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What makes [breach] ... so important, and so terrifying to technocrats, is that it represents a re-embodiment of accountability.
Best Served Cold: Luigi Mangione and The Age of Breach: Technofeudalism, accountability porn and the new counterculture Alexander Beiner 12.14.2024
Best Served Cold: Luigi Mangione and The Age of Breach: Technofeudalism, accountability porn and the new counterculture Alexander Beiner 12.14.2024
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His seat in Congress was already gone: Homer Thornberry, having won the Democratic primary in the Tenth District, was assured of election in November. And he was in imminent danger of having his reputation tarnished so badly that even if he were to desire another political post—appointive or elective—he might not be able to get it. He was in danger
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Elon figured out that if you control OPM (HR for the entire federal government) and the Treasury payment system (outlays for the entire federal government) you can zap any government program not explicitly authorized by statute and no one can do anything about it
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