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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation

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Sunada Takagi @sunada3.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It sounds like this buyout is backfiring to some degree. Check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So much for congressional independence. What spineless cowards. Why are they paid? “Do you really want the president going to your district and telling your voters that you are the one that is preventing him from doing what he was elected to do? I don’t think so" newrepublic.com/post/190916/...

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Senior Republican Warns House Trump Expects Total Loyalty—or Else

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer had a grim warning for his colleagues.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This has been tried before, during the Reagan years. Only the good ones with bright futures on the outside and folks about to retire took the offer. It was like getting an organizational lobotomy. The department limped along for years after that. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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Trump reportedly will offer buyouts to all 2 million federal workers

The White House’s plan to offer “deferred resignations” that pay departing federal employees their salary through Sept. 30 will likely run afoul of rules governing buyout payments.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This is insane. It's like one of those drive-in B movies where people's brains have been taken over by worms from outer space.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

He was lying when he took the presidential oath of office; it has clauses that restate section 3 of the 14th. And within 24 hours of swearing the oath again he gave aid and comfort to insurrectionists. The 14th says "shall not... hold office..." Is he actually the president? Serious question.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trump just speed ran an article 14, sec 3 disqualification. He publicly swore to uphold the constitution, then a few hours later publicly "gave aid and comfort" to convicted insurrectionists by commuting their sentences. Is he still President? I'm serious. Any legal minds want to weigh in?

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I don't think this is what the MAGAs were sold. In their minds all asylum seekers are criminals and "illegals," but she's just a regular person trying to follow the law.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Is anyone else getting the sense that we are watching Trump do a flying face-plant on day one? Most of the stuff I'm hearing is not achievable. A the end of 100 days, what will he actually have? A broken government, his signature initiatives stalled by lawsuits, and what else?

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This is a screenshot of an app I wrote over Christmas. I am working on. Chris's room has a clock with circle-of-fifths labels on the face, but it's in Chris's room. I wanted one on my phone. If there is interest I will publish it in the iPhone App store. This is the Major/flat look.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Matt has a bird feeder on his window. The other night it was visited by a flying squirrel. We've been here for almost 15 years and never seen one. This was so cool! The dude was very chill. His fur was not really hairy; it was smoother, like velvet. And yes, that's snow on the ground.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

WR 140 has been observed before by JWST on July 2022 (pic a). The craziest thing is, by comparing it to the updated image (pic b), you can actually see the dust rings getting farther away from the star, at almost 1% the speed of light. 🔭 🧪

A three-part graphic showing observations of Wolf-Rayet 140, two massive stars with 17 dust shells around them. An inset appears at right, showing a portion of the two observations matched up to show that the arced dust has moved.

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Tim Smith @cyberbellum.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The bright light that used to be The Washington Post is gone. Democracy is fighting for it's life in darkness. newrepublic.com/post/190180/...

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Trump Gets Insane Show of Support From Washington Post Editorial Board

The newspaper’s editorial board has fully caved to Donald Trump.

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