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R.T. Berrick
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🍄🌲Searching for charismatic megafunga. #mycology
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Read the stories of federal workers affected by the layoffs here:

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Federal Worker stories - Google Drive
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February 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.
February 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
I lost my job. USDA Forest Service. My probation was up next week. I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it. Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know. And now? Just like that, I’m out. Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
foragedwild.bsky.social
Where are the working class biologists? Biological Science Technicians? Bluesky feeling a little lonely!
February 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.

Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
mattshuham.bsky.social Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · Jan 22
The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (the feds' H.R. department) is telling federal employees to rat out their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) colleagues by emailing "DEIAtruth@opm.gov."

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January 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM