Chris (@christhedridge) — Bluesky Profile

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if I was a lawyer and wanted to get very rich i’d get on the side of federal employees bc the lawsuits are gonna be huge.

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1 day ago

Nicole Perlroth's incredible book 'This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends' (1/3 through) is quite the wake-up call. Makes me wonder how much more vulnerability we are opening ourselves up to, with #AI having agency to execute bigger tasks w/o users understanding what is under the hood.

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1 month ago

Hi, agree. I usually have to talk clients down from this temptation when in planning stages of projects. What would you say is the biggest reason for this ick factor for you? Does it feel disrespectful? Irrelevant? Boring?
I like to have real-world counterpoints when clients seem set on this.

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1 month ago

Living in a house is just fancy camping 🏕️ for an extended period of time
#randomthoughts

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10 months ago

A "Ten Plagues Hand Puppet Kit" with images of paper bag puppets representing each plague. The subheading reads "Create a Passover Puppet for every Plague!"

A white terrier laying in a crate with her nose against the cage. Her nose and upper lip are pushed up, exposing her teeth.

Pics from today
#dog #puppet #plague

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1 year ago

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.”
• The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives.
• The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Each point represents a federal agency:
• Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs.
• Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs.

Key Observations:
• Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates.
• Notable targeted agencies include:
• HHS (Health & Human Services)
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• NIH (National Institutes of Health)
• CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Dept. of Education
• USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
• The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies.
• A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size.

Takeaway:

The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology.

Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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1 year ago

Trump’s EPA to prioritize AI, lobbyists, and staff cuts in ‘mission to traumatize’ | US Environmental Protection Agency | The Guardian New EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s pillars pledge to help auto industry and have no mention of the climate crisis

The timeline we're living in is so stupid.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/trump-epa-lee-zeldin

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Trump’s EPA to prioritize AI, lobbyists, and staff cuts in ‘mission to traumatize’ | US Environmental Protection Agency | The Guardian New EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s pillars pledge to help auto industry and have no mention of the climate crisis

The timeline we're living in is so fucked up and stupid.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/trump-epa-lee-zeldin

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1 year ago

I haven't seen #severance beyond the first season but I wonder if they have an option for people who are fully remote that would be installed in a home office
#wfh

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1 year ago

Testing...

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1 year ago

The U.S. Pond Hockey Championships are the best of Minnesota, bringing folks from across the country together over our shared love of hockey.

It was my honor to drop the puck!

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