Kristin Johnson
@ksuzj.bsky.social
Digital strategist at Rad Campaign helping progressive nonprofits change the world. Passionate about new media, nature, LGBTQ+ issues, and fighting fascism. (she/her)
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
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A queer author, @romantasychris.bsky.social created a sign for this express purpose! ko-fi.com/s/d25c8eec8d [FREE] Printable Poster - No Kings, Yas Queens - RomantasyChris's Ko-fi Shop
[FREE] Printable Poster - No Kings, Yas Queens - RomantasyChris's Ko-fi Shop
Printable "No Kings, Yas Queens" signs designed for Pride month, provided in printable PDF and PNG images, for Letter, Legal, and Poster sized paper.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A queer author, @romantasychris.bsky.social created a sign for this express purpose! ko-fi.com/s/d25c8eec8d [FREE] Printable Poster - No Kings, Yas Queens - RomantasyChris's Ko-fi Shop
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It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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March 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs & the research that could save lives.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Here’s a list of climate/environment science and management jobs in local government. 🧪🌎
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Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) on LinkedIn: #sustainabilityjobs #climatecareers #usdn
🌎🌿🔗 USDN’s Sustainability Job Board
⬇️ Links to job descriptions and applications below. Please share with your network! #SustainabilityJobs…
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March 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Here’s a list of climate/environment science and management jobs in local government. 🧪🌎
www.linkedin.com/posts/usdn_s...
www.linkedin.com/posts/usdn_s...
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Huge news, a preliminary injunction was just granted in the PFLAG v Trump case enjoining the administration from enforcing the executive order ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.
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March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Huge news, a preliminary injunction was just granted in the PFLAG v Trump case enjoining the administration from enforcing the executive order ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.
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What do Trump's aid cuts mean?
"Millions of children who were fed in January will now go hungry. The sick who were receiving treatment will no longer. Peacebuilders and human rights defenders who sought the U.S. as a partner for their futures have been abandoned overnight."
"Millions of children who were fed in January will now go hungry. The sick who were receiving treatment will no longer. Peacebuilders and human rights defenders who sought the U.S. as a partner for their futures have been abandoned overnight."
Foreign Aid Terminations Endanger Millions at Home and Abroad | Friends Committee On National Legislation
On February 26, the Trump administration announced that they were terminating thousands of foreign assistance grants and contracts. This move came just over a month after the administration issued a…
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February 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What do Trump's aid cuts mean?
"Millions of children who were fed in January will now go hungry. The sick who were receiving treatment will no longer. Peacebuilders and human rights defenders who sought the U.S. as a partner for their futures have been abandoned overnight."
"Millions of children who were fed in January will now go hungry. The sick who were receiving treatment will no longer. Peacebuilders and human rights defenders who sought the U.S. as a partner for their futures have been abandoned overnight."
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
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18F did two things, both for agencies that hired them to help with projects: it built software and it taught agencies how to hire & oversee vendors to build software. The former raised the bar by showing agencies what “good” looks like, the latter allowed those practices to expand sustainably.
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
18F did two things, both for agencies that hired them to help with projects: it built software and it taught agencies how to hire & oversee vendors to build software. The former raised the bar by showing agencies what “good” looks like, the latter allowed those practices to expand sustainably.
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For any devs wondering what 18F does (did), here’s its GitHub org page, with 1,210 repos. A few were mine! All the work they did for all their agency partners was open source. Public money should produce public software, for public inspection.
Those days are over, starting today.
Those days are over, starting today.
18F
18F builds effective, user-centric digital services focused on the interaction between government & the people it serves. Provided by GSA. - 18F
github.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For any devs wondering what 18F does (did), here’s its GitHub org page, with 1,210 repos. A few were mine! All the work they did for all their agency partners was open source. Public money should produce public software, for public inspection.
Those days are over, starting today.
Those days are over, starting today.
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18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
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new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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NEW—Despite pressure, GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not relent on forcing steep Medicaid cuts. Medicaid pay for over 40% of all births in the US, and over 60% of all seniors in nursing homes. All to pay for multi-trillion $ tax cuts for billionaires.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
February 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NEW—Despite pressure, GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not relent on forcing steep Medicaid cuts. Medicaid pay for over 40% of all births in the US, and over 60% of all seniors in nursing homes. All to pay for multi-trillion $ tax cuts for billionaires.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."
A sad day for this nation.
A sad day for this nation.
Exhibit 1 - 26 Feb 2025 OSD Policy – #63, Att. #1 in TALBOTT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE by TELITA CROSLAND, DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETER B. HEGSETH, MARK F. AVERILL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TERENCE EMMERT, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAV...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."
A sad day for this nation.
A sad day for this nation.
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“The Environmental Protection Agency will move to reverse its 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare”
Listen someone needs to tell Lee Zeldin that the cat’s outta the bag on this one.
Listen someone needs to tell Lee Zeldin that the cat’s outta the bag on this one.
EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm
The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“The Environmental Protection Agency will move to reverse its 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare”
Listen someone needs to tell Lee Zeldin that the cat’s outta the bag on this one.
Listen someone needs to tell Lee Zeldin that the cat’s outta the bag on this one.
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What does this mean?
Jeremy Faust discussed this with panel member Paul Offit.
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Jeremy Faust discussed this with panel member Paul Offit.
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Scoop: FDA vaccine meeting abruptly canceled. Meeting was to determine 2025-2026 influenza vaccine composition.
Hi everyone,
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What does this mean?
Jeremy Faust discussed this with panel member Paul Offit.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
Jeremy Faust discussed this with panel member Paul Offit.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
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Exclusive scoop @statnews.com: Trump administration to fire 5,200 HHS employees this afternoon
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Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Exclusive scoop @statnews.com: Trump administration to fire 5,200 HHS employees this afternoon
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
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Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."
February 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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A federal judge has restricted the Elon Musk-led government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The order, issued early Saturday, halts access temporarily and demands the destruction of any downloaded information, saying there is risk of “irreparable harm.”
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system | CNN Politics
A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” early Saturday temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A federal judge has restricted the Elon Musk-led government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The order, issued early Saturday, halts access temporarily and demands the destruction of any downloaded information, saying there is risk of “irreparable harm.”
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NIH funding and jobs by state, institution and year - for talking to your Reps
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February 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NIH funding and jobs by state, institution and year - for talking to your Reps
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report.nih.gov/award/index....
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🚨 Revised request for scientist friends who want to do something to help 🚨
Help me find scientific professional societies with significant numbers of US members so I can approach them about a sign-on letter.
What societies are you a member of? Send me names, links, etc.
DMs open.
🧪🌎🦑
Help me find scientific professional societies with significant numbers of US members so I can approach them about a sign-on letter.
What societies are you a member of? Send me names, links, etc.
DMs open.
🧪🌎🦑
February 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 Revised request for scientist friends who want to do something to help 🚨
Help me find scientific professional societies with significant numbers of US members so I can approach them about a sign-on letter.
What societies are you a member of? Send me names, links, etc.
DMs open.
🧪🌎🦑
Help me find scientific professional societies with significant numbers of US members so I can approach them about a sign-on letter.
What societies are you a member of? Send me names, links, etc.
DMs open.
🧪🌎🦑
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government