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CEO of Brave rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by LWD@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The IRS rules governing nonprofits still required the Mozilla Foundation to beg big to go big: the parent had to go find big grants from Soros, Ford, Knight, MacArthur, and give smaller grants to many. This put it in the lefties-only-no-righty-Irish-need-apply revolving-door personnel sector of NGOs and nonprofits (too many glowies there for me, too). Which meant I had a hostile MoFo over my head the minute I got CEO appointment from the MoCo board...

Of course I can't comment on anything about my exit, for reasons that only the most loopy HN h8ers still can't figure out.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43251203

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[–] Corgana@startrek.website 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Urban dictionary says it's a term that refers to when an undercover government agent fails to blend in with whoever they're trying to blend in with.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would that apply to James Bond? I've always wondered how everyone in those movies didn't instantly know who he was. Kinda like Archer. Archer is definitely a glowie.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The books were clearer about this, in fairness. Bond wasn't a spy so much as an agent provocateur and a major part of his role was to cause disruption, panic and general fuss, but in a controlled way.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Agents provocateur are actually what we historically had to worry about just as much as spies. They're the guy who's just raring to go do something a bit risky or really wants to run security for your event. Doing what they say or aiding them will get you arrested.