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@atthenius@fediscience.org
2025-05-15 02:52:59

Some reporting on #nasa getting the #doge in #nyc
fastcompany.com/91333946/this-
I put up some history here in happier times.
fediscience.org/@atthenius/110

@Carwil@mastodon.online
2025-05-13 14:31:15

In announcing her resignation from the National Science Board, Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social details #DOGE interference in National Science Foundation #NSF grant making. «

But the meaning of oversight changed with the arrival of DOGE. That historical tension-between the promise of scientific freedom and the peril of political control-may now be resurfacing in troubling ways. Last month, when a National Science Board statement was released on occasion of the April 2025 resignation of Trump-appointed NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, it was done so without the participation or notice of all members of the Board.

Last week, as the Board held its 494th meeting, …
@atthenius@fediscience.org
2025-05-16 11:02:10

More press on the fate of #nasa in #nyc #doge
nytimes.com/2025/05/16/nyregio

@marcel@waldvogel.family
2025-06-05 13:31:14

Paul Krugman's critique of Elon Musk at #DOGE:
"[A] zillionaire who knew nothing about government marched in claiming that he could cut $2 trillion from the $6 trillion federal budget by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. This was obvious nonsense […]."
"Seriously, would any of Musk’s tech-bro friends have invested in a venture run by someone with such a record of …

@rmdes@mstdn.social
2025-06-03 20:02:14

Hilarious Jon Stewart on the Mollusk #DOGE 😅 youtu.be/WIhlC3L99x8?si=K-R2z4

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2025-05-06 18:58:15

I think it ranks low on a list of priorities, but as a long-term effect of #DOGE, it's natural that this will make working for US Government much less appealing. I expect US Government workforce management to be much more difficult (less effective & more expensive) in the coming decades.
The implications are:
1. spending more on advertising and recruiting
2. spending more on sa…

@Speckdaene@nrw.social
2025-06-10 14:40:06

#EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) #Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in #OPM / #DOGE Lawsuit.

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2025-05-06 18:58:15

I think it ranks low on a list of priorities, but as a long-term effect of #DOGE, it's natural that this will make working for US Government much less appealing. I expect US Government workforce management to be much more difficult (less effective & more expensive) in the coming decades.
The implications are:
1. spending more on advertising and recruiting
2. spending more on sa…