Josh Marshall: a look at one of Elmo's "gizmocrats" [View all]

[Dennis Donovan]

‪Josh Marshall‬ ‪
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So on this question of “doxing” of Musk gizmocrats, I was talking to staffers to today detailing one of the gizmocrats who is largely on his own rewriting the code base of one of the US governments most mission critical computer systems. And as it was described to me the staff programmers …

‪Josh Marshall‬ ‪
@joshtpm.bsky.social‬
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2/ who used to manage that code and system are sort of like helping him because they’re so terrified that he’s going to haywire, but also begging him to be careful etc. meanwhile they only know this guy as “Fred” (I’ve substituted a different name for now). So you’ve this crazy situation and …

Josh Marshall
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3/ in addition to all the other absurdity of the situation as they try to help or beg “Fred” to be careful they’re don’t even know who “Fred” actually is, as in a last name, or whether “Fred” is even his name. That’s what happening right now in your federal government.
February 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM

3/ in addition to all the other absurdity of the situation as they try to help or beg “Fred” to be careful they’re don’t even know who “Fred” actually is, as in a last name, or whether “Fred” is even his name. That’s what happening right now in your federal government.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-02-04T02:31:50.993Z