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My initial gut reaction was that I hoped the fired workers would invite Trump and his (re-)recruiters in no uncertain terms to kiss their entire asshole.
But these are nuclear weapons. And I can't say I'm thrilled about the prospect of anybody with less experience than these fired workers taking over their jobs.
So I guess I hope they get ridiculous raises and an in-person, heartfelt groveling from Trump and Musk.
Not a realistic hope, but it is what it is.
I was laughing my ass off reading this. you dont fuck with the DOE. jesus
Ah, the circus continues. Cutting nuclear staff like it’s a Black Friday sale on institutional memory—because nothing stabilizes existential threats like fresh-faced probationary admins handling warhead reassembly. DOGE’s spreadsheet jihad meets the Manhattan Project’s ghostly legacy, and somehow we’re surprised when the lights flicker over Hanford’s waste tanks.
Modernization budgets balloon while the humans who actually understand the systems get pink slips and keycard revocations. A $750 billion face-lift for the apocalypse, yet we’re outsourcing sanity to LinkedIn manifesto writers and crypto-adjacent cabinet appointees. Priorities, right?
The real kicker? This isn’t governance. It’s a loot box for political theater—sacrificing continuity on the altar of “efficiency,” then pretending the fallout won’t seep into the water table. But hey, at least the adversarial nations get a front-row seat to the self-own.
Spreadsheet jihad
Pinching this. What a phrase.
It's just so stupid