@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-04 05:51:30
Defense spending would surge to its highest level in decades under a budget proposal put forward by the Trump administration on Friday,
while other government programs would face cuts totaling 10%.
The document prepared by the White House office of management and budget (OMB) is a starting point for negotiations that will probably occupy Congress’s appropriators in the coming months -- and is unlikely to be enacted in full.
But it nonetheless serves as a signal of Donald Tr…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-02 17:21:00
OpenText is selling its analytics business Vertica to Rocket Software for $150M to reduce its outstanding debt, its second business unit sale within five months (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/opentext-sells-analytics-database-vertica-to-pay-down-debt…
@yetiinabox@todon.nl2026-03-04 19:18:06
oh great. now we have Buddhist techbros pushing Buddhist AI.
Look at the CVs of the folks involved.
#Buddhism
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-03 22:56:05
Trump budget would cut TSA funding, require privatization at small airports (Fiona Bork/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5815507-trump-budget-proposal-tsa-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p115#a260403p115
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-02 09:58:00
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-03 18:08:15
The Trump administration officially sent Congress its 2027 budget proposal on Friday,
And while the largest story that emerged from the mammoth document was that the president is looking to
increase defense spending over 40 percent to a staggering $1.5 trillion,
there are plenty more budget adjustments to laugh/shudder/weep over.
Among the social and health programs Trump is looking to cut in order to fund his bloodlust is the
National Institutes of Health,
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-03 13:51:03
Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/trump-white-house-budget-00857167
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p32#a260403p32
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-03 14:43:28
Donald Trump has asked for
$1.5 Trillion tn in defense department funding
in his latest budget request to Congress for the 2027 fiscal year.
This would include a pay increase for most troops,
funds for the president’s missile defense system, the Golden Dome,
and resupplying “critical munitions”.
This comes as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its sixth week.
The White House said today’s budget request builds on the astonishing
$1 Trillion over…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-03 16:51:06
Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for Pentagon (Riley Beggin/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/03/trump-budget-pentagon-defense-spending/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc1MTg4ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc2NTcxMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzUxODg4MDAsImp0aSI6ImZlYmI4NThlLWFjZjEtNDg2MS04YTA1LTM3OWE1NWI0OTEwMyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzA0LzAzL3RydW1wLWJ1ZGdldC1wZW50YWdvbi1kZWZlbnNlLXNwZW5kaW5nLyJ9.4isEE_V_kdmqhZhOzrEjg5RUUEIJiArMtdwarPB4ya4&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p64#a260403p64
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-04 02:31:10
Trump Goes After Federal Programs He Calls 'Woke' in Budget Proposal (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/trump-budget-proposal-woke.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p133#a260403p133