PenGoblin
@goblinwithapen.bsky.social
Pixel Artist, Digital Artist, and Musician
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Immeasurable Autism
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Immeasurable Autism
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The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
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Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
February 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
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Do I have this right? Elon Musk - the guy in charge of preventing wasteful spending - dropped $40M on a Super Bowl ad?
We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.
We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.
February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Do I have this right? Elon Musk - the guy in charge of preventing wasteful spending - dropped $40M on a Super Bowl ad?
We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.
We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.
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She speaks truth.
February 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
She speaks truth.
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I just got notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying “YOU OWE A DEBT” because apparently they overpaid me 6 years ago. I checked. They didn’t.
February 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I just got notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying “YOU OWE A DEBT” because apparently they overpaid me 6 years ago. I checked. They didn’t.
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The trump regime has ordered thousands of federal workers back to offices that either don’t exist or are run down because of Republican cuts. The goal is to demoralize civil servants. They have no idea who they’re messing with.
February 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The trump regime has ordered thousands of federal workers back to offices that either don’t exist or are run down because of Republican cuts. The goal is to demoralize civil servants. They have no idea who they’re messing with.
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Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.
I’m in Oversight Committee right now. Ranking Member Connolly just called for a vote to subpoena Elon Musk. Republicans out-number us on this committee, but many aren’t in the room. We’ll see who wins this vote. We deserve transparency and answers.
February 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.
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We don't hate him enough.
February 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We don't hate him enough.
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There are two immutable facts when it comes to Trump.
1. Every accusation is a confession
2. Every wild assertion is a distraction
Gaz-a-Lago is a distraction from the coup underway within our federal government, led by Oligarch Musk.
1. Every accusation is a confession
2. Every wild assertion is a distraction
Gaz-a-Lago is a distraction from the coup underway within our federal government, led by Oligarch Musk.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There are two immutable facts when it comes to Trump.
1. Every accusation is a confession
2. Every wild assertion is a distraction
Gaz-a-Lago is a distraction from the coup underway within our federal government, led by Oligarch Musk.
1. Every accusation is a confession
2. Every wild assertion is a distraction
Gaz-a-Lago is a distraction from the coup underway within our federal government, led by Oligarch Musk.
Chapter 18 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder.
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Chapter 18 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder.
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🚨This is a critical moment. We don't have the luxury of week or months. We have days to protect democracy.
Call and ask your friends to call.
YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR SENATOR AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY -- ON ANY DAY.
There's no time like NOW, to call.
Call and ask your friends to call.
YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR SENATOR AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY -- ON ANY DAY.
There's no time like NOW, to call.
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
🚨This is a critical moment. We don't have the luxury of week or months. We have days to protect democracy.
Call and ask your friends to call.
YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR SENATOR AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY -- ON ANY DAY.
There's no time like NOW, to call.
Call and ask your friends to call.
YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR SENATOR AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY -- ON ANY DAY.
There's no time like NOW, to call.
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This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be:
DO NOT WAIT
DO NOT UNDERREACT
Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...
DO NOT WAIT
DO NOT UNDERREACT
Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be:
DO NOT WAIT
DO NOT UNDERREACT
Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...
DO NOT WAIT
DO NOT UNDERREACT
Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...
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Thank you former Administrator Andrew Natsios for setting the record straight! Friends please send this to REPUBLICAN Congressional offices #SaveUSAID
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank you former Administrator Andrew Natsios for setting the record straight! Friends please send this to REPUBLICAN Congressional offices #SaveUSAID
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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On YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
What’s Happening & How You Can Take Action | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
So is anyone gonna keep watch over the federal buildings this weekend? You remember what happened last time, right? Don't let this happen again.
February 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
So is anyone gonna keep watch over the federal buildings this weekend? You remember what happened last time, right? Don't let this happen again.
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If you're wondering why Elon and his pals are against funding the IRS, this is why (and if you're against this IRS effort, then congrats, you're a useful idiot for a billionaire who doesn't want to get audited):
February 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If you're wondering why Elon and his pals are against funding the IRS, this is why (and if you're against this IRS effort, then congrats, you're a useful idiot for a billionaire who doesn't want to get audited):
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FYI: Regarding probationary employees: if you transferred agencies without a break in service, you're not probationary (unless you hadn't been in your previous position for one year, but the year doesn't start over when you transfer.) www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Details and Transfers Internationally
The Details and Transfers Internationally section assists Federal agencies in detailing or transfering an employee to any organization that the Department of State has designated as an international o...
www.opm.gov
February 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FYI: Regarding probationary employees: if you transferred agencies without a break in service, you're not probationary (unless you hadn't been in your previous position for one year, but the year doesn't start over when you transfer.) www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
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The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem