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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Center for American Progress is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. CAP's Disability Justice Initiative is looking for disabled people willing to share about the accessibility of their voting experiences via a brief Zoom or written interview. Link below.

my1.americanprogress.org

Share Your Voting Story

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

if you've known me for long, you know I'm a huge admirer (& friend) of Dana Chisnell. she knows her sh*t on the subject of voting - & @monteiro.bsky.social knows his zines & provocations. they made this for you to print & share widely (I helped review); so please do print & share widely!!

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MIT Election Lab @mitelectionlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's National Poll Worker Recruitment Day! Poll workers provide essential support to election officials to ensure voters can make their voices heard. The Election Resource Hub includes vetted research and tips on encouraging poll worker recruitment and retention—check it out: buff.ly/aMUB430

electionresourcehub.org

Resources | MEDSL Election Resource Hub

Use our resource library to explore the latest research in the field of election science.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

just watched a presentation by a guy who is using an algorithm to track humpback whale movements so that this can be used to lobby shipping companies to alter route timings to lessen danger to them and this is the kind of AI I'm into

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 30/06/2026

Pride started as an act of protest, but Pride is also a celebration.🏳️‍🌈 Pride doesn't end in June — we must continue to celebrate Pride and be joyful in the face of uncertainty and fear. Joy is an act of resistance. Especially in moments designed to create fear, joy becomes its own form of defiance.

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Romancing the Vote fundraiser auction is back! This year it’s supporting Vote Riders and The Southern Coalition for Social Justice. I won a curated reading list from the ladies of the Smut Report in 2024, and it was so fun. Get over there and check out all of the great items up for auction.

32auctions.com

Romancing the Vote 2026

Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Thank you, Fulton County for fighting the DOJ subpoena! Exposing thousands of poll workers' personal info will make them fear for their safety and drive them away. Many are seniors serving their community. Elections in this country run on volunteers. Don't destroy that.

thehill.com

Fulton County pushes back on DOJ effort to obtain election workers’ names

Election officials in Fulton County, Ga., are asking a federal judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from obtaining the identities of thousands of individuals who worked on the 2020 election.…

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

Excerpt from the book How Democracies Die.

"America's democratic norms, then, were born in a context of exclusion. As long as the political community was restricted largely to whites, Democrats and Republicans had much in common. Neither party was likely to view the other as an existential threat. The process of racial inclusion that began after World War II and culminated in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act would, at long last, fully democratization the United States. But it would also polarized it, posing the greatest challenge to established forms of mutual tolerating and forbearance since Reconstruction."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Our team at @usdigitalresponse.org is hiring a Product Design Lead! Come work on the Elections team at USDR, I love the people I work with. This role will shape the user experience of tools that support resource-limited election officials in running secure, efficient elections.

us-digital-response.breezy.hr

Product Design Lead, Elections at U.S. Digital Response

About U.S. Digital Response U.S. Digital Response (USDR) works alongside state, local, and tribal governments to modernize how they deliver digital services and better meet the public's needs. We envi...

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 28/11/2025

I made a bot that will post "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," clip by clip, between now and Christmas Eve. That's 12–13 clips daily, 24/7, just so you know what you'd be getting into. (Clips will auto-delete a few days after being posted.) It starts now.

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U.S. Digital Response @usdigitalresponse.org · 04/11/2025

🏆 Join us Dec 2 for the Digital Service Champions Awards! Celebrating government teams & civic tech champions transforming how digital services meet community needs. Free virtual event, 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET RSVP: usdigitalresponse-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #CivicTech #GovTech #DigitalGovernment

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The frogs are very loud today. Distractingly loud.

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U.S. Digital Response @usdigitalresponse.org · 09/09/2025

🏆 The 2025 Digital Service Champions Awards are accepting nominations! We're celebrating government teams & civic tech individuals modernizing digital services. Know someone who: Built solutions helping multiple jurisdictions? Delivered impact at lightning speed? Innovated despite constraints?

