Cause A Ruckus
@cause-a-ruckus.bsky.social
Don't obey in advance.
Be courageous when you can.
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Be courageous when you can.
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Worth mentioning.
Exercise good judgement.
I was unverified, ‘til I was:
Verification takes a leap of faith, and a prayer verified #AltGov won’t get disappeared for our work to rally the #AltCitizens.
But this account is never, ever going to ask for money.
If I ever do, I’m hacked.
Take care🌲
Exercise good judgement.
I was unverified, ‘til I was:
Verification takes a leap of faith, and a prayer verified #AltGov won’t get disappeared for our work to rally the #AltCitizens.
But this account is never, ever going to ask for money.
If I ever do, I’m hacked.
Take care🌲
Public service msg:
There are many Alt accounts that are amazing, but some are frauds.
Those with the #AltGov label are verified. Those without are often good too.
But beware-If an account is asking for $$, it is not legit and is using your anger to take your $$.
Example, @altyellonatpark.org
There are many Alt accounts that are amazing, but some are frauds.
Those with the #AltGov label are verified. Those without are often good too.
But beware-If an account is asking for $$, it is not legit and is using your anger to take your $$.
Example, @altyellonatpark.org
May 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Worth mentioning.
Exercise good judgement.
I was unverified, ‘til I was:
Verification takes a leap of faith, and a prayer verified #AltGov won’t get disappeared for our work to rally the #AltCitizens.
But this account is never, ever going to ask for money.
If I ever do, I’m hacked.
Take care🌲
Exercise good judgement.
I was unverified, ‘til I was:
Verification takes a leap of faith, and a prayer verified #AltGov won’t get disappeared for our work to rally the #AltCitizens.
But this account is never, ever going to ask for money.
If I ever do, I’m hacked.
Take care🌲
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New Inside the Forest Service story up.
No surprise the agency monitors social media.
A note of caution to #ForestService fam 💚 was shared:
“Don’t post or share personal social media content during work hours.”
Please heed this. Anyone can see when we post.
To be clear, I *only* post off duty.
No surprise the agency monitors social media.
A note of caution to #ForestService fam 💚 was shared:
“Don’t post or share personal social media content during work hours.”
Please heed this. Anyone can see when we post.
To be clear, I *only* post off duty.
Communication candor: Your rights and responsibilities | US Forest Service
www.fs.usda.gov
May 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
New Inside the Forest Service story up.
No surprise the agency monitors social media.
A note of caution to #ForestService fam 💚 was shared:
“Don’t post or share personal social media content during work hours.”
Please heed this. Anyone can see when we post.
To be clear, I *only* post off duty.
No surprise the agency monitors social media.
A note of caution to #ForestService fam 💚 was shared:
“Don’t post or share personal social media content during work hours.”
Please heed this. Anyone can see when we post.
To be clear, I *only* post off duty.
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i made these for the Alt Forest Service over on Fb but wanted to share them here (for whatever good trouble use you have).
May 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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🦉 little bird says:
Under Older Workers Protection Act, FS workers aged 40+ weighing 2nd Deferred Resignation aka “DRP 2.0” were shown list of jobs of people offered DRP 2.0.
Oddly, list includes 1,500 technician jobs tied to fire.
Weren’t fire roles excluded from DRP 2.0?
Did someone mess up?
Under Older Workers Protection Act, FS workers aged 40+ weighing 2nd Deferred Resignation aka “DRP 2.0” were shown list of jobs of people offered DRP 2.0.
Oddly, list includes 1,500 technician jobs tied to fire.
Weren’t fire roles excluded from DRP 2.0?
Did someone mess up?
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
🦉 little bird says:
Under Older Workers Protection Act, FS workers aged 40+ weighing 2nd Deferred Resignation aka “DRP 2.0” were shown list of jobs of people offered DRP 2.0.
Oddly, list includes 1,500 technician jobs tied to fire.
Weren’t fire roles excluded from DRP 2.0?
Did someone mess up?
Under Older Workers Protection Act, FS workers aged 40+ weighing 2nd Deferred Resignation aka “DRP 2.0” were shown list of jobs of people offered DRP 2.0.
Oddly, list includes 1,500 technician jobs tied to fire.
Weren’t fire roles excluded from DRP 2.0?
Did someone mess up?
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“The pullbacks represent a major change from the Biden administration, which poured more than $3 billion into wildfire prevention.“
#DOGE
#RECEIPTS
#ForestService
#DOGE
#RECEIPTS
#ForestService
NEW: Western officials are scrambling to make sure they're prepared for fire season.
“Forest fires aren’t going to take four years off just because of who’s in the White House,” @govofco.bsky.social told me earlier this month.
w/Jordan Wolman: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
“Forest fires aren’t going to take four years off just because of who’s in the White House,” @govofco.bsky.social told me earlier this month.
w/Jordan Wolman: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
‘Crazy’: Forest Service cuts ignite fear, fury over wildfire risks
The Trump administration has slashed more than 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, with more layoffs expected.
