JD Downs
bluejdowns.bsky.social
JD Downs
@bluejdowns.bsky.social
Was a civic technologist. Might still be. 💻 In school for public administration. 🧑‍🎓 Dog mom. 🐕 Down to earth intuitive tarot reader. 🔮 Adorably dark stand up comedy. 🎙️ Sad happy music. 🦜 Probably taking a photo of a bird right now. 📸
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Favorite sign so far
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What providers are locked out of what accounts? I keep seeing posts about lock outs, but no one is being very specific to help us understand what's happening. (Thank you.)
January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
But my philosophy was to find a cause you care about, volunteer how THEY need help right now, then when you have a relationship with an org they can trust you to help with tech or other internal functions.
January 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
But tbh it’s rarely ever deep skills that folks need help with, a lot of orgs have staff for that. Unless it’s accounting. Such a shortage of help out there for small orgs when it comes to proper accounting.
January 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is really something that needs to happen at the local level, and does in many places! I had a collective in Atlanta for a bit that connected tech volunteers to nonprofits that needed them because I had the relationships with the nonprofits and the relationships with tech folks.
January 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
One day at a time is right, proud of you!
November 28, 2024 at 12:13 PM
I have some leftover trauma from the one time as a kid I was assigned to open the cranberry can and it fell apart, disappointing my entire family, and ruining Thanksgiving*.

Ok it probably didn’t ruin Thanksgiving but I was never asked to help with food again. 😂
November 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
I call drums! :)
November 28, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My neighbors and the delivery person at my house are probably wondering why someone in my backyard just yelled “holy shit!”
November 22, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I'm selfishly glad you left, too, bc that was the last reason I was staying. 😂
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Thank you for the details
November 15, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I thought this was already blocked (for now). Is there news otherwise?
November 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I’m so there. I loved it and I would not have had the career I had without it. It’s a massive loss of community for me.
November 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM