity to and/or involvement in dodgy crypto ventures.

Retoots appreciated.

https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-crypto-grifters-of-doge

This is a #DOGE intern who is currently pawing around in the US Treasury computers and database