The Alt National Park Service account. 887 thousand followers. "The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service. Our Website: www.ourparks.org

The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.

This thread will dive into its activity.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

The Case of the ‘Lost’ FOIA Requests FOIA requests at numerous federal agencies in February were “lost” by a government records contractor. It turns out, the “data failure” was linked to two convicted hackers who worked at the company.

Newsletter | FOIA Files

Case of the ‘Lost’ FOIA Requests

FOIA requests at numerous fed agencies were “lost” by a govt records contractor. Turns out, the “data failure” was linked to 2 convicted hackers who worked there
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com @jasonleopold.bsky.social

Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.

SCOOP: DOGE is getting audited.

20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

OET Archive Office of Educational Technology Archive U.S. Department of Education 1995-2025 About this Archive The Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education was eliminated as part of ...

The real tech nerds from the Educational Technology office at the Federal department of education archived an entire history of their unit before being eliminated. They have copies of everything.
#academicsky
#blackacademicsky
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Apply for SNAP, Medicaid, and/or ACA as appropriate. • Ditch COBRA for ACA unless you'e loaded. • Rewrite your resume-fed jargon flops in private sector. Network a lot. • Consider joining Senate job fair meetings on the Hill on Tuesdays coordinated by Federal Workers Against Doge (look them up on instagram), First 45 Days: • Widen job hunt-fed hiring's frozen, but others in the private sectors are hiring - it has been most difficult in the humanitarian and foreign affairs space so you may need to be adaptable in that case and pivot your career for the time being & Civic Match • For health foIks d Join CMS Alumni group on Linkedin d- Reach out to Schedule F Consulting to put your resumne in their bank. • For education folks: d Open Edlucation Data, Research _ and Palicy Positions For intemational development folks: C Job Seekers _Job Opportunities for Int' Dey Professionals Other Resources • The following chart consists of organizations that are offering resources/support that may be useful to federal employees:

Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.

What is a book from the last three years that grabbed your heart and you wish would get Bigolas Dickolas-level viral success?

BREAKING: The plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act case before Judge Boarsberg have filed two declarations from deportees that were turned away by El Salvador and sent back to the US. This is in response to Trump saying they couldn't bring people back b/c they didn't have the fuel. 1/

I have an additional two sources who have shared the same.

BREAKING: Trump asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court's order requiring his administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers across multiple agencies.

Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Petition: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

LISTEN LIVE: DOJ asks the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to lift Judge Boasberg's temporary restraining order preventing the deportation—without due process—of Venezuelans accused of being members of the criminal gang Tren de Aragua. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DoT...

No, the Executive Order the media has done four rounds or fear-mongering with does not even give a directive to close it.

I’ve attached the draft here.

I don’t see anything we didn’t already know. Do you?

For the millionth time: the media is saying, “Look over here at this shiny EO that’s coming!” While Trump has been working his tail off to chop the legs off of the Department and render it useless for months.

It’s death by a thousand paper cuts. Not EO!

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Beryl Howell is presiding over an emergency hearing on whether she should grant USIP's request for a temporary restraining order against DOGE.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3 Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear

While other units inside @usedgov.bsky.social lost more employees in absolute numbers, the Institute of Education Sciences lost the highest %age of employees — roughly 90 percent of its workforce — this week hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org

NYCLU on Trump Admin Cancelling $400 Million of Funds to Columbia University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: NYCLU Media, 212-607-3360, media@nyclu.org NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, and U.S. General Services Administration announced the immediate cancellation of approximately $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: “This move is the latest escalation by the Trump administration to coerce colleges and universities into censoring student speech and advocacy that isn’t MAGA-approved, like criticizing Israel or supporting Palestinian rights. It is unconstitutional and unprecedented, but it is entirely consistent with Trump’s long-held desire to silence views with which he disagrees and clamp down on protest.” “Protected political speech should not be a basis of punishment, and Title VI must be applied consistently with the First Amendment. With little regard for the Constitution and case law, it is no surprise that the Trump administration prefers to see what it can get away with.”

Protected political speech should not be a basis of punishment, and Title VI must be applied consistently with the First Amendment.

Our full statement:

Trump plans to sign an executive order barring certain student loan borrowers from eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This popular federal program forgives a portion of student debt for individuals who work in government or qualifying nonprofit jobs for ten years.

Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to access a vast database containing earnings information for nearly all U.S. workers. This database is maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is primarily used for child support enforcement.

WATCH: @votegloriaj.bsky.social reacts to Bo Watson’s cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passing committee 5-4

She says folks need to come to the Capitol to stop this before it overturns PLYLER AT SCOTUS.

Should be a national story.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG3GxSD...

I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

Alito, in a dissent joined by Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Thomas, says he is “stunned” by the majority’s decision.

THIS ‼️

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Please read—this is becoming serious!

Selling Out Our Public Schools | Diane Ravitch Donald Trump promised that he will make public funds available to private as well as religious schools in every state, and this is what his party wants,

“The widespread adoption of vouchers, Cowen explains, was a policy coup staged by billionaires who were libertarians or religious zealots or both.”

Yet vouchers don’t work.

So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

DOGE's death blow to education studies Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data

We are all overwhelmed by the cuts to the federal government. But if you want to understand the kind of non-ideological cuts to science and knowledge that are happening in our country, please read about these contract terminations at the Department of Education. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...