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Ben Werdmuller
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I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account. Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io. More about me: https://about.werd.io

Social Security’s website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff https://werd.io/2025/social-securitys-website-keeps-crashing-as-doge-demands-cuts-to

Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms https://werd.io/2025/facing-the-looming-threat-of-ai-publishers-turn-to-decentralized

ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck. https://werd.io/2025/propublica-wanted-to-find-more-sources-in-the-federal-government

Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism https://werd.io/2025/hundreds-of-international-students-wake-up-to-an-email-asking

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse https://werd.io/2025/doge-plans-to-rebuild-ssa-code-base-in-months-risking