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It's day 15 of the shutdown and our first missed paycheck.

For feds 👇

🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at a ⬇️ prices)

🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/

💵https://www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-for-federal-workers/

🧑‍🏫https://wearewellfed.com/
October 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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MFAN released a new report today expressing concern that the State Department lacks the staff, skills, and systems to successfully manage the U.S. foreign aid portfolio.

Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?

Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
Operational Readiness: What the State Department Needs to Effectively Manage U.S. International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
www.modernizeaid.net
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years.

The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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How are you doing updating your resume?

Tips I have heard and am using:

1) be sure to include information for all job series you may qualify for. You may want to list all the series you are interested in.

2) it is time to over-share! Cover as much as possible. Don’t worry about it being too long.
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@capitalweather.bsky.social

We're ready here in Oakton!
January 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Are you just getting interested in Bob Dylan after seeing A Complete Unknown? Good news: it's actually not that hard to get to known him after all! But skip the inadequate greatest hits compilations and try this thread of 4 playlists that walk gradually from his most famous songs to his bootleg gems
Bob Dylan for Beginners: 80 Songs for 80 Years
Step 1: ICONS. Not the best or most important songs (though there are some of both) but the ones you probably know even if you're not really a Dylan fan https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7qwz4f0VU6ZeAlZJx2B7Em?si=88cbb232b57346d3
December 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM