Heather Massler Bratland
@hbwsnc.bsky.social
Architectural historian and preservation professional. Civil servant. Navy brat. University of Chicago and University of Virginia. Episcopalian. Wife and mom.
Normally we don't recommend clapping back when the overlord of the attention economy reposts something offensive...
...but in this case, we'd love for anyone who has ever worked a public sector job to tell Apartheid Clyde exactly what they think. 🖕
...but in this case, we'd love for anyone who has ever worked a public sector job to tell Apartheid Clyde exactly what they think. 🖕
Elon Musk reposted a tweet that equated public service workers with genocidal murderers. Our nurses, educators, firefighters and sanitation workers make our communities strong. Elon has no idea what working people go through.
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Disappointed in the state of my birth and UVa. There is a reason we stayed north of the river in the DMV
I'm a UVa grad and expert in Jefferson and his architecture. I've restored buildings at UVa. This is without doubt the worst and most ridiculous thing one could say about Tom, an enslaver who imagined a distant and more just America he never had the personal courage to help create.
Glenn Youngkin takes a victory lap on Fox for University of Virginia ending DEI and says it's a step toward restoring the values of Thomas Jefferson
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Disappointed in the state of my birth and UVa. There is a reason we stayed north of the river in the DMV
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Saturday is a great time to call you senators and reps if you don't walk to talk to people. You can leave a recorded message from a pre-written script
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Saturday is a great time to call you senators and reps if you don't walk to talk to people. You can leave a recorded message from a pre-written script
Mitch is surprising me. Hold the line?
February 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Mitch is surprising me. Hold the line?
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
There isn’t anti-Christian bias in America, there’s anti-Jesus bias in American Evangelical Christianity.
February 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There isn’t anti-Christian bias in America, there’s anti-Jesus bias in American Evangelical Christianity.
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Booting Amazon and Target. Off to Costco in very old and well-worn @altnps.bsky.social Resist tee.
February 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Booting Amazon and Target. Off to Costco in very old and well-worn @altnps.bsky.social Resist tee.
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just sent out a memo directing staff to "give preference to
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"
January 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just sent out a memo directing staff to "give preference to
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average"
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.
January 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.
This morning, a fortuitous typo appeared. Bozos instead of Bezos. It's my term from now on
January 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This morning, a fortuitous typo appeared. Bozos instead of Bezos. It's my term from now on
Reposted by Heather Massler Bratland
Breaking news: The White House budget office is ordering a pause to all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government, according to an internal memo sent to agencies Monday, creating significant confusion across Washington.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Breaking news: The White House budget office is ordering a pause to all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government, according to an internal memo sent to agencies Monday, creating significant confusion across Washington.