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Jason Nyhus Jacobsen

@altfornorge.bsky.social

Kicking fascist skulls in former lives since the 19th century.
"Hail Odin, god of wisdom and inspiration! Grant me the gift of your knowledge, and guide me on the path of the warrior."
May the Force be with you.

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Grimfrost

@grimfrost.bsky.social

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

He hath need of his wits who wanders wide,
aught simple will serve at home;
but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits
mid the wise, and nothing knows.
-Hávamál, Stanza 5

April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Jason Nyhus Jacobsen

@altfornorge.bsky.social

Wisconsin stood up again today. Thousands of us at the Hands Off rally in Madison, WI

April 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Jason Nyhus Jacobsen

@altfornorge.bsky.social

March 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Jason Nyhus Jacobsen

@altfornorge.bsky.social

Damn right I'll be there.

March 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM

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❄️ Pablo Hidalgo ❄️

@infinata.bsky.social

Answer the first one “your mom” and then put out of office on.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 25

NEW memo from OPM acting director Chuck Ezell saying that fed employees should respond to the 5 bullets email by the 11:59pm deadline tonight unless they had an excused absence today. Absolute madness.

Full text:

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management ("OPM") recently sent the following email to
all Executive Branch employees from hr@opm.gov:
Subject: What did you do last week?
Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.
Please do not send any classified information, links, or attachments.
Deadline is this Monday at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Responses to this email should be directed to agency leadership, with a copy to OPM at
hr@opm.gov. Agencies should review responses and evaluate nonresponses, considering such factors as whether the employee was on excused leave on Monday, February 24, 2025 or had access to email on that date. Employees on approved leave on February 24, or who lacked access to email, are not expected to respond by the deadline. Agency heads may exclude personnel from this expectation at their discretion and should inform OPM of the categories of the employees excluded and reasons for exclusion.
Agencies should consider whether the expectation for employees to submit activity and/or accomplishment bullets should be integrated into the agency's Weekly Activity Report or future required organizational activity reporting in order provide an enterprise-wide view of workforce achievements and organizational trends. Furthermore, agencies should consider any appropriate actions regarding employees who fail to respond to activity/accomplishment requests. It is agency leadership's decision as to what actions are taken.
At Counsel's direction, in order to comport with the Presidential Records Act, the
Executive Office of the President is exempted from this exercise.
cc: Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs), Deputy CHCOs, Human Resources Directors, and

February 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM

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Greg

@gregularjoe.bsky.social

"I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but there's nothing I can do right now."

Sound familiar? Get involved!