jules
@at-jules.bsky.social
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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The surrender caucus secured yes votes from Democrats who aren't facing re-election this cycle, but four of them have Democratic governors who can pick their replacement.
If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.
If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The surrender caucus secured yes votes from Democrats who aren't facing re-election this cycle, but four of them have Democratic governors who can pick their replacement.
If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.
If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.
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ai is built on violations of consent
facebook is founded on misogyny
facebook is founded on misogyny
New from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social: "Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found."
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ai is built on violations of consent
facebook is founded on misogyny
facebook is founded on misogyny
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Interesting that the administration that claims to dislike it when refugees seek residency *illegally* is arresting refugees in *courts* when the seek immigration legally.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
May 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Interesting that the administration that claims to dislike it when refugees seek residency *illegally* is arresting refugees in *courts* when the seek immigration legally.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
MAGAs are just xenophobic white supremacist bigots.
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Direct File is now open source. Finally.
A short, personal post about why: chrisgiven.com/2025/05/dire...
Massive kudos to the Direct File team for pulling this off and showing their commitment to transparency and earning trust.
A short, personal post about why: chrisgiven.com/2025/05/dire...
Massive kudos to the Direct File team for pulling this off and showing their commitment to transparency and earning trust.
Direct File on GitHub
Personal blog of Chris Given, government technologist. These words are always written by a human; I have no one to blame but myself.
chrisgiven.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Direct File is now open source. Finally.
A short, personal post about why: chrisgiven.com/2025/05/dire...
Massive kudos to the Direct File team for pulling this off and showing their commitment to transparency and earning trust.
A short, personal post about why: chrisgiven.com/2025/05/dire...
Massive kudos to the Direct File team for pulling this off and showing their commitment to transparency and earning trust.
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May 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Yesterday, my amazing former team at IRS Direct File released the vast majority of the code base as open source software (github.com/IRS-Public/d...) under the CC0 "license" (which is more like a waiver of copyright).
GitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct File
Direct File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yesterday, my amazing former team at IRS Direct File released the vast majority of the code base as open source software (github.com/IRS-Public/d...) under the CC0 "license" (which is more like a waiver of copyright).
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We have some news to share with you. 🥄
Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.
Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.
18F files legal challenge
A statement about 18F’s appeal filed with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board.
18f.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have some news to share with you. 🥄
Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.
Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.
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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
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New W&M tax bill that dropped includes a provision that would take away the child tax credit from US-citizen kids if either of their parents doesn't have an SSN.
Estimated to take money away from ~4.5m children who are either citizens or lawful permanent residnets.
Estimated to take money away from ~4.5m children who are either citizens or lawful permanent residnets.
May 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New W&M tax bill that dropped includes a provision that would take away the child tax credit from US-citizen kids if either of their parents doesn't have an SSN.
Estimated to take money away from ~4.5m children who are either citizens or lawful permanent residnets.
Estimated to take money away from ~4.5m children who are either citizens or lawful permanent residnets.
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tired: SignalGate
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage
After a hacker reportedly stole data from TeleMessage Signal that included references to CBP, the agency has now confirmed that it used the app but has now “disabled” it as a “precautionary measure.”
www.wired.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired: SignalGate
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
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This joke from @theonion.com is uncomfortably close to what actually happened to @alt18f.bsky.social:
Some rightwing tweeter mocked pictures of my colleagues with queer-looking hairstyles. Musk saw this, wrote "that group has been deleted," and fired us all.
Some rightwing tweeter mocked pictures of my colleagues with queer-looking hairstyles. Musk saw this, wrote "that group has been deleted," and fired us all.
April 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This joke from @theonion.com is uncomfortably close to what actually happened to @alt18f.bsky.social:
Some rightwing tweeter mocked pictures of my colleagues with queer-looking hairstyles. Musk saw this, wrote "that group has been deleted," and fired us all.
Some rightwing tweeter mocked pictures of my colleagues with queer-looking hairstyles. Musk saw this, wrote "that group has been deleted," and fired us all.
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The 25-year-old DOGEr overseeing the CFPB's destruction owns > $100,000 of shares in Apple & Tesla,
2 companies the CFPB regulates & prohibits its employees from owning.
Destroying the CFPB will likely have a direct & predictable effect on his investments.
Part of the DOGE/Musk crime wave
2 companies the CFPB regulates & prohibits its employees from owning.
Destroying the CFPB will likely have a direct & predictable effect on his investments.
Part of the DOGE/Musk crime wave
NEW: A DOGE staffer who is helping carry out the downsizing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling, ProPublica has found.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potentia...
www.propublica.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The 25-year-old DOGEr overseeing the CFPB's destruction owns > $100,000 of shares in Apple & Tesla,
2 companies the CFPB regulates & prohibits its employees from owning.
