PUPUWEB Blog<p>DOGE plans to migrate all Social Security Administration systems off COBOL in months, risking the integrity of SSA infrastructure. ⚠️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ITNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechChallenges</span></a></p>
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Nomdeb WILL NOT ACQUIESCE<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> setting aside the ignorance and insanity of their plans, there is no amount of money you could pay me to use or test anything conceived of, managed, or coded by these half wits. I will never set foot in a Tesla. Not go near any of his rocket launches nor his robots or autonomous cars. Musk is a dangerous imbecile. How he has managed to fool some many people for so long, I do not understand. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Incompetents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetents</span></a></p>
Shingo Mouse 🌳<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExpandSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExpandSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetiredAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetiredAmericans</span></a> PAC — Donate via ActBlue<br><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_ra_fr_q12025_social-security-mg-200x?amount=5&amounts=5%2C25%2C50%2C100%2C500&sc=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.28_B6_social-security_X__F1_S1_C1__acstc-main-yah_RS%20(1)&refcode=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.28_B6_social-security_X__F1_S1_C1__acstc-main-yah_RS%20(1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_r</span><span class="invisible">a_fr_q12025_social-security-mg-200x?amount=5&amounts=5%2C25%2C50%2C100%2C500&sc=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.28_B6_social-security_X__F1_S1_C1__acstc-main-yah_RS%20(1)&refcode=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.28_B6_social-security_X__F1_S1_C1__acstc-main-yah_RS%20(1</span></a>)</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> plans to rebuild <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>'s antiquated <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> code base in months instead of the years it'd take to do it safely, risking benefits & system collapse.</p><p>But, hey, when did Musk/Trump/DOGE ever give a crap about doing anything safely? Or right?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Roslindale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roslindale</span></a> protesters tell Musk and his teenage mutant ninja dorks to keep their hands off <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/roslindale-protesters-tell-musk-and-his-teenage-mutant-ninja-dorks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/roslinda</span><span class="invisible">le-protesters-tell-musk-and-his-teenage-mutant-ninja-dorks</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a></p>
skua<p>It's unknown what this letter is based on.</p><p>Or what "not lawfully present in the US" means. <br>(We're in AU.)</p><p>Something from the US gov I hadn't heard of before. Musk + AI?</p><p>Not a problem here for us. <br>But for others?</p><p>Trump is creating social chaos.<br>I think deliberately.<br>I think he has a plan and that him imposing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> is useful way for us to think about his plan.</p><p>I think (in some areas) he is a genius.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FloodTheZoneWithShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloodTheZoneWithShit</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialChaos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Shingo Mouse 🌳<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExpandSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExpandSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveDemocracy</span></a> PAC — Donate via ActBlue<br><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_sdp_fr_social-security_q12025-2x?akid=4047.1137400.UGLLbu&amount=5&amounts=5%2C25%2C50%2C100%2C250&rd=1&refcode=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.22_B4_SS-Save-Musk-Checks_X__F2_S1_C1__main-bff_RS&refcode2=4047_1137400_UGLLbu&t=14" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_s</span><span class="invisible">dp_fr_social-security_q12025-2x?akid=4047.1137400.UGLLbu&amount=5&amounts=5%2C25%2C50%2C100%2C250&rd=1&refcode=MS_EM_FR_2025.03.22_B4_SS-Save-Musk-Checks_X__F2_S1_C1__main-bff_RS&refcode2=4047_1137400_UGLLbu&t=14</span></a></p>
Jennifer<p>Oh FFS. On the plus side, if they destroy the SSA database a whole lot more people will be really pissed off. Also love the reference to DOGE as a "band of dipshits " </p><p>DOGE Plans to Rewrite Entire Social Security Codebase in Just ‘a Few Months’: Report<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a><br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/doge-plans-to-rewrite-entire-social-security-codebase-in-just-a-few-months-report-2000582062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/doge-plans-to-rewr</span><span class="invisible">ite-entire-social-security-codebase-in-just-a-few-months-report-2000582062</span></a></p>
Nomdeb WILL NOT ACQUIESCE<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> Filing this in the section, "low skilled Imbeciles who have no idea that they are low skilled imbeciles." How about Musk design a car that doesn't have the highest FATALITY rate of all brand vehicles first, before he meddle with things he he does not understand, and is too lazy to bother trying to understand. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p>
