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With a confused, concerned and a heavy heart.
Sending out Love, Light and Hope.
July 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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COBOL is a genuinely archaic programming language. But trying to do this in a rush is INSANE. And you can bet a huge, huge number of things are going to break. Even in very simple code bases, understanding the levels of dependencies built up over decades takes a huge amount of time.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Mar 28
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Thank you, someone who's been there, done that. Not just a talking head.
Listen. Just listen. This is Susan Rice, our former National Security Advisor who knows what is supposed to happen and why the likely reasons Signal-gate occurred (“lazy, reckless, and trying to evade the Presidential Records Act!”).
March 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?

Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Destroying Tesla cars is an act of terrorism?
But Donald Trump pardoned all the people involved in January 6th storming of the capital people were injured people died and he called them good people.
There is something very wrong with this country.

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March 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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It can't be all doom and gloom.
There have to be rays of sunshine sprinkling down on these trying times.

Don't stop fighting
Just take breaks

Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
March 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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“You’re going to end up all alone with just a bunch of cats” isn’t quite the insult you think it is! 😹
March 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Musk is rich because you gave him $38 billion in tax money to make that.

He is happy to tell you what you don’t need.

He’s also picking a side in foreign policy, and it’s not our side
March 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
March 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049
February 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Water Damage xkcd.com/3059
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.

Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.

Why vote to legitimize Trump's coup?
March 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM