Outdoor showers only? Unlabeled coffee that is too hot may have lawsuit precedent but…

Is #USPS making #DOGE jokes? Cause if so, they bite.

When a graph really doesn’t make the point

But stay on corporate devices with subscriptions to other corporates? The times they are a changing. (Gentle snark, glad to see a student artist expressing themselves)

The office fridge…or sometimes you want to know and sometimes you don’t. The internet loves cats…and curiosity in this situation may be death knell

Nerd alert

If @amtrak.com disappears, what happens to cities like @boston.gov, NYC, and DC and all the places linked together that people call community?

Change came for Charlie, and it’s so good. Thanks @mbta.com

Indiana University student Daniel Jenkins has spent years helping students register to vote & navigate the state’s already-strict election laws. He warns banning student IDs at the polls would create even more barriers, especially for out-of-state students.boltsmag.org/indiana...

Building codes finally make the news! When was the last time most folks thought about them? Miami building collapse? Vermont floods? LA wildfires? If only there was a way to prepare for a stronger America… FEMA backtracks on stronger building codes for disasters www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

@harvardkennedy.bsky.social asked a few of us to comment on the first weeks of DOGE. Read the perspectives of a wide range of faculty: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Push me down. Words for public trash cans, not public servants. Lift us up.

Public servants do amazing work in government every day to make things better for those we serve. Today we lift up and celebrate those Bright Spots so we can scale and expand.

“The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals.“ -Pres Eisenhower We’re seeing a lot of cutting right now - seems to me there are options

💡 This week's AI News that Caught Our Eye includes discussions of AI as a disaster planning tool and economic simulation planning partner. Featuring @michaelbaskin.bsky.social, @mitchweiss.bsky.social, @stephaniekelton.bsky.social, @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/news-th...

There is power and joy in imagining vibrant futures.

A shake up in govt shakes up people's lives - a pause means rent checks don't get paid and people get evicted, small businesses can't meet their obligations. We're all about to learn a lot about what our government does for us. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A good way to resist making govt worse for people? Make govt better with people.

So many folks have spent so long working to build trust in government through intentional, user tested government websites. And then....Woof. h/t to hardworking colleagues in the #PlainLanguage #UX #CX communities of practice.

Reusing old office supplies is great …but apparently “insert this end in typewriter” is a sign these may have reached the end of their sticky life

A good sign for transportation policy? @buttigiegdem.bsky.social ‘a final message? Mild understatement with solid directions

Fukuyama: “The truth of the matter is that implementation is part of policymaking; if a policy can’t be properly implemented, it shouldn’t be rolled out in the first place since it will simply contribute to the narrative of ineffective and incompetent government.” open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

Non-intuitive microwave door open button #DesignOfEverydayThings

How did you use transit this year? Its #spotifywrapped for DMV #transit users metrorewind.com

Thank you David Graham for inviting @stephanieawade.bsky.social to present at the Generative AI and the Future City Executive Summit at @harvard.edu alongside @michaelbaskin.bsky.social where they empowered city leaders to harness the potential of AI within government operations. #generativeai #ai

Big shift 2️⃣ for behavioural science: make it more social @mhallsworth.bsky.social shares how examining social connections, values, and identities can lead to surprising insights and push the field forward. Read the second in our 4-part series👇 bit.ly/4jlRsR8

To improve 911 emergency response times, shift human behavior around non-emergency response calls. Wondering about impact of years of “see something, say something” …this one will be a tricky balance. Kudos to #WashingtonDC for trying.

Asking the crowd, what are the most critical topics for govt managers to learn emerging from the last year? Our new mandatory trainings for managers: "Leave Without Pay" "Family and Medical Leave Act," and "Progressive Discipline." Each choice sends signals to our organization - what is important?

A much needed wake-up call to many! #Music #Streaming

Ever play scheduling ping pong? It has real costs. A classic (and comic) sociology piece from my mentor Chris Winship on the impacts of scheduling across time and place. Proximity matters. (makes scheduling more fun and guides conference design!) cwinship.scholars.harvard.edu/publications...

In Boston, I run in a ragged beefy cotton hoody from high school and it feels SO right. In all other cities, it’s synthetic athletic performance science specialty gear. I friggin’ love Boston.

When Orion’s Belt is actually a long StarLink train…deep sadness. I don’t remember consenting to irrevocable changes to the night sky. But maybe this is like home owners protesting off shore wind?

IMPORTANT NEW STUDY: Fully flexible parking rules would result in MORE NEW HOMES than legalizing granny flats & larger multifamily buildings near transit combined, even if every new building still included some amount of parking. The #PowerOfParking. @sightline.org www.sightline.org/2024/12/10/p...

I have a podcast that I hate so much that I send it to other people so they can hate it also. #TakingBackViral <is this a #hashtag? @kristallakis.bsky.social is responsible for this post and it is a reflection of the great tech support available for govt practitioners via USDR>

This place has a lot of words. I really love Serota's www.wordswedonthave.com ...its a lovely collection of words like "bas," which means "You need not say more. I feel satisfied and am now ready to move on to something else" to help close a finished conversation.

Ride the bicycle. I love to read, and I can’t learn how to ride a bicycle without riding a bicycle. If a team is stuck in analysis, try action.

Terms of service just for us #government folks? Heck yea. Thanks, @bsky.app ...we usually have to fight for this! bsky.social/about/suppor...

If the real conference happens in the hallway, re-design the conference. If the happy hour is the first time your participants feel joy, your gathering needs more play. There are so many better ways to gather and connect on purpose. #facilitation

A) Leadership matters. B) Open data rocks! This reporting brought to you by The choices around police pursuits are loaded and fascinating. "Nationwide, at least 2,107 people were killed in car crashes stemming from police pursuits between 2018 and 2022" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ChatGPT is an awesome tool for preparing facilitation, especially as an experienced facilitator. It helps me brainstorm creative agendas, foresee challenges, draft messaging, train co-facilitators, and wrap it all up…all with the facilitation methods I like. Paired with MiroAI….magic.

In person work is great for collaborations …and it’s powerful to be in spaces that surround us in our mission.

Experience = action + reflection

I say tomato, you say tomato, they say…?

Frozen food aisle #CabotPlainsFarm #Vermont

When the sun shines, soak it in and reflect it back. Up at Cabot Plains Farm by the AM Foster Covered Bridge

Who would go in a starter pack for government versions of Reinventing Orgs and Corporate Rebels? www.reinventingorganizations.com / www.corporate-rebels.com

Writing the story shapes the story, the medium shapes the message. "People are made of stories. Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we’ve lived; they’re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments." - Ted Chiang, Exhalations

My social media usually gets posted into blue boxes, and is delivered under grey skies, rainy skies, snowy skies, and gloomy skies. When posting on bluesky, expect: Organizations / innovation / cities / local government / occasional reviews of reviews / reads / facilitation /outdoor public benches