Kitty Wooley
@kwooleyy.bsky.social
The Senior Fellows and Friends network improves government one person at a time by fostering tacit knowledge transfer in the room and mission-aligned boundary spanning at work.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Interested in the value of #design abduction in exploring #complexproblems, especially when operating in the realm of the #unknown, #unknowable or unimaginable? Revisit this great 2022 i2Insights contribution by Mariana Zafeirakopoulos at i2insights.org/2022/11/01/a...
Why complex problems need abductive reasoning
By Mariana Zafeirakopoulos How does the way we approach complex problems differ from how we approach problems that are familiar or obvious? In this i2Insights contribution, I explore four kinds of …
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Interested in the value of #design abduction in exploring #complexproblems, especially when operating in the realm of the #unknown, #unknowable or unimaginable? Revisit this great 2022 i2Insights contribution by Mariana Zafeirakopoulos at i2insights.org/2022/11/01/a...
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey
The Public Service Viewpoint Survey aims to at least partially fill the void left by the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which OPM cancelled this year despite a legal requirement that it be adminis...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better review.firstround.com/the-other-pm...
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better
Tactical advice for founders on mastering “personality-message fit": leaning into your natural communication style.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better review.firstround.com/the-other-pm...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Education Department can’t use furloughed employees’ out-of-office emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, judge rules www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
Education Department can’t use furloughed employees’ out-of-office emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, judge rules
The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit after Education staffers reported that their out-of-office messages had been modified.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Education Department can’t use furloughed employees’ out-of-office emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, judge rules www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
Colorado veteran finds purpose, camaraderie where she wasn’t looking for it: on the ice coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/s... via @coloradosun.com
Colorado veteran finds purpose, camaraderie where she wasn’t looking for it: on the ice
Army veteran Carla Best was nearly killed in an attack in Iraq in 2004. A Wounded Warrior sled hockey program pulled her from the brink.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Colorado veteran finds purpose, camaraderie where she wasn’t looking for it: on the ice coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/s... via @coloradosun.com
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“You are this. You are that.”
No. We are people trying to work in coalition, each with the agency to describe their own identities and the forbearance to respect differences among them.
No. We are people trying to work in coalition, each with the agency to describe their own identities and the forbearance to respect differences among them.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“You are this. You are that.”
No. We are people trying to work in coalition, each with the agency to describe their own identities and the forbearance to respect differences among them.
No. We are people trying to work in coalition, each with the agency to describe their own identities and the forbearance to respect differences among them.
Trump pardons dozens of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... “Presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes, making Trump's move largely symbolic. Giuliani, Clark and others still face charges at the state level.”
Trump pardons dozens of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden
As President Trump continues to push the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, he’s taken a new step to protect former administration officials and allies who have been accused of working to overturn...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trump pardons dozens of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... “Presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes, making Trump's move largely symbolic. Giuliani, Clark and others still face charges at the state level.”
'We needed to change the equation,' Sen. Kaine says on his vote to end shutdown www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
'We needed to change the equation,' Sen. Kaine says on his vote to end shutdown
The vote to end the government shutdown has divided Senate Democrats. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is one of the eight who voted to end the stalemate. He joined Geoff Bennett to explain his vote to end the...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
'We needed to change the equation,' Sen. Kaine says on his vote to end shutdown www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
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"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
“I’m more interested in what the material can do . . . "
"That’s why I keep exploring . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
“I’m more interested in what the material can do . . . "
"That’s why I keep exploring . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
“I’m more interested in what the material can do . . . "
"That’s why I keep exploring . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
“I’m more interested in what the material can do . . . "
"That’s why I keep exploring . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
Interested in producing strategic plans that people actually want to implement because they create a sense of belonging and allow members of communities and organizations to take control over their own affairs? Check out this week’s great contribution by Merrelyn Emery i2insights.org/2025/11/11/o...
Open Systems Theory: Producing successful strategic plans
By Merrelyn Emery. How can we produce strategic plans that people actually want to implement? How can the process create a sense of belonging and allow members of communities and organizations to t…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Interested in producing strategic plans that people actually want to implement because they create a sense of belonging and allow members of communities and organizations to take control over their own affairs? Check out this week’s great contribution by Merrelyn Emery i2insights.org/2025/11/11/o...
