Oof. So this thread is... Concerning. The elimination of paper checks will primarily hit the poor and the disabled, and underserved populations in general. That FiServ is involved is... Amusing. Be curious to see how this goes over in the media #SSA #SocialSecurity #disability #benefits

Got around to unpacking my work bag after I left a month ago. To the anonymous employee who left me an unsigned thank you note, which I just re-found after this past insane month: #thankYOU! Your words mean more than I can say. I hope I can always have your back. #ethics #SSA #courage

A podcast I highly recommend. #OptimistEconomy #MealsNotBars #childcare #children #families

Just following orders also doesn't work for civil servants. 1) Follow the law 2) Don't put subordinates in ethically/morally questionable situations 3) Document everything 4) Take your head out of the sand + ask questions If you can't do those, don't lead. #ethics #justfollowingorders #leadership

This means 1/3 of seniors couldn't figure out the savings if on an 80$ item with a 10% discount Feed children, take the stress off families, provide stable education opportunities... If you want to actually ' #MAGA', it starts with #children, families, and #education. rollcall.com/2025/09/17/b...

Maybe we should be focusing on food security and lowering child care costs for families, so all kids can have more opportunities for development and better outcomes earlier in life, rather than trying to lower the age for punitive punishment. Meals not Bars #childcare #nutrition #foodsecurity

Yeah, we are dorks, but we are proud dorks! #MIT #tetris #videogames

Leadership and management are NOT the same thing. #leadership #managers #integrity #courage

Bumping because #vaccines work. How quickly people seem to forget the MILLION Americans who either mysteriously vanished (maybe they are on Epstein's island) or DIED in 2020 and 2021. #Covid #vaccineswork #CDC

Maybe I'll start a website or platform called 'TruthData Social'. Instead of tweets/truths I can just post statistics, source data, validate metrics, and develop tools to help us use data for good... I can call my posts 'Datas' Don't be stealing my idea lolol #data #dataforgood #truthdata

www.youtube.com/live/ioskch_... En Banc appeals hearing at the 4th circuit course on the DOGE/SSA case. #DOGE #SSA #Data

Oof. To think I made $4.25 as a minimum wage 30 years ago, but still that's closer to today's minimum wage than $15 is by nearly 3x... and yet even a $15 dollar minimum wage sounds like a lot until you realize that's only 30K/year. Make America Affordable Again. #costofliving #minimumwage

Seen in the DC Metro. Maybe not worth more per se... But improper access to your data can definitely cost you your life or livelihood. #data #datasecurity #cybersecurity #dataislife

Coaching kids soccer is the best part of my week. #soccer #teamwork #coaching #youthsports

New category unlocked. #AltMilitary 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

It will be harder for those most underserved and struggling in our society to get basic subsistence with these proposed rules. #SSA #SSI #disabled #underserved

Look, it's one of those hairless cats! #Cats #CatThursday

You are only powerless if you accept that you are.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w... Seems data security and ensuring excessive risks aren't taken is pretty important... #data #datasecurity #cybersecurity #SSA

Musical friends: Recommendations for a good learn at home piano syllabus? Apart from some lessons in college, piano is one instrument I've never really worked at but always wanted to learn. I've taught myself a few others, but piano is one of those I never had the time for... #piano #newhobby

#read, #learn, and have an open mind.

Well, my life is complete as my name has appeared in @markhamillofficial.bsky.social's feed. That said: Release the Epstein Files. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Lighthearted? Check Tongue out? Check Nothing to do with politics or data? Check I know it's not #CatSaturday, but every day is Cat Day here. Let's uplift as well as push hard. #MakeAmericaCatAgain #CatsRule #Tongue #Pfft

On #LaborDay, we recognize the workers who make so much of our everyday lives possible. And every day, we should have American workers' back by supporting their organized efforts to secure higher wages, good benefits, and safe & dignified workplaces.

I was affected by the PATCO strike for better working conditions in 1981, going from middle class to struggling overnight. Unions may lack their old power, but this Labor Day be grateful to them for: Weekends Child Labor Laws Safety Regs OT pay Health Ins And more... #LaborDay #Unions #Workers

When I struggle, I often find myself refelcting on the teachings of Marcus Aurelius and the Dalai Lama. I find a lot of comfort in the overlaps and contrasts between them. Be virtuous, find joy in each moment and grace in others, and accept what cannot be changed. #stoicism #joy #perserverence

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Well, that was a day...

It's never wrong to be morally and ethically right with yourself. #morals #ethics #dotherightthing #Constitution #resist

Props to my #CDC peeps!

'... Foreign AND domestic.'

“I’ve seen what happens when a country messes with data.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o... By Andreas Georgiou, the former head of the Greek stats agency who was subjected to 7 criminal and civil legal cases for reporting Greece’s stats accurately.

Investors increasingly indicate they will crosswalk official data more strenuously with private sources after upheaval at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

I've decided to leverage my experience in Geospatial Data from my time in the Navy to engage in some new GeoInt work. Behold, The Chuckapeake Bay! Make America Chuck Again! #maps #Merica #ChesapeakeBay #MAGA

😂 Gee, I wonder why they cancelled it? federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20... #civictech #service #federalemployees #fevs

"We have to take some rough medicine"... (Except the rich, lets give them the finest chocolates and candies instead). Small Businesses are getting hammered. Time for people to rethink who is pro-business... @golikehellmachine.com

Are we sure they aren't just migrating to official positions inside agencies? @carlquintanilla.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Yes please. Executive and legislative leadership that will work together, fight for Veterans, children, immigrants, and the underserved, and not roll over, ever. Leadership that is focused on action not acting, on solutions instead of strategy. #strongertogether #Veterans #jobs #civilservice

Woot! @ppfa.org provides lifesaving care and support to both women AND men, and is not only a critical lifeline for poor and underserved communities, but also for minors who find themselves pregnant without guidance. #PlannedParenthood #Womenshealth #Prevention #HealthCare

Libraries ARE the absolute best! They are provide services to the community as well as a place to learn and grow, for kids and adults alike. If we aren't funding communal educational and safe spaces how can we support the 'general welfare'? #generalwelfare #community @kathleenromig.bsky.social

To have lost so many lives to something which was not preventable but was avoidable is absolutely tragic. Let's fully fund NWS and NOAA, and recognize that extreme weather will get worse, not better. Better alerting and proactive, caring leadership can save future lives. #climatechange #NOAA #NWS

Climate change is real. Storms are getting more intense and unpredictable. Extreme weather will kill more without resources for weather expertise and experience. Yet another way those without the resources to avoid it will suffer. #climatechange #weather #NOAA @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

But now the hungry children can die silently... That $2B could cancel all the unpaid school meal debt in the country 10x over. Wouldn't want to reduce the stress on overtaxed families though... @georgetakei.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #SNAP #children #NewDealForFamilies #FoodSecurity

In another year when the alligators eat them, we will get 'the alligators were just standing their ground'. @blue-oleta.bsky.social

1) Put Women's lives at risk 2) Fail to provide them pre-natal/post-natal care or nutrition support 3) Expect parents to work for below subsistence wages 4) Shame them for not staying home 5) Families suffer and weaken due to strain Are we great yet? @hcrichardson.bsky.social #MakeAmericaGreat

How about trying 'they managed to increase both the debt limit AND the number of hungry children living in the wealthiest nation in the world at the same time'. Truly an impressive feat. @jacobtlevy.bsky.social @darinself.com #SNAP #foodsecurity #BigBeautifulBill

Please share this job opportunity: SNAP supports child growth and removes a key stressor for parents. It's criminal that the wealthiest nation on Earth has hunger. Let's actually Make America Great, by making sure America is fed. tinyurl.com/2m4fs2p9 #SNAP #Children #civictech #MakeAmericaGreat

If you aren't concerned... You should be. We need to protect immigrant communities now. It's the right, moral thing to do. ...But if that doesn't convince you (because it doesn't affect you) then how about some cold hard logic: They will come for you next. #immigration #ICE #community #immigrants

37% WERE CHILDREN. How can we make America Great when kids get sicker, go hungry, and parents cannot bring home a living wage? #MakeAmericaGreat #FeedTheHungry #Children #Childcare #NewDealForFamilies