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   David Blume (dblume@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 10:17:48 JST David Blume

   • Cory Doctorow

   @pluralistic 's useful protip for the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE): "It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually" and shows them what to cut: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/beltway-bandits/#henhouse-foxes

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     James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺 (freequaybuoy@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 10:26:18 JST James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @dblume @pluralistic Been saying something similar about the UK for years! Immigrants?? Try £1000 a day consultancy fees mate.

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     thefathippy (thefathippy@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 11:34:31 JST thefathippy

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     • James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺

     @freequaybuoy @dblume @pluralistic

     For a few years we paid a consultant over double what we paid the CIO to whom the consultant reported. 🤦

     Sure, he was pretty good, but not double the CIO's salary good.

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     Csik (csik@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 11:48:43 JST Csik

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     • James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺

     @thefathippy @freequaybuoy @dblume @pluralistic

     Old consultant joke. You call in a consultant to ask them what time it is. They say "Of course! Can I borrow your watch?" Then they tell you the time and keep the watch.

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     Joe Morse (ildiavolorosso@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 11:53:38 JST Joe Morse

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     • Csik

     @Csik @thefathippy @dblume @pluralistic @freequaybuoy