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jstrothman.bsky.social
Gov tech product design, making it easier to get & manage benefits Pretty much always want to be quilting or in the woods She/her
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Mourning 18F’s elimination as a former employee but even more so as a former 18F agency customer. Unlike DOGE, 18F did the hard work of cultural transformation and sharing their methods with other Feds as they helped improve services. They weren’t just techies, they were teachers.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

submitted 4 days ago • 729 comments

Eliminating 18F is a huge loss to modernizing US federal tech

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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

submitted 7 days ago • 1258 comments

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide. This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.

submitted 20 days ago • 49 comments

Toasting Tish James tonight

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Both a perfect & terrible time to go on vacation. Those of you feds who can: #holdTheLine #govTech

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

This is such a brilliant article by @willofwands.bsky.social - it perfectly illustrates that transition is unique to every trans person, that there is no one way to “be trans”, and that we absolutely should not adhere to anyone else’s ideas of gender. #TransJoy metro.co.uk/2025/01/26/t...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

The point of the firehose of Executive Orders is to disorient and to demobilize. It's to instill maximum fear. If we know this, then that's already half the battle. This means that we have to respond with focus on those most vulnerable & targets. It means we have to refuse their attempt to scare us.

submitted 43 days ago • 80 comments

To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.

submitted 44 days ago • 23 comments

Thoughtful piece on accessible forms by @vickytnz.bsky.social Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔 accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Hey All. Bad faith lawyers Advocates for Faith and Freedom - the group targeting trans teens in Riverside - put out a call for teens to snitch to them if there is a trans athlete on their sports team. Please flood this form: faith-freedom.com/savegirlsspo...

submitted 62 days ago • 140 comments

Sentence diagramming videos melt away my anxiety My 6th grade happy place?

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Just because the content comes from an API doesn’t mean it’s accurate or usable. We have to interrogate the data & translate it or improve it at the source. Feels like a battle to persuade people it’s not enough to say “that’s an API issue.” Just a #govTech thing?

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I pray the pardon of Hunter Biden, which was the right thing to do, will be followed in short order by the commutation of the death sentences of every person on federal death row, and that Leonard Peltier will at long last be released. #ClearTheRow #FreeLeonardPeltier

submitted 94 days ago • 41 comments

Enough GOP pearl clutching over legal norms and Biden’s pardon. They nominated and elected a FELON. They have no credibility on the question of respect for the rule of law.

submitted 94 days ago • 379 comments

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

submitted 105 days ago • 979 comments

Cool. Found the setting to require alt text on images before posting. (Settings > accessibility)

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments