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rdietkus.bsky.social

care for the public / lifelong advocate / designer / social worker / organizational ecologist / space nerd / founder of www.socialworkerswho.design

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Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.

submitted 3 days ago • 254 comments

I appreciate @donmoyn.bsky.social letting this writing on “The Weaponization of Trauma” be a guest piece on his remarkable blog, Can We Still Govern. See the link below. And listen to the @nytimes.com episode of The Daily, which was the anchor for this writing: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Tag yourself. I'm "Fight, Flight, Freeze" and "Grief & Mourning."

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The US Digital Service (USDS) - now the US DOGE Service - is being weaponized by the Trump administration to target career federal employees, dismantle safeguards, and enable corruption. 👀 Read more on our site. 🔗 wethebuilders.org #DefendDemocracy #SaveOurServices #AltUSDS #fedworkers

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

What is your ethical stance? Civic technologists need an ethical stance – a clear articulation of what we are willing to participate in and where we draw the line. Without one, we risk becoming complicit in the very harms we sought to prevent. Read more here: lnkd.in/gdC3sCyv

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

As the more mainstream press continues to flail on this story, Wired is all fucking over it.

submitted 26 days ago • 18 comments

#SWtech this post from Ariel at Beeck is important for social work students and social workers to be aware of: bsky.app/profile/arie...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:

submitted 27 days ago • 76 comments

The surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa Credit:NASA

submitted 28 days ago • 21 comments

If you're struggling to find ways to support your teams this week, this article from Harvard Business Review is a great place to start... "The Psychology Behind Effective Crisis Leadership" Thank you to @rdietkus.bsky.social for sharing it with me.

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

This is wildly cool. I’m a bit fixated on illustrations of neurons from the 1800s and there’s a small collection of them here (and an example of one from Cajal).

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

i have like six copies of this

submitted 57 days ago • 134 comments

I think the keys to a healthy technology ecosystem are: affordable housing, medicare for all, and student loan forgiveness/college finance reforms. There are plenty of people who would start and work for small cool companies if the cover charge for being alive weren't so high.

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

Healthcare workers, are you feeling the strain? It's time to prioritize your well-being! Burnout is real, and it's more than just "work being hard". @drjessigold.bsky.social reminds us that it's a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

This is one of many books on my list that I want to read sooner rather than later. If you aren’t following the Othering & Belonging Institute (not on here … yet) please do. Get on their mailing list.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments