Shimona Carvalho
@shimona.bsky.social
software engineer, photographer, traveler, immigrant. ex US Digital Service, ex-fitbit.
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The IRS surveyed people about Direct File, and the results must have been absolutely *glowing* because they're now refusing to release the results. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The IRS surveyed people about Direct File, and the results must have been absolutely *glowing* because they're now refusing to release the results. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
July 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to gut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to billionaires. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.
June 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to gut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to billionaires. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.
I guess I am "who the hell is Sabrina Carpenter" years old. 🤷🏽
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I guess I am "who the hell is Sabrina Carpenter" years old. 🤷🏽
There is not enough popcorn on this planet.
June 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There is not enough popcorn on this planet.
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Join us this Saturday, April 19, at Waterfront Park at 10AM for a day of conversation, community and resistance!
Around noon we will march to the Gaslamp District for a flyering action to raise awareness and foster community conversation.
#sandiego #fdt #protest #resistance #mobilize #SD
Around noon we will march to the Gaslamp District for a flyering action to raise awareness and foster community conversation.
#sandiego #fdt #protest #resistance #mobilize #SD
April 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
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For all of my fellow feds: I know you are exhausted, anxious, scared, confused, stressed and sad. Remember that you are the rock stars that keep our country running. All of this BA is by design & we CANNOT let them win. Hold the line. Step away when needed, but stay the course. 💗💗
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ALT: a black background with the words welcome to the sistar
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
For all of my fellow feds: I know you are exhausted, anxious, scared, confused, stressed and sad. Remember that you are the rock stars that keep our country running. All of this BA is by design & we CANNOT let them win. Hold the line. Step away when needed, but stay the course. 💗💗
Direct File is live and processing tax returns!
One of the most rewarding things I have delivered. And some incredible updates this year - half the states in the nation are eligible, and we support some data import of information IRS already has!
One of the most rewarding things I have delivered. And some incredible updates this year - half the states in the nation are eligible, and we support some data import of information IRS already has!
I've seen posts that Direct File, the free public tax preparation program, is "deleted," based on a Musk tweet.
Right now, Direct File is still live and still awesome: directfile.irs.gov
(It is so bad that an unelected person's tweet plausibly means a government program has ceased to exist.)
Right now, Direct File is still live and still awesome: directfile.irs.gov
(It is so bad that an unelected person's tweet plausibly means a government program has ceased to exist.)
directfile.irs.gov
February 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Direct File is live and processing tax returns!
One of the most rewarding things I have delivered. And some incredible updates this year - half the states in the nation are eligible, and we support some data import of information IRS already has!
One of the most rewarding things I have delivered. And some incredible updates this year - half the states in the nation are eligible, and we support some data import of information IRS already has!
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you can also try 5calls, which will get you your reps information and also provide you with information you can use to talk to them
5calls.org
5calls.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
you can also try 5calls, which will get you your reps information and also provide you with information you can use to talk to them
5calls.org
5calls.org
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Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
January 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
The stupidest thing about the "h1bs depress tech salaries" debate is that most h1bs go to tech jobs so if h1bs depress salaries, why are tech jobs the highest paid, most coveted jobs out there that everyone has been salivating to get into for the last decade?
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The stupidest thing about the "h1bs depress tech salaries" debate is that most h1bs go to tech jobs so if h1bs depress salaries, why are tech jobs the highest paid, most coveted jobs out there that everyone has been salivating to get into for the last decade?
January 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
January 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I thought the "young people love 2000s point and shoots" was fake news but I actually ran into a twenty something who pulled out a Kodak pixpro to shoot her friend!
January 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I thought the "young people love 2000s point and shoots" was fake news but I actually ran into a twenty something who pulled out a Kodak pixpro to shoot her friend!
January 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The old playbook is open again.
January 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The old playbook is open again.
A relative of mine told me who has her second ex-husband's name told me she didn't like it but was waiting to marry again to change it to her next husband's name. 🤯
All these husbands ditched all the kids with their names while she raised them.
Why are women's own names not important?
All these husbands ditched all the kids with their names while she raised them.
Why are women's own names not important?
January 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A relative of mine told me who has her second ex-husband's name told me she didn't like it but was waiting to marry again to change it to her next husband's name. 🤯
All these husbands ditched all the kids with their names while she raised them.
Why are women's own names not important?
All these husbands ditched all the kids with their names while she raised them.
Why are women's own names not important?
Instagram is the worst except for my algo, which somehow consistently serves me incredible gems like this dog eating ramen.
January 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Instagram is the worst except for my algo, which somehow consistently serves me incredible gems like this dog eating ramen.
My fave thing is takoyaki balls from the Korean store. I buy them so excited to enjoy them all week long and then eat all of them on the drive home like an ogre and get takoyaki dust all over my new car.
December 27, 2024 at 3:31 AM
My fave thing is takoyaki balls from the Korean store. I buy them so excited to enjoy them all week long and then eat all of them on the drive home like an ogre and get takoyaki dust all over my new car.
My husband bought a series of clothes that aren't my size as a Christmas gift and now I look like Mary Kate and Ashley circa their hobo chic years.
December 27, 2024 at 3:00 AM
My husband bought a series of clothes that aren't my size as a Christmas gift and now I look like Mary Kate and Ashley circa their hobo chic years.
December 26, 2024 at 4:12 AM