We live in a very stupid time and are governed by meme-fried brains.
Resistance is taking many forms and some are meeting shitpost with shitpost.
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
An AI-generated image of Trump licking Elon Musk’s delicate little toesies playing on a loop at the Department of Urban Development on the morning of February 24, 2025.© Image via Marisa Kabas on Bluesky.
A lot of bosses told their employees not to respond.
The email went out to everyone even tangentially related to the federal government.
FBI Director Kash Patel told agents to just pause any response.
The State Departmenttold its employeesthat no one was actually obligated to respond.
Tulsi Gabbard told DNI the same thing.
So did the Pentagon.
But a lot of people did respond, and not all of them federal employees.
It was an Office of Personnel Management address related to the Human Resources department.
Anyone, it seemed, could send along a little message about what theyd done that week.
It depicts the beloved cartoon character puzzling over a list of what he got done last week.
Cried about Trump, Cried about Elon…Cried about Trump and Elon some more, the list said.
Based on its recent activity, the account was thrilled by the attention it got.
I am become meme, he said.
Theres living the dream.
And theres living the meme.
Musk has, indeed, become meme.
The whole government has.
DOGE was a meme thats come to life and Musk traffics in decade-old meme culture and warmed-over 4chan posts.
But meme culture is a two-way street.
Live by the meme and die by the meme.
LONG LIVE THE REAL KING, a huge font said over the video.
As far as memes go, it was a visceral and disgusting one.
An epic post, in the parlance of Musk.
It was vibrant and real in a way that Musk and Trumps posts arent.
The approval rate of both is dropping.
Trump-appointed government officials are telling their employees to ignore Musks emails.
The future is in flux.
Resistance to this administration will take many forms.
And theres going to be a lot of very stupid memes along the way.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
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