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U.S. Digital Response @usdigitalresponse.org · 09/09/2025

It's time to recognize those making government work better for everyone. 🚀 Nominations open: Now - Oct 7 Government Awards: usdr.link/champions-go... Individual Awards: usdr.link/champions-in... #CivicTech #GovTech

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Keliente.4915 @call-me-ali.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

#fedworkers share your story! The Federal Employees & Contractors Oral History Project is officially underway: www.oah.org/fecohp/ Red or blue, RIF'd or still working, they want to hear from you and preserve your stories & experiences.

oah.org

OAH | Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project (FECOHP)OAH | Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project (FECOHP)

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 14/07/2025

Yeah, a lot of the time I feel like AI boosters are people who think they loved Hitchhikers Guide but didn’t get the joke

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MIT Election Lab @mitelectionlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Good morning, election data nerds! Here's a Monday morning present for you: we've finished updating our county-level presidential election results dataset to include 2024. The full dataset (covering 2000-2024) is now available on our Dataverse: buff.ly/eUGYc1h

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

In the Cupertino area for the weekend and it’s becoming a tour of me evangelizing how great the world outside Silicon Valley is. More importantly, the haunted Toys “R” Us i used to drive past is now an REI and I must know of there are new stories of strangeness. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

sfgate.com

Bay Area's infamous haunted Toys R Us finally gets new tenant

Since the '70s, the haunted Toys R Us has been one of the Bay Area's most popular ghost...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/06/2025

I’m doing history content on YouTube. This is my latest video! Like and subscribe if you want to see more! And what should I tackle next? I am thinking of doing a video on the varieties of antislavery in antebellum America. Maybe also the 3/5ths Compromise?

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Many years ago, my husband had a big Siri oops: Me: got dinner, heading home Him: you stupid b**** (He was trying to use Siri to reply, but she kept saying she didn't understand. When he cursed at her, that's when she replied. Thankfully, I realized this right away.) Today we have another one.

A screenshot of a text message thread between a husband and wife.
Him: Need anything else picked up on my way home?
Her: Just the Walgreens if you can, the link is above and it’s also in email with a list of the tiers
Him: Blah blah, blah, blah, blah blah blah blah blah
Him: Supposed to be bananas
Her: oooooh hahaha
Her: that’s almost as bad as the other siri one
Her: I was like ??

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 11/06/2025

Maybe the most important part of my job at @usdigitalresponse.org is teaching leadership in government agencies how software is built, so they can understand a) what's a fair price to pay and b) how long it should take to create. It's such a simple intervention, but wow it does a lot of good.

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Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. @cassiepremosteele.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

How the hate Will fix anything Is a mystery to me. It’s like mothering A toddler and thinking If they fall and scrape Their knee, you can Scream at them until They cease to bleed. #vss365 #scrape

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Mr. theMoon @sheepthemoon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 30/05/2025

Software paid for by tax dollars should be open source. Period.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 30/05/2025

IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!

github.com

GitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct File

Direct File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Anyone need a password break? Please enjoy Lucille Ball and Betty White in 1981 throw a masterclass on how to play.

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Please email your congresspeople to oppose this week's funding bills that would grant unchecked power to revoke nonprofit orgs' tax exempt status. Here's an easy form.

support.lambdalegal.org

URGENT: Tax-exempt status for nonprofits is under attack! - Lambda Legal

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

@usdigitalresponse.org has a new blog post: Raised hands, changed lives: five years of USDR volunteer impact. I started as a volunteer in 2020, and now I'm staff and still working on projects that spark joy while helping partners. Glad our volunteer program is still strong and many others can, too.

usdigitalresponse.org

Discover new tools and services to improve your election administration

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/05/2025

The FTC is requesting comments from social media users about online censorship. To ensure that this does not become a mechanism to justify greater governmental control over online speech, Don't Delete Art has provided a boilerplate text for you to include/incorporate. www.dontdelete.art/ftc-response

dontdelete.art

FTC Response — Don't Delete Art

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Wait, does Disney own the rights to Rocky Horror? Does that make Magenta and Columbia Disney princesses?

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Okay but hear me out: An emotional support library ghost.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

That’s the back of my head on the right side of the photo. The session was hilarious and I loved it.

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Melissa House @mkinthehouse.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Just boarded a plane, and the women behind me are talking about starting to buy extra TP and canned goods. Here we go.

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Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info · 07/04/2025

🧱 We’re building something bold and we need YOUR help. WTB is launching nonprofit newsroom + civic tech hub to defend public service, preserve federal knowledge, and fight back against disinformation. If you believe in facts, public service, and accountability, join us! givebutter.com/WTB

givebutter.com

Help Us Launch the Next Generation of Public Accountability

We the Builders Need You. Democracy Needs Us.

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