Thanks, Jason Kottke, Because I Can't

As readers of this blog probably surmise, I filter my news intake through BlueSky. The ongoing Musk coup is overwhelming.

Jason Kottke has done us all a service by posting the best of the best. I can't just link to his site to accomplish my goal (though I recommend visiting it daily), since it's a timeline that will continue to scroll, so here are the most recent posts he made (which are mostly links to other sites):

This Changes Everything (Jamelle Bouie's most recent column in the New York Times, with gift link).

FAIR calls out the shoddy coverage of the 2025 coup in the NY Times and Wash Post

I’m a Federal Worker. Elon Musk’s Government Data Heist Is the Entire Ballgame

Mike Masnick: Some Conservatives Admit We’re in a Constitutional Crisis

Personal Discretion Over the Treasury’s Payments System Means the End of Democracy

Why It Matters That Musk Has Taken Control of Key Government Operations

The Verge interviewed federal employees about the chaos they’re seeing.

‘Fuck That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos

The 2025 Coup (Derogatory) by Heather Cox Richardson

Trump & Musk have discussed placing “spies” in gov’t offices to root out anti-MAGA sentiment

More on Musk’s alarming unconstitutional seizure of the Treasury Department payments system (Talking Points Memo)

VERY VERY BAD: Under the direction of Elon Musk, a 25-year-old engineer has seized admin privileges to the code for Treasury Department systems (Wired)

As the linked FAIR article says, the most mainstream press are not covering or are under-covering all of this. The network nightly news — still watched by millions of the most normie people — has been AWOL. The New York Times, which spent months raving about Clinton's email server, can't seem to find Musk's rampant incursions worth the front page or any superlatives. 

More independent media (like Wired magazine and Talking Points Memo) have separately confirmed that Musk's minions are rewriting code, while the Times takes the White House press secretary's reassurance that they only have "read-only" access. 

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Follow up from Jason Kottke explaining that he intends to keep focusing on the ongoing coup for the forseeable future. Thank you, Jason!