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friends, here's a link to the job posting. come work with us. Strong preference for someone Virginia barred. I'm the first to say that the pay is not incredible because we give away a lot of our time on pro bono and longshot cases, but the work is cool as hell. www.ziprecruiter.com/jobs/the-erl...

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Done! I encourage you to take a few minutes this morning to help support housing in our area... below is straightforward guidance on how to do so.

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sorry 🙃

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In response to the confirmed case of meningococcal on campus, UVA is bringing the health department in to host a meningitis vaccine clinic. The clinic will be held in the Newcomb South Ballroom TOMORROW March 5th. Students are able to register for the clinic through the HealthHoos student portal.

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I like these tips. You don't have to fix everything, but you shouldn't accept it either! We're not powerless--far from it.

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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million. A thread about 18F:

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I worked at 18F once. We would start projects with a discovery sprint where we would come in and talk to users in an agency and listen to what they actually needed and then build it. Totally antithetical to arrogance of DOGE. No wonder they’d destroy it, they want to make it impossible to rebuild

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This is awful news. They did excellent work.

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Donald Trump is embarrassing the United States on the world stage. We are a country that stands up to dictators and fights for democracy. Minnesota stands firmly with our allies in Ukraine.

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Summarize today’s Oval Office meeting between Zelenskyy & Trump in just 2 images:

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"He's My Best Friend, He's My Pal, He's My Homeboy, My Rotten Soldier, My Sweet Cheese, My Good Time Boy."

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

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Nearly 2 dozen students and faculty from UVA have told me that they followed my reporting of Tuesday's shelter in place here on Bluesky and shared it with others because University communications were so poor.

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Shelter in place has been lifted.

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Oh these poor students. Second shelter in place in as many days.

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Just as I did on Tuesday, I'll be sharing updates from UVA about the current shelter in place order stemming from a stabbing on campus.

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"efficient" apnews.com/article/doge...

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#KnowYourRights For now, in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), and Arabic. doggiedrawings.net/products/kno...

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I attended Rep. McGuire's (VA-5) telephone town hall last night and I keep thinking about the Q where a person asked for an example of waste, fraud, and abuse (mentioning specific jobs like USAID and air traffic control). (Small thread)

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This is racism, pure & simple. The concert was canceled because the high school musicians who competed for a chance to perform with the Marine Band are "of color."

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In response to a question about trust, where the questioner asked about air traffic controllers and bird flu, Rep McGuire is waxing poetic about how thank God Trump is back and it's so sad nobody trusts anyone anymore. "And common sense" he tacks on at the end. No actual information given.

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I'm starting to think this guy is a nut.

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Caller to Rep McGuire asks for specific examples of waste and fraud. He points to ... Experiments on cats and dogs? Sex changes on cats? Wtf. Not super relevant to what we're hearing from DOGE, my friend! Says Charlottesville has great sunrises. Prob because we have a special sun.

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Lots and lots of people worried about Medicaid. Many people depend on it, and they know it's now being threatened by the GOP.

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Good job, Allison.

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Thank you Virginians who are calling in to Rep McGuire's town hall. You're doing great.

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This.... This I don't doubt.

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lol but Rep McGuire just said in our town hall that Musk only sits on the edges! Hm it's almost like he's misrepresenting the truth.

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Rep McGuire (VA 5th) says Elon and DOGE aren't actually doing anything, govt is. Sounds like he wants some credit for the awful decisions. Let's give that credit to him!

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So far telephone "town hall" with Rep McGuire (VA 5th) people are asking about the security of their Medicare and social security. Good on them.

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Who among us?

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It's a hard job, I do see that. Lots of hard jobs. But I believe we can do better.

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