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Courtney Rosenthal(New server, new <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> .)I'm a newcomer to <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portland</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/pdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pdx</a>. I moved here after living in <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#austin</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/austinTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#austinTX</a> for over 30 years.I'm interested in <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/selfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfHosted</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/homeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeAutomation</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/homeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeAssistant</a>I advocate for <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civicTech</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/openData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openData</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/communityTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communityTech</a>I like <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/classicalGuitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classicalGuitar</a>I occasionally post photos of <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cooking</a>, <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bread</a>, <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/pizza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pizza</a>, and Franklin the <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cat</a>. You're welcome.

GovdirectoryFor the <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/OpenDataDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenDataDay</a> we are doing our regular collab hour this afternoon a bit differently. When we usually just get together to work, today we will start off by giving a high level overview of the project and the various moving parts of it. So if you want a brief introduction, this will be a great start. We'll start at the regular time 14.00 (UTC). <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Govdirectory_Collab_Hour_-_Open_Data_Day_2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Govdirectory_Collab_Hour_-_Open_Data_Day_2025</a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikidata</a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/OpenDataDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenDataDay2025</a>

webbureaucrat<a href="https://floss.social/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civicTech</a> friends! The Federal Reserve is <a href="https://floss.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiring</a> a Senior VP of Core Infrastructure Services! If you're looking for work in Virginia and you think you could oversee a team of 300, please apply!Your country still needs you. <a href="https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Richmond-VA/Senior-Vice-President---Core-Infrastructure_R-0000029132-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Richmond-VA/Senior-Vice-President---Core-Infrastructure_R-0000029132-1</a>

Alberto CotticaAll 91 employees of the digital services agency of the American federal government, 18F, have been fired in the context of the so-called DOGE initiative. <a href="https://18f.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://18f.org/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F</a><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civicTech</a> h/t <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dymaxion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dymaxion</a>

AndreasApplications for the 2025-26 cohort of Newspeak House, the London College of Political Technology's flagship course "Introduction to Political Technology" are now open!If you're a mid-career technologist who cares deeply about how technology impacts our society, and would like to spend some time thinking about what *you* can do to improve both, I'd urge you to have a look. <a href="https://newspeak.house/study-with-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newspeak.house/study-with-us</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/techforgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techforgood</a>

Daniel LatorreCan’t emphasize enough how important it is now for all in particpatory democracy to become literate about the politics of Cyberlibertarianism. It has caught people off guard including most in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicinteresttech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicinteresttech</a>, some of which have aided Musk due to a lack of literacy. Wiser liberation requires updated literacy.<a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/</a>

Bill H.The more I think about it, the more I realize that our failure in <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> was in trying to bring technology to government, rather than bringing civics into technology. Our current crisis is the result of billionaire technocrats funding corruption in government. The workers must be united before any change will be possible.

James TurkI've been thinking a lot about what this moment means for civic tech and put some thoughts together here: <a href="https://www.jpt.sh/posts/third-wave-civic-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jpt.sh/posts/third-wave-civic-tech/</a>tl;dr is that I'd really like to start having conversations with others that are thinking about what needs to be build and how we're going to pay for it<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a>

Stefan Bohacek"Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.”"These threats and intimidations against civil service workers are absolutely disgusting. Yesterday I shared a link with resources for supporting them.<a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113947097279538561" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113947097279538561</a>Original news article: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna190711" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna190711</a><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilServants</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilService</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentWorkers</a>

Stefan Bohacek<a href="https://mastodon.social/@civictech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@civictech</a> shares ways we can all support our civil service workers, from supporting their unions, offering solidarity, and rallying."The world is counting on them to stand strong in the face of the daily threats to their livelihood hitting their inboxes, the hollowing out or complete eradication of their departments and missions, and a threatening work environment."<a href="https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=cdb853c4847acff0d0a09460d&id=129a43c362" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=cdb853c4847acff0d0a09460d&id=129a43c362</a><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilServants</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilService</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentWorkers</a>

