Aleea Perry, PhD
@aleea.bsky.social
Avid reader, native Hoosier, PA resident. My opinions do not reflect those of my employer. #firstgen #academic #PublicAdmin #PublicFinance #PublicManagement #OrgTheory
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While we’re at it: if you’ve already stopped buying from Amazon, good. If not: maybe knowing that the company intends to obscure the scale and source of price hikes you will pay, so it can curry favor with Donald Trump, is the nudge you need.
April 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
While we’re at it: if you’ve already stopped buying from Amazon, good. If not: maybe knowing that the company intends to obscure the scale and source of price hikes you will pay, so it can curry favor with Donald Trump, is the nudge you need.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
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Every single Democratic governor and attorney general needs to do this -- if only to make it clear to voters *right now* that the firings and funding freezes that are about to hurt their states badly are the work of Trump-Musk in Washington.
Get ahead of this now, or get blamed for it later.
Get ahead of this now, or get blamed for it later.
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Every single Democratic governor and attorney general needs to do this -- if only to make it clear to voters *right now* that the firings and funding freezes that are about to hurt their states badly are the work of Trump-Musk in Washington.
Get ahead of this now, or get blamed for it later.
Get ahead of this now, or get blamed for it later.
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Oh, man, not Gene Hackman.
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Oh, man, not Gene Hackman.
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
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Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
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Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
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January 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
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I ask students to write about their first encounters with civil rights history for their first assignment. Of course, they often talk about MLK and Rosa Parks, but I also receive a lot of critiques (from mostly white students) of their education systems for barely discussing the movement.
January 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I ask students to write about their first encounters with civil rights history for their first assignment. Of course, they often talk about MLK and Rosa Parks, but I also receive a lot of critiques (from mostly white students) of their education systems for barely discussing the movement.
I went to a Chiefs game in the early 90s, when it seemed like a Super Bowl was not only unattainable but completely foreign.
trust me, a kc person, that I never once expected the chiefs to be the team so good everyone hated them
"I get why people hate the Galactic Empire, but I just enjoy watching peak greatness" that's what you sound like when you, an non KC person, stan KC
January 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I went to a Chiefs game in the early 90s, when it seemed like a Super Bowl was not only unattainable but completely foreign.
After yet another weekend of discussing end-of-life planning with others, please ...
.write down your wishes in the form of will, living will, durable power of attorney and other documents.
Thank you from Not A Lawyer, but One Who Has Had Ths Discussion 20+ Times in 5 Short Years
.write down your wishes in the form of will, living will, durable power of attorney and other documents.
Thank you from Not A Lawyer, but One Who Has Had Ths Discussion 20+ Times in 5 Short Years
January 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
After yet another weekend of discussing end-of-life planning with others, please ...
.write down your wishes in the form of will, living will, durable power of attorney and other documents.
Thank you from Not A Lawyer, but One Who Has Had Ths Discussion 20+ Times in 5 Short Years
.write down your wishes in the form of will, living will, durable power of attorney and other documents.
Thank you from Not A Lawyer, but One Who Has Had Ths Discussion 20+ Times in 5 Short Years
I made some changes last fall that I love. More coming this spring because I love me and not personal suffering.
January 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I made some changes last fall that I love. More coming this spring because I love me and not personal suffering.
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So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
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Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for.
December 30, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for.
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Every time I see someone talk about the freedom of “self driving cars” I want to yell “YOU WANT A TRAIN”
Air travel is miserable and cars are emotional cages; the only way to restore American communities is through rail. Make Chicago a great central rail hub again!
December 30, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Every time I see someone talk about the freedom of “self driving cars” I want to yell “YOU WANT A TRAIN”
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In 2024 we learned that Costco has more integrity than almost all national print and broadcast news venues.
December 29, 2024 at 5:53 AM
In 2024 we learned that Costco has more integrity than almost all national print and broadcast news venues.
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The oligarchy is here.
December 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The oligarchy is here.
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The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
MADISON, WI—In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...
theonion.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.
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“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” - John Steinbeck
December 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” - John Steinbeck
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There have been a lot of us historians who've posted something like this lately (I know @kevinmkruse.bsky.social did), even before the insurance CEO was shot. We're trying to warn you, billionaires and CEOs: history is pretty clear that unions and strikes are your *best-case* scenario.
The New Deal saved American capitalism (and capitalists) from far more violent scenarios, yet in their hubris and entitlement they've been trying to roll it back ever since. You want to bring back the days of guillotines or dynamite, hedge fund and tech bros? FAFO.
When things get bad enough, the people explode. The New Deal and Civil Rights reforms pressure valves were meant to keep lower class unrest from building up too much steam
But elites, arrogant from the relative peace and prosperity of the late 20th c., have been steadily dismantling both
But elites, arrogant from the relative peace and prosperity of the late 20th c., have been steadily dismantling both
December 6, 2024 at 12:58 AM
There have been a lot of us historians who've posted something like this lately (I know @kevinmkruse.bsky.social did), even before the insurance CEO was shot. We're trying to warn you, billionaires and CEOs: history is pretty clear that unions and strikes are your *best-case* scenario.
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Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
I was reminded, yet again, that mental health is often neglected to appear "normal."
Normal is a cycle on the washing machine, not a life goal.
Take care of you & yours, please.
#highered #mentalhealth
Normal is a cycle on the washing machine, not a life goal.
Take care of you & yours, please.
#highered #mentalhealth
December 3, 2024 at 12:12 AM
I was reminded, yet again, that mental health is often neglected to appear "normal."
Normal is a cycle on the washing machine, not a life goal.
Take care of you & yours, please.
#highered #mentalhealth
Normal is a cycle on the washing machine, not a life goal.
Take care of you & yours, please.
#highered #mentalhealth
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Shirley Chisholm was born 100 years ago today.
November 30, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Shirley Chisholm was born 100 years ago today.
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Democrats should defend trans people because who are we if we don’t defend trans people, don’t sell out your neighbors
Democrats should defend Trans people because it’s the right thing to do.
2026/2028 we’re probably running against Trumpflation and whatever horrors RFK will unleash anyway. Why spend 6 months on what happened in 2024?
2026/2028 we’re probably running against Trumpflation and whatever horrors RFK will unleash anyway. Why spend 6 months on what happened in 2024?
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Democrats should defend trans people because who are we if we don’t defend trans people, don’t sell out your neighbors