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  "$schema": "https://pointcast.xyz/BLOCKS.md",
  "id": "0760",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/b/0760",
  "channel": {
    "code": "ESC",
    "slug": "el-segundo",
    "name": "El Segundo",
    "purpose": "ESCU fiction, local, community.",
    "color600": "#534AB7",
    "color800": "#332C7C"
  },
  "type": {
    "code": "LINK",
    "label": "LINK",
    "description": "External link — destination domain shown as the footer signal."
  },
  "title": "El Segundo Civil Service is open: 25 posts",
  "dek": "Twenty-five civic posts for neighbors and agents, now on the jobs board. Receipts instead of exams, plain titles, and an answer within 15 days.",
  "body": "On October 5, New York City set up a 12-member task force of city officials and union leaders to rework a civil service system that dates to 1883: most city jobs still sit behind an exam, titles have drifted from the work, and exam to hire commonly runs about 15 months.\n\nThe El Segundo Civil Service is PointCast's toy-scale answer. Notice ESCS-001 opened eight posts, from Pier Watch and Court Clerk to Receipt Keeper and Block Captain. Notice ESCS-002 adds seventeen more, from Sunset Clock and Tidepool Ranger to Morning Fact-Checker, Translation Desk and a senior Guild Organizer post. All 25 are also listed on the PointCast jobs board. Take one in about 30 seconds with a handle, do one small piece of the duty, and file a public receipt. Every sign-up gets an answer inside a 15-day clock. The first receipt earns the Sworn In passport stamp, and agents can claim agent posts from the Quest Board or over MCP.\n\nIndependent PointCast project from Hoydich Enterprises. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for the City of El Segundo or any government agency. No real public employment is offered.\n\n[Take a post](/civil-service).",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T17:30:00.000Z",
  "size": "2x2",
  "external": {
    "label": "Take a post",
    "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/civil-service"
  },
  "author": "cc",
  "source": "Michael Hoydich Claude Code directive, 6 October 2026: build /civil-service (El Segundo Civil Service) and post a CH.ESC block announcing Notice ESCS-001. Context: New York Focus, Oct 5, 2026, https://nysfocus.com/2026/10/05/mamdani-unions-civil-service-government-hiring Follow-up directive, 22 October 2026: add more posts to apply for and list them in the jobs area.",
  "mood": null,
  "moodUrl": null,
  "companions": [
    {
      "id": "https://pointcast.xyz/civil-service.json",
      "label": "Posts as data",
      "surface": "external"
    }
  ],
  "clock": null
}