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“The pullbacks represent a major change from the Biden administration, which poured more than $3 billion into wildfire prevention.“
#DOGE
#RECEIPTS
#ForestService
#DOGE
#RECEIPTS
#ForestService
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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency as the Jones Road Wildfire spread to 12,000 acres in under 24 hours.
The NJ Forest Fire Service reported one commercial building, multiple outbuildings, and vehicles were destroyed.
Twenty structures remain threatened.
The NJ Forest Fire Service reported one commercial building, multiple outbuildings, and vehicles were destroyed.
Twenty structures remain threatened.
April 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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“Evolving climate patterns are testing fire strategy from California to Connecticut as well as communities.”
With near drought conditions, New Jersey forest fire officials reduced prescribed burns in the Pine Barrens. A fast-moving wildfire this week triggered 3,000 evacuations and part closure of the Garden State Parkway.
New Jersey Cut Back on Prescribed Burns in the Pine Barrens—and Faces a Wildfire That Charred Thousands of Acres - Inside Climate News
With near drought conditions, state forest fire officials reduced prescribed burns this spring and worried about “quite a fire season” ahead. A fast-moving wildfire this week triggered 3,000 evacuatio...
insideclimatenews.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Evolving climate patterns are testing fire strategy from California to Connecticut as well as communities.”
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Here’s an example of a NOAA / NWS alert highlighting fire weather / fire danger.
Special Weather Statement issued March 25 at 8:03PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Here’s an example of a NOAA / NWS alert highlighting fire weather / fire danger.
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Charging into the weekend, time for a list.
5 ways to #Resist and #Recover:
1) meet up with friends at a protest. Go have a beverage afterwards.
2) do something that makes an immediate difference. Support people you know, share information to those who can promote it (FWS, DM me!), postcards.
5 ways to #Resist and #Recover:
1) meet up with friends at a protest. Go have a beverage afterwards.
2) do something that makes an immediate difference. Support people you know, share information to those who can promote it (FWS, DM me!), postcards.
March 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The pay raise comes as Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut about 3,400 workers at the U.S. Forest Service, about 1,000 at the National Park Service and another 1,000 at NOAA, and many worry the mass firings will leave the nation more vulnerable to wildfires.
Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum credited Trump with securing the pay increase.
www.denverpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The pay raise comes as Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut about 3,400 workers at the U.S. Forest Service, about 1,000 at the National Park Service and another 1,000 at NOAA, and many worry the mass firings will leave the nation more vulnerable to wildfires.
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So a no duh, but deserves a comment.
IRS employees are the people who fund the GOV, by collecting your tax dollars.
Money collected that funds
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Defense
Foreign Policy (State USAID)
Veterans Administration and Healthcare
You fire us, the gov doesn't work.
IRS employees are the people who fund the GOV, by collecting your tax dollars.
Money collected that funds
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Defense
Foreign Policy (State USAID)
Veterans Administration and Healthcare
You fire us, the gov doesn't work.
March 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So a no duh, but deserves a comment.
IRS employees are the people who fund the GOV, by collecting your tax dollars.
Money collected that funds
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Defense
Foreign Policy (State USAID)
Veterans Administration and Healthcare
You fire us, the gov doesn't work.
IRS employees are the people who fund the GOV, by collecting your tax dollars.
Money collected that funds
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Defense
Foreign Policy (State USAID)
Veterans Administration and Healthcare
You fire us, the gov doesn't work.
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High Country News is doing something really cool: If you're a federal employee who's been laid off or fired, you can apply for free HCN access.
You'll probably be reading a lot of my work too, since I seem to be on the beat of federal chaos.
You'll probably be reading a lot of my work too, since I seem to be on the beat of federal chaos.
📣 Starting now, @HighCountryNews will provide free digital access to all of our reporting to any federal employee, including those who have recently lost jobs due to government layoffs. 📣
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
High Country News is doing something really cool: If you're a federal employee who's been laid off or fired, you can apply for free HCN access.
You'll probably be reading a lot of my work too, since I seem to be on the beat of federal chaos.
You'll probably be reading a lot of my work too, since I seem to be on the beat of federal chaos.
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We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
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Someone actually pre-drafted a #FOIA request for you to send directly to #DOGE so that you can find out what personal information of yours that ketamine-addled doofus has. Here's a link to it. Happy hunting.
drive.google.com/file/d/119jz...
#resist
drive.google.com/file/d/119jz...
#resist
DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf
drive.google.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Someone actually pre-drafted a #FOIA request for you to send directly to #DOGE so that you can find out what personal information of yours that ketamine-addled doofus has. Here's a link to it. Happy hunting.
drive.google.com/file/d/119jz...
#resist
drive.google.com/file/d/119jz...
#resist
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A harmful budget that funds Trump & Musk’s government take down and to cuts services working people rely on just passed.
