Liz Keppeler
@lizardlegzz.bsky.social
nature enthusiast, hydrologist, swimmer, lifeguard, Sinkyone camp host, VW Vanagon adventurer, KNYO DJ, crafter, gardener, Mendocino Coast
continued: Forest Service staff w/ expertise & passion to solve forest management problems affecting you whether you live in a wildfire prone area or depend on a water supply that routes from your national forests are being recklessly and cruelly discarded. I'm Still Standing!
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
continued: Forest Service staff w/ expertise & passion to solve forest management problems affecting you whether you live in a wildfire prone area or depend on a water supply that routes from your national forests are being recklessly and cruelly discarded. I'm Still Standing!
Looks like Forest Service research will lose ~ 1/3 of its staff as a result of the Deferred Resignation 2 blackmail. We were presented with the difficult choice of taking the resignation and 4 mos of continued pay or declining the offer and accepting the uncertain, but probable risk of layoff. more:
April 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looks like Forest Service research will lose ~ 1/3 of its staff as a result of the Deferred Resignation 2 blackmail. We were presented with the difficult choice of taking the resignation and 4 mos of continued pay or declining the offer and accepting the uncertain, but probable risk of layoff. more:
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Can you be fired if you don't respond to Elon's latest email? federalworkerrights.com/2025/02/22/c...
Can you be fired if you don’t respond to Elon’s latest email?
Earlier today–on a Saturday afternoon–federal government employees received an email instructing them to “reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last …
federalworkerrights.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Can you be fired if you don't respond to Elon's latest email? federalworkerrights.com/2025/02/22/c...
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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
February 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Every federal employee contemplating Fork in the road offer needs to listen to this: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Lawfare Daily: The Legality of OPM's "Deferred Resignations”
Discussing the "Fork in the Road" email.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every federal employee contemplating Fork in the road offer needs to listen to this: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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Turns out the person we all need in this moment is...an administrative law prof who also has a PhD in political science. More A+ content from @nicholasbednar.bsky.social (with runner-up points to @qjurecic.bsky.social for the phrase "Rumsfeld-ian deluge") www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Lawfare Daily: The Legality of OPM's "Deferred Resignations”
Discussing the "Fork in the Road" email.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Turns out the person we all need in this moment is...an administrative law prof who also has a PhD in political science. More A+ content from @nicholasbednar.bsky.social (with runner-up points to @qjurecic.bsky.social for the phrase "Rumsfeld-ian deluge") www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
By way of introduction Part 2: Hydrology "because the water tastes funny when you are far from your home but it's only the thirsty who hunger to roam" (and BTW: I'm a huge John Prine fan)
January 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
By way of introduction Part 2: Hydrology "because the water tastes funny when you are far from your home but it's only the thirsty who hunger to roam" (and BTW: I'm a huge John Prine fan)
By way of introduction Part 1: I have visited about 35 National Parks-- I've rafted and hiked the Grand Canyon and spent weeks and months in the Yosemite high country.
January 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
By way of introduction Part 1: I have visited about 35 National Parks-- I've rafted and hiked the Grand Canyon and spent weeks and months in the Yosemite high country.