Kate Gage

One day, my kids will ask me what I did to fight for our country at this moment. I want to tell them I fought like heck for their future. That’s why I’m running for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district. Join me. cammieforcongress.com

The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs. DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.

NEW: According to data not previously reported, thousands of firefighting jobs — as many as 27% of them — remain vacant as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.

By @abestreep.bsky.social

it’s probably my #1 travel app
maybe now tied with the eater app

And still no Dartmouth College...

Here are some actions Dartmouth Alums can take to communicate their concerns to the administration and encourage them to protect students and faculty: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Sign the Petition Urge Dartmouth College to fight federal government attacks on higher education

Anyways heres the petition for dartmouth alums www.change.org/p/urge-dartm...

Faculty, alumni criticize Dartmouth president for failing to condemn Trump - The Boston Globe Dartmouth was the only Ivy League institution that declined to join more than 400 university leaders denouncing federal overreach in higher education.

I've been curious about this strategy (say you just don't do sign-on letters, hire former RNC GC for senior role, crack down on student speech) has been going for Dartmouth and it seems... increasingly not well.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/28/m...

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.

Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.

Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#katecon @klonick.bsky.social

A quote from Sarah Stillman that reads, “What I found . . . is hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues in county jails.”

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
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Who’s working on DOGE related trackers? So far I'm aware of: 

- cancelled contracts: app.g2xchange.com/doge-tracker

- data rescue project: www.datarescueproject.org/dr-tracker-d...
- federal cuts tracker map: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- layoff tracker: layoffs.fyi

Susan Reichle on LinkedIn: You’ve probably seen so many pics or reflections about USAID’s staff being… | 30 comments You’ve probably seen so many pics or reflections about USAID’s staff being given 15 minutes today to pack up their office, but take a minute to listen to the… | 30 comments on LinkedIn

Lump in my throat watching this. I have taken this oath three times.

The USAID team - having been brutalized by their own government - still go out by renewing their allegiance to country and Constitution.

Has Elon taken this oath? I highly doubt it.
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...

In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.

a bunch of people tweeting the same joke about USAID funding the chiefs offensive line for the last three years

Honestly this the type of messaging win we’ve been trying to get all week #saveusaid

USAID was investigating Starlink

CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank

Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests

YouTube video by Face the Nation USAID employee describes "atmosphere of fear" amid foreign aid freeze

a difficult and powerful testimony
from a current usaid staffer

around 20:36 they get into the ways china is stepping into the void left by USAID and weakening the US position in the world

youtu.be/0szsVbwtFDA?...

Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.

"Organizers activists & professionals who deal with this daily are bewildered and struggling for solutions– there is no reason you shouldn’t be too...Deliberately listening & observing & taking slow steps forward in a fight is activism– the exact type of activism this extraordinary moment calls for"

Being an ally when your neighbors are being targeted for deportation • Source New Mexico Immigration lawyer Allegra Love offers ideas and context to people who want to be allies to immigrants in the community.

The latest from Allegra Love in the @sourcenm.com sourcenm.com/2025/02/06/i...

The implications of a USAID shutdown Brookings experts consider the ramifications of a shutdown of USAID and freeze on U.S. foreign assistance under Trump.

www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

The DNC needs a tech and media leader, not just another politician Democrats have an opportunity today to find our way back and build a party that is better, stronger, more resilient and ready to win in 2028 and beyond.

The DNC isn't organized in any way to be a kingmaker or a top-down policy enforcer. But it is worth reading @jhendler.bsky.social, who did some of this work with Dean. The DNC can organize the party to use technology much better. Including digital communications. thehill.com/opinion/camp...

i’m also curious/observing how layoffs will impact my friends and community in santa fe - definitely watching for what people do next and how we can support folks staying in town

YouTube video by J. Alex The Technologist Outside Meow Wolf | Three Books That Explain My Layoff

Loved this from @jalextechnologist.bsky.social re: meow wolf layoffs/org design & structure - brings up old thoughts from my makermovement days- make, techshop, fablab & now burningman.org history/org structure contrast

youtu.be/BKIhgI5qkoY?...

In addition to Jane Kleeb for ASDC (vice chair position) and @shasti.bsky.social for Vice Chair, @mdeatrick.bsky.social is also running for vice chair on a climate and youth outreach platform- and there’s a gender diversity requirement so of the 5 vice chairs, at least 2 will be female identifying

GitHub - jie65535/awesome-balatro: A list of Balatro Mods and Tools A list of Balatro Mods and Tools. Contribute to jie65535/awesome-balatro development by creating an account on GitHub.

Has someone built a generator for the Belatro win screen where i can change the text/numbers

Please don’t make me try to figure out how to get dall-e or whatever to do this for me

Related: people have built a lot of belatro shit already so can i humbly request this too

github.com/jie65535/awe...

There are 5 vice chairs- one is the ASDC chair, and one is civic engagement and voter participation. Those campaigns are happening now alongside the chair race, with candidates for each already announced. Also there are gender limits for the vice chair seats so it can’t be 5 men

@klonick.bsky.social we have #katecon competition

but amanda this does not make a very fun debrief breakout session topic

we should probably get started on #KateCon @klonick.bsky.social

Kate's X-Mixx Collection All of Kate's Holiday X-Mixxes

I’ve decided it’s time to start sourcing songs for my 2025 holiday x-mixx
is there a holiday music bluesky community
i offer my annual mixx website as tribute

katesxmixxes.carrd.co

Then, depending on your level of assertiveness, i’ll likely ask if you’ve ever attended an ASDC or DNC or state or county democratic party meeting or convention and, depending on your answer, strongly encourage you to do so