Red Mosquito

Bi_3 wrote:I should write a bot to collect all of this unhinged whining so we can look back in 60 days and laugh.

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:Might as well stand pat and wait for the next round then. Pot should only get sweeter.

Seems like it should get worse or else people will just wait again. *Assuming they do go RTO full time until the next offer

tragabigzanda wrote:

dad wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

dad wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:Time to put up or shut up:

An actual email from OPM that asks you to reply with “resign” to start the process.

wild times.

Extortion? Let's just get everything tied up in the courts...

Giving people 9 days to make decisions about their livelihood is something.

Also, no way will this be the first time this is happening.

I’m reading there’s a statutory max payout of $25k. Plus Trump has no real control of the budget with a narrow house and a slew of policies that are sure to be unpopular; and an inconvenient history of not paying people what they’re owed.

A handful of people will take the deal because they were probably already planning to leave. And no doubt the sheer magnitude of his policies will have a huge impact on government spending. But the original RTO order seems to have been an abject failure, so this is the revamp.

Pray there’s not another Covid I guess.

spike wrote:
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Also, cooler heads prevailing on both sides, making this a distant memory by spring.

tragabigzanda wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Doomsday Clock set closer to midnight than ever to stress global catastrophe risks
Atomic scientists push clock to 89 seconds before midnight, citing nuclear risk, AI and climate crisis as a ‘warning’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... o-midnight

Don’t forget the Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively debacle

tragabigzanda wrote:Federal funding EO rescinded. Take that, NPR!

Spoiler: show

I'm sure they're still fucked.