New is generous, a lot of these were employees that had worked for the federal government for years that recently took promotions. Those promotions were “new” appointments even though they’ve worked for years.

Plus the admin is planning Reductions in Force so many of these workers will unfortunately be fired again.

Greasing the wheels of oppression with an identified “other” group before turning it against the rest of the American populace

I don’t know, are we sure the Tesla didn’t spontaneously combust? They’re known to do that. Wouldn’t want a manufacturing error pinned on an innocent person…

So far I’m liking lemmy more because there is a lot less per post. I find I’m enjoying each thread more fully. It’s like I’m not endless scrolling because I can’t. I’ve actually read more articles in the day since I’ve joined than in my last 3 months on reddit.

I liked my karma back on my old reddit account (before being banned from supporting Luigi), but that is because I had the account for 12 years and invested too much time into it.

So far I’m enjoying the laid back nature of lemmy. Hopefully there will be more engagement, maybe some UI updates too. But overall I’m liking the switch. The conversations and posts feel more real.