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   boksy (boksy@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 02:55:13 JST boksy

   The way the system is supposed to work is that if a US President is clearly corrupt and committing 'high crimes and misdemeanors' and repeatedly failing to uphold his Oath to the Constitution, then Congress is supposed to step in and put a stop to it.

   So at this point in the Trump administration, these two spineless enablers are responsible for allowing Trump's blatant #Fraud, #Waste, and #Abuse to continue.

   We all need to let them know: https://5calls.org

   #Congress #MikeJohnson #JohnThune #House #Senate #USPol #Trump #War #Iran #China #DOD #DOJ #Corruption #NoKings #Resist #Protest #Democracy

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   dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-2026 23:51:57 JST dansup

   I keep feeling the need to apologize for how I behaved during a brief period of the 8 years I've spent building for the fediverse.

   A lot of people don't like me, some even hate me.

   But I'm only human, and when it comes down to it, I was a bully and my ego got the better of me.

   You helped me understand that, grow, and not repeat it.

   So thank you ❤️

   Together we will prosper and build better communities for those who need it most 🚀

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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 02:39:36 JST myrmepropagandist

   I am the crazy lady in the park with the giant Japanese handsaw that looks like a machete a little from the distance.

   Listen. There is this massive dead branch that fell on the citibike stand TWO YEARS AGO. And I've been looking at it and sending complaints to 411 for two years. I even tried moving it myself and quickly realized you'd need to cut it in half to remove it.

   So. Well. It is gone now.

   And some teens were frightened by accident. But I explained it was a saw so I think it's fine?

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   dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jun-2026 20:59:49 JST dansup

   It was my birthday last Friday, we had a party that went into Saturday and my 231 day GitHub streak was reset and it made me feel so guilty and sad.

   We had a blast, but I told my partner never again because I feel like I let my community down by shipping the new Android Loops release, but not the new TestFlight.

   Two days later, I finally sat down and started coding again, and realized I could backdate a commit to restore it.

   So trivial, but it means a lot to me to keep building for you. ❤️

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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-May-2026 22:59:00 JST Rich Felker

   in reply to

   @NatureMC @falcennial @Rhodium103 Literally "fuck". Like, most of these systems at least in the past were programmed not to interact with offensive language but to pass the call/session on to a human agent when they detected it.

   So things like "stfu you fucking bot", "fuck off and get me a customer service representative", etc.

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   That Would Be Telling (thatwouldbetelling@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 29-May-2026 06:07:06 JST That Would Be Telling

   Very, very interesting explanation on why some American companies might genuinely prefer Indians ... because of a superior ability to navigate bureaucratic systems ("incidental complexity").

   The author is the sort of guy who a day or so ago had a long talk with Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, would have been mostly about ship building, which is again jeopardized by bureaucracy (among many other things).

   First challenge tackled by Reagan's SECNAV, things were so bad the Congress was about to pull the plug on naval shipbuilding, see Command of the Seas by John F. Lehman for lots of interesting stuff.

   Such as Kissinger telling him in all seriousness "keep your pants on or keep your mouth shut" (something like that, and the pants thing was real, an Oxbridge party tradition ... of course :cirnoDoubt: (but is Cirno a Strike Witches fan??)).

   But also an A-6 navigator/bombardier, so lots of inside info on attack missions etc. Vietnam to the 1980s, like why the very early one in Lebanon was such a disaster and Libya a success.

   OK, back to the merchant marine guy:

   John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad

   Indians who leave India are some of the hardest-working people on the planet. Nobody disputes that.

   But spend time in India and it becomes obvious why a small slice of the population develops that kind of work ethic.

   It’s the same reason I busted my ass in high school: to get the hell out of the Bronx.

   This isn’t culture. It’s cultural escape.

   If my only two options were work hard or go back to the Bronx, you can bet I’d clock 18-hour days too.

   And I would absolutely rather move back to the Bronx than return to India where I worked for two years.

   Indian nationals have another massive advantage over me, though.

   I’ve worked in oil and gas around the world, including the U.S. and India. Getting permits to do even the simplest things in America is a nightmare.

   It’s a disaster in both places for much the same reason: we not only have to deal with federal regulations but powerful state and local bureaucracies too.

   But as frustrating as the American regulatory system is, as impossible as it seems to build new refinery in America, it’s a cakewalk next to Indian bureaucracy.

   The average American thinks navigating government websites and IRS forms is torture. Compared to India, it’s child’s play.

   And here’s the key: the more punishing the process, the more HR nonsense piled on top, the bigger the edge H-1B visa holders from India hold.

   Americans quit before they’ll spend eight hours grinding through mind-numbing bullshit paperwork and HR training. Indians fill out every form without blinking.

   When Americans hit a bureaucratic death loop, we call HR or tech support (often a call center in India) and rage. Indians trade notes with each other and hunt for the loopholes.

   The real problem isn’t the visa holders. It’s that the system rewards them for making our bureaucracy worse, not better.

   Bureaucracy becomes an artificial moat, and the people who’ve mastered it have every incentive to deepen it.

   So the next time an executive at Amazon or Google claims they can’t find Americans capable of doing the job, ask the real question:

   Are Americans incapable of doing the actual work? Or just unwilling to navigate paperwork that never needed to exist? Are Americans lazy or do we just have a low tolerance for bullsh!t paperwork?

   This is why we absolutely must take a chainsaw to red tape. It’s the number one existential threat to 🇺🇸

   https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2059971815821259071

   https://www.amazon.com/Command-Bluejacket-Books-Honorable-Lehman/dp/1557505349/

   https://www.amazon.com/Command-Seas-Jr-John-Lehman/dp/068418995X/