Madeleine Finley
@maddywroteit.bsky.social
Writer, liberal, here for the vibes.
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Tomorrow @maddywroteit.bsky.social will be hosting another writing session with @oakandinkwriters.bsky.social!
We’ve got a write in session tomorrow for our west coasters (or night owls!).
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Check us out here! www.oakandinkcollective.com #writingcommunity
March 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Tomorrow @maddywroteit.bsky.social will be hosting another writing session with @oakandinkwriters.bsky.social!
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1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email ob...
popular.info
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
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This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice.
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice.
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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I wrote about EIS in Wanderers, and studied them for writing that book, and trust me when I tell you, these are really, really, really not the people you want to lose.
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I wrote about EIS in Wanderers, and studied them for writing that book, and trust me when I tell you, these are really, really, really not the people you want to lose.
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"No single researcher, or even a group of researchers, could afford the upkeep on the equipment without the federal dollars tacked onto their grants to support it."
"Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives." 🧪
"Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives." 🧪
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that.” Story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social on the new NIH policy that will shrivel support for research. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets (Gift Article)
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"No single researcher, or even a group of researchers, could afford the upkeep on the equipment without the federal dollars tacked onto their grants to support it."
"Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives." 🧪
"Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives." 🧪
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I’m not looking forward to the moment, likely coming soon, when they defy any and all court orders they disagree with, and then we are left with no pleasant options in defending democracy.
this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders
February 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m not looking forward to the moment, likely coming soon, when they defy any and all court orders they disagree with, and then we are left with no pleasant options in defending democracy.
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It's really embarassing losing our democracy to people this fucking weird and gross.
February 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's really embarassing losing our democracy to people this fucking weird and gross.
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More than 8 out of 10 civilian federal employees live outside the DC region. They are your neighbors!
Just learned from NPR that the federal government is the largest employer in the great Kansas City area, for example. I found it helpful to be reminded that, of course, this isn’t just about people who work and live in DC. Federal employees are in all of our communities.
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
More than 8 out of 10 civilian federal employees live outside the DC region. They are your neighbors!
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this was helpful and now i get why you lot are in a tizzy
February 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
this was helpful and now i get why you lot are in a tizzy
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Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
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BLUE states / people with Dem reps who are voting correctly, want a Monday Mission?
just spoke with a federal employee who confirmed that Dems currently would VERY much like to hear that you appreciated a particular vote of theirs; it helps them to cite constituent pressure to oppose Trump
just spoke with a federal employee who confirmed that Dems currently would VERY much like to hear that you appreciated a particular vote of theirs; it helps them to cite constituent pressure to oppose Trump
January 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
BLUE states / people with Dem reps who are voting correctly, want a Monday Mission?
just spoke with a federal employee who confirmed that Dems currently would VERY much like to hear that you appreciated a particular vote of theirs; it helps them to cite constituent pressure to oppose Trump
just spoke with a federal employee who confirmed that Dems currently would VERY much like to hear that you appreciated a particular vote of theirs; it helps them to cite constituent pressure to oppose Trump