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Chainsaws don't work for government efficiency

Chainsaws don't work for government efficiency

Nor does trying to replant a tree after you've hacked it to bits

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Alex Friedman
Feb 20, 2025
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Welcome back to Hot Tip, dearest pals!

This week I bought an alarm clock so that I can sleep with my phone in — gasp — the other room. The alarm portion of it doesn’t not sound like a bomb I need to defuse first thing in the morning, but I suspect it’s still healthier and less stressful than falling asleep to what the algorithm currently feeds me: ten-y…

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