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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

They forgot 'evil' & 'nuts'...for starts. #BlueCrew

He nails it.

"Books, Cats, Life is Good." Born on this day writer & graphic artist Edward St. John Gorey. 1925 Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer & artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art & illustration for books by other writers. #BookSky

'Tales of Trust and Betrayal V' Ana Maria Pacheco, 2008 Pacheco is a Brazilian painter, sculptor & printmaker who has lived & worked in England since 1973. Her work deals w/ issues of control & the exercise of power, drawing upon the tensions between the old & new worlds.

'Perseverance' "When I see birds going about their business, I think of this word. The stamina they have, the things they do to create their homes, feed their young, ensure their survival. Persevere, persist & always move forward. This will be my mantra today.” ~ Bridgette Guerzon Mills

It's National Margarita Day! Every February 22nd, one of the nation's favorite tequila-based drinks gets a full day of adoration & celebration. #bottomsup #margarita

On this date in 1632 Galileo published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems in which he argued against the belief of the church, that the Earth was not the center of the Universe, & that in fact the Sun is the center of the solar system & the Earth is circling around it. #bannedbooks

Hidden Witness: African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War ~ Jackie Napoleon Wilson A remarkable female portrait in all of nineteenth-century photography Unknown Maker American School Portrait of a Mother and Child ("Madonna") Sixth-Plate Tintype #BlackHistory

"There’s a refined skill of boundary setting that once you start understanding and setting your own boundaries you will discover." ~ Amie Harwick Art by Hannah Daisy #caturday #boundaries

"You can't live on gumption but you can choke on shame." ~ Langston Hughes, Gumption Langston Hughes by Gordon Parks, 1941 #BlackHistory

Enoki Toshiyuki #caturday

Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny The powerful & moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. #BookSky

Alexei Navalny w/ wife Yulia Navalnaya in happier times. Date unknown 😥

Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences by Michael Lynn Crews McCarthy once told an interviewer that "books are made out of books." This updated edition examines McCarthy's final publications: the novel The Passenger & its play-like coda Stella Maris. #BookSky

It's a Texas thing. If you know, you know. ("I, for one, welcome our new guacamole & tortilla producing overlords...." 🤣🤩🥰💙) #IlovemyHEB

Apparently, despite scads of books & documentaries about Caesar, these muggleminded-MAGAts ( <— aye, a tautology) have no substantive clue what befell him & wherethefuckfore. Shhh. No one tell them. #BlueCrew #itsacult

#caturday

“It ain't right, Atticus,” said Jem. “No son, it's not right.” ~ To Kill a Mockingbird #BookSky

"I will weave my own web of destiny I will forge my own home in this universe." ~ paxpaints.com (custom piece)

It will still be available in rural areas…but ONLY rural areas. Who will decide what “rural” is? #BlueCrew

A STATE WIDE MASK BAN (H.B.3061) was filed at the Texas state level by Rep Oliverson, Cypress, Tx The bill uses language like "when committing a criminal act," but it's a mask ban & will be enforced as one. It gives officials the *ok* to question maskers anywhere, any time for ANY REASON. #BlueCrew

Nina Simone & Redd Foxx chilling in 1959 Photo by G. Marshall Wilson Wilson was a long-time national & international photographer with Ebony, serving the magazine for 33 years before retiring in 1986. #BlackHistory