Sumana HarihareswaraAnd now <a href="https://wandering.shop/@leonardr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leonardr</a> has "released the biggest update to Beautiful Soup in many years." Upgrade to 4.13.1 to enjoy better warnings, type hints, generated API docs, and more.<a href="https://wandering.shop/@leonardr/113935996322582259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wandering.shop/@leonardr/113935996322582259</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FLOSS</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BeautifulSoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeautifulSoup</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/civicdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civicdata</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datascience</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/scraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scraping</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/webscraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webscraping</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/datahoarder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datahoarder</a>

pixelbud18F handbook was updated 😞 <a href="https://github.com/18F/handbook/commit/e6e6c1db7d8cdf44364d8b18c35822b79eee700c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/18F/handbook/commit/e6e6c1db7d8cdf44364d8b18c35822b79eee700c</a><a href="https://techbacon.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> <a href="https://techbacon.social/tags/govtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govtech</a> <a href="https://techbacon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ux</a> <a href="https://techbacon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Scott Francisvia a friend formerly in public sector tech: Info for federal technologists who may 'unexpectedly leave federal service'<a href="https://community.publicgood.tech/c/resources/quick-resources-if-you-re-expecting-to-unexpectedly-leave-federal-service-10e0b548-c0a9-4bd5-802a-f6c118dc2920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://community.publicgood.tech/c/resources/quick-resources-if-you-re-expecting-to-unexpectedly-leave-federal-service-10e0b548-c0a9-4bd5-802a-f6c118dc2920</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PublicInterestTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicInterestTech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a>

GovdirectoryYesterday we made some updates again, and there are news both in functionality and content. What is extra exciting is that we have two new committers this time: welcome to the project naufandarmawan who helped with a new Call To Action on the landing page and Bridgetamana who refactored our CSS! <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a>1/7

Govdirectory2024 was a very productive year. We added 6 new countries, more than 3,000 organizations and over 7,000 contact points. <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statistics</a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a>

1RG🚀 Announcing the 1RG Incubator: A 12-week program for community-minded technologists. No equity, no fees—just mentorship, community, and space to build.Building a better Toronto through tech starts locally 🌱Apply by Feb 15 ✨ <a href="https://incubator.1rg.space/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://incubator.1rg.space/</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toronto</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a>

GovdirectoryIn about an hour, it's time for the first weekly collab hour of the year! Join to hear what we are planning, and to tell us what you would like to see done or even planning to do. <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikidata</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Events" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Events</a>

AndreasFor those who missed it, we're recruiting the next No10 Innovation Fellows! If you're an exceptional technologist (no matter what kind) who likes the idea of spending a year or so transforming government with your drive and expertise, I'd urge you to apply! The current cohort are an wonderful, driven, diverse bunch who have done fabulous things, and I'm so looking forward to what we do next.<a href="https://no10innovationfellows.campaign.gov.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://no10innovationfellows.campaign.gov.uk/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/govtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govtech</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a>

GovdirectoryWe have some updates on the website! Thanks to the new script that can check all countries in one sweep, we have a lot of data quality improvement the last couple of weeks. Most are of the kind that an agency closed or a new ministry opened and sometimes got modeled in a slightly different way so fixes has been both on <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikidata</a> to keep modeling consistent and in our queries when the world is complex. But we also have some additions, let's see! <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> 1/8

webbureaucratHey <a href="https://floss.social/tags/civicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civicTech</a> friends! If you're in or around government work or you ever have any aspirations to that end, I highly recommend reading this and making some decisions! <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/11/02/federal-career-employees-watchlist-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/11/02/federal-career-employees-watchlist-trump/</a>For myself, I've sworn off of using my real name in any of my political posting, and I've sworn off donations to candidates or parties, and I recommend you do the same. <a href="https://floss.social/tags/govTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govTech</a>

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