Jules
@j0ul3.bsky.social
Data and digital services for the public sector. Use evidence to build tech that works. Currently Jarvus, formerly Ad Hoc, Fjord, and Sapient. Thoughts only mine. Don’t stop, never stop. Go birds.
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Philly area: there's a map of food resources here if SNAP/WIC outages have you scared.
Leading food bank in Philadelphia | Share Food Program
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www.sharefoodprogram.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Philly area: there's a map of food resources here if SNAP/WIC outages have you scared.
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#Transit systems in some major US #cities are in dire straits, due to long-term under-investment and recent increasing tendency to view transit thru a culture war lens, argues @humantransit.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#Transit systems in some major US #cities are in dire straits, due to long-term under-investment and recent increasing tendency to view transit thru a culture war lens, argues @humantransit.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This Brian Potter post provides a thorough break down of the data on rising pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/construc...
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This Brian Potter post provides a thorough break down of the data on rising pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/construc...
This a a quick reminder that beyond all the bullshit, on a fundamental level, public infrastructure is both necessary and beautiful. Behold this gorgeous bridge. Go fucking birds.
July 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This a a quick reminder that beyond all the bullshit, on a fundamental level, public infrastructure is both necessary and beautiful. Behold this gorgeous bridge. Go fucking birds.
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The IRS, USDS, and 18F teams were great—they did all the real work, while a bunch of us just worked to protect them. It was great work by everybody.
July 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The IRS, USDS, and 18F teams were great—they did all the real work, while a bunch of us just worked to protect them. It was great work by everybody.
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If not friend, why friend shaped?
March 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If not friend, why friend shaped?
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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
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This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
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Really smart move here.
PA's Gov. Shapiro just signed an executive order directing agencies to prioritize the recruitment of federal employees, notably presenting all state positions in federal terms. Saying that an IT position is the equivalent of a GS-13 Supervisory IT Specialist is really helpful! pa.gov/content/dam/...
March 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Really smart move here.
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1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
I've always liked WIRED. But I did not have on my 2025 notes - WIRED becomes THE source for the most important investigative journalism of our time (with respect for ProPublica and a few others)
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
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I think it's freeing to know that I casually misunderstand a million things that I don't have specific domain knowledge about. I don't get why some people cling so hard to confident casual beliefs they hold about stuff they don't know that well. There's nothing wrong with updating your priors.
February 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I think it's freeing to know that I casually misunderstand a million things that I don't have specific domain knowledge about. I don't get why some people cling so hard to confident casual beliefs they hold about stuff they don't know that well. There's nothing wrong with updating your priors.
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"Many of my good friends have their funding withdrawn or frozen based on the DEIA wording such as 'diverse microbes'" a scientist reliant on federal research grants told me, adding NSF proposals with terms including 'disabilities' and 'female' have been put on hold
February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Many of my good friends have their funding withdrawn or frozen based on the DEIA wording such as 'diverse microbes'" a scientist reliant on federal research grants told me, adding NSF proposals with terms including 'disabilities' and 'female' have been put on hold
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There is a grand tradition of technologists landing in government and not understanding how it works. That ignorance can be about policy and law, but also about the infrastructure of government tech, and how fragile it all is. @pahlkadot.bsky.social offers an example: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/jed
Jed
Today is Fork in the Road Day. The DOGE team should really meet Jed.
www.eatingpolicy.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There is a grand tradition of technologists landing in government and not understanding how it works. That ignorance can be about policy and law, but also about the infrastructure of government tech, and how fragile it all is. @pahlkadot.bsky.social offers an example: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/jed
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