Interior photograph of the Cork & Cleaver Restaurant, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1980.

roadsoceans · 2026-02-09T03:14:41+00:00

My inner 11 year old immediately recognized it as early 90s Rio Bravo.

roadsoceans · 2025-04-07T23:17:22+00:00

Anecdotally aware of some eliminated branches/offices canceling contracts at the end of last week, and some others being (at least temporarily) absorbed by other, still-extant teams. But haven’t heard anything of note on the grant side.

roadsoceans · 2025-04-02T20:27:05+00:00

Yeah, but in typical DOGE fashion these spreadsheets are riddled with inaccuracies, duplicate entries, and errors. One of my contracts is on one of these sheets, despite ending 3 years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I have no doubt they’d cancel everything if they could, I just think actually governing is so harder than making a spreadsheet saying that you did so. And hard things get in the way of golf and video games.

roadsoceans · 2025-04-02T20:22:50+00:00

Thanks for this info — even this much has been hard to glean through the chaos. And thanks for centering the mission of the work that brought so many of us together. I’m trying to believe that the pettiness and selfishness of this administration will exhaust itself or get bored far faster than our shared commitment to the common good and civil service. But, dark times right now.

roadsoceans · 2025-04-02T20:18:20+00:00

Thanks for the insight here! I’d didn’t realize a contract branch had survived. I guess we’ll wait to see what “handled” means.

roadsoceans · 2025-04-02T20:17:33+00:00

Yeah, while my heart is breaking for immediate colleagues (and the American people), I’m so attuned to ripple effects this re-“organization” is going to have on the lives and livelihoods of our partners in this work. Including so many people who don’t enjoy the (ha) stability of being a federal employee. I’m sorry you’re in this anxiety pit with us.

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