A Marshall
@etoani.bsky.social
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You deserve control over who has access to your private data. That's why we're fighting data brokers and challenging illegal information sharing. Learn more at Take Back CTRL: takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You deserve control over who has access to your private data. That's why we're fighting data brokers and challenging illegal information sharing. Learn more at Take Back CTRL: takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
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Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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BREAKING: Trump’s Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind.
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: Trump’s Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind.
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
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State of DC: ICE and MPD are starving out Mt Pleasant community members - people are too scared to come to the weekly neighborhood Catholic Charities food distribution.
Traitors to the city they swear to protect.
Traitors to the city they swear to protect.
August 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
State of DC: ICE and MPD are starving out Mt Pleasant community members - people are too scared to come to the weekly neighborhood Catholic Charities food distribution.
Traitors to the city they swear to protect.
Traitors to the city they swear to protect.
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Today’s a good day to remind everyone
DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM UNHOUSED CAMPS. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR RESIDENTS & CAN BE USED TO TARGET THEM.
DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM UNHOUSED CAMPS. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR RESIDENTS & CAN BE USED TO TARGET THEM.
August 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today’s a good day to remind everyone
DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM UNHOUSED CAMPS. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR RESIDENTS & CAN BE USED TO TARGET THEM.
DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM UNHOUSED CAMPS. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR RESIDENTS & CAN BE USED TO TARGET THEM.
Looking at the words-we-haven't-seen-list I can tell this will get ugly. I can see folks using galumphs and kerfuffles, indeed I could see myself using those. But bombycids and chinoviks? Less likely. I've done books on butterflies, but it is likely to have been bombycidae, as they were scientific.
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Looking at the words-we-haven't-seen-list I can tell this will get ugly. I can see folks using galumphs and kerfuffles, indeed I could see myself using those. But bombycids and chinoviks? Less likely. I've done books on butterflies, but it is likely to have been bombycidae, as they were scientific.
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Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts
Healthcare in Kentucky is facing a tough future with billions in Medicaid cuts on the horizon, according to the Kentucky Hospital Association.
www.lex18.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
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The economy is adding barely any jobs right now and where we’ve seen new jobs it's been in health care.
Well guess what? Republicans just passed the largest cuts to health care and Medicaid EVER.
We need to reverse those cuts and end Trump's tariffs if we want to salvage our economy.
Well guess what? Republicans just passed the largest cuts to health care and Medicaid EVER.
We need to reverse those cuts and end Trump's tariffs if we want to salvage our economy.
August 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The economy is adding barely any jobs right now and where we’ve seen new jobs it's been in health care.
Well guess what? Republicans just passed the largest cuts to health care and Medicaid EVER.
We need to reverse those cuts and end Trump's tariffs if we want to salvage our economy.
Well guess what? Republicans just passed the largest cuts to health care and Medicaid EVER.
We need to reverse those cuts and end Trump's tariffs if we want to salvage our economy.
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I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again, but every hardcore IRL activist I know makes a very deliberate effort to interject joy into their lives and appreciate little things. I’ve only ever seen this dedication to misery in extremely online meme “activists”.
Some people are unhappy and always will be and deserve to be.
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again, but every hardcore IRL activist I know makes a very deliberate effort to interject joy into their lives and appreciate little things. I’ve only ever seen this dedication to misery in extremely online meme “activists”.
I am so heartbroken for the excellent folks I've worked with in the Department of State. The folks I know who were impacted were all great, and did not deserve the way they have been treated. Years of passionate service to Americans deserves better than this.
NEW: The scenes in the lobby of State Department headquarters this evening (Fri).
Tears, cheers and hugs from colleagues as some of the 1300 fired workers leave the building with their belongings in boxes.
(🎥 Alex Raufoglu)
Tears, cheers and hugs from colleagues as some of the 1300 fired workers leave the building with their belongings in boxes.
(🎥 Alex Raufoglu)
July 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I am so heartbroken for the excellent folks I've worked with in the Department of State. The folks I know who were impacted were all great, and did not deserve the way they have been treated. Years of passionate service to Americans deserves better than this.
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Today in the @missouriindependent.com
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
Republicans' new Medicaid red tape will push Missouri to the brink and block healthcare for millions • Missouri Independent
The budget bill passed by the U.S. House will kick millions of people off of Medicaid by piling on new red tape.
missouriindependent.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today in the @missouriindependent.com
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
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How do we repair the mess Trump & the tech titan have made? Public servants who know how to build things can tell us.
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
How do we repair the mess Trump & the tech titan have made? Public servants who know how to build things can tell us.
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
This article is the most accurate summation of DOGE and civictech I've seen. Could not agree more with his conclusions.
New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
What DOGE gets wrong about tech and government
Lessons learned by civic tech, forgotten by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This article is the most accurate summation of DOGE and civictech I've seen. Could not agree more with his conclusions.
My oldest kid filed taxes for the first time ever this year. She used direct file. The gen-z verdict was: "objectively pretty awesome". Imagine a whole generation who felt that way about the tax filing experience?
This is a bold-faced lie. Direct File exceeded expectations & their report from last year (link below) has the receipts.
Users reported filing took them about an hour, and some only 30min.
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...
Users reported filing took them about an hour, and some only 30min.
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My oldest kid filed taxes for the first time ever this year. She used direct file. The gen-z verdict was: "objectively pretty awesome". Imagine a whole generation who felt that way about the tax filing experience?
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Just published my first article with Niskanen Center- how to use data management best practices from the private sector to combat fraud in government programs. (Spoiler: it's not by giving senior leaders and small strike teams broad access to all datasets) www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-stop-...
Executive orders aren’t enough: How to actually stop waste, fraud, and abuse - Niskanen Center
In practice, enforcing full data access across all systems could prove expensive and may still fall short of its goal to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse.
www.niskanencenter.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just published my first article with Niskanen Center- how to use data management best practices from the private sector to combat fraud in government programs. (Spoiler: it's not by giving senior leaders and small strike teams broad access to all datasets) www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-stop-...
Want a more rich understanding of why this is dangerous? Years ago the incomparable former USDSer, Marianne Bellotti, did an explainer: medium.com/the-technica... (archive link: archive.is/K2TX3). What if SSA calculates benefits wrong? That seems... bad?
March 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Want a more rich understanding of why this is dangerous? Years ago the incomparable former USDSer, Marianne Bellotti, did an explainer: medium.com/the-technica... (archive link: archive.is/K2TX3). What if SSA calculates benefits wrong? That seems... bad?
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Someone pointed out that influencers use serotonin/dopamine/cortisol/oxytocin like they’re the four humors and now I can’t stop seeing it
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Someone pointed out that influencers use serotonin/dopamine/cortisol/oxytocin like they’re the four humors and now I can’t stop seeing it
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Thanks for all the excitement, we'll get this thing going shortly. Get on our mailing list at digitalcorpspdx.org
Digital Corps of Portland - A volunteer-powered, short-term civic tech initiative
PDX Digital Corps is a short-term civic initiative connecting tech volunteers with Portland-area organizations to solve real digital problems through focused, short-term projects.
digitalcorpspdx.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanks for all the excitement, we'll get this thing going shortly. Get on our mailing list at digitalcorpspdx.org
I've lived in DC most of the last year, and Takoma Park never stops enraging me. The worst kind of appropriation. And here, at home, təqʷuʔmaʔ can't be called by its given name!
March 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've lived in DC most of the last year, and Takoma Park never stops enraging me. The worst kind of appropriation. And here, at home, təqʷuʔmaʔ can't be called by its given name!
Living on the other side of the country, I regularly find myself explaining why I still listen to KEXP every day. What they do for the community can not be overstated.
That and yeah, if you don't know Deep Sea Diver by now you should.
That and yeah, if you don't know Deep Sea Diver by now you should.
Yes, I'm a longtime @kexp.bsky.social nerd, from the KCMU (pre KEXP call letters) days. Best station ever. Great article here.
www.spin.com/2025/03/left...
www.spin.com/2025/03/left...
Left of the Dial: Seattle’s KEXP Heals What Ails Its Listeners
SERIES INTRO: In this series, we highlight independent radio stations across America that are keeping alive the dream of human DJs, unpredictable playlists, and
www.spin.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Living on the other side of the country, I regularly find myself explaining why I still listen to KEXP every day. What they do for the community can not be overstated.
That and yeah, if you don't know Deep Sea Diver by now you should.
That and yeah, if you don't know Deep Sea Diver by now you should.
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I officially launched @pdxdigitalcorps.bsky.social today.
An all-volunteer civic tech sprint connecting local technologists with Portland-area nonprofits and community orgs to help solve digital problems.
This isn’t a startup, and it’s definitely not my new job. Just a way to do some good.
An all-volunteer civic tech sprint connecting local technologists with Portland-area nonprofits and community orgs to help solve digital problems.
This isn’t a startup, and it’s definitely not my new job. Just a way to do some good.
Thanks for all the excitement, we'll get this thing going shortly. Get on our mailing list at digitalcorpspdx.org
Digital Corps of Portland - A volunteer-powered, short-term civic tech initiative
PDX Digital Corps is a short-term civic initiative connecting tech volunteers with Portland-area organizations to solve real digital problems through focused, short-term projects.
digitalcorpspdx.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I officially launched @pdxdigitalcorps.bsky.social today.
An all-volunteer civic tech sprint connecting local technologists with Portland-area nonprofits and community orgs to help solve digital problems.
This isn’t a startup, and it’s definitely not my new job. Just a way to do some good.
An all-volunteer civic tech sprint connecting local technologists with Portland-area nonprofits and community orgs to help solve digital problems.
This isn’t a startup, and it’s definitely not my new job. Just a way to do some good.
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Yesterday was my last day at the US Digital Service and IRS. Four years ago, my family and I packed up our lives in London and moved to DC. It was a big, exciting move but we did it because I wanted to get back to unfinished business, to play my part in helping government work better.
March 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yesterday was my last day at the US Digital Service and IRS. Four years ago, my family and I packed up our lives in London and moved to DC. It was a big, exciting move but we did it because I wanted to get back to unfinished business, to play my part in helping government work better.