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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 8h

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 8h

Having worked in Hawaii Volcanoes for so log, I associate them with field work to a certain extent 😆.

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 8h

Your first Hawaiian laughing bird?

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 9h

THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 9h

What is a person supposed to do once they are denied access to their building, computer, files… you can’t just “stay”. Stay and do what?

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9h

Sending love to all the CDC folks who are experiencing a RIF today (and late Friday night a 3-day weekend, to boot). Scroll through the @altcdc.altgov.info posts from tonight to see the many affected offices. Thank you for your service. You are appreciated. We will get through this together.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 9h

RIFed:
PHIC - Public Health Infrastructure Center

Their job? Make public health infrastructure and workforce development actually work.

They help state, tribal, local, and territorial health agencies.

Y’know… everyone in the U.S. 🫠

2024 Accomplishments

Strengthening the public health infrastructure and workforce of the United States

www.cdc.gov

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 9h

They always do this sh:t on Friday, and it’s not the first long weekend, either.

It’s to increase the trauma, because the cruelty is the point.

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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 13h

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

"[Monica] Gorman works at NASA and is a member of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE). #NASA #NASASTRONG #RIF #shutdown

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

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💥 Bombtrack! 💥 @timmykbay.bsky.social · 18h

RIF the WH

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 14h

Timeline cleanse. Fall hiking on the Tahoe Rim Trail.

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 19h

A shutdown does not provide any additional authority to initiate a RIF. The question is whether existing authority would be sufficient. Three sub-issues. 3/7

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 19h

A brief summary of everything I have written on RIFs to date. RIFs are insanely complex and procedurally difficult to implement. Most RIFs are challenged on procedural grounds. 1/7

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-pr...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18h

RIF UPDATE:

We @standupforscience.bsky.social are in communication with our network. So far, we have not heard of any actual RIFs, only Russ’ tweet.

To press—we will send a release and facilitate interviews if we do hear abt them taking place.

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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 20h

White House says they've started firing gov't workers because of the shutdown.

Zero detail on which agencies are immediately affected

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

White House Says Government Layoffs Have Begun

OMB chief Russell Vought made the announcement on social media as the shutdown continued.

www.wsj.com

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Edie Schaffer ❌👑 @sfedie.bsky.social · 1d

Staff at #FEMA warned they’ll face termination if they don’t “tattle” on those signing open letter criticizing #KristiNoem & #Trump’s disaster response “efforts.”https://www.thedailybeast.com/fema-workers-ordered-to-out-ice-barbie-critics-or-be-fired/ #EM #greysky

FEMA Workers Ordered to Out ‘ICE Barbie’ Critics or Be Fired

The damming “FEMA Katrina Declaration” open letter attacking Kristi Noem had 154 anonymous backers.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

"It's the Wild Wild West."

Squatters, illegal BASE jumpers invade Yosemite amid federal shutdown

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 21h

Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 21h

Thatʻs really interesting to think about. Birds love to eat (and disperse) mamaki (Pipturus albidus) in Hawaiʻi, though I could never figure out why. As far as I can tell, it is completely devoid of any flavor 😆

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 21h

"I see the dismantling of the government and the scientific enterprise, specifically, and must speak," she says.

Kobrin acknowledges that not all federal workers are weathering the shutdown the same way.

"It's hard not to be paranoid under the current circumstances."

Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 21h

Its notable to me that both are women in STEM.

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Mirabella @fortunesprospect.bsky.social · 21h

Dreaming…. 🎃🎃🎃

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Steph likes the outdoors @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 21h

These women are brave for speaking out. Thank you for doing so.

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5565...

🔊 Listen Now: Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

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