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(DIR) Post #Ad4gS8xC96Iuk3OdFI by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T17:28:17Z
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The CIA's 1944 guide to disrupting meetingsHonestly, it reads like stuff you see pretty regularly at civic and company meetings 😅 (Technically it was written not by the CIA but by its predecessor organization, the OSS)Item #7 in my latest Linkfest newsletter, free to read here: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-15-altruistic-pigs-the-truetown/
(DIR) Post #Ad4h0hLilof5GPLSrI by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T17:34:28Z
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@fortyseven seriously
(DIR) Post #Ad4hFxzTBIYNDdDZ9U by thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2023-12-22T17:37:13Z
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@clive looks like this is still in use by the US
(DIR) Post #Ad4mdejsuO82EU2kiG by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T18:37:37Z
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@thomasfuchs Quite likely
(DIR) Post #Ad4wTwj8AsCefOhQlk by nomdeb@mstdn.social
2023-12-22T20:26:41Z
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@clive OMG it's time to watch, "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" again. :) :) :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-Qnv2Srfs
(DIR) Post #Ad4woxkFaIJnuCFDuq by queenofnewyork@newsie.social
2023-12-22T20:31:45Z
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@clive Are you sure this isn’t how meetings are supposed to be run? ;)
(DIR) Post #Ad4yIGtXZ4PteL84q8 by qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social
2023-12-22T20:48:07Z
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@clive Massachusetts open meeting laws basically codified this. It's impossible to do any actual work for a city level government org.
(DIR) Post #Ad4yo0HerLSvOkXc1I by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T20:53:59Z
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@nomdeb lol precisely
(DIR) Post #Ad4yuIpqnYY0fjXQSe by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T20:54:33Z
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@qkslvrwolf Ack, yeah
(DIR) Post #Ad4yzmQQDAEFtKFv1s by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-22T20:54:44Z
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@queenofnewyork 😅
(DIR) Post #Ad56HEWvfcbPewZL9s by ciggysmokebringer@kolektiva.social
2023-12-22T22:17:39Z
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@clive @fortyseven "Thompson, I want you to document why our OSS meetings are so ponderous and we have so little to show for it"*Thompson presents this after scrubbing Johnson's name out*
(DIR) Post #Ad5DpU8ypBkfbqe9Ts by jacquiharper@mastodon.world
2023-12-22T23:42:14Z
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@clive #Quaker #mfb
(DIR) Post #Ad5EV6XexyU4ZW2I8u by MarcusHayes@union.place
2023-12-22T23:49:48Z
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@clive My coworkers are secret agents?
(DIR) Post #Ad5LC4gmKYuD0CArIW by bassplayer@mas.to
2023-12-23T01:04:51Z
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@clive Or you could rant like this guy. Props to Andre for adding a music track which makes it even more of a parody. https://youtu.be/052iTp04DRY?si=UC4gTk5_6kA5scQz
(DIR) Post #Ad5Pw8WCpBaG15Rr3Q by MattMerk@mastodon.social
2023-12-23T01:57:58Z
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@clive @rpardee Should be required to be on display as a caution for all meetings in any venue.
(DIR) Post #Ad5Z3vtqWWp0mhIYaW by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-23T03:40:14Z
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@rpardee @MattMerk Heh totally
(DIR) Post #Ad5ZBgkEklwA6BVAtE by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-23T03:40:34Z
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@cafeinux @fortyseven Ooooo yes
(DIR) Post #Ad5ZMqXkf97lfqyyVE by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-23T03:41:04Z
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@MarcusHayes It would appear so
(DIR) Post #AdG7wfC7ft36vJiPzc by poppis@eliitin-some.fi
2023-12-28T05:58:10Z
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@clive Simple Sabotage Field Manual - CIA https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf