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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 15/06/2025

How is it that every single protester making a slight nuisance makes wall to wall media coverage for a week but not a peep about this?

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PRESS RELEASE
June 14, 2025
Utah 50501 Statement Regarding Shooting at No Kings Protest
The Utah50501 community is in mourning tonight after a protestor was shot and killed at the Salt Lake City No Kings protest and march. Our love and deepest sympathies go out to the victim's family following this senseless tragedy. He was an innocent, peaceful protestor who came out to make his voice heard as he stood up for our rights when our country needed him most.
We are grateful to the SLC first responders and our safety team at the event for their quick response to the shooting, for apprehending the suspect before he could injure more people, and for helping get the protestors to safely clear the area. We condemn the shooter and all violence directed at our peaceful community members in the strongest possible terms.
Thank you to everyone in our community who looked out for one another and made sure so many people got home safely tonight.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jonathan Joss was a native man killed for being gay, while mourning the loss of his home and dog, and his last act was to push his husband out of harms way. This should not be hidden behind vague headlines.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.

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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 01/06/2025

🦬 #DOI #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 | Legendary public lands photographer, Bob Wick, recognized how hard it was to be out during the beginning of his career with the BLM, 35 years ago. He retired in 2021, thankful that many LGBTQIA+ folks have since joined the agency and can be proud of who they are. 1/2

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Longtime BLM photographer Bob Wick retires, amazing work lives on | Bureau of Land Management

For over three decades, BLM photographer Bob Wick captured the beauty and diversity of America’s public lands through thousands of images, depicting remote places on BLM lands that few people are luck...

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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 21/05/2025

HUGE THANKS to @senjeffmerkley.bsky.social for calling out Interior Sec Burgum for his short-sighted view of public lands. 🙌🙌🙌 Burgum appeared in front of the Senate budget committee today to defend massive funding cuts for #publiclands like national parks.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Some NPS field crews started their season this week. Young scientists just moved to new towns and are attending trainings for work they are currently not allowed to do, for jobs they will most likely loose next week. How can we manage land without the data to tell us what is happening? Public lands.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion. Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts. And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B. We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 22/03/2025

Posted 21 days ago, I should re-post; comment period ends March 27. The Federal Register does rely on well-considered public comments. There’s a guide to “effective”comments online: www.regulations.gov/commenting-g... @altfws.altgov.info did anyone ever step up to lead on this?

How to Make Your Comments Effective
Effective public comments often have one or more of the following characteristics:
(1) an introduction where you explain why you are interested in the regulation and highlight any experience with the subject of the rule that may distinguish your comment;
(2) a background section where you clearly identify the relevant part of the regulation you are commenting on;
(3) analysis that lays out your argument and evidence (including with clear citations to any helpful research) —for example, how the action impacts you and what you care about; whether the agency anticipated or estimated these impacts correctly; any unintended consequences of this approach that the agency did not consider; and what additional details from the agency would help you better understand the action;
(4) recommendations describing your suggestions to the agency and identifying specific changes you would advise-for example, providing a different way of addressing the problem the agency may not have considered; and
(5) a conclusion which recaps your main argument and lists your recommendations again.

For each of the above groups, a useful comment might look different.
Private Individuals:
Comments that reflect the perspective of individual persons are valuable in several ways: 1) they have the potential to show the agency unique situations that it has not yet contemplated in its evaluation of the policy; 2) the individual can then explain how that unique situation will impact their own behavior in response to the proposed policy change; and 3) they can express judgments on the policy that speak to their general opinion of whether the agency is heading in the right direction.
However, simply stating that you support or oppose a policy is not as persuasive as explaining how the policy would positively or negatively affect your specific situation. Even when agencies receive hundreds or thousands of comments opposing or supporting a policy, if those comments simply state preferences without providing relevant information or evidence, they are less likely to affect agency decision-making. Similarly, multiple identical comments are not likely to be more persuasive than if the comment had been sent only once.
Groups and Associations:
Groups and associations can aggregate the concerns and experiences of their members to paint a broader picture of the potential impacts of the proposed policy. They can direct agencies to public data sources to help them better analyze the costs and benefits of their actions of provide their own data. These groups can also make value-based arguments on behalf of their members.
These groups also play an important role in making sure their members and those they advocate on behalf of are aware of a potential policy change. Many individual commenters may only have known that there was an opportunity to comment on a rule because a group or association notified them and encouraged them to share their experience.

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 20/03/2025

One block away from my house. Wish I could have been there. *admittedly she got torn apart in Laramie, which did NOT vote for Trump. In the districts surrounding the LPCC encompassing the city of Laramie, it went 56-43 for Kamala

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

seattletimes.com

I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle

“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Judge Alsup working hard on a Saturday to restore our positions and undo the wrongs. May his egg yolks never crack, may he never lock himself out of his house or car, and may his bookmarks never fall from the pages.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

You know who took over my job duties? No one. My supervisor has been trying to figure out if a university collaborator could hire me so I could do the grant obligated work I was hired to do. We have land managers and researchers waiting for our outputs but there is no one to take over.

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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 14/03/2025

🦬 I am personally doing three different peoples' jobs because of these cuts. Fuck you and your "reassigned duties." #DOIResists

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Since we have never received any real information from them, just hastily drawn up form letters, I don’t think that’s the biggest concern right now

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AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info · 14/03/2025

🦬 In defiance of Judge Alsup's order, both the USDA and DOI are claiming that reinstating fired probationary employees will "impose substantial burdens on the Department, cause significant confusion, and potentially subject terminated individuals to conflicting...information."

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Wow. Rep. Chuck Edwards is getting torn apart at a town hall in Asheville, NC. “I’m a veteran & you don’t give a fuck about me. You don’t get to do this to us!” Edwards orders veteran to be thrown out. We’re approaching a tipping point now. Anger across the country is going to boil over soon.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Good news for many, myself included, but… USDA was supposed to have reinstated everyone yesterday and my fired Forest Service friends have yet to hear a single word about it. Their supervisors haven’t heard. I’ll celebrate when I’m back at my desk

reuters.com

US judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers

A California federal judge on Thursday ordered six U.S. agencies to reinstate thousands of recently-hired employees who were fired as part of President Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@bennet.senate.gov My fellow Feds and I did not leave this webinar with confidence that you’re fighting for us, we need to see you vote no to the CR and the cabinet picks. Show us you mean it.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@captmarkkelly.bsky.social your dc, Tucson and Phoenix voicemail are all apparently full but my cohort of current and fired Feds in Arizona want you to know that they support a shutdown. Budgets should be crafted in good faith, and the republicans using the pressure of a deadline to pass this sucks

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 12/03/2025

One of the best and highest uses of a government is to provide goods that are uneconomical to be produced locally but have massive surplus if produced at all. Particularly notable examples include: * disease and weather forecasting * basic science, esp in energy/health * natural disaster insurance

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My coworkers have been warned that their personal social media is being monitored to ensure they are not posting from gov property or on gov time. Clearly no one with DOGE or the Trump administration has the same ethical guidelines as science staff

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Anathema 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @anathemaweatherwax.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

People talking about regular federal workers getting rich off their employment is hilarious. We are not even allowed to use office fund to buy coffee. Every holiday party we’ve had is potluck with no booze. We don’t get a uniform allowance and our boss once authorized us to purchase shirts with the…

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Elon told him it’s just like driving a golf cart

Meme from the movie clueless with the text “you’re a fascist who can’t drive”

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Was also not impressed by the milquetoast form letter I got from Hickenlooper when I emailed about the attack on science and Feds, as a fired fed scientist. Can’t find him on Bluesky so maybe @bennet.senate.gov can pass on the message that his constituents want to see an actual stance

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My coworkers and I are having a watch party, hope we hear about actual tangible actions being taken to restore my position and protect theirs… we are not impressed with representatives who voted in the disastrous and largely unqualified cabinet picks

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

BLM is the least glamorous land management agency and the one I’ve been most proud to serve. These folks constantly work to balance the conflicting interest of so many users with the least number of employees per acre. This land provides hunting, fishing, hiking, grazing, energy production, and more

A young woman jumping in front of a sign for the Interagency Office of the Lassen National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Office

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

One of my USGS colleagues is working unpaid overtime, because he cannot get paid while working from home, to make sure a data product becomes available to the public before the looming government shutdown while knowing he could lose his job at anytime. Public servants working to serve the public.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Did you know you can call the Department of the Interior, at 202-208-3100, and demand that they reinstate their illegally fired employees? Do it today! We have heard nothing from within DOI, but other agencies are making it right. I have been working for or with DOI since 2014

Photo from 2014. A young woman in a park service uniform is wearing blue nitrile gloves and an herbicide spray pack, posing with large herbaceous plants in a moraine park within Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Please be aware.. When you say “we are going to make it through this”, many actually WON’T. Honor them. Honor us.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Almost exactly a decade ago I drove to Death Valley to experience the blessing of a Mojave storm in a field of flowers. Many people see the Mojave as sparse, barren, but it’s full of life waiting for the opportune moment to spring forth and grow.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Almost all science will seem wasteful if you believe that profit indicates worth. Ecology doesn’t generate wealth for the scientists, but it does save money and resources by improving our land health and management practices. It’s a service provided for the society we live in.

A dead hawk moth impaled on a Joshua Tree leaf, likely placed there by a shrike, against a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Opt out tomorrow!

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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones. + similar in the Department of the Interior

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I’ve always had a hard time just throwing away my retired field clothes. These garments served me so well through so much; they feel imbued with big sky and dusty days. Joy and power and hard work. I’m repurposing these pants into patches to share with my fellow fired Feds.

A photo showing part of a brown canvas pant leg with two fresh prints. The prints are in black ink and feature the phrase “fired fed club” in a sky with a disco ball moon. The silhouette of a coyote stands on a rock howling at the disco ball, with a Joshua tree and yucca at his back. The pink carved relief block and a brayer are also in frame.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A reminder that Elon Musk's corporations were promised $3 billion across nearly 100 different contracts last year with 17 federal agencies. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Non-elected President, Senator and Representative, His Majesty Elon Musk sent an email to all fed employees asking them to respond with what they did last week, stating failure to reply by a deadline will be taken as a resignation. Here is a statement from the AFGE President in response.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Elon is demanding Feds respond with a list of their work last week, and failure will considered a resignation. What about field techs who don’t have a work computer? People who don’t work Mondays? People on leave, or out sick? This isn’t a policy being executed in good faith, it’s another scam

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Prints and fabric patches incoming for my fellow club members

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Dirt doc, PhD @firedfed-art.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Starting to apply for jobs, one week after being illegally fired, and it’s just making me angrier than ever. It’s likely that I can find something but that just means bumping the earliest career folks off the ladder with my big degree. And really I just want my fucking job back.

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 21/02/2025

Public lands are one of the few remaining great equalizers of America’s increasingly ultra-wealthy-centric economy. This would be the death knell for hunting and fishing access, for hiking, cycling, and other forms of rec. It would be a great betrayal of our obligation as stewards of that land

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