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@anildash@me.dm
2025-05-28 16:18:31

The evidence here is very simple: if you go into DOGE actually trying to improve efficiency, and then try to work transparently and report the truth that existing government teams are functioning very efficiently already, they will can you. sahillavingia.com/doge

The chief executive of the
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency
left the nonprofit’s Washington, D.C., headquarters in disarray,
full of water damage, rats, and roaches, according to a new sworn statement first reported by Court Watch.
The statement from the executive, George Moose, comes just a few days after a federal judge ruled that DOGE’s takeover of the nonprofit was illegal.
And this week, Mu…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-27 00:30:52

19-year-old Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer known as "Big Balls" online, has joined the Social Security Administration days after resigning from the GSA (Wired)
wired.com/story/big-balls-soci

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-22 11:40:36

Missteps, Confusion and 'Viral Waste': The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D. (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250622/p11#a25

@ampersine@mastodon.online
2025-06-04 15:44:37

Congratulations to all the "Elon's reign of terror is over" article writers from last week, great jorb
wired.com/story/big-balls-youn

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-04 05:18:45

’130 days of Elon Musk’: Report cites more than 100 times DOGE boss benefited self, business
cnbc.com/2025/06/03/elizabeth-

The investor and engineer
(who was employee No. 2 at Pinterest)
is ready to talk about his DOGE days.
Last week, he published a blogpost detailing his brief stint in government.
And in a 30-minute call with The Standard on Monday, Lavingia expanded on his life inside Musk’s controversial cost-cutting machine, from attending the DOGEfather’s awkward all-hands meeting to expediting the government’s use of AI.