Flying this morning. Thanks to NHTSA for safe roads to airport, TSA and FAA for flight safety, NTSB for investigating past crashes and making new protocols, NOAA and NWS for forecasts that made route planning possible, etc etc

#ThankYouCivilService

You know what would make the market chaos materially worse? Bank runs! Thanks to OCC regulating bank reserves and FDIC insuring accounts, we aren’t rushing to the nearest branch and creating an even worse credit crunch

#ThankYouCivilService

You know how some of your clocks will just *know* how to adjust to the time change tonight (and not just our phones talking to cell towers)? They get that from govt radio. Thank you, NIST, for maintaining the time!

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Thanks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social , I discover a lot of niche books that my library doesn’t have. But I could always read them thanks to inter library loan funded largely by IMLS

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👇🏼 A KEEPER. For future use.

We all have reason every day to thank gov’t workers — tap water, 🔌⚡️💡 grid, reliable banks, sidewalks + streets, wall paints w/o toxic lead… The list goes on.

Gratitude practice, long known to be healthy, is now politically imperative, too. #ThankYouCivilService