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• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on bluesky

  WTF  —  “graduated from high school in 2024, according to a mirrored copy of an online résumé and his high school's student magazine; he lists jobs as a camp counselor and a bicycle mechanic among his professional experiences, as well as a summer role at Neuralink...” [embedded p…

• @david.noll.org David Noll on bluesky

  i am confused.  is our acting president right now russell vought or elon musk?  —  www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

• @joshtpm Josh Marshall on bluesky

  Not a great sign when Wired says it won't name at least two fo the people Musk has installed to run the Office of Personnel Management because they may be minors www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

• @taniel @taniel on bluesky

  So, um, one of the top people at OPM (Office of Personnel Management) just graduated from high school in 2024 — but he did have a summer role in an Elon company. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

• @shannonbond Shannon Bond on bluesky

  “the highest ranks of OPM—essentially the HR function for the entire federal government—are now controlled by people w connections to Musk & the tech industry.  Among them is a person who, according to an online résumé, was set to start college last fall.” www.wired.com/story/elo…

• @dell Dell Cameron on bluesky

  “This reminded me of the Soviet Stalinism of turning in your friends to the government.”  —  www.wired.com/story/elon-m...  [image]

• @dell Dell Cameron on bluesky

  NEW: OPM — the US govt's HR department — is now being run exclusively by Big Tech lackies, mostly from Elon Musk companies.  Reporting directly to the chief of staff is a kid who just graduated high school & was recently a camp counsellor before interning at Neuralink.  —  From @…

• @sethabramson Seth Abramson on bluesky

  The report PROOF issued two days ago is being picked up elsewhere now.

• @telliotter Vittoria Elliott on bluesky

  New from me: OPM, basically the government's HR, now includes people with backgrounds at Musk's companies at its highest levels.  And while the takeover of USDS as DOGE has gotten a lot of scrutiny, the changes at OPM have been much much quieter.  —  @wired.com  —  www.wired.com/…

• @tomgara Tom Gara on threads

  Some really jaw dropping details in this great Wired piece on the Trump people placed at the top of the federal bureaucracy https://www.wired.com/...  [image]

• @jrhennessy James Hennessy on x

  21-year-old smol bean tasked with cutting $4 trillion out of US budget [image]

• @politicalmath PoIiMath on x

  So... what actually happened with the Medicaid / SNAP pause? Seems like it was across a lot of states, which makes it seem like it's not a state problem. Was it a federal service problem? Do we even know yet? Most importantly, who is getting fired over this?

• @helaineolen Helaine Olen on x

  Hi @WIRED. If you're old enough to hold down a high-ranking full time job with the federal government, you are most certainly old enough to be named by the press.

• @canderaid @canderaid on x

  “who WIRED is not naming because of their ages” my dude they are senior government officials

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  This reminds me of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, when 22 year old blue blood nepo cases were put in charge of Iraqi ministries.

• @aquariusacquah Ken on x

  unironically excited for a federal government that inherits the primary organizational model of sf: best described by its inhabitants as “warring fiefdoms of boy kings”

• @timjhogan Tim Hogan on x

  a 21-year-old and a 2024 high school graduate are currently running OPM

• @nukestrat Hans Kristensen on x

  The United States is currently experience what amounts to a private business takeover of the government. People are being purged, loyalists positioned, rules and norms bulldozed. “Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management” https://www.wired.com/...

• @davidgross_man David Grossman on x

  He's really trying to do to America what he did to Twitter

• @posting_forever @posting_forever on x

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• @river_is_nice River Page on x

  “Not naming because of their age” is something you do for a 13 year old rape victim, not a 21 year old government employee.

• @ericbrownzzz Eric Brown on x

  this is what we did to Iraq in 2003. worked out fine.

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  Age of consent discourse has evolved to not revealing the names of 20something y/o heads of government agencies on age related grounds

• @bad_takes Brendan Karet on x

  i am an accelerationist now. speed it up. let these racist children run the country into the ground until everyone is so upset that there's nationwide closed caskets

• @cszabla @cszabla on x

  starting to feel a little more like trump term one. an executive order that freaks out everyone about stopping relied on federal program because it was too vague. a 21yo and recent high school grad at the top of a major government department

• @centristmadness @centristmadness on x

  Wired magazine is keeping someone's identity a secret because they are 21, which is too young to be held accountable for anything apparently

• @jessesingal Jesse Singal on x

  What's going on is really bad and insane https://www.wired.com/...

• @tysonbrody Tyson Brody on x

  Ok but “random connected 24 year old with no experience in charge of people with real jobs” is actually the most normal republican part of the Trump admin

• @_waleedshahid Waleed Shahid on x

  “Sources tell WIRED that OPM's top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.” https://www.wired.com/...

• @brendan_duke Brendan Duke on x

  Hoo boy. [image]

• @quantian1 @quantian1 on x

  THEY RUN THE FUCKING OPM THEY AREN'T HIGH SCHOOLERS ARRESTED FOR SMELLING LIKE WEED JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

• @neosovietposter Doctor Tom on x

  They are legal fucking adults you name them now you fucking pussy

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Very strong ‘George W Bush puts a 20 year old Heritage kid in charge of the Iraqi stock market’ vibes except it's the U.S. government this time.

• @mattbruenig Matt Bruenig on x

  Not naming them because of their ages? These adults who are at the top of a government agency?!

• @jessesingal Jesse Singal on x

  2/ I think if you're mature enough to work for OPM it's okay for you to be named in a magazine article! Anyway I hope he was a good camp counselor. [image]

• @richard_normal Richard on x

  not naming them is baby brained idiocy. they are adults who are ostensibly in charge of a portion of the executive branch. be serious.

• r/Foodforthought r on reddit

  Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management

• r/EnoughMuskSpam r on reddit

  Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management, a ‘takeover reminiscent of Stalin’

• r/EnoughMuskSpam r on reddit

  Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government

• r/fednews r on reddit

  An 18 Year Old is Running OPM

• r/centrist r on reddit

  Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management

• r/politics r on reddit

  Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management

• @quinnypig.com Corey Quinn on bluesky

  “It's like a breath of fresh, productive air since we can do actual work instead of taking turns shaking our keys to distract him from breaking something expensive,” remarked one Musk company employee.  [embedded post]

• @mypowergrows @mypowergrows on bluesky

  I wish the @nytimes.com reporters who wrote this (and who are apparently not on bsky) would've spared a line or two for the obvious illegality of most of these directives.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  NEW: Elon Musk's fingerprints are all over these controversial memos from the Office of Personnel Management. In fact, Musk showed up at OPM's offices on Friday demanding a list of employees. And OPM is led by TONS of Elon's aides. Exclusive details at the link in reply.