Hannah Vollmer
@hannahvollmer.bsky.social
Neither public figure nor brand
Technician for Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, NH
Technician for Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, NH
I was briefly a part of the Northern Research Station. Congrats! Wish I could join you.
Congrats Northern Research Station on your vote to organize!
No idea what “Sawtooth nonpros” are, but guessing technical / trades and other non-professional series employees at Sawtooth N.F. now eligible to join NFFE-FSC Union.
Great work standing strong together for your rights in the workplace!
No idea what “Sawtooth nonpros” are, but guessing technical / trades and other non-professional series employees at Sawtooth N.F. now eligible to join NFFE-FSC Union.
Great work standing strong together for your rights in the workplace!
Congratulations are in order to two units who successfully voted to organize this past week! Sawtooth nonpros and all of the Northern Research Station are now #nffestrong! #bettertogether #holdtheline #unionsmatter
May 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I was briefly a part of the Northern Research Station. Congrats! Wish I could join you.
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We've heard about the freak shows working for DOGE: Ed "Big Balls" Coristine, Marko "racist before it was cool" Elez -- but what about the other 50 people whose names we now know?
By looking at the factions inside DOGE, we can get a picture of where all this is going
It's not good
🧵
By looking at the factions inside DOGE, we can get a picture of where all this is going
It's not good
🧵
What The Hell Is Going On? Part 2
Who Are These Freaks? What Do They Want?
www.bannedinyourstate.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We've heard about the freak shows working for DOGE: Ed "Big Balls" Coristine, Marko "racist before it was cool" Elez -- but what about the other 50 people whose names we now know?
By looking at the factions inside DOGE, we can get a picture of where all this is going
It's not good
🧵
By looking at the factions inside DOGE, we can get a picture of where all this is going
It's not good
🧵
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The goal here is clear. Weaken ESA and NEPA to get the cut out.
I would expect major legal challenges. Support your local environmental organization.
Also, we have been and will continue to cut employees and are spending much of our time responding to data requests. Who will do this work?
I would expect major legal challenges. Support your local environmental organization.
Also, we have been and will continue to cut employees and are spending much of our time responding to data requests. Who will do this work?
Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The goal here is clear. Weaken ESA and NEPA to get the cut out.
I would expect major legal challenges. Support your local environmental organization.
Also, we have been and will continue to cut employees and are spending much of our time responding to data requests. Who will do this work?
I would expect major legal challenges. Support your local environmental organization.
Also, we have been and will continue to cut employees and are spending much of our time responding to data requests. Who will do this work?
Subject to change
Are you one of the many federal employees wondering what the hell is going on with those stupid bullet point emails? Well don’t worry. We’ve got all the guidance you could possibly need right here.
March 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Subject to change
Apparently tonight another "5 bullet" email went out to all federal employees from OPM overridden by DOGE OPM has no authority or reason to require this, we report to our own agencies. However, Musk has reasons for gathering this data, reasons which are decidedly nefarious but as yet unknown.
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Apparently tonight another "5 bullet" email went out to all federal employees from OPM overridden by DOGE OPM has no authority or reason to require this, we report to our own agencies. However, Musk has reasons for gathering this data, reasons which are decidedly nefarious but as yet unknown.
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5️⃣ 🔫 📧
It arrived. From OPM.
Demanding 5 bullets every Monday going forward.
This week a federal judge ruled “[OPM] does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency.”
You do not report to OPM.
It arrived. From OPM.
Demanding 5 bullets every Monday going forward.
This week a federal judge ruled “[OPM] does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency.”
You do not report to OPM.
March 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
5️⃣ 🔫 📧
It arrived. From OPM.
Demanding 5 bullets every Monday going forward.
This week a federal judge ruled “[OPM] does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency.”
You do not report to OPM.
It arrived. From OPM.
Demanding 5 bullets every Monday going forward.
This week a federal judge ruled “[OPM] does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency.”
You do not report to OPM.
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CONFIRMED
We received notification Tuesday (2/25) our performance appraisals (EPAPs) for this year would be removed from the system. This was apparently to remove language related to DEIA.
Secretarial Order 3416 (Dept of Interior).
If not gone yet, I encourage you to get online and download.
We received notification Tuesday (2/25) our performance appraisals (EPAPs) for this year would be removed from the system. This was apparently to remove language related to DEIA.
Secretarial Order 3416 (Dept of Interior).
If not gone yet, I encourage you to get online and download.
@altdoi.bsky.social Yesterday PM I received a message fm a BLM employee in a District office in a western state: “Our EPAPs don’t exist anymore. I will be asking for an immediate performance evaluation…” Any info what’s happening there?
(For everyone else, EPAP = Employee Performance & Appraisal.)
(For everyone else, EPAP = Employee Performance & Appraisal.)
February 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
CONFIRMED
We received notification Tuesday (2/25) our performance appraisals (EPAPs) for this year would be removed from the system. This was apparently to remove language related to DEIA.
Secretarial Order 3416 (Dept of Interior).
If not gone yet, I encourage you to get online and download.
