Summary

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is investigating recent outages on its “My Social Security” website, which blocked millions from accessing benefits.

The crashes follow policy changes shifting retirees online and reducing phone support. Elon Musk has been monkeying with America’s retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Musk falsely claimed 40% of SSA calls are fraudulent, fueling criticism. While SSA denies permanent office closures, it admitted to downsizing certain sites.

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      Twitter servers were a benchmark in global performance up until he started fucking around with them. They were included on latency tests. The second he touched them latency tripled. Never went back down. He turned Twitter from a tech company leader into a social propaganda network worth a fraction of itself.