Kitty Wooley
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The Senior Fellows and Friends network improves government one person at a time by fostering tacit knowledge transfer in the room and mission-aligned boundary spanning at work.
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Don’t speak to yourself in a tone you’d never use with a friend. You have strengths, gifts, and a trajectory worth noticing. Look for them—they’re there.
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Don’t speak to yourself in a tone you’d never use with a friend. You have strengths, gifts, and a trajectory worth noticing. Look for them—they’re there.
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
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Does the military have to follow unlawful orders? What the oath says. wapo.st/48bC6tz
Does the military have to follow unlawful orders? What the oath says.
Democrats urged members of the military to refuse illegal orders — something President Trump called “seditious.” In fact, service members are bound by their oath of enlistment.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Does the military have to follow unlawful orders? What the oath says. wapo.st/48bC6tz
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats wapo.st/43FXQfO
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats wapo.st/43FXQfO
Capehart and Continetti on Trump's warm welcome of Mamdani www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Capehart and Continetti on Trump's warm welcome of Mamdani
Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump playing nice with Zohran Mamdani in t...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Capehart and Continetti on Trump's warm welcome of Mamdani www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary www.newsfromthestates.com/article/they... PLEASE RESHARE
‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary
The first thing they asked Fernando Vazquez was “Where are you from?”When two unmarked SUVs full of Border Patrol agents arrived Tuesday at the Cary construction site where Vazquez, 18, is employed, t...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary www.newsfromthestates.com/article/they... PLEASE RESHARE
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/they... I’ve known ICE and Border Patrol employees of integrity who would never treat others like this. This current crop is giving the others a bad name.
‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary
The first thing they asked Fernando Vazquez was “Where are you from?”When two unmarked SUVs full of Border Patrol agents arrived Tuesday at the Cary construction site where Vazquez, 18, is employed, t...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/they... I’ve known ICE and Border Patrol employees of integrity who would never treat others like this. This current crop is giving the others a bad name.
www.governing.com/management-a... Yes, and, because they are not children, the best public employees will also be taking the initiative to nurture and upskill themselves.
The Recognition — and Nurturing — Our Public Servants Need
It’s more important than ever to celebrate those who improve the mechanisms of government. And we need to give them the kind of learning opportunities to enable them to have even more of an impact.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
www.governing.com/management-a... Yes, and, because they are not children, the best public employees will also be taking the initiative to nurture and upskill themselves.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/19/d... The family has an active asylum case and the legal right to remain in the U.S.
ICE, these people you mistakenly detained are not criminals! Let them go!
ICE, these people you mistakenly detained are not criminals! Let them go!
Durango father, two kids, ask to return to Colombia after being picked up by ICE on their way to school
The family has an active asylum case and the legal right to remain in the U.S., but weeks in a Texas detention center have “left them unable to continue fighting”
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November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
coloradosun.com/2025/11/19/d... The family has an active asylum case and the legal right to remain in the U.S.
ICE, these people you mistakenly detained are not criminals! Let them go!
ICE, these people you mistakenly detained are not criminals! Let them go!
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"Wokester Piggy" is my new band name
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Exhibition showcases pioneering work of fashion designer Andrew Gn www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Exhibition showcases pioneering work of fashion designer Andrew Gn
Andrew Gn, the pioneering Singaporean fashion designer known for his uncompromising attention to detail, is featured in a new retrospective at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Jared B...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Exhibition showcases pioneering work of fashion designer Andrew Gn www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
'Quiet, piggy': President Trump snaps at reporter over Epstein question news.sky.com/video/quiet-... The emotional intelligence of a turnip…
'Quiet, piggy': President Trump snaps at reporter over Epstein question
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter, 'what did Jeffrey Epstein mean when he said you knew about the girls,' during a gaggle on Air Force One.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
'Quiet, piggy': President Trump snaps at reporter over Epstein question news.sky.com/video/quiet-... The emotional intelligence of a turnip…
“The president said ‘Quiet, piggy’ to a female reporter who asked him about the Epstein files on Friday—a continuation of his long-standing pattern of denigrating women,” per Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic Daily.
#disrespect
#disrespect
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“The president said ‘Quiet, piggy’ to a female reporter who asked him about the Epstein files on Friday—a continuation of his long-standing pattern of denigrating women,” per Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic Daily.
