Go Chuck go! @chuck4md.bsky.social
WIRED spoke with Chuck Borges, the former SSA data chief turned DOGE whistleblower, who is running to represent southern Maryland in the state’s senate. www.wired.com/story/doge-w...
This DOGE Whistleblower Is Running for Office
WIRED spoke with Chuck Borges, the former SSA data chief turned DOGE whistleblower, who is running to represent southern Maryland in the state’s senate.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Go Chuck go! @chuck4md.bsky.social
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
September 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
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#AltCitizen assignment!!! Hey y’all!!!! @chuckborges5.bsky.social had a shit day today as a direct result of him prioritizing the security of our data over the fascist whims of the administration. Let’s show him some love!!! Drop a funny meme, pet pics, or just say thank you!!! And go follow him!!!!
elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars .
Alt: elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars. Thank you very much is printed at the bottom.
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#AltCitizen assignment!!! Hey y’all!!!! @chuckborges5.bsky.social had a shit day today as a direct result of him prioritizing the security of our data over the fascist whims of the administration. Let’s show him some love!!! Drop a funny meme, pet pics, or just say thank you!!! And go follow him!!!!
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“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Dr Demetre has always been an inspiration.
#FedWorkerFriday meet @drdemetre.bsky.social as he addresses a crowd across from CDC, Aug 28.
He resigned 8/28/25 as Director of National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases at CDC.
He will be missed. We are excited to have him fighting along side us to #savepublichealth & #saveCDC.
He resigned 8/28/25 as Director of National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases at CDC.
He will be missed. We are excited to have him fighting along side us to #savepublichealth & #saveCDC.
August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Dr Demetre has always been an inspiration.
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"...if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed. Among kids it's higher - it's 82%."
Is London set to put the brakes on SUVs?
The number of SUVs in London has increased tenfold in 20 years, prompting calls to curb their use.
www.bbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"...if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed. Among kids it's higher - it's 82%."
My comment would simply be: Jesus fucking Christ. But Waldo put it well, too.
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My comment would simply be: Jesus fucking Christ. But Waldo put it well, too.
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...
It’s outrageous that we’re deporting people to a foreign gulag without so much as a show trial. But according to this article, the man was falsely accused of gang membership back during the Biden admin. Parts of the U.S. gov have been hostile or indifferent to foreigners for quite some time now.
‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos
Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang member
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It’s outrageous that we’re deporting people to a foreign gulag without so much as a show trial. But according to this article, the man was falsely accused of gang membership back during the Biden admin. Parts of the U.S. gov have been hostile or indifferent to foreigners for quite some time now.
I still think they could have kept it going for a few more days.
This is a moral moment. It’s not right or left, it’s right or wrong.
Let’s get in good trouble.
My friend, Madame President…(voice breaking with emotion)
I yield the floor.
(standing ovation)
- Senator Cory Booker, April 1st 2025 after historic 25 hour+ Senate speach
That’s some good trouble.
Let’s get in good trouble.
My friend, Madame President…(voice breaking with emotion)
I yield the floor.
(standing ovation)
- Senator Cory Booker, April 1st 2025 after historic 25 hour+ Senate speach
That’s some good trouble.
Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
April 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I still think they could have kept it going for a few more days.
It’s impossible to overstate how deranged, dangerous, and inhumane, what just happened is.
These HHS RIFs are reckless and cruel. In a typical RIF, employees aren’t locked out immediately—they stay to wrap up work and ensure a smooth transition. Instead, this admin abruptly shut everyone out, creating chaos that harms both workers and the people they serve.
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It’s impossible to overstate how deranged, dangerous, and inhumane, what just happened is.
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"Replacing the SSA’s core infrastructure with an entirely new system all at once is performing a high-wire act without a net, only it’s not DOGE staffers who risk falling—it’s the Social Security beneficiaries who depend on that social safety net."
I wrote about DOGE's planned SSA "modernization" for MSNBC.
"It’s like cooking a Thanksgiving turkey in 20 minutes by putting it in a blast furnace, or choosing to get measles instead of getting vaccinated against it: it sounds most convincing to the layperson who asks the fewest questions."
"It’s like cooking a Thanksgiving turkey in 20 minutes by putting it in a blast furnace, or choosing to get measles instead of getting vaccinated against it: it sounds most convincing to the layperson who asks the fewest questions."
Opinion | DOGE’s new plan to overhaul the Social Security Administration is doomed to fail
Modernizing the SSA’s technical infrastructure is not a novel idea – and such modernizations have a poor track record.
www.msnbc.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Replacing the SSA’s core infrastructure with an entirely new system all at once is performing a high-wire act without a net, only it’s not DOGE staffers who risk falling—it’s the Social Security beneficiaries who depend on that social safety net."
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🚨🚨 Join us today at CDC’s Roybal campus to show your support for CDC and public health.
CDC was hit hard with Reduction in Force (RIF) announcements overnight. Now is the time to show up and get loud. 🚨🚨
#firedbutfighting #publichealth #federalworkers #publicservice #rif
CDC was hit hard with Reduction in Force (RIF) announcements overnight. Now is the time to show up and get loud. 🚨🚨
#firedbutfighting #publichealth #federalworkers #publicservice #rif
April 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨🚨 Join us today at CDC’s Roybal campus to show your support for CDC and public health.
CDC was hit hard with Reduction in Force (RIF) announcements overnight. Now is the time to show up and get loud. 🚨🚨
#firedbutfighting #publichealth #federalworkers #publicservice #rif
CDC was hit hard with Reduction in Force (RIF) announcements overnight. Now is the time to show up and get loud. 🚨🚨
#firedbutfighting #publichealth #federalworkers #publicservice #rif
This is not ok. This is not normal. This is not legal. Yes, you should be worried.
Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is not ok. This is not normal. This is not legal. Yes, you should be worried.
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Sloppy and careless people
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Sloppy and careless people
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New, at Can We Still Govern: Former 18F employees explain what was lost when they it was zeroed out by DOGE.
"18F works just how Musk and team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...
"18F works just how Musk and team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...
Requiem for 18F
A small government unit did what DOGE is pretending to do
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New, at Can We Still Govern: Former 18F employees explain what was lost when they it was zeroed out by DOGE.
"18F works just how Musk and team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...
"18F works just how Musk and team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...
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SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
And the loss of tech expertise goes beyond the gutting of these two agencies. USDS spent a lot of effort helping federal agencies build their capacity and hire technologists. Guess what, most of those new hires were either terminated in the probationer purge or are about to get RIFed.
New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government.
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
Skilled technologists are being forced out of government
18F and USDS are gutted by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And the loss of tech expertise goes beyond the gutting of these two agencies. USDS spent a lot of effort helping federal agencies build their capacity and hire technologists. Guess what, most of those new hires were either terminated in the probationer purge or are about to get RIFed.
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ACIP—the external CDC advisory committee for US vaccine policy—is not meeting next week, as scheduled. This is a big deal; Americans rely on up-to-date information about eff. and safety of vaccines to make evidence-based decisions.
We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…
We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…
February 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ACIP—the external CDC advisory committee for US vaccine policy—is not meeting next week, as scheduled. This is a big deal; Americans rely on up-to-date information about eff. and safety of vaccines to make evidence-based decisions.
We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…
We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…