A temporary lapse in funding would be better than this CR.
We are disappointed at the refusal of Leader Schumer & Senate Democrats to oppose this bill.
A temporary lapse in funding would be better than this CR.
We are disappointed at the refusal of Leader Schumer & Senate Democrats to oppose this bill.
March 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A harmful budget that funds Trump & Musk’s government take down and to cuts services working people rely on just passed.
A temporary lapse in funding would be better than this CR.
We are disappointed at the refusal of Leader Schumer & Senate Democrats to oppose this bill.
A temporary lapse in funding would be better than this CR.
We are disappointed at the refusal of Leader Schumer & Senate Democrats to oppose this bill.
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“Trump has a plan, and he is implementing it, to destroy our economy and our government to create a crisis to that allows him to hand our government over to his billionaire friends and suspend our democracy.”
The funding bill makes Trump’s plan easier to implement, says @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
The funding bill makes Trump’s plan easier to implement, says @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
Listen: Senator @ChrisMurphyCT breaks down why he is voting NO on the spending bill tomorrow.
March 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“Trump has a plan, and he is implementing it, to destroy our economy and our government to create a crisis to that allows him to hand our government over to his billionaire friends and suspend our democracy.”
The funding bill makes Trump’s plan easier to implement, says @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
The funding bill makes Trump’s plan easier to implement, says @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
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@schumer.senate.gov
Please listen to the federal workforce. We have made ourselves abundantly clear. The vast majority of us are begging you to vote NO!
Please listen to the federal workforce. We have made ourselves abundantly clear. The vast majority of us are begging you to vote NO!
🦬 And let's be clear: Trump and his band of traitors are already shutting down the government. A 'yes' vote on cloture just means that Dems are giving them the green light to continue. #DOIResists #NoOnCloture
Shutting down the Government is never a good idea, unless the point is to save our institutions and prevent mass firings. Then, it's a good idea.
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@schumer.senate.gov
Please listen to the federal workforce. We have made ourselves abundantly clear. The vast majority of us are begging you to vote NO!
Please listen to the federal workforce. We have made ourselves abundantly clear. The vast majority of us are begging you to vote NO!
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Four min., edited video.
Questions did not start until 1:09.
Questions ended at 3:26.
There were just 3 questions.
If the Chief intends to produce these monthly, that would be 36 questions total, and less than one hour of engaging with the workforce per year.
Let’s rethink this, Chief Schultz.
Questions did not start until 1:09.
Questions ended at 3:26.
There were just 3 questions.
If the Chief intends to produce these monthly, that would be 36 questions total, and less than one hour of engaging with the workforce per year.
Let’s rethink this, Chief Schultz.
March 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Four min., edited video.
Questions did not start until 1:09.
Questions ended at 3:26.
There were just 3 questions.
If the Chief intends to produce these monthly, that would be 36 questions total, and less than one hour of engaging with the workforce per year.
Let’s rethink this, Chief Schultz.
Questions did not start until 1:09.
Questions ended at 3:26.
There were just 3 questions.
If the Chief intends to produce these monthly, that would be 36 questions total, and less than one hour of engaging with the workforce per year.
Let’s rethink this, Chief Schultz.
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A shutdown is necessary to preserve and protect our democracy. We can not sustain this oligarch's slash & burn strategy.
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
Dear Senators,
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
March 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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🚨 Feds across agencies agree: if a shutdown is what it takes, it's worth it. It's not hyperbolic to say our democracy is at stake.
#ShitShowShutDown #NoKings
#ShitShowShutDown #NoKings
A shutdown is necessary to preserve and protect our democracy. We can not sustain this oligarch's slash & burn strategy.
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
Dear Senators,
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 Feds across agencies agree: if a shutdown is what it takes, it's worth it. It's not hyperbolic to say our democracy is at stake.
#ShitShowShutDown #NoKings
#ShitShowShutDown #NoKings
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KEEP CALLING! It’s working. Anyone can call Schumer BTW. Tell the dems to vote no on the Repub “continuing resolution”. Republicans own the White House, senate, and Congress. If they can’t negotiate a CR, let alone a budget, this is their shutdown.
5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
No DOGE Blank Check Federal Funding CR: House Bill FAILS, Friday Shutdown Deadline Remains ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (03/12/25): The Senate Democratic Caucus stood united against the House-passed CR, effectively blocking the measure from passage. Both the …
5calls.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
KEEP CALLING! It’s working. Anyone can call Schumer BTW. Tell the dems to vote no on the Repub “continuing resolution”. Republicans own the White House, senate, and Congress. If they can’t negotiate a CR, let alone a budget, this is their shutdown.
5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
5calls.org/issue/cr-con...
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Do something.
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Do something.
AND THEY GET BACK PAY!!!
Awesome work everyone, particularly you @nffe-fsc.bsky.social.
March 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
AND THEY GET BACK PAY!!!