𓊈Pepperz 🦴𓊉<p>They are going to fuck up <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> by rewriting the software to make it less functional. To then try to pull the wool over the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> as a means to place social security on the bargaining table. </p><p>Remember this is the last Bastion for anyone making under $300k a year to get a lick of their labor given to the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/federalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalgovernment</span></a> </p><p>If it comes to the bargaining table they will push to disband it, and what will happen to all those trillions of dollars? It won't be in your wallet, or any of your loved ones, or even neighbors.</p><p>That money will be used to make the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/onepercent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onepercent</span></a> richer.</p><p>We have to stop letting our distractions that categories whether it be race, religion, gender, sexuality, and even political affiliation. </p><p>Together we are strong and the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> need us more that we need them. The real fight is the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/REPUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REPUB</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/econimics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>econimics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/boycottMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottMusk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
Guill.Jones, Honorary Canadian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> <br>Makes perfect sense, Paul, if Musk's real goal us not to update the Social Security Administration's databases, but to destroy Social Security as a functional part of people's retirement planning.<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Plans to Rebuild <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codebase</span></a> In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> , an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.</p><p>> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deluded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deluded</span></a> or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lying</span></a> ? They couldn’t even handle building that website. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
Trevor McLeod<p>As someone who works in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> I find this story both fascinating and horrifying.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificial_intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificial_intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
Texas Technician<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants to rebuild the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> code base in months, which is reckless. COBOL may be old, but it’s stable and handles huge transaction loads. Rushing this invites errors, missed payments, and broken parts. They also claim there are “150-year-olds” on file—bogus. </p><p>Don’t buy the hype. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> isn’t <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TonyStark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyStark</span></a>. Overconfidence will cause chaos.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RZ2fR12Io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=O6RZ2fR12Io</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>DOGE is putting together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s computer systems entirely off one of the oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@WIRED" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WIRED</span></a></span> (subscription may be required). <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/98qM1j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/98qM1j</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Shingo Mouse 🌳<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExpandSocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExpandSocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a> SIGN NOW | Will you sign the petition to stand with Bernie Sanders in his fight to save Social Security? | Democratic Strategy Institute<br><a href="https://act.democratic-strategy.org/survey/bernie-social-security-2023-q3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.democratic-strategy.org/su</span><span class="invisible">rvey/bernie-social-security-2023-q3</span></a></p>
mmalc<p>“Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.”</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p><p>Total Dunning-Kruger, combined with hubris, and contempt for quality.</p><p>I am reminded yet again of this article about software written by real rocket scientists:</p><p><a href="https://www.eng.auburn.edu/~kchang/comp6710/readings/They%20Write%20the%20Right%20Stuff.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eng.auburn.edu/~kchang/comp671</span><span class="invisible">0/readings/They%20Write%20the%20Right%20Stuff.pdf</span></a></p><p>(via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pbur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pbur</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDevelopment</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quality</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> # <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a><br>Heather Cox Richardson Destruction of Social Security Accelerating <br>3/27/25</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In a televised Cabinet meeting on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she planned to 'eliminate FEMA,' the Federal Emergency Management Agency that responds to national emergencies like hurricanes."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Ruthlessly gut government so that one can seize control of the carcass and do what one wishes with it:</p><p>"Today, Emily Davies and Jeff Stein of the Washington Post reported that Trump officials are looking for cuts of between 8% and 50% of the employees in federal agencies. ...</p><p>Washington Post reporters Lisa Rein and Hannah Natanson warn that 'Social Security is breaking down.'” </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a><br>/3</p>
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