So fucking infuriating. Polio killed and disabled millions around the world. It is a threat to public health and should be eradicated by a robust and vigorous vaccination program.

I was so happy to have Kate and Milo from @altusds.bsky.social on the show! The way they spoke about tech development shows how differently it can be done if the will is there. It’s so different from techies who build tools for themselves then say everyone else should just learn to code.

We've received multiple reports from employees being told to wear their badges at ALL times or facing disciplinary action for leaving their smart card unattended in their laptop. While these are unconfirmed reports, we are sharing out of an abundance of caution and encourage you to take extra care.

This…this is why Feds are so careful about changes. The downstream effects on people can de disastrous.

If your kid(s) get measles, understand that YOU did that to them. YOU allowed your kid to get a disease that was preventable. YOU put your kid's life in danger. YOU are a shitty parent, because YOU are a stupid person. Your kid deserves better than YOU!

Fuck yeah we are!

Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.

When isolation, trauma and despair are weaponized; building community, helping people heal, and bringing hope are acts of resistance. Connect people. Resist bullies. Protect the vulnerable. Shine light on the fighters. Give yourself and others grace. We are in this together. You are not alone.

Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!! www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

🚨 Public health data disappeared. We’re restoring it. 🚨 RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice. Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org #PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC

Halle-fucking-lujah. Let’s do this shit.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

Sad to share the news that our colleagues at 18F were illegally fired overnight (emails coming in around 1am Sat.). About 90 people. 18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.

As this story goes out on @npr.org and folks wonder about multiple outbreaks, something that’s been lost in all the firings was how a system the CDC built to support disease monitoring and prevention was gutted by DOGE. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Not only is measles highly contagious and deadly but even if you survive it, your body can experience “immune amnesia” meaning your body loses immunity to conditions you have previously survived. This means you risk getting secondary infections that could also prove deadly. asm.org/articles/201...

While this is bad, the main euro manufacture (egg based) and the us manufactures with mRNA based vaccines with confer with the WHO on strains of interest. Also note: the mRNA vaccines had more efficacy this season (in the US) and take far less time to stand up a supply.

There are now 955 cases & 60 deaths from an unknown illness in DRC (links below). As this outbreak is growing, CDC is not permitted to exchange information with WHO and USAID outbreak response support is banned. Yesterday the Supreme court “paused” a federal judge order for USAID payments to resume.

❓Ask Us Anything! We will hold the AMA on BSky tomorrow and are excited to your answer questions. Currently Thursday 2/27 at 9PM ET but we are working on finding a time that works better for international folks. Stay tuned!

Texts with my pediatrician

Fucking fire is what this is. God bless you all USDS. 💪 🖥️ 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/doge...

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

🚨 "Move fast and break things" sounds great—until it’s your Social Security check that’s missing or your healthcare application that’s glitched. Government must prioritize stability over speed. Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f... #SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy

We all agree that Musk’s crusade against remote work has everything to do with him being a terrible leader, boss, and human being right? If you’re good at management and leadership you don’t need to be in the same room or same building as your employees.

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

Since he wants to talk about data, let’s highlight some real data he should be aware of: - Vaccines don’t cause autism - Vaccines save lives and are good for the economy - There’s a measles epidemic happening right now in Texas - There’s a bird flu epidemic we should be fighting

Speaker Johnson is either dense or deliberately misleading. Both probably. You can absolutely use data to lie. DOGE is doing it all the damned time. This thread does a great job explaining.

This weekend, feds were asked to submit a list of 5 accomplishments to [email protected] by Mon. at 11:59pm ET. Spoiler: we did the math and this creates almost $18M of waste (!!!) Read our newest post about this fun work assignment and what you can do: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-w...

:: Elon’s Progress Report :: By now, many Feds have received an email demanding they send a 5-bullet progress report to “HR” on Monday. We, the #AltGovs, advise federal staff to NOT COMPLY. Remember professional ethics.

Hey look everyone, turns out agency heads don’t actually need to listen to whatever bullshit Musk says. They’ve had the right to refuse all along. *looks at HHS and CDC leadership* #DoNotComplyInAdvance

Goodnight friends. Don’t let the forkers ruin your Sunday.

👂We're hearing from Feds who are receiving the "what did you do last week" email from an unidentified "HR" account. To be clear, Feds will spend time (ehem, money): 📝 Writing and sending the email 🤖 Download and then upload ~2M emails to an LLM ...efficient use of tax dollars indeed 🤔💸

Elon just sent us all an email demanding a 5-bullet progress report by EOD Monday. FEDS please hold for Altgov guidance. Meanwhile, help us draft our report: 1. Held convos without pronouns 2. Practiced Roman salute 3. Checked genitals in bathroom 4. Burned all books 5. Threw out all spoons

So much for government efficiency

You first motherfucker. Show me what you actually did and provide receipts.

Everyone should listen to this to learn the stakes about why DOGE’s smash and grab will kill Americans.

New EO (link below) orders HHS to terminate the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID (section 2iv). Share widely on all platforms. This is a perfect example of how this administration does not care about Americans. If this is efficiency, then what IS Trump's plan for people with Long COVID?

It's only taken one month for Donald Trump to destroy all the progress Biden made on inflation and it's going to get much worse. "Trump will fix it". And my arse is a banjo!

We have heard the same.

SCOOP: USDS Engineering Director Resigns Anne Marshall, who was only promoted to the role in December, resigned from USDS/DOGE on Wednesday following dozens of terminations at the organization. "This is not the mission I came to serve." More here: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

Veterans deserve the best health care available. At a time when the VA is already understaffed, these layoffs will hurt veterans. Unacceptable. Trump must not cut VA health care so that he can give tax breaks to Musk and other billionaires. The VA must rescind this order.

The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown. @alt-hhs.bsky.social

This legal fiction is to shield Musk from any meaningful accountability. He is operating his own organization within the federal government, loyal to him not Trump, and has amassed unprecedented control of federal data. But just an advisor!

No matter how many banners we are made to put up we stand with the #LGBTQIA+ community, support them, and defend them. #FuckBigotry #HateHasNoHomeHere

Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk. More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year. bit.ly/48SAtkf

Check out our latest #CDTR - the weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and public health professionals with updates on: ➡️ #STIs ➡️ #chikungunya ➡️ #Ebola ➡️ #measles ➡️ #AvianInfluenza ➡️ #SwineInfluenza ➡️ #influenza & respiratory virus epidemiology. Read full here: bit.ly/41iaY9P #IDsky #EpiSky

Musk once again takes to X to try and claim that SSA has people receiving benefits who are over the age of 120. We once again are baffled by his inability to grasp basic concepts of complex data systems. No…not baffled. He’s being deliberately obtuse. We once again offer this as our response to him.

So much winning…

My reaction on seeing Trump and Elon fire the agency responsible for our nuclear stockpile and then trying to recall them.