Destroying the CFPB will likely have a direct & predictable effect on his investments.
Part of the DOGE/Musk crime wave
2 companies the CFPB regulates & prohibits its employees from owning.
Destroying the CFPB will likely have a direct & predictable effect on his investments.
Part of the DOGE/Musk crime wave
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you can change your name under 21 with parental permission if you’re cis, but trans folks aren’t mature enough.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
![Minors in Mississippi are legally permitted to change their name with the permission of both their parents, as outlined by the ACLU, which the boy had. The state Supreme Court still ruled that changing his name "as part of a gender transition was not in the [plaintiff's] best interest due to a lack of maturity," while consistently misgendering the teen in the filing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreidp6kkl3afsnxr576gbixmyudrulx2b4nks4hegunn7kqdc2e3obu@jpeg)
April 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
you can change your name under 21 with parental permission if you’re cis, but trans folks aren’t mature enough.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent said the fate of Direct File would reflect customer service. But users loved it. It had a more positive brand than Apple and a 98% satisfaction rate! It also brought more low-income people into the tax system, which matters since so many benefits are distributed that way.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the fate of Direct File would reflect customer service. But users loved it. It had a more positive brand than Apple and a 98% satisfaction rate! It also brought more low-income people into the tax system, which matters since so many benefits are distributed that way.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going after Direct File because it stops giant tax prep companies from ripping taxpayers off for services that should be free.
Americans want a free and easy way to file their taxes — Trump and Musk want to take that away.
Americans want a free and easy way to file their taxes — Trump and Musk want to take that away.
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.
apnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going after Direct File because it stops giant tax prep companies from ripping taxpayers off for services that should be free.
Americans want a free and easy way to file their taxes — Trump and Musk want to take that away.
Americans want a free and easy way to file their taxes — Trump and Musk want to take that away.
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The rollout of Direct File was a genuine unequivocally good thing (unless you’re a huge Intuit shareholder or something), and I know a few people who worked very hard on it.
BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing your tax returns for free.
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The rollout of Direct File was a genuine unequivocally good thing (unless you’re a huge Intuit shareholder or something), and I know a few people who worked very hard on it.
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"Diversity is discrimination" is literally Orwellian language, like "war is peace, hate is love, slavery is freedom."
You can find it at civilrights.justice.gov
You can find it at civilrights.justice.gov
April 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Diversity is discrimination" is literally Orwellian language, like "war is peace, hate is love, slavery is freedom."
You can find it at civilrights.justice.gov
You can find it at civilrights.justice.gov
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With tax day coming up on April 15, we want to make sure our community knows about IRS Direct File. It’s a free option for filing a federal tax return, and you can learn more about it at DirectFile.irs.gov.
DirectFile.irs.gov
April 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
With tax day coming up on April 15, we want to make sure our community knows about IRS Direct File. It’s a free option for filing a federal tax return, and you can learn more about it at DirectFile.irs.gov.
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I spoke with CNN about what it was like inside USDS before and after Inauguration Day—and what the transition to DOGE meant from the inside.
Catch the interview tonight on Erin Burnett. 📺
www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...
Catch the interview tonight on Erin Burnett. 📺
www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...
‘It is a wrecking ball’: Former DOGE worker describes Musk-led government-slashing effort from the inside | CNN Politics
Elon Musk has claimed the Department of Government Efficiency is “the most transparent organization in government ever.” But Merici Vinton, a federal worker who recently left her job at the government...
www.cnn.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I spoke with CNN about what it was like inside USDS before and after Inauguration Day—and what the transition to DOGE meant from the inside.
Catch the interview tonight on Erin Burnett. 📺
www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...
Catch the interview tonight on Erin Burnett. 📺
www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...
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18F was a US government group helping government departments improve their use of technology which got recently wood-chipped. Here's a good overview of their work plus lessons learned: which apply to any large organization.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
Learning From the Legacy of 18F
Although the government has terminated 18F—the team that modernized government tech—its legacy offers lessons for future digital services.
www.lawfaremedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
18F was a US government group helping government departments improve their use of technology which got recently wood-chipped. Here's a good overview of their work plus lessons learned: which apply to any large organization.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
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NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
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A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A while back I mentioned I helped to build a government AI tool. DOGE "deleted" (fired) my whole org (@alt18f.bsky.social) and took the tool to become their "AI-first strategy."
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
But what is the strategy? What are they actually planning to do?
I’m trying to piece it together. Here’s what I think 🧵
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File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
DirectFile.irs.gov
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.