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DOGE recommended firing workers at:-FDA, which oversees Neuralink-FAA, which oversees SpaceX-USAID, which probed Starlink-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X."Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T20:15:07.904281Z
Look I know you don’t want to believe that Trump won the popular vote but there’s no evidence that Elon rigged the voting machines. Get out of here with that shit.
— Nick (derogatory) ✨ (@slothropsmap.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T23:48:16.663Z
In the fight between Captain America and the Red Skull, be like Cap.
— (@akatzel.bsky.social) 2025-01-21T22:41:22.499Z
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A classical Greek tragedy about hard work, big egos, and French culture.
His fanatical attention to detail, frenetic work ethic, and discerning palate, propelled him to the top of his profession, and earned him a knowledgeable and loyal, but unforgiving and demanding clientele.
In the late 1990s, a new form of Asian-inspired "fusion cuisine" swept France, catering to an international corporate class and pleasing trend-driven "foodies" (a neologism of the movement), which Loiseau resisted.
Loiseau was downgraded from 19/20 to 17/20 in the Gault et Millau guide and received a strong negative media review from the gastronomic critic François Simon in the newspaper Le Figaro, but he still had his three stars in the Michelin Guide. Criticism continued to pour in and the media speculated about a possible future loss of a Michelin star.
But on February 24, 2003, the chef finished his lunchtime service, rolled up his apron and drove home. Telling his ten-year old son – one of three children – to go and play outside, he went upstairs, locked the bedroom door and shot himself in the head with a hunting rifle, a present from his wife.
After his death, three-star chef Jacques Lameloise said Loiseau had once confided, "If I lose a star, I'll kill myself".
Derek Brown, Michelin director at the time, said: "The idea of telling him about the concerns we had about some of his cooking was in order to give him an opportunity to consider whether he wanted to do something about it, which he did, as it turned out."
All in all, a messy story sparking many debates about whether reviewers should really be brutally honest, and if they are unfairly harsh. Perhaps it inspired Ratatouille (2007)?
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Why would the box with 'The Warlords' gift be under the tree?ETA: For everyone who keeps explaining why they keep non-family presents under the tree, none of you are explaining why a present for an online friend would be kept under the tree instead of posted to them directly. (7962)
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Canadians, trust me, nobody outside of extremely online people have any idea you are boycotting us lmao
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🚨 #BREAKING: ABC must pay Trump $15 million, settles out of defamation lawsuit and will publicly apologize to Trump - Fox
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2024
Top anchor George Stephanopoulos had claimed Trump was "liable for r*aping" E. Jean Carroll, prompting Trump to bring the lawsuit. That statement was false.… pic.twitter.com/YlyGH4aQkA
!chuds I would have settled for a blowjob live on ABC by Cortez
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is the business
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'No reason for any further delay': Judge orders Trump to to be deposed in ABC lawsuitwww.alternet.org/judge-orders...
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump to sit for four-hour depositions next week in his defamation lawsuit against ABC and George StephanopoulosTrump sued ABC in March after Stephanopoulos said on air that Trump “was found liable for r*pe.”
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Reddit seethe
https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1hec0kx/george_stephanopoulos_and_abc_apologize_to_trump/
https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1hebuds/george_stephanopoulos_and_abc_apologize_to_trump/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1hecmid/trump_and_abc_reach_settlement_over_defamation/
https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1heckkm/abc_news_agrees_to_pay_15_million_to_trumps/
https://old.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1hecj5x/abc_news_to_apologize_and_pay_15m_to_settle/
/r/antitrumpalliance (???)
Reddit isn't taking it well as expected
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… in a subreddit for listing available federal job positions.
Many are upset about this and start arguing in the comments.
There's a literal fricking hiring freeze, what do you want from us?
To follow the rules and not try to start some uprising here?
What federal hiring process? No one is getting hired right now, and also, who would even want to join the government at this point? You'd have to be desperate or stupid to hop on a sinking ship…
People are still getting hired. Jobs are still being posted on USAJobs. So go on, delete your comment or edit it to admit you didn't think before commenting.
I did think before commenting and stand by my comment that anyone thinking of joining the federal government in this moment is either stupid or desperate.
Even if you do get hired, everyone received the mass "please resign!" emails and I doubt that trend will end any time soon. And if you get hired, you're likely probationary which is an awful spot to be in. No one's job is special or safe or can't be done by a Musk crony according to this administration.
I mean, if you're already trapped in fed gov, do you. But now seems like an especially bad time to hop around because what boss is going to bat for a new employee?
