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Nonilex<p>The email, sent to staff on behalf of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> chair Marvin E. Kaplan &amp; acting general counsel William Cowen &amp; shared w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> by 2 NLRB employees…, said 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> reps would be detailed to the agency from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> "part-time for several months" &amp; would largely work *remotely* [guess they’ll be using that back door].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The credit card program allows federal workers to bypass the typical procurement process required to buy goods and services. A 2002 report from the Department of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> said that, “by avoiding the formal procurement process, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> estimates the annual savings to be $1.2 billion.” It also enables federal employees to avoid paying sales tax on expenses that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> is exempt from."<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-spending-cuts-federal-workers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>‘It Feels Like It’s Chaotic on Purpose’</p><p>Elon Musk’s Dept of Govt Efficiency laid off a team whose purpose was to make the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> more efficient.<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/doge-elon-musk-18f-elimination-efficiency/681894/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/technology/arc</span><span class="invisible">hive/2025/03/doge-elon-musk-18f-elimination-efficiency/681894/</span></a></p><p>"Late <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> night, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admn, as part of its push to modernize the govt with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>, laid off roughly 90 people from the General Services Admn—all federal technologists whose role was to **modernize the govt with software."**</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>GSA shutters 18F, possibly leaving agencies in the lurch</p><p>On early Saturday morning, the General Services Administration eliminated the program.<br><a href="https://fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-possibly-leaving-agencies-in-the-lurch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-</span><span class="invisible">possibly-leaving-agencies-in-the-lurch/</span></a></p><p>"18F workers appear to have lost access to their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> email accounts immediately after Shedd’s announcement, which was sent around 1am. Employees then began calling each other in the middle of the night to discuss the news."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Artist Activist<p>Use “Saudi henchmen” before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to indicate allegiance: </p><p>&gt; 18F was part of USDS before Saudi henchmen Musk and Trump destroyed it: <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leaving-18f/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin</span><span class="invisible">g-18f/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a></p>
ひげおう<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn-bike.net/@HIGEOH" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HIGEOH</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn-bike.net/@1234567" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>1234567</span></a></span> でも今日はカブで来る人いるし!<br>カブでなくてもいいって言ってたし!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn-bike.net/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a></p>