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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 10 hours ago • 396 comments

Let's check in on Trump's first month in office! (Gift link: wapo.st/434l8fD )

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

The ads rejected by the Washington Post are here and shareable.

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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

submitted 13 days ago • 180 comments

@daniellecitron c.im @daniellecitron.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Friendly reminder that we have choices.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Musk destroyed public records when he deleted the @18F Twitter account, but staff are still at GSA, for now. Direct File service is still operational. USDS built it with Treasury. (18F was barely involved.) civic-texts.ghost.io/direct-file-... Bessent said Direct File would keep working this season.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

The next agency to lose high-value datasets may be the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Consumer Complaint Database, in particular. Why? 1) They just lost their director & 2) Mick Mulvaney tried to remove it in 2018. The database is available here. Please archive it widely.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 21 days ago • 539 comments

Alt text is its own genre and this one earns all the flowers. 😂

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This seems bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

OK, some lawyer, represent me. —Acct is frozen on Xitter. —As an aviator and as a writer on aviation issues, I am specifically harmed by having NTSB etc notices come only via one proprietary source. —This is like saying that flood warnings, school closings, traffic alerts only via crony media

submitted 22 days ago • 78 comments

Come for the nerdy conversation about content moderation with @karaswisher.bsky.social @dwillner.bsky.social @delbius.bsky.social Stay for my rant about stupid policymaking. 😂

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Serving in government was one of the great privileges of my life, mostly because I had the honor of working with dedicated, expert, mission-driven civil servants. They are trying to hold the line for all of us right now. Support them and share these resources: www.civilservicestrong.org

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

For all federal employees: Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs. If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.

submitted 22 days ago • 329 comments

Masculine energy.

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

Hi! If you care deeply about the open web, I hope you’ll consider joining my team. We get to support projects like Watch Duty, Mastodon & many more. We’ve committed nearly $100M to making the Internet better. And we haven’t wavered one bit in inclusive hiring policies. www.fastly.com/about/jobs/a...

submitted 41 days ago • 21 comments

A new year’s text exchange with my husband. 😂 25 years of bliss leads inexorably to this. Happy New Year, friends.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Me facing 2025

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Reflecting on the landscape of local journalism with @soleilho.com @nicosavidge.bsky.social, Lisa Armstrong and @lknobel.bsky.social. Thanks to these folks for continuing to commit acts of journalism. And congratulations to @berkeleyside.bsky.social on 15 years of bringing us local news.❤️

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Was deep in writing and apparently missed both the earthquake and tsunami and when my advisors say pay attention when you write I don’t know what they mean anymore.😂

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Actually more fun than Wordle. 😂

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

I just returned from Bhutan, a small kingdom with the explicit mandate to increase the Gross National Happiness of its people. Imagine if every policy discussion started with “will we increase our collective happiness by this act?” Now visualize it here. And start. youtu.be/7g_t1lzn-1A?...

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Pleased to announce the newest unit of time: The Gaetz. Just a day over a week and a little short of a Scaramucci. wapo.st/3AQSnHM

submitted 94 days ago • 29 comments

Whatever you think of the incoming administration, our bureaucracy-heavy government needs fixing to better serve the American public. It requires commitment to first principles and responsible disruption, not rage burning. For some 💡, read my wise friend @pahlkadot.bsky.social (and her substack!)

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

A way to think about what's about to happen in federal govt that may not be comforting, but might be useful: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

This transition is like an amuse bouche for the non-stop distraction of the next Trump administration. They are dismantling public service in front of our eyes.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Here for all my sisters. ❤️

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Damn, there are a lot of us here. Welcome!

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

“Complicated” is doing a lot of work here.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

It’s almost like someone called for The Great Racist Bake-Off and the entire GOP is auditioning. #VoteHarrisWalz

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Ready to go! Thanks to CalMatters.org and @berkeleyside.bsky.social for their excellent voter guides. #Vote2024

submitted 123 days ago • 2 comments

On a call yesterday, a Chief AI Officer said “AI is not magic.” 👈 Sing it, sister. Put it on a bumper sticker.

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

I honestly think we should claim the power and tell the MAGA folks that the next time they feel a breeze, they better watch their backs.

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

I haven’t seen this movie. Is it like Cats, where the only acceptable viewing is with a bag of edibles?

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Today’s news cycle is hopelessly broken. I’m gonna turn it off and try rebooting tomorrow.

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment

Our team wrote up a rapid analysis of 2 rumors spreading that frame errors w/ absentee ballots as intentional voter suppression. We explain how those rumors are misleading: errors like that are rarely intentional, have remedies, and are unlikely to affect outcomes. uwcip.substack.com/p/d4ae631c-a...

submitted 152 days ago • 1 comment

Post a scene from a film you’ve seen more than ten times.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

Terrific panel of experts at next week’s hearing: @davidakaye.bsky.social @jnj.bsky.social and Laura Cunningham from Open Technology Fund.

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