Plenty of people want to join. There are still posts on this very subreddit of people looking for advice, showing their TJO and FJO. You want to call them stupid or desperate? Fine, but don't try to subvert the reason for the subreddit existing. So both your points, that no one is getting hired and no one wants to work for the administration are rendered null by the facts.
Yeah, good luck to them 👍 I truly hope it works out.
Amen. My heart goes out to you mods, I can't even imagine how busy you guys have been sifting through the extra 100K new bots and their nonsense.
If anyone wants to really visualize why this is necessary then everyone's history is accessible.
ALL (no exceptions as of 43 comments) who want non-stop rage bait politics here have never before set foot in this sub prior to the EOs.
ALL who don't like off-topic nonsense and support the mods, hammered with downmarseys, are top contributors who've been helping the sub for months/years.
We are being brigaded by trolls and bots, the only people who can possibly abide are the trolls and bots.
Do remember there are a lot of feds who have created burner accounts in order to participate without issue. Does make it much harder to tell who has been here before and who is a bot or troll.
New accounts would support that possibility, but none of them are new - all long term /r/politics users never here before.
Plus burner or not wouldn't change the fact that it is off-topic on this sub.
Did Elon post this?
Removing posts about what is going on only serves the interests of the new administration. Reddit should be a safe space for people to converse about their reality as a fed, or anyone affected by these EOs. We should be kept aware as the general public so we know how to help and join the conversation. Silencing the voices of people who are worried or unaware of the situation is how we got here and how we make it worse—not better. The teaching and nursing subreddits almost never ban ANYTHING. Why? Because everything is relevant in their public facing jobs, everything reaches them one way or another, the feds are no different. Shutting down the conversation is wrong and leads to/is fascism. Stop upholding arbitrary "rules" that support it.
Post them to /r/fednews where they belong.
It doesn't even belong there, but rprz and the other mods are terminally chronically online reddit jannies who are ignoring rule #5 of their subreddit.
Rule 5 there states no politics, but you can discuss current policies. So discussion of the Fork in The Road, the other HR(at)opm.gov emails, the RTO memos, and notices to probationary employees should all be valid.
Given that our work has been politicized to a higher degree than at any point in the past, I don't think the Mods are violating their rules.
Rule 5 there states no politics, but you can discuss current policies. So discussion of the Fork in The Road, the other HR(at)opm.gov emails, the RTO memos, and notices to probationary employees should all be valid.
If that's what were happening I'd agree with you. However the 100,000x fold YoY increase in the usage of the words "Nazi", "Fascist", and "regime" to describe our democratically elected government suggest to me that reasoned discussion of government policies is not primarily what's going on. When subredditors describe what they're doing as "doomscrolling" that word seems to have a negative connotation, in my mind. When "Solidarity from Moldova" type posts are upmarseyd to the top of the subreddit, that doesn't feel like a well-considered policy analysis by an informed stakeholder.
Enjoy a dead Reddit for a while, then.
Amazingly we existed just fine from the dawn of Reddit until a couple weeks ago when the bots invaded. We chugged along even without an off-topic chicken little post every 5 minutes.
That's funny, you're going to chug along with what job postings?
Yeah, thanks.
That's part of the problem. This can't exist in a vacuum. Everything that impacts hiring needs to discussed.
Feel free to post anything pertaining to the federal application process (e.g. questions, concerns, suggestions, tips, experiences, etc.).
The day one purpose and rule 1 of this sub.
What about the application process has changed due to the EOs? Go ahead, I'll wait.
Nothing? Correct.
Fednews (and THOUSANDS of others) exists, until an EO fundamentally changes the application process it doesn't belong here.
You're extremely pressed.
Uh, no. I think—like many of us—he's just getting tired of the 24/7 complain fest that this sub has devolved into. Go complain to your family and friends. Some of us come here for useful information—not to read people's diaries.
Not much federal hiring practice activity going on right now…
checks usajobs, sees plenty of jobs posted
Gaslamping doesn't work when people have reality right in front of them...
They're not "gaslamping"
They said "not much" is going on right now which is very true. Just because there is some still happening doesn't mean that the majority of possible positions are under a hiring freeze
Thank you. The person accusing gaslamping is literally gaslamping lol
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I will use the power of irony to defeat villains!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
“Oh you call yourself “The Joker”, then why can’t you tell a joke! How ironic …” pic.twitter.com/6HZ1sLkBAj
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the maymays said musk was gonna make genetically engineered catgirls why he makin the eggs cost more
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An example of the comics in question
its got that twee millenial comic style you all know and love.
The tumblr post announcing the depooning
https://mantimecomic.tumblr.com/post/772596812377980928/hello-all
I'll preface this post by saying that it's not a political statement. I have no agenda here other than telling my own story, and I have no ill-will towards anyone in this community.
I'm detransitioning. I have many reasons – Some related to my medical health, some to my mental and emotional health, and some to changing feelings about my identity. I won't go into too much detail here, as I like to keep my private life private.
I will share that the medical issues testosterone caused me had to do with reproductive system health, blood pressure and cholesterol, undiagnosed polycythemia, and mental health issues. I'm not a doctor, so I'm not in a position to make any medical statements.
However I feel that I have the obligation and the right to share my story about how testosterone was harmful to me. Because of these side effects, and the psychological trauma I experienced due to them, I began to reconsider how I feel about my identity and my body.
I came to the conclusion that I'm simply a masculine lesbian woman. Transition wasn't the right path for me. So I've reversed course and am becoming the person I feel I was meant to be all along. My feelings of gender dysphoria have been resolved. Through detransition, my medical and mental health issues have also for the most part resolved, and I'm feeling much happier and more optimistic for the future!
That's my truth. Your truth may be different, and I respect that. Please take a moment to think before you send hate messages. I'm not putting any hate out here and I'd appreciate it if you all would meet me with the same respect. And no, my account has not been hacked. I stopped posting new work here because of what I've been going through, and because it started to feel disingenuous when my mindset about my identity shifted.
My intentions with this post are to share my story and to reach out so that followers who are going through similar things know that they're not alone and there is support. If you're struggling, feel free to reach out in my DMs. I can connect you to support groups and try to help you find any resources you may need.
Thank you all for supporting my comic and for the years of good vibes! I'll make an update if I decide to start sharing work on a new account.
Signing off 🫡
Tumblrinas in shambles
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some tumblr sneed
musculargarbageman said: great. just pls don't become a transphobic grifter who does misinformation interviews for right-wing newspapers about how The Evil Trans Agenda or sth pressured you into HRT and how nobody told you that T has side-effects. have a good cisgender life queen 👍
learningtofindmybrightside said: As long as you still stand beside trans people, then you should be able to do whatever you want with your body
They sound very happy for her.
What do commenters on 4tran4 have to say about it?
https://old.reddit.com/r/4tran4/comments/1ibdbax/jesus_frick_ok_this_might_be_my_13th_reason/
For context, it's this artist. One of my biggest inspirations for trans guy art in general, if even they aren't actually a man, who is? Will everyone else detransition? Why do I keep seeing this happen??
brb kms I'm gonna have to rep forever if even this guy can't make it
so close
What the heck
god fricking darn it can ftms stop fricking detransitioning PLEASE
They're ruining it for the rest of us 😡
Do eff tee ems detransition more than em tee effs?
Anecdotally, a metric shit ton more of ftms detransition. I couldn't name one mtf that has personally
they noootice
Terf in 3...2...1...
this is pretty much why i rep. what's the point of transitioning when so many of ftms end up inevitably detransitioning anyways. iwnbarm and all that
The point is to become a stealth ftChad who will never de
Much more sneed in the 4train thread anyway. Stay strong pooners!
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PATCHNOTES https://www.nomanssky.com/worlds-part-ii-update/
Worlds Part II 🪐
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) January 29, 2025
🪐Gas Giants
🌋New Terrain
🌞Lighting Overhaul
🧑💻Inventory Sorting
✨New Solar Systems
🪸Deep Oceans
🌴New Biomes
🥶Weather Hazards
🛸Starship Archiving
👻Abandoned Mode
🦑Deep Sea Creatures
🌊Dynamic Water
🧑🍳Improved Cooking
📖Evolving story
🤖Titan Expedition pic.twitter.com/ar8M3ejtGa
Sean did another little behind the scenes video
Highlights:
Jungles
Mountains miles high
Oceans miles deep
Local environmental hazards
+18 ship storage
MOON WATER IS BACK 🥹
Krakens and other deep sea megafauna
Sea atmospheric pressure
Supermassive planets with heck gravity
Gas giants
New stellar class
Water worlds
Enhanced variety for existing planets
New ocean flora and fauna
New surface fauna
+18 MT slots
Cooking overhaul
Auto eat options
Exocraft flamethrowers
Customizable fishing rods
The usual massive modernization of graphics and lighting
THEY GAVE THE FISHING BOAT A GRILL
9 YEAR OLD INDIE GAME CONTINUES TO LOOK BETTER AND PLAY BETTER THAN AAA RELEASES IN CURRENT YEAR
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Dear conservatives: That whole thing where progressives pretended to hate white people for 5 years? That was an ACT. It was fake! Progressives LOVE white people. They mostly hang out with white people and marry white people. The whole thing was performative bullshit for Facebook. https://t.co/R5RtTgrPWu
— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) November 28, 2024
Nearly every interaction I have with academics in my life is littered with conversations punctuated by "white people suck". The fact that you're even pointing out that this was observable implies that this is a problem. What are you even saying? "Haha jk about hating you!"
