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Ro Karen

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I can do all things through spite, which strengthens me. (she/her)

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
And I can attest that a large portion were comms staff (like me and every single one of my colleagues in our now-obliterated comms office) and FOIA officers. Oh, and legal and acquisitions. So, no communications, no transparency, no legal checks, and no supplies for research.
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 31/07/2025
148,937 civil servants gone. Programs gutted. Services stalled. Trump’s war on government isn’t rhetoric—it’s reality. The @publicservice tracker shows the damage, month by month, agency by agency. This is what dismantling democracy looks like.
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Federal Harms Tracker -Cost to Your Government
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Busted open my knuckles last night, boxing to an Ozzy playlist 🤘
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a man in a white coat is standing in a crowd of people .
Alt: Rock god Ozzy Osbourne rises into camera frame, wearing an all-white outfit, and raises his arms while laughing. People stand behind him, watching his movements.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Heartbreaking but important read.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Don't you think he looks tired?
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 10/05/2025
I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign. We are sick of it. He must go!
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
To all my fellow feds, whether similarly fired or still holding the line, it's your right to mourn what is happening to us. We did nothing wrong and we are bearing the brunt of a cruelty that should never have been allowed.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"Despair is not an option."
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Share one of your comfort sports movies. (Yeah, I'll be that lesbian; I'm okay with that.)
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a woman wearing a red headband is running on a baseball field .
Alt: Geena Davis as Dottie Henson from A League of Their Own, doing a split to catch a pop fly ball. A photographer snaps her photo as the umpire declare the out for the other team.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Got terminated on Valentine's Day for being a probationary employee. Reinstated by judges only to be put immediately on indefinite administrative leave. Was just RIFed this morning. Worst April Fools ever.
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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Today is International Women's Day. I want to urge everyone to celebrate and examine the impact that women have in society and our power to effect positive change. A shoutout from me to the great women fighting the good fight - Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, US Senators Elissa Slotkin...
A photo of Janeway holding her coffee mug with the words "I am up to do two things, drink coffee and kick ass...and I just ran out of coffee."
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I think every weather app should, for a whole week, load a warning window that informs all users that the information they use to run the app comes from NOAA. Because I'm seeing way too many people who think we don't need NOAA because "i gET mY weATheR frOm mA aPp."
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a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .
Alt: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed...
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Devastated. Cruel. Surreal. Federal workers share the toll of losing their identity
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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 26/02/2025
This week i sat down with the @theguardian.com and talked about our little band of resistors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside
Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on Bluesky
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's Friday, which means more fed terminations. Unions are working, but this isn't an easy fight. Nothing worth it ever is. If you're a fellow fed, I know you're scared. I know you're exhausted. I wish I could protect you from what already hit me. I'm still holding the line. Please don't give up.
federalnewsnetwork.com
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
The unions allege that OPM acted unlawfully by directing federal agencies to use a standardized termination notice, falsely claiming performance issues.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I can attest that this aligns with what I went through...until they terminated me on Friday.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
To those who didn't survive the Valentine's Day slaughter, please read this. Get all your records before you open your termination letter. Please. Documents will help you fight. We will fight.
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Black History Month... James Baldwin 1924-1987
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A thread of hope.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Good morning! Shout-out to @asheville.bsky.social as a great follow here on Bluesky. Updates on post-Helene rebuild and efforts to push back against the current regime. Good people posting about doing good, honorable things. We have to support our blue family, especially those surrounded by red.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
One of my favorite beer glasses. Suitable for drinking beers from one of my favorite breweries, the aptly named Burial Beer in Asheville, NC.
Bottle of beer and a GEEKI TIKI glass in the shape of Ghost Face, the killer from Scream.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Not gonna lie. I love Maximum Overdrive. I also love the idea of Lynch having anything to do with it.
