By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026Musk didn't just attack foreign aid. Doubtless, the fact that the world's richest man murdered hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest children for the lulz isn't merely cruel, but also massively destabilizing in a way that will shake the world's politics for generations. 57/ 125148
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026But musk also attacked domestic institutions. It was a DOGE cultist who fed the part of the NIH that tracks cyclosporin outbreaks into the wood-chipper: truthout.org/articles/dis... Today, tens of thousands of Americans are experiencing the literal enshittification of the American state. 58/truthout.orgDisease Researchers Blame DOGE Cuts for Spiraling Cyclospora OutbreakPublic health agencies are struggling to mount an effective response with less resources and fewer staff. 122245
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026This isn't just a human tragedy (though it is), it's also an economic tragedy, with massive knock-on effects for the businesses that rely on those sickened Americans and for the agricultural sector whose outputs are now being shunned by millions. 59/ 11517