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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social

I can't be the only person disgusted by this cynical, lying garbage. (Sidenote: "America By Design" was a great book on the history of how engineers sold themselves down the river to corporate interests, RIP Dave Noble). www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

aug 21, 2025, 9:02 pm • 23 2

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Fthisnoise @fthisnoise.bsky.social

Is this a typo “After it became widely known that Federal retirement records were still being managed in a limestone mine, the Trump Administration moved to modernize the process by digitizing Federal retirement paperwork.” How is this part of improved design?

aug 22, 2025, 1:47 am • 1 0 • view
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Joelly-Roly-Poly @uxaboveall.bsky.social

You aren't - most all of us caught it, and by tomorrow, LinkedIn will be lit up between "bout time" and "total bullshit."

aug 22, 2025, 6:11 am • 0 0 • view
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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social

I wish it weren’t so.

aug 22, 2025, 2:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Joelly-Roly-Poly @uxaboveall.bsky.social

Me too. I had friends at USDS and 18F. Had applications and was being considered for both when the hammer fell in Nov. Haven't worked since.

aug 22, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social

It’s just disgusting

aug 22, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social

"updating the United States Web Design System (USWDS)" - I swear if they cover the thing my friends made over years in gold medallions, I will just

aug 22, 2025, 1:14 am • 18 1 • view
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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social

aug 22, 2025, 5:02 am • 2 0 • view