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hypoautonomic.bsky.social
The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.

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The Alt National Park Service account. 887 thousand followers. "The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service. Our Website: www.ourparks.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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sternbergh.bsky.social
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · Jun 5
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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rhjameson.bsky.social
Newsletter | FOIA Files

Case of the ‘Lost’ FOIA Requests

FOIA requests at numerous fed agencies were “lost” by a govt records contractor. Turns out, the “data failure” was linked to 2 convicted hackers who worked there
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com @jasonleopold.bsky.social
The Case of the ‘Lost’ FOIA Requests
FOIA requests at numerous federal agencies in February were “lost” by a government records contractor. It turns out, the “data failure” was linked to two convicted hackers who worked at the company.
www.bloomberg.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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wired.com
SCOOP: DOGE is getting audited.
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited
The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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muellershewrote.com
This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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April 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social
The real tech nerds from the Educational Technology office at the Federal department of education archived an entire history of their unit before being eliminated. They have copies of everything.
#academicsky
#blackacademicsky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
OET Archive
Office of Educational Technology Archive U.S. Department of Education 1995-2025 About this Archive The Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education was eliminated as part of ...
docs.google.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.
RIF PREPAREDNESS KIT Pre-RIF Planning • Calculate Your Benefits: Depending on your age and length of service, a RIF severance may be better than taking a VSIP, VERA or fork type offer. GRIF Severance Calculator "- Fact Sheet Severance Pay &Severance Pay Estimation Worksheet . Understand that you are entitled to getting all of your Annual Leave paid out, but not your Sick Leave or Time Off Awards 6 Step 1: Still Employed? Hoard These Before They Boot You Virtual G o Bag: For more in depth information visit this link but find some key highlights below • Unemploym ent Benefits (UI): File day one--delays burn your payout. Your duty station is the location/state where you will file for unemployment benefits d State Ul Directory . SF-50 (Separation Notice): Your VIP pass for UI, appeals, or jumping back into fed work. Bug HR or OPF now--don't wait for the pink slip. ◦ Pay Stubs (Last 18 Months): UI wants proof you're not blufing. Pul'em fromn mypay and send to a personal email/computer. • Official Personnel Folder (OPF): Your career's paper trail. Google how to download your entire OPF folder from OPE. All SF-50s are included in this folder. Tax & Leave Records: ₩-2s, final stub, unused leave balances-crucial for cash-outs or audits. For HHS employees hit up DFAS, or IRS. &- IRS Transcripts d Note: Change your settings back to physical mail delivery (from electronic) foryour W2 to an accessible physical address for a year down the road in case of any iss ues accessing your future 2025 W2 for the whatever time you are left working in the fed • Debt Ledger (Advanced Leave): Owe leave? Get this sorted pre-exit or kiss waivers goodbye. Ask your agency's HR. & OPM Debt Rules • TSP (Thrift Savings Plan): Withdrawal rules shift post-separation-_know 'em now. Call or check online " ISP: 1-877-968-3778 tsp.gov Apply for SNAP, Medicaid, and/or ACA as appropriate. • Ditch COBRA for ACA unless you'e loaded. • Rewrite your resume-fed jargon flops in private sector. Network a lot. • Consider joining Senate job fair meetings on the Hill on Tuesdays coordinated by Federal Workers Against Doge (look them up on instagram), First 45 Days: • Widen job hunt-fed hiring's frozen, but others in the private sectors are hiring - it has been most difficult in the humanitarian and foreign affairs space so you may need to be adaptable in that case and pivot your career for the time being & Civic Match • For health foIks d Join CMS Alumni group on Linkedin d- Reach out to Schedule F Consulting to put your resumne in their bank. • For education folks: d Open Edlucation Data, Research _ and Palicy Positions For intemational development folks: C Job Seekers _Job Opportunities for Int' Dey Professionals Other Resources • The following chart consists of organizations that are offering resources/support that may be useful to federal employees:
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
What is a book from the last three years that grabbed your heart and you wish would get Bigolas Dickolas-level viral success?
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: The plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act case before Judge Boarsberg have filed two declarations from deportees that were turned away by El Salvador and sent back to the US. This is in response to Trump saying they couldn't bring people back b/c they didn't have the fuel. 1/
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I have an additional two sources who have shared the same.
fpwellman.bsky.social Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Mar 24
🔥BREAKING NEWS: Two sources have told me that the Department of Veterans Affairs payroll system (VATAS) has been down since Friday. It is operating in 'Emergency Mode' only and will have to resort to straight time cards to get people their base pay on Friday.
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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democracydocket.com
BREAKING: Trump asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court's order requiring his administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers across multiple agencies.

Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Petition: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
March 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
LISTEN LIVE: DOJ asks the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to lift Judge Boasberg's temporary restraining order preventing the deportation—without due process—of Venezuelans accused of being members of the criminal gang Tren de Aragua. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DoT...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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mrs-frazzled.bsky.social
No, the Executive Order the media has done four rounds or fear-mongering with does not even give a directive to close it.

I’ve attached the draft here.

I don’t see anything we didn’t already know. Do you?
March 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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mrs-frazzled.bsky.social
For the millionth time: the media is saying, “Look over here at this shiny EO that’s coming!” While Trump has been working his tail off to chop the legs off of the Department and render it useless for months.

It’s death by a thousand paper cuts. Not EO!
March 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Beryl Howell is presiding over an emergency hearing on whether she should grant USIP's request for a temporary restraining order against DOGE.
Under Local Civil Rule 65.1(a), Plaintiffs, the United States Institute of Peace (the “Institute”) and the lawful members of the Institute’s Board of Directors, Ambassador John J. Sullivan, Judy Ansley, Joseph L. Falk, Kerry Kennedy, and Mary Swig, hereby move for a temporary restraining order and immediate administrative stay, for the reasons explained below, seeking the following relief: 1. An order immediately enjoining Defendants, or any other person acting in concert with Defendants, from: a. Committing further trespass against the real and personal property belonging to the Institute and its employees, contractors, agents, and other representatives; b. Maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute’s offices, facilities, computer systems, accounts, or any other records, files, or 1 resources, and from acting or purporting to act in the name of the Institute, and from using the Institute’s name, emblem, badge, seal and any other mark of recognition of the Institute until the Court has an opportunity to fully consider and decide upon the issues raised in this Complaint. 2. An order declaring that: a. Defendants’ purported removal of (i) the members of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (“the Institute” or “USIP”) who were duly appointed under 22 U.S.C. § 4605(b)(4), and (ii) the President of the Institute, are unlawful, null, and void, and without legal effect; b. The Institute’s Board members duly appointed under 22 U.S.C. § 4605(b)(4) and the Institute’s President may not be removed or in any way be treated as having been removed, or otherwise be obstructed from their ability to carry out their respective duties, absent express permission from the Court upon a finding that the action to remove them complies with the United States Institute of Peace Act, Pub. L. No. 98-525, tit. XVII, § 1701, 98 Stat. 2492, 2649 (1984), 22 U.S.C. § 4601-4611, as amended (“USIP Act”); As set forth in detail in the accompanying brief, the purported termination of the members of the Institute’s Board of Directors violates the United States Institute of Peace Act, and the purported removal of Institute President George Moose and appointment of Kenneth Jackson as the president of the Institute was ultra vires. Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury if Defendant Kenneth Jackson holds himself out as the President of the Institute and Defendants gain access or control over the Institute’s operations.
March 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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wired.com
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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nirvishah.bsky.social
While other units inside @usedgov.bsky.social lost more employees in absolute numbers, the Institute of Education Sciences lost the highest %age of employees — roughly 90 percent of its workforce — this week hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org
Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear
hechingerreport.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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nyclu.org
Protected political speech should not be a basis of punishment, and Title VI must be applied consistently with the First Amendment.

Our full statement:
NYCLU on Trump Admin Cancelling $400 Million of Funds to Columbia University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: NYCLU Media, 212-607-3360, media@nyclu.org NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, and U.S. General Services Administration announced the immediate cancellation of approximately $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: “This move is the latest escalation by the Trump administration to coerce colleges and universities into censoring student speech and advocacy that isn’t MAGA-approved, like criticizing Israel or supporting Palestinian rights. It is unconstitutional and unprecedented, but it is entirely consistent with Trump’s long-held desire to silence views with which he disagrees and clamp down on protest.” “Protected political speech should not be a basis of punishment, and Title VI must be applied consistently with the First Amendment. With little regard for the Constitution and case law, it is no surprise that the Trump administration prefers to see what it can get away with.”
March 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Trump plans to sign an executive order barring certain student loan borrowers from eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This popular federal program forgives a portion of student debt for individuals who work in government or qualifying nonprofit jobs for ten years.
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to access a vast database containing earnings information for nearly all U.S. workers. This database is maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is primarily used for child support enforcement.
March 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: @votegloriaj.bsky.social reacts to Bo Watson’s cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passing committee 5-4

She says folks need to come to the Capitol to stop this before it overturns PLYLER AT SCOTUS.

Should be a national story.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG3GxSD...
March 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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busbyj2.bsky.social
I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Alito, in a dissent joined by Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Thomas, says he is “stunned” by the majority’s decision.
March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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kim4thebabies.bsky.social
THIS ‼️
March 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM