Rick Holgate
@rickholgate.bsky.social
Former Asst. Director/CIO & @ACTIAC executive committee member. Recovering engineer. Fond of fine food & drink. Dog rescuer. Philly guy in DC.
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Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government.
globalnews.ca/news/1126602...
globalnews.ca/news/1126602...
100K defy Hungary’s ban, march in Budapest Pride event - National | Globalnews.ca
Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history.
globalnews.ca
June 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government.
globalnews.ca/news/1126602...
globalnews.ca/news/1126602...
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"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in @upenn.edu's #PennToday on our recent @pnas.org article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...
Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s | Penn Today
New research led by Michael E. Mann links a surge in stalled jet stream events to human-driven climate change, with major implications for future heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.
penntoday.upenn.edu
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in @upenn.edu's #PennToday on our recent @pnas.org article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...
This pair out for a Mother’s Day brunch
May 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This pair out for a Mother’s Day brunch
Feels like a purple kind of day
April 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Feels like a purple kind of day
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Michael Lewis tells the story of a “government bureaucrat.” It’s long and complex, which may be part of the problem. But read it.
wapo.st/3Ft2hBe
wapo.st/3Ft2hBe
Opinion | The free-living bureaucrat
Michael Lewis on Heather Stone of the Food and Drug Administration.
wapo.st
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Michael Lewis tells the story of a “government bureaucrat.” It’s long and complex, which may be part of the problem. But read it.
wapo.st/3Ft2hBe
wapo.st/3Ft2hBe
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Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
February 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.
Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Second consecutive flight with the row to myself…must be doing something right 🤣
February 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Second consecutive flight with the row to myself…must be doing something right 🤣
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This is not good.
CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is not good.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Congrats @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social on the emphatic NFC championship win (sorry, @wshcommanders.bsky.social) … on to Super Bowl LIX!
January 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Congrats @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social on the emphatic NFC championship win (sorry, @wshcommanders.bsky.social) … on to Super Bowl LIX!
Way to make that way more dramatic than necessary, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social ... 😬
On to the @wshcommanders.bsky.social!
On to the @wshcommanders.bsky.social!
January 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Way to make that way more dramatic than necessary, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social ... 😬
On to the @wshcommanders.bsky.social!
On to the @wshcommanders.bsky.social!
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How did it take almost a day for me to find out that there's a new OK Go video?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)
YouTube video by OK Go
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
How did it take almost a day for me to find out that there's a new OK Go video?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
Moving on, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social!
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January 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Moving on, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social!
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Indeed!
December 26, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Indeed!
DC’s 10 Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2024 www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/19/d...
DC’s 10 Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2024 - Washingtonian
We said RIP too many times this year, Heck, this month (goodbye Convivial, Crisfield, and Virginia's Darling, among others). It's time to pay our respects. Almeda Petworth Almeda's 18 seat dining room...
www.washingtonian.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:21 PM
DC’s 10 Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2024 www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/19/d...