We received notification Tuesday (2/25) our performance appraisals (EPAPs) for this year would be removed from the system. This was apparently to remove language related to DEIA.
Secretarial Order 3416 (Dept of Interior).
If not gone yet, I encourage you to get online and download.
Unforgivable
BREAKING: House Republicans just passed their budget resolution 217-215 that would virtually guarantee deep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, all to fund a major tax break for the ultrawealthy... and still add trillions to the national debt.
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Unforgivable
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BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond to an email from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
www.nbcnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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A complete clusterfuck, with the latest being that OPM has now told agencies that what was, formally, an OPM directive to all employees on Saturday is now a voluntary option on Monday.
UPDATE: During a meeting of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council this afternoon, OPM informed everyone that responses to the “5 bullets” email are voluntary and confirmed that a non-response is not a resignation.
The news is now trickling down to employees, with slightly differing language.
The news is now trickling down to employees, with slightly differing language.
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A complete clusterfuck, with the latest being that OPM has now told agencies that what was, formally, an OPM directive to all employees on Saturday is now a voluntary option on Monday.
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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.
February 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.
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Probationary employees were our most vulnerable:
Young people starting out. Older workers, seeking a change. All chasing a dream.
The most common new USFS hire is Technician: Forestry, Biological Science, Timber, Recreation, etc.
The pay? Low. The work, hard. Rarely glamorous.
A labor of love.
Young people starting out. Older workers, seeking a change. All chasing a dream.
The most common new USFS hire is Technician: Forestry, Biological Science, Timber, Recreation, etc.
The pay? Low. The work, hard. Rarely glamorous.
A labor of love.
February 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Probationary employees were our most vulnerable:
Young people starting out. Older workers, seeking a change. All chasing a dream.
The most common new USFS hire is Technician: Forestry, Biological Science, Timber, Recreation, etc.
The pay? Low. The work, hard. Rarely glamorous.
A labor of love.
Young people starting out. Older workers, seeking a change. All chasing a dream.
The most common new USFS hire is Technician: Forestry, Biological Science, Timber, Recreation, etc.
The pay? Low. The work, hard. Rarely glamorous.
A labor of love.
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Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.
February 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.
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Another fork email. Here are the 4 pillars of DOGE:
1. Return to the office and live there with your wife and child.
2. Performance culture makes imposter syndrome question itself
3. Streamlined and flexible enough to fit into a cybertruck
4. Enhanced standards of conduct: illegal actions only
1. Return to the office and live there with your wife and child.
2. Performance culture makes imposter syndrome question itself
3. Streamlined and flexible enough to fit into a cybertruck
4. Enhanced standards of conduct: illegal actions only
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Another fork email. Here are the 4 pillars of DOGE:
1. Return to the office and live there with your wife and child.
2. Performance culture makes imposter syndrome question itself
3. Streamlined and flexible enough to fit into a cybertruck
4. Enhanced standards of conduct: illegal actions only
1. Return to the office and live there with your wife and child.
2. Performance culture makes imposter syndrome question itself
3. Streamlined and flexible enough to fit into a cybertruck
4. Enhanced standards of conduct: illegal actions only
*sad science noises*
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
*sad science noises*
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OPM is planning to fire all employees on probation (less than one year of employment). Agencies have until noon on Wednesday to submit a list of probationary employees to the OPM and indicate whether they wish to retain them—though it has been stated that this will not make a difference.
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
OPM is planning to fire all employees on probation (less than one year of employment). Agencies have until noon on Wednesday to submit a list of probationary employees to the OPM and indicate whether they wish to retain them—though it has been stated that this will not make a difference.
Unaccountable bro has read AND WRITE access to all our shit.
"If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
"If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Unaccountable bro has read AND WRITE access to all our shit.
"If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
"If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
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All terms being used to flagged in NSF research. Notably “women” but not “men”, “disability”, and “trauma”.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
All terms being used to flagged in NSF research. Notably “women” but not “men”, “disability”, and “trauma”.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
Here's the full recap thus far:
We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government.
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here's the full recap thus far:
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Staff at CDC are being asked to scrub data on trans and non-binary folks from datasets.
Public health ethics hold us to the highest ethical, professional, and scientific standards. Deleting data about Americans is unethical.
OPM has ZERO authority over CDC practices. Obey the law.
🇺🇸🏛️⚖️
Public health ethics hold us to the highest ethical, professional, and scientific standards. Deleting data about Americans is unethical.
OPM has ZERO authority over CDC practices. Obey the law.
🇺🇸🏛️⚖️
www.apha.org
February 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Staff at CDC are being asked to scrub data on trans and non-binary folks from datasets.
Public health ethics hold us to the highest ethical, professional, and scientific standards. Deleting data about Americans is unethical.
OPM has ZERO authority over CDC practices. Obey the law.
🇺🇸🏛️⚖️
Public health ethics hold us to the highest ethical, professional, and scientific standards. Deleting data about Americans is unethical.
OPM has ZERO authority over CDC practices. Obey the law.
🇺🇸🏛️⚖️
Wut 😦
Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
February 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wut 😦