Shannon Bullis
@cellochck.bsky.social
Music maker, hiker, creator, advocate, strength trainer, teacher, gardener, fighter for the environment, equity, accessibility, and democracy.
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Kristin Jen should never have been let go. She's the first line of defense.
“My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” says Jenn, 47, from Austin, Texas. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.”
news.yahoo.com/thrust-unemp...
“My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” says Jenn, 47, from Austin, Texas. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.”
news.yahoo.com/thrust-unemp...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing. The country’s bitte...
news.yahoo.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Kristin Jen should never have been let go. She's the first line of defense.
“My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” says Jenn, 47, from Austin, Texas. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.”
news.yahoo.com/thrust-unemp...
“My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” says Jenn, 47, from Austin, Texas. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.”
news.yahoo.com/thrust-unemp...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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While I am stewing about what happened to Zelensky, I can easily fill out this Heritage Foundation form to fuck up their day…
You can too.
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
You can too.
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
The Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation
secured.heritage.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While I am stewing about what happened to Zelensky, I can easily fill out this Heritage Foundation form to fuck up their day…
You can too.
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
You can too.
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
March 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
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🦬 We are also participating in today's #EconomicBlackout.
Beyond today — we should all keep the energy and wean ourselves off the corporations such as Amazon and Walmart that are hellbent on destroying our planet.
For now, we suggest some #ForestBathing instead.
Beyond today — we should all keep the energy and wean ourselves off the corporations such as Amazon and Walmart that are hellbent on destroying our planet.
For now, we suggest some #ForestBathing instead.
We've agreed to avoid shopping today. Instead we could spend some time among trees. Perhaps we can use today to begin a long-term movement against our consumer culture. It would be beginning for the Earth and for our souls. What are you doing today?
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🦬 We are also participating in today's #EconomicBlackout.
Beyond today — we should all keep the energy and wean ourselves off the corporations such as Amazon and Walmart that are hellbent on destroying our planet.
For now, we suggest some #ForestBathing instead.
Beyond today — we should all keep the energy and wean ourselves off the corporations such as Amazon and Walmart that are hellbent on destroying our planet.
For now, we suggest some #ForestBathing instead.
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NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved.
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
February 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved.
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
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We get news of an apparent breakthrough in pancreatic cancer — usually a death sentence, one of the cancers with the worst outcomes — and Trump and Musk are blowing up NIH and with it future cancer cures.
The American people didn’t vote for this.
Not even close to 49.8% did.
The American people didn’t vote for this.
Not even close to 49.8% did.
current status of American science in two posts:
existential crisis vs transformative breakthrough
a metastable state that will collapse into one future or the other
existential crisis vs transformative breakthrough
a metastable state that will collapse into one future or the other
February 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We get news of an apparent breakthrough in pancreatic cancer — usually a death sentence, one of the cancers with the worst outcomes — and Trump and Musk are blowing up NIH and with it future cancer cures.
The American people didn’t vote for this.
Not even close to 49.8% did.
The American people didn’t vote for this.
Not even close to 49.8% did.
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February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025
Yesterday an unvaccinated child in Texas died of measles as nearly 140 people in Texas and New Mexico have been reported ill with the disease.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
February 27, 2025
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years: cnn.it/4aGX4kU
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years. | CNN
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history.
cnn.it
February 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years: cnn.it/4aGX4kU