Jenn Baker

Dove foil wrapper with the text "Own your main character energy."

Candy wrappers are still on point 🍬🍭🍫

Dove chocolate wrappers with text. "Don't be afraid to start a new chapter."

My chocolate wrappers have been right on point recently

View of the stage at the 04 Center in Austin. Wood plank wall with "the 04 Center painted in white. Lit in blue

I survived tax season and another year of Faire so I treated myself to a concert by one of my favorite bands, @verticalhorizontal.bsky.social. almost as close as I was when I saw them at the Wildflower Festival years ago.

Reduction in Force (RIF) notice for the IRS just went out. First phase of many is starting now.

Dysentery is on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know. Health experts say the rise of cases in the Portland area is linked to homelessness.

Soooo... Oregon is playing the live action reboot of Oregon Trail now.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

well, I'm supposed to return to office next week.... but I don't have an office assignment and my team is spread across the country. According to the email we received, they're planning to consolidate as many teams as possible in the same location asap. my job is probably on the cutting block.

ohhh.... I need to copy and paste this!

The Privacy Acr of 1974, states that the IRS (or any Fed Agency) must inform employees the reasons why they are requesting information, how it will be used, and what could happen if they don't provide it.

Ok, so IRS got the 5 bullet points, justify your job, email. Our Union NTEU is saying to not respond at this point until National NTEU has a chance to assess the implications of responding.
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Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to…

“[T]hey may have drunk their own Kool-Aid in terms of believing that there is this kind of censorship industrial complex ... I’m not sure that they fully understand who everybody is and what they do.” - @brennancenter.bsky.social's Lawrence Norden

Federal workers were fired 'for performance.' Their records say otherwise Federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters.

US federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of President Donald Trump's remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters reut.rs/3EOubYc

These are generally cards that employees use to pay for work related travel expenses....

I played for a few years, but I haven't jumped in since just before Final Shape

Some federal employees aren't currently doing in-person protests - we're doing our jobs or because in this chaos it may increase our chances of being fired. What happens when we don't have jobs to worry about any more? I know I can be petty, spiteful, and malicious if I have nothing to lose.

That is very true.

the class was in Atlanta. I'm in Austin but one of our instructors was helping teach the Atlanta class.

I spent 11 years on phones or teaching the new hires myself. And the new hires are all seasonals anyway. Letting them go now is a complete waste of resources.

we do..... we never have enough people to answer all the calls.

They just walked an entire CSR class out that just spent 12 weeks learning how to answer refund question calls.

@alt-irs.bsky.social
An entire CSR class was just fired while in their OJI period. They had been training for almost 3 months to answer refund calls.

I feel that! At least I've got all my records accessible, just in case.

@alt-irs.bsky.social You are not alone. I and my coworkers are also serving the taxpayers per the IRS Mission for as long as we're allowed to do so.

🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.

Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.

@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.

Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.

I may lose the job I've had for the past 15 years....

Since Elon’s shitty AI and a handful of teenagers are running things, it seems as though people have been put in the Fork resignation program that didn’t sign up for it. DO NOT VALIDATE RESIGNATION. See below:

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