Jenn Baker
@shadowsedge.bsky.social
Writer, reader, crafter, anxious introvert. Quietly subversive and petty.
Candy wrappers are still on point 🍬🍭🍫
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Candy wrappers are still on point 🍬🍭🍫
My chocolate wrappers have been right on point recently
July 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My chocolate wrappers have been right on point recently
I survived tax season and another year of Faire so I treated myself to a concert by one of my favorite bands, @verticalhorizontal.bsky.social. almost as close as I was when I saw them at the Wildflower Festival years ago.
April 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I survived tax season and another year of Faire so I treated myself to a concert by one of my favorite bands, @verticalhorizontal.bsky.social. almost as close as I was when I saw them at the Wildflower Festival years ago.
Reduction in Force (RIF) notice for the IRS just went out. First phase of many is starting now.
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reduction in Force (RIF) notice for the IRS just went out. First phase of many is starting now.
Soooo... Oregon is playing the live action reboot of Oregon Trail now.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Dysentery is on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know.
Health experts say the rise of cases in the Portland area is linked to homelessness.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Soooo... Oregon is playing the live action reboot of Oregon Trail now.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
well, I'm supposed to return to office next week.... but I don't have an office assignment and my team is spread across the country. According to the email we received, they're planning to consolidate as many teams as possible in the same location asap. my job is probably on the cutting block.
March 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
well, I'm supposed to return to office next week.... but I don't have an office assignment and my team is spread across the country. According to the email we received, they're planning to consolidate as many teams as possible in the same location asap. my job is probably on the cutting block.
Reposted by Jenn Baker
The Privacy Acr of 1974, states that the IRS (or any Fed Agency) must inform employees the reasons why they are requesting information, how it will be used, and what could happen if they don't provide it.
February 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The Privacy Acr of 1974, states that the IRS (or any Fed Agency) must inform employees the reasons why they are requesting information, how it will be used, and what could happen if they don't provide it.
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Ok, so IRS got the 5 bullet points, justify your job, email. Our Union NTEU is saying to not respond at this point until National NTEU has a chance to assess the implications of responding.
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February 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ok, so IRS got the 5 bullet points, justify your job, email. Our Union NTEU is saying to not respond at this point until National NTEU has a chance to assess the implications of responding.
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“[T]hey may have drunk their own Kool-Aid in terms of believing that there is this kind of censorship industrial complex ... I’m not sure that they fully understand who everybody is and what they do.” - @brennancenter.bsky.social's Lawrence Norden
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to…
nyti.ms
February 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“[T]hey may have drunk their own Kool-Aid in terms of believing that there is this kind of censorship industrial complex ... I’m not sure that they fully understand who everybody is and what they do.” - @brennancenter.bsky.social's Lawrence Norden
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US federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of President Donald Trump's remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters reut.rs/3EOubYc
Federal workers were fired 'for performance.' Their records say otherwise
Federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
February 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
US federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of President Donald Trump's remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters reut.rs/3EOubYc
These are generally cards that employees use to pay for work related travel expenses....
NEW: DOGE put a $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards. Employees say overspending and fraud in the program was exceedingly rare. www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they'll roll out to most of the federal government, sources say.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
These are generally cards that employees use to pay for work related travel expenses....
Some federal employees aren't currently doing in-person protests - we're doing our jobs or because in this chaos it may increase our chances of being fired. What happens when we don't have jobs to worry about any more? I know I can be petty, spiteful, and malicious if I have nothing to lose.
February 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some federal employees aren't currently doing in-person protests - we're doing our jobs or because in this chaos it may increase our chances of being fired. What happens when we don't have jobs to worry about any more? I know I can be petty, spiteful, and malicious if I have nothing to lose.
@alt-irs.bsky.social
An entire CSR class was just fired while in their OJI period. They had been training for almost 3 months to answer refund calls.
An entire CSR class was just fired while in their OJI period. They had been training for almost 3 months to answer refund calls.
February 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@alt-irs.bsky.social
An entire CSR class was just fired while in their OJI period. They had been training for almost 3 months to answer refund calls.
An entire CSR class was just fired while in their OJI period. They had been training for almost 3 months to answer refund calls.
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🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
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Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
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Since Elon’s shitty AI and a handful of teenagers are running things, it seems as though people have been put in the Fork resignation program that didn’t sign up for it. DO NOT VALIDATE RESIGNATION. See below:
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Since Elon’s shitty AI and a handful of teenagers are running things, it seems as though people have been put in the Fork resignation program that didn’t sign up for it. DO NOT VALIDATE RESIGNATION. See below:
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IRS employees are closely monitored when using that sensitive IDRS system. Having a rando DOGE asshat, access this information is a massive failure in protecting Taxpayers. Of course this is a violation of Federal Law. Law is slower than the DOGE idiots.
February 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This
IRS employees can get fired or go to jail for looking at taxpayer data that's not directly related to their job duties. There's no way DOGE should be getting more access than people who have been background checked to look at it only as needed.
🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨
Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
IRS employees can get fired or go to jail for looking at taxpayer data that's not directly related to their job duties. There's no way DOGE should be getting more access than people who have been background checked to look at it only as needed.
Timeline cleanse
Left - adult Bear 2025
Right - baby Bear 2020
Left - adult Bear 2025
Right - baby Bear 2020
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Timeline cleanse
Left - adult Bear 2025
Right - baby Bear 2020
Left - adult Bear 2025
Right - baby Bear 2020
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This is what is happening right now with the Fed Workers. We are all scared, yo!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Federal workers were responding with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration’s latest effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay o...
apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is what is happening right now with the Fed Workers. We are all scared, yo!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
You may know that probationary employees across many gvmt agencies have been let go. These employees have less than a year of experience. They are often high turnover positions(CSRs, etc). CSRs at my agency take 3 months to train. And we can't hire.
So if you can't get a person on the phone....
So if you can't get a person on the phone....
February 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You may know that probationary employees across many gvmt agencies have been let go. These employees have less than a year of experience. They are often high turnover positions(CSRs, etc). CSRs at my agency take 3 months to train. And we can't hire.
So if you can't get a person on the phone....
So if you can't get a person on the phone....
I really need cute animals and happy things right now.
February 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I really need cute animals and happy things right now.