#disrespect
#disrespect
Interested in how effective research #collaboration requires understanding how culture affects behaviours & expectations about working independently, expressing disagreement, politeness, gender roles, punctuality etc? Find out more in this 2022 i2Insights primer. i2insights.org/2022/06/02/d...
Understanding diversity primer: 7. Culture
By Gabriele Bammer How can we begin to understand cultural diversity? How does culture affect how problems are framed, understood and responded to? How does culture affect how well those contributi…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Interested in how effective research #collaboration requires understanding how culture affects behaviours & expectations about working independently, expressing disagreement, politeness, gender roles, punctuality etc? Find out more in this 2022 i2Insights primer. i2insights.org/2022/06/02/d...
How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration's immigration crackdown in city www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... “It's possible that they could get help if they really wanted to go after hardened criminals, but that's not what they're doing.”
How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration's immigration crackdown in city
Charlotte is the latest city to be targeted by the Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. William Brangham discussed how local officials are responding to Border Patrol ...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration's immigration crackdown in city www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... “It's possible that they could get help if they really wanted to go after hardened criminals, but that's not what they're doing.”
Interested in how to help your research centre or #team navigate existential #uncertainty including in funding, the role of research etc? Check out this week’s great i2Insights contribution by Gemma Jiang, Alexis Niki, Darius Melvin and Sarah Hind at i2insights.org/2025/11/18/t...
Stories of self, us, and now: A tool for navigating uncertainty
By Gemma Jiang, Alexis Niki, Darius Melvin and Sarah Hind. In times of uncertainty, especially when the role of research, as well as research funding are under threat, how can research teams effect…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Interested in how to help your research centre or #team navigate existential #uncertainty including in funding, the role of research etc? Check out this week’s great i2Insights contribution by Gemma Jiang, Alexis Niki, Darius Melvin and Sarah Hind at i2insights.org/2025/11/18/t...
‘Climate of fear': Immigration judges say functioning of their court system is in jeopardy due to Trump’s firings www.govexec.com/management/2... via @govexec.bsky.social
‘Climate of fear': Immigration judges say functioning of their court system is in jeopardy due to Trump’s firings
The Trump administration is pushing out dozens of judges, who say the changes are slowing down and politicizing the system.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
‘Climate of fear': Immigration judges say functioning of their court system is in jeopardy due to Trump’s firings www.govexec.com/management/2... via @govexec.bsky.social
Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit
This weekend is the halfway point for the 30th U.N. climate summit known as COP30. In a report issued days before the meeting began, the World Meteorological Organization said 2025 is “on track to be ...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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On Medium, acuity-design.medium.com/walking-back... on encountering people and walking back from hate and othering to gratitude and hope
#ActiveHope #Radicalisation
#ActiveHope #Radicalisation
Walking back to Hope
I attended an Active Hope workshop yesterday run by Linda Aspey. It’s a theory I had not encountered before. I was looking for a clearly…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On Medium, acuity-design.medium.com/walking-back... on encountering people and walking back from hate and othering to gratitude and hope
#ActiveHope #Radicalisation
#ActiveHope #Radicalisation
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Interested in the value of #design abduction in exploring #complexproblems, especially when operating in the realm of the #unknown, #unknowable or unimaginable? Revisit this great 2022 i2Insights contribution by Mariana Zafeirakopoulos at i2insights.org/2022/11/01/a...
Why complex problems need abductive reasoning
By Mariana Zafeirakopoulos How does the way we approach complex problems differ from how we approach problems that are familiar or obvious? In this i2Insights contribution, I explore four kinds of …
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Interested in the value of #design abduction in exploring #complexproblems, especially when operating in the realm of the #unknown, #unknowable or unimaginable? Revisit this great 2022 i2Insights contribution by Mariana Zafeirakopoulos at i2insights.org/2022/11/01/a...
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey
The Public Service Viewpoint Survey aims to at least partially fill the void left by the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which OPM cancelled this year despite a legal requirement that it be adminis...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Nonprofit launches FEVS alternative after OPM’s cancellation of official survey www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better review.firstround.com/the-other-pm...
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better
Tactical advice for founders on mastering “personality-message fit": leaning into your natural communication style.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Other PMF: Wes Kao’s Framework for Founders Who Want to Communicate — and Lead — Better review.firstround.com/the-other-pm...