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What leadership looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Working for the National Park Service has been a dream job for me for a long time, but I've never had the qualifications - I can't imagine having that job and losing it
All because
Of fucking
Elon
A collage of photos of a man named Brian Gibbs who was a National Park Service Ranger, with his son and one with his son and wife in various national park settings. The primary top photo shows him next to the Effigy Mounds National Monument park sign. Post from Brian Gibbs: "I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated to have lost my dream job of an Education Park Ranger with the National Park Service this Valentine’s Day. Access to my goverment email was denied mid-afternoon and my position was ripped out from out under my feet after my shift was over at 3:45pm on a cold snowy Friday. Addittionally, before I could fully print off my government records , I was also locked out of my electronic personal file that contained my secure professional records. Please know and share this truth widely: I am a father, a loving husband, and dedicated civil servant. I am an oath of office to defend and protect the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. I am a work evaluation that reads “exceeds expectations." I am the "fat on the bone." I am being trimmed as a consequence of the popular vote I am a United States flag raiser and folder I am my son's "Junior Ranger" idol I am of the place where I first told my spouse I loved her I am a college kid’s dream job I am the smiling face that greets you at the front door I am your family vacation planner I am a voice for 19 American Indian cultures I am the protector of 2500 year old American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds I am the defender of your public lands and waters I am the motivation to make it up the hill I am a generational cycle breaker I am the toilet scrubber and soap dispenser I am the open trail hiked by people from all walks of life I am the highlight of your child’s school day I am the band aid for a skinned knee" (cont'd in next picture) (cont'd from previous pic) "I am the lesson that showed your children that we live in a world of gifts- not commodities, that gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear. I am the one who taught your kid the thrush’s song and the hawk’s cry. I am the wildflower that brought your student joy I am the one who told your child that they belong on this planet. That their unique gifts and existence matters. I am an invocation for peace I am gone from the office I am the resistance But mostly I'm just tired. I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionaires I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family if I lose my job I am tired of wiping away my wife’s tears and reassuring her that things will be ok for us and our growing little family that she's carrying. Things are not ok. I am not ok. (This is the second time in under five years a dream job I worked has been eliminated. Now I may need to uproot my FAMILY again.) Stay present, don't avert your gaze. Until our paths cross down the trail, Fare thee well. Ranger Brian💚"
February 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.

They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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January 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM