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Gen X. Anti-drama. Still a U.S. federal worker but enduring mistreatment by the regime. Pro-union!

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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 6h
And he is a million times smarter than his opponent
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h
Women showed up to protest against Cornell and the sexist policies and norms it represents. #IAMJANEDOE Washington, D.C.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I just want to look at snapshots of Jack Smith from yesterday's Power to the People rally all day
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/10/2026
St Louis and Philadelphia's city councils just became the first to officially endorse the Starbucks Boycott. Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in history, and it's time we ALL push back against corporate greed. ✊
8 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members smile and hold signs and banners saying "BOYCOTT STARBUCKS"7 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members pose with fists up inside the St Louis capital. They hold signs that say BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Always be impeaching. ALWAYS be impeaching.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Horrifying
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks to you and the whole collective of good people who contributed. Appreciate you all! 💙
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm so glad @matthenry.fyi put out an open letter about saving USWDS. Thank you! And that @fedscoop.bsky.social picked it up! Please add your name to the letter (link in the article) if you want to save USWDS from AI takeover ✊🏻 fedscoop.com/websites-jeo...
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Websites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSA
The letter comes after administration officials changed leadership for the system, implemented new AI tooling, and shut out members of an open-source community.
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WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @wtfjht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💡 Do something: A normal person's guide to civic action. whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/do-something/
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Do Something: A Normal Person’s Guide to Civic Action
A practical guide to having your voice heard, engaging your community, and driving change through civic action.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for the letter and petition! I'm honored to sign it.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t want to laugh at Elon Musk. I want to see him spend the rest of his life in jail for the unprecedented crime against the Constitution & the rule of law that was DOGE.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Alert the regime! 💡 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
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We Must Create the Shit Machine
“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there were a COMPUTER that could A...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump apparently hasn't heard about the economic golden age he proclaimed. He says that we can't give pay raises to federal employees because of economic conditions federalnewsnetwork.com/pay-benefits...
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Trump officially plans for civilian federal pay freeze in 2027 | Federal News Network
The alternative pay plan that the White House issued this week carves out exceptions to give larger raises to federal law enforcement and military personnel.
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PacifistCell @peacefulbrevard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did you forget about 5 Calls? Yes, they have a new midterm-specific program. Find out more and sign up here for 5 minutes a week to save democracy: 5calls.org/midterms/
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5 Minute Midterms ⭑ 5 Calls
Five minutes a week. Protect your vote.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's an instance in one of the lower sections
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I shared your great doc with colleagues and one found a critical error. It's not Ryan PALMER (who is lovely) who has been appointed by Corcos to lead USWDS. It's Ryan PARKER. Completely different Ryan. Possible to change?
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyway, thank you for the excellent actions doc. I will take action and share! And Mike Lynch, deputy administrator at GSA, might be another person to include in any pressure or inquiries. He seems to have more awareness and passion about tech stuff than Forst does.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am very angry and concerned! Agree that USWDS is a treasure. I've been using it for 7+ years since we added it to my agency flagship site. Everything will get worse without it. F DOGE
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Agree. NDS has no qualified designers but they are so dumb they don't realize they need them. Their products IMO are poor. I'm so mad and frustrated. But I know it's all beyond my control so, for sanity, I'm just getting my popcorn ready to watch what happens and how it all plays out.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a tech civil servant I'm a fan and user of USWDS, and am furious about this. I'm glad it's been backed up. We'll have a lot of rebuilding to do, hopefully sooner than later. P.S. At the office I sit near the DOGE person responsible for this travesty.
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/09/2026
The US Web Design System is load-bearing infrastructure for thousands of government websites. It makes it easy for small teams with no resources (i.e. most .gov teams) to make usable, accessible websites that work for everyone. Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am beyond furious that they (new TTS leadership from DOGE) pushed out the last USWDS civil servant and took it over. No one who will work on it knows the value (or magic) of USWDS, or how to use it, or even what a design system is. 🤬
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Her family also raised a shit ton of money to create America First Legal to sue others. Her husband has helped weaponize the DOJ to sue others. Using the legal system to intimidate and threaten people or force them to adopt MAGA views is a core tactic of these people.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Can identify with this 😅 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why...
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Why We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person
“I didn’t think a full, six-day-per-week, fourteen-hour-per-day, in-office schedule was necessary to discharge my duties clicking the ‘generate’ button, foll...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
anyway i think DC statehood is a non negotiable. only way to give DC residents the tools to protect themselves.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I like @markhamillofficial.bsky.social too, @timothysnyder.bsky.social! Thanks to your "Thinking about …" newsletter I've donated to help99.co (NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade) and plan to stay involved. snyder.substack.com/p/why-i-like...
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Why I Like Mark Hamill
He’s there for you in the bomb shelter
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Get him, Joe! Good work
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My new-to-me (but old) office building. Can confirm. www.wired.com/story/mice-a...
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Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Texas GOP has a plan for victory in the midterm elections: it will decide who can vote and who can't. It's pretty simple. bsky.app/profile/proj...
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Boycott Starbucks. The workers deserve a union! ✊🏻
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
There are a lot of evil shits in this administration, but this gormless ghoul is right up there at the top. I hope @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have a Project 2025-sized playbook of investigations and inquiries into what he's been up to, because I bet we only know a fraction of his fuckery
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Eli Savit @esavit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Supreme Court just allowed the Trump Administration to move forward with plans to restrict mail-in voting. Fights remain. Democratic AGs will continue leading them. But make a backup plan to vote now. And in November, remember who’s trying to take so much away from you.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
All Creatures Great and Small (recent remake on PBS Masterpiece) is a balm
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Not related but the first thing that came to mind when I saw this was Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This type of thing is why I ditched iPhone many years ago and never looked back. Inconsistent UX. I prefer my Pixel
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Brilliant
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"The center's Trump-aligned staff left up a massive tarp that prevents the public from seeing the sign without Trump's name." can you believe this tarp has been up for two months- TWO MONTHS- to protect trump's ego from seeing the space where his name was torn off the building. good grief.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If memory serves there are some great secondhand shops in Carbondale, right down the road from Aspen
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/08/2026
The complaints cite a ProPublica report detailing how CBS and Paramount have for years given FCC commissioners luxury gala tickets, which the commissioners accepted even as the FCC was reviewing or about to review major Paramount business decisions.
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FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about…
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Agree 💯
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Things are about to get weird here. Better double check.
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I ordered one from Schuler and think it *might* be in that stack in this photo, if that stack is now in the mail, because I got a notification. If that's the stack for holding at the counter for local pick-up, then mine is in another stack, not pictured. Regardless, I'm excited!
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I hide lychees @heidileech.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is enraging
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City of Spokane @spokanecity.org · 02/08/2026
As the Spokane community continues to face the devastating impacts of local wildfires, you can help your neighbors. We will continue to update this thread with more opportunities to help!
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