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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

The entire support service for US Customs and Immigration has been replaced with a DOGE chatbot that repeatedly emails and texts links to the form, no matter what question you ask, and no matter whether you call, email or use the website's chat interface: pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/d... 26/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

Many DOGE kids were monsters. The most chilling DOGE story I've heard was the anonymous testimony of NIH officials who begged the DOGE children who were dismantling their work to spare some long-running cancer research projects whose great promise would be vaporized if they were interrupted. 27/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

The DOGE kids laughed at these entreaties, saying that once Musk had perfected "General AI" we wouldn't need cancer research, because their tame AI god would cure cancer. 28/

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Ashley Reed @thematterhorn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I understand why you want to call them "kids" and "children" (to emphasize their lack of experience). But it actually has the effect of removing accountability. The DOGE assholes were mostly young but they weren't children. They were adults who bear full responsibility for the harms they caused.

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Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

my response . . .

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themeteoriteman.bsky.social @themeteoriteman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

...their behavior and zeal in doing it speaks volumes

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