Yes it did suck and it was stupid. It was also fake.
We didn't realize this could come back to bite us in the butt, so it was all just a silly goof. Let's play nice again?
Also "the past 5 years" lmao the explicit anti-mayo messaging has been going on for at least 15.
Rdrama is a progressive site and universally hates white people, therefore the claim that progressives tolerate whiteness is false.
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That's different than OP's statement about television commercials. (-6)
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The Republicans spent 4 decades building a (dis)information infrastructure that they finely tuned over the years. They have a tremendous advantage in their ability to spread their selected narrative across multiple sources, and they have essentially perfected the recipe for making low information voters feel angry and afraid. (These narratives are often false - Kamala and Joe had no more to do with inflation than Trump did, and immigrants are less violent than citizens and don't actually eat pets). These tactics work very well against an incumbent, when it's easy to blame them (fairly or not) for everything that makes low information voters anxious and mad. Their story of high prices, immigrant crime waves, and trans people grooming your kids was shown to have penetrated deeply and influenced voting. Some of these NYT panelists back that up. The democrats need to learn to use propaganda better and chip away at the disinformation disadvantage. Being unwilling to lie and alway... (0)
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They are inundated by misogynists on the right and misandrists on the left. How is it any surprise that young boys would chose to listen to the men telling them that the women berating them for the original sin of being born with a peepee are crazy and that it's ok to be men.Live by idpol, die by idpol. If you want to gain gen Z and A's support in the future, a shift in how the left treats half their population is in order. They've seen how self flagelating us millenials were and refused to join in that shitshow. Honestly i can't blame them, especially with the response from the left after this defeat. Doubling down? Really? It's like the left wants to disapear. (1)
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BREAKING: One of Norway’s largest fuel companies, Haltbakk Bunkers, will no longer provide fuel to US forces overseas after Trump’s mistreatment and disrespect of Ukrainian President Zelensky yesterday.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) March 1, 2025
They say "No Fuel to Americans!" and they are encouraging other Norwegians… pic.twitter.com/BaeuDvmOeF
Who India will side with? Depends on if the jeet is Ohio governor.
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One of the X posts made by the group — which proclaims "long live the student intifada"
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🚨#BREAKING: The Truth
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 19, 2025
The past few days have been an unrelenting nightmare, marked by an overwhelming barrage of stress, frustration, and exhaustion that has taken a significant toll on my part. A severe and unjust breach of my personal life has occurred, and private… pic.twitter.com/bUa1OGxcnA
"Furthermore, let me state this as clearly as possible as I have no interest in minors. Period." https://t.co/p3frIhg4uw pic.twitter.com/ydimrHv8ce
— MavLostHisIQ (@MavLostHisIQ) February 19, 2025
Respectfully, if you’re a proud gay man, why did you pretend to have a wife? https://t.co/Cv4uokZGI2 pic.twitter.com/bEKdDMepbm
— TheDoog (@doogle990) February 19, 2025
Who had this on their 2025 bingo card? https://t.co/CoONU1LOEE pic.twitter.com/J84ptCNbGq
— Garbage Human (@GarbageHuman24) February 19, 2025
So... turns out this degenerate is into pup play...
— Joshua Ek (@JoshuaEkOnX) February 19, 2025
... dude... you can get off this dimension!
🫤 https://t.co/fOLLZe6u2m pic.twitter.com/B8MwnrnGQI
Rawsalerts is ALSO into nappies and shit like that!
— Joshua Ek (@JoshuaEkOnX) February 19, 2025
In an advanced and respectful society, you'd be put down like the sick dog you identify as!
What a degenerate!
🫤 pic.twitter.com/ArrEtlydqu
"Imporntant" bro gooning as he wrote this whole statement https://t.co/ng4L3A6GUt
— Cynic (@FreeRoamMode) February 19, 2025
Now THATS how you conservatism in 2025. Uwu