Alt CDC 2
@altcdc2.bsky.social
Double the fun! Another alt account from the CDC. Can’t stop, won’t stop. Public health matters. The truth matters.
So fucking infuriating. Polio killed and disabled millions around the world. It is a threat to public health and should be eradicated by a robust and vigorous vaccination program.
March 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So fucking infuriating. Polio killed and disabled millions around the world. It is a threat to public health and should be eradicated by a robust and vigorous vaccination program.
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I was so happy to have Kate and Milo from @altusds.bsky.social on the show!
The way they spoke about tech development shows how differently it can be done if the will is there. It’s so different from techies who build tools for themselves then say everyone else should just learn to code.
The way they spoke about tech development shows how differently it can be done if the will is there. It’s so different from techies who build tools for themselves then say everyone else should just learn to code.
Elon Musk’s DOGE is gutting the US Digital Service and its citizen-focused approach to tech development is going with it.
This week Kate Green and Milo from @altusds.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss how government can build technology differently.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/269_...
This week Kate Green and Milo from @altusds.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss how government can build technology differently.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/269_...
March 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I was so happy to have Kate and Milo from @altusds.bsky.social on the show!
The way they spoke about tech development shows how differently it can be done if the will is there. It’s so different from techies who build tools for themselves then say everyone else should just learn to code.
The way they spoke about tech development shows how differently it can be done if the will is there. It’s so different from techies who build tools for themselves then say everyone else should just learn to code.
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We've received multiple reports from employees being told to wear their badges at ALL times or facing disciplinary action for leaving their smart card unattended in their laptop.
While these are unconfirmed reports, we are sharing out of an abundance of caution and encourage you to take extra care.
While these are unconfirmed reports, we are sharing out of an abundance of caution and encourage you to take extra care.
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We've received multiple reports from employees being told to wear their badges at ALL times or facing disciplinary action for leaving their smart card unattended in their laptop.
While these are unconfirmed reports, we are sharing out of an abundance of caution and encourage you to take extra care.
While these are unconfirmed reports, we are sharing out of an abundance of caution and encourage you to take extra care.
This…this is why Feds are so careful about changes. The downstream effects on people can de disastrous.
March 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This…this is why Feds are so careful about changes. The downstream effects on people can de disastrous.
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If your kid(s) get measles, understand that YOU did that to them.
YOU allowed your kid to get a disease that was preventable.
YOU put your kid's life in danger.
YOU are a shitty parent, because YOU are a stupid person.
Your kid deserves better than YOU!
YOU allowed your kid to get a disease that was preventable.
YOU put your kid's life in danger.
YOU are a shitty parent, because YOU are a stupid person.
Your kid deserves better than YOU!
March 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If your kid(s) get measles, understand that YOU did that to them.
YOU allowed your kid to get a disease that was preventable.
YOU put your kid's life in danger.
YOU are a shitty parent, because YOU are a stupid person.
Your kid deserves better than YOU!
YOU allowed your kid to get a disease that was preventable.
YOU put your kid's life in danger.
YOU are a shitty parent, because YOU are a stupid person.
Your kid deserves better than YOU!
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Fuck yeah we are!
Pass it on: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Reports of our demise might have been premature
The Resistance is alive and well and angry
Reports of our demise might have been premature
www.thealtmedia.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fuck yeah we are!
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Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.
March 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.
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When isolation, trauma and despair are weaponized; building community, helping people heal, and bringing hope are acts of resistance.
Connect people. Resist bullies. Protect the vulnerable. Shine light on the fighters. Give yourself and others grace.
We are in this together. You are not alone.
Connect people. Resist bullies. Protect the vulnerable. Shine light on the fighters. Give yourself and others grace.
We are in this together. You are not alone.
March 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When isolation, trauma and despair are weaponized; building community, helping people heal, and bringing hope are acts of resistance.
Connect people. Resist bullies. Protect the vulnerable. Shine light on the fighters. Give yourself and others grace.
We are in this together. You are not alone.
Connect people. Resist bullies. Protect the vulnerable. Shine light on the fighters. Give yourself and others grace.
We are in this together. You are not alone.
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Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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🚨 Public health data disappeared. We’re restoring it. 🚨
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RestoredCDC.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 Public health data disappeared. We’re restoring it. 🚨
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.
Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org
#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
Halle-fucking-lujah. Let’s do this shit.
Yes, the Builders are the ones who will have to fix the mess they create. And we're all Builders, we're all Team 18F, and we're all getting ready to clean up after these children. ✊🏼
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org
#altgov #altusds #govtech #techforgood @team18f.bsky.social
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org
#altgov #altusds #govtech #techforgood @team18f.bsky.social
We the builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Halle-fucking-lujah. Let’s do this shit.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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Sad to share the news that our colleagues at 18F were illegally fired overnight (emails coming in around 1am Sat.). About 90 people.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sad to share the news that our colleagues at 18F were illegally fired overnight (emails coming in around 1am Sat.). About 90 people.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
As this story goes out on @npr.org and folks wonder about multiple outbreaks, something that’s been lost in all the firings was how a system the CDC built to support disease monitoring and prevention was gutted by DOGE. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As this story goes out on @npr.org and folks wonder about multiple outbreaks, something that’s been lost in all the firings was how a system the CDC built to support disease monitoring and prevention was gutted by DOGE. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Not only is measles highly contagious and deadly but even if you survive it, your body can experience “immune amnesia” meaning your body loses immunity to conditions you have previously survived. This means you risk getting secondary infections that could also prove deadly. asm.org/articles/201...
February 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Not only is measles highly contagious and deadly but even if you survive it, your body can experience “immune amnesia” meaning your body loses immunity to conditions you have previously survived. This means you risk getting secondary infections that could also prove deadly. asm.org/articles/201...
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While this is bad, the main euro manufacture (egg based) and the us manufactures with mRNA based vaccines with confer with the WHO on strains of interest. Also note: the mRNA vaccines had more efficacy this season (in the US) and take far less time to stand up a supply.
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
While this is bad, the main euro manufacture (egg based) and the us manufactures with mRNA based vaccines with confer with the WHO on strains of interest. Also note: the mRNA vaccines had more efficacy this season (in the US) and take far less time to stand up a supply.
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There are now 955 cases & 60 deaths from an unknown illness in DRC (links below). As this outbreak is growing, CDC is not permitted to exchange information with WHO and USAID outbreak response support is banned. Yesterday the Supreme court “paused” a federal judge order for USAID payments to resume.
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There are now 955 cases & 60 deaths from an unknown illness in DRC (links below). As this outbreak is growing, CDC is not permitted to exchange information with WHO and USAID outbreak response support is banned. Yesterday the Supreme court “paused” a federal judge order for USAID payments to resume.
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❓Ask Us Anything! We will hold the AMA on BSky tomorrow and are excited to your answer questions.
Currently Thursday 2/27 at 9PM ET but we are working on finding a time that works better for international folks. Stay tuned!
Currently Thursday 2/27 at 9PM ET but we are working on finding a time that works better for international folks. Stay tuned!
February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
❓Ask Us Anything! We will hold the AMA on BSky tomorrow and are excited to your answer questions.
Currently Thursday 2/27 at 9PM ET but we are working on finding a time that works better for international folks. Stay tuned!
Currently Thursday 2/27 at 9PM ET but we are working on finding a time that works better for international folks. Stay tuned!
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Texts with my pediatrician
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Texts with my pediatrician
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
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🚨 "Move fast and break things" sounds great—until it’s your Social Security check that’s missing or your healthcare application that’s glitched. Government must prioritize stability over speed.
Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f...
#SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy
Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f...
#SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy
Why "move fast and break things" doesn't work for government | We the Builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
🚨 "Move fast and break things" sounds great—until it’s your Social Security check that’s missing or your healthcare application that’s glitched. Government must prioritize stability over speed.
Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f...
#SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy
Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f...
#SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy
We all agree that Musk’s crusade against remote work has everything to do with him being a terrible leader, boss, and human being right?
If you’re good at management and leadership you don’t need to be in the same room or same building as your employees.
If you’re good at management and leadership you don’t need to be in the same room or same building as your employees.
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We all agree that Musk’s crusade against remote work has everything to do with him being a terrible leader, boss, and human being right?
If you’re good at management and leadership you don’t need to be in the same room or same building as your employees.
If you’re good at management and leadership you don’t need to be in the same room or same building as your employees.
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URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.