It is despicable that we would treat our allies this way (and also stupid, because it makes us less safe). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w... via New York Times
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It is despicable that we would treat our allies this way (and also stupid, because it makes us less safe). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w... via New York Times
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“I will miss the creativity of teaching.”
Check out this Working Life essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/4p10hlj
Check out this Working Life essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/4p10hlj
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“I will miss the creativity of teaching.”
Check out this Working Life essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/4p10hlj
Check out this Working Life essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/4p10hlj
“Our institutions are important, but need to be reformed,” he said. “Our fundamental responsibility is to show our work and deliver for our people — to get stuff done.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | Josh Shapiro Knows What the Democrats Need
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November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Our institutions are important, but need to be reformed,” he said. “Our fundamental responsibility is to show our work and deliver for our people — to get stuff done.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b... “The Treasury’s actions are probably contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, tax experts said.“
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b... “The Treasury’s actions are probably contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, tax experts said.“
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“Watson's penchant for making prejudiced & scientifically unfounded remarks about Black people, women, & others eventually forced even the institution that he had long directed…to cut all ties w/him in 2019.
This fall from grace was remarkable given the heights he had achieved.”🧪
This fall from grace was remarkable given the heights he had achieved.”🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Watson's penchant for making prejudiced & scientifically unfounded remarks about Black people, women, & others eventually forced even the institution that he had long directed…to cut all ties w/him in 2019.
This fall from grace was remarkable given the heights he had achieved.”🧪
This fall from grace was remarkable given the heights he had achieved.”🧪
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“Public health efforts have been esp caught up in red tape, since many focus on pops bearing an unequal burden of death, disease,& injury….
For ex, …the head of a MS nonprofit, said officials asked her to defend the exclusion of men from a prgm to shelter women who experienced domestic violence.”🛟🧪
For ex, …the head of a MS nonprofit, said officials asked her to defend the exclusion of men from a prgm to shelter women who experienced domestic violence.”🛟🧪
🔔 When Trump posted a video of budget director Russell Vought as the grim reaper, public health workers recognized a kernel of truth.
My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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My latest piece @kffhealthnews.org couldn't be more important. Art by the incredible @oonazenda.bsky.social
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Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Public health efforts have been esp caught up in red tape, since many focus on pops bearing an unequal burden of death, disease,& injury….
For ex, …the head of a MS nonprofit, said officials asked her to defend the exclusion of men from a prgm to shelter women who experienced domestic violence.”🛟🧪
For ex, …the head of a MS nonprofit, said officials asked her to defend the exclusion of men from a prgm to shelter women who experienced domestic violence.”🛟🧪
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“we find that papers involving basic scientists are 38% more likely to become top-1% cited works, an effect that doubles in applied domains….
Basic scientists appear to enhance projects by reframing problems in generalizable terms & connecting disparate literatures”🧪
Basic scientists appear to enhance projects by reframing problems in generalizable terms & connecting disparate literatures”🧪
"Basic scientists consistently enhance scientific output quality, yet research and newly joining researchers have shifted toward applied orientations."
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“we find that papers involving basic scientists are 38% more likely to become top-1% cited works, an effect that doubles in applied domains….
Basic scientists appear to enhance projects by reframing problems in generalizable terms & connecting disparate literatures”🧪
Basic scientists appear to enhance projects by reframing problems in generalizable terms & connecting disparate literatures”🧪
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"I struggle with writing a compelling story that is interesting outside of my field, yet doesn't oversell my data." ✍️
How to use storytelling ethically: https://annaclemens.com/blog/story-telling-scientific-paper/
#AcademicSky #AcademicWriting #ScienceSky
How to use storytelling ethically: https://annaclemens.com/blog/story-telling-scientific-paper/
#AcademicSky #AcademicWriting #ScienceSky
How to Use Storytelling in Scientific Writing
Learn how to write your paper as a scientific story instead of only reporting your findings!
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November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"I struggle with writing a compelling story that is interesting outside of my field, yet doesn't oversell my data." ✍️
How to use storytelling ethically: https://annaclemens.com/blog/story-telling-scientific-paper/
#AcademicSky #AcademicWriting #ScienceSky
How to use storytelling ethically: https://annaclemens.com/blog/story-telling-scientific-paper/
#AcademicSky #AcademicWriting #ScienceSky