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David Lynch Tried To Give A Filmmaking Lesson To Stephen King While Directing Maximum Overdrive - SlashFilm
Stephen King is a legendary horror writer but he admitted he's not much of a filmmaker when even David Lynch couldn't help him understand a basic rule.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Yo, feds. Back up your SFs from eOPF. You don't want those files disappearing into a memory hole.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Well, damn. My wife and I just rewatched Thelma and Louise and I noted that the part they used Faithfull's the Ballad of Lucy Jordan" was one of my favorite moments of the film. Rest well, AbFab God.
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Marianne Faithfull: Singer and actress dies at 78 - BBC News
She was known for hits such as 1964's As Tears Go By and films including 1968's The Girl On A Motorcycle.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I’ve reposted a couple other orgs but here's one more where your money can help. Anything you can afford is enough. And if you can't afford a financial donation, then take a moment to call or email your reps about this. Raise your voice for those this administration is trying to silence.
transgenderlawcenter.org
Home - Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Since 2002 we’ve been organizing, assisting, informing and em...
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Just donated to Trans Lifeline to help our friends and family being persecuted by this new regime. IF you have some $ to spare, please consider doing likewise? Even a few bucks helps. But if not, some real LOUD support from the cis community would also be great. ❤️ link: translifeline.org/donate/
receipt for donation to Trans Lifeline
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I just donated $50 to @transjournalists.org because they do important work and deserve the support. I strongly encourage anyone who can match me to do so. It also feels better than becoming more overwhelmed from doomscrolling: www.transjournalists.org/donate/
transjournalists.org
Support the TJA
Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. Join the TJA'...
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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“I’m really starting to panic.” My trans constituent who said that isn’t a battle-scarred public figure like his trans state senator who spent a decade covering the sorts of things as a news reporter you have to compartmentalize to do your job. He’s just a good guy who doesn’t hurt anybody. (1/2)
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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Heartbreaking news to report. WTOP evening anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose deep, warm voice informed and kept listeners in the D.C. region company, has died at the age of 55. wtop.com/inside-wtop/...
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Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose warm, conversational voice graced WTOP for over 2 decades, dies at 55 - WTOP News
WTOP evening anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose deep, warm voice informed and kept listeners in the D.C. region company, has died at the age of 55.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/01/2025
🚨 New #AltGov Member🚨 Fresh from the vetting chamber and verified legit: I'm proud to introduce you to @alt-hhs.bsky.social Welcome to the family!
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Watching Eraserhead tonight reminded me how David Lynch turned yelling WTAF at a screen into a sacred and holy event.
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a man is sitting at a table in a black and white photo with a child peeking out of a door behind him .
Alt: a man is sitting at a table in a black and white photo with a child peeking out of a door behind him .
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ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info · 27/01/2025
Want to see some of the letters going out to fed employees? Public-facing website!
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 27/01/2025
Find your footing & stand fast. #RESIST
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Meng-meng Fu @mengmengfu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel. I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times! Pls repost 🙏❤️
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I'm going to go to bed now and hope I wake up in a David Lynch movie. Good night.
Anthropomorphic bunnies in a green room. Two sit on a couch in the foreground. One wears a blue business suit and tie while the other wears a more casual shirt and pants. Another bunny, in a pink dress, irons in the background.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 24/01/2025
🚨 New #AltGov 🚨 I'm proud to introduce you to @altcdc.bsky.social, our newly vetted & verified member of Altgov. CDC is hyper smart, well versed, and ready to help. Hit that follow button and tell your friends. Welcome to the family, AltCDC!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/01/2025
Diversity in clinical trials is about health, not politics. The major of research in the past was done on (mostly white) men. If trials do not have a diverse pool, the results are not broadly applicable.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Agreed and repeated.
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Ro Karen @rokaren.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Time for a cuteness tax. Right after we adopted Kona, we got slammed by two massive snow storms. That was when we learned he loved snow and could spend all day catching snowballs if we let him.
Black dog standing on a path dug through deep snow. Snowflakes cover his face as he stares at the camera.
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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...
propublica.org
Annie Waldman
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This is my new mantra.
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