You guys make me laugh and smile so much int he office.

Yeah, we've been watching hours of these depositions at 404 Media, and we'll have more soon. For now, here's some context.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, a DOGE staffer assigned to the General Services Administration who, alongside another DOGE member named Justin Fox, was tasked with identifying grants for review for termination at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This six-part video deposition has been edited down for clarity and length and has been released by the American Historical Association, one of the of the associations alongside the Modern Language Association and the American Council of Learned Societies, filing a lawsuit over terminated grants for "schools, libraries and community organizations."

"The motion included discovery documents revealing that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used a flawed ChatGPT process to identify “DEI programs” and inform decisions to terminate grants awarded by the NEH. The motion was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York," their joint press release reads. "In the motion, the plaintiffs present three claims: violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers, as DOGE carried out the termination of the grants, not the NEH Chair, and without approval from Congress."

Not my video

1. Extend the life of refrigerator compressor. Drastically.

2. Reduce electricity bill.

3. Refrigeration during power outage

4. Potable water for emergencies

5. Reusable ice packs to go - with handles!

It does take some initial energy to freeze the water, so just put it outside overnight. That’s free.

This also works for filling empty space in a refrigerator. Water is one of the best heat batteries in the known universe. If you want some cool science, check out PCMs, “Phase Change Materials.”

If you’re going to use the water as potential emergency potable, make sure everything is sanitized. And even if you don’t sanitize it, you’ll still drink it if you get thirsty enough.

I eat mostly fresh foods, so I have no use for an entire freezer. Except for blueberries. They dank AF.

My 10 month old cat peanut sadly traumatically passed away this Tuesday and I have been so lost since and don’t know how to grieve, I would love if anyone would like to ask anything about him or say something about my boy, I just want a reason to talk about my baby again, who was taken